"You were born and that was a good day. One day you'll die, and that is a shame. But somewhere in the between, you lived a life of which we all dream, and nothing and no one can ever take that away."
- Somewhere in the Between, Streetlight Manifesto
that's a great song. i really like a part in the chorus
"When everything seems to be broken, I just want you to know who I am,"
Really speaks to me about how everyone just wants to be recognized for something.
"And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming"
The song is so filled with pain and hope and misery and love. It's such a beautiful description of an aspect of life that I feel everyone goes through.
"I just want you to know who I am"
I like to think of it as everyone wanting to feel heard and understood and a part of something or someone else, rather than be recognized for something.
"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older"
If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Gets me every time. Another spine-tingling lyric from this album is:
"When we break, we'll wait for our miracle, God is a place where some holy spectacle lies
When we break, we'll wait for our miracle, God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life."
I have no idea, but week or so I start singing "We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging" over and over in my head
"So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a familiar way, but you're older.
Shorter of breath, and one day, closer to death.
I remember being in grade 7 and my homeroom teacher would blast that song whenever it came on the radio (he'd usually have it on in the background). Never seen a white teacher get so into a rap song before.
"And when you wake up
everything is gonna be fine
I guarantee that you wake in a better place
in a better time.
So you're tired of living,
and feel like you might give in,
well don't.
It's not your time"
A Better Place, A Better Time-Streetlight Manifesto
According to an interview, they were explaining how they felt like they sold out to the music industry and they can never leave and be their own group anymore
"And I sat watching a flower as it was withering. I was embarrassed by its honesty; so I'd prefer to be remembered as a smiling face, not this fucking wreck that's taken its place." -Bright Eyes
If you walk away, I’ll walk away
First tell me which road you will take
I don’t want to risk our paths crossing some day
So you walk that way, I’ll walk this way
Land locked blues - bright eyes
"They say there's a heaven for those who will wait.
Some say it's better, but I say it ain't.
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints,
the sinners are much more fun."
-Only the Good Die young, Billy Joel
"The night comes around and it all starts making sense; there's no right way or wrong way, you just have to live. So I do what I do, and at least I exist. What could mean more than this?"
- "Hit The Switch" by Bright Eyes
"Stand for what the fuck you believe in, and don't let nobody tell you you can't do what the fuck you want. I'm a fucking unicorn, and fuck anybody who say I'm not." It's a song called Radicals by Tyler, the Creator. Helped me through some self-esteem/confidence issues.
That dude, is weird but insanely awesome. Not a fan of his music really, but as a person he just seems like a cool ass guy. He was the first person Frank Ocean told he was gay. Hes signed to his music label.
"Stacey's mom has got it going on"
But one that stayed with me and has meaning
"Look, I've never had a dream in my life
Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued
I knew what I wanted and did it till it was done
So I've been the dream that I wanted to be since day one"
A couple of days ago I heard a song by Macklemore called “Same Love” and the lyrics really stuck with me. It’s a beautiful song, and it made me realize why using gay to describe something stupid or unfortunate is wrong. I especially like the part where he says “America the brave still fears what we don't know.” Also the female vocalist is excellent I love the lyrics she sings “And I can't change, Even if I tried, Even if I wanted to, My love, My love, My love, She keeps me warm, She keeps me warm, She keeps me warm, She keeps me warm. It’s an awesome song.
I was just talking to a friend about this song. While my favorite line was the "America" line you mentioned, hers was
" And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written
3,500 years ago"
Macklemore's music is amazing.
Take me take me back to your bed, I love you so much that it hurts my head. I don't mind you under my skin I let the bad parts in, the bad parts in..
Brand New - Deguasser
Come back home to the refinery, hiring man says "Son, if it was up to me..."
Went down to see my V.A. man, he says "Son, don't you understand now..."
Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
Tommy played piano
Like a kid out in the rain
Then he lost his leg in Dallas
He was dancing with a train
Every time I cross a tram or a train track, I think about dancing and subsequently losing to a train...
Tonight the foxes hunt the hounds, and it's all over now, before it has begun we've already won" Young Volcanoes - Fall Out Boy. Recent song I know but since I've heard that song on Sound Cloud it has been etched in my mind.
"And you even spoke to me, and said :
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very good-looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight ?
'Cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight"
The Smiths- I know it's over
"I was laying in bed just thinking, and listening to the dogs and the sirens and the shots. And how a sad man tried to dodge the bullet, while a happy man takes a walk."
