This Balance I Now Live By

Story Behind The Song

Met a girl fell in love and blew it. Met another girl but blew it because I still wasn't over the first girl. Blah blah boring... but then at the end there is this stroke of maturity and insight that says "just be", and find your balance.

Song Description

This song is about a blowing a chance with a girl because you still can not get over the first girl you ever loved. It is trying to explain the hesitance people face in these situations that is only one sided and the other person could never understand. It is about finally realizing you must start with yourself to be happy, and how you can't hold other people hostage in your own life just because you want them there.

Song Length 3:24 Genre Folk - General, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Serene, Enchanting Subject Sanity/Insanity, Lost Love
Similar Artists Paul Simon, The Shins Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

If you were beside me today
These words I would say
Would speak of the heart
And in such a way
That you would understand
I didn't want to wait to take your hand

But it's beyond me to blame
You for walking away
And I couldn't promise
That I wouldn't do the same

I have loved and I've lost
And I lost my mind
And I questioned god
When it fell from the sky
But these uncertainties
They leave no room for me to breathe

Tonight I saw you in my dreams
You were starring at me
I held out my hand
But you would not speak
And though the silence was deafening
I had to scream

You said you had to go away for a little while
You said "I'll see you in June"
The winter is so cold
But I know summer's coming soon

I have loved and I lost
I broke down and cried
And I looked to god but the devil replied
He said I've got no use for you,
Your work is done and you survived

But now you must rebuild
What was yours is now my
The great sacrifice
Of the king turned to pawn
But I can understand
I wasn't meant to have the golden hand
So I traded it in and never looked back

It took me so long to find
This balance I now live by

Lyrics Danny Olson Music Danny Olson
Producer Danny Olson Publisher Danny Olson
Performance Danny Olson Label Unitymusic Group
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
limzin >>Folk 10/14/2010

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