Still Remains

When man rejects the true light and falls through weakness he disfigures something of his true human dignity.  What still remains is the human dignity reflected in free will.  Man is constantly called to restore the fulness of his dignity - but always in harmony with and never at the expense of free will.  He must freely choose to cooperatate with grace in order to be restored to his former stature.        

Alter Bridge - Still Remains

STILL REMAINS - ALTER BRIDGE
I cast a line when I saw you were drowning
Still you turn your back on me
Pulled you from the fire when you were burning
Still you never could believe

So carry on if you must go your way
Though embrace my heart
Your free will still remains

I save you from your fall when you were slipping
Still you broke from me to run
So how can you justify the life you're living

You must carry on if you must go your way
Though embrace my heart
Your free will still remains

You'll deny it all
You'll deny me once again
But I've seen it all
I know you've come to crawl
Back to me before the end

Carry on if you must go your way
Though embrace my heart
Your free will still remains

So carry on if you must go your way
Though embrace my heart
Your free will still remains
Still remains

Rain

It is normal to stumble and fall while carrying on the good fight.  It takes honesty and humility to recognize our failings and courage to ask for help - a cleansing and a new beginning.  

Creed - Rain

RAIN - CREED
Can you help me out, can you lend me a hand?
It's safe to say that I'm stuck again
Trapped between this life and the light
I just can't figure out, how to make it right...

A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more... something more...

I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
With every tomorrow comes another life...

I feel it's gonna rain, for days and days
(I feel it's gonna rain)
I tried to figure out, I can't understand...
What it means... to be whole again...
Trapped between the truth and the consequence
Nothing's real, nothing's making sense...

A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more... something more...

I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's going to rain like this... rain like this... rain like this...

Fall down, wash away my yesterdays
Fall down, so let the rain fall down on me...

I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
Let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's going to rain like this... rain like this...

So let the rain fall...
I feel it's gonna rain like this... rain like this...
So let the rain fall down...
I feel it's gonna rain like this...

I feel it's gonna rain.

Slip To The Void

What happens when we stray from the path directing us toward our transcendent goal?  We enter a state of existence where we truly "don't belong."  The "moment we let love go" (the virtue of charity) we slip to the void and experience a kind of hell on earth that is empty of all true meaning and happiness.  Here is another piece from Alter Bridge reflecting the darker side of human existence. 

Alter Bridge - Slip To The Void

SLIP TO THE VOID - ALTER BRIDGE
Slip to the void
To the dark
To the fall
Crawl to the life you shouldn't know
You should never come this way
To test the hands of fate
You don't belong here

Peel back the skin
Close your eyes
Hell is born
To the abyss, but be warned
You fear what you've become
My God what have you done?
You don't belong here

But it's all in the way
You touch and you obey
Denial

But it's all in the way
You touch and you obey
Denial

Sever the ties
Trip the wire
Take your hold
Doubt is alive and you know
You were once led to believe
You were young and so naive
And now no longer
But it's all in the way
You turn your back today

Left to face this alone
Left to die with nothing you can own
Left to break in the cold
In the void that you made
The moment you let love go

Try win back your days
You let them all escape your heart
Now that you've come so far
Why did you have to fall so hard?
Look at what you've done
What have you become?

Left to face this alone
Left to die with nothing you can own
Left to break in the cold
In the void that you made
The moment you let love go
You let love go
You let love go
You let love go