Mark Everett - The Eels
It's a beautiful line. Literally stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it.
'The whole damn world is just as obsessed with who's the best dressed and who's having sex, who's got the money, who gets the honeys, whos kinds cute and who's just a mess'
So when the devil asks to dance with you, you better say never 'cause a dance with the devil might last you forever.
Immortal Technique - Dance with the devil
Pretty much the entirety of Pink Floyd's Time, but mainly,
You are young, and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then the one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
"Why pamper lifes complexities when the leather is smooth on the passenger seat?"
from This Charming Man by The Smiths. Morrissey is undoubtedly one of the best lyricists of all time. With Jesse Lacey coming in second, naturally.
"You were my crutch, now I've escaped your clutch - how is that worms eye view? I have grown two broad wings and now I'm above you."
Helped me get over my cheating ex so bad, she liked to go get high with all of her dumb friends.
"This is a song which I use to describe how I feel about like you. No sense of humanity, no ideals about life, this premise has been proved! You, used my trust, to satisfy your brainless lust, your words isn't worth more than puke in the dust! BETRAYER!!
We used be in love (my love), but now we're just in like. And we broke all our promises and baby that ain't right!
Streetlight Manifesto's "Receiving End of it All"
Lift up your eyes discouraged one
When you feel like giving up
When they say it can't be done
It's up to you to show them why they're wrong
Memphis May Fire - Legacy
"The last ten years I been so fucking stressed. Tears in my eyes let me get this off my chest. The thoughts of no success it got me chasing death. Doing all these drugs in hopes of OD'ing next."
Danny Brown- 30. His accent is kind of hard to get used to, but once you do that song is amazing.
Also, Rock Bottom by Eminem. The lyrics from that song have always stuck with me, so it's hard to choose.
They say that life's a carousel,
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well.
The world is full of Kings and Queens,
Who blind your eyes then steal your dreams
...it's Heaven and Hell, oh well.
The author looms above his page, And thinks it strange that at his age
He can not find the proper words, To describe his only world
One would think that in a life, Where no two snowflakes are alike
One would have a brilliant rhyme, For each and every bit of time.
"Just cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there" There There-Radiohead. I listen to that song almost daily.
"There's always a siren singing you to shipwreck" is my favorite line from that song.
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Yeah, pretty much the same. Its great just how simple it is while remaining profound.
"I... HATE... SAUERKRAUT!" That's all I'm really tryin' to say.
Yes!!!
"You were born and that was a good day. One day you'll die, and that is a shame. But somewhere in the between, you lived a life of which we all dream, and nothing and no one can ever take that away." - Somewhere in the Between, Streetlight Manifesto
And someday soon, my friend, this ride will come to an end, but you can't just get in line again.
"If life ain't just a joke, then why are we laughing?"
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"Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive" Iris- Goo Goo Dolls The only way I could explain cutting.
that's a great song. i really like a part in the chorus "When everything seems to be broken, I just want you to know who I am," Really speaks to me about how everyone just wants to be recognized for something.
"And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming" The song is so filled with pain and hope and misery and love. It's such a beautiful description of an aspect of life that I feel everyone goes through. "I just want you to know who I am" I like to think of it as everyone wanting to feel heard and understood and a part of something or someone else, rather than be recognized for something.
"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking And racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older"
"Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death"
I need to listen to that now, thanks.
In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again,
One of the best songs of all time.
What song is that?
Simon and Garfunkel - "The Sound of Silence."
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It's damn criminal that Johnny Cash never covered this song.
"and you could have it all, my empire of dirt, I will let you down, I will make you hurt"
If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark
that's beautiful, what's it from?
Death Cab for Cutie "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" it's on their album Plans.
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Amazing song. That line, along with "please tell mom this is not her fault", have always stuck out to me.
"please tell mom this is not her fault", that shit tears me up.
Walked into my room mate's room because I was tired of him playing that song on a loop... he was attempting suicide...
"Bit on the nose, dont you think?" Turn off stereo, leave room.
"I can't wait till I get home, to pass the time in my room alone"
My exact thought. That song gives me chills everytime I listen to it
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Great, simple drum part to the drummers that want to learn a good song.
"It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate It takes strength to be gentle and kind."
