Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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abcd, thanks for the Cat Stevens song, Sad Lisa.  I have all his albums and love all of his songs.  He's my favorite artist of all time.  I've requested his music be played at my funeral.  Feel free to find more of his and post the lyrics.

 

Becks, you and our Dizzy Dame, Lapis, have that in common, I know she also adores Cat Stevens (hugs, Lapsy  ).  If you do a search of this thread, I remember putting up "Trouble" not so long ago, and maybe you'll find others too.  I'm so glad you're enjoying reading the lyrics, Becks, some of them are just so poignant and meaningful, aren't they?

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"King of Pain"

 

Mudvayne

 

Alanis Morissette

 

There's a little black spot on the sun today

It's the same old thing as yesterday

There's a black cat caught in a high treetop 

There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop

 

[CHORUS]

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running round my brain

I always thought that you could end this reign

But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

 

There's a fossil trapped in a high cliff wall

There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall

There's a blue whale beached by a springtime's ebb

There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web

 

[CHORUS]

 

There's a king on his throne with his eyes torn out

There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt

There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed

There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

 

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack

There's a black winged gull with a broken back

There's a little black spot on the sun today

It's the same old thing as yesterday

 

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running round my brain

I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign

But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

 

King of pain, king of pain

I'll always be the king of pain

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"Longest Night" - Howie Day

Is it dark where you are

Can you count the stars where you are

Do you feel like you are

A thousand miles from home

 

Are you lost where you are

Can you find your way when you're so far

Do you fear where you are

A thousand nights alone

 

So here we are set into motion

We'll steal a car and crash in the ocean

You and I caught in a fading light

On the longest night

 

It's enough just to find love

It's the only thing to be sure of

It's so hard to let go of

A thousand times or more

 

I was close to a fault line

Heaven knows you showed up in time

Was it real, now I feel

Like I'm never coming down

 

So here we are set into motion

Steal a car, crash in the ocean

You and I caught in a fading light

On the longest night

 

I recall when we were together

Even now it seems like forever

So alive caught in a fading light

On the longest night

 

Can we go too far to find

What is waiting here

A little fall from grace

On the longest night

 

Did we go too far to find

What is waiting here

We'll take a little time

To open up again

 

Is it dark where you are

Can you count the stars where you are

 

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"Don't Cry Out Loud"

 

Melissa Manchester

 

Shirley Bassey

 

Baby cried the day the circus came to town

Cause she didn't want parades just passing by her

So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown

While she danced without a net upon the wire

 

I know a lot about her

Cause you see

Baby is an awful lot like me

 

Don't cry out loud

Just keep it inside

Learn how to hide your feelings

Fly high and proud

And if you should fall

Remember you almost had it all

 

Baby saw that when they pulled that big top down

They left behind her dreams among the litter

In the different kind of love she thought she'd found

There was nothing left but sawdust and some glitter

 

But baby can't be broken

Cause you see

She had the finest teacher

That was me

I told her

 

Don't cry out loud

Just keep it inside

Learn how to hide your feelings

Fly high and proud

And if you should fall

Remember you almost had it all

 

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"Windmill" - Helloween

 

Time goes wherever you are

Time is your guiding star

That shines all through your life

Makes you feel and move

 

My dreams are out in the far

So are yours a part of secret fairy tales

Dripped on the wings

Of a mystery mill

 

Windmill, windmill,

Keep on turning

Show me the way

Take me today

Windmill, windmill

Hearts are yearning

Longing for love and a chance to be free

 

Don't feel alone and depressed

Someone will come at last

To soothe your stumbling mind

To keep it away from the evil storm

 

 

 

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"Songbird"

 

Bee Gees

 

Jimmy Ruffin

 

Go on with your song, bird

You can't go wrong, bird

You will go on and on, bird

Like you did before

 

Though your wings are broken

The sky is so wide open

And the wind is waiting for you

Like an open door

 

Though you go so far away

Your voice will still be heard so well

You'll never really ever know

How beautiful you are

 

When the moon is on the rise

I'll try to make my songbird fly

I wonder if he ever will

And if he really did, how far

 

[REPEAT]

 

Go on with your song, bird

You can't go wrong bird

You will go on and on, bird

Through the open door

 

Go on with your song, bird

You can't go wrong my bird

You will go on and on, bird

Like you did before

 

Like you did before

 

 

 

             

[[Be...]]

I remember the Cat Steven's song, Trouble. 

