Vocal and Keyboard: Stephen Kravette Music by Stephen Kravette Lyrics by Darlene Bridge © 1973-2010 Darlene Bridge & Stephen Kravette All Rights Reserved Up from the dirt and tangled root, Through helpless wrath and gnawing doubt, Unbound, unstopped, and resolute Through choking weed and charring drought, I grow. Through iron rock and brambled bush, Through blinding fear and grim despair, I search, I press, I stretch, I push Through loneliness and too much wear. By light I grasp. By dark I grope. By day I think. By night I dream. With crippling grief and shining hope I laugh as clearly as I scream. My life’s unique and unrehearsed. I have one motor and one aim; For I am gifted, I am cursed By a powerful force I’ve yet to name. Away, ahead, onward, I go With open eyes and open mind To where or what I do not know – But then what matter what I find? I grow. Music by Stephen Kravette Lyrics by Darlene Bridge © 1973-2010 Darlene Bridge & Stephen Kravette All Rights Reserved