Broken Open (5:59)

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Troubadours of Divine Bliss
Aim Me Smiley and Renee Ananda
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1. Broken Open(5:59)

Songwriters: Renee Ananda & Aim Me Smiley

Publisher: Troubadours of Divine Bliss Music, BMI

Sometimes the chorus comes first, like an anthem, like an old chant or prayer that is dying to be heard. And so it was with Broken Open.

The inspiration came after hearing a talk by Eve Ensler and the work she has done with women and girls around the world who are survivors of abuse. It is a protest that, finally, after all that has been taken, you will not take my vulnerability, my tenderness, my ability to trust and love again. As survivors ourselves, we defiantly shout, go ahead, “Break me Open!” I can bear it and the wound will become an entrance for healing and Light.

Rumi and then Leonard Cohen spoke to the wound being the place where the light enters. This song was written as an anthem to the spirit of reclaiming the power of vulnerability.