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"So Far From Grace" - Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls

 

She was ripped from a dream

She was fit to fight

With eyes like a dust storm

In the middle of the night

She’s swinging at ghosts

She could never forget

Pouring a glass of her latest regret

 

Like a love lost starlet

From some Hollywood set

She's fixing the numbers

She's hedging her bets

Leaving bread crumbs

For strangers she'll never meet

She planted her flowers in the middle of the street

 

She'll thank ya for coming

She's waving goodbye

She'll close her eyes to see heaven

Saying lets give it one more try

She's trying to be safe

In a dangerous place

Falling like an angel so far from grace

 

Is it too late for tomorrow

I thought I heard her say

Like a prayer for the dying

In the cruelest way

She's looking for God

In her movies and books

Sleeping with enemies, lovers and crooks

 

She'll find the time

If you show her the sun

Shining on the daisies

Growing from the end of her gun

She's trying to be safe

In a dangerous place

Crying like an angel so far from grace

 

It might be too late

To turn back from this

The smell of the fear

And the Taste of the pain in your kiss

This might be the hardest thing that I ever do

To admit that I'm a man

Who can't face his dreams coming true

 

But I'll never be safe

In your dangerous place

Falling like an angel so far from grace

Just two lost angels so far from grace

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"Left Outside Alone" - Anastacia

 

All my life I've been waiting

For you to bring a fairytale my way

Been living in a fantasy without meaning

It's not okay I don't feel safe

I don't feel safe

 

Left broken empty in despair

Want to breath can't find air

Thought you were sent from up above

But you and me never had love

So much more I have to say

Help me find a way

 

And I wonder if you know

How it really feels

To be left outside alone

When it's cold out here

Well maybe you should know

Just how it feels

To be left outside alone

To be left outside alone

 

All my life I've been waiting

For you to bring a fairytale my way

Been living in a fantasy without meaning

It's not okay

I don't feel safe

I need to pray

 

Why do you play me like a game

Always someone else to blame

Careless, helpless little man

Someday you might understand

There's not much more to say

But I hope you find a way

 

Still I wonder if you know

How it really feels

To be left outside alone

When it's cold out here

Well maybe you should know

Just how it feels

To be left outside alone

To be left outside alone

 

All my life I've been waiting

For you to bring a fairytale my way

Been living in a fantasy without meaning

It's not okay

I don't feel safe

I need to pray

 

And I wonder if you know

How it really feels

To be left outside alone

When it's cold out here

Well maybe you should know

Just how it feels

To be left outside alone

To be left outside alone

 

All my life I've been waiting

For you to bring a fairytale my way

Been living in a fantasy without meaning

It's not okay

I don't feel safe

I need to pray

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"Crossroads" - Don McLean

https://youtu.be/1zkIZrF-KaE

 

I've got nothing on my mind

Nothing to remember

Nothing to forget

And I've got nothing to regret

 

But I'm all tied up on the inside

No one knows quite what I've got

And I know that on the outside

What I used to be I'm not

Anymore

 

You know I've heard about people like me

But I never made the connection

They walk one road to set them free

And find they've gone the wrong direction

 

But there's no need for turning back

Cause all roads lead to where I stand

And I believe I'll walk them all

No matter what I may have planned

 

Can you remember who I was

Can you still feel it

Can you find my pain

Can you heal it

 

Then lay your hands upon me now

And cast this darkness from my soul

You alone can light my way

You alone can make me whole

Once again

 

We've walked both sides of every street

Through all kinds of windy weather

But that was never our defeat

As long as we could walk together

 

So there's no need for turning back

Cause all roads lead to where we stand

And I believe we'll walk them all

No matter what we may have planned

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"Fly Like An Eagle"

 

Steve Miller Band

 

Seal

 

[CHORUS]

Time keeps on slipping

Slipping, slipping

Into the future

Time keeps on slipping

Slipping, slipping

Into the future

 

I want to fly like an eagle

To the sea

Fly like an eagle

Let my spirit carry me

I want to fly like an eagle

Till I'm free

Oh, Lord, through the revolution

 

Feed the babies

Who don't have enough to eat

Shoe the children

With no shoes on their feet

House the people

Living in the street

Oh, there's a solution

 

[CHORUS]

 

I want to fly like an eagle

To the sea

Fly like an eagle

Let my spirit carry me

I want to fly like an eagle

Till I'm free

Fly through the revolution

 

Time keeps on slipping

Slipping, slipping

Into the future

Time keeps on slipping

Slipping, slipping

Into the future

 

 

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"I Will Be There" - Mary Black & Paul Brady

 

When times are hard and friends are few

And you need someone to help you through

Just call my name and I'll come running to your side

Don't be afraid don't be afraid

 

I will be there

When you are lost in the night

Nowhere to run

I will be there

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

 

