YOUR PART OF THE JOURNEY

Behind the veil is a stranger you have courted
Though you dare to embrace the light you are thwarted
It's like the marriage of two old families
Where you are only the pawn
Making a vow to be true
Never knowing what might go on
Another mystery revealed over time
And yours is just another perspective in an endless line

You can look
But you can never see
The truth
Is too large and wide
Like a brook
Flowing out to the sea
All you ever know is your part of the journey

Buried deep is an old hurt you have hidden
Though you think that it's invisible, who do you think you're kidding
Seems you're just like an oyster
Spinning a pearl 'round a grain of sand
Except with you all your pains and passions
Are reflected in your hands
And your tragedies heal over time
And all your insights are just like mine

You can look
But you can never see
The truth
Is too large and wide
Like a brook
Flowing out to the sea
All you ever know is your part of the journey

First you're frozen on the mountain side 'til you're melted by the sun
Then trickling past the ancient pines before you start to run
Then rushing through the meadows, giving life along the way
Until the season changes and you've given your all
And then you pass away

And in our lives is a message if you will listen
When you give yourself away in time you'll find there's nothing missing
It's the lesson of the ocean
She gives birth to the clouds and rain
And in time, all the brooks and rivers
Return to her again
And her rhythm turns rocks into sand
And her waters give life to the land

You can look
But you can never see
The truth
Is too large and wide
Like a brook
Flowing out to the sea
All you ever know is your part of the journey