“What Is Just Is” arrangement & lyric video 🎵

I’m so excited to share the gorgeous arrangement my brother made for this song. As I wrote yesterday in the live video I posted for this song, this is a song about my struggles with anxiety and learning to reach for “the serenity to accept the things I cannot change” (quoting the AA “serenity prayer”). It holds deep meaning for me, and I hope it may help to soothe others’ anxiety as well. 🩷

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“What Is Just Is” lyrics

The rain coming down
won’t listen to me.
And so it goes
with everything.
I strive and strain
to make things okay
but whatever will be
will just be anyway.

What is just is;
it’s not up to me.
I open my hands
and let it be.

So many things
I’ve got to get done
So I just keep pushing
On and on
My head starts to ache
I yell at my child
My heart starts to break
It’s time to resign

What is just is;
it’s not up to me.
I open my hands
and let it be.

I strive to protect
the ones that I love
But dangers abound,
Below and above.
All my best tries
are no guarantee.
This fear hurts my heart
Until I can see

that what is just is;
it’s not up to me.
I open my hands
and let it be.

What is just is;
it’s not up to me.
What was just was.
What will be will be.

I look at the world
And see so much pain
That I cannot stop
Just like the rain
What help I can give
Will come as I live
In tune with my soul
Not by fake control
May I learn to tend
This griever in me
This anxiety
Just breathe and be

For what is just is;
it’s not up to me.
I open my hands
and let it be.

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