Sweet Unknown

It's been a long and twisted highway
Through so many setting suns
I couldn't settle down and plant my feet upon the ground
There was always so much to be done
Oh my fingers how they bled
From gripping on so tight for so long
My calloused hands had cracked so deep
Cracks when right on down to the bone
Then I gazed and I was so amazed

Oh I've been so blind I could not see what was right in front of me
Can you hear my heartbeat it pounds on just like a drum
I've been frozen in my tracks but my spirits fire in the sun

And where do I go off to now
I'm trying so hard to grow
With each new situation
I'm challenging my hesitation
Trying to fulfill this life I'm living
And accept that things are changing
Let go of what drags me down and useless information
And oh my fingers how they bled
From gripping on so tight for so long
And then I let my spirit fly away to see from a different point of view
And then I gazed and I was so amazed

Oh I've been so blind I could not see what was right in front of me
Can you hear my heartbeat it pounds on just like a drum
I've been frozen in my tracks but my spirits fire in the sun

Songwriters: Erika Wennerstrom

Twisted Highway lyrics © No Mayo Music

Been so long out on the open road
I barely touched the ground
Blinded I was slowly floundering toward the sun
Maybe it was curiosity, a search for love, or identity
I didn't know just what I was looking for
And oh I climbed a mountain,
And I went down into the Jungle
To fill in the colors of my mind
And I drank a potion and there I saw my life in motion
And it was so clear for me to see

I want to feel extraordinary love
A love that always echoes through my mind
I want to feel extraordinary love
A love that only comes from with inside

When you’re living your life in constant motion remember to breathe
Feel the earth between your heels and toes and just breathe
I was always in such a hurry that my head would spin and the signs were blurry
Oh it was so hard for me to see
Oh and I was searching for a place to feel at home
A place where I could breathe
And oh I found that I needed to slow down
Then it was so clear for me to see

I want to feel extraordinary love
A love that always echoes through my mind I want to feel extraordinary love
A love that only comes from within side

Come along with me my friend
It doesn't matter where you've been
We've all got shadows in the sun
A simple thought to ease your mind
The load is what you let it be
A simple thought to ease your mind
Oh I have awoken here and now from an ancient dream
Where the truth it lies in the spaces that you find in between
Oh the signs are there for you clearly
Let your heart guide you to be free

Oh I'm letting go as the days go by
Letting go of what doesn't matter
And I’m searching for all the good things in my life
Letting go of what doesn't matter

I've been spending a lot of time alone
And I don't mind because this time has shown me
The world can take me as I am
So deeply flawed and loving kind
I'm just like everybody else
So deeply flawed and loving kind
Oh I have awoken here and now from an ancient dream
Where the truth it lies in the spaces that you find in between
Oh the signs are there for you clearly
Let your heart guide you to be free

I'm letting go as the days go by
Oh I'm letting go of what doesn't matter
And I’m searching for all the good things in my life
Letting go of what doesn't matter

I turned around and I found myself in the here and now
And I whispered softly you're gonna be alright

I've been wandering round Mother Nature
On the back of Father Time
I've got no more destinations
Now I'm ready to truly begin
Oh love is all around you
You just got to open up your eyes
I’ve been learning to trust myself with no hesitation
Oh I've been my own worst enemy all this time
Time
Sunshine is calling my name
It's time for the seasons of change
With love comes pain and joy
I needed to fill this void in my life
And I don't know where I'm going but I know I'm moving on
I had this empty room
It seemed there was nothing that could fill it
No material things or people
It was made of brick and stone
But a light came through the window
I took another look around
I had everything here I've ever needed
It was all right here inside
Sunshine is calling my name
It's time for the seasons of change
With love comes pain and joy
I needed to fill this void in my life
And I don't know where I'm going but I'm moving on

When you're hanging on the line
And the weight is pulling you under
Hold tight like always the winds change
Oh you can always rearrange

There is no doubt in my mind
Oh I know you can get through this time
Just remember be good to yourself

When you’re standing in the doorway
If you listen closely you'll hear
There's a voice inside you
Telling you not to fear
Cause oh like always the winds change
Oh you can always rearrange

