Breathe (2am)

This song has rung very true with me the last few days. When you reach a point in life when you realize that there is no rewind button and if you keep trying to turn back time you will just keep repeating the same mistakes. There is no rewind button on life, no do-overs. This is it. With everything that I have been through I have come to realize that I cannot change what has happened. I only have control over the here and now. The sooner you realize that you can get on with life. Its a healthy way too look at things. The main thing in this life is too learn from the mistakes of the past so you are not doomed to repeat them.


The Serenity prayer is also something to live by:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can change and the wisdom to know the difference.

You do not have to pray to God you pray to what you believe in. It all ties in together with the path of healing. You cannot keep blaming yourself for something you had no control over. You have to put the blame where it is deserved and move on with your life. If you keep beating yourself up, the person who caused the pain and damage will still have control over you. Think about it. If you were raped and you cannot go outside through fear of it happening again, the rapist is still damaging your life and the real kicker is you are allowing them too. Things happen to us do not have to define our lives. It is up to us to breathe and just move forward for the time you waste on trying to change the past you will never get back.




Breathe (2am) - Anna Nalick

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you'd only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.