One simple vision is fixed up in my mind.
I don't really know how to project it out, but if I did, it'd probably look something like this:
The skies would be clear, barely a single cloud to be seen. The sun would be hot...but not too hot. It would be a pleasant hot where going for a run or going out to do a little gardening would be tempting. The air would be light and the calm breeze would be refreshing and cool, like the bottles of beer resting in the fridge, waiting to be cracked open as the first beads of sweat begin to roll down my back. I would sit on the swinging sofa placed in the corner of the garden. I would sit, relaxed and calm, and I would look and listen, intrigued. Breathing the fresh country air I would listen as the birds sing happily while the the trees rustle quietly. The dogs would play like children, unfazed by their environment, seeing only the endless possibilities of fun that children do see. I would take them down to the river for a swim. Throwing pebbles into the water for them to find, hopeless of course, but they wouldn't know that. No, it is always onto the next one. I would walk on a little farther to the place that is my dream. The roof would be fixed and there would be apples on the trees. The house would be cleaned and the tv no longer on the blink.
One simple vision is fixed up in my mind...but the clock keeps pushing it away!
My eyes are fixed wide open and I see what I see. I hear what I hear and I know that this is my place.
Like when I walk into a church I feel at peace. I wish you all could feel like this.
O Lord, I wish you could be here to show me where to go and what to do! I'm just sitting here wondering what good can I do. The world around me seems to be falling down, as here I live at ease, no worries at all. Only me and my life, and the question of what to do?
I don't have to think of where to go as my house is bombed right out. I don't have to watch my step like the boys without a shoe. I can sit right here and not be scared of what's falling from the sky. I'm from a place where I don't have to close my eyes to escape! I have to close my eyes to imagine all the reality of your life as you close your eyes in hope that it will stop at that! I don't think it's right but every night I fall asleep and wake the next day, forgetting all the pain I have previously felt, while reading Jazeera and the news that's worlds away! I think it's easy for me to say that I can relate, but the fact is I can say nothing that will help you face the strain of your everyday!
I get frustrated as I sit and I read but I get up and I leave to eat and breathe, forgetting the pain I've only just seen! I close my mind for the day and live a shallow life. I could tell you about my day at work or how long I lay in bed but it's not worth the time I've spent! I'm not worthy to be, unless I get up and be! I feel I need somebody to help pull me away from the curse of this game, to pull me away from the love of all the hype and the fame. Someone to tell me just be, because that's all God wants you to be! To tell me I am no superhero, although I may think I can be a super hero! I have the power to be a super-me but not to be a super-you or a super-jay-z!
I now have one simple vision, and that's just to be me!
I don't really know how to project it out, but if I did, it'd probably look something like this:
The skies would be clear, barely a single cloud to be seen. The sun would be hot...but not too hot. It would be a pleasant hot where going for a run or going out to do a little gardening would be tempting. The air would be light and the calm breeze would be refreshing and cool, like the bottles of beer resting in the fridge, waiting to be cracked open as the first beads of sweat begin to roll down my back. I would sit on the swinging sofa placed in the corner of the garden. I would sit, relaxed and calm, and I would look and listen, intrigued. Breathing the fresh country air I would listen as the birds sing happily while the the trees rustle quietly. The dogs would play like children, unfazed by their environment, seeing only the endless possibilities of fun that children do see. I would take them down to the river for a swim. Throwing pebbles into the water for them to find, hopeless of course, but they wouldn't know that. No, it is always onto the next one. I would walk on a little farther to the place that is my dream. The roof would be fixed and there would be apples on the trees. The house would be cleaned and the tv no longer on the blink.
One simple vision is fixed up in my mind...but the clock keeps pushing it away!
My eyes are fixed wide open and I see what I see. I hear what I hear and I know that this is my place.
Like when I walk into a church I feel at peace. I wish you all could feel like this.
O Lord, I wish you could be here to show me where to go and what to do! I'm just sitting here wondering what good can I do. The world around me seems to be falling down, as here I live at ease, no worries at all. Only me and my life, and the question of what to do?
I don't have to think of where to go as my house is bombed right out. I don't have to watch my step like the boys without a shoe. I can sit right here and not be scared of what's falling from the sky. I'm from a place where I don't have to close my eyes to escape! I have to close my eyes to imagine all the reality of your life as you close your eyes in hope that it will stop at that! I don't think it's right but every night I fall asleep and wake the next day, forgetting all the pain I have previously felt, while reading Jazeera and the news that's worlds away! I think it's easy for me to say that I can relate, but the fact is I can say nothing that will help you face the strain of your everyday!
I get frustrated as I sit and I read but I get up and I leave to eat and breathe, forgetting the pain I've only just seen! I close my mind for the day and live a shallow life. I could tell you about my day at work or how long I lay in bed but it's not worth the time I've spent! I'm not worthy to be, unless I get up and be! I feel I need somebody to help pull me away from the curse of this game, to pull me away from the love of all the hype and the fame. Someone to tell me just be, because that's all God wants you to be! To tell me I am no superhero, although I may think I can be a super hero! I have the power to be a super-me but not to be a super-you or a super-jay-z!
I now have one simple vision, and that's just to be me!
This song inspired this blog.
The Game - Better Days
