Fear and anxiety are named and refused in the opening lines: “We reject the spirit of fear / And release sound mind.” Cageless Birds build the whole song from this pairing of rejecting and releasing, and the second pass strengthens the verbs from “reject” to “push back.”
What gets released is described as a mind “full of delight,” and the closing stretch finally says where that mind rests: “A mind that is stayed on You / A mind that is grounded on You / A mind that is surrounded by You.” The progression runs from standing against something to being held by Someone, and the repeated “a sound mind” works like a breath prayer that can be sung through a restless day.
The title phrase comes from 2 Timothy 1:7, where God gives power, love, and a sound mind rather than a spirit of fear. Isaiah 26:3 supplies the “stayed on You” language, and Philippians 4:7 describes the peace that guards the heart and mind once anxiety is set aside.
We reject the spirit of fear
And release sound mind a sound mind
We reject all anxiety
And release sound mind, a sound mind
That's full of delight
Full of delight
We push back the spirit of fear
And release a sound mind, a sound mind
We push back all anxiety
And release a sound mound, a sound mind
We push back the spirit of fear
And release a sound mind, a sound mind
A mind that is stayed on You
A mind that is grounded on You
A mind that is surrounded by You
A sound mind, a sound mind
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