it's not that i like to steal ... really. and i'm not even sure that this constitutes as stealing since i got the idea before reading my friend anne's post today. but since she published her thought first ... all technicalities lead to me stealing her creativity and brilliant ideas.

every time i hear this song on the radio it makes me smile. i actually feel like it's more of an anthem than a catchy little tune these days. and when i heard it this morning, i thought, "these are probably words that people all over the world have whispered under their breath in or even screamed out loud at one point or another." it's a song that gives me permission to say i don't have it all figured out ... that i have a lot of questions ... that i'm hoping i'm not living in vain (all within the confines of my car of course).

so here are the lyrics ... for all of those who are wondering the same things - whether you have found something to believe in and are just hoping it's the right choice, or whether you're still searching ... we're all in this together. and by the way ... when i hear this song, it compels me to move forward ... to have the energy to stand up when i have fallen to my fears and insecurities. it reminds me that, while i may feel like a failure at times, that if i just keep moving forward i will find what i'm looking for. it's when we believe that our worst failure is who we really are, that we actually begin to believe we don't deserve the life we were created for. so when we think we're waiting for nothing because it's "already done ... " i'm with the artist of this song when they let out a scream after that phrase. because i think we all know that it's our choice, in that moment, to fight for what we hope to be true. i think it's in that moment that we decide to pursue Truth and resist the temptation to lead a life of mediocrity.

believe :: the bravery

the faces all around me they don't smile they just crack
waiting for our ship to come but our ships not coming back
we do have time like pennies in a jar
what are we saving for [x2]

there's a smell of stale feeling that's drinking from my skins
the drinking never stops because the drink off all our sins
we sit and throw our roots into the floor
what are we waiting for [x2]

so give me something to believe
cause i am living just to breathe
and i need something more
to keep on breathing for
so give me something to believe

something's always coming you can hear it in the ground
it swells into the air
with the rising
rising sound
and never comes but shakes the boards and rattles all the doors
what are we waiting for [x2]

so give me something to believe
cause i am living just to breath
and i need something more
to keep on breathing for
so give me something to believe

i am hiding from some beast
but the beast was always here
watching without eyes
because the beast is just my fear
that i am just nothing
now its just what I've become
what am I waiting for
its already done

ohhhhhhh

so give me something to believe
cause i am living just to breath
and i need something more
to keep on breathing for
so give me something to believe