Essence Of Life

from Where The Dust Will Settle by Chris Vogt McLaughlin

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Take my hand and lead me
I don't know where I'm going from here
I'm in need of direction
If I go, can I return?
What if I have made the wrong decision?
I couldn't bear to live with that

Everyday we are faced
With a multitude of choices to make Which run the course of our lives
There will be times when we're right
And there will be many times when we're wrong
Either way we have to choose

I used to fear the outcome of the risks I could take
And I would dread if anything I did was a mistake
I didn't know that's the essence of life

In the end what I do
Is ultimately what I wanted
Every choice is within my hands
So I can’t make any excuses
 Nor blame anyone for what I do
All yielded by my own free will

I used to fear the outcome of the risks I could take
And I would dread if anything I did was a mistake
I didn't know that's the essence of life
Risks and mistakes are the essence of life

Take my hand
Take my hand
Take my hand and lead me

© 2007 Chris Vogt

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from Where The Dust Will Settle, released November 1, 2007
Chris Vogt--vocals, guitars
Seth Ellsworth--violin, shaker

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