When morning comes and nothing's changed

And the world around plays the same old game

Just call on me and I will ease your lonely heart

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

 

I will be there

When you are lost in the night

Nowhere to turn

I will be there

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

 

I will be there

When everyone that you believe

Still lets you down

I will be there

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

 

Cause I will be there

Don't be afraid

I will be there

Don't be afraid

I will be there

 

When morning comes and nothing's changed

And the world around plays the same old game

When everyone still lets you down

I will be there

 

When morning comes and friends are few

You need someone

You need someone to help you through

I will be there, don't be afraid

I will be there, don't be afraid

I will be there

 

When you are lost in the night

No where to turn

I will be there

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

I will be there

 

When everyone that you believe

Still lets you down

I will be there

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

I will be there

 

When you are lost in the night

Nowhere to turn

I will be there

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

 

 

               

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"Tonight I Wanna Cry"

 

Keith Urban

 

 

Alone in this house again tonight

I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine

There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me

The way that it was and could have been surrounds me

I'll never get over you walkin' away

 

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show

And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control

But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain

To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain

From my eyes

Tonight I want to cry

 

Would it help if I turned a sad song on

"All By Myself" would sure hit me hard now that you're gone

Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters

It's gonna hurt bad before it gets better

But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way

 

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show

And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control

But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain

To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain

From my eyes

Tonight I want to cry

 

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"These Hard Times"

 

Matchbox Twenty

 

 

"These Hard Times"

 

Morning falls like rain into the city life

There goes another night

Losing my breath in waves

Knowing that ever crash is bleading the hourglass

And taking the strife from all our lives

 

Everyone keeps talking

They promise you everything

But they don't mean anything

 

We may lose our focus

There's just too many words

We're never meant to learn

And we don't feel so alive

 

So goodbye, these days are gone

And we can't keep holding on

When all we need is some relief

Through these hard times

Through these hard times

 

Move your hands in circles

Keeping me hypnotized

The power behind your eyes

Move around your bedroom cursing the naked sky

You should be here tonight

But you stay alone and cry

 

Say goodbye, these days are gone

And we can't keep holding on

When all we need is some relief

Through these hard times

(whoa) There's something missing

(Oh whoa) You'll never feel it but you

(Oh whoa) You're gonna feel it when it's gone

When it's gone

 

Say goodbye, these days are gone

And we can't keep holding on

When all we need is some relief

Through these hard times

(hey) these Hard times

(oh no now) Hard times

Hard times

 

Say goodbye, these days are gone

Say goodbye, these days are gone

These days are gone

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"Motherland"

Natalie Merchant

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXxjkfTXPhU

 

"Motherland"

 

Where in hell can you go

Far from the things that you know

Far from the sprawl of concrete

That keeps crawling its way

About 1,000 miles a day?

 

Take one last look behind

Commit this to memory and mind

Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place

When you leave

Keep your heart off your sleeve

 

Motherland cradle me

Close my eyes

Lullaby me to sleep

Keep me safe

Lie with me

Stay beside me

Don't go, don't you go

 

O, my five & dime queen

Tell me what have you seen?

The lust and the avarice

The bottomless, the cavernous greed

Is that what you see?

 

Motherland cradle me

Close my eyes

Lullaby me to sleep

Keep me safe

Lie with me

Stay beside me

Don't go

 

It's your happiness I want most of all

And for that I'd do anything at all, o mercy me!

If you want the best of it or the most of all

If there's anything I can do at all

 

Now come on shot gun bride

What makes me envy your life?

Faceless, nameless, innocent, blameless and free,

What's that like to be?

 

Motherland cradle me

Close my eyes

Lullaby me to sleep

Keep me safe

Lie with me

Stay beside me

Don't go, don't you go

 

 

❤️

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"Same Mistake" - James Blunt

Saw the world turning in my sheets

And once again I cannot sleep

Walk out the door and up the street

Look at the stars beneath my feet

Remember rights that I did wrong

So here I go

Hello, hello

 

There is no place I cannot go

My mind is muddy

But my heart is heavy

Does it show

I lose the track that loses me

So here I go

 

And so I sent some men to fight

And one came back at dead of night

Said he'd seen my enemy

Said he looked just like me

So I set out to cut myself

And here I go

 

I'm not calling for a second chance

I'm screaming at the top of my voice

Give me reason but don't give me choice

Cause I'll just make the same mistake again

 

And maybe someday we will meet

And maybe talk and not just speak

Don't buy the promises

Cause there are no promises I keep

And my reflection troubles me

So here I go

 

