"Courage" By Superchick
I told another lie today, and i got through this day, no one saw through my games.
I know the right words to say, like "i don't feel well" "I ate before I came
Then someone tells me how good I look and for a moment, for a moment i am happy
but when i'm alone no one hears me cry
I need you to know I'm not through the night
some days i'm still fighting to walk towards the light
i need you to know i will be okay together we can make it through another day.
I don't know the first time i felt un-beautiful the day i chose not to eat
what i do know is how i changed my life forever, i know i should know better
there are days when i'm okay and for a moment, for a moment i find hope
there are day when i'm not okay and i need your help
I need you to know I'm not through the night
some days i'm still fighting to walk towards the light
i need you to know i will be okay together we can make it through another day.
You should know you're not on your own these secrets are walls that keep us alone
i don't know when but i know now togther we'll make it through somehow.
I need you to know I'm not through the night
some days i'm still fighting to walk towards the light
i need you to know i will be okay together we can make it through another day.
Response: Although I don't have this particular problem - this song still affects me on some deep level i haven't come to understand yet. Superchick's latest CD has some very deep emotional dealings - as they have all walked through a tough time this last year.. Before this CD I hadn't bought any of their stuff - not sure that I will buy anything previous to this one but i'm glad that i got this album as I can identify with a good majority of it. There will be more lyrics from this album coming! I know you can just hardly wait!!
Aug 26, 2005
Beauty from Pain by Superchick plus comments from Ashley
The lights go out all around me, one last candle to keep out the night.
And then the darkness surrounds me, i know i'm alive but i feel like i've died.
And all that's left is to accept that it's over - my dreams ran like sand through the fists that i've made.
I try to keep warm but i just grow colder i feel like i'm slipping away.
After all this has past, i still will remain. after i've cried my last there'll be beauty from pain
though it won't be today someday i'll hope again and there'll be beauty from pain;
you will bring beauty from my pain.
My whole world is the pain inside me. the best i can do is just get through the day.
when life before is only a memory, i wonder why god lets me walk through this place
and though i can't understand why this happened, i know that i will when i look back some day
and see how you've brought beauty from ashes, and made me as gold purified through these flames.
After all this has past, i still will remain. after i've cried my last there'll be beauty from pain
though it won't be today someday i'll hope again and there'll be beauty from pain;
you will bring beauty from my pain.
Here i am at the end of me. trying to hold to what i can't see - i forgot how to hope this nights been so long, i cling to your promis there will be a dawn.
After all this has past, i still will remain. after i've cried my last there'll be beauty from pain
though it won't be today someday i'll hope again and there'll be beauty from pain;
you will bring beauty from my pain.
I think that we can all identify with the emotions and feeling expressed through this song. Sometimes it's hard to imagine that there will be a dawn - and that this moment will pass - and one day God will bring beauty from our pain.. In the midst of the fire it's hard to remember that you are just passing through that you will not remain in the fire forever - he is faithful to bring us through the fire - and that the fire isnt always becuase of our disobedience - it's so that we can be purified and more useful for His kingdom. That's what it's all about anyway right. Why is it that in the midst of the fire it seems that goal and purpose can be more blurred and harder to comprehend than before you walked into the fire.. And most of the time you forget that you were promised that you'd be put into the fire and you think - what in the world is He doing to me - why do I have to deal with this now - and why do these issues keep coming up - it's helpful to be reminded whether by a friend or a song that you are in the fire of purification.. sometimes it's a long process and sometimes it's not..
I find it harder to accept encouragement especially when i really need it. It's not like i don't know that i need it - i think i've just become so unaccostomed to receiving it - i'm not sure how to respond to it when i get it.. then when i get it i dont take it to heart..
Although i love this song - and i do believe and identify with the lyrics - sometimes it's hard to believe that God will take my pain and turn it to beauty - and along with that comes the question - when? When God will this painful action or emotional battle be over and when will you make it for my good and your glory?
In 2 Timothy - Paul says that he entrusted God with everything - and he encourages Timothy to do that as well - i've come to the inclusion that believing God and entrusting things (hopes, dreams, pains) is a process - it doesn't just happen and requirement of being able to do that is to know who it is that you believe.. Not just trusting Him for salvation but for all things.. again ouch.. but so clearly necessary.
And then the darkness surrounds me, i know i'm alive but i feel like i've died.
And all that's left is to accept that it's over - my dreams ran like sand through the fists that i've made.
I try to keep warm but i just grow colder i feel like i'm slipping away.
After all this has past, i still will remain. after i've cried my last there'll be beauty from pain
though it won't be today someday i'll hope again and there'll be beauty from pain;
you will bring beauty from my pain.
My whole world is the pain inside me. the best i can do is just get through the day.
when life before is only a memory, i wonder why god lets me walk through this place
and though i can't understand why this happened, i know that i will when i look back some day
and see how you've brought beauty from ashes, and made me as gold purified through these flames.
After all this has past, i still will remain. after i've cried my last there'll be beauty from pain
though it won't be today someday i'll hope again and there'll be beauty from pain;
you will bring beauty from my pain.
Here i am at the end of me. trying to hold to what i can't see - i forgot how to hope this nights been so long, i cling to your promis there will be a dawn.
After all this has past, i still will remain. after i've cried my last there'll be beauty from pain
though it won't be today someday i'll hope again and there'll be beauty from pain;
you will bring beauty from my pain.
I think that we can all identify with the emotions and feeling expressed through this song. Sometimes it's hard to imagine that there will be a dawn - and that this moment will pass - and one day God will bring beauty from our pain.. In the midst of the fire it's hard to remember that you are just passing through that you will not remain in the fire forever - he is faithful to bring us through the fire - and that the fire isnt always becuase of our disobedience - it's so that we can be purified and more useful for His kingdom. That's what it's all about anyway right. Why is it that in the midst of the fire it seems that goal and purpose can be more blurred and harder to comprehend than before you walked into the fire.. And most of the time you forget that you were promised that you'd be put into the fire and you think - what in the world is He doing to me - why do I have to deal with this now - and why do these issues keep coming up - it's helpful to be reminded whether by a friend or a song that you are in the fire of purification.. sometimes it's a long process and sometimes it's not..
I find it harder to accept encouragement especially when i really need it. It's not like i don't know that i need it - i think i've just become so unaccostomed to receiving it - i'm not sure how to respond to it when i get it.. then when i get it i dont take it to heart..
Although i love this song - and i do believe and identify with the lyrics - sometimes it's hard to believe that God will take my pain and turn it to beauty - and along with that comes the question - when? When God will this painful action or emotional battle be over and when will you make it for my good and your glory?
In 2 Timothy - Paul says that he entrusted God with everything - and he encourages Timothy to do that as well - i've come to the inclusion that believing God and entrusting things (hopes, dreams, pains) is a process - it doesn't just happen and requirement of being able to do that is to know who it is that you believe.. Not just trusting Him for salvation but for all things.. again ouch.. but so clearly necessary.
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