Mary Lambert - Lay Your Head Down Lyrics






Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me

What is the state of your heart?
Is it concave?
Are you awake?

Sometimes when I cry
I start to cry harder simply because I am crying
Or because I know that in the world
Somewhere there are little girls that are wearing tutus
And singing Christmas songs
Or because there are actual Shar Pei puppies that look like rolled up towels
Or because on the internet, you can find pictures of pigs in rain boots
You can find anything on the internet
That is so cool
Or I cry because Sarah McLaughlin comes onto my TV
And sings to animals that don't have homes
(Fuck you Sarah McLaughlin)
(Just kidding, I love you Sarah McLaughlin)
Sometimes I cry when cheese is really good
Or when I've cut onions (but that's just human)
I cry when there is no end and I cry because there is an end
And I cry because you love me so well
And I cry because I gave my love to other people before you
And I cry because I used to cry alone because I wanted to die
I cry because the sunset is so beautiful on the Connecticut river
I cry because I am scared I am losing my mind
I cry because I'm on meds or because I forgot my meds or I'm crying for the fact I'm crying because I forgot my meds and does this actually mean I am myself?
And I am crying because maybe I am myself
And that doesn't feel like enough

Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me

What is the state of your heart?
Is it concave?
Are you awake?

I cry because sometimes my only power feels like tweeting a hashtag, because that feels so vapid and useless
Or I cry because I am human and I'm connected and there is immense sadness in the world
I cry because humanity is frightening
Because one person consumed with self-hatred and armed with one gun can kill an entire room of people
I cry because shame propels so many of us
I cry because so many people forget how important it is to cry or are made to feel weak when they do
I cry because I want to close my eyes
I cry because I can't
And I cry because there is also good
There's also chocolate cake and love and Harry Potter
And the brilliant gasps of magic of holding a hand
And hammocks
I love hammocks
I cry because it is late in the Summer and all the fireflies are winking at me and the moon is out and it wants nothing from me
I cry because my heart used to be an atlas with all the continents cut out
I cry because I am full now and sure and say yes when I mean yes, and no when I mean no and can love you with all of my breath
I cry because I am so well
Because I live so well
And how could one person possibly to be so fortunate to live with all of this light

Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me
Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me
What is the state of your heart?
Is it concave?
Are you awake?
Stay awake
Stay awake
Stay awake





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  1. S.... H....

    This is nice because what she is saying is normal because all people or most people get emotional at that stuff because I remember when my great grandmother died I mean I was sad a little bit but I knew it was part of life and I feel bad for most people because we all go through same and different stuff but we are all humans those and we all laugh and get mad and like this song too we all cry it happens but some cry more then others and I mean I don't cry that much but I feel things those and this person dose a good job singing life stuff like this

  2. O.... G....

    Great Song, Great Text! Keep up the good work

  3. O.... C....

    How dare she be so wonderful?

  4. I.... A....

    this version is so much better than the recored one don't @ me

    I.... A....

    Acoustic versions are always better in my opinion. Mary Lambert never disappoints ❤

  5. K.... J....

    thankyou for existing

  6. D.... K....

    Seattle version of Mary Poppins, prove me wrong, I'LL WAIT.

  7. R.... R....

    Mary Lambert devastates me and I’m here for it each time

  8. D.... E....

    That voice......was...arhhhh...
    melting me

  9. A.... E....

    This is my crying song, when I need a good healthy cry I come here and find respite

  10. A.... C....

    Fuck you Sarah mchlachlan

  11. C.... D....

    This made me cry becuase it's so true

  12. H.... T....

    This is emotional
    I cry because it's beautiful

  13. w.... ....

    So many reasons for tears, usually I can keep them at bay, but this song brought them on like a death...or a birth. Lubricant for the soul. Thank you Mary, you are a voice for a lot of us.

  14. M.... F....

    I simply love this strong woman ❤

  15. J.... P....

    You need to stop telling me you are a terrorist.

  16. J.... P....

    You need to stop telling me that.

