RIVERS OF EMOTION
WRITTEN BY
JEFF R HILTON
2023
IT COULD OF BEEN SO DIFFERENT
NOT SO FULL OF CHANGE
A LITTLE MORE NORMAL
AND NOT SO STRANGE
THE SAME THE SAME
IT GOES
THROUGH RAIN AND BURNING SKIES
I MADE MY WAY
ACROSS AND FARAWAY
NO ONE TRIED TO HOLD ME BACK
NO ONE SAID DON'T GO
NO ONE PROTESTED
FEELING INDIFFERENT
TAKE IT SLOW
THESE RIVERS OF EMOTION
RUSHING BY
I KNOW I HAVE TO TRY
TO SEE EACH ONE
FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS
AND IF I CHOOSE TO KEEP MY FAITH
FLY IT RIGHT IN THE FACE
OF ADVERSITY
NO TIME FOR GAMES
OR TO EXPLAIN AWAY
THE VERY THING THAT GOT ME HERE
IF IT NEVER ENDS
IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE
ALL THE TIMES I THOUGHT I HAD IT
IT WAS GOOD AS MINE
WAS THAT JUST LIFE BEING KIND
FOR A SHORT TIME
BEFORE IT TURNED
BLACKEST NIGHTS EMPTY DAYS
ALL HAD THEIR WAY
PUSH ME PULL ME
TEARING ME APART
I DON'T WHERE I FINISH
I DON'T WHERE I START
IN THE COLD LIGHT
A NEW DAY AT MY FEET
A NEW CHALLENGE
THAT I'M TO BEAT
THESE RIVERS OF EMOTION
RUSHING BY
I HAVE TO TRY
TO SEE EACH ONE
FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS
