Margaret Becker

Coins And Promises

Margaret Becker


I should know better 
I should believe You 
But leaves are falling 
And I am crumbling in brittle pieces 

I should remember 
How well You warmed me 
But I'm standing in the browns and greys 
Of a season's ending 

They say everyone must toss the coin of fate 
I think it's such a cold, cold comfort for comfort's sake 

So I take these coins and promises 
And I hold them in my trembling hands 
One is chance, one is rest 
One I toss 
The other I live 

I fear the forecast 
I know it can move me 
Still I close my eyes and try to remember 
The sweet words You told me 
I am simply so unprepared 
So weak and frightened by the whole affair 

CHORUS 

I cannot stand 
But I will not fall 
Without Your promises 
Nothing makes sense at all 
So I dig them in 
And I dare my soul to believe 

CHORUS