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“Staple It Together”

This is hands down one of my favourites by Jack Johnson, a song that holds such truth in our daily lives.  We all go through rough times, it’s how we look at them that determines how we get through them…

It’s really too bad
He became a prisoner of his own past
He stabbed the moment in the back with the round thumbtack
That held up the list of things he got to do
It’s really no good
He’s moving on before he understood
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
From the places that he’s been because he forgot to look

He better staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather (X3) (mmHmm)

Well I guess you could say
That he don’t even know where to begin
Because he looked both ways but he was so afraid
Digging deep into the ditch every chance he missed
And the mess he made
Because hate is such a strong word
And every brick he laid a mistake they say
That his walls are getting taller, and his world is getting smaller

He better staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather (X3) (mmHmm)

It’s really too bad
He became a prisoner of his own past
He stabbed the moment in the back with the round thumbtack
That held up the list of things he got to do
It’s really no good
He’s moving on before he understood
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
From the places that he’s been cause he forgot to look

He better staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather (X3)

If the weather gets better we should get together
Spend a little time or we could do whatever
And if we get together we’d be twice as clever
So staple it together and call it bad weather… (mmHmm)

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by Sanity on November 3, 2008  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on November 3, 2008

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The times they are a changin’

This song is loaded with memories, good times and bad, along with so much symbology for the present… ah the times they are a changing

Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who
That it’s namin’.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside
And it is ragin’.
It’ll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin’.
Please get out of the new one
If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin’.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’

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by Sanity on September 23, 2008  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on September 23, 2008

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I am you and you are me…

I first really listened to this song as it came on my shuffle while flying to England last year October.  I sat there and listened to it back to back the ENTIRE flight, a total of 11 hours, yes you heard right.  I had just packed up my life, said goodbye to the country of my birth, to people and to my life.  This song is as symbolic now as it was then, if not more so.  

Right now I don’t have space on both my hands for everyone that is going through something, going through a major change or an emotional jigsaw, this song is for you… its for us.

I am you and you are me

I am you and you are me
Why’s that such a mystery?
If you want it you got to believe
Who are we? We’re who we are
Riding on this great big star
We’ve got to stand up if we’re gonna be free yeah

If you want it you got it
You just got to believe
Believe in yourself
‘Cause it’s all just a game
We just want to be loved

The Son of God is in our face
Offering us eternal grace
If you want it you’ve got to believe
‘Cause being free is a state of mind
We’ll one day leave this all behind
Just put your faith in God and one day you’ll see it

If you want it you got it
You just got to believe
Believe in yourself
‘Cause it’s all just a game
We just want to be loved

The future’s in our present hands
Let’s reach right in
Let’s understand
If you want it you’ve got to believe yeah

If you want it you got it
You just got to believe
Believe in yourself yeah
‘Cause it’s all just a game
We just want to be loved

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by Sanity on September 10, 2008  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on September 10, 2008

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Letter to Me ~ Brad Paisley

Kwoneshe2 showed me the music video to this song, I know next to nothing about country music so I am being educated.  My ears like what they hear!

This song is beautiful!

If I could write a letter to me
And send it back in time to myself at 17
First I’d prove it’s me by saying look under your bed
There’s a Skoal can and a Playboy no one else would know you hid
And then I’d say I know its tough
When you break up after seven months
And yeah I know you really liked her and it just don’t seem fair
All I can say is pain like that is fast and it’s rare

1st Chorus
And oh you got so much going for you going right
But I know at 17 it’s hard to see past Friday night
She wasn’t right for you
And still you feel like there’s a knife sticking out of your back
And you’re wondering if you’ll survive
You’ll make it through this and you’ll see
You’re still around to write this letter to me

At the stop sign at Tomlinson and Eighth
Always stop completely don’t just tap your brakes
And when you get a date with Bridgett make sure the tank is full
On second thought forget it that one turns out kinda cool
Each and every time you have a fight
Just assume you’re wrong and dad is right
And you should really thank Mrs. Brinkman
She spent so much extra time
It’s like she sees the diamond underneath
And she’s polishing you ‘til you shine

2nd Chorus
And oh you got so much going for you going right
But I know at 17 it’s hard to see past Friday night
Tonight’s the bonfire rally
But you’re staying home instead because if you fail Algebra
Mom and dad will kill you dead
Trust me you’ll squeak by and get a C
And you’re still around to write this letter to me

You’ve got so much up ahead
You’ll make new friends
You should see your kids and wife
And I’d end by saying have no fear
These are nowhere near the best years of your life

I guess I’ll see you in the mirror
When you’re a grown man
P.S. go hug Aunt Rita every chance you can

3rd Chorus
And oh you got so much going for you going right
But I know at 17 it’s hard to see past Friday night
I wish you’d study Spanish
I wish you’d take a typing class
I wish you wouldn’t worry, let it be
I’d say have a little faith and you’ll see

If I could write a letter to me 
To me

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by Sanity on August 23, 2008  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on August 23, 2008

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100 Things Past, Present & Future

