RACHAEL LAMPA
THIS IS ALL SO BEAUTIFUL
BUT HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL REALLY BE
ENOUGH TO KEEP ME ON MY FEET
SO THIS IS HOW IT FEELS-WHEN IT'S FOR REAL
BUT HOW MUCH CAN BE INVISIBLE
ENOUGH FOR ME TO JUST BELIEVE
CUZ I'M CHASING THE WIND
AND ENDING UP RIGHT WHERE I BEGAN
I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ART TO STARTING OVER AGAIN
AND I KNOW THAT GOD WILL NEVER WASTE THE PAIN
YOU CAN ONLY TRY SO HARD TO RIGHT A WRONG
THIS SONG WILL ONLY LAST SO LONG
BUT LIFE IS JUST THE ART OF LIVING ON
WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHY WE SHOULD JUST LET GO
BUT DO WE REALLY WANT A GOD THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND
STILL WE CLOSE OUR EYES TRY TO REASON WHY
BUT SINCE WHEN DO OUR DESIRES DOMINATE THE PLAN?
WE'RE CHASING THE WIND
AND ENDING UP RIGHT WHERE WE BEGIN
WHEN LIFE IS IN SLOW MOTION
AND WHEN THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING
HOLD ON TIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA CRY
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON WHY
SYNOPSIS
This is, by far, the most personal song on the record. I actually taught myself how to play the piano so I could write this song. It's just a bundle of emotions on paper that I have added to over the past year about my experience as an 18-year-old girl in a house with a mom, dad, two brothers and a sister. It's as simple as that, but as most of us know, it is not simple at all. It's hard to really sum up the last year on a single sheet of paper, but let's just say it was an eventful year. We are all vulnerable and we are constantly growing and learning through our life experiences. I have learned a great deal about coping with pain and sadness and reaching out to God. I have hope in God, and pray knowing He will not waste our pain. Life is precious and worth holding on to. One thing I have seen more of in the past year than I will ever want to experience again is suicide. I have seen all sides of it. I know survivors and have said goodbye to ones who lost their battles to suicide and honestly neither side makes sense. God never promised us an easy life. If everything was so easy then nothing would be a challenge. We would have no passion or ambition because everything would be so easy. Being alive is to be in wonder of the things that we can and cannot do and that is something that all humans share.
