This post dedicated to you, if you need encouragement.

Yeah, the rain came independence day
With an old flag, washed and raised
And the chid sang, all fall down
No one heard it, not a sound

Yeah the rain came, turning gray
And the jury went out to play
“Doesn’t matter,” someone said
“There’s tomorrow, go to bed”

(I be)—No drama—(happy)—no trauma, down in the jungle
Down in decay
(I be)—Getting older—(happy)—getting over
Something is different
Something has changed

In the jungle where the beat is strong
Nothing’s shocking, loud is long
Like the middle of a dream
I was woken when I screamed

I could never go back to that old prison of my youth
“Move forward,” someone said,
“you can make it—
“Watch your head”

(I be)—No drama—(happy)—no trauma, down in the jungle
Down in decay
(I be)—Getting older—(happy)—getting over
Something is different
Something has changed

And when your world comes crashing down (uh huh)
And there ain’t nothing you can do about it (ain’t nothin’ you can do about it)
And when everybody’s done you wrong (mmm, nothin’ right)
And your feeling torn down (feelin’ all torn down)
Now the Kingdom of everything’s within (of everything!)
And to love yourself is not a sin (love is not a sin)
And if there’s a Light inside, it’ll shine—
And if there’s a Light inside, it’ll shine

(I be)—No drama—(happy)&151;oh!, no trauma, down in the jungle
Down in decay
(I be)—Getting older—(happy)—getting over
Something is different
Something has changed

Something has changed

© 1998 King’s X — [1] King’s X — Tape Head (1998, Metal Blade Records) — “Happy”

This song has encouraged me when I’ve been down, opened my eyes to the beauty of experiencing whatever it takes to get wisdom and be unafraid of growing older, and kicked my ass into gear when I’ve started listening to the jury who refuses to judge and the people who tell me to go back to bed. It’s not often we hear of youth being spoken of as a prison, but that was my experience—not that my childhood wasn’t wonderful, but that youthful pains and heartbreaks are always more intense because of a powerlessness to do anything about it or to know how to cope. For King’s X, this is an album about moving on and shutting ears to what the crowd wants. For me, it’s about wisdom, graceful aging, and never, ever giving up, even when “your world comes crashing down.”

If you need a good word today, I humbly submit to you this lyric, this word. If there’s a Light inside, it’ll shine: move forward. You can make it, but you’ve already grown, so emerging from the seeming stooped doorway of this present moment into the next, watch your head.

This post dedicated to you, if you need encouragement.

Yeah, the rain came independence day
With an old flag, washed and raised
And the chid sang, all fall down
No one heard it, not a sound

Yeah the rain came, turning gray
And the jury went out to play
“Doesn’t matter,” someone said
“There’s tomorrow, go to bed”

(I be)—No drama—(happy)—no trauma, down in the jungle
Down in decay
(I be)—Getting older—(happy)—getting over
Something is different
Something has changed

In the jungle where the beat is strong
Nothing’s shocking, loud is long
Like the middle of a dream
I was woken when I screamed

I could never go back to that old prison of my youth
“Move forward,” someone said,
“you can make it—
“Watch your head”

(I be)—No drama—(happy)—no trauma, down in the jungle
Down in decay
(I be)—Getting older—(happy)—getting over
Something is different
Something has changed

And when your world comes crashing down (uh huh)
And there ain’t nothing you can do about it (ain’t nothin’ you can do about it)
And when everybody’s done you wrong (mmm, nothin’ right)
And your feeling torn down (feelin’ all torn down)
Now the Kingdom of everything’s within (of everything!)
And to love yourself is not a sin (love is not a sin)
And if there’s a Light inside, it’ll shine—
And if there’s a Light inside, it’ll shine

(I be)—No drama—(happy)&151;oh!, no trauma, down in the jungle
Down in decay
(I be)—Getting older—(happy)—getting over
Something is different
Something has changed

Something has changed

© 1998 King’s X — [2] King’s X — Tape Head (1998, Metal Blade Records) — “Happy”

This song has encouraged me when I’ve been down, opened my eyes to the beauty of experiencing whatever it takes to get wisdom and be unafraid of growing older, and kicked my ass into gear when I’ve started listening to the jury who refuses to judge and the people who tell me to go back to bed. It’s not often we hear of youth being spoken of as a prison, but that was my experience—not that my childhood wasn’t wonderful, but that youthful pains and heartbreaks are always more intense because of a powerlessness to do anything about it or to know how to cope. For King’s X, this is an album about moving on and shutting ears to what the crowd wants. For me, it’s about wisdom, graceful aging, and never, ever giving up, even when “your world comes crashing down.”

If you need a good word today, I humbly submit to you this lyric, this word. If there’s a Light inside, it’ll shine: move forward. You can make it, but you’ve already grown, so emerging from the seeming stooped doorway of this present moment into the next, watch your head.