I originally posted this in 2011 when I was studying and living in Europe, and I did share it earlier on when I was new to Steemit, but wanted to discuss the song a little.
I am a poet. I love the mystery and meaning that can be conveyed by both a particular choosing of words and by the intentional leaving of certain things vague--for here we communicate to the intuitive in the human heart and bypass the "guards of the intellect," I've heard it called. We can say more by saying less, particularly when those words are joined to the power of melody and music.
This was a song about disillusionment with the world--something that was sort of my side kick for a lot of my life. I am the classically melancholic singer-songwriter--sensitive to the world, my environment, what people are thinking/feeling, and I tend to bear it all and get heavy and sad EASILY.
I have to say I'm a bit passed that now, incredibly, blessedly. Getting older, if it is done intentionally and you aren't afraid to face the hard things in yourself, others, and the world, is actually really incredible. With age, for those consciously seeking to be whole, there comes experience and wisdom. Things aren't easy, but we can handle them very differently.
The last line is "One day love will conquer this heart," and it's amazing to think that I feel that reality happening; that the fear and the sadness no longer have the same hold they once did as I grow into a new confidence and experience of reality.
Of course, for me as your resident Messy Catholic, this is interwoven with my experience of faith. Maybe one day I'll share bits and pieces of that, because I actually have some incredible stories in that regard.
For now, here's my song. Lyrics below.
As I Run - Kay Clarity
I have been reduced to this skin and these bones
The only thing still standing strong are these walls
Why has hope hid his mighty face?
I cannot see why light has left this place
I often wonder why words can't speak themselves
Gracefully pass by our unclean mouths
Now I'm just one breakable grin
Deaf to sound and silent to the din
The restless space awaits me as I run from love again
I still see shadows of the ghost I've left behind
Waiting in the stillness of my dreams unspoken
So much left to be watchful of here
So many ways I must cast out that fear
The dimming mirror reflects me as I run from love again
But love will overtake me
Love will conquer me
Love will overtake me
Love will conquer me
Love will overtake me
Love will conquer me
One day love will conquer this heart
xx,
Kay
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P.S. I'd love to share more with you! If you enjoyed this, you might really enjoy this song my Nelly Furtado that I covered or my version of Israel Kamakawiwo-ole's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
