The Music is Always There

When you wake up and feel deflated
Anxieties, insecurities exaggerated
When all is backwards and wrong
I hope you will listen to this song

When the emptiness expands
And the colors collapse
When the days bleed together
Into one formless mass
When the tunnel is showing no light
I hope this song can make it alright

I’d like to remind you
Of the wonders around
The kaleidoscope of color,
Blues, reds, greens, and browns
The wind in your hair
The soft background sounds

I’d like to remind you
Of childlike delight
How in the deepest of lows
The most dizzying of heights
There’s something we can’t fully describe
Bees build their labyrinthine hives
Dolphins do their delicate dives
Flowers lend their scents to the air
Chicks fly their nests in a dare
The music is always right there

When you feel like a failure, way past your prime
Waiting and waiting for your chance to shine
It hits you, your dreams won’t come true
This song will be waiting for you

When your memories torment you
And that voice in your head
Haunts you and taunts you,
And you can no longer tread
The waters in relentless high tide
This song can help you get by

I’d like to remind you
How magic abounds
Epic or microscopic
Simple or profound
The thrill of a kiss
Of worries unwound

I’d like to remind you
Of times that were bright
How in the darkest of blacks
The most blinding of whites
There’s something we can’t fully grasp
A mystery we can never unmask
Questions there are no words to ask
We can glimpse it when we lay ourselves bare
In the air that we breathe, in the love that we share
In the music that is always right there