I Was Sure

from I Was Sure by Adam Paulson

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For so long I could not wrap my head or my heart around the fact that I was actually getting divorced. It just was so far from anything that I’d ever dreamed, hoped or planned. It was a brutal journey to walk through the death of my fantasy and the way I saw my life going. It’s my hope that finding the end of what my best could, and could not accomplish has made me a kinder person, a better listener and a better friend. I would have loved to have learned these things a different way.

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I was sure I would change the world, I was sure I was different and more
I was sure this was a fairy tale story, back when I was sure
I sure that I would give up never, I was sure we’d be together forever
I was sure that we were meant to be, back when I was sure

The price of growing up, is the illusion of certainty
And the fantasy that my best is enough, is gone, gone and that’s a gift
Well if faith is what takes certainty's place
Help me accept this death and believe again

I was sure that being right was loving
I was sure i could change enough to change things
I was sure if I loved enough that would get us unstuck
Back when I was sure

I’m not so sure what to do now, now that I am not so sure
I hope that I am a kinder man, now that I am not so sure
The way don't seem so clear now, but it’ll be ok now
Even though I’m not so sure

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from I Was Sure, released August 9, 2021

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Adam Paulson Palisade, Colorado

I do my best to write honest songs that capture something of the human condition - joy, sorrow, heartbreak and hope.

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