This road is anything but simple
Twisted like a riddle I’ve seen high and I’ve seen low
So loud, the voices of all my doubts
Telling me to give up, to pack up and leave town
Even so, I had to believe
Impossible means nothing to me, yeah
So can you lift me up,
Turn the ashes into flames
‘Cause I have overcome
More than words will ever say
And I’ve been given hope
That there’s a light on up the hall
And that a day will come
When the fight is won
And I think that day has just begun
Somewhere, every body starts there
I’m counting on a small prayer,
Lost in a nightmare
But I’m here, and suddenly it’s so clear
The struggle through the long years
It taught me to outrun my fears
Everything worth having, oh
Comes with trials worth withstanding
So can you lift me up,
Turn the ashes into flames
‘Cause I have overcome
More than words will ever say
And I’ve been given hope
That there’s a light on up the hall
And that a day will come
When the fight is won
And I think that day has just begun…
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I recently “discovered” Kate Voegle! I have her song “It’s Only Life” on my main iPod playlist.
As I have related at times in my blog, or elsewhere, I pay almost no attention to lyrics, I listen to songs “holistically.” (I have no idea if that’s a proper use of the meaning of the word “holistic,” or, for that matter, if the word has any real meaning).
It is the sound of music which moves me. I really like “songs” (by which I mean there is a human voice singing words along with the accompaniment). The voice itself is an instrument to me, and the words, their cadence, audio content, etc., are part of the instrumentation of a song. I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone but me.
Nice to see you are a Voegle fan, too.
I like some of her songs, but not all of them. Agreed on the voice as an instrument — it certainly is — I started college as a music theatre major, and my vocal coach wanted me to try out for the San Francisco Opera. Never did, though. The engineer brain kicked in because it was bored and pushed me into engineering. So singing was just for fun, which is probably as it should be for me, at least.
Sometimes I read the lyrics to a song, and just kind of laugh, even though I may love the song. Her lyrics are pretty good too, though.