Hope walks a narrow road
But she's always walking
In your direction.
Your heart is an empty tomb
It could be a bright lit room
If only you'd let Love
Break down your defenses.
We sailed the seven seas
In search for meaning
We found nothing more
Than beauty so fleeting.
Each time you walk alone
Through all the madness
And when you forget your home
He shares your sadness.
When you are breaking down
He's broken with you
When you cry out for love
He's reaching for you
When the arrows fly
He's fighting for you
When you turn away
He's dying for you.
Love walks a narrow road
But He's always walking
In your direction.
Would you turn around?
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Frozen Fighter
Everything is complete when I look into your eyes
Which is why I'm incomplete most of the time
I don't know what to think
I don't know what to say
and unless I find some meaning soon
I'm afraid I'll lose my way
Speeding down this narrow road
closing on a stone wall
Praying just to see your face
instead I start to fall
I won't know what to think
I won't know what to do
when once again I have the chance
to fall in love with you
No one here is bullet proof
though some like to pretend
Most of us live just to breathe
these circles never end
I don't know what to think
I don't know what to feel
And unless I find my love again
I'm afraid I'll never heal
Have you lost your way my friend
are you going blind?
Have you lost your way again
such a common crime...
Which is why I'm incomplete most of the time
I don't know what to think
I don't know what to say
and unless I find some meaning soon
I'm afraid I'll lose my way
Speeding down this narrow road
closing on a stone wall
Praying just to see your face
instead I start to fall
I won't know what to think
I won't know what to do
when once again I have the chance
to fall in love with you
No one here is bullet proof
though some like to pretend
Most of us live just to breathe
these circles never end
I don't know what to think
I don't know what to feel
And unless I find my love again
I'm afraid I'll never heal
Have you lost your way my friend
are you going blind?
Have you lost your way again
such a common crime...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Safe and Sound
There is nothing more to talk about
There is nothing more to say
except than when you took my hand
I felt happiness
I searched far and wide
I searched this whole world
and never did I find
anything worthwhile
..and then I found you
No more, my dear
will I run from your embrace
'cause I wandered, and I got lost
I got lost in this place
Then I saw just how much I needed you
Yeah, now I see exactly what you mean to me
No matter how many demons try
to pull love apart
No matter how many people try
to shove us on the ground
We won't drown
We won't drown
We won't let them pull us down
We will press on safe and sound
Rest, my friend
there is no need to rush
we have time, we'll be fine
because love is enough
no matter what, no matter how far
no matter what the cost
I will fight, I will die
just to make you mine
No matter how many demons try
to pull love apart
No matter how many people try
to shove us down
We won't drown
We won't drown
We won't let them pull us down
We will press on safe and sound
And if my pride keeps me from
telling you how I love you
please just remember that you're
the best friend I could have asked for
so shine on.
There is nothing more to say
except than when you took my hand
I felt happiness
I searched far and wide
I searched this whole world
and never did I find
anything worthwhile
..and then I found you
No more, my dear
will I run from your embrace
'cause I wandered, and I got lost
I got lost in this place
Then I saw just how much I needed you
Yeah, now I see exactly what you mean to me
No matter how many demons try
to pull love apart
No matter how many people try
to shove us on the ground
We won't drown
We won't drown
We won't let them pull us down
We will press on safe and sound
Rest, my friend
there is no need to rush
we have time, we'll be fine
because love is enough
no matter what, no matter how far
no matter what the cost
I will fight, I will die
just to make you mine
No matter how many demons try
to pull love apart
No matter how many people try
to shove us down
We won't drown
We won't drown
We won't let them pull us down
We will press on safe and sound
And if my pride keeps me from
telling you how I love you
please just remember that you're
the best friend I could have asked for
so shine on.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Better Days
Did you watch the sunset last night
Did you help a stranger into the light
Did you watch a ship sail out of sight
Did you help yourself get into a fight?
I did...
A star-shaped rock told me you loved me
A dying rose helped her set you free
You'll never learn from your mistakes
And I won't burn under the choices you make
Anymore...
