To Begin Again

“To Begin Again is a song to a deceased friend surrounded by descriptions of dealing with change, good or bad, as both are stressors. It’s about death and loss and realization and renewal and reinvention and rebirth.” -Jake Stilson

To Begin Again - Lyrics

To begin again

Something must end

That’s everything then

No time to mend

Yesterday’s trend

Goodbye my friend

To begin again

First steps must be taken

Like bread needs breakin

The yard needs rakin

Love needs makin

Beliefs get shaken

Don’t blow your heart up shooting cocaine

Find yourself surfin’ round the astral plane

One heroic dose over the threshold

Ya ain’t no stoic if ya let yourself unfold

1 I, 2 I, 3 I’ll go

I’ve been around but ain’t no cotton-eyed Joe

To begin again

Blurred vision clearing

A road not veering

No end nearing

All terms endearing

And no judgment leering

To begin again

Old nightmares mastered

Awaken faster, have no disasters

In verdant pastures

Of Sweet Williams and Asters

To begin again

To begin again

To begin again and again and again