Shine

I can see it in your eyes, what I know in my heart is true.
That our love it has faded like the summer run through.
So we'll walk down the shoreline one last time together.
Feel the wind blow our wanderin' hearts like a feather
But who knows what's waiting in the wings of time.
Dry your eyes we gotta go where we can shine.
Don't be hiding in sorrow or clinging to the past,
With your beauty so precious and the season so fast.
No matter how cold the horizon appear
Or how far the first night when I held you near.
We've gotta rise from these ashes like a bird of flame.
Take my hand, we've gotta go where we can shine.
For all that we struggle for all we pretend,
It don't come down to nothing except love in the end.
And ours is a road that is strewn with goodbyes,
But as it unfolds, as it all unwinds,
Remember your soul is the one thing you just can't compromise.
Step out of the shadow, we're gonna go where we can shine.
We're gonna go where we can shine.
We're gonna go where we can shine.
Through the windows of midnight,
Moonfoam and silver.

David Gray

This song seems to strike a chord with me right now, although I'm not really sure why. I've probably listened to it five or six times today and early David Gray is nowhere near as polished as his current state. And it's probably because of that lack of polish that the power of the words mean so much more. You can tell he's incredibly Welsh (besides the way he puts his words together). It's a beautiful number and I strongly recommend it. It's off his first album, called A Century Ends.