If ever a song hit home, this one does. I’m finding we tend not to look for or listen to other people’s stories, although we all have them. Stories about life, resilience and moving on. But we make judgement calls without knowing where the person has been.
The Story
Lyrics by Phil Hanseroth
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to, it’s true
I was made for you
I climbed across the mountaintops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby, I broke them all for you
Oh, because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks, you do
I was made for you
You see the smile that’s on my mouth
It’s hiding the words that don’t come out
And all of our friends who think that I’m blessed
They don’t know my head is a mess