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Happy New Year, everyone!  I don’t have resolutions, but I do have a short list of “hopefuls”: start playing racquetball, find a summer job in Silicon Valley, co-author a cooking blog, and resurrect this website.

Today’s song is New-Years-Day-appropriate for two reasons:  1. It’s about change, and  2. it’s proof that you can accomplish something with a little resolve, even if it takes forever.  I started writing this almost two years ago, sharing an unfinished version in a previous post.  Since then I’ve revisited it a few times.  And this is where I landed.  Hope you enjoy.  And Godspeed with your resolutions (or hopefuls).

1999

It was so long ago
We barely can remember what we said
The pain, it pierced too deeply to forget
But we barely can remember what we said

It was so long ago
We wonder why forgiveness is so far
Why all that seems to grow are all these scars
We wonder why forgiveness is so far
Is it so far?

We’re stuck in 1963
The start of our shattered history
And I want out of here
Fast forward, it’s 1999
And we can change this story line
Start it over here

It was so long ago
We don’t believe it’s ever gonna change
We think we’ll live forever in these chains
We don’t believe it’s ever gonna change
But it can change

We can’t win unless we lose our victory rights
Forgiveness hurts, forgiveness kills and brings new life

It’s not worth living life this way
It’s not worth living life this way
It’s not worth holding onto pain
If it means losing one more day