Give me black, give me white, give me hope and I’ll be alright now
Give me day, give me night, break my heart but I’ll be alright now
Make me laugh, make me cry, wake me up and I’ll be alright now
Make me low, make me high, make me fall but I’ll be alright now
Give me love, give me pain, make me lose everything I’ve gained, yeah
Give me sun, give me rain, leave me out in a hurricane, yeah
Give me dark, give me light, I was wrong but I’ll be alright now
Give me strength, give me strife, I was torn but I’ll be alright now
Make me old, make me wise, make me grow and I’ll be alright now
Make me fire, make me ice, it won’t be long but I’ll be alright now
Give me love, give me pain, make me lose everything I’ve gained, yeah
Give me sun, give me rain, give me all that I need to make me
Free cos I know it’s gonna be
I’m starting to see there’s a better way to be
Believe me, believe me
They never said it’d be easy
Letting go of the demons in my mind
Leaving me blind, yeah yeah yeah
But nobody can teach me
It’s something I lost but I could find
Every time, yeah yeah yeah
Give me love, give me pain, make me lose everything I’ve gained, yeah
Give me sun, give me rain, leave me out in a hurricane, yeah
Give me praise, give me blame, make me see that it’s all the same, yeah
Make me strong, make me sane, give me all that I need to make me
Free cos I know it’s gonna be
I’m starting to see there’s a better way to be
Believe me, believe me
credits
from A Light To Follow,
released February 28, 2023
Words and music by Emily Maguire
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and Buddhist poet Emily Maguire has released seven albums, published four
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