In a battle with self when sanity wins and peace begins.
"Carry on my wayward son
For there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond the illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreamin', I can hear them say
Carry on my wayward son
For there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune, but I hear the voices say
Carry on my wayward son
For there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you
Carry on my wayward son
For there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more"
Along the same line, another song that truly soars!
Dream On by Russ Ballard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8meFUW59SU
Oh, when I was a kid
I still see what we did
We were always on the run
It would seem
That you had a dream
Then you could be anyone
I remember one day
An old man passed my way
He looked at me and he said:
Boy don’t you cry
You reach for the sky
Boy you look straight ahead!
If you know what you want
And you know how to get it
Don’t let any man
Let you forget it
If you know what you need
You won’t regret it
Dream on
That’s what I say
You dream on
Till love comes your way
You dream on
And as time went by
As a man and I
Would love and I would hide
Love to me
Was so easy so free
With no concerning, and no burning inside
And then one of those nights
In the city lights
As the boys and me, we ran wild
She looked at me
And his words I could see
As plain as when I was a child
If you know what you want
And you know how to get it
Don’t let any man
Let you forget it
If you know what you need
You won’t regret it
Dream on
That’s what I say
You dream on
Till love comes your way
You Dream On
Sometimes the greatest battles are within one’s own heart / soul.
This song did a lot to keep me from going off the rails... :-)
“Hold Your Head Up” (Argent) is another.