Nicolas Despo: MUSIC

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painting by nicolas despo

riding out the storm

woke up this morning
to the sound of the rain on the window glass
knowing that you're gone from here
fills me with a certain restlessness
i'm out here on the edge of time
covers to the chin ~ deeply sad
could have given more somehow
you know i gave it everything i had

no need to feel hard about it
i can give it all right now
give it all to this moment
cause this moment's all i got anyhow

there's an unspoken language
native to the open heart
it's the only thing that will remain
when everything ~ everything has come apart
like my new love tells me
"go down that river of tears"
she says, "go to that valley
be strong and true
that place beyond the fear"

no need to feel hard about it
i can give it all right now
give it all to this moment
cause this moment's all i got anyhow

life slips right through these fingers
so i'm holding you with open hands
there's no permanent protection
from the changes and the shifting sands
takes so long to build anything
snap a finger ~ turn around ~ forever gone
it's in the cry of the deepest pain
where the truth and the courage is born

no need to feel hard about it
i can give it all right now
give it all to this moment
cause this moment's all i got anyhow