Compassion

I saw Daniel Lee and some other kick bum artists perform the bright eyes 'lifted' album tonight at jammin java in VA.. and it was really awesome. i loved that it was so collaborative... because, as i was saying a few blogs ago (that's funny, not a few days ago, a few.. blogs ago. ha.. there's definitely humor in that. see, that's the kind of humor i like. real life humor. not trying to be funny. but just... yeah. am i still on a tangent?) anyway, when joy or an experience is SHARED with other people.. it just gives it such a different feeling. to me it just seems so much more.. i don't even know.. not less selfish. but yeah, i guess in a way. it's taking the spotlight off yourself.. and putting it on "us". right. and it's working hard not just on your own.. but actually putting faith in other people as well to be a success with you. and that's just cool.... because it's risky. and it almost always pulls through.

anywayyy... so they were performing the 2nd to last song on the album... Laura Laurent.. and there was this whole guitar break jam and.. it was just screaming with compassion. and it was just cool. it mused me in a way and brought about that phrase.. or that sometimes compassion needs to scream to be heard, and very well deserves to.

a lot has been going on lately also, with family and such, and i definitely needed to write tonight. so i went with the theme.



Oh Compassion, you're a soft whisper of care that cannot confess your heartbreak
So the sun breaks with a new day of light to creep in to the faltering soul and feed it with hope

You can speak, Compassion... dare to show how big you are inside
Write it down, spread it around
The love is there to be shared

Sometimes, Compassion, you have to scream
So that people will finally see how deep the fervor runs
So that people can finally hear how dedication has diminished fear

Dear Compassion, it's okay that you're crying
truth runs in the form of tears down your face
without lying or denying the pain that couples caring deeply

You can be afraid for five seconds only though, dear
See, if you let fear in any longer
you lose the power to make yourself stronger
to make this world stronger

Oh Compassion, you are a true gift
a true lift to those spirits who sway with doubt
Yes, you've learned the ins and outs
Yes, you've learned not to doubt yourself
and it's showed you to believe in others

Dear Compassion, you are the brother
that every man needs
the nurishment
that our troubled souls feed

Compassion, wipe your face
Your grace has not gone unnoticed

It's a trick, you see, wanting to give in to complacency
But knowing that you cannot
The truth is, Compassion, you're not one to give up
and you're not afraid to fight
You're different.

And in the end, your heart will mend
In the end, the love you gave
Will rest at your grave
In more than just flowers
But in towers of hope
Throughout the living

Oh, Compassion
Thank you for giving.