Lyrics

Title: I Lay My Sorrow Down In Gold

(Keep the song between 3:00 and 3:20. Short arrangement. No extended instrumental. No long outro. End immediately after final chorus.)

[Intro - 5 seconds]
(Soft humming, gentle bright piano.)

[Verse 1]
I came here quiet, with years in my hands,
Dust on my heart from old promised lands.
The flowers turned like they already knew
All of the weight I was carrying through.

A little gold moved in the evening air,
Like something kind had been waiting there.
I closed my eyes, let the silence unfold,
And laid my sorrow down in gold.

[Chorus]
I lay my sorrow down in gold,
Where gentle wings can hold my soul.
What I carried, I release,
Into the honey, into peace.

I’m not broken, I’m just worn,
I have weathered many storms.
But tonight, I let it go,
I lay my sorrow down in gold.

[Verse 2]
Silver hair danced in the amber rain,
Every wrinkle had a song, not shame.
No one rushed, no one asked me why,
The moon just walked beside the sky.

I heard the bees like a soft church bell,
Singing things only old hearts tell.
And every fear I kept inside
Turned to light on the other side.

[Chorus]
I lay my sorrow down in gold,
Where gentle wings can hold my soul.
What I carried, I release,
Into the honey, into peace.

I’m not broken, I’m just worn,
I have weathered many storms.
But tonight, I let it go,
I lay my sorrow down in gold.

[Bridge - very short]
I’m still here, I’m still light,
Still becoming in the night.

[Final Chorus]
I lay my sorrow down in gold,
Where gentle wings can hold my soul.
What I carried, I release,
Into the honey, into peace.

I’m not broken, I’m just worn,
I have weathered many storms.
But tonight, I let it go,
I lay my sorrow down in gold.

[End]