Deep Engagement (Read These Second)

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Lyrics

[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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