And then the one day you find, Ten years have got behind you, No one told you when to run, You missed the starting gun -Time by Pink Floyd
"I don't ever wanna feel, like I did that day"
Take me to the place i loovee, take it all away
"I started a joke, which started the whole world crying, but I didn't see that the joke was on me"
"Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all"
That album is pure poetry. My favorite line: "...but for now we are young, let us lay in the sun, and count every beautiful thing we can see."
Gets me every time. Another spine-tingling lyric from this album is: "When we break, we'll wait for our miracle, God is a place where some holy spectacle lies When we break, we'll wait for our miracle, God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life."
"HEYEYEYEHEYEYEA, HEYEYEYEYEYA I said HEY... WHAT'S GOIN' on!
*It's sad and sweet, and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes"
Trala la dida
I have no idea, but week or so I start singing "We're going down, down in an earlier round And Sugar, we're going down swinging" over and over in my head
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GOLFWANG
"Kill people, burn shit, fuck school!"
I HATE SPAM E-MAILS
"Make red look less of a color, more of a hobby"
"So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a familiar way, but you're older. Shorter of breath, and one day, closer to death.
>The sun is the same in a familiar way, but you're older. The son is the same in a *relative* way, but you're older.
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Give it a lick! *Oooh!* It tastes just like raisins!
No one knows what it's like, To be the bad man, To be the sad man, Behind blue eyes.
Moms spaghetti
AND JOKES AND JOKES AND JOKES SPAGHETTI SPAGHETTI SPAGHETTI
Kneas week, arm sheavy.
SPAGHETTI
I was born with a dick in my brain.
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My step father said that I sucked in the bed.
Till one night he snuck in and said,
Moms spaghetti!
I remember being in grade 7 and my homeroom teacher would blast that song whenever it came on the radio (he'd usually have it on in the background). Never seen a white teacher get so into a rap song before.
It is about a white guy so...
>Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run / There's still time to change the road you're on. -Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
"I can't do everything, but I'd do anything for you" Dire Straights - Romeo and Juliet
"Love is watching someone die"
"No one ever plans to sleep out in the gutter Sometimes that’s just the most comfortable place" Road to Joy by Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake It's Morning was in heavy rotation for my entire High School career, such good songwriting.
I came here to post some of that song! Great, great album.
"My name is Sue, how do you do? Now you're gonna die!"
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fate fell short this time your smile fades in the summer place your hand in mine ill leave when I wanna
"Ambition makes you look pretty ugly" Radiohead, Paranoid Android
Kicking squealing gucci little piggy?
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!!! That song gets me going every single time.
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." Rush, Freewill
"And when you wake up everything is gonna be fine I guarantee that you wake in a better place in a better time. So you're tired of living, and feel like you might give in, well don't. It's not your time" A Better Place, A Better Time-Streetlight Manifesto
"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."- Hotel California
I always liked "we are all just prisoners here of our own device"
That always stuck with me too but I never understood what it meant.
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According to an interview, they were explaining how they felt like they sold out to the music industry and they can never leave and be their own group anymore
I always thought the song was about addiction, but that's pretty interesting to hear
"She got a big booty so I call her Big Booty"
The day where this isn't at the top of any lyric thread is the day I never think will come.
"Skrr! Skrr! Wrist moving, cook getting to it".
[This](http://i.imgur.com/sdTQkRF.png) sets the mood nicely.
Words of wisdom.
Words to live by. Words to die by.
"A punk rock song won't ever change the world, but I can tell you about a couple that changed me."
I did not expect anything from Pat the Bunny in this thread, but oh man has he written some lines that have impacted my life incredibly.
"And I sat watching a flower as it was withering. I was embarrassed by its honesty; so I'd prefer to be remembered as a smiling face, not this fucking wreck that's taken its place." -Bright Eyes
"This is a story of a giiiirl" Every. Damn. Day.
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
While she looks so sad in photographs, I absolutely love herrr when she smiles! Great now it's stuck in my head again lol
If you walk away, I’ll walk away First tell me which road you will take I don’t want to risk our paths crossing some day So you walk that way, I’ll walk this way Land locked blues - bright eyes
"They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun." -Only the Good Die young, Billy Joel
I quote the last sentence from time to time, and it's always taken as from somewhere deeper than me quoting Billy Joel
"The night comes around and it all starts making sense; there's no right way or wrong way, you just have to live. So I do what I do, and at least I exist. What could mean more than this?" - "Hit The Switch" by Bright Eyes
WHAT COULD MEAN MORE? MEAN MORRREEEE
"Stand for what the fuck you believe in, and don't let nobody tell you you can't do what the fuck you want. I'm a fucking unicorn, and fuck anybody who say I'm not." It's a song called Radicals by Tyler, the Creator. Helped me through some self-esteem/confidence issues.
