03 TOSS AND TURN
Toss And Turn
Live Mxaku
[Verse 1]
Cruel and brutal life we chained to, the living
Are in pieces, others picked to cease to exist, for the silence
Live brush your teeth and wash your face my darling
I'm telling you everything, l cannot always be there
Flush your phone in the toilet to keep our ears at ease
Jeez jus leave and pack your things l would be pleased
I noticed, you not flourishing at school
But promise one thing that you'll propel your limit until you achieve
Your mission, for peace sake, your father
Wants you to visit him, but that is pissing you off
With him you bound to turn wine to water to get along
Still in teenage to make decisions
Hence l would be at fault, it would seem like it's me
Turning you against him, you my son and my angel
I'd never lead you to hell, in my absence have faith
That Jesus Christ the savior, will put you under his wing
[Choras]
If only my anguish and misery could be weighed
It would surely outweigh the sum of sand in the sea
When i'm trying to sleep, my dreams come up with waves
Of night terros i'm scared, so I toss and I turn
'Til it's dawn I stare while God snatches away
From my hands i'm mad I can't fight for myself
When i'm trying to sleep, my dreams come up with waves
Of night terros i'm scared, so I toss and I turn
[Verse 2]
Serious illness ey mom? really why tell me now?
"He will drown in his tears" I figured you would say that
Guess what, It is a blessing that Jesus's setting you free
From this sickness I'm praying l promise you gon' be healed
Days passed without change, l wasn't patient with pain
And the doctors either so l decided to pressure the lord:
"To the one that created the foundations of this earth
I've been knocking on your door and if you sleeping wake up"
This is the moment when was l losing my shit
Losing mom and there was nothing l could do at this phase
Prayed not to lose faith, was a wreck when situations
Went from to better to worse, "life happens to all"
I beg to differ, I'm under God's protection
While my mom's still sick, reason why I'm praying
Life should be lenient but mother died regardless
Thinking what could be more tragic under God's protection
[Choras]
If only my anguish and misery could be weighed
It would surely outweigh the sum of sand in the sea
When i'm trying to sleep, my dreams come up with waves
Of night terros i'm scared, so I toss and I turn
'Til it's dawn I stare while God snatches away
From my hands i'm mad I can't fight for myself
When i'm trying to sleep, my dreams come up with waves
Of night terros i'm scared, so I toss and I turn
[Verse 3]
I'm a sheep without a shepard, and l am walking
Surrounded by tons of predators, grit my teeth
And raise my spirit one of us will die, or sleep in hell
But who is brave enough to question jesus? say "l don't
Deserve this", and who would understand his perspective?
Miseries and pain will always stay a mystery
Prayers fade when you fathom you not different at all
Everybody's troubles are fated and so we striving to linger
Whether you christian or not, people say
The darkest hour is near the dawn, nothing good
At all came out from my mother's death surely l have
Fears that I may cease to be, before I've written
My parables in my rhythmic book of rhymes and fill up
My pages with all thoughts like a garner, harvesting
All my grain and fill it in the storeroom,
If that day would come through, surely I'd die with pride and gratitude.
[Choras]
If only my anguish and misery could be weighed
It would surely outweigh the sum of sand in the sea
When i'm trying to sleep, my dreams come up with waves
Of night terros i'm scared, so I toss and I turn
'Til it's dawn I stare while God snatches away
From my hands i'm mad I can't fight for myself
When i'm trying to sleep, my dreams come up with waves
Of night terros i'm scared, so I toss and I turn
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ABOUT TOSS AND TURN
This song is about Live's mother, before and after her death and how these situations
shaped Live's perspective about life.
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