Words and Music by Randall EffnerVocals: Randall and Sara EffnerGuitar: Randall EffnerViolin: Susanna Halden"The Bright Road" recounts an allegorical spiritual journey and shows how mankind, while lost in delusion, will invariably go astray without proper guidance from higher principles. In this world, there are many ordinary roads, but only a Bright Road can take us where we truly want to go: back to that place of purity which is our true selves and our true home.Lyrics:Climbing up Mt. History through the clouds and rainSeems like ages that I've had to roamPush ahead then trip and fall then get back up againLooking for the way that leads back homeLooking for the Bright RoadBright RoadTwo roads diverged deep in the woods and I heard the poet sayWhich one you choose makes all the differenceBut when a flower greets the sun it can only bloom one wayAnd it's not a matter of coincidenceBright RoadBright RoadOne road promised me delightsThe other miseryBut neither of those roads were brightSo they led to the same destinyTrying to find a shortcut home, I crossed a living streamBut I slipped and fell while stepping on a stoneMy wish to rise above it all seemed like a hollow dreamThe icy water soaked me to the boneBright RoadBright RoadThe current took me down and down, it didn't help to swimI felt anger, pride and jealousy and greedThe worldly pleasures I indulged on every passing whimAnd I strove against my brothers to succeedLooking for the Bright RoadBright RoadThe more I struggled to get freeThe tighter were my chainsThe way home kept eluding meThe more I sought to gainThe sun had gone down in the West, I sat down and criedI realized I'd never be releasedFrom the mess I'd made by doing things without a proper guideThen a golden beam of light came from the EastShowing me the Bright RoadBright RoadThe Road to Life stretched out for miles, I wiped away the tearsIt was smooth and straight but narrow as a threadIt was always right before my eyes, all those painful yearsI couldn't see it for the notions in my headBright RoadBright RoadEvery road I thought was brightHad a dark side tooEverything I thought was rightTurned out was just half trueOnce you find the way back home no matter what transpiresKeep walking on that road and do not strayBe truthful, kind and tolerant, restrain selfish desiresAnd choose a noble role in this great playBright RoadBright Road