False Alarms

Do you remember when we first met? We were taking turns singing songs about grandmothers I believed in the beauty of the unexpected connection And drew in all of the good that I had been expecting Do the work to keep yourself open to other people's magic You devoured me whole like a ravenous animal Every single thing you said was the best I'd ever heard Couldn't keep a job, you were dreaming yourself down and out, but It only takes one fierce love to raise you up from the ground But I stopped callin' my momma, I tried to adopt yours Tried to forget where I came from, and the hurt that I had caused Thank God for the seers, who can perceive where we are heading With patience for the long road we've been walking on It takes a real big heart to hold that line But don't think, don't be alarmed This was always gonna break your hard heart We had so many false starts We set so many false alarms, false alarms But there's a new vibration on my tongue tonight I see it getting older, I feel it coming right You walk out the door into the street, I see you lookin' around for me We are made of possibility But don't think, don't be alarmed This was always gonna break your hard heart We had so many false starts We set so many false alarms, false alarms Don't let your mind get stuck in that game In the times when it goes the wrong way We will get hurt and we will make mistakes There will not always be the right words to say, but You are built upon generations of love When you forget where you are headed Know that that's what you are made of We are built upon generations of love It is the pleasure that I want for you And you will know the depths of our love With every single day I show up A song of worship on my tongue Don't think, don't be alarmed This was always gonna break your hard heart We had so many false starts We set so many false alarms, false alarms Don't think, don't be alarmed This was always gonna break your hard heart We had so many false starts We set so many false alarms, false alarms