Even When

 

Even when dark clouds obliterate the sun

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even when the burdens I have to bear make my fingers numb

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even when all around me are sounds and sights of suffering and despair

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even when all I see for miles and miles is mortar and flares

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though every weapon known to man may try to deter me 

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though rockets and cannons try to unnerve me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though the future may be colored by many sorrows

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though there's so much uncertainty about what may happen tomorrow

I will keep the song in my heart alive

I will keep the song in my heart alive

For those who are depending on me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Despite the perils of my journey

I will keep the song in my heart alive

For those who are depending on me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even if it threatens my mortality

I will keep the song in my heart alive

For those who are depending on me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

No one can take that away from me

Dedicated to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukranian people, and all the brave souls that have emerged in every devastating war, throughout history, inclusive of wars against poverty, cruelty, genocide, oppression, and injustice.

Walk Though You May Stumble

Walk though you may stumble

Set your sights on unseen ground

Though you knees get weak

And your feet get weary

Keep your eyes in front of you

Let your purpose be your engine

Let faith and moral certainty be the clean fuel that runs your engine

Hold fast to trust and hope in humanity.

Let your spirits be unbound.

Walk though you may stumble

Take only what is important with you

Carry what is essential

Make your burden light

To your single purpose be true

To your ultimate purpose be bound

Though you knees get weak

And your feet get weary

Let your purpose be your engine

Let faith be the clean fuel that runs your engine

Hold fast to your mission and vision 

Let your spirits be unbound.

Walk though you may stumble

Look towards the light

Put one foot in front of the other

Until doubt is out of sight

One foot in front of the other

To your purpose bound

Though you knees get weak

And your feet get weary

Keep your eyes in front of you

Let you heart's desire be your engine

Let your faith and moral certainty be the clean fuel that runs that engine

Hold fast to the truth and your mission and vision

Let your spirits be unbound.

To your purpose alone be true

To your purpose alone be bound

Though you knees get weak

And your feet get weary

Hold fast to your mission and vision

Let your spirits be unbound.

Let your spirits be unbound.