Beauty from Pain

The other day I was cleaning out our office. We still have some boxes to unpack and I also had to clean out all of our 2009 files to put them away in storage. I had Pandora.com on and this song came on. It brought me to tears. Sometimes you hear songs and they are beautiful, mostly because the melody, or the vocals or the actual instrumentation is just beautiful. Many times, I don't even really pay attention to lyrics, I just like the song because it sounds nice. But these lyrics were hard to ignore. At any other time in my life, this would have just been another pretty song on the radio, but for me, every single word rang true. I am just praying for the day when this happens for me. For me and for Mike. All of this pain has to be for something, right? There has to be some good that will come out of this. Even though right now I can't imagine when or what that may be. I am hoping and praying for the day when I finally reach my "dawn".

Beauty From Pain
Superchic[k]

The lights go out all around me
one last candle to keep out the night
and then the darkness surrounds me
I knew I’m alive but I feel like I’ve died

and all that’s left is to accept that its over
my dreams ran like sand through the fist that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I’m slipping away


CHORUS
after all this has passed, I still will remain
after I’ve cried my last, they’ll be beauty from pain
though it won’t be today, someday I’ll hope again
and they’ll be beauty from pain
you will bring beauty from my pain

my whole world is the pain inside me
the best I can do is just get through the day
when life before is only a memory
I wonder why god lets me walk through this place

and though I can’t understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back some day
and see how you’ve brought beauty from ashes
and made me as gold purified through these flames

CHORUS

here I am at the end of me
trying to hold to what I can’t see
I forgot how to hope this nights been so long
I cling to your promise, there will be a dawn

CHORUS