Living In Sync

We gotta a new way to live
a new way to think
growing in recovery
living in sync

more lyrics to follow next week

Living In Sync

Change is Coming
Written at Wayside House July 27th, 2014

Verse 1
Change is coming for better or for worse
I can’t help other’s when I’m bound by this curse
Change is scary, its not what we’re used to 
I can’t survive if I’m not trying something new.

Chorus
our struggle with change is something we share
surrender is tough, so change if you dare
our struggle with change 
leaves us dazed and confused
I know I’m changing cuz I feel brand new

Verse 2
Change is scary, don’t know what to expect  
now I’m asking others what I should do next.
Change is the only thing that stays the same, 
I can tell I’m changing cuz I’m going against the grain

Chorus

Verse 3

Change hurts that's how it feels. 
But I got to surrender take my hands off the wheel.
Change makes me angry and sometimes blue 
 today I live for me and not for you

Chorus


Wayside House Change Is Coming

Free Me From this Fear
Written by the men of Miller House September 2014

My addiction feeds off fear because
The more it’s fed the more it floods   negative thoughts they pull me down
I lose control and then I drown

CHORUS

Free me from this fear
it’s been bottled up for years
I Don't want to feel this anymore

Surrounded by my peers
I stand a chance of future years
Leave this dirty baggage at the door 

pain comes with tears, 
they’re blurring my sight
Blind to my heart 
because of my fright
Sometimes I feel 
locked up inside
Bars of this cell, 
made of my false pride

CHORUS

When I use I lose,  
just who I am
take my feet off the ground
can’t see where I stand
looking to the future  
I’m starting to see
honest and sincere,  
just who I can be


CHORUS


Miller House September 2014 Free Me From This Fear

Strong Together
Written by the women at Emerson House Sept 2014

Focusing statements:

Being part of a community is uncomfortable because….

One action I can take to feel more a part of is…..

I’m a chameleon, changing my colors 
always blending in to fit in with others
I’m not alone we are in this together
This has been shown we can get better

CHORUS
It’s your choice, don’t be shy
Find your voice, reach out and try
We’re strong together
(We stand together)
(Sober forever)


If you knew me, would you still  like me
I’ve worn so many masks 
I don’t know who the real me is anymore
mask of protection shields my reflection
If I take off my disguise
Could I still walk through this door

CHORUS

the insecurity that lives inside of me
exiled and banishedI’m here but I have vanished

No more silent suffering
Is there anyone listening 
No more silent suffering
Is there anyone listening 

CHORUS


Emerson House September 2014 Strong Together

Gotta Take a Step
Cataumet September 2014

Topic: Walking through pain

Focusing sentence stems:

When I can’t walk through my pain then…..

What helps me/an action I can take to walk through the pain is…..

CHORUS
I gotta take a step. 
I wanna hear the angel’s breath.
Keep talkin…Keep talkin
I gotta take a step. 
I wanna hear the angel’s breath.
Keep walkin…Keep walkin

stepping through the torture tryna find a higher power
it’s like I’m in the arctic and I’m tryna find a flower
Worthless, nervous, gotta find the courage
drop the bottle & syringe  I know I don't deserve this

CHORUS

Cocking back the trigger to take this pain away
Is this life worth living just another day
Jails institutions is what my life’s become
I guess I’ll follow God until I’m done





I got problems, 
down to rock bottom
call my dealer twice a day 
til the cops got em

CHORUS


all the vehicles I’ve crashed, I was smashed, 
I wasn’t driving, 
I was surviving, striving 
trying not to die, 
lying not to cry, 
why

stepping through the torture tryna find a higher power
it’s like I’m in the arctic and I’m tryna find a flower
Worthless, nervous, gotta find the courage
drop the bottle & syringe  I know I don't deserve this


CHORUS


Cataumet September 2014 Gotta Take A Step

Finally Dawn
Alina Men November 2014

Topic: the morning of my life

Verse 1
Party was destroyed by red & blue lights,
Didn’t even know    if it was day or it was night
only thing I know is I wasn’t feeling right
Another night gone to the red & blue lights

rPre chorus
Next thing I know I’m waking up in a cell
Not sure if I’ve been to heaven or if 
my soul’s been through hell

CHORUS:
that’s how dark it gets before it’s finally dawn 

when you wake up to the truth and your night is finally gone
that’s how bright your life can finally be
when you wake up in the morning 
happy and  free 

Woke up in the morning and knew she wasn't there.
She might have thought I wouldn’t notice or I wouldn’t care
All that I love went down my throat or in my veins
Now I’m all alone and I’m hopeless in my pain

Pre-chorus


CHORUS

bridge
no money in my wallet
in the projects in my suit
Dumpster diver/ backseat driver
Needle in my arm gotta get higher     


no money in my wallet
in the projects in my suit
Dumpster diver/ backseat driver
Crack smack bottle of jack 

CHORUS:
that’s how dark it gets before it’s finally dawn
when you wake up to the truth and your night is finally gone
that’s how bright your life can finally be
when you wake up in the morning 
happy and  free 
 








Alina Men FInally Dawn

Take a Deep Breath
Written at Strathmore House December 2014
The anger management song


Can’t sleep at night
Anger running through my head
Need to slow it on down
Or I’m gonna wind dead
Mad at myself because of all the lies
Wearing my life like a paper disguise 
gotta watch out, if you’re in my way
cuz I explode and implode every day

you can take a deep breath, 
you can slow yourself down
give yourself a chance 
until you come around

I’m angry at everything 
that happened to me
Struggling so hard, 
trying to be free
Gotta put out the fire 
before it’s too late
Cuz I don’t want it to escalate, 
I take it out on myself, put myself down. 
Dying on the misery merry go round

you can take a deep breath, 
you can slow yourself down
give yourself a chance 
until you come around


Strathmore House Dec 2014 Take A Deep Breath

Vinchi - My Own

everyone is fake (rough mix)

Gamo x Herbo type beat 🐍👹 2

Night Fall  - Manny

Most of these songs were written and recorded in 2 hour workshops by people in early recovery.

Workshops facilitated by Kathy Moser and the Promises Collective.  kathy@musicforrecovery.com

Wayside House Change Is Coming

Music for Recovery