I'm not calling for a second chance

I'm screaming at the top of my voice

Give me reason but don't give me choice

Cause I'll just make the same mistake

I'm not calling for a second chance

I'm screaming at the top of my voice

Give me reason but don't give me choice

Cause I'll just make the same mistake again

 

Saw the world turning in my sheets

And once again I cannot sleep

Walk out the door and up the street

Look at the stars

Look at the stars fall down

And wonder where did I go wrong

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"Seconds To Fall" - Fury In The Slaughterhouse

 

Well, it took years to climb that hill

And now we look up to the mountains

As high as you might climb there still

Something we should not forget

It takes seconds to fall

Seconds to fall

 

Could happen that you can scratch the clouds

Could happen that you come tumbling down

Could be you find yourself at the top of the stairs

Could be you're just another clown

It takes seconds to fall

Seconds to fall

Seconds to fall

 

Well, at the top of the stairs nobody cares

What has been or what will come

I don't want to preach, no, I'm not the one

But you better hear me call

It takes seconds to fall

Seconds to fall

Seconds to fall

Seconds to fall

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"Long Way Home" - Vanessa Williams

 

It's hard to say from where you stand

Exactly when it all began

But someplace there's a point you cross the line

You see the tears than stain your face

Mirrored in your make-up case

And know it's time to leave this place behind

 

[CHORUS:]

It's a long way home

It's a long way home

It's a long way home

Trying to retrace your steps

All too easy to forget

Just which way to go

It's a long way home

 

Outside the sky is threatening

You slowly gather up your things

And wonder how you ever will explain

Walking out so self-assured

Yeah, you were gonna change the world

Walking back, a child in the rain

 

[CHORUS]

 

It's a long way home

It's a long way home

How can you retrace the steps

You've been trying to forget

Still it's time to go

And it's a long way home

And if you lose your way

Just keep your eye

Upon that endless broken line

Throw your bag beneath the bus

Sit among the curious

It happens to the best of us, you know

 

It's a long way home

It's a long way home

It's a long way home

Starting to retrace your steps

You learn to live with your regrets

Next stop heaven knows

It's a long way home

Such a long way

It's a long way home

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"Eagle"

 

ABBA

https://youtu.be/ikUAAI9QIg8

 

Rob Rock

 

Sargant Fury

 

They came flying from far away

Now I'm under their spell

I love hearing the stories that they tell

 

They've seen places beyond my land

And they've found new horizons

They speak strangely but I understand

 

And I dream I'm an eagle

And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high

I'm a bird in the sky

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

 

High, high

What a feeling to fly

Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please

 

As all good friends we talk all night

And we fly wing to wing

I have questions and they know everything

There's no limit to what I feel

We climb higher and higher

 

Am I dreaming or is it all real

Is it true I'm an eagle

Is it true I can spread my wings

 

Flying high, high

I'm a bird in the sky

I'm an eagle

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

 

High, high

What a feeling to fly

Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please

 

 

 

                                   

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"Stronger Than The Wind" - Tina Turner

 

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/jogi21/xinsrc_2120304071338812092310.jpg

 

You think you've done it all

But I'd like to make a bet

There's so much more up ahead

You ain't seen nothing yet

 

It's gonna take a little time

Before the rain dies down

Till the storm is over

You've got to stand your ground

 

You've got to be stronger than the wind

Got to be stronger

Stronger than the wind

It's gonna take a little longer

Stronger than the wind

 

You know it could be worse

At least you're not alone

There's a million billion souls

Who haven't even got a home

 

They haven't any bills to pay

And no letters to send

They just wait for judgement day

At least you've got a friend

 

Come on and be stronger than the wind

You've got to be stronger

Stronger than the wind

It's gonna take a little longer

Stronger than the wind

 

A tree stays rooted

But a tree knows how to bend

Let the thunder and lightning

Flash above you

Right here on earth

You've got me to love you

You've got me to love you

 

It's gonna take a little time

Before the wind dies down

Till the storm is over

You've got to stand your ground

 

You've got to be stronger than the wind

You've got to be stronger

Stronger than the wind

It's gonna take a little longer

Stronger than the wind

 

 

                             

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"Road To Hell" - Chris Rea

https://youtu.be/abZlWqVeLzg

 

Stood still on a highway

I saw a woman

By the side of the road

With a face that I knew like my own

Reflected in my window

Well she walked up to my quarter light

And she bent down real slow

A fearful pressure paralyzed me in my shadows

 

She said, "Son, what are you doing here

My fear for you has turned me in my grave"

I said, 'Mama, I come to the valley of the rich

Myself to sell"

She said, "Son, this is the road to hell"

 

