Best of Rich 2023

The ebb and the flow
are just letting you know
through the twists and the turns
We get lost but return
to the ebb and the flow of this life

Sun circles cycling
We thrive or surviving
We rise with the morning
Then fall without warning
Just riding the tides of this life

Til the storm comes and takes us
And shapes us anew
Yeah the storm comes and breaks its way through
Til the storm comes and takes us
and shapes what we do
Yeah the storm comes and makes me and you

The ebb and the flow
are just letting you know
through the twists and the turns
We get lost but return
to the ebb and the flow of this life

Sun circles cycling
Surviving or thriving
We rise on the thermals
but sink down eternal
Just riding the tides of this life

The ebb and the flow
are just letting you know
through the twists and the turns
We get lost but return
through the ebb and the flow of this life

Ebb And The Flow

Sorry doesn’t cover it
much too small for what I’m trying to say
I am so sorry - I’m sorry anyway
Tried to give the love I had but… 
Somewhere in the dark it slipped away
I am so sorry
I wish that I could take the pain away

And when I think of how it was, 
And how it seemed to fade
It seems to me it’s all because,
The same mistakes I’ve made

This time, I'll rise, I'll shine, 
I'll face it all
I'll give my heart to love
Or not at all
I'll walk towards the lights
That make me smile
In wonder and delight
I'll face it all this time

Will this year's love be worth the name?
I've fallen into lust again
And only got lonely
It's no-one's fault but mine I know
Kept trying to make it work and so
I wouldn't see it couldn't 
And all I did was hurt us both
And stole our time away

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And when I think of how it was, 
And how it seemed to fade
It seems to me it’s all because,
Of old mistakes I’ve made
If all I did was hurt us both
And stole our time away
I only hope that Grace and growth
Can show another way

Chorus

This Time

When it all kicks in together
It can be the perfect storm
Yeah and the task that's there before you
It just feels like so much more
Than you can do, keep walking through
And though it's shit, I must admit
There's no way it'll beat you
If you don't quit

If you're going through hell, keep going
If you're going through hell, keep going
Keep your head up, baby
Don't let up, baby
Let your feet take you on to the top
If you're going through hell, keep going
Baby don't stop

With the seasons turning colder
With the winter on the way
When the devil on shoulder
Knows the darkest things to say
Don't turn away,
Just take a deep breath
Let your feet get on the move
I know you'll find the fight inside of you

Chorus

Don't stop TAKing the next right step
Don't stop MAKing the best of what you get
Don't stop PRAISing the progress you see
ONE foot in front of the OTHer you'll get THROUGH eventually 


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Going through hell

Mostly I am what I am
Clothes never made me a man
It’s been a long road x2
Dream it, I try and I plan
Blink and it shifts with the sands
I keep on going though
It might be starting to show

Cause all I’m seeking
Oh, I’m seeing it everywhere

People - they'll be who they'll be
Free them and see what you see
Cause only time will tell
As they reveal themselves
Love them and wouldn’t you know
Easy they come and they go
There's nothing left for me
Except to let them be

But all I’m seeking
Oh, I’m seeing it everywhere

Everywhere I've been I've been alone
Searching for home
Everywhere I've been I've been ok
Cause there’s a love that knows the way

And all I'm seeking
Oh, I'm seeing, seeing it everywhere



Everywhere

Wait a minute, dropped me in it
Something's up here, and I don't like this
Situation aberration
Panicked states, and knuckles white
Palpitations, rumination
Activation of my fight and flight
This isn't right, this isn't right, it isn't right

but this is not a wrong turn
it's the path, it’s the path
this is no mistake
it's just the way it's meant to be
Straight towards the fears
and leading on into the dark
This is not a wrong turn
it's the path, It's the path

Hey - how’s your day?
was it everything you want and dreamed of?
No? Something broke on the axis on the world
Now, wondering how, this could be,
And why the echo leaves us
Shaking inside like an infant in the night
But keep walking on and you’ll find

Chorus 

It’s the path that leads to liberation,
Oh, it’s the path that leads me home
And it’s a path of shocks and revelations
Into my heart is where I wanna go

Chorus

Ebb And The Flow

Rich Waring