Description
From Chapter 12, “Escape,” of It’s Impossible by J H McIntosh — Act I: Love Awakens.
Belle opens this song with an exquisitely tender voice with questions about love, safety, and the courage to trust. “What if freedom isn’t flight, but stillness, no need to fight?” This is where hesitation meets hope, and Belle is beginning to wonder if the walls she built to protect have perhaps imprisoned her. And maybe it's time to examine if the walls should come down. Listening closely, you may discover that the true escape lies not in running away but in stepping softly toward the light that has been waiting quietly within all along.
Lyrics
He says there are no boundaries,
Noting between love and grace.
Yet walls seem to prohibit me,
To ever find my escape?
I hear his words, soft but sure…
But am I ready to believe?
What if freedom isn’t flight,
But stillness, no need to fight?
What if love’s not about winning,
Just open to new beginnings?
Are these walls I dare not leave,
The only place I’ve learned to breathe?
Could the way out really be the way in?
Is safety behind these walls, just pretend.
If I stopped running, would I fall or stand?
How can I trust, what I don’t understand?
He says love like this won’t fade away,
I’ve heard the words, watched my heart decay.
What if his love’s light only blinds my view,
How will I see what’s false or what is true?
Maybe the light was always within,
Could I feel love, if I let him in?
Could the way out still be the way in?
Are crumbled walls where healing begins?
If I open the door, where he quietly waits,
Do I have the courage and the faith that it takes?
Maybe safety isn’t walls and gates,
Maybe peace is found in grace.
But how do I trust what I can’t define,
When every scar still whispers, mine … mine?
