Life Inside You

Moving in Stereo

by The Cars

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life's the same I'm moving in stereo
life's the same except for my shoes
life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo
life's the same it's all inside you

it's so easy to blow up your problems
it's so easy to play up your breakdown
it's so easy to fly through a window
it's so easy to fool with the sound

it's so tough to get up
it's so tough
it's so tough to live up
it's so tough on you

life's the same I'm moving in stereo
life's the same except for my shoes
life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo
life's the same it's all inside you

life's the same I'm moving in stereo
life's the same except for my shoes
life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo
life's the same it's all inside you

We all recognize that at different moments, it's really us. We're the makers, the players and the ones who create the scenes of our lives. In short we're the playwright and the actor. As Shakespeare famously said, life is a play, and we, its actors. So when we're overwhelmed and it's tough to get up, it's easy to inflate problems, it's just so tough.Remember it's just all of you, yourself, and you again that you must first deal with before any other. Peace. Amen.

Jumping in

Into the Fire

 by Bruce Springsteen, the E Street Band

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The sky was falling and streaked with blood
I heard you calling me then you disappeared into the dust
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs into the fire

Refrain:

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

You gave your love to see in fields of red and autumn brown
You gave your love to me and lay your young body down
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need you near but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs into the fire

It was dark, too dark to see, you held me in the light you gave
You lay your hand on me
Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave
Somewhere up the stairs into the fire
Somewhere up the stairs into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs into the fire

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

May your love give us love

We all have hopes; we all dream. For some our hopes become aspirations; for others hope becomes a bitter reminder of what we do not yet possess. Springsteen writes in this song that even after the devastation, even after the fire there is still faith, hope and love. He writes it almost like a psalm: may your hope give us love; may your strength give us strength; may your faith give us faith.

What's more he writes, 'Even when it's too dark to see; you gave your love to see...' There's those beatitudes again: I was sick and you cared for me; I was weak and you held me up; I was hungry and you fed me; I was naked and you clothed me. Give me strength always to forge on--into the fire of life and of love. Amen.