Don't Turn Your Back - Behind the Song
Don’t turn your back on your other lives. They won’t pull you down; they will make you stronger.
After coming out, I found myself in quite a different world; I needed to forge new connections and relationships to navigate and make a success of this new life. And my old relationships often felt at odds with this new world. And wrongly, I sometimes felt that these worlds and relationships were incompatible; that I had to choose between them. Consequently, I allowed some relationships to wither. I regret that now.
Lyrics
Surrounded by a different world, you’re living in another life
And everything you did before, you see it in a different light
But don’t turn your back on the lives you led
On the dreams you had, or the ones you left
No, don’t turn your back on your other lives
They won’t pull you down, they will make you stronger
The feeling it could fall apart, the worry you won’t feel the same
You feel the need to break away, the only way to make it through
But don’t turn your back…
It’s feeling like another life when, really, it’s a stepping stone
So, don’t turn your back…