Surviving
SURVIVING
"This song touches my heart on the deepest level. It helps to know I am not alone in my suffering. Sometimes it’s definitely all I can to do keep going one minute at a time. Thank you for this beautiful song that will play in my mind. Sometimes it’s enough to just survive hoping to find the purpose in our tragedies."
- MG
Surviving
You will never see inside
Until you're standing by my side
Come walk the roads I travel every day
You'll never really understand
That this is not the life I planned
Give me just a moment of your time
Chorus:
And everything within me now
Is aching for a better life
And all I'm doing now is just surviving
It seems I've lived a thousand lives
Waiting for a better time
And all I'm doing now is just surviving
I see a new perspective rise
I'll show the soul behind these eyes
I've tried so hard to break out from this place
Please don't judge the things I do
Cos underneath I'm just like you
All of us have pain we have to face
Repeat Chorus
Will you be the one to soothe my fears
Come a little closer to my tears
Oh, need Your grace
In the hardest place
And everything within me now
Is aching for a better life
And all I'm doing now is just surviving
It seems I've lived a thousand lives
Waiting for a better time
And all I'm doing now is just surviving
And all I'm doing now is just surviving
©2015 Helen Jayne Mckellar/Doug McKellar
It's a beautiful song that sums up poetically and to the core exactly what it is like to live (and survive) with a mental illness. What is also amazing is that the song also sums up how it feels to live with a chronic physical illness that disables and severely restricts your life and dreams. In that way, I think many more people will connect with and feel comforted by the song. But especially mental health.
What is also far-reaching with the song lyrics, and what makes it so clever, is that it can appeal to both people with faith (of varying faiths, too) and also people of none - the plea for understanding, love, compassion and acceptance can be aimed towards loved ones, friends, neighbours, counsellors, teachers etc as well as to God.
Sarah Bloodworth.