A Song: You Do (Know)

I don't know what came over me today but I got inspired and wrote a song. Hope you like it--or the lyrics anyways!

YOU DO (Know)

So much striving, what is it for?
Think I can do, be, accomplish more
Is this who I am, what I'm worth?
Please tell me it's not up to me.

My legs keep on running, I feel I can beat
This world that is slipping out under my feet.
If I push hard enough can I conquer this life?
What happens if I fall?

(chorus)
Oh I want to lose control
Just let all of it go
I want my soul to know...
You do.

If I say that my life comes down to grace
Why do I try to earn everyone's embrace?
I give. I fight. I try. I resist.
As if the ultimate failure were trust

My heart's being pulled--it makes me fear
I can't get a grip on what I think and hear
What are these voices? Where is the truth?
Will I ever make sense of my self?

(chorus)
Oh I want to lose control
Just let all of it go
I want my soul to know...
You do.


So much weight. So many cares.
As I hold it all my body wears
Yet I keep the load--seems to be no other choice
What would happen if I didn't carry the world?

I want to be good. I want love to flow.
So I push and fight trying to make it grow
Yet I feel defeated. I'm never enough.
Is there anything more I can do?

(chorus)
Oh I want to lose control
Just let all of it go
I want my soul to know...
You do.

(bridge)
What if it were not up to me?
That in letting it go, I could be free--
From the pressure, the failure, the weakness, the stress
My heart skips a beat longing for this hope
Yet I somehow feel it's still tied with a rope
to my mind, my strength, my desire to reign
How do I give it to you?
Make me give it to you.

(chorus)
Oh I want to lose control
Just let all of it go
I want my soul to know...
You do.

You tell me, "I've got control."
You say, "Just let it all go."
You break me so my soul knows...
You do.

You do.