Recovery Seekers: Recent Episodes
Anonymous
I’d rather tell you about what I have
not what I don’t
on every first date
the butterflies - how they race
but if time would wait for me
if crimes would let me be
and when a family of three
climbs high above the trees
what then my Love
what then
what then
what then
always in groups of three
standing and sitting
are the same to me
let me not be on show
let tomorrow be as it is
I know of nightmares
stuffed somewhere in ancient memory
but Love - sweet Love
she started with artists
not long after we met
couples come in twos and threes
what what
why wait for eternity…
it’s time to move
when you beg for your food
when it rains everyday
and turns to ice every night
and the sun came out to play
but he wouldn’t stay
the hell can i say
to get thru this day
without feelin’ broken n’ empty
the highways crisscross
for everyone who are headin’ somewhere
what if he ain’t [headin’ nowhere]
but still he’s out there
out on the interstate
drivin’ straight
from state to state
gettin’ up early
stayin’ up late
follows the red river
from san diego to boston
not realizing what it cost him
how many times he had to
learn where the bread aisle’s at
publix and kroger
and von’s
and stop n’ shop
and qt and aldi
you feel me
how many first times
in the check-out lines
how many first nights in a new place
how many wakin’ up’s with yer familiar face
how many late night first dates
playin’ patty cake
with a new checkmate
closin’ in on me
knights and rooks and royals surround me
black n’ white-board a strategy
[to destroy me]
fuel up their ships
for chasin’ me high speed
across the sea…
All my life, I worshipped her
Her golden voice, her beauty's beat
How she made us feel
How she made me real
And the ground beneath her feet
And the ground beneath her feet
And now I can't be sure of anything
Black is white, and cold is heat
For what I worshipped stole my love away
It was the ground beneath her feet
It was the ground beneath her feet
Go lightly down your darkened way
Go lightly underground
I'll be down there in another day
I won't rest until you're found
Let me love you, let me rescue you
Let me bring you where two roads meet
Oh, come back above
Where there is only love
Only love
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
Let me love you true, let me rescue you
Let me bring you to where two roads meet
Let me love you true, let me rescue you
Let me bring you to where two roads meet
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Adam Clayton / Larry Mullen / Dave Evans / Salman Rushdie / Paul Hewson (U2)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Int. Ltd., Polygram Int. Music Publishing B.v.
Here is a powerful message about humility - one of the hardest (and most important) lessons of my own recovery, thus far. This song is by The Lumineers and is on their newest album, "Brightside," which will be released in January 2022. This is a snippet of a live-streamed show The Lumineers played in Santa Barbara on September 22. When I heard this the other night, my eyes welled up with tears - not sure why - but something deep down was being acknowledged, Loved and healed.
*It was pride that changed angels into devils;
it is humility that makes humans as angels.
-Saint Augustine (edited)*