Get Grounded Now

Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Stephen Porges, in that book from 2011,
you wrote about the vagus nerve,
seeking safety in the dialogue with the world.
Here I am, at 4:30 PM, in this beige room,
window spilling afternoon light on the yoga mat.
The air at 68 degrees, a slight shiver pulls me back.

[Chorus]
Get grounded now, hold this river stone,
smooth from the Colorado, picked in July 2020.
Feel its cool weight in your palm,
anchor to the earth, hear that low hum beneath.
Bessel van der Kolk, you said the body keeps the score,
from 2014, that imprint on the skin.
Press it hard, let the texture talk back.

[Verse 2]
The wall clock ticks each second,
five minutes into the breathing,
chamomile tea steaming on the table,
floral scent mixing with imagined damp soil.
After the rain, barefoot on grass,
that strange vibration, not explained yet,
Chevalier's study in 2015, mood shifting by 31 percent.

[Chorus]
Get grounded now, hold this river stone,
smooth from the Colorado, picked in July 2020.
Feel its cool weight in your palm,
anchor to the earth, hear that low hum beneath.
Bessel van der Kolk, you said the body keeps the score,
from 2014, that imprint on the skin.
Press it hard, let the texture talk back.

[Bridge]
No more floating, no distant bicycle outside,
just this stone, this moment, the shiver at 68 Fahrenheit.
The unnamed ones in the studies, their stories folded into data,
from diverse backgrounds, feeling the hum too.
Connect now, vagus whispering safety.

[Verse 3]
In the therapy room, light fading at 4:30,
yoga mat worn from sessions past.
Hold it closer, river stone,
tell me your weight, your chill against my skin.
Cortisol dropping, 20 minutes in,
like the participants felt, earth pulling them down.

[Outro]
Get grounded now, right now,
with this stone, in this room,
Porges' dialogue alive in the palm.