"mind."

"Mind" is a heart-pounding Christian song. Released on Good Friday for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it explores the symptoms of trauma that survivors experience. I reflected on the British invasion while writing and producing this, so it features characteristics of rock! Listen for free, download the song for a dollar or more, and follow along with the lyrics below!

20% of my profit from "mind" will go towards the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN).  "Mind" is available to stream on Spotify and other platforms, but each stream only equals a fraction of a penny. If you cannot afford to download "mind", sharing it will also help people! Please share stopsexualassault.org/mind with everyone you think could use it!

Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord, my soul, to keep

Thy love guard me through the night

And wake me with the morning light

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Really, Lord, I mean that prayer

You know what happened when I was in that bed

Every night, I see those flares

Even though I am not there

I am here from dusk ’til dawn

I am on the lookout for the enemy

In a war that he started

In armor, not pajamas

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No weapon formed against me shall prosper

I cry as I fall asleep

Trying to believe that You will protect me

Sound asleep, alarms go off

I jump up like

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I can’t get no sleep

The enemy keeps bombing me with memories

Shooting fear asking what if any of this happens

Violence, death, loss

I keep panicking, keep convulsing

Please help me to keep fight

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Oh my God! Did you see that

People from our army are attacking me

I called them to help me sleep

They answered to ambush me

What a clever strategy

Comrades who are soldiers of the enemy

I’ve got to step my game up

This is chess, it’s not checkers

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Take every thought captive

Renew your mind

That’s what I learned in boot camp

Ugh this is way harder than I thought it’d be

It’s been years, when will this end

You yell, watch out

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I can’t get no sleep

The enemy keeps bombing me with memories

Shooting fear asking what if any of this happens

Violence, death, loss

I keep panicking, keep convulsing

Please help me to fight on this

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Battlefield in my mind

On this battlefield in my mind

On this battlefield in my mind

I’ll fight ’til I die

I’ll survive

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Am I losing my mind

Think I'm losing my mind

I will not lose my mind, my mind

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People think this war’s a dream

That battles are bedtime stories

You may have all of them fooled, not me

Now flee from me

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You know how dangerous I am

When I remember

Who I am and who you are and that I’m stronger than you’ll ever be

Not alone, but always with Jesus

My night light, my teddy bear

You fear, so I’m not scared

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I am Stephanie Marcellé Boyd

Crowned in Victory, Little Warrior

Daughter of God, Sister of Christ

Filled with Light, my power’s limitless

I am winning this war against darkness

On the battlefield in my mind, and

I will never, ever give up

In Jesus’ name, I fight, Amen

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