hold it up to the light

Many of you know how much I love music. I think I have even blogged about it. I love music with powerful lyrics, music with a great beat, acoustic music, and silly music. I love a song that resonates with my soul..... to listen to the lyrics and try to figure out what was going on in the life of that songwriter when they wrote it. It is just a weird thing I guess. You will either get it or not.....

I have loved David Wilcox's music since I was introduced to it and to him for that matter back in 1994. My sweet friend Jere took me to a private acoustic performance, and then to a club to hear him live. I still have the CD he signed for me...Big Horizon. His music is real, and authentic, and there is no BS. His lyrics are sometimes serious and poignant, and other times, just silly and ironically hilarious....like the song, "Blow em away" (on my playlist to the right...careful..there is a naughty word or two)

The songbelow has really resonated with me lately. It is called Hold it up to the Light. (also to the right on my playlist)

When we make the difficult choices in life, how are we holding them up? I choose to hold mine up to the light....then make it... and if anyone disagrees with it, that is okay with me. The people pleaser in me is forever gone.....If I can live with my choices, then shouldn't my friends be able to live with them too? I know my true friends will always stand by me, no matter what. And there may not be as many true friends in my life as I thought there were....I know that it is gonna be okay. I am thankful for the true blues.

Hold it up to the Light!

It's the choice of a lifetime - I'm almost sure
I will not live my life in between anymore
If I can't be certain of all that's in store
This far it feels so right
I will hold it up - hold it up to the light,
Hold it up to the light, hold it up to the light

The search for my future has brought me here
This is more than I'd hoped for, but sometimes I fear
That the choice I was made for will someday appear
And I'll be too late for that flight
So hold it up - hold it up to the light,
Hold it up to the light, hold it up to the light

It's too late - to be stopped at the crossroads
Each life here - a possible way
But wait - and they all will be lost roads
Each road's getting shorter the longer I stay

Now as soon as I'm moving - my choice is good
This way comes through right where I prayed that it would
If I keep my eyes open and look where I should
Somehow all of the signs are in sight
If I hold it up to the light

I said God, will you bless this decision?
I'm scared, Is my life at stake?
But I see if you gave me a vision
Would I never have reason to use my faith?

I was dead with deciding - afraid to choose
I was mourning the loss of the choices I'd lose
But there's no choice at all if I don't make my move
And trust that the timing is right
Yes and hold it up hold it up to the light
Hold it up to the light, hold it up to the light