Pray For Grace (Alternative) - Michael Franti, Spearhead

Why must I feel like this today

I’m a soldier but afraid sometimes

To face the things that may

Block the sun from shinin' rays

And fill my life with shades of grey

But still I long to find a way

So today I pray for grace

I take a moment to myself

So I can myself

To feel myself

And be real myself

Life’s addictions and afflictions

Cause abrasions from their friction

Sometimes, it’s easier to live in fiction

I can run, but I can’t hide

From the pains that

Reside deep down inside

There is no pill

That can be swallowed

There is no guru

That can be followed

There’s no escapin'

From my own history

Those that I hurt,

And those that hurt me

I was dead for a million years

'Fore I was born and

I’ll be dead for a million more

After I’m gone

So I live, to give somethin'

That can live on

Like the way you hum a song when the music’s gone

Like the warmth on the sand

When the sun goes down

And I’m sittin' with myself

Nobody else is around but,

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Been a long, long time

Since I been away

Been a long, long time

Since I felt this way

Been a long, long time

I found the words to say

How much I’m grateful

For my life today

'Cause under every cup

You might find a nut

Behind every corner

You might get jacked up

At the end of every rainbow,

You might find gold

The last bite of your sandwich,

Hope you don’t find mould

'Cause none of us

Can live the perfect life

The kind that we see on nick at night

And sometimes, we all

Just lose sight

Of the pain that will guide us

From dark into the light

We fall down yes, but we get up,

And sometimes we just need

A little bit of love

To help make it

Through another day

Into the night, into the light,

Into a Saturday

So in the morning when I’m waitin'

For the sun to raise

And my head’s a little foggy

Like I’m in a haze

I remind myself that

Everything is gonna be okay

I take a breath, slow down and say…

(Chorus)