On your journey across the wilderness

From the desert to the well

You have strayed upon the motorway to hell

 

Well I'm standing by the river

But the water doesn't flow

It boils with every poison you can think of

And I'm underneath the streetlight

But the light of joy I know

Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows

 

And the perverted fear of violence

Chokes the smile on every face

And common sense is ringing out the bell

This ain't no technological breakdown

Oh no, this is the road to hell

 

And all the roads jam up with credit

And there's nothing you can do

It's all just bits of paper flying away from you

Oh look out world, take a good look

What comes down here

You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well

This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway

 

Oh no, this is the road

Said this is the road

This is the road to hell

 

 

      :'(     

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"Caravan" - Kitaro & Richard Page

 

Once a long, long time ago

Setting out to find our dreams

Lost in memories of olden days

Sometimes rising in the spring

Glowing, shining came the sun

Golden day beams come through to me now

 

Those who know the firebird

Try to find forever the dream

Try to find forever the way

My way

 

[CHORUS:]

Caravan, journey in the sky

As the sun comes out from the day

Caravan, we know who we are

We discover where or when

Ooh caravan

Now we find the love

Love shimmering

And soon our love is gone

 

Come with me and take my hand

Memories of the past unfold

And with you I live them once again

From my beating heart, my hand

Feel my walk in love within

And I wonder when the spring will come

 

Do we ever really know for sure

Will we travel on and on

Someday we'll be standing up

Up to live

 

Caravan, journey in the sky

As the sun comes out from the day

Caravan, we know who we are

We discover where or when

Ooh caravan

Now we find the love

Love shimmering

And soon our love is gone

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"Peace Of Mind" - Boston

 

Now if you're feeling kinda low

About the dues you've been paying

Future's coming much too slow

And you want to run

But somehow you just keep on staying

Can't decide on which way to go

 

I understand about indecision

But I don't care if I get behind

People living in competition

All I want is to have my peace of mind

 

Now you're climbing to the top

Of the company ladder

Hope it doesn't take too long

Can't you you see there'll come a day

When it won't matter

Come a day when you'll be gone

 

I understand about indecision

But I don't care if I get behind

People living in competition

All I want is to have my peace of mind

 

Take a look ahead

Take a look ahead

 

Now everybody's got advice

They just keep on giving

Doesn't mean too much to me

Lots of people

Out to make believe they're living

Can't decide who they should be

 

I understand about indecision

But I don't care if I get behind

People living in competition

All I want is to have my peace of mind

 

Take a look ahead

Take a look ahead

Look ahead

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"Free Bird"

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd

https://youtu.be/np0solnL1XY

 

Wynonna Judd

 

If I leave here tomorrow

Would you still remember me

For I must be traveling on now

There's too many places I got to see

 

If I stay here with you, Girl

Things just couldn't be the same

Cause I'm as free as a bird now

And this bird you cannot change

Oh, and the bird you cannot change

And this bird you cannot change

Lord knows, I can't change

 

Bye bye, Baby

It's been sweet, Love

Though this feeling I can't change

Please don't take it so badly

Cause Lord knows, I'm to blame

 

But if I stay here with you, Girl

Things just couldn't be the same

Cause I'm as free as a bird now

And this bird you cannot change

Oh, and the bird you cannot change

And this bird you cannot change

Lord knows, I can't change

Lord help me, I can't change

Lord, I can't change

 

So won't you fly free bird

 

 

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"Wave After Wave" - Iona

https://youtu.be/dY_Kbq1laqs

 

Wave after wave rolls on

And the water falls

And the line is drawn

Wave after wave rolls in

And the line is gone

Where my feet have been

(x2)

 

Hills that I know are there

Hidden from my view

By the misty air

Light shining through the grey

Turns the water

Deep shades of lilac blue

 

Music in every sound

Light beyond each cloud

Hope in every dream

Songs like a healing breeze

Every breath inhale

And the goodness feel

 

I witness the power

Great mystery telling in every moment

With every swelling wave

I feel the depth of your love and devotion

My heart like the bird

That dives into this ocean blue

 

Lanes that have brought me here

Framed in season flowers

Lined in summer green

Music in every sound

Light beyond each cloud

Hope in every dream

 

Songs like a healing breeze

Every breath inhale

And the goodness feel

Rise from the bird above

From the flower below

In a song of love

 

Light shining through the grey

Turns the water

Deep shades of lilac blue

Music in every sound

Light beyond each cloud

Hope in every dream

 

Songs like a healing breeze

Every breath inhale

And the goodness feel

Rise from the bird above

From the flower below

In a song of love

 

Music in every sound

Light beyond each cloud

Hope in every dream