This Scar

Copyright 2008 Lisa Nicole Grace.
This is a song I wrote about my life long journey with scoliosis - curvature of the spine. This November marks my 8 year anniversary of my spinal fusion surgery.

~LYRICS~

This scar, tells a story
And it always reminds me
Of where I've been
This scar, runs from the nape of my neck
Down to the small of my back
And it's part of who I am

After nine long hours
Of blood, sweat and tears
My mama and my daddy
And a hundred prayers, I'm standing here
I'm standing here

With this scar,
That represents my life
A good old fashioned fight
A willingness to survive
This scar,
Says it's okay to be scared
As long as you're prepared
To learn how strong you are
This scar

This scar, taught me a lesson
That I won't be forgetting
Anytime soon
This scar, is turning eight years old
But it seems so long ago
That I was counting down the days to

Nine long hours
Of blood, sweat and tears
My mama and my daddy
And a hundred prayers, I'm standing here
I'm standing here

With this scar
That represents my life
A good old fashioned fight
The willingness to survive
This scar,
Says it's okay to be scared
As long as you're prepared
To learn how strong you are
This scar

~ piano solo~ (Brent Schaitel)

After nine long hours
Of blood, sweat and tears
My family and my friends
And five hundred prayers
I'm standing here
I'm standing here

With this scar,
That represents my life
A good old fashioned fight
The willingness to survive
This scar
Says it's okay to be scared
It's okay if you're scared
But be prepared

For this scar,
To represent your life
A good old fashioned fight
The willingness to survive
This scar
Says it's okay to be scared
As long as you're prepared
To learn how strong you are

This scar
This scar
This scar
This scar

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Folk
• Unsigned
• Pop
• Singer
• Songwriter
• Lisa
• Nicole
• Grace
• This
• Scar
• Scoliosis

[lisaevangelos]

Happy Anniversary to me! 8 years ago on Monday the 10th!

[AshleighRae13]

excellent song , told my daughter she should use this to support her blog about her surgery , she had a degree of 76 top and 64 bottom , 9 hours in surgery , 5 days hdu and 2 days on the ward. Alls well now , but i am so proud of her she really is amazing !! happy anniversary :)

[Imagerycaptured]

LOVE IT! It's been 17 years since my own spinal fusion. Love the simplicity of the video, yet the raw emotions/lyrics behind the beautiful music...THANK YOU!

[NuttyChufster]

Well done for singing this on YouTube Lisa, I could never be so brave. I will share this on Twitter for you, the words are beautiful - I am 21 years post scoliosis surgery :)

[rejects4eva]

so so cool it really opens my eyes about these things. thanks

[elihuijgens]

I never hear a song about scoliosis before. And never about the emotions around it.

And I am still still standing too, scarred and all :)

[canajian]

My daughter has Scoliosis, She has been lucky her curvature didnt go past 46% yet. She`s 19 & we hope that she makes it threw life without the surgery!

Great song!! Inspirational!!

*****

[alyssaloo]

Really powerful, I love it, I have scoliosis too and had surgery in 2006 (although I had anterior so my scar is different, lol). I will never forget my experiences, they have been amazing =) Thanks for making this video *mwah* Lyssie xx

p.s. you have a bautiful voice xx