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Feels like summer again

Another song that follows me around, its lyrics call to be sung out loud, sung on the top of their voice… a song perhaps that we all need to hear at different points in our journey – hope you enjoy!

My mind is open
And my heart is full
I ain’t got any weight
That I can’t pull
And right now
I know that anything
Is possible
I’m gonna bang my drum
Blow my horn
I forget what these pills
Were ever for
I believe
I won’t need them anymore
I used to burn candles
At both ends
Now I just throw the whole damn thing
Right in
Now playing in traffic is easy
Once you learn
Where you get in
You wanna come with me
Then get on board
Get in or get out
Use either door
The future is calling
And it’s me
That it’s looking for
Cause’ it feels like summer again
I was thinking that it just might never begin
After winter and spring
It’s good to have the sun on my face again
I wear big boots
I know I do
I ain’t envious
Of anybodies shoes
I wear em’ loose
Now maybe that’s
Why it bothers you
I’m building my ship
Stick by stick
And where the waters get rough
I’m getting in
The motion of the waves
It does not
Make me sick
[chorus]
I buried my horse
In a shallow a grave
I said few things
I had champagne
That beast gave me everything
That nobody gave
I got high hopes
Tomorrow came
I won’t look back
On anything
I just found out
That my bird
Can really sing…

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by Sanity on May 5, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on May 5, 2009

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The river of life

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The river of life is the journey that we take from birth to death, forever evolving, forever meandering with seasons and droughts.  At birth we are put on the path with no road map or guides, we are told no warnings of what to expect or of the dangers that lie in wait for us.

As we travel along that river of life we will often find ourselves covering all sorts of terrain, we go over hills of all sizes, sometimes we find ourselves climbing over big rocks and at other times walking over pebbles.

Sometimes we pause to take in the beauty and at others we run from wasps and creatures that smell a delicious dinner.  We pick up flowers and bring them to our noses inhaling their sweet scent, we get sad seeing a creature fallen before us or skeletons of past travellers along the road.

If we’re lucky we will bump into fellow travellers along the way and they guide us over the really difficult parts while at other’s there’s not another soul in sight.

Through it all though there are those precipices, the times when we pause and take a look at both sides of the river and notice that the one we are walking on is not as colourful as the one on the other side, the river is mostly dry where as towards the other side it flows with a steady pace. 

The precipice is what separates you from the other side of the river.  There is no bridge to quickly cross to the other side so you find yourself sitting with a decision that could change your whole journey. 

Option one is that you continue walking on the same path with no guarantees that you will find that desired bridge.  The word “Maybe” keeps one foot in front of the other as you walk along the barren land. 

Option two is that you cross the rocky danger infested river bed that has demonic creatures and monsters from the past, obstacles and challenges that you must face in order to get to the other brighter side.  The river could claim your life, you could break a few bones, old wounds will scratch open and bleed.

We all swing between these two options in all instances we come across in life.  The decision to cross the river might be sometimes easier than others, sometimes it can be so scary that we opt to walk a little longer on the drought barren path building up courage to take the first step over the edge.

Ultimately we have to cross to the other side or we allow our souls to become barren and dry, colourless and dead.  All change is necessary, no matter how long we take, no matter how far we try to run from it. 

Cross the river and face the demons that lurk, bleed through old wounds and keep going over the obstacles, slay the monsters and get to the other side… For once on the other side you emerge stronger, your spirit is lifted and you once again can smell the true sweet scent from the flowers, the scent of life you had forgotten existed.

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by Sanity on April 24, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on April 24, 2009

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Take your chances turn around and go

Who’s to say where the wind will blow, take your chances, turn around and go… I love this song

Who’s to say where the wind will blow

Time will tell us if we’re out of answers when it stops
Climb back down to the beginning
Take it from the top
Who’s to say where the wind will blow

What happens when all your dreams are lying on the ground
Do you pick up the pieces all around
And if the world should fall apart hold on to what you know
Take your chances turn around and go

All the leaves are turning and the sky fades to gray
Strange our life coincides with the seasons of today
Who’s to say where the wind will blow

What happens when everything is lying on the ground
Do you pick up the pieces all around

And if the world should fall apart hold on to what you know
Take your chances turn around and go

Carry on you say
Bring the best of today
All I see is struggling on the way

Maybe when the sun crashes through the gray
I can find the strength to make it through the day
Through the day

What happens when all your dreams are lying on the ground
Do you pick up the pieces all around

And if the world should fall apart hold on to what you know
Take your chances turn around and go
Take your chances turn around and go

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by Sanity on January 21, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on January 21, 2009

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Together we cry…

Some may say that this song is sad once you listen to the lyrics and the truth that they hold, perhaps though a few of you may hear it as I do.

“Teach a man to fish, feed a man for life
Show your kids the truth, and hope they never lie”

We all have to do what we can, the best that we can do and try our best to teach our children, live as we believe we should and to help the world in order to make it a slightly better place for our children’s children.  Sometimes we fail, sometimes we succeed. Truth is that no matter what we do we can’t prevent all things, we can’t control what happens in the world or to those that we love.  Instead we can only be there for them in their time of need, guide them where we can and to teach them the best we can in hope that they then have the skills to survive what ever trials come their way.

