I did it again...fell in love with another song. And I must admit, this one was a surprise. This week's song is a very emotional one for me. When I first heard it I was surprised at how strongly I could connect with it. I was thinking about how familiar it was to me, because I have been there. I have been in that place where I felt my heart was broken, and that was it, that was the end. Here I was in this helpless state pleading for release, to be delivered from the pain I was experiencing. The lyrics to this song just explain it almost perfectly...in fact, I'm going to do something a little different with this song: I am going to try to explain how I relate to this song. This week's song is called "My Heart is Broken" by Evanescence.

I also love the music video for this song. I love the emotion that Amy Lee (lead singer) brings to the music. It's probably why I connected with their other music when I was younger, was because of the emotion in it. And it's why I really connected with this song in my present life, because I can see myself in it.



Song: My Heart is Broken
Album: Evanescence
Artist: Evanescence



I pulled away to face the pain
I close my eyes and drift away
over the fear that I will never find a way to heal my soul
and I will wander till the end of time
torn away from you

This is how I see the beginning of my healing process. I faced the pain after so many years of denying it. I try to close my eyes pretend it didn't happen...if I don't see it or acknowledge it, then it's not real. When I finally do accept that it happened I really did wonder if it was possible for me to even heal from it. I was afraid that I was broken forever, broken beyond repair. This is where it gets personal for me. For the first part of my healing I really felt lost and that something was missing. And without that critical peace I would remain lost and broken. That piece was my Heavenly Father. Through the bitterness and anger I had pulled myself away from the One who could truly heal me. In the line "torn away from you" I see the "you" as my Heavenly Father. It really depicts how I had separated myself from my Heavenly Father. That realization hit me hard.

My heart is broken
sweet sleep, my dark angel
deliver us from sorrow's hold
(over my heart)
I can't go on living this way
But I can't go back the way I came
chained to this fear that I will never find a way to heal my soul
and I will wander till the end of time
half alive without you

I learned the hard way that I couldn't go on living the way I was...mad at God and hating life. And hating myself. Going back was not a possibility. Going back to where I came meant saying no to healing. The only thing that would help was moving forward...into arms outstretched with healing. I was just existing until then...I wasn't really living. I have come to realize now that I can't live without my Heavenly Father. If I don't let Him in, then I truly am only half alive.

My heart is broken
sweet sleep, my dark angel
deliver us

Change
Open your eyes to the light
I denied it all so long, oh so long
Say goodbye
Goodbye

I began to change. I began to see the light. I began to have hope. I began to believe again. I began to live. I began to heal. I couldn't deny that anymore...I had to say goodbye to all the darkness and negativity that had haunted me for so long and hindered my healing.

My heart is broken
release me, I can't hold on
deliver us


My heart is broken
sweet sleep, my dark angel
deliver us
 
My heart is broken
sweet sleep, my dark angel
deliver us from sorrow's hold

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