  1. I have sat with this Meme for a total of 96 days
  2. I am currently living in Cape Town, South Africa
  3. This is not my home, never was, never will be
  4. My first flight alone was at the age of 3
  5. My first flight as illegal pilot was at the age of 19
  6. I plan on flying out of RSA
  7. In order to get out I am selling all my furniture that is currently in storage. 
  8. If you are looking for a double bed, washing machine, wind machine (not the dog I promise) or other little things, let me know.
  9. Sorry this does not include the kitchen sink
  10. It does include my TV, Hi-fi and Microwave
  11. I do not ship these things internationally only my body.
  12. All practically unused
  13. Unused because I used to work 16 hours, play for 4 and then sleep for the other 4.
  14. Think what you will
  15. No my body is not for sale, possibly in the future.
  16. I have received 3 Marriage proposals in the last 12 months, I turned each one of them down due to the fact that I will not marry for a visa.
  17. People say I am crazy for turning them down
  18. I don’t care if they do, I quite like my insanity and I have just managed to break in the straight jacket.
  19. I am currently doing a 600 page website (don’t say it, don’t do it, I don’t want to hear it).
  20. Graphic design as well in order to make enough money
  21. With the money I make through the sale of everything and the site I plan on buying a ticket out of here
  22. I am shit scared because I have no where to go and I don’t know if I have enough to get anywhere but I am determined
  23. I am hoping that I can teach with my TEFL (I have no peach impeppermint I shwear)
  24. That was the 2nd glass of wine talking not me
  25. Imaginary 2nd, this house is alcohol free for me
  26. One sip and I am told that I am an alcoholic
  27. I come from alcoholic stock, one sip is an automatic branding
  28. I love fermented grape juice for its essential vitamins and minerals
  29. It is almost two months now that I think about it since I really smoked full on… *partay dance*
  30. I deny all cheats
  31. I love cookies, no one believes me that I can bake them… ok they are normally really crunchy and odd shades of black
  32. They are home made charcoal with which I draw
  33. Charcoal and ink are my favourite mediums in which to draw and paint though I never do. 
  34. Our secret, thanks
  35. I have been hired by a friend to do photography at her wedding.
  36. Payment is food apparently and I have never done a wedding before, I don’t mind I love food
  37. How this happened I have no clue. I believe her words were “SF your photos are sooo amazing please be our photographer”
  38. She’s cheap and she was lying, she knew she had me on food but had to seal deals.
  39. Its only 30 and I am craving a smoke huh where’d that come from!
  40. Oh, perhaps the number *shrug*
  41. At the age of 20 I smoked 60 a day, I claimed it to be because I only ever slept 3 hours
  42. I still only sleep between 3 and 5 hours every night
  43. My name means Nobel Strength, my second name means Nobel Grace, my surname means Barman or Innkeeper
  44. It is too poetic to translate for you the true meaning of all of that together.  Perhaps its only in my head.
  45. I am studying TEFL as a back up plan to help get my butt overseas
  46. The course finishes on 29 September
  47. I have lots more to study but can’t during the evening so I sit here like kwoneshe2 (hah soz just had to say it so don’t feel so alone!)
  48. I got sidetracked, country options, right…
  49. Britain doesn’t want me because I am South African
  50. They don’t like South Africans anymore because our Home Affairs department was caught selling passports to the Pakistani’s
  51. Europe, It is the same with those Europeans, South Africans are now the devils spawn, forget Microsoft, we’re bad news
  52. South America, I don’t need a visa there, how cool is that! My Portuguese and Spanish though are absolutely shocking
  53. I can swear like a true Italian though
  54. That doesn’t count though
  55. I can swear in Italian, Afrikaans, Hindi, Swahili, German and Arabic
  56. I deny the ability to do so in French
  57. I very rarely swear in English when spoken
  58. I can imitate accents really well
  59. I do this without thinking
  60. If I talk to you and you talk differently I chameleon you, always have done
  61. Jokes aside I plan on making tracks a year to date since my last move went down
  62. October 2008 if not sooner.
  63. I have made a few very important decisions in the last year
  64. I will never again give up my independence to make another person happy
  65. I will never allow someone to guilt trip me into doing something either
  66. I will continue to speak up when I see injustice happen no matter what the consequences are, wrong is wrong.
  67. I will not baby those in my life who get jealous or show envy, if you are jealous of me deal with it and don’t make your problems mine, I am tired of hiding or changing my ways so that others aren’t “offended”
  68. Got sidetracked again
  69. I don’t have ADD but I can add though I love irritating 6 year olds with “2+2=5″
  70. They laugh at me saying that I am a dumb old person and there is no ways I can be an adult if I get THAT wrong
  71. I agree with them and get extra piece of cake because I am a giant kid
  72. Ok not that giant
  73. Back on track
  74. Another option is the USA although their entrance requirements are scary
  75. Again South Africans are now classed as dodgy
  76. Now… what am I talking about, 2 months ago they removed Nelson Mandela from their terrorist watch list
  77. The world doesn’t want me but I want the world
  78. I can’t meditate while dogs fart
  79. I have a younger brother
  80. An older brother
  81. Older sister
  82. I doubt any of them know that I used to look like a man from training 5 hours a day in a swimming pool as well as on a hockey field
  83. I looked like a MAN
  84. I was on a carb diet that killed my desire for carbs
  85. I adore jackets and have many
  86. Potatoes in jackets