I will be your witness

The following song written by MFT supporter GG is about the struggles that come with having a mental health condition that isn’t visible to anyone but yourself, trying to find a way forward and remembering that there will be happier times ahead. It is called: “I will be your witness”.

Verse 1

Backing yourself into a corner

Because of anxiety and trauma

Searching for a magical repair

To wake you from your nightmare

Scaling the monster’s pit

It’s time to escape not submit

Chorus

When your therapist says it’s like a broken bone

Just without the sticks and stones

It means you have no scars to show

For all the worry and the woes

Invisibility is a possibility

But it makes it no less of a reality

You have the illness

I will be your witness

Verse 2

Waiting for that magic wand

Actuality may have dawned

Realising it’s not going to be straightforward

Parts of life you wish you could fast-forward

Reaching out for a friend’s hand

To enable you to strongly stand

Chorus

When your therapist says it’s like a broken bone

Just without the sticks and stones

It means you have no scars to show

For all the worry and the woes

Invisibility is a possibility

But it makes it no less of a reality

You have the illness

I will be your witness

Bridge

When the grass is greyer on the other side (You have the illness)

All you want is to run and hide (I will be your witness)

At night the silence is loud and booming (You have the illness)

All the sleeplessness can be dooming (I will be your witness)

Wait it out for a turn in the tide (You have the illness)

The crashing around you will subside. (I will be your witness)

Chorus

When your therapist says it’s like a broken bone

Just without the sticks and stones

It means you have no scars to show

For all the worry and the woes

Invisibility is a possibility

But it makes it no less of a reality

You have the illness

I will be your witness

Bridge 2x

When the grass is greyer on the other side (You have the illness)

All you want is to run and hide (I will be your witness)

At night the silence is loud and booming (You have the illness)

All the sleeplessness can be dooming (I will be your witness)

Wait it out for a turn in the tide (You have the illness)

The crashing around you will subside (I will be your witness)

Outro

The grass will be green again

I will find you in a calm glen

Night’s volume will be tuned

Sleep cycles will resume

The storm will pass you by

The grass will be green again

I will find you in a calm glen

Night’s volume will be tuned

Sleep cycles will resume

The storm will pass you by.

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