This song moved me to tears today when I heard it for the first time. It speaks to me very deeply. It feels like an anthem for our times. I feel the tension of the fork in the road we are at. It feels like I am out of step with the entire world. Is it only me that wants peace, not conflict? To help people, not harm them? To speak truth, no matter how uncomfortable it may be? To progress further forward, to climb higher, to expand beyond our restrictions? Britain is currently at the threshold of two doors - one seems to offer everything that I align with, and the other door takes us backwards, downwards, inwards, running from imaginary monsters while creating real ones.
It feels like I am alone standing in opposition to the inevitable - but as this song shows - I AM NOT ALONE.
Lyrics:
You Are Not Alone
Emeli Sandé
Are you sick and tired of being lied to?
Getting kinda bored of being ignored?
Can't find the tribe that you belong to?
Oh my friend, you are not alone
Are you tired of begging for some answers?
Are you scared you won't make it out alive?
Does it make you sick when truth is censored?
Oh my friend, you are not alone
Oh you are not alone here, don't fear
You are not alone here, no way
There's plenty more others here, yeah yeah
My friend, oh you are not alone
Are you tired of working for the minimum?
Has your heart adjusted to the dark?
Well does it make you sick they kill the innocent?
Oh my friend, you are not alone
Well, are you dreaming of a brighter future?
Somewhere the children can be free
Will you risk it all to tell the truth? Yeah
My friend, oh you are not alone
Oh you are not alone here, don't fear
You are not alone here, no way
There's plenty more others here, yeah yeah
My friend, oh you are not alone
Are you tired of feeling so invisible?
Are you sick of silencing your voice?
Do you still have hope that peace is possible?
My friend, oh you are not alone
You are not alone here, don't fear
You are not alone here, no way
There's plenty more others here, yeah yeah
My friend, oh you are not alone
You are not alone here, (don't fear)
You are not alone (here), no way, no way
There's plenty more others here, yeah yeah
My friend, you are not alone
You are not alone (you are not alone)
You are not alone here, (don't fear)
(You are not alone here, no way) no way
(There's plenty more others here, yeah yeah)
My friend, oh you are not alone