Journey

Journey

2025-10-20 • 2 tracks

Journey is a deeply personal album. Written in 2024 to 2025, it maps out my journey through a challenging year. Marriage, the support of family and friends, my battle with Oesophageal Cancer. It explores the themes of healing, hope, and the long road back from darkness. Each track is a step in the emotional landscape of recovery.

Tracklist

Do it Sad
Track 4
Do it Sad

A song about moving forward even when you're not ready, finding the strength to live through the pain and fear.

Verse 1
C              G
I’ve been waiting for the sky to clear
Am                F
But the storm keeps hanging here
C              G
Kept my life on pause too long
Am                  F
Hoping I’d wake up strong

Pre-Chorus
F               C
But the clock won’t stop
Am              G
And the day won’t wait
F             C
Every heartbeat says
Am             G
It’s not too late

Chorus
C                 G
So I’ll do it sad, I’ll do it scared
Am              F
I’ll do it broken, unprepared
C                   G
I’ll walk through fire with shaking hands
Am                 F
Living now, where I stand
C                G
Healing comes when I move through
Am             F
The hurt, the doubt, the shades of blue

Verse 2
(same chords as Verse 1)
Every step feels heavy still
But standing still won’t make me heal
So I’ll laugh through the weight I bear
Even if no one knows it’s there

Bridge
Am              G
Maybe joy is on the way
C                F
But I won’t wait another day
Am              G
The cracks I carry let the light shine in
C                 F
Living starts before the mending begins

Chorus (fuller, strum harder)
C                 G
I’ll do it sad, I’ll do it scared
Am              F
I’ll do it broken, unprepared
C                   G
I’ll dance with fear in the shifting sand
Am                F
Living now, where I stand
C                G
Healing comes when I move through
Am             F
The hurt, the doubt, the shades of blue

Outro
C                 G
If the waiting lasts forever
Am               F
Then forever starts today
C                  G
I’ll go live my life this way
Holding You Again
Track 7
Holding You Again

A poignant ballad about healing, hope, and the enduring power of love after a long and difficult journey.

Lyrics

Empty bed, quiet nights,
Whispered prayers beneath the lights.
Every touch we used to know,
Felt like something far ago.
Scars and fear, the longest year,
But you stayed close, you stayed near.

Every sunrise felt the same,
But hope kept calling out your name.

Now I’m holding you again,
After all the tears and pain.
Every heartbeat feels brand new,
Every breath is filled with you.
We made it through the storm, my friend,
Now I’m holding you again.

Hospitals and sleepless nights,
Fading strength, flickering lights.
You kissed my hand, you didn’t run,
You loved me when I’d come undone.
Now I see your eyes through mine,
And everything will be fine.

Love survived the test of time,
Now your body’s back with mine.

Now I’m holding you again,
After all the tears and pain.
Every heartbeat feels brand new,
Every breath is filled with you.
We made it through the storm, my friend,
Now I’m holding you again.

We cried in the dark,
But the light found our hearts.
Every scar is a story we own.
Now the silence is gone,
And the healing’s begun,
Feels like we’re finally home.

Now I’m holding you again,
In the warmth where love remains.
Every day a new sunrise,
Every moment in your eyes.
We made it through, we’ll never bend,
Now I’m holding you again.

The pain fades, but the love stays,
We’re stronger than we’ve ever been.
Now I’m holding you again.
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