My Inner Child
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A Few Words
My Inner Child began as a series of small notes I once wrote for myself.
At the time, I had become very familiar with my inner critic (that I call Harry) – the voice that questioned, judged, and doubted everything I felt.
When that voice slowly softened, something else came into view.
This song grew out of noticing the part of me that still looked outward for reassurance.
The child that gets scared, confused, overly excited, or hurt – and instinctively searches for someone else to tell her what is right, safe, or okay.
While writing this song, something shifted.
I realised that even the people we once saw as all-knowing are simply human too.
They carry their own inner children, their own questions, their own uncertainty.
This song marks a quiet turning point: the moment I began to trust my own inner compass, and to become the parent my inner child had been looking for all along.
The Song
My inner child is sometimes scared
In this big world, with big people
All the monsters try to attack me
There’s crocodiles under my bed
Mama, papa, help where are you?
No, I think I can tell myself that it’s gonna be okay
My inner child feels sometimes hurt
Why does the whole world seem against me?
If I don’t get what I want
I start to cry, this is far from fun
Mama, papa, please can you comfort me?
No, I think I can tell myself that it’s gonna be okay
My inner child is often curious and a little bit crazy
How would I look with that funny hat on?
But hey, why is everyone looking at me that way?
Am I acting too weird, did I do something wrong?
Oh mama, papa, please can you safe me?
No, I think I can tell myself that it’s gonna be okay
My inner child is oh so happy, so happy as a child
I embrace my guilty pleasures
And the beginners mind I have
I don’t care if you think I’m childish, or do I?
Oh mama, papa, am I ever gonna be too old for this?
No, I think I can tell myself that it’s all okay
It’s all gonna be okay
My inner child is sometimes confused
I sometimes feel as if no one understands me
Is there someone who can say what’s going on?
Can someone tell me what is right or wrong?
Oh mama, papa, do you have all the answers?
No, even they have an inner child
No, even they do not know everything well
So let’s just tell ourselves and each other
That it all doesn’t really matter, anyway
Just be the parent of your own inner child, it’s all gonna be okay
It’s all gonna be okay
It’s all gonna be okay
Closing Words
May this song meet you where you are.
Photo by Liza Kollau – with love.
Hannah de Maagt
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I’m Hannah. A pilgrim of the inner path.
Walking the Camino of Life with honesty and authenticity, and offering the medicine that moves through me in song, word, and presence.
Hannah de Maagt
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