"Having been held down I was held back but not anymore"

Up Up and Away I I am because of one who was and what was done before With one who was and one who will be lifting me between Having been held down I was held back but not anymore I want to be what is because I need to do what does To be and do the best I can whatever that might mean To be as happy as I can and do what I can do That when I am not who is then might be because I was Not just as happy as I can but as I cannot be Nor only good as I could get I would be better yet And if I can forgive myself I know I can be free Having been and done and lost and won and having to smile To be (for the time being) and to do a thing or two I could not reach before but reaching would be good for me II And if I can do better I can be the better man Than worse who held me down held back as he was by regret Too tense in his tendentiousness to let me be or do What he could not when he forgot what I remembered then What I had to the only way the only me I knew When like my father told me I remembered who I was Remembered then and vowed that man would not hurt me again Beyond regret now I forgive myself as I forget About him having always had what he was looking for And if I can forgive myself I can forgive him too If I do what he cannot do and simply change my mind Should I do what he would not do and change my heart for good With better men before behind and lifting me between Where lives are linked and forged by love become a mighty chain By love become the tie to bind us forward from behind And when all else has passed away this love will still remain As I (for the time being) having done a thing or two And lost and won and been and done am here to be awhile Because of when and then to be and do the best I can Between who was and will be lifting me to reach for more III I am (if only for today) what is to do what does To do what no one else does as who never was before To be as happy as I can and do what I can do That when I am not who is then might be because I was And did (for the time being and if only for today) Today the why of why not by the what of what will be As the gift to tomorrow of the yes of yesterday Says yes to go though I will not know where till I get there Where journey is the destination those who journey say Where there is where when then is when how now is how we mean In all the ways of always all the days of those who dare To care beyond the many there where any is the way There nothing is impossible where any is the where With one who was and one who will be lifting me between Having been held down I was held back but not anymore That was yesterday As here and now to be and do I spread my wings to soar Up up and away +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMXI