Running On Empty

"Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne


Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields

In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-on-one

I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running on, running into the sun

But I'm running behind



Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive

In sixty-nine I was twenty-one

and I called the road my own

I don't know when that road turned into the road I'm on

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running on, running into the sun

But I'm running behind



Everyone I know, everywhere I go

People need some reason to believe

I don't know about anyone but me

If it takes all night, that'll be all right

If I can get you to smile before I leave



Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels

I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through

Looking into their eyes I see them running too

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running on, running into the sun

But I'm running behind



Honey you really tempt me

You know the way you look so fine

I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind

You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find

Running into the sun but I'm running behind....



I have been running. Of that I'm sure. Not of physically running (Lord knows I could use that) But I'm exhausted nevertheless from running in every other aspect of my life. I guess I should be glad that I'm running to something, instead of from something like I used to. And like most that strive for more, I have stumbled, I have fallen....I have gotten back up and continued running....

...but I am tired. So tired....

Matthew 11:29-30 (NLT)
29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

I need to lay it all down....