Lift Me Up

$2.50

Composed for Voices of Hope women’s prison choir, this powerful text written by a choir member speaks to all of us who are in need of help.

Voicing: SSA or SAB with bass

Poet/Lyricist: Valarie Stein

Voices of Hope’s mission is to provide accessible music-making opportunities within justice-involved populations that foster individual growth and bridge unlikely communities through song. If you’d like to support this incredible organization, please visit this page. 

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Lift me up
I’m drowning in the pain and the shame of my past,
Darkness is my reality
I can’t count how many times I prayed that there will be a day
when I open my eyes and the imprisonment in my own mind would
disappear and hope would shine down upon my face
and I would feel no more fear.
So lift me up
I want to smile again
I want to feel again
I’m lost I don’t know what to do.
All I know what was working for me
Isn’t working anymore
I’m lost I don’t know what to do.
So lift me up.

Commissioned by the Voices of Hope women’s prison choir under the direction of Amanda Weber. Made possible by an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
SAB version commissioned by Jennifer Anderson and VocalPoint.

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Voicing

SAB, SSA
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