Sure was a blessing baby when you walked through that door
I was on the wrong path I’ve been on too many times before
My life was in a downward spiral spinning out of control
That’s when you saved me from what could have been, I’ll never know
(Chorus)
Cause people search their whole lives just looking for love like this
I found what forever felt like the moment that we kissed
We’ve both been down this road, but we never had made it this far
Till you took off your wings and you wrapped ‘em around my heart
You make me the person I need to be – that sure sounds like an angel to me
I was on a dead end street on a road to nowhere fast
That’s when you came along baby, you put it all in my past
I was in the dark so long that I couldn’t even see
Without you here with me there’s no telling just where I’d be
(Chorus)
Cause people search their whole lives just looking for love like this
I found what forever felt like the moment that we kissed
We’ve both been down this road, but we never had made it this far
Till you took off your wings and you wrapped ‘em around my heart
You make me the person I need to be – that sure sounds like an angel to me
(Repeat Chorus)
Like an angel to me
Found this song searching for some new country… never have heard it before and there it is, a reminder of where I’ve been… in part anyway… how far the last few years have traveled in my heart, how many bumps and bruises I have endured … the falls I’ve taken that made me feel like I would never get up again… answering the question for me, how far do I have to fall to save my soul… to recover the heart I used to have… and I have, and I am climbing up, I’m out of the hole I used to be in for so long…
I was stuck in dead end choices, dead end relationships, I made choices simply to have something to do, not because I benefited in any way… not for any good reason… so many of us have been there, make choices, or simply go along with things simply because we have the idiotic idea that we can’t say no, the frustrating, heart-wrenching feeling we can’t be saved from the choices we have made, from the mistakes we’ve made… and in some ways , sadly, we can’t… we all wish the past really could be the past but it isn’t ever completely… if it were then we risk forgetting the horrible mistakes, the choices, the consequences we now face/carry for the rest of our lives… how do we ever forgive ourselves for allowing ourselves to be used, for treating ourselves as though we really were worthless, for allowing people to use us so we could feel something, if it was only feeling like trash… convincing ourselves the momentary rush meant more than we knew it did…
If you, if we, are lucky, we find a second chance… many people never do… I found an angel… actually, no *smiles*, she found me… that’s a whole different story I won’t share with anyone but her… it’s the story of us only we can ever know and share, just ours… but I can say this part… I knew… we knew… and it scared us as much as it made us walk on Cloud 9… it was one touch, holding hands across a coffee shop table, that first kiss, embrace… seeing those eyes in person the first time… and yeah, in the most overly romantic way I looked for the angel wings… she was, she is, everything I could have dreamt of… she is my dream come true… and more… my angel, my all, my other-self…
I hope you enjoy the song, enjoy the sentiment, maybe even the hope it may offer if you haven’t found romance, passion, an angel, a best friend, someone who makes your life complete simply by being themselves… I speak from experience now… at the lowest point, at the moment you least expect, when you feel as though every reserve has been spent, as though every second chance is something of the past… well, risk it all, face the paralytic fear of really opening the wounds and hurts that are so fresh… be real, be you, show yourself without the mask, without the filters… be you and only you… and there is the chance, not the promise, no, but the chance you can be smart enough to not just take anything/anyone, be strong enough to know you are worth being treated as the most important person in ONE person’s life, heart, mind…
You may find an angel… they won’t be perfect, they won’t be without fault, but they will be perfect for you… your angel, your all, your other-self…
