Music and Lyrics

I have a new favorite song.  Actually, I always have several new favorite songs and some of the songs may not even be new, simply new to me.

I've always had an incredible passion for music.  I am not a gifted singer and I can't play an instrument, but music has always touched me deeply and has made me feel things that spoken words sometimes cannot.  There are just often times songs that remind me of things or make me think about things in a way I had not thought of them before.  There is nothing like a song to bring tears to my eyes or make me smile or just allow a feeling of deep peace and contentment to come over me. 

The song that is currently striking where I am in my life is one Paula introduced to me when I was making the movie for our graduates at church.  The song is called "Time (Wait for me) by Chantal Kreviazuk and I'm going to share the lyrics with you (the tune is very catchy if you can find it as well).

Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don’t go so fast
I’m missing the moments as they pass
Now I’ve looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
So wait for me this time
I’m down I’m down on my knees I’m begging for all your sympathy
But you (I’m just an illusion) you don’t seem to care (I wish that I could)
You humble people everywhere (I don’t mean to hurt you)
Now I’ve looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
I’ll take what you give me. please know that I’m learning
So wait for me this time
I should’ve know better
I shouldn’t have wasted those days
And afternoons and mornings
I threw them all away
Now this is my time
I’m going to make this moment mine.
(I shouldn’t have wasted those days)
I’ll take what you give me. please know that I’m learning
I’ve looked in the mirror
My world’s getting clearer
So wait for me this time

The song just reminds me that all we really have is today and that if we are constantly looking for something to change or become better before we can truly start living then we are going to lose so much time.  We're only here on an errand, remember, even though so many of the gifts we are given while here are incredible.  I don't want to miss the moments because I am too consumed with tomorrow.  I want to enjoy each moment shared with a friend or my family. I want to be able to make small differences in lives right now and to not always keep dreaming about the "big thing" I'm going to do one day.  Today, right now, this moment is the only one that matters.

So, there you go.  Just in case you are interested, my other favorites of the moment are:

"Walking her Home" Mark Schultz (it makes me cry but in a beautiful, happy way)
"How to Save a Life" The Fray
"When You Come Back Down" Nickel Creek