“Teach a man to fish, feed a man for life
Show your kids the truth, and hope they never lie”

For me this song holds a valuable lesson, we cry, we feel guilt for what we never did (in reality weren’t in a position to do) and we torment… all we can really do, ever do, is be the best we can be each and every day we arise to a new dawn…

Together we cry
Together we cry

Jenny was a poor girl, living in a rich world
Named her baby hope when she was just 14
She was hoping for a better word for this little girl
But the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree
When she gets that call, Hopes too far gone
Her baby’s on the way, with nothing left inside
Together We Cry

What about the john play, could have gone the whole way
Lighting up the stage tryna get a deal
Now he’s lighting up the wrong way, something for the pain
Man you wanna see this kid he was so fuckin’ unreal
When he gets that call, he’s too far-gone
Can’t get it together to sing one song
And they won’t hear tonight, the words of a lullaby

Together We Cry [X4]

Mary’s ambition, she wants to be a politician
She’s been dreaming about it since she was a girl
She thought, that she’d be the one who could change the world
Always tryna pave the way for women in a man’s world
But life happened, house, kids, 2 cars, husband hit’s the jar,
Checks that don’t go very far now
Now she ain’t making changes, she keeps her mind on her wages
The only rattling cages are her own

Together We Cry [X2]

Theres so much sad gonna flood the ocean
Were all in tears from a world thats broken

Together We Cry [X2]

The comes a time that every bird has to fly
At some point every rose has to die
It’s hard to let your children go, leave home, where they go, who knows?
Gettin’ drunk, gettin’ stoned all alone
Teach a man to fish, feed a man for life
Show your kids the truth, and hope they never lie
Instead of reading in a letter that they’ve gone to something better
Bet your sorry now, I wont be coming home tonight

I’m sick of looking for those heroes in the sky
To teach us how to fly
Together we cry, we cry, we cry

Together We Cry

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by Sanity on January 12, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on January 12, 2009

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Hello 2009, post note to 2008: Cheers

Finding_the_light_by_NevaehBanishedAngel2008… What a weird, strange, wonderful, horrible, traumatic, incredible,  beautiful, loving, heart breaking, joyous, loss filled, soul destroying, knee jerking, soul lightening, friendship filled year of growth and forgiveness!

There is never any bad without good, a lesson I learnt at a young age, and although this year was more eventful than I have shared there were many moments of pure “oh wows”.

This year I lost a mentor, soul mother and friend.  She helped me during my homeless years, someone that kept me on the right road and called me the Daughter given by Allah.  Nessa was one of the good souls in this world, someone I will hold in my heart always, one whom I shan’t forget, both her memories and lessons.  I am who I am today because of this wise woman and I was truly blessed with the chance of having her in my life.

This year I gained another mentor, a soul sister and friend.  Her kind and compassionate soul stuck with me through thick and thin, never faltering, she kept me sane through long moments of insanity and loves me no matter what.

This year I dug through all the cupboards within the attic of my past, went through each box one by one and did some dusting, clearing out and accepting.  Reliving the past willingly was one of the hardest things I have ever done.  Facing the demons that lurked in the darkest corners and staring them in the eye soul destroying at times.

This year I re-learnt some valuable lessons, picked up a few new ones and found acceptance for what was that can never be undone or changed.  I forgave the trespasses against me and re-looked at the reasons for their actions, what made these people do the things they did to me.  I forgave these people a long time ago but never truly faced the anger that simmered deep within my belly.  I gave it up, understood and accepted.  Through it all I have grown strong and never again will I allow all that has happened in the past to happen once more.

This year people whom I thought were one thing, true and with backbone broke my heart.  Family members and once good friends alike, chance after chance, they proved themselves the fakes that they are.  Lies, deceptions, manipulation and selfishness ripped my heart to shreds, over and over again to the point that I started to believe that there were no people in this world with a heart or soul.

This year I was shown over and over again that there are people in this world that have the biggest of hearts, whose souls shine such bright lights that they pierce the darkest of nights.  For each person that broke my heart in my life I have found more than a couple of true, brilliant, amazing, warm, giving, kind, compassionate and loving people whom I now call dear friends.

2008 has given me it’s higher than highs and its lower than lows with it’s last gift to me from my birth mother.  She informed me on Christmas day that she had sold everything of mine, the sum of which she is keeping.  All I now own is the clothes I have with me, the clothes that I need to get from my sisters and 5 paintings.

I own one more thing far greater than all of those, the one thing she could not sell, the one thing no one can ever sell, not anymore…

I own my life!

So thank you 2008, I will drink a toast to you tomorrow night with a big smile on my face in thanks and happiness.

There is no bad without the good

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by Sanity on December 30, 2008  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on December 30, 2008

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