My Particular Harbour: Echoes of Friendship

It's odd, isn't it? This year - a year that I'd hoped would be one of my best but doesn't seem to be going that way so far - I've had the opportunity to appreciate my friends more so than I ever have. When I think about what I am grateful for during this past year, my friends top the list.

Of course, this gratitude has manifested itself in a number of ways. I blog about how lucky I am to have them - often. I'm trying to fill their needs as much as they've filled mine. I look for ways to really thank them for what they've done for me.

I find ways to remind myself of these special people. I've got a bunch of pictures to remind me of them. And I often stumble upon something in art echoes the friendships I've got. This year, in particular, one refrain of one song continues to do that for me.

I've had to look the song up, as it's been included on a compilation CD that I've had since undergrad to which I no longer own the CD jacket. It's called Edge of Falling, by Ethan Pierse (aka Tim Pigman). I've found the lyrics online and a sample (both below, thanks to ethanpierse.com). My one complaint is simply that the sample sounds very different than the song I've got on my Awakening Compilation CD - and the sample sounds very overdone. IMHO, the simpler sound to the song on the compilation CD is more preferable.

In any case, it's the refrain that echoes my dear friendships these days, because I know I've had people pick me up and keep me going.

Thanks, guys. You're the best.

Lyrics of "Edge of Falling"
I've been away so very long
Doing all I said I'd never do.
But now that still small voice,
it is calling to me
Calling me back home to you

Hesitation, don't turn back now, just go on
You know it's too late
Too late to right all those wrongs
Stop to see if you'd been checking up on me
Only to find, you're still looking out to see
Me walking down that road
Can't wait to have you hold me and hear you say, to hear you say

Refrain
I am strong if you are weak
Pick you up and keep you going
Stop hanging on now and walk with me
I am strong if you are weak
Pick you up and keep you going
Stop hanging on now and walk with me at the edge of falling

All my struggles, no telling where or whence they came
But I've got to face them all just the same
Can't turn right, pride and piety beware
I can't turn left, only depravity's left there
Keep looking up, stay in line, and follow the signs and wait
I need to hear you say

Refrain

This isn't a war where I win and where you lose
It's about the chosen and the many and the few
Oh they try to walk straight, but our hearts they turn back
And we're yearning to find something that says we are home
Bring me home
I just want to be home
I am home

Refrain

Amazon.com sample of "Edge of Falling" from The Awakening Compilation:
(click the image below to listen)