Bells

[00:00.06] I am sad and grateful
[00:01.06] I am lonely and rejoicing
[00:02.95] I ring the bells alone, I ring the bells for you
[00:07.61] Forgive me the impermanence of my joy
[00:10.47] And the permanence of my joy
[00:12.22] I am present in my truth
[00:14.19] Though you were right, I lost myself
[00:16.03] I abide in my discomfort
[00:18.82] And in everything you gave me
[00:20.67] I can try to hide from suffering
[00:23.49] But I know that won't save me
[00:25.30] I must count it all as joy
[00:27.11] I must let love be love in me
[00:39.32] I can be strong, I can be kind
[00:42.12] I can be good to myself and anyone who lets me
[00:44.00] Now I am simple, I am alone
[00:46.99] Like a pale flower floating on the surface
[00:49.96] Of the wide sea the world drives between all of our hearts
[00:52.76] The one you must navigate in order to love
[00:55.44] In trying to swim there but refusing to let go
[00:58.31] We weighed each other down and eventually we drowned
[01:00.27] We can speak the words of women and angels
[01:03.11] But without real love, it's just sad noise
[01:05.02] I can open my heart and let everything out
[01:08.05] But that won't save me - I'll just be empty
[01:10.94] I am raw and awed and frightened
[01:12.82] In the presence of my truth
[01:14.65] I am sitting with my fear
[01:17.58] I am reverent in its light
[01:19.43] I am starting where I am
[01:22.36] I move forward on my own
[01:24.35] And I ring the bells alone
[01:27.29] But with only you in mind
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