“In search of some rest, in search of a break From a life of tests where something’s always at stake Where something’s always so far What about my broken car?”

Paloma you cry out, you beg for connection The dreams you seek are straight ahead in every direction

Raise the roof, that I might see the stars To gain wisdom, to see things for what they are Please, I need proof

What about my life so far? What about my dream?

It’s been a little tough just because we’ve been playing so much. Your lives are getting a little more complicated than they were straight out of college when we first started.

Considering you are pretty much like this the whole time whether you’re onstage, whether you’re in the van, whether you’re eating, whether you’re in the hotel room.

With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss — when you’re not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.

So everyone has their moments and you kind of learn to respect people’s space when they’re not in a good mood.

People are starting to get married, have families and all, it becomes more of a challenge. It’s not an easy lifestyle.

Transient emptiness over irreparable brokenness.

A smile made of promises and a heart made of broken chains. She was a beautiful contradiction.

I found my old diary tonight. A brokenness I had forgotten pen pressured so deep it punctured page. I ran my fingers over my words and there inside ridges black I found a little girl desperate for someone to save her, desperate for the very woman I have become.

As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God

Brokenness is the bow from which God launches the arrow of healing.

Maybe the way you seem to feel safe with your arms in mine means I’m not all broken maybe there’s something good inside.

And in the end, we were all just humans, Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.

There is a fire raging inside you; do not allow anyone to extinguish it. And so on these nights when you think you are broken, remember the flame, and feel it burn.