Unravel Tom Booth	(Based on 2 votes)

Reviews

	Required fields in bold.
Name:
Location:	(e.g., Portland, OR)
Rating:	Five stars - I love it! Four stars - I like it Three stars - It's OK Two stars - I don't like it One star - I hate it
Comment:	This review feature is open to comments and constructive criticism that demonstrates respect for artists and readers. Comments that reflect spiritual insights are especially welcome. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

Lyrics

It was like a dream, it was like
a thing you see on TV.
It was like a play, it was like
a day you wish hadn't happened.
'Cause all I'd worked for, all I dreamed of
unraveled in my hands.

It started out okay;
I was dressed and clean
and shaved and handsome.
All had gone my way.
Just one more time and I'd become a legend.
But you stepped in...
And stole my hopes, my pride,
my future and my win.

In the middle of a circumstance,
You gotta chalk it up to happenstance.
You never know what's gonna come your way.
If you're spinnin' off the road again,
take a breath and take a look at him;
you never know when you might unravel.

There for all to see, I lost my head
and took yours in the process.
I tried to walk away, but I'm not one
to fake a graceful drowning.
But you stepped in
you stepped in and showed me
losing could be winning.

Artist Reflection

un-rav-el 1. To separate (entangled threads). 2. To solve: clear up (something mysterious or baffling).

One sunny afternoon I was watching ESPN as they replayed an old football game from the 1970s. It was an infamous game between Clemson and Ohio State, remembered for the painful, public, unraveling of the legendary football coach, Woody Hayes. Coach Hayes "lost it". He physically attacked a player on the other team (and later an official) after the kid intercepted a Ohio State pass — changing the game and the legend of Woody Hayes forever.

As I reflected on what I had seen — it was so hard to watch a lifetime of achievement swirl down the drain in an awkward five-minute span, I thought to myself: stay humble, stay rooted, "go down" gently and quietly everyday. Die to self, gracefully drown, embrace the paschal mystery, UNRAVEL in imitation of Christ. And thus a quirky little song, and the title song for my new collection of songs, was born.

As I continue to ponder what UNRAVEL really means, I discovered that it has a connection to the spiritual life. Even the dictionary goes deeper than simply saying a "public mishap or the coming apart of something" (my words) – which is what I thought it would say. No, it is a wonderful definition: "to solve something mysterious or baffling". Isn't that great! Christ calls us to unravel, to let go daily, to empty ourselves like he did. That way, God the Father can fill us up with his spirit and we can be a new creation in Christ. So go ahead. Unravel. I dare you. I dare me too. Let us do so daily, because one way or another we will anyway. Death is a reminder that we will all unravel some day. The story of Woody Hayes and other stories of famous people unraveling, also serve as great reminders to us all to "gracefully drown". Jesus taught us by word and example that the last shall be first, the greatest serve and if you lose your life you find it. So losing can be winning and balls of yarn were made to unravel — just like us.

- Tom Booth