Man of the Storm
Rising from the Storm: A Journey of Resilience and Hope
Lyrics
Walking high, walking bold
Feeling confident and proud while facing life's challenges
I carried the loads until I got old
Continuously shouldering burdens until reaching old age
Hold me job, hold me broken back
Enduring a job and physical strain despite injury
I went to and fro my steep little path
Traveling back and forth on a difficult, steep path
Come ye mountain winds
Calling upon the winds of the mountains
Drag me away from here
Seeking to be taken away from the current place
To a place where I will belong
Desiring to find a place of belonging
For I’ve always been your son
Recognizing oneself as a product of their environment
Working hard, working strong
Working hard and persevering
I wrung out of stones everything that I got
Extracting everything possible even from hardships
Got me haggard face and I got sore hands
Showing signs of exhaustion and wear from labor
I dig me ditch there in the sand
Engaging in difficult tasks despite challenges
Come ye storming seas
Invoking stormy seas
Bring me far away from here
Desiring to be taken far away from the current situation
To a place where I will belong
Longing for a place of belonging and acceptance
For I’ve always been your son
Reiterating a connection to a particular place or environment
And I will get along
Repeated assertion of perseverance and survival through the storm
And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-Standing proud, standing tall
Standing firm and resolute despite adversity
In those days the harshness of winter befalls
Facing the harshness of life's challenges during certain periods
All is sown and the hard toil is done
Completing tasks despite difficulty
Rest on the snow mantled ground for a new spring will come
Resting and waiting for a new beginning after difficult times
Come ye northern breezes
Summoning winds from the north
Bring me far away from here
Seeking to be taken away to a different place
To a place where I will belong
Desire for a place where one feels they belong
For I’ve always been your son
Reaffirmation of belonging to a particular place
And I will get along
Repeated determination to endure and emerge from the storm
And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-When the gales calm down
Expressing hope for calmness after a turbulent period
And the rain soothingly melts the floes
-I’ll be standing there with the same hope and faith
-That the first sun of March will come
-That the first sun of March will come
Reiteration of hope for a better future
Come ye rains of spring
Calling for the arrival of spring rains
Always different, always the same
Noting the consistency yet uniqueness of the rains
Kiss the land where I do belong
Desiring the land where one belongs to be kissed by the rain
For I’ve always been your son
Acknowledging a connection to the land
And I will get along
Repeated determination to endure and overcome the storm
And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
-And I will get along
-And come out of the storm
Reiterating the determination to overcome adversity
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