True Heart
Words & Music by Shimshai
True Heart beats forever
& How many souls can feel the pain
For truth starts together
& What does it take to make a change
And if we should choose life worth living for
What if we should do something more
And if we should find yet another open door
What if we had all been here before
In living of this life, life worth giving more
I wonder what it'd take to settle the score
In running round about what are we looking for
Ain't nobody else can open that door
Step into this light, light we're yearning for
Illuminate the path that lies before
Awaken to oneself, what are you waiting for
Ain't nobody else can open that door
Free to live, live to be
Be to find, find the way
To see
True Heart is a song that really took several years to come into itself, which is very different from my earlier creative process where things just sort of snapped into place quickly. I believe I had the chorus riff and words for a while but no real verses or changes. So when I began recording the True Heart album, pressure was on to pull it together! The message is really that we are all in this together and we all depend on each other to work it out eventually. Nice to return to the roots reggae after exploring a range of styles.