The SV Chronicles: Josh Groban - You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Josh Groban - You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)

INFLUENTIAL SONGS - PART ONE

This song was playing as I left the shrink's office last Wednesday. He had given me suggestions for coping with my current day-to-day emotional crisis. I was walking through the campus to my car and the sun came out from behind a cloud and threw an angel beam (the light rays you can see that look like slides for angels to come down from Heaven) onto a tree that was bright green and the absolute embodiment of thriving life. And Josh Groban told me... "Don't give up, its just the weight of the world." I stopped and looked at that tree and listened to Josh tell me that I am loved, that *everybody* wants to be heard, that he could hear me." He went on to describe my pain and reassure me that he could find me if I'm lost, that if darkness blinds me, he will shine to guide me. And I knew it wasn't Josh Groban singing to me. It was the angel that had slid down from Heaven to lift me up and put me back on my feet so that I could keep going.

Here are the lyrics:

You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)

Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
When you're heart's heavy
I...I will lift it for you

Don't give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you
I...I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

Don't give up
It's just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside
I...I will be there to find you

Don't give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you
I...I will shine to guide you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

You are loved
Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
Don't give up
Every one needs to be heard
You are loved

WOW - what an affirmation...

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I chose this youtube video for its imagery...