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Topic: Same heartbeats, different paths

I've been working on this for about two months now. started when  i saw a poster on ETSY that was a Japanese proverb
   Wabi-sabi   
  translation is
Nothing lasts, nothing's finished,
the art of unfinished beauty

I thought it was incredible  saved it to my desktop.
kept looking at it and jotting thoughts down  couple weeks ago wrote some verses

Finally - after being snowed in by a storm   - I had time to complete it.

https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … -different

these are the lyrics

Same Heartbeats, Different Paths By Jim Kenyon


(Verse 1)


[Am]We may be different in our colors, [C]places where we were born


[Em]Our language, our customs, [Am]the different clothes we adorn


[Am]How we worship, how we learn, [Dm]how we live, and how we mourn


[Em]Though we walk different roads, [Am]we share the same human storm


(Verse 2)


Some cry in silence, some pray to help their hearts stay strong


Some carry burdens they’ve been holding for far too long


Some reach for hope and mercy when everything feels wrong


Yet our hearts beat just the same — in this world we all belong


(Chorus)


Living through the love and the hope that we keep


Just imperfect souls chasing passions that run deep


In lives where nothing is finished till our final sleep


Same heartbeats, different paths, and promises to keep


(Bridge)



If we could see our lives through another’s eyes


Put fear aside and let compassion be our guide


We might discover things we never knew


Same hearts just trying to make it through




(Final Chorus / Outgo)


Living through the love and the hope that we keep


Just imperfect souls chasing passions that run deep


In lives where nothing is finished till our final sleep


Same heartbeats, different paths, and promises to keep




Same heartbeats, different paths, and promises to keep


Same heartbeats, different paths, and promises to keep


Same heartbeats, different paths, and promises to keep



 

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: Same heartbeats, different paths

jim, can't believe nobody replied to this yet. been listening to the soundcloud version a few times now and it really sticks with you.

the wabi-sabi concept is such a perfect foundation for a song like this. that idea of unfinished beauty ties right into the lyrics about imperfect souls. and the Am to C movement in the first verse has this gentle pull that matches the tone perfectly - it doesn't try too hard, just lets the words breathe.

the bridge is my favorite part honestly. "if we could see our lives through another's eyes" - that's the kind of line that hits different every time you hear it. and bringing it back to the chorus after that just works.

really solid writing man. you've been on a roll lately with these.     

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Re: Same heartbeats, different paths

THANK YOU, Mike !
That is my favorite line in the song as well  and so so true.
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