bODYMINE is
an anthem to embodiment. after withstanding an eating disorder that almost
killed me, i trained to become a body-based psychotherapist. when i wrote this
song, i was working with women, in groups and individually,
in new york city. several years later, i began dancing improvisationally in
groups of people with and without physical disabilites. bODYMINE took on a
whole next level of significance. (lyrics below)
bodyMine
I was schooled to scorn the flesh
I
learned to love the bone
Chasing magazine silhouettes
I disowned my own
Sweet vessel, bodyMine
Won't you be my home?
We've been
separated too long
I'm a veteran of this endless
Siege against
myself
Don't know how this war got started
I just fought like
hell
Sweet vessel, bodyMine
Won't you be my home?
We've been
separated too long
How can I undo what's done?
Heal the ancient
wound
For so long this bodySong
Was full of pain and full of
shame
Now I hear a different voice
Callling sweet and low
Telling me that I have been set free
Sweet vessel, bodyMine
I've
been so alone
Praise the day you welcomed me
Back home
Praise
the day you welcomed me
Praise the day you welcomed me
Praise the day
you welcomed me
Back home
Sweet vessel, bodyMine
copyright 1998 by Lori B
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