I have always been a lover of music. When I was really little, I would rock out on my Mickey mouse record player like a champ and a little after that I would proudly carry around my case of cassette tapes decorated with stickers. The way I've played music has changed over the years, but my love for it has only grown.
Music is usually closely connected to a memory for me. I love how songwriters can say what I'm thinking or feeling in such a creative way. To this day, if I hear "Wide Open Spaces" by the Dixie Chicks, I think of the first moments in my car alone after I got my driver's license...because that is the first song I played. It's like that with so many songs. Familiar music starts playing and I'm taken back to moments. Even the title of the blog is taken from the Matt Wertz song lyric..."Everything in Between."
I also stamp certain anticipated moments or big events with a song. Usually, anticipated events in my life make me think of certain songs. Sometimes this turns into making playlist...like for road trips...and sometimes, it just means playing a certain song to get ready. My time in Vancouver is almost over (like I leave tomorrow!), and of course my mind browses through the music in my head.
Today, it settle on a song by Needtobreathe called Keep Your Eyes Open. The lyrics are below:
Music is usually closely connected to a memory for me. I love how songwriters can say what I'm thinking or feeling in such a creative way. To this day, if I hear "Wide Open Spaces" by the Dixie Chicks, I think of the first moments in my car alone after I got my driver's license...because that is the first song I played. It's like that with so many songs. Familiar music starts playing and I'm taken back to moments. Even the title of the blog is taken from the Matt Wertz song lyric..."Everything in Between."
I also stamp certain anticipated moments or big events with a song. Usually, anticipated events in my life make me think of certain songs. Sometimes this turns into making playlist...like for road trips...and sometimes, it just means playing a certain song to get ready. My time in Vancouver is almost over (like I leave tomorrow!), and of course my mind browses through the music in my head.
Today, it settle on a song by Needtobreathe called Keep Your Eyes Open. The lyrics are below:
If you could soldier on
Headstrong into the storm
I’ll be here waiting on the other side
Don’t look back
The road is long
The first days of the war are gone
Take back your former throne and turn the tide
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you
Keep your eyes open, my love
So tell me you’re strong, tell me you see
I need to hear it, can you promise me to
Keep your eyes open, my love
Just past the circumstance
The first light, a second chance
No child could ever dance the way you do, oh
Tear down the prison walls
Don’t start the curtain call
Your chains will never fall until you do
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you
Keep your eyes open, my love
So show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I’ll never let you fall apart if you
Keep your eyes open, my love
Open up your eyes
The weight is unbroken
Open up your eyes
Keep your eyes open
Don’t let the night become the day
Don’t take the darkness to the grave
I know pain is just a place
The will has been broken
Don’t let the fear become the hate
Don’t take the sadness to the grave
I know the fight is on the way
When the sides have been chosen
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown
Open up your eyes
Keep your eyes open
So tell me you’re strong, tell me you see
I need to hear it, can you promise me to
Keep your eyes open, my love
So show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I’ll never let you fall apart if you
Keep your eyes open, my love
I’ll be here waiting on the other side
Don’t look back
The road is long
The first days of the war are gone
Take back your former throne and turn the tide
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you
Keep your eyes open, my love
So tell me you’re strong, tell me you see
I need to hear it, can you promise me to
Keep your eyes open, my love
Just past the circumstance
The first light, a second chance
No child could ever dance the way you do, oh
Tear down the prison walls
Don’t start the curtain call
Your chains will never fall until you do
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you
Keep your eyes open, my love
So show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I’ll never let you fall apart if you
Keep your eyes open, my love
Open up your eyes
The weight is unbroken
Open up your eyes
Keep your eyes open
Don’t let the night become the day
Don’t take the darkness to the grave
I know pain is just a place
The will has been broken
Don’t let the fear become the hate
Don’t take the sadness to the grave
I know the fight is on the way
When the sides have been chosen
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown
Open up your eyes
Keep your eyes open
So tell me you’re strong, tell me you see
I need to hear it, can you promise me to
Keep your eyes open, my love
So show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I’ll never let you fall apart if you
Keep your eyes open, my love
So here's to a new place, new people, new lessons, new ways to be stretched and changed and made better. Here's to keeping my eyes open for it....and knowing through it all that He will not let me fall apart....because He is the one holding me together....see ya on the flip side!!
