I opened up the pathway of the heart
The flowers died embittered from the start

That night I crossed the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy

And tonight the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender

Recording angels and the poets of the night
Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight

Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender

Outrageous cries of love have called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, demolished wayward tracks

You tell me I've no need to wonder why I just surrender

I stand too close to see the sleight of hand
How she found this child inside the frightened man

Tonight I'm learning how to fly and I surrender

I've travelled all this way for your embrace
Enraptured by the recognition on your face

Hold me now while my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender

An ancient evening just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and fill the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the burning books into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word inside of me"

It's alright the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender

My body turns to ashes in her hands
The disappearing world of footprints in the sand

Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender

Thanks for posting Katie - that's an Openhand favourite from the film Into the Wild. Here's another inspiring one by Eddie Vedder from the film "Eat Pray love"...

Audioslave:
"Be Yourself"

Someone falls to pieces
Sleeping all alone
Someone kills the pain
Spinning in the silence
To finally drift away
Someone gets excited
In a chapel yard
Catches a bouquet
Another lays a dozen
White roses on a grave

To be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do

Someone finds salvation in everyone
And another only pain
Someone tries to hide himself
Down inside himself he prays
Someone swears his true love
Until the end of time
Another runs away
Separate or united?
Healthy or insane?

To be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do

And even when you've paid enough, been pulled apart or been held up
With every single memory of the good or bad faces of luck
don't lose any sleep tonight
I'm sure everything will end up alright

You may win or lose

But to be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do

One of my favourites songs that touch my soul...Gabrielas Song with english subtitel
The movie is breathtaking too!! I have the movie on USB if anyone is interested and comes to Glastonbury

It's been a while, I'm not who I was before
You look surprised, your words don't burn me anymore
Been meaning to tell you, but I guess it's clear to see
Don't be mad, it's just the brand new kind of me
Can't be bad, I found a brand new kind of free

Careful with your ego, he's the one that we should blame
Had to grab my heart back
God know something had to change
I thought that you'd be happy
I found the one thing I need, why you mad
It's just the brand new kind of me

It took a long long time to get here
It took a brave, brave girl to try
It took one too many excuses, one too many lies
Don't be surprised, don't be surprised

If I talk a little louder
If I speak up when you're wrong
If I walk a little taller
I'd be known to you too long
If you noticed that I'm different
Don't take it personally
Don't be mad, it's just the brand new kind of me
And it ain't bad, I found a brand new kind of free

Oh, it took a long long road to get here
It took a brave brave girl to try
I've taken one too many excuses, one too many lies
Don't be surprised, oh see you look surprised

Hey, if you were a friend, you want to get know me again
If you were worth a while
You'd be happy to see me smile
I'm not expecting sorry
I'm too busy finding myself
I got this
I found me, I found me, yeah
I don't need your opinion
I'm not waiting for your ok
I'll never be perfect, but at least now i'm brave
Now, my heart is open
And I can finally breathe
Don't be mad, it's just the brand new kind of free
That ain't bad, I found a brand new kind of me
Don't be mad, it's a brand new time for me, yeah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp_RHEZRBQ8

...just beautiful!!!
beautiful soul and beautiful song!

Sian Evans - Louder

I can't control this feeling
something's happening inside me
our senses come alive
the chemistry is building
it's something that we're feeling
there's nowhere you can hide

It's gonna get louder

We're gonna get stronger

We're gonna feel better

You can't tame this energy inside

I gotta reach higher

I wanna burn like a fire

Gotta move faster

You can't tame this energy inside

perpetual emotion
it's just a ripple in the ocean
a shadow in the night
changes we're making for the better
we're going through together
there's nowhere you can hide

it's more than a feeling
we're building a dream that we've always had clear in our sights
watch it ignite as we open our eye
it's the one way we know to survive
we're powerfully changing the world
we're reclaiming our unity
they can't divide
they push us around
but we're tearing it down
and we're having the time of our life

It's gonna get louder

We're gonna get stronger

We're gonna feel better

You can't tame this energy inside

I gotta reach higher

I wanna burn like a fire

Gotta move faster

You can't tame this energy inside

faster

louder

stronger

better

faster

louder

better

you can't tame this energy inside