Here we are, some 17 days after the world came crashing down in New York City, literally, and I am still speechless and numb. I am overcome. I mean, I went back to work the very next day and have continued to try to live my life as before, but who the hell am I kidding? I can never live my life the way I did before because I am not the same person I was before and I never will be again. No one will. At least, I hope and pray that is so for most of us. Out of this horror and tragedy must come a major change and massive gravitation towards love and kindness for not only us Americans but for all people of the free world. I think these events will lead the world ever closer towards becoming enlightened to the truth that we are all one. We need not separate ourselves like before by nationality, religion, race, etc. This mentality of sickness is what led those terrorists to committ their evil crimes. People who were different (namely us!) were no longer seen as human beings and thus expendable. We are all human beings and part of the same race…the human race!
I want to share a song and its powerful lyrics with you, my dear friend. I am moved to tears by this song and filled with the gamut of emotions, including sadness, anger and joy. It is called “Overcome” by the band LIVE. It was written a year ago but when the lead singer of the band witnessed the events on 9/11/2001 he re-released it immediately on the internet for all the world to share. I love Ed Kowalczyk for writing these incredibly moving words and for the way he sings it, with such passion and conviction!
I recorded his live (no pun intended) performance of this song on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night and have played it back over and over again. It is haunting and expresses my emotions perfectly.
Please download the search tool from www.kazaa.com and look for “Overcome” so you can download and listen to it. Get the audio version in mp3 format and the music video version in mpg format. The video is an amazing experience because they’ve included lots of footage of the World Trade Center all throughout it.
Anyway, here are the lyrics.
Overcome
Even now
the world is bleeding
but feeling just fine
all alone in a castle
where we’re always free to choose
never free enough to find
i wish something would break
cuz we’re running out of time
and i am overcome, yeah
i am overcome
holy water in my lungs
i am overcome
These women in the street
pulling out their hair
my master’s in the yard
giving light to the unaware
this plastic little place
is just a step amongst the stairs
and i am overcome, yeah
i am overcome, baby
holy water in my lungs, yeah
i am overcome
so drive me out, yeah
out to that open field
turn the ignition off
and spin around
your help is here
but i’m parked in the open space
but locking the gates of love
i am overcome
i am overcome, baby
holy water in my lungs, yeah
i am overcome, yeah
i am overcome, oh lord
i am overcome, baby
holy water in my lungs
holy water, holy water
i am overcome
beautiful drowning
this beautiful drowning
this holy water
this holy water, is in my lungs
and i am overcome
i am overcome, yeah
heh, i, heh, i, heh, i am overcome
i am overcome lord