Revelation

©2018 Dana Halle / 5050songs Inc (ASCAP)
Release Date: Oct 23, 2018
Produced by Demo My Song®
Lead Vocal: Liz

It all began a simple task
Deliver photos from the past
It felt so safe and free from risk
If only now to come to this
With pictures seen from long ago
Memories surfaced from below
And lessons history had taught
Replaced by feelings long forgot

I need to feel
I need to break out of this shell
I need to feel
Although I know it will be hell
I need to breathe
I need to look around my heart
I need to breathe
And claim my privilege to restart

Old images my thoughts engaged
Emotions triggered love and rage
All time stood still within my brain
As I relived each joy and pain
No way to quiet down the noise
Or cultivate my own life’s joys
My feelings raw, protection shed
Distractions to the life I led

I need to feel
I need to break out of this shell
I need to feel
Although I know it will be hell
I need to breathe
I need to look around my heart
I need to breathe
And claim my privilege to restart

Then later on I had a plan
To go back to where I began
Read all the pages kept so long
Each journal entry, letter, song
And with each revelation grew
Within me passion, old but new
As words began to fill my head
And songs came pouring out again

I need to feel
I need to break out of this shell
I need to feel
Although I know it will be hell
I need to breathe
I need to look around my heart
I need to breathe
And claim my privilege to restart

I’ve started looking at my days
And years of living in a haze
It’s time to pen a brand new song
That leads me to where I belong
With these emotions now before me
I can write a different story
By bringing back the girl I knew
Was deep inside, now shining through

I need to feel
I need to break out of this shell
I need to feel
Although I know it will be hell
I need to breathe
I need to look around my heart
I need to breathe
And claim my privilege to restart
I need to feel
I need to break out of this shell
I need to feel

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Genre: Power Pop
Mood: inspirational, motivational, energizing, reflective
Instruments: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, female vocals