Gone Beyond

The words ‘gone beyond’ in the title track of this album refer to transcending, moving onward–a celebration of letting go of what has been holding one back. The death and rebirth that happens when we are no longer weighed down by conditions. I hope that the listener can relate to this song in whatever way they need or want to at a given time.

Struggling to find the bottom
And as you tread the waves
You make contact with currents
That could carry you for days

Float on your back
Finding shapes in the clouds
There is no sign of danger
Nothing to figure out

You’ve gone beyond
You’ve gone beyond
Gone beyond

Swimming for the surface
You give way to the flow
The sunlight spills on treasure
You had dreamt of long ago

Release the expectation
That there’ll be a debt to pay
You’ve permission to good fortune
And a place that you can stay

You’ve gone beyond
Gone beyond
Gone beyond

Hold it up to your ear
Place it back in the sea
All the spirals inside a shell
Whisper of some memory
And all the rooms inside your heart
Echo of what you believe

You’ve gone beyond
Gone beyond
Gone beyond
Gone beyond

You’ve gone beyond
Gone beyond
Gone beyond
Gone beyond

_{© 2023 Caitlin Kraus
From album Gone Beyond}