Knowing When is a request for help and a tender reminder to reach out to those in need - as well as that in our most uncertain moments, we can find compassion for self and the courage to reach out.
from An Alternate Refrain, track released December 21, 2025
Ira Scott Levin: vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Julia Bordenaro Levin: vocals, backing vocals, piano
Mark Dann: bass / acoustic guitar
Sean Dixon: drums
Simon Scott: electric guitar / backing vocal
Sarah Weber: viola

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Lyrics

Knowing When

I don’t know how to see this world.
Wondering how it all unfurls.
I can’t tell if I’m lost or found
Call me up and talk me down.
Please call me up and talk me down.

I don’t know how to hold all this
Should I surrender or resist?
I’ve wandered out where the feels ice thin
Seek me out and reel me in.
please seek me out and reel me in.

You don’t have to know my name
Maybe you have felt the same
If you understand this pain
Then meet me where there is no shame.
Meet me there.

I don’t think that I am afraid
I feel my path has been mislaid
Please point to where and I’ll know then
I thank you now for knowing when.
I thank you now for knowing when.
I thank you now for knowing when.

Yi-la-li, yi-li-li-li-li, Yi-la-li yi-li-li-li

-The Levins © 2025/ Sweet Peach Blossoms/ ASCAP