Join me in a lyric writing exercise acknowledging the difficult days we are facing and identifying the positive things that will return to us when we’ve made it through.
The original lyrics are below:
Days Like This by Van Morrison
When its not always raining there’ll be days like this
When there’s no one complaining there’ll be days like this
When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch
Well my mama told me there’ll be days like this
When you don’t need to worry there’ll be days like this
When no one’s in a hurry there’ll be days like this
When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit it
Oh my mama told me there’ll be days like this
When you don’t need an answer there’ll be days like this
When you don’t meet a chancer there’ll be days like this
When you don’t get betrayed by that old Judas kiss
Then I must remember there’ll be days like this
Substituted Lyrics:
Hard days we barely get through… We’re having days like this
Lonely days where we just need a friend… We’re having days like this
Days when the news is hard to face… We’re having days like this
Days when the loss is hard to take… We’re having days like this
Days when we just need to fall to our knees and cry it out…
We need to let it out… We’re having days like this
But there will be…
Easier days that we’ll float through… We’ll have days like this
Days when we’re all together again… There’ll be days like this
Days when the news is slow again… There’ll be days like this
Days when the burden of the loss we experienced…
Can be shared on the shoulder of a friend… There’ll be days like this
Days when we can cry tears of joy… There’ll be days like this
Oh, the days like this will come again… There’ll be days like this
Things are dark and scary, we’re in days like this
Feeling lost and wary, oh these are days like this
Uncertain when this road will end and we’ll be on the mend
We just have to remember we’ll get through days like this… Thinkin’
When we’re reunited, there’ll be days like this
When you can walk outside hand-in-hand with your loved ones
When the fear that keeps us isolated has finally dissipated
I just have to remember… We just have to remember…
There’ll be days like this.
We’ll get through these days, and have days like this
We’ll get through these times, and have days like this
We’ll make it through and have days like this.