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quotes/songs with meanings.
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This is Where I have been:
This is Where I Want To Be:
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Just heard this:
One of My favorite poets: Peter McWilliams, from his book "How To Survive The Loss of a Love"
My life has fallen down around me before --lots of times,
for lots of reasons-- usually other people.
And most of the time, I was fortunate enough
to have a large lump of that life hit me on the
head and render me numb to the pain & desolation that followed.
And I survived. And I live to love again.
But this, this slow erosion from below --or within--
it's me falling down around my life
because you're still in that life --but not really.
And you're out of that life --but not quite.
I do all right alone, and better together,
but I do very poorly when semi-together.
In solitude, I do much,
in love, I do more
but in doubt, I only transfer pain to paper
in gigantic Passion Plays, complete with miracles and martyrs
and crucifixions and resurrections.
Come to stay or stay away.
This series of passion poems is becoming a heavy cross to bare.0 -
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I can hear the soft breathing
Of the girl that I love,
As she lies here beside me
Asleep with the night,
And her hair, in a fine mist
Floats on my pillow,
Reflecting the glow
Of the winter moonlight.
She is soft, she is warm,
But my heart remains heavy,
And I watch as her breasts
Gently rise, gently fall,
For I know with the first light of dawn
Ill be leaving,
And tonight will be
All I have left to recall.
Oh, what have I done,
Why have I done it,
Ive committed a crime,
Ive broken the law.
For twenty-five dollars
And pieces of silver,
I held up and robbed
A hard liquor store.
My life seems unreal,
My crime an illusion,
A scene badly written
In which I must play.
Yet I know as I gaze
At my young love beside me,
The morning is just a few hours away.0 -
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When I get tired of struggling with work & studies, this song revives me everytime:
I hope its message has meaning for all of us...0 -
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Where did we come from,
Why all we here?
Where do we go when we die?
What lies beyond
And what lay before?
Is anything certain in life?
They say, "Life is too short,"
"The here and the now"
And "You're only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we've got?
If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on
I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I'm not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend
I may never find all the answers
I may never understand why
I may never prove
What I know to be true
But I know that I still have to try
If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on
Victoria:
"Move on, be brave
Don't weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear"
Nicholas:
Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life again
Victoria's real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I'm here
It's perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means
If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
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Paper Airplane Lyrics:
I've put it all behind me, nothing left to do or doubt, some may say
But every silver lining always seems to have a cloud that comes my way
Anticipated pleasure or unexpected pain. No choice I fear
And love is hard to measure, hidden in the rain
That's why you'll find me here all alone and still wondering why
Waiting inside for the cold to get colder
And here where its clear that I've wasted my time
Hoping to fly, cause its almost over now
People come together, people go their own way. Love conquers few
And I'll do whatever, I'll say what I need to say, just not for you
How many days should I smile with a frown,
'Cause you're not around with the sun on your shoulders
And how many nights must I wake up alone
And know in my soul that its almost over now
Our love is like a paper airplane flying in the folded wind, riding high, dipping low
But innocence is fair game, I'm hoping I can hold it in. Our love will die, I know0 -
Because I want a love that will last!
This song means a lot to me and I could have written the lyrics. It says it all.0 -
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My favorite line from the song: "sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand and what you've been out there searching for forever is in your hands..."0 -
"You know we've made big plans
for ten-year-olds.
You and I."
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Just came across this one, it's a poem called Human Beings by Adrian Mitchell
look at your hands
your beautiful useful hands
you're not an ape
you're not a parrot
you're not a slow loris
or a smart missile
you're human
not british
not american
not israeli
not palestinian
you're human
not catholic
not protestant
not muslim
not hindu
you're human
we all start human
we end up human
human first
human last
we're human
or we're nothing
nothing but bombs
and poison gas
nothing but guns
and torturers
nothing but slaves
of Greed and War
if we're not human
look at your body
with its amazing systems
of nerve-wires and blood canals
think about your mind
which can think about itself
and the whole universe
look at your face
which can freeze into horror
or melt into love
look at all that life
all that beauty
you're human
they are human
we are human
let's try to be human
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I posted the song already, but this video suits it better.
Very sad.0 -
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Eric Clapton : Tears in Heaven (filmed in 1992, a year after the death of his four year old son Conor, who fell from the 53rd floor balcony of his mother's friend's apartment in NYC)
Billy Joel: Goodnight Saigon.
This may seem like a curious addition to this thread, but it was written after a bunch of US Marine Corps Vietnam vets asked him to write a song based on their experiences. Joel had originally refused saying he had no experience of the war, to which they replied was why he was most suitable as they could not get past the emotions of their own memories. It's quite a personal song when you look at the lyrics.We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We left as inmates from an asylum
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives
We came in spastic like tameless horses
We left in plastic as numbered corpses
And we learned fast to travel light
Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
We had no home front, we had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep and shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes
And it was dark, so dark at night
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together
Remember Charlie, remember Baker
They left their childhood on every acre
And who was wrong? And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fights
We held the day in the palm of our hands
They ruled the nights, and the nights
Seemed to last as long as six weeks...
...On Parris Island
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
And they were sharp, as sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together
Two favourite (I have a few ... ) songs of mine because they have real meaning and soul behind them. And they're beautiful songs regardless.0 -
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I've had this on loop for the last while - it's mega-cheesy on the one hand, but sometimes it doesn't make a difference what age you are or what stage in your life you're at, when your confidence takes a major knock it's hard not to let your insecurities get to you.
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This is one I've been listening to for the last couple of months.
Means a lot and love it so much
If it’s the last thing that you do
If it’s the last time we pull through
And that last line back to you, can I take it?
