Wafflings

Somedays I like just putting my iPod on shuffle and seeing where the music leads – wondering what will be played next and being reminded of songs I’d forgotten were on certain albums!  This morning, as I wrapped up warm to brave the cold with the dog, I put my headphones on, clicked on shuffle and headed out the door.  The first song was one by Josh Doyle, former frontman of the Dum Dums (there’s a video here) and it struck a chord with some of the things I’ve been thinking about since the year began:

This is the end of fear,
The fear that’s paralysed you all these years,
The end of slavery,
Walk out of yourself, you are free,
The resistance you ‘re finding,
Is only in your mind,
The things you thought were binding,
Have lost their power to bind.

Wake up,
Come off your medication,
Wake up,
And change your situation.

You are still alive,
You are still alive,
You are still alive.

This is the end of fear,
This is the beginning of your peace,
This is the end of war,
The serpent’s head is crushed beneath your feet,
The hopes you had forgotten,
Will not escape you now,
The terrors you had harboured,
Are stripped of power now.

Wake up,
Come off your medication,
Wake up,
And change your situation.

You are still alive…

I am still alive…

This is the end of fear.

A timely reminder – to put away fear and to choose to live. Here’s the song, The End of Fear from an EP a couple of years ago – and you should really check out his other stuff too!