No More Looking over My Shoulder
Breaking Chains: Embracing Freedom in 'No More Looking Over My Shoulder'
Lyrics
As a child I was told that I was destined to be nothing
Childhood prophecy of being destined for nothing.
Growing wild as I got older I fulfilled what had been said
Fulfilled the negative prophecy as I grew older.
Hiding ignorance and fear I prayed nobody saw me bluffing
Concealed ignorance and fear, pretending not to bluff.
But I was laying the foundation for a future I would dread
Laying the foundation for a regrettable future.
Yeah
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Seems like every choice I made would somehow leave me second-guessing
Choices made lead to constant self-doubt.
'Bout the green grass I was passing racing toward the other side
Doubts about decisions while chasing a seemingly better life.
I thank God for the blessing
Grateful for the blessing of learning a valuable lesson.
That I finally learned this lesson:
Emphasizing the importance of a step in the right direction.
One Step in the right direction's worth a wasted mile behind
Value of progress outweighs regrets of the past.
Singin'
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No more lookin' over my shoulder
Expressing freedom from constantly looking back.
No more hangin' on to the past
Letting go of the past and its burdens.
No more filling up my tomorrows
Avoiding dwelling on yesterday, focusing on tomorrow.
With yesterday's sorrows
Rejecting the weight of past sorrows on the future.
No more lookin' over my shoulder
Reiteration of not looking back.
I could chill a room with reasons why I would not give forgiveness
Withholding forgiveness due to justified reasons.
To the people who had selfishly left me a wounded soul
Feeling wounded by selfish actions of others.
I kept dragging 'round those memories
Carrying painful memories like a burden.
Like a ball and chain behind me
Questioning the persistence of troubles in every step.
Wonderin' why my troubles followed me wherever I would go
Reflecting on the perplexity of troubles following.
Oh, but one night, sick and tired of being sick and tired
Realizing the exhaustion of being constantly troubled.
I realized forgiveness was the only open road
Discovering forgiveness as the liberating path forward.
I swear I heard those shackles snap
Sense of liberation as the shackles of resentment break.
The moment that I took that path
Moment of breakthrough upon choosing the path of forgiveness.
I never have one time looked back since the morning I arose
Commitment to never look back since the transformative moment.
I'm singin'
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No more lookin' over my shoulder
Reiteration of the resolution not to look back.
No more hangin' on to the past
Acknowledging the importance of releasing the past.
No more filling up my tomorrows
Avoiding the contamination of tomorrow with yesterday's sorrows.
With yesterday's sorrows
Rejecting the influence of past troubles on the present and future.
No more, no more, no...
Emphatic repetition of the decision to break free.
No more lookin' over my shoulder
Restating the commitment not to look back.
No more hangin' on to the past
Continued determination to leave the past behind.
No more filling up my tomorrows
Avoiding the influence of yesterday's sorrows on the future.
With yesterday's sorrows
Rejecting the burden of past sorrows on upcoming days.
No more lookin' over my shoulder
Final assertion of not looking back.
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