  17. J.... P....

    I am constantly told that you fuck other people. I am told no one is trainable except you. I am told you do not give a shit how much ever I put forth. I am told you can not help yourself around children . I am told you just get high on dick & hard drugs & child sex abuse qualifies as hard drugs. I cry because women--including yourself--would rather suck off an animal than even let a woman have sex with me at all.

  18. L.... L....

    Somethime, Word is a weapon.

  19. W.... A....

    Mary Lambert, I fucking love you. Sincerely, Me.

  20. J.... K....

    Thats the saddest song I've ever heard - but so beautiful

  21. A.... M....

    I was crying listening to this

  22. R.... 1....

    1:08 is were she shares a message. somethign that warms my heart

  23. P.... ....

    She came to my school today lol

  24. S.... ....

    I cry because of what I've lost. I cry because of all of the support I have. I cry because my friend is going to die. I cry because my brother could die at any moment, and he isn't healthy, but he won't get help. I cry because I can't help. I cry because you can't force someone to get help. I cry because my ex husband abandoned me. I cry because I'm terrified of being abandoned, and alone. I cry because I loved, and now I hurt. I cry because there's too much anger inside and all the hobbies and distractions just don't make it go away. I cry because I go to therapy and I cry because I didn't go to therapy much sooner. I cry because the trust I put in someone seems to always be broken. I cry because I want to trust again. I cry because I don't know how my marriage fell apart so quickly. I cry because the life I saw for us will never be real. I cry because I'm doing so much better than I was 6 months ago. I cry because I miss my father and that pain never goes away, even after 23 years. I cry because I know what my purpose in life is, and it's to help other people. But I know that when I do that, I end up getting hurt myself. But how do you tell a fish not to swim? It is in their nature, and they suffocate if they can't swim.

    I cry because part of me is trying desperately to figure out if I really love him yet, or if I can even feel love anymore. There's so much that is jammed inside, I can't tell if I really do love him or what love actually feels like anymore. I'm afraid he'll leave. I like him so much...but at some point, won't he grow impatient? What if I never actually feel love again?

    I feel as though I'm broken, and I'm so tired of looking externally to find someone to try to piece me back together. But I've never fixed me before? And there's no manual.

    Therapy helps. Things will be okay. I know that, but I hate all of this. I hate what he's done. I have so much hate, but I don't want to project that into the world. I hope it dissolves, at some point.

    Life is hard, but if you promise to keep trying, and keep going? I do too.

    You are worth it.

  25. L.... L....

    why cd is this on. I love Mary Lambert this is my song!

  26. d.... ....

    hahaha fuck you Sarah Mclaughlin

  27. C.... P....

    Bitter sweet beautiful, bravo darlin.

    C.... P....

    Cliff P. I know...💖😭

  28. B.... B....

    This is beautiful in so many ways beyond words. I know that I’m like 3 years late but I don’t care 💖

  29. T.... M....

    I cry because i'm afraid i might lose my girl friend i cry cuz im thirteen and dont wanna deal with my diabetes i cry cuz when i talk to people about my feelings they dont care and say im looking for attention

  30. p.... v....

    💔❤

  31. C.... D....

    I know it's time to be serious but, I'm living for that bun.

  32. L.... o....

    I found you by accident today, just flipping through YouTube, and I couldn't stop listening. I love your voice. I love your songs. I love your sense of humor. Can't wait to hear more from you!

  33. B.... ....

    I love you soooooo much that you made me cry ♥️😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  34. A.... J....

    this is so damn legendary

  35. I.... ....

    Your songs always make me cry, but they’re so good. They have such a good meaning behind them and are just so beautiful and genuine. You are so beautiful and should be so proud of your music. Your songs truly bring tears of joy and sadness to my eyes. It’s so incredibly that you are able to do that just through singing. I cry because there are people so amazing like you in the world.

  36. L.... S....

    Hammocks rock

  37. G.... F....

    Mary! Sweeeeet! Thank you

  38. A.... H....

    I doubt she'll see my comments but omg great singer and songs and someday hope to see her perform live in Chicago and meet her!!!

  39. A.... H....

    love her music so much!!! one of my favorite lesbian artists!!! I also relate to her and I have bipolar disorder and ugh some parts totally hit me in the feels because I've been there.

