Natashia Midori - Be With You Lyrics

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Be With You - Natashia Midori (Official lyric video)

Meaning & Inspiration

Sometimes I wonder if I actually mean it when I say I’m weak. We sing about being weak, and then go home and try to act like we’ve got everything under control. But listening to the way Natashia sings about finding comfort in those moments of fragility—it feels honest, like admitting the walls are closing in and I can’t breathe on my own. When she calls Him the lifter of her head, I think about how often my chin is just dragging on the floor, looking at the mess of my own feet instead of anything else. It’s hard to look up. It’s physically taxing to shift your eyes when you feel like you’ve been crushed by a bad week or just the general weight of being human.

There’s a part that stopped me, asking who could stand between the Lord and herself. It’s supposed to be a rhetorical question about victory, I guess, or security. But for me, it feels like a confrontation. I’m usually the one standing between us. I’m the barrier, with my pride and the stupid, small things I hide in the corners of my life. I say I want to be an offering, but offering implies something gets burned up, right? And I really don't like the feeling of being consumed. I like being kept intact. I like my own autonomy.

It’s easy to say "take me higher" when things are okay. But when she says "draw me deeper," I get a knot in my stomach. Deep water is where you can’t touch the bottom. It’s where you stop pretending you’re a good swimmer and just have to float, or sink, or finally trust the One holding the water. I don't know if I want to be deeper. I think I’m mostly just trying to keep my head above the waves, even though I know, deep down, that the bottom is probably where I’m actually supposed to be.