"Life is not a waiting room"
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I sit alone on the verge of 24
I can not doubt, I'm left unsure
Everyone I know has a casket made
The black spins out, the roads are paved
Do I still have time to make mistakes?
Is this the point where I bend or break?
Am I too far gone to medicate?
Is this a birth or is this a wake?
There was a part of me
That I lost when I was seventeen
I can't get back
The innocence I gave to scenes
In between Jersey plays
Was just an act
I would slit my throat and blinded through my lies
Desperate I am matched with two black eyes
At the mouth of a river people sit
With concrete shoes ready to jump in
Do I still have time to chase my dreams?
Or did that pass, sail out and leave?
Is there still room for me to grow?
Or is this feud all that I know?
Sometimes I want, to just give in
Accept the answers without a question
It's easier, I must confess
To treat this life like it's a waiting room for death
How can I make sense of this mess?
I'll share my emptiness with a glass
It's my best bet for happiness
By Senses Fail
I can not doubt, I'm left unsure
Everyone I know has a casket made
The black spins out, the roads are paved
Do I still have time to make mistakes?
Is this the point where I bend or break?
Am I too far gone to medicate?
Is this a birth or is this a wake?
There was a part of me
That I lost when I was seventeen
I can't get back
The innocence I gave to scenes
In between Jersey plays
Was just an act
I would slit my throat and blinded through my lies
Desperate I am matched with two black eyes
At the mouth of a river people sit
With concrete shoes ready to jump in
Do I still have time to chase my dreams?
Or did that pass, sail out and leave?
Is there still room for me to grow?
Or is this feud all that I know?
Sometimes I want, to just give in
Accept the answers without a question
It's easier, I must confess
To treat this life like it's a waiting room for death
How can I make sense of this mess?
I'll share my emptiness with a glass
It's my best bet for happiness
By Senses Fail
"Welcome Home"
A tribute to Coheed and Cambria
"Dancing for Rain"
Inspired by the song "Dancing for rain" by my favorite band "Rise Against".
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We're losing daylight but I can't work any faster.
Under the veil of dusk we go on
Don't close your eyes.
What if it all disappears in the shadows
That reach from the stars?
If I held my ground would you ask me to change?
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
We drink the air but it's still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know.. I know
Let's go!
The waters gone but the fire still rages on here
The men all shrugged their shoulders and left
We sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs
Will you save us like you saved them?
If I held my ground would you ask me to change?
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
We drink the air but it's still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know.. I know
You've bled me dry, but I'm still breathing
I swear I'm sucking dry the sky
And you won't ever find us kneeling
Or swallowing your lies
If I held my ground would you ask me to change?
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
We drink the air but it's still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame, and I know.. I know
This drought bleeds on... this drought bleeds on.
"The Run Away"
Face down; this is where it leads you - too far.
Buried covered now, you'll find peace - in the earth aground.
Stop now, there's no point in breathing - it's not allowed.
On the surface, how can you find - reason to move on?
Until then you can runaway.
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best;
I know you get what you get
you get what you deserve.
Hush now, don't say a word - it's out in the open,
And tell me how can you deal with all this weight?
Speak now, you must have a secret kept down,
Down where you can keep it - I need you to spill your guts.
Until then you can runaway,
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best.
I know you get what you get
Until then you can runaway.
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best.
I know you get what you get
you get what you deserve.
Speak now you must have a secret kept down,
Down where you can keep it - I need you to spill your guts.
Until then you can runaway,
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best.
I know you get what you get
Until then you can runaway.
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best,
I know you get what you get
and all you get what you,
You get what you get,
you get what you,
You get what you get,
and all you get what you deserve.
"The Run Away"
Face down; this is where it leads you - too far.
Buried covered now, you'll find peace - in the earth aground.
Stop now, there's no point in breathing - it's not allowed.
On the surface, how can you find - reason to move on?
Until then you can runaway.
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best;
I know you get what you get
you get what you deserve.
Hush now, don't say a word - it's out in the open,
And tell me how can you deal with all this weight?
Speak now, you must have a secret kept down,
Down where you can keep it - I need you to spill your guts.
Until then you can runaway,
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best.
I know you get what you get
Until then you can runaway.
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best.
I know you get what you get
you get what you deserve.
Speak now you must have a secret kept down,
Down where you can keep it - I need you to spill your guts.
Until then you can runaway,
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best.
