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Leave It All Behind
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Aug 20, 2026 updated
Verified editorial review
Amy Grant's 'Leave It All Behind' is a gentle, reflective song about offering companionship and a fresh start to someone feeling stuck and overwhelmed. The narrator suggests escaping daily pressures and finding a quiet place to breathe and be heard. It's not overtly religious, but its themes of rest, release, and caring presence resonate with Christian values of compassion and renewal. The song encourages letting go of burdens and trusting in a change of scenery to ease the mind, reflecting a simple, human desire for peace and connection.
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I took a drive along the west bank of the shore
I thought of what you said and then I thought some more
You say your life is all but chiseled out in stone
And all you want is just a taste of the unknown
Think it was yesterday I called you on the phone
You say you need a change, I recognized the tone
Buy me a ticket please, to anywhere I'll go
I'm not saying what is right or what is wrong
I'm just thinking you've been hanging here too long
So why don't we just up and leave it all behind
Maybe a change would ease your mind
For a time, Leave it all behind
What I really want to do is see you smile
Hear you talk and let me listen for a while
There's too much going on to keep it all inside
You try to whisper but you start to scream and shout
What you need is just a place to let it out
[Chorus:]
So why don't we just up and leave it all behind
Maybe a change would ease your mind, for a time
We will see if there's a place that we can go
Someplace that no one else will know how to find
Leave it all behind
You try to whisper but you start to scream and shout
What you need is just a place to let it out
[Chorus]