Leona Lewis - I Got You

A place to crash
I got you
No need to ask
I got you
Just get on the phone
I got you
Come and pick you up if I have to
What’s weird about it
Is we’re right at the end
And mad about it
Just figured it out in my head
I’m proud to say
I got you

Go ahead and say goodbye
I’ll be alright
Go ahead and make me cry
I’ll be alright
And when you need a place to run to
For better for worse
I got you
I got you

Ain’t falling a part, or bitter
Let’s be bigger than that and remember
The cooling outdoor when you’re all alone
We’ll go on surviving
No drama, no need for a show
Just wanna say
I got you

Go ahead and say goodbye
I’ll be alright
Go ahead and make me cry
I’ll be alright
And when you need a place to run to
For better for worse
I got you
Go ahead and say goodbye (go ahead)
I’ll be alright (say goodbye)
Go ahead and make me cry
I’ll be alright
And when you need a place to run to
For better for worse
I got you

Cause this is love and life
And nothing we can both control
And if it don’t feel right
You’re not losing me by letting me know

it's been a crazy string of events lately.  culminating in impulsive decisions to be there for someone when they were at a low point.  i came upon a sort of revelation last night.  friendship is a powerful thing.  when you find someone you share a strong connection with, friendship can be the only thing to help you get through it all.  barring past events and history and emotional baggage, if you build any relationship on a strong foundation of friendship, i think there is always a place to come back to when all seems to be lost.  i guess it's taken me a long time to get to this point.  i keep thinking of the quote from one of my favorite tv shows, friday night lights, "there's no weakness in forgiveness.  it takes a stronger person to forgive".  i found myself at that crossroad a while ago, but never did it ring more true in my head than these past couple of days.  i am naturally a giving person.  i don't see it as much as a fault as i used to.  i believe, if warranted, to give selflessly, and someday-somehow, it will give back two-fold.  i want to believe this, so i try to live my life by this.  last night, i came to the aide of a friend in need.  a friend i haven't seen or really spoken to in a very long time.  by the end of the night, i felt good about being there for someone who i thought i would never see again.  i was thankful she even let me be there for her.  of course, there's always a caveat.  don't let people walk all over you.  don't  be someone's fool.  i've found myself in these sitations before.  but it's not wrong to think the better of someone.  you give someone that benefit of the doubt--that little sense of trust.   if they break that caveat, it's no one's fault but theirs, not yours.  but that doesn't mean they don't deserve your friendship.  we are only human.  everyone makes mistakes.  it's not my place to judge.  i just want to be able to look back at my life, and know that i did the right thing; that i was the bigger person; that i would try my best to be there for my friends.  i want to look back at a certain chapter of my life and know that it didn't end as bitterly as i thought it had.  i'm thankful i got that chance last night.  i'm thankful that we can still be friends.

or, all this could just be the spirit of the holidays creeping up on me. lol.