I know you get what you get
Until then you can runaway.
Do your best to hide your face.
And oh I know you best,
I know you get what you get
and all you get what you,
You get what you get,
you get what you,
You get what you get,
and all you get what you deserve.
"Negative Space"
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"Is negative space the space you don't like, or the space that is not there? And if it's not there how can you tell?" — Emma Bull
"Fertility Goddess"
Fertility Goddesses represent one of the main aspects of the Mother Archetype. Archeological finds of the earliest Goddesses from around the world show her as The Great Mother Goddess and creator, depicted with large breasts and a swollen Belly. In this form the Goddess represents fertility of both people and the land upon which they lived.
Later in history the fertility Goddesses embody the fertile nature of the earth itself, these female Archetypes are also usually mothers of other deities and so seen as patrons of motherhood. Over time Goddesses become increasingly differentiate, representing a multitude of different aspects of the female and the natural world.
"Death of Innocence"
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“When faith is kneeling by his bed of death, And innocence is closing up his eyes, Now if thou would'st, when all have given him over, From death to life, thou might'st him yet recover” -Michael Drayton
"Th Rain Man of Vigan"
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I'm listening to this song as I make this one.. It matches it. :)
When I woke up it seems
Like my world was caving in
I won't break down this time
I will be fine
With dull dimensions speaking of the truth
And howls of chaos the bleeding of the moon
Rounding up this time
I will be fine
Let your love caress me
Like the tide embraces the sea
Let our soul connection
Bring me alive today
Am I lost and can be found
Heaven's locked, hell not a sound
All my angels left and gone
It rains down
"Feeling good"
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"Love Bug"
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Now I'm speechless, over the edge
I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again
"The Tree of Life"
Save one tree and you'll save many lives..
"The Ballad of Balangiga"
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The Balangiga massacre, as it is known in the Philippines, or the Balangiga affair, as it is known in the United States,was an incident in 1901 during the Philippine-American War where more than forty American soldiers were killed in a surprise guerrilla attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar island. This incident was described as the United States Army's worst defeat since the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
The subsequent retaliation by American troops resulted in the killing of 2000–3000 Filipinos on Samar, the majority of whom were civilians. The heavy-handed reprisal earned a court-martial for Gen. Jacob H. Smith, who had ordered the killing of everyone ten years old and over. Reprimanded but not formally punished, Smith was forced into retirement from the service because of his conduct.
The attack and the subsequent retaliation remains one of the longest-running and most controversial issues between the Philippines and the United States. Conflicting records from both American and Filipino historians have confused the issue. Demands for the return of the bells of the church at Balangiga, taken by the Americans as war booty and collectively known as the Balangiga bells, remain an outstanding issue of contention related to the war. One church bell remains in the possession of the 9th Infantry Regiment at their base in Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, while two others are on a former base of the 11th Infantry Regiment at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
According to some nationalist Filipino historians, the true "Balangiga massacre" was the subsequent American retaliation against the Samar population.
"Life"
"Earthen"
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"Old man on the hill"
"The Prophecy"
"The Flight"
"Ever changing"
In the face
Of change
That's when she turned to me and said
"I'm not sure anymore"
And there
Amidst the waves and the cloudless skies
That blanket the year before
I watch my life wash ashore
Have you ever been a part of something
That you thought would never end?
And then, of course it did
Have you ever felt the weight inside you
Pulling away inside your skin?
And then something had to give
Now the lines are drawn
Is this feeling gone?
The best parts of this have come and gone
And now that is all this is
With the reasons clear
We'll spend another year
Without direction, full of fear
And now things will be different
There's nothing simple when it comes to you and I
Always something in this everchanging life
And there probably always will
Now that time is getting harder to come by,
The same arguments are always on our mind
{We've} killed this slowly fading light
Now the lines are drawn
Is this feeling gone?
The best parts of this have come and gone
And now that is all this is
With the reasons clear
We'll spend another year
Without direction, full of fear
But now things will be different
And now something
Has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me
If I'm already gone
Well now something (hey)
Has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me (hey)
If I'm already gone
Now let's say that something (hey)
Has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me (hey)
If I'm already gone
And we make the same mistakes
We're always hanging on
Break the promises we're always leaning on
All this time spent waking up
{Now I} keep this line open to get this call from you
{As you} speak the words that keep me coming back to you
Now this time it's all different
Now something
Has kept me here too long
And now I'm gone