Can you hear the sirens ringing out
Can you hear the voices crying loud
Can you feel the thunder rush through your veins
Can you feel the warmth of love despite the rain?
I can't...
A star-shaped rock told me you loved me
A dying rose helped her set you free
You'll never learn from your mistakes
And I won't burn under the choices you make
Anymore...
Sometime we'll find
Love that stays kind
I hope it will change your mind
One day we'll say
Look how love reigns
When we choose to believe
Don't be afraid to
become brand new
Be the change we're all searching for
Did you help a stranger into the light
Did you watch a ship sail out of sight
Did you help yourself get into a fight?
I did...
A star-shaped rock told me you loved me
A dying rose helped her set you free
You'll never learn from your mistakes
And I won't burn under the choices you make
Anymore...
Can you hear the sirens ringing out
Can you hear the voices crying loud
Can you feel the thunder rush through your veins
Can you feel the warmth of love despite the rain?
I can't...
A star-shaped rock told me you loved me
A dying rose helped her set you free
You'll never learn from your mistakes
And I won't burn under the choices you make
Anymore...
Sometime we'll find
Love that stays kind
I hope it will change your mind
One day we'll say
Look how love reigns
When we choose to believe
Don't be afraid to
become brand new
Be the change we're all searching for
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Homeless or Dead
"Take my hand, sweetheart." Jake stated, with a desperate tone in his voice.
"No." I answered, with the most confidence I could muster.
I shouldn't hold it against him, but the only time anyone ever called me sweetheart was when they were angry at me. This wasn't really different.
"Nora, I can't love you."
Okay, maybe it wasn't a desperate tone, just one that wimps use when people aren't cooperating with them.
"If you can't love me, don't tell me to hold your hand."
I'm so done with him. I'm so done with everyone. Too bad suicide is a sin, and running away will just leave me homeless or lost. I don't really know which one would be best. I don't really know why I'm wondering. But I guess being dead would be equivalent to being homeless and lost, for me at least. So maybe I'll just go with lost. Maybe I'll just wander for a while.
"Jake, what would you do if I told you I never wanted to see you again?"
Jake stopped walking away, I kept shivering.
He turned around and looked at me, as if I was one of his patients in need of some hardcore medication.
"I would say that you don't have the choice, sweetheart. You're stuck with me until you die."
Ironic. Normally that kind of thing comes along in a marriage vow.
"I never want to see you again."
Standing up was difficult, but I did it.
"Too bad Nora, you don't have the choice."
He was staring at me from across courtyard, but was distracted when his cellphone started ringing.
"To hell with choices."
I took the pill out of my pocket, placed it on my tongue, waited for Jake to get the chance look at me, then swallowed my deathwish.
life was pretty kind to me after that.
life was pretty mean to Jake after that.
"No." I answered, with the most confidence I could muster.
I shouldn't hold it against him, but the only time anyone ever called me sweetheart was when they were angry at me. This wasn't really different.
"Nora, I can't love you."
Okay, maybe it wasn't a desperate tone, just one that wimps use when people aren't cooperating with them.
"If you can't love me, don't tell me to hold your hand."
I'm so done with him. I'm so done with everyone. Too bad suicide is a sin, and running away will just leave me homeless or lost. I don't really know which one would be best. I don't really know why I'm wondering. But I guess being dead would be equivalent to being homeless and lost, for me at least. So maybe I'll just go with lost. Maybe I'll just wander for a while.
"Jake, what would you do if I told you I never wanted to see you again?"
Jake stopped walking away, I kept shivering.
He turned around and looked at me, as if I was one of his patients in need of some hardcore medication.
"I would say that you don't have the choice, sweetheart. You're stuck with me until you die."
Ironic. Normally that kind of thing comes along in a marriage vow.
"I never want to see you again."
Standing up was difficult, but I did it.
"Too bad Nora, you don't have the choice."
He was staring at me from across courtyard, but was distracted when his cellphone started ringing.
"To hell with choices."
