It’ll take time, maybe it should 
I’d own your pain if I could
You’d do the same I know you would
There’s no right way to feel the hurt 
You’ll find your path, you’re not the first 
To think it’s something you deserve 

Give yourself a break
Let me give while you take, darlin' please

Lower your shoulders 
I meant what I told you 
Just let me hold you 
And sweep all your demons away 
I’m brave and I’m bold
And your life will unfold 
If you trust me to hold you 
And sweep all your demons away 

I saw you standing to the side 
Like you had something to hide 
And I was mesmerised 
I’m not sure why I’m drawn to you 
You seem so closed, but open too 
It’s in your eyes I see your truth 

Let your feelings out 
In a whisper or a shout, darlin' please

Lower your shoulders 
I meant what I told you 
Just let me hold you 
And sweep all your demons away 
I’m brave and I’m bold
And your life will unfold 
If you trust me to hold you 
And sweep all your demons away 

There’s no healing without feeling 
However pleasing to box away the pain 
Escape takes many shapes
But when you return the loss remains 

Lower your shoulders 
I meant what I told you 
Just let me hold you 
And sweep all your demons away 
I’m brave and I’m bold
And your life will unfold 
If you trust me to hold you 
And sweep all your demons away

Lower Your Shoulders

YEARS DRIFT BY        Music and lyrics © 2024 August by Mike Dampf
Bass: David Leadbitter/ Percussion: Becky Sora

Every year about this time
he walks miles down the county line
to touch a name carved in stone
then walks home

Neighbors stop and offer a ride
he smiles and waves but never breaks his stride
but you know grief takes its toll
on us all

She died 5 years ago
God knows she was a gentle soul
but he knows if God really cared
she'd still be here

When will enough be enough
he hears some people say
but the years drift by
and nothing much changes, anyway

Give a lost young man a powerful gun
and he might blow your world to kingdom come
he might want to make your children run
'cause their time has come

So God damn the powers that be
their tortured logic and stupidity
13 children are history
but there's no mystery

Years Drift By

Late nights staring at the ceiling
Waiting for my wounds to heal 
Light cuts through the dark, revealing
Hurt I don’t admit I feel

I'm still here, my heart is beating
Storms have struck, but I'm still breathing
Left for dead, but I found meaning
Can't break me, I'm not retreating
Lost my grip, but kept on climbing
Hope ran low, but I kept trying
Scars run deep, but I'm not bleeding
I'm still here, my heart is beating
	 
Every moment, I get stronger
As the darkness yields to light
As morning dawns, I fear no longer 
My breath is weak but I survive
 
I'm still here, my heart is beating
Storms have struck, but I'm still breathing
Left for dead, but I found meaning
Can't break me, I'm not retreating
Lost my grip, but kept on climbing
Hope ran low, but I kept trying
Scars run deep, but I'm not bleeding
I'm still here, my heart is beating

I’ve been low, but never out
Heard the silence, heard the doubt
Kept on walking through the fire
They swore would break me down 

I'm still here, my heart is beating
Storms have struck, but I'm still breathing
Left for dead, but I found meaning
Can't break me, I'm not retreating
Lost my grip, but kept on climbing
Hope ran low, but I kept trying
Scars run deep, but I'm not bleeding
I'm still here, my heart is beating

My heart is beating
I'm still here

I'm Still Here (My Heart Is Beating)

Tomorrow
December 27, 2020  All Rights Reserved

Shadows stretch upon the avenue in time
And echo chambers pass the time away...in rhyme 
With repetition by design...
Right before our eyes
One more time

When the mourning comes before the dawn
Underneath electric skies 
There’s a place where we can run and hide
A place for you and I...

Tomorrow holds the second hands...of time 
The past will leave itself behind...this time
The wheels of change will turn from yesterday 
Roll on down the line 
One more time...

The forest lies somewhere beyond the trees 
If we could get there that’d be fine...
Reason’s just another casualty
of a truth so undefined...

Shadows stretch upon the avenue in time
And echo chambers pass the time away...in rhyme 
With repetition by design...
Right before our eyes
One more time

I'm Still Here (My Heart Is Beating)

Johan Alm

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