[Verse 1] When tomorrow feels so far away And the future fades to gray Bowlby wrote of separation's pain How attachment breaks the chain Children lost without their guide Future hope gets pushed aside [Chorus] Deep engagement, second read Plant these authors in your head Harris, Black, and Norwood too Real and Levine guide us through Fraiberg's ghosts still haunt today When the future slips away [Verse 2] Maxine Harris speaks of loss forever Childhood wounds we can't untether When we lose what should have been Future dreams can't begin The hole remains where love should grow And tomorrow's hard to know [Chorus] Deep engagement, second read Plant these authors in your head Harris, Black, and Norwood too Real and Levine guide us through Fraiberg's ghosts still haunt today When the future slips away [Verse 3] Claudia Black says "never happen" But the patterns keep on snappin' Robin Norwood loves too much Losing self in desperate touch When we're stuck in painful ways Future's lost in endless maze [Bridge] Terrence Real won't talk about All the pain that shuts us out Peter Levine wakes the tiger Trauma makes the future lighter Fraiberg's ghosts from nursery days Haunt us in so many ways [Chorus] Deep engagement, second read Plant these authors in your head Harris, Black, and Norwood too Real and Levine guide us through Fraiberg's ghosts still haunt today When the future slips away [Outro] Seven voices show the way How the past steals our today Read them deep to understand Why tomorrow's hard to plan
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