Bright Northern Lights (The Wee Hours Version)

Limited Edition EP

Music and Lyrics © Matt W. Ebel

Who am I to question what I read in my book?
Every time I look inside I see someone else,
wonder when I’m gonna find
what the answer is and maybe then I’ll know the question.
But for now, maybe I’m supposed to deal with the
things in my heart and the thorns in my mind
that just keep making me bleed.
I never believed in fate, but I believe in a plan
and plans change- so you’d
better be ready to roll with the punches that come.
But we all get knocked out once in a while.
So what’s catching you?

It’s okay, everybody thinks that way.
Everybody’s scared of dying
so we’re all justifying.
But the bright northern lights keep shining.
Keep shining on me.

So tell me that I’m not crazy- I’m not the
only one who worries about the road up ahead
for it looks like things are getting rougher
the road is getting longer, the signs are
harder to read with each passing mile.
But as long as I know there’s gas up ahead
I can enjoy the view from my car,
be glad I made it this far,
listen to the radio playing the songs that,
in fifteen years, I’ll look back on and
say to myself with a great big smile,
man, those were the days.

Even the best, at times,
feel that they’re all alone.
Even with peace of mind
the future’s the great unknown.
Even the best of men have looked up
to the sky, wondering why-
why can’t things be easy?

So it’s not the first evil thought
that I’ve ever thought before,
but it’s like the worst thing that my
mind has ever come up with
and I’m told that maybe it’s not the bad, maybe
I’m folding under the pressure from my parents
or the magazines. Maybe I should think for myself.
What do I believe in? I don’t know, just that
Jesus loves me, this I know,
and that’s a good place to start from.
A good place to end.