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I'm just going to call this a song for Gabby Giffords. I'm moved by her visible joy at being a part of this world. Maybe you've read how music was (probably still is) a big part of her rehab. Maybe you've seen the clip of her singing pop songs with a music therapist. On her face was the joy and awe of being able to sing the words, and the joy and awe of just being alive. It makes me want to be more that way.

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Down comes the lie of a perfect life
Down the mirage of the mighty man
Down the illusion of never losing
No one really gets to live like that
We want to believe in the perfect life
We want to buy it anywhere we can
We want to trust what's going to turn to dust
But know one knows, no one can

But oh…
We can trust enough to build it back up
And oh…
We can trust enough to help each other up
Again

Such a time of so many voices
Such a time of so many claims
And promises made no one could keep
Drowning in the noise of who's to blame
But that's not what's in our hearts
I don't think that's what we hunger for
We have the tools in our hands right now
To build something - not perfection
To build something - not an illusion
To build something that's worth so much more

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from 52 Songs in 52 Weeks: 2012, track released January 26, 2012

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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