Stay With Me, Lord
There’s no getting around the fact that I resist changing who I am,…
You know I go my own way; not really following any of them.
I know it’s my choices that hold me here fast,…
and no excuses or apologies can justify my past.
Difficult, challenging? You know I am, but to be fair,…
I do have my moments where I’m trying hard to get there.
Stay with me Lord and forgive me as I fall,…
I’m still trying to get it right, after all.
Too many times I’m on this crossroad of my fate,
deciding to go left or right, or to go forward on the straight.
And after having traveling so many miles; I have to know fully well,…
there will be a reckoning for me for all of the times I fell.
Am I stupid? Why do I feel the need to return to go,
back to what I’m sure will not end up edifying my soul?
Stay with me Lord, if for no other reason than that I believe,…
and that I’ll be needing you more than ever, to succeed.
With so many choices on earth to see, to do, to think,…
sometimes being down here we get ourselves out of balance and sync.
I need a mentor; to guide me back to the true reality,
that I am here right now, for a reason,…
to make mistakes, to live, to love,
but to learn and perfect my agency.
Seems I’m always finding myself looking over to where I should be,…
wondering what I gotta do to finally get myself set free.
And suddenly I’m in trouble; and I’m pretty sure what it’s all about,…
it’s then that I need to break free, to change course,… and to get out.
I feel a disturbance coming and I’m not ready to make that stand,…
I’m weak but I’m not unwilling to reach out and take your hand.
Stay with me Lord; I’m in the middle of this eternal fight,…
and I’d like to be on your side,…
and I could use you in my corner tonight.
Five jazz tracks composed by Mercury Prize-nominated composer ESKA for Hope 4 Justice, a UK youth initiative fighting climate change. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 17, 2024
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