  40. T.... b....

    i love your voice, and you make me know that I can feel safe

  41. c.... v....

    Mary Lambert makes me cry and I love her so much for these tears. Sometimes I feel like a slab of tombstone and then Mary reminds me that I'm actually human.

  42. M.... J....

    I feel like u wrote this for me

  43. G.... S....

    I love this woman she is so beautiful and an amazing artist

  44. M.... ....

    *the internet is great*

  45. A.... M....

    I don't cry easily, but sob every single time I listen to this. Every SINGLE time. And sometimes that's exactly why I watch it.

  46. C.... C....

    Where iz she now

  47. B.... A....

    I still watch it when I'm sad

  48. I.... o....

    I cry because I think back to memories that I know I can never re-live. I cry because those memories are the only times when I was happy. I cry because I want to die. I cry because no one cares when I cry. I CRY because I know for a fact no one cares about me. I cry because my siblings are so unsupportive & genuine heartless souls. I cry because I just want a family who really wants me. I cry because I need someone to tell me that I’m worth living. I cry because my brother acts like such a a-hole towards my mom. I cry because I love my mom so much. I cry because I sometimes feel like my mom doesn’t love me. I cry because talking about the things that make me cry, MAKE me cry. I cry because I hurt myself & no one knows that I do. I cry because no one sees that I’m hurting. I cry because my friends leave me out of an un relevant conversation. I cry because I want a better family. I cry because I will simply never be good enough.

  49. S.... L....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Beautiful

  50. G.... T....

    This is good, i cry because ive been trying to be strong for so long.. And i needed this, thanks Mary!

  51. S.... L....

    This specks to me

  52. A.... P....

    Omg I Love this😭

  53. M.... L....

    Fuck you Sarah MacLachlan... I’m dead!!!!😂😂😂😂

  54. K.... C....

    beautiful

  55. V.... P....

    I cry cause I finily feel something an sometimes I cry when I realize that I am free from the abuse an the darkness which my wife had saved me from.. I cry when I can't focus an sometimes I cry when I just need to cry..

  56. S.... J....

    You are morbidly obese. If you don't do something soon you will die and never be able to reproduce which is a good thing.

  57. S.... ....

    Sometimes i cry because i see rainbows and flying marshmellows in the sky.

  58. R.... h....

    I cry because I'm depressed and I cry because I have ppl that love me I cry because I dont know why I'm depressed i am myself and that doesn't fell like enough i simply cry because I can

  59. D.... K....

    I cry because when I share your music those that will listen don't hear what I hear, that which moves me to tears. I am sad for them.

  60. M.... D....

    I did this song as a dance solo, my favourite dance that I have ever done. It really spoke to the emotion that I love to pour into my dances, it was fitting for my last dance. I've spend this dance year injured and since I've been dealing with a lot of depression because of it. This song (and my solo) really helped make this year better.

  61. R.... B....

    I think a lot of people can relate to this song; because it is so powerful, moving and touching. First time I heard Mary was on a Macklemore song. And I think she's super talented, and has a realness to her, not like some artists you see these days.

  62. S.... ....

    Story of my life....

  63. L.... ....

    This is the most beautiful thing I've ever listened to

  64. T.... H....

    I love this song💓😭 my sisters have a dance to this song

  65. t.... ....

    Or I cry in the train right before an exam because I rediscovered mary lambert and how well this describes me

  66. c.... v....

    Mary Lambert is home to all of our tired hearts and souls. I love you girl.

  67. T.... P....

    Mary, how are you able to sing this without yourself crying?

  68. T.... P....

    I would love to lay my head down; I would be honored if you would just walked with me. I extend my hand and I dream, you take it.

  69. A.... M....

    Love this. Love you.

  70. J.... C....

    I cry because I want to cry. Because sometimes the joy is overwhelming. I cry because I am human and I am human because I cry. I cry because I found this song and I cry because I did not find it sooner.
    Thank you Mary Lambert.

  71. a.... t....

