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Topic: Song- Help Me, If You Dare

My niece just came home from 6 months of treatment ( 13 days in the hospital, 13 weeks in residential, and 7 weeks in partial hospitalization.)

She was a real trooper - and has now re-entered ninth grade to get her life gong again.
First three days have gone great - hoping that it continues down a favorable path.

I was thinking today of what it was like for her and all the other like her with such problems.

So I wrote this song today, thinking about her.



Help Me, If  You Dare                by Jim Kenyon


Verse 1


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[C] In the silence of the deep dark [F] night


[C]Demons creeping just out of [F] sight,


[C]In the shadows of my weary[F]mind


[D]Fear has me nearly [G]paralyzed




Verse 2


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[C]Beware of eyes where[F] truth's concealed


[C] promised visions that are [F]never real


[C] Whispers dancing to the [F] Devil’s song


[D] a symphony of lies and [G] life gone wrong


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Chorus


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[F]Who’s out there that [C] hears me


[F]Who’s out there that [C] sees me


[F] Is there anyone left that [C]really cares


[F] help me, help me [G]please, if you [C]dare


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Verse 3


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[C]Every day's a struggle, need to [F] break this fall


[C]Seems every road I travel, has a [F] 12 foot wall


[C]Hope slips through my fingers like [F]hourglass sand


[D] I once had dreams but now I don’t know [G]who I am


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Chorus


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[F]Who’s out there that [C] hears me


[F]Who’s out there that [C] sees me


[F] Is there anyone left that [C]really cares


[F] help me, help me [G]please, if you [C]dare




outgo




Slow


[F] if there's anyone left that [C]really cares


[F] help me, help me [G]please, if you [C]dare


[F] is there's anyone left that [C]really cares


[F] help me, help me [G]please, if you [C]dare




really slow


[F] help me, help me [G]please, if you [C]dare



The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
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Re: Song- Help Me, If You Dare

maybe your best yet me thinks     

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Re: Song- Help Me, If You Dare

Thanks EB

it was thought provoking

Cheers
Jim     

The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke
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Re: Song- Help Me, If You Dare

Very powerful lyrics Jim. Many years back I went through a time of depression and anxiety.  Your lyrics express how I felt in that dark period even though I had good people around me.     

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Re: Song- Help Me, If You Dare

Wow Jim, what a cry for help this song portrays.  You certainly have touched on the heart of the matter.  Well written.     

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