SeeD - And I Have (Come Through)

And I Have (Come Through)

Before a seed can bear fruit, it must fall to the ground and die. In the making of this album (and in any endeavour, really) there have been a series of obstacles - some internal, some external - that can either make things worse or better, depending on how you handle them. Being too attached to the outcome can lead to frustration and depression. Talent can take you anywhere, but only character can keep you there. And character is built through the process.

Lyrics

Gunning for results, I try the least resistant route
In truth, it's fear that obstacles will stop me in my tracks
I seek to understand how I can overcome my doubt
Find the cause behind it, wound the wound and bleed it out

You set the bar above me just to see if I would rise, and I have (come through)
Feeling strong and proud, I've got that look in my eyes, and I have (come through)
Negating any need to fear the fall that follows pride, and I have (come through)
Because I know from where I've come and I hold all I left in mind, and I have (come through)

Having dealt with me, I still have to deal with them
'Though all that I face without pales to all that I faced within
A winner never quits and a quitter never wins
A righteous man falls seven times, and yet, he will rise again

How could I ever forget all that it took to rise, when I'm raised up on the remains; reminders of all I've tried
Like sand, as I push them down, sometimes I sink inside. A seed will not come to life unless it is buried and then it has died.

Effort on effort was crushed, and most were by trust or though circumstance.
Time after time, I rose up, yet victory was always wrenched from my hands.
Through all of this, I learned to press on; adapt to the set-backs and realign.
The fires that I once thought to fear died down and I saw I had been refined.

And I Have (Come Through)

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