    Today I am doing a dance to this song For Jamie and a competition

  72. M.... S....

    I cry, because my life is great nearly perfect. I don't have a reason to cry or to hurt myself, but why am I doing it anyway? Because I need to cry. Because I can't live with all this happiness. Because I need something to cry about, but do I want something bad to happen in my life? No. I should be happy, but I'm not. I cry because my life is great. And then I cry because I think about people who have a reason to cry. There isn't one reason I could find why I am crying. I just need to let the tears out and when someone asks "hey, why are you crying" ... I don't know. Well, actually noone has ever seen me crying, because I cry when I am alone. I cry in the night, when nobody sees me. I cry alone, because I don't want anyone to know, that I have a broken mind. Wait. a broken mind? Can I say that? I don't know. Actually I don't know anything. I am bad at everything. Maybe that is why I am crying. But that isn't a reason to cry. My life is still great, though I am stupid. My life is great. No I don't want to kill myself. But I have thought about it. I thought about something that would look like an accident ... And a reason to cry about. But is it right? No, it isn't. That's the only thing I know. I want to live, but I also want someone to understand me. And anyway I want a reason to cry about. I AM STUPID. Sorry for wasting you time.

  73. y.... j....

    is there any more songs like this😭

  74. S.... C....

    Please put this on Apple music

  75. D.... Y....

    Thought I'd cry, but then I laughed. Laughed out loud.
    And I cry, but not watching you. Watching you I smiled, and hugged you inside, and hugged me inside.
    <3 you! Thank you! Meegwich! Much love to you.

  76. S.... W....

    She is so beautiful and so real so honest , god I hope I meet her one day😊

  77. L.... R....

    You make the most beautiful music and poetry... and you go from speaking to singing so well! I love your music! <3

  78. J.... G....

    This song is so freaking relatable😩

  79. R.... A....

    i don't know how did i missed this legend ? is there really people like her?

  80. A.... ....

    hey hey this was on my birthday!

  81. A.... W....

    I like this version better than the album cover

  82. C.... P....

    absolutely beautiful

  83. H.... d....

    Girl you are amazing🌹
    You make us feel everything and inspires us by giving courage to love ourselves❤️
    Thank for every word that you sing❤️

  84. E.... R....

    I love you lady !!

  85. D.... K....

    I dance so good to this song I love this song so much I think my team is going to win dance

  86. c.... d....

    i love this so much! i always come in when i need to cry and i also come here because i need to feel better.

  87. R.... P....

    Wow...... Thank you

  88. A.... P....

    Here's to more self-love and less shame. xoxo

  89. m.... k....

    You make me feel so safe I love you your such a beautiful person inside and out hope to hear more albums of you

  90. T.... ....

    This is so beautiful .

  91. e.... e....

    I cry because there is love and passion and people who do everything only for one person and they doesn't care anything and I cry because I don't have nothing of this and I star to cry harder because many people have less things than me but their are happy and their have someone who love them
    👤

  92. A.... H....

    This is amazingly beautiful... it made me laugh and cry, feel broken and mended, and made me feel completely full, all simultaneously <3

  93. C.... N....

    Check out my cover of this!!! I love you Mary Lambert!!!!!❤️❤️

  94. B.... D....

    *CAPTION REQUEST* Deaf access please 😁

  95. A.... H....

    it was just beautiful... I'm speachless...

  96. A.... K....

    I'm speechless
    fuck
    these songs are so inspiring
    thank you

  97. E.... M....

    I cry because sometimes you lose people you love and you can't explain how they fell through the cracks and it's no one's fault and I cry because there's no reason for it to have happened. I cry because sometimes I don't know if god's there and I cry because sometimes I can feel his presence. I cry because I want to love and I want to be loved more than anything else in the world, but being gay is a greater sin than forsaking your god in the eyes of the church. I cry because I will love no matter what and I cry because I know I will fall in love with such a beautiful girl whose strengths will be my weaknesses. And I cry because one day I know I will be so happy I'll think back to those days where it felt like my world was falling apart and wonder how I ever thought about leaving this beautiful earth.

  98. V.... G....

    I cry because they call me worthless. I cry because i know it's true. I cry because i know I cannot avoid pain. I cry because I'm crying over it. I'm crying now because I feel emotion when I listen to her beautiful voice.