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  1. The Ending

From the recording Miracle Of Forgetting (2003)

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This song, for me, is a fair example of the evolution of one of my own. I began writing this on 8/20/02 and finished it 11/20/02. My wife, Danielle, and a good friend, Ben Shive, helped me tidy up and soften the rough edges.

Danielle and I were both in a place of helplessness about career and future. I was reminded of the bruised reed and the dimly burning wick spoken of in Isaiah. It made me wish that God could speak and say something – anything – to me about my future and my worth in this world, or at least illuminate a tiny corner of the dark space that, at the time, was our own. This was as much an attempt to encourage my wife as much as it was an admonition to steady myself, to hold onto hope as long as hope would hold onto me, and to fight some semblance of a good fight. In the loud, rambunctious End is the new Beginning.

Lyrics

Today came in earnest
With a smile on its face
Wry as it was cunning
Pure as it was base

Now my days are numbered
Like the sands in the sea
I held onto hoping
As long as hope held onto me

It came with a thunder
But it made not a sound
It came down like an angel
From heaven to the cold, cold ground

Don’t say it’s over when the world’s gone mad
I’ve seen the ending and it’s not so bad
Don’t say it’s over when you lose your heart
Because the ending is where you start

The world lost its reason
The sky laid to waste
All that was hopeless
Is borne on your face

It hurts every moment
In the fight for your life
But keep your chin up hoping
It’s the life of the fight

Don’t say it’s over when the world’s gone mad
I’ve seen the ending and it’s not so bad
Don’t say it’s over when you lose your heart

I want to know why we fall so hard
And why hope for tomorrow can seem so far away

Don’t say it’s over when the world’s gone mad
I’ve seen the ending and it’s not so bad
Don’t say it’s over when you lose your heart
Because the ending is where we start