A Little Lyrical Thought Pattern

If you're a music person then songs (lyrics) get you through life. They become memory keepers. Reminders of yesterday. Of good times and bad. Of specific moments or broad periods of time.

Here are some of my moments. Some of my thoughts. Here are lyrics that explain for me different periods of my life that I've had or want to have.

Days like these bring out the strength in me so I can face my reflection and say... been burnt by the fire, been stuck underwater, strung up on the wire and still the world goes round. Been tossed like a free throw, knocked out when the wind blows. Pull the curtain on the hurtin' cause I'm not going down.
- JoDee Messina

Well I can't tell you where I'm going, I'm not sure of where I've been.
But I know I must keep travelin' till my road comes to an end. I'm out here on my journey, trying to make the most of it. I'm a puzzle, I must figure out where all my pieces fit.

God made me for a reason and nothing is in vain. Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain.

I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin' thru.
- Dolly Parton

This world spins too fast if you let it. There's always one more thing to do. But lookin' back I never have regretted. Takin' off early or callin' in sick. Or lovin' away a Sunday afternoon.

It was time well wasted. And there's no way I trade a few more dollars or things crossed off my list, for a day I'll never forget. No I didn't get a thing done but I sure soaked up every minute of the memory we were makin' and I count it all as time well wasted.
-Brad Paisley

I went sky divin', I went rocky mountain climbin', I went 2.7 seconds on a bull name Fumanchu. And I loved deeper, And I spoke sweeter, And I gave forgiveness I've been denying, And he said someday I hope you get the chance, To live like you were dyin'.
- Tim McGraw

I've got everything, more than I ever dreamed. I love my life. I thank God for all I have, and that I love this man, who loves his wife. I love my life.
- Jamie O'Neal

An I'll grab the wheel and point it west. Pack the good and leave the rest. I'll drive until I find the missing piece. You said I wouldn't get too far on a tank of gas and an empty heart, but I have everything I'll ever need. I got this old guitar and a brand new set of strings.
- Miranda Lambert

When I'm crashing through the madness, Not sure who I'm supposed to be, When I'm caught up in the darkness, It's your hand that's leading me, You bring me back to solid ground, You lift me up right here, right now.

In a midnight talk, in a morning kiss, When I'm in your arms, that's where it is, When we're tangled up and can't resist, When we feel that rush, that's where it is

It's a lifetime filled with tight embraces, The biggest things in the smallest place.
- Carrie Underwood

Maybe those sets of lyrics will mean something to you. Maybe they won't. Maybe one will touch you or maybe not. But they all remind me of things that have happened in my life. They let me know where I was and where I want to go. They're a map of my life. You won't understand the map and that's okay. I'm the only one who needs to.

But I do hope you have your own...