Nine Minds

NINE MINDS Original lyrics borrowed from and greatly inspired by the words of Viktor Frankl, Nelson Mandela, Rumi, Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Brené Brown, Norman Cousins, Friedrich Nietzsche and e.e. cummings SHOW UP (Verse 1) They can take almost everything from you The years, the plans, the ones you love But the last of your freedoms is how you choose to face it The greatest loss is not in dying It’s what goes dark inside you while you live Don’t wait for the storm to pass Learn to stand in it (Chorus) Those who have a why can bear almost any how The wound is where the light gets in It always has been, somehow Courage is not the absence of fear It’s the moment you go anyway Show up Just show up (Verse 2) You don’t have to be unbroken to begin The best way out has always been through Nothing can dim the light that shines from within you It takes courage just to grow up and become who you really are (Chorus) Those who have a why can bear almost any how The wound is where the light gets in It always has been, somehow Courage is not the absence of fear It’s the moment you go anyway Show up Just show up (Bridge) Life is not asking what you want from it Life is asking what it wants from you Answer with your actions Answer with your days (Final Chorus — bare, then builds) You still have a why You can bear the how The light is already in you It never went out It never went out (Out — repeated, rising) Just Show up