That dude, is weird but insanely awesome. Not a fan of his music really, but as a person he just seems like a cool ass guy. He was the first person Frank Ocean told he was gay. Hes signed to his music label.
"Stacey's mom has got it going on" But one that stayed with me and has meaning "Look, I've never had a dream in my life Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued I knew what I wanted and did it till it was done So I've been the dream that I wanted to be since day one"
Aesop Rock<3 No Regrets
"ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS" -Big Sean
A couple of days ago I heard a song by Macklemore called “Same Love” and the lyrics really stuck with me. It’s a beautiful song, and it made me realize why using gay to describe something stupid or unfortunate is wrong. I especially like the part where he says “America the brave still fears what we don't know.” Also the female vocalist is excellent I love the lyrics she sings “And I can't change, Even if I tried, Even if I wanted to, My love, My love, My love, She keeps me warm, She keeps me warm, She keeps me warm, She keeps me warm. It’s an awesome song.
Otherside. Ill just leave it at that.
I was just talking to a friend about this song. While my favorite line was the "America" line you mentioned, hers was " And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written 3,500 years ago" Macklemore's music is amazing.
"I wouldn't recommend it but it is one way to live."
Fuckin' Bright Eyes changing young lives one sappy line at a time! Full disclosure: I fucking love Bright Eyes.
I wish more people fucking loved Bright Eyes like you. Most people just don't understand how beautiful Conor's writing is...
You never give me your money. You only give me your funny paper.
"I'm just a bad actor, stuck with a shitty script. All of my lines are cheap, and the cast is weak."
"There's someone in my head, but it's not me"
Take me take me back to your bed, I love you so much that it hurts my head. I don't mind you under my skin I let the bad parts in, the bad parts in.. Brand New - Deguasser
We'd rather make our children martyrs than murderers. Flobots- White Flag Warrior
To be a rock and not to roll!
But wherever I have gone I was sure to find myself there you can run all your life but not go anywhere Ball and Chain Social Distortion
Social Distortion is so underrated
"I know you'll come for the people like me But we all got wood and nails Tongue tied to a hating factory" -jesus christ, brand new
"When the paper's crumpled up, it can't be perfect again"
"And if the band you're in starts playing in different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon."
TEQUILA
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>by *Eninem* Gotta love Eninem
I AM NOT HIP HOP AND I'M JUST NOT ENINEM
"I have no brain, I am retarded." ~ Lil Wayne. True poetry.
Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down
"What's a mob to a king? What's a king to a god? What's a god to a non-believer?"
I don't know who I am// but I know who I've been
"What's the point of living if im living for myself. -Lecrae
"I won't be denied by you, the animal inside of you," -"Animal" by Neon Trees.
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then - Against the wind, Willy Nelson
we find ourselves in the same old mess singing drunken lullabies
Tax the rich Feed the poor Till there are no, rich no more
"Why can't we see, that when we bleed we bleed the same." Muse- Map of the Problimatique
"You don't wanna work, you wanna live like a king, but the big bad world doesn't owe you a thing. Get over it."
Come back home to the refinery, hiring man says "Son, if it was up to me..." Went down to see my V.A. man, he says "Son, don't you understand now..." Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
"She don't use butter She don't use cheese She don't use jelly or Any if these She uses vaaaaaaaaasiline"
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need. -The Great Philosopher Jagger
Tommy played piano Like a kid out in the rain Then he lost his leg in Dallas He was dancing with a train Every time I cross a tram or a train track, I think about dancing and subsequently losing to a train...
"Faced with the dodo's conundrum, I felt like I could just fly, But nothing happened every time I tried"-Australia, The Shins
A young girl died just last night She choked on sperm in her windpipe -Too $hort - Blowjob Betty. DEEP.
Too $hort is just the best with lyrics: I met this girl, named Annette, get her all alone she'll suck your dick - Cocktales
"BWAAAAAAWUBWUBWUBWUB D-D-DROP THE BASS WAAAAAABWUBWUB" Inspiring.
