Lyrics

In This Life
©1993 Pat Humphries
Moving Forward Music, BMI
www.emmasrevolution.com

In this life, though the sounds be strained and thin
Let the voice inside me rise, and the strength be beckoned in.
For the words within ring more clearly on the outside.
They resound beyond the hillside,
I am worthy, I am safe.

In this life, though my fingers try and fail
Let me breathe through hollow wood living reed let sound prevail.
For this whistler's tune shatters emptiness with sweetness
Filling in the gap between us,
I am worthy, I am safe.

In this life I am but one of a million starving others.
Robbed of everything but hunger.
We are prisoners together.
I am one, but one of many single voices in the silence,
That refuse the lies that bind us,
We are worthy, we are safe.

In this life though my body's stiff and heavy
Let the grace inside my limbs stay the stillness that defends me.
For each move I make brings me closer to the dancer.
I am healing from my terror,
I am worthy, I am safe.

In this life I am but one of a million starving others.
Robbed of everything but hunger.
We are prisoners together.
I am one, but one of many single voices in the silence,
That refuse the lies that bind us,
We are worthy, we are safe.

In this life, though the sounds be strained and thin
Let the voice inside me rise, and the strength be beckoned in
For the words within ring more clearly on the outside.
They resound beyond the hillside,
I am worthy, I am safe.