Better Days

And you asked me what I want this year
and I try to make this kind and clear
just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Because I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
and designer love and empty things
just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words and sing out loud
Because everyone is forgiven now
Because tonight's the night the world begins again

I need some place simple where we could live
and something only you can give
and that's faith and trust and peace while we're alive
and the one poor child who saved this world
and there's ten million more who probably could
if we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words and sing out loud
Because everyone is forgiven now
Because tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
and somehow stop this endless fight
just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words and sing out loud
Because everyone is forgiven now
Because tonight's the night the world begins again

Because tonight's the night the world begins again


As I prepare to begin the lenten season, i think of new beginnings and of future hopes and past regrets. Lent is generally regarded with an attitude of mourning and pentinance, it is the champion of the whole sackcloth and ashes genre of Christianity. However, there is something to be celebrated in Lent. The idea of something new, the idea of forgiveness, being able to prepare yourself for a new season, a new encounter with life, love, and the Lord. So here's to hoping that through our fasting and denial of whatever physical thing we choose, we can see this as a time of rejoicing, a time of great hope both in life and in the spiritual realm. Let every craving remind you of something greater than that which you have given up, something greater than what you are or what you dream to become. There is no such thing as false hope, and those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. Here's to hoping that we all find better days.