Confessions

[Verse 1]

Carry a torch for me, Christina

My life's gone face down in the dirt

I've started mixing medications

And now I question my self-worth

I don't need to be some kind of genius

I don't have 10,000 hours of time

[Refrain]

Nothing's as random as the gift of life

And I hope I'm not wasting mine

[Verse 2]

I read through St. Augustine's Confessions

I read Thomas Merton and Thích Nhất Hạnh

I gathered the seeds of contemplation

I fed the birds in my backyard

Hawk takes a sparrow from the feeder

Sparrow takes a berry from the vine

[Refrain]

Nothing feels as random as the gift of life

And I hope I'm not wasting mine

[Verse 3]

Won't you call me if you have the time?

Actually, please call me

I'm at the edges of my mind again

[Verse 4: Denison Witmer & Sufjan Stevens]

Hold my fist piled high with papers

Hold my fist piled high with papers

Half-empty week-old cup of tea

Half-empty week-old cup of tea

Our postcards pinned into the drywall

Our postcards pinned into the drywall

Life in the color of Pak Lee

Life in the color of Pak Lee

Ai Weiwei dropping the Han dynasty

Ai Weiwei dropping the Han dynasty

Can't tell if I should laugh or cry

Can't tell if I should laugh or cry

[Refrain]

Nothing feels as random as the gift of life

And I hope I'm not wasting mine

[Verse 5: Denison Witmer & Sufjan Stevens]

Now my kids run circles through the kitchen

Now my kids run circles through the kitchen

I pour a second glass of wine

I pour a second glass of wine

[Refrain]

Nothing feels as random as the love I've dealt

And I hope I'm not wasting mine

Nothing feels as random as the gift of life

And I hope I'm not wasting mine