Make Something Good

You know how sometimes you discover certain songs at the exact right moment? The moment when that song rings its truest for you, and if you had discovered it 6 months ago, you might not have even noticed it (which would have been impossible in this case because the album was released a month or two ago, but still...). Last night I found Laura Veirs' album July Flame and listened to the last track - Make Something Good - maybe twenty times. If you're a PCV at the end of your service, maybe it'll ring true to you, too. Or anyone who has had the best of intentions for something. Here are the lyrics, but even better -
here's the song.

(I hope this isn't some how illegal...)

I wanted to make something sweet
The blood inside the maple tree
The sunlight trapped inside the wood
Make something good

I wanted to make something strong
An organ pipe in a cathedral
That stays in tune through a thousand blooms
Make something good

It's gonna take a long, long time
But we're gonna make something so fine

I wanted to make something pure
Emerald field from steer manure
A wild-eyed child in a moonlit room
Make something good

I wanted to make something built to last
A bottled ship with a golden mast
And through the squall the course stays true
Make something good
Make something good

It's gonna take a long, long time
But we're gonna make something so fine
It's gonna take a long, long time,
But we're gonna make something so fine

- Laura Veirs, July Flame, Make Something Good