You Are Allowed
You Are Allowed — the story behind the song
No baby is born with a pre-existing set of beliefs about itself. Those beliefs are taught to us— shaped by the words we hear around us, absorbed before we were ever old enough to question them. You won't like that. You're always like that. You're too much. Be quiet! We took those words as truths; we were too young to know we had a choice.
Over time these beliefs become the truth of the life we think we're allowed to live. Smaller than we really are. Quieter than we need to be.
This song is a reminder that those perceived truths were never yours. You don't have to keep them. You are allowed to be exactly, fully, unapologetically you.
V1
How many times, have you denied how you really feel
And how many times have you denied what you need
You learn all this when you are young
By the words whispered in your ear
A child believes all that he hears
He can learn to hide his needs and fears
Chorus
But you are allowed, to be you
You are uniquely you
There’s no-one else, you have to be
Existence chose you
Middle
You needed to feel you mattered no matter what
To feel safe and know that you were enough
Not hear you are too much for me
Do as I say to be loved by me
V3
The world we live in, all begins
With the thoughts in our head
So we can be free
We can choose what we think and believe
Now we’re no longer young
It’s the words we whisper in our own ear
That can fill us with a sense of love
That we are enough
Chorus
We are allowed
To be free
We are all unique
There’s no one else we have to be
Existent Experiences life through you.
Finally allowing myself to be seen.