I took the pill out of my pocket, placed it on my tongue, waited for Jake to get the chance look at me, then swallowed my deathwish.
life was pretty kind to me after that.
life was pretty mean to Jake after that.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Just a Waste
crayons lined up according to color
rainbow formation
lights hung in careful balance
desired perfection
ladies dressed in flawless white
no connection
men comparing their lofty sum
no connection
He held your hand
He held your heart
He held you close
He tore your world apart.
She smiled at you
She laughed with you
She learned with you
She burned down with you.
he watched you fall
he watched her cry
he blamed his mom
he resisted the urge to die
The sooner you decide to stand up and fight the odds
The sooner they will have the chance to shoot you down
Take the advice of someone who knows
just how simple it is to disguise your frown
take one step, take another.
don't look at a single face
keep your eyes low, DON'T SPEAK
don't you know?
they're in the business of grace
trace a steady line
from your heart
to your head
when the clock strikes nine
make sure that
you are dead
Friday, November 19, 2010
Make a Decision
Do you ever feel like you've been pushed and prodded, ever so gently, into a situation that makes you want to stand up and yell "I AM SO SORRY" and then curl up into anyone's arms and cry?
and when you're in that situation..
Do you ever wonder why you let someone other than God open your chest and open your heart and claim what they see fit?
and after you've let yourself become so vulnerable..
Do you ever stop and realize that what is going wrong is all your fault?
We're allowed to ask for help, we're encouraged to ask for help.
but when asking for help really matters, we aren't allowed to have problems.
so everyone expects everyone to deal with their own issues, in covert ways so that the burden is never shared.
and we complain about life being hard?
but most of us have no idea what having a hard life looks and feels like.
I have no idea what a hard life looks and feels like.
so. if we don't really know what a hard life is, then that must mean we have relatively good lives.
of course, that depends on you, opening your eyes and accepting the fact that God has blessed you more than you can comprehend.
so if we have good lives, or any kind of life at all, we have the choice to enjoy it.
It is a decision.
a common misconception is that deciding to enjoy life means pasting a smile on every morning and keeping that smile intact until you're safe in your bed that night.
wrong.
that is not enjoying life, it's putting on a facade that you are.
enjoying life is a decision, but one that has to be made again and again and again until it's true.
I think something that recent generations have missed is that
to enjoy life
you
have
to
work
hard.
which will require your tears, your sweat, and your blood.
but it's worth it.
it's worth every tear, every drop of sweat, every drop of blood,
if at the end of the road as Jesus sweeps you up into Heaven, you look back and remark, "Hey, through all the tough stuff, I really enjoyed that."
And then Jesus, wrapping you up in His arms says, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."
yeah, that would be worth it.
and when you're in that situation..
Do you ever wonder why you let someone other than God open your chest and open your heart and claim what they see fit?
and after you've let yourself become so vulnerable..
Do you ever stop and realize that what is going wrong is all your fault?
We're allowed to ask for help, we're encouraged to ask for help.
but when asking for help really matters, we aren't allowed to have problems.
so everyone expects everyone to deal with their own issues, in covert ways so that the burden is never shared.
and we complain about life being hard?
but most of us have no idea what having a hard life looks and feels like.
I have no idea what a hard life looks and feels like.
so. if we don't really know what a hard life is, then that must mean we have relatively good lives.
of course, that depends on you, opening your eyes and accepting the fact that God has blessed you more than you can comprehend.
so if we have good lives, or any kind of life at all, we have the choice to enjoy it.
It is a decision.
a common misconception is that deciding to enjoy life means pasting a smile on every morning and keeping that smile intact until you're safe in your bed that night.
wrong.
that is not enjoying life, it's putting on a facade that you are.
enjoying life is a decision, but one that has to be made again and again and again until it's true.
I think something that recent generations have missed is that
to enjoy life
you
have
to
work
hard.
which will require your tears, your sweat, and your blood.
but it's worth it.
it's worth every tear, every drop of sweat, every drop of blood,
if at the end of the road as Jesus sweeps you up into Heaven, you look back and remark, "Hey, through all the tough stuff, I really enjoyed that."
And then Jesus, wrapping you up in His arms says, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."
yeah, that would be worth it.
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