I want to sing to you today. 🙂
Written in November 2013, this song was inspired by snow-capped Alps, rumbling trains, dark tunnels, flying birds, hope-filled air, glorious sunshine, and things we were never meant to hold.
(It cuts off abruptly at the end because I really had to cough. So I did. Believe me, you don’t want to see that.)
Here are the lyrics, in case you want to sing along:
sticks and bricks and glue
take note of all the courage in your heart
its not strung up with lights – but its the trickling of a start
and starting there will end for the most part
the drought that feeds you full of doubt
i can’t tell if we’re coming clean
some days it feels more like we just got pushed into the stream
but i let go of things when i see you
things of sticks and bricks and glue
(chorus)
‘cause you’re in the middle of my dreams at night
and you make it seem alright
and we’ll find a way to make it to some light
to be held on by light
to rest in all this light
so winding roads and crooked feet aside
we’ll find new air to breathe as we climb the mountainside
and if we lose our grip and want to hide
well, our arms were made to fly
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