One Toe Tipping
Lyrics
Afraid to lose you
Afraid to lose
But my heart calls out to a song down a long and windy road
But my heart calls out to a song down a long, and windy road
One toe tipping toward the pathway lined in uncertainty
Shadowed from the light, looking up
Peering beneath the leaves
Leaving
The maps behind
Blind curve ahead
Compass inside
Is what drives this guide
Will you behold me inside
Even when I disappear into the night
To beg my mother
To pardon her daughter and drink of her milky moonlight
Unforgivable as your children we have taken
Unconditional as our mother you have given
Unpredictable is the wildness of your body
And untamable is THE WILDNESS IN ME
One toe tipping toward the pathway lined in uncertainty
Shadowed from the light, looking up
Peering beneath the leaves
Leaving
The past behind
Growing into a standing tree
The tipping iceberg melting from me
And all that I know
And all that I sow
Dissipating into the sea
And all that I have to hold onto
Is uncertainty
Credits
Vocals, Guitar- Jen Myzel
Bass, Cajon, Flute- Eric James
Afraid to lose you
Afraid to lose
But my heart calls out to a song down a long and windy road
But my heart calls out to a song down a long, and windy road
One toe tipping toward the pathway lined in uncertainty
Shadowed from the light, looking up
Peering beneath the leaves
Leaving
The maps behind
Blind curve ahead
Compass inside
Is what drives this guide
Will you behold me inside
Even when I disappear into the night
To beg my mother
To pardon her daughter and drink of her milky moonlight
Unforgivable as your children we have taken
Unconditional as our mother you have given
Unpredictable is the wildness of your body
And untamable is THE WILDNESS IN ME
One toe tipping toward the pathway lined in uncertainty
Shadowed from the light, looking up
Peering beneath the leaves
Leaving
The past behind
Growing into a standing tree
The tipping iceberg melting from me
And all that I know
And all that I sow
Dissipating into the sea
And all that I have to hold onto
Is uncertainty
Unforgivable as your children we have taken
Unconditional as our mother you have given
Unpredictable is the wildness of your body
And untamable is THE WILDNESS IN ME
One toe tipping, one toe tipping
Lined in uncertainty
One toe tipping, one toe tipping
Lined in uncertainty
Credits
Vocals, Guitar- Jen Myzel
Bass, Cajon, Flute- Eric James
Story
One Toe Tipping was written after I went to a disturbing doomsday climate change talk given by Guy McPherson. His message is essentially that we are at the end of humanity, so enjoy your life now. He believes that we have already come too far down the climate change rabbit hole and that within five to thirty years, we are going to spiral into an uncontrollable environmental crisis. The methane gas release in the arctic is releasing at exponential rates, and this is an even more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. I was asked to help lead a grief ritual after his talk, and to be honest, I was completely ENRAGED by his talk, so this is what I let express itself during the ritual.
I have feelings of extreme anger that we have gotten into this situation. Feelings of betrayal by our parents and grandparents generations who didn't realize the death sentence they were creating. The "eternal growth model" of capitalism on a finite planet is a death sentence, and I am enraged that there are still mothers and fathers mindlessly carrying out this death sentence for their children today.
Joanna Macy, my main mentor and teacher, speaks about the power of uncertainty and how we will only harness our greatest gifts for the world when we live on that knifes edge of uncertainty. This song is about living on that razor's edge of not knowing. I am at the age where I will be choosing whether to start a family within the next decade. Knowing that they might not have a safe planet to live in, this choice is a major source of grief for me, and for all women and men of our generation. For many people, this grief is very unconscious.
One toe tipping is about living at the tipping point. And taking action now, while we are still alive, abundant, and have even the possibility to turn it around. It is about remembering to be wild again. It is about saying--this is it, everything is on the line, and I AM UNTAMABLE!
One Toe Tipping was written after I went to a disturbing doomsday climate change talk given by Guy McPherson. His message is essentially that we are at the end of humanity, so enjoy your life now. He believes that we have already come too far down the climate change rabbit hole and that within five to thirty years, we are going to spiral into an uncontrollable environmental crisis. The methane gas release in the arctic is releasing at exponential rates, and this is an even more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. I was asked to help lead a grief ritual after his talk, and to be honest, I was completely ENRAGED by his talk, so this is what I let express itself during the ritual.
I have feelings of extreme anger that we have gotten into this situation. Feelings of betrayal by our parents and grandparents generations who didn't realize the death sentence they were creating. The "eternal growth model" of capitalism on a finite planet is a death sentence, and I am enraged that there are still mothers and fathers mindlessly carrying out this death sentence for their children today.
Joanna Macy, my main mentor and teacher, speaks about the power of uncertainty and how we will only harness our greatest gifts for the world when we live on that knifes edge of uncertainty. This song is about living on that razor's edge of not knowing. I am at the age where I will be choosing whether to start a family within the next decade. Knowing that they might not have a safe planet to live in, this choice is a major source of grief for me, and for all women and men of our generation. For many people, this grief is very unconscious.
One toe tipping is about living at the tipping point. And taking action now, while we are still alive, abundant, and have even the possibility to turn it around. It is about remembering to be wild again. It is about saying--this is it, everything is on the line, and I AM UNTAMABLE!