If it’s the last time that you read
If it’s the last time we concede
Can you do one last thing for me?
Before you break it
So hold on before it’s all gone
It seems we’re never make this right
If we’re going nowhere, can we stay there?
And believe in this for one more night?
It’s not the way we planned it
It’s hard to understand it
We once fell in love so fast
If this is the last time, let the last time, last
We could leave this all behind
We could say we’ve found what we can’t find
But it won’t be the last time that we cry if we fake it
So hold on before it’s all gone
It seems we’re never make this right
If we’re going nowhere, can we stay there?
And believe in this for one more night?
It’s not the way we planned it
It’s hard to understand it
We once fell in love so fast
If this is the last time, let the last time, last
(Watch it all come tumbling down)
Hold on before it’s all gone
Let the colours bled until we are blind
If we’re going nowhere, can we stay there?
You never know what we might find
It’s hard to understand
Its not the way we planned it
Love’s falling apart do fast
If this is the last time, let the last time, last
If this is the last time, let the last time, last
Let this be the last time that you’ll say
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I'm Yours by The Script. I love this song so much, it's kinda sad but I feel like the chorus describes me...
"I may not have the softest touch
I may not say the words as such
And though I may not look like much
I'm yours
And though my edges may be rough
I never feel I'm quite enough
It may not seem like very much
But I'm yours."
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Only heard this song for the first time today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwRiL0-JDY
If I die Young , by The Band Perry
Lyrics:
if i die yound burry me in satin
lay me down on a bed of roses
sink me in the river at dawn
send me away with the words of a love song
ooh ooh ooh ooh
lord make me a rainbow i'll shine down on my mother
shes knows i'm safe with you and she stands under my colors
oh and life aint always what you think it ought to be
no it aint even grey but she burries her baby
the sharp knife of a short life
well i've had just enough time
if i die young burry me satin
lay me down on a bed of roses
sink me in the river at dawn
send me away with the words of a love song
the sharp knife of a short life
well, i have just enough time
and i'll be wearing white
when i come into your kingdom
i'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger
well i've never known the lovin of man
but it sure felt nice when he was holdin my hand
there's a boy here in town
who says he'll love me forever
who would have thought forever could be severed
by a sharp knife of a short life
well i've had just enough time
so put on your best boys, and i'll wear my pearls
what i never did is done
a penny for my thoughts oh no i'll sell em for a dollar
theyre worth so much more after i'm a gonner
and maybe then you'll hear the words that i've been singin'
its funny when your dead how people start listenin'
if i die young burry me in satin
lay me down on a bed of roses
sink me in the river at dawn
send me away with the words of a love song
ooh ooh the ballad of a dove
go with peace and love
gather up your tears and keep them in your pocket
save em for a time when your really gonna need em.
oh the sharp knife of a short life
well i've had just enough time
so put on your best boys, and i'll wear my pearls0 -
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Bruno mars - today my life begins
Brilliant song to listen to after breaking up or at the end of an "era". 0 -
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Usually not someone to pay attention to lyrics.. But Cactus by Pixies really got to me.
It's a love song disguised in coarse, roughly recorded music, it's great.
"Bloody your hands on a cactus tree, wipe it on your dress and send it to me."0 -
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This is a video I made of one of may favourite songs, In Loving Memory by Alter Bridge. I think everybody can relate to this song, it's about losing someone you love.
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f I could I would shrink myself and sink through your skin to your blood cells
and remove whatever makes you hurt but I am too weak to be your cure.
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Another song by Brand New.
I think it's about a guy taking advantage of a girl. He knows it's wrong, but he isn't strong enough to stop himself. Part of him is grieving that she "falls for every empty word he says".
Part of him wants her see through gimmicks and gambits; but they're working.
This song is fantastic. And I think part of why their singer decides not to fluctuate his tone a whole lot in this song is because it is like this feeling of numbness he gets from being able to take what he wants.0 -
'i'm working hard on walking out
shoes keep sticking to the ground
my clothes won't let me close the door
these trousers seem to love your floor...'
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...He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
~ W D Auden, "Stop the Clocks, Cut Off the Telephone"
That poem always takes me back to the weekend of April 14/15/16th 2007
I remember sitting in the waiting room of the inensive care ward of Limerick Regional waiting for my partner to die and everyone to say their goodbyes..., When my father in law started a conversation with me about the funeral arrangements
He turned to me and said the 1st few lines of that poem, and then said 'I know she was even more to you Son, I'm sorry you've lost her but thanks for the life you gave her, she was happy!
That week is a blur to me and I'll be honest its one of the few lucid memories I have of what was a nightmare time.
I still can't believe that the man who gave me his daughter,His little girl, the apple of his eye and trusted that I'd love and look after her always, a girl who's smile was the measure of my own happiness....
I still can't can't believe that when he knew he'd lost her, that we'd lost her... he took the time to say that to me!
I hope I never have to find out if I'm strong enough to take his part in a similar conversation should something similar ever happen our son!
I love my Father in Law.....
One of the strongest men I know!0 -
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This tugs at the heart strings. I'm such a sap.
When you can fall for chains of silver,
You can fall for chains of gold,
You can fall for pretty strangers
And the promises they hold.
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah!
Now you just say, "Oh Romeo? Yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him".
Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry.
You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die".
There's a place for us, you know the movie song.
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?0 -
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+1 and he pretty much described what love is too.That's decent mate... Sorry for your loss.
No worries, you're among fellow saps, so sap yourself outcheesefiend wrote: »This tugs at the heart strings. I'm such a sap. Reading this thread hasn't so much been tugging at my heartstrings as playing a bloody symphony on same. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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