There is no doubt in my mind
Oh I know you can get through this time
Just remember be good to yourself

All I can offer you my friend
Are the stories I've lived
and the places I've been
Cause I haven't been very good to myself
I haven't been very good to myself

As I grew under starry eyes of the sky
Living and learning longing for contact
I had one foot glued down and a shake in the knee it's an odd little dance
Constricted condition
For so long I took to silence
I didn't understand what it was that I did
Now I'm looking at the world in a different way
And I realized there's been so much that I’ve really wanted to say
I began to understand where I've come from
It's not me it's not me it is you it is you
It's not me it's not me it is you it is you
And oh my heart flows on like a river into the ocean tides ebbing and flowing
I remain open tossing and turning staring out the window
Ahh staring out the window
For so long I took to silence
I didn't understand what it was that I did
Oh I was a natural disaster
Didn't even know what I was running from or after,
And does any of it even really matter now
My head was so high up in the rafters
What the hell do I really want in my life
And who the hell do I really want in my life
Want to be among good people that make you feel good
That don't make you feel so misunderstood
And sometimes it's so much easier said than done
It's not me it's not me it is you it is you
It's not me it's not me it is you it is you
Ahh staring out the window
Ahh staring out the window

It feels so good to be alone
It feels so good to be alone
Feels so good to be alone
It feels so good to be on my own
Gonna take a little time
Gonna take it easy
Gonna take a little time
Gonna take it easy

I don't want to spend the rest of my life this way I needed a change
You know I couldn't remain the same
I don't want to spend the rest of my life this way I needed a change
You know I couldn't remain the same
I walk around this crowded town I had to re find my way
You know I couldn't remain the same
What it is, what it is, what it is
Don't fight the change with in

It feels so good to be alone
It feels so good to be on my own
And oh I'm going to rest my bones sitting here at home
It feels good
And oh I'm going to rest my bones sitting here at home
It feels nice yeah
Gonna take a little time
Gonna take it easy
Gonna take a little time
Gonna take it easy

I don't want to spend the rest of my life this way I needed a change
You know I couldn't remain the same
I don't want to spend the rest of my life this way I needed a change
You know I couldn't remain the same
I walk around this crowded town and I had to refine my way
You know I couldn't remain the same
What it is, what it is, what it is
Don't fight the change with in
Oh I'm going to rest my bones sitting here at home
It feels good
Oh I'm going to rest my bones sitting here at home
It feels nice yeah

I don't want to be lonely anymore
So I opened up my heart to the world
I walked through the rain
It washed all the dark away
Lights danced upon my face
And there to remain
All this self-protection built a wall inside of me
I'm gonna open up and let the good things come I was like a bird without a song
It was so hard to move on
I’m gonna open up and let the good things come

I will find my strength in the storm
I will find my strength through the storm

I walked through the rain
It washed all the dark away
Lights danced upon my face
And there to remain
All this self-protection built a wall inside of me
I'm gonna open up and let the good things come I was like a bird without a song
It was so hard to move on
I’m gonna open up and let the good things come

All these waves of emotion have taken over me
A new sense of elation for a time that's past and gone
All this self protection built a wall inside of me
I'm gonna open up and let the good things come
I was like a bird without a songIt was so hard to move on
I’m gonna open up and let the good things come

I want to grow old gracefully
I want to live my days tastefully
Feels like I've only just begun
On this long trip I've been on so long
See my bones were weak and the fibers that hold them together
Twisted through time like the branches of a tree
Beginning to know myself in a way I've never known
Getting to be myself in a way I've never shown

I want to feel as light as the summer breeze
I'm starting to feel like my good days are ahead of me
I'm ready for whatever life brings to me
I'm learning to relax under gravity
Feels like I've only just begun
On this long trip I've been on so long
I was so afraid of change I had fear in my heart
I was so afraid of change where do I start
Getting to know myself in a way I've never known
Getting to be myself in a way I've never shown
I want to feel as light as the summer breeze
I'm starting to relax under gravity