212. Ribbon 13: Breaking Through

The Sunday after this episode is released, November 23rd, 2025, at 4 p.m. Eastern time, there will be an online gathering of folk who use song to help navigate life -- and we'll sing through this Ribbon of Songs with live-looping! To learn more, click here, or sign up right now to join us!   Lyrics ​& Links to the original episodes for the songs in this ribbon.   89. a spell for intergenerational trauma by Ahlay Blakely   Breaking Breaking Breaking the cycles now   Ripple through Through to the ancient ones Ripple through Through to the future ones ​ Healing at the Root We’re calling Healing at the root of our belonging   170. Over/Under by Lyndsey Scott   Over / under All the way through Over / under Back to you Over / under All the way down Over / under Lost then found   I am the love that doesn't leave We do this til we free us! Feel thru the dark is how we see We do this til we free us! We are remembering how to grieve We do this til we free us! You are a part of my family We do this til we free us!   77. Winter Song by Dirk Mont Campbell   All things come and go, summer sun and winter snow. Blow wind, fall, rain; all things die and live again.   Fallen leaves lie on the ground so cold and dead. Oak tree stands bare, and the holly green and red. Robin sings of love and loss for Jenny Wren. ​All things that die will return to life again.   50. Navigate the Current by Saro Lynch-Thomason   I often feel a deep despair For a pain that feels unending For a body made with many faults That resists all salve or mending I’m tossed and driven with a tide Of an ocean unforgiving I am left shaking on the shore Afraid of even standing.   I feel a deep temptation then As I am lying weary For a marble form to encase my bones That I may rest more deeply What comfort to be cast as stone To be static and suspended No ecstasy, no misery Nothing given or expended   I am startled then by the touch of friends Who raise and fortify me Who say my name, bid me stretch my frame Help me face the sea’s great fury. Where would I be in these long hours Without their voices by me? To ease the pain and soothe the strain Of a troubled and angry body? ​ I am bound between the amity That salves a body splintered And the cries and sighs of the daily hours That pull my soul more inward. Oh, may I learn to trust the hands That soothe a pain so fervent ​May I ride each wave with a greater faith And navigate the current   147. Walk On Through by Samara Jade   The Mystery is holding your hand The Mystery is holding your hand The Mystery is holding your hand As you walk through   The angels are holding your hand The angels are holding your hand The angels are holding your hand As you walk through….   Chorus: So walk on through - no turning back Walk on through - we got your back We’ll stand by you You’re not alone So walk on through, we’ll walk you home   (other verses, same form, fill in the blank with: stars and moon, mother earth, ancestors, all of us, etc)   68. Share the Journey by Katie Sontag   As the dark fades away, here it comes, a brand-new, new day. As it leaves, we watch it go, all we learned, all we need to know. I believe we will survive. I believe this is our time. ​I believe we are alive to share the journey, to share the journey.   Join this community of people who love to use song to help navigate life? Absolutely: https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/335811/81227018071442567/share   Help us keep going: reviews, comments, encouragement, plus contributions... we float on your support. https://www.abreathofsong.com/gratitude-jar.html