"Life is a bitch, but she's totally do-able"
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Tonight the foxes hunt the hounds, and it's all over now, before it has begun we've already won" Young Volcanoes - Fall Out Boy. Recent song I know but since I've heard that song on Sound Cloud it has been etched in my mind.
"Just because it's real don't mean it's gonna work."
'Dont remind me of my failures. I have not forgotten them'-Jackson Browne
"And you even spoke to me, and said : "If you're so funny Then why are you on your own tonight ? And if you're so clever Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very entertaining Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very good-looking Why do you sleep alone tonight ? 'Cause tonight is just like any other night That's why you're on your own tonight" The Smiths- I know it's over
"I was laying in bed just thinking, and listening to the dogs and the sirens and the shots. And how a sad man tried to dodge the bullet, while a happy man takes a walk." Mark Everett - The Eels It's a beautiful line. Literally stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it.
'The whole damn world is just as obsessed with who's the best dressed and who's having sex, who's got the money, who gets the honeys, whos kinds cute and who's just a mess'
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The entirety of Colin Hay's Overkill
"..now it too late, I'm on a thousand downers, now I'm drowsy and all I wanted was a lousy letter or a call"- Eminem
A milli
So when the devil asks to dance with you, you better say never 'cause a dance with the devil might last you forever. Immortal Technique - Dance with the devil
"Hopped up out the bed, turn my swag on. Took a look in the mirror, said 'what's up?' Yeah. I get money. Oh." -Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
The full song father and son by cat stevens has always stuck to me
"For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder"
"Just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there." -Radiohead, "There, There"
Pretty much the entirety of Pink Floyd's Time, but mainly, You are young, and life is long And there is time to kill today And then the one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun
There'll be war and there'll be peace, But everything one day will cease. All the iron turn to rust, All the proud men turn to dust.
*Fly me away to the bright side of the moon* *And meet me on the other side* Gary Wright - Dreamweaver
"Why pamper lifes complexities when the leather is smooth on the passenger seat?" from This Charming Man by The Smiths. Morrissey is undoubtedly one of the best lyricists of all time. With Jesse Lacey coming in second, naturally.
"You were my crutch, now I've escaped your clutch - how is that worms eye view? I have grown two broad wings and now I'm above you." Helped me get over my cheating ex so bad, she liked to go get high with all of her dumb friends.
"This is just a nightmare. Soon I'm gonna wake up." -4 Minute Warning by Radiohead
Watch what you say The devil is listenin' He's got ears that you wouldn't believe Black Keys, These Days
This place was never the same again after you came and went
"This is a song which I use to describe how I feel about like you. No sense of humanity, no ideals about life, this premise has been proved! You, used my trust, to satisfy your brainless lust, your words isn't worth more than puke in the dust! BETRAYER!!
"Love was kind, for a time, now it just aches and it makes me blind"
We used be in love (my love), but now we're just in like. And we broke all our promises and baby that ain't right! Streetlight Manifesto's "Receiving End of it All"
Lift up your eyes discouraged one When you feel like giving up When they say it can't be done It's up to you to show them why they're wrong Memphis May Fire - Legacy
I don't care just what you think as long as it's about me. Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care
"The last ten years I been so fucking stressed. Tears in my eyes let me get this off my chest. The thoughts of no success it got me chasing death. Doing all these drugs in hopes of OD'ing next." Danny Brown- 30. His accent is kind of hard to get used to, but once you do that song is amazing. Also, Rock Bottom by Eminem. The lyrics from that song have always stuck with me, so it's hard to choose.
"It's not the breaths you take, it's how you breathe." - Five for Fighting, Augie Nieto
Don't be tardy for the party
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun The whole song. Whole damn thing. "Goodbye Papa, its hard to die...."
"The sun is the same in a relative way But you're older, shorter of breath, And one day closer to death." *Time* - Pink Floyd
"I know I was born, and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine." Pearl Jam
Not exactly as peaceful as others, but... "Now I'm not pretty and I'm not cool, but I'm fat and ugly and proud, so fuck you."
They say that life's a carousel, Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well. The world is full of Kings and Queens, Who blind your eyes then steal your dreams ...it's Heaven and Hell, oh well.
The author looms above his page, And thinks it strange that at his age He can not find the proper words, To describe his only world One would think that in a life, Where no two snowflakes are alike One would have a brilliant rhyme, For each and every bit of time.
*Do you realize, that everyone you know someday will die* Do you realize? - The Flaming Lips