Lyrics

A Part of Me Knows I’m Whole words & music by Diana Di Gioia


It can feel like a “life by committee
It can feel like an unruly mob
It can seem like every little wound adds up
To an endless repair job
There’s the self I loathe, and the self I love
And there’s everything in between
And somehow, somewhere, now and then
There’s this moment, serene

But a part of me knows I’m whole
A part of me knows I’m whole
And when I hold that moment and fan that flame
I am breathing through my soul
There’ll be a hundred feelings that try to propel me
Down a thousand different roads
But each distraction is a call to action
A part of me knows I’m whole

A wounded child, a critical Dad
A stern, unforgiving voice
A playful spirit, a rabid idealist
The freedom to make a choice
A hopeless failure, a triumphing hero
The one who says “Look at Me”
I’m afraid of losing, afraid of trying
Afraid of who I might be

But a part of me knows I’m whole
A part of me knows I’m whole
And when I hold that moment and fan that flame
I am breathing through my soul
There’ll be a hundred feelings that try to propel me
Down a thousand different roads
But each distraction is a call to action
A part of me knows I’m whole
I’m whole
I’m whole
I’m whole
I’m whole

You can have, do or be whatever you please
So I’m told, and so they say
You can chase that rainbow and follow that star
Tho’ it always seems further away
You can build your castle out of somebody’s love
If only they’d love you “just right”
But it might be clearer if you turn the mirror
Toward that inner light


But a part of me knows I’m whole
A part of me knows I’m whole
And when I hold that moment and fan that flame
I am breathing through my soul
There’ll be a hundred feelings that try to propel me
Down a thousand different roads
But each distraction is a call to action
A part of me knows I’m whole

A part of me knows I’m whole
A part of me knows I’m whole
A part of me knows I’m whole
A part of me knows I’m whole
Part of me, part of me, part of me knows
A part of me knows I’m whole
Part of me, part of me, part of me knows
Part of me knows I’m whole

I’m whole