Yesterday, 
I walked outside 
Out into a sea of dust, arid and dry 
And so hot and so unbelievably radiant 
And unforgiving 
And I watched myself go under 
And I felt energy rising 
And then I saw this woman coming towards me 
All heat and haze 
But with a smile like a river that swept me up 
And I took my hand and 
I put it in hers 
And I said, "Will you be my spirit guide?" 
And she said, "You don't need a spirit guide All you gotta do is ride You just close your eyes and then open them wide" 
She said Do something that scares you 
Do something that scares you 
And I washed my hands in the clear green water 
Rushing from the mountain like some kind of absolution 
Like a resurrection 
I put my whole body into the water 
Like I was transforming, a chrysalis 
I could taste the dirt 
The red earth on my tongue 
And I felt like 
I was just a girl, 
Seventeen, looking for something, edgy and green 
And bursting and beautiful and undecipherable 
With the reins held tight 
And I felt like 
I was just holding onto a thread 
Taking off, ready for joy, on a bird's wing, fragile 
And I heard that voice 
Do something that scares you 
Do something that scares you 
Do something that makes you feel 
Do something that makes you feel 
And I stood on the edge of that cliff 
And I realized 
I was all alone 
With no way up or down 
And I was scared 
And I started to climb 
Up, up, up 
And I could suddenly feel 
And I could feel rain on my skin, sweet and cold 
And I could feel all the pain from all the years 
All the sweat and all the untold passions and the tears 
Like rain flowering in me so strong 
Like jasmine, and releasing me 
And I fell onto the sand and 
I put up my hands 
And I put up my body arms 
And I cried with the rain 
And I felt myself becoming myself 
Like I was freed from the beliefs that 
I'd been handed as a child 
Like I could see the world from above 
Like I could live pure 
And I took off that red ribbon from around my head 
And I buried it under the yellow earth, scratching at the sand 
Burying it deeper and deeper 
Into the heat, into the core 
I said I did something that scares me 
I did something that scares me 
I did something that makes me feel 
I did something that makes me feel 
I did something that makes me feel 
Alive