Wrote this one in Fort Myers, Florida today on the road processing the passing of a former pastor who was living in Africa. The Chorus is partially a message of hope to his friends and family.


Verse 1:
We are but a breath away from the presence of The Lord.
Sometimes we feel far away like death will never come
But like a certain shadow this life will surely fade...

Verse 2:
We walk through wilderness in this barren land
Strangers all bound together in this plan
Hoping that our joy would come and sorrows would cease...

Chorus
So keep your head up
Turn to the skies
One day our hope will return

Keep your head up
Comfort will come again
To wipe every tear from your soul

Verse 3
Beauty will return far better than before
Mystery made clarity in the presence of The Lord
Everything made new when we see His face

7-in7 - Day 1: Keep Your Head Up (One Day)

Day 1 of 7-in-7

Eyes Wide Open/ Let it go

Verse 1
How did I become a blind man
wandering through a garden
full of roses
smelling all this beauty
All around me
but feeling all struggles and stings of thorns

I don't want to miss a thing don't want to miss a thing
When you call my name. When you call my name. 
In the midst of pain don't want to miss a thing
When you call my name

Chorus:
So now I'll live with eyes wide open
Loving every piece that let's me know
The places I am broken
I'll open my hands and let go


Verse 2:
When did I become the problem
How did I become to blame
It was easier to be the one who put out flames
But this time it's me whose taking on the pain, I wish I could close my eyes again

I don't want to miss a thing don't want to miss a thing
When you call my name. When you call my name. 
In the midst of pain don't want to miss a thing
When you call my name

Let Go (Eyes Wide Open)

Move On

Day 5 of 7-in-7

There's No Need to Climb Away Your Life (Fly)

Verse 1:

In the 27 years of my life
I've learned to hold my head up high
not because of anything I've done
But knowing better things are yet to come


There's no need to climb your life away, 
Forced to walk by things we seek
when you realize what you're looking for 
was never even at the peak

Chorus

So I'll sing a song of what is of worth
Sing a song of what is true
I'll sing a song of hope and love for me and you

So Let's sing a song that only we can sing
Make a melody that only you can bring
and together we'll make music with our lives 
Far above the mountain tops we'll fly

Verse 2:

For the remainder of my days
I won't hold on to things that burn away
cause my value don't come from them
So let the chips fall as they may

There's no need to climb your life away, 
Forced to walk by things we seek
when you realize what you're looking for 
was never even at the peak

Bridge:
I spent years climbing mountains
to get closer to the sky

Even standing at the top
there was still more I desired

till one day I jumped off
and started to fly

Found what I was made to do
I was free for the first time


There's No Need to Climb Away Your Life (Fly)

Day 7 of 7

Take Over My Love

Verse 1

Sometimes it's the people that are closest to us
that are the hardest to love

It's so easy to get familiar and say things we don't mean
it's something we're all guilty of

Pre Chorus
I know these feeling aren't over
cause inside I'm struggling to make things right

Chorus
I can feel it all around me so heavy through the night
I need to let go of some things deep in my heart that keep trying to fight

Take Over my Love
I need your love
to take over my love
take over my love
take over my love

Verse 2

I've learned the hard way I can't fix this on my own
cause I'm the problem too

If we could all learn to love one another
I think there's such great things we could do

Pre Chorus
I know these feeling aren't over
cause inside I'm struggling to make things right


Bridge:
I know we appear to be grateful in order to self-congratulate
I know we learn to use our words to look kind in order to manipulate
I know how easy it can be, the best of both worlds, and no one will see




Take Over My Love

7in7 - Day 1

Location: Atlanta, GA in the Green Room at Vinyl

Lyrics:

Verse: 1
She drives the car down rainy streets
And my heart beats as I wait in the passenger seat.
With no control, vulnerable I wait to speak,
but there's only 3 minutes left for me to bare my soul.

Chorus:
I never knew, the hardest part of loving you, would be letting go
I never knew the hardest part would be so soon

Verse 2: 
It's like a race I'm running from behind
Every time I see your eyes there's a moment of truth, but then I lose sight
I can wait as long as you need, cause maybe our hearts just need to see
that the best things dont come easy.

Chorus:
I never knew, the hardest part of loving you, would be letting go
I never knew the hardest part would be so soon
Now here I am in the driver's seat, with your heart in my hand, and unsure of my plans
I never knew the hardest part of loving you would be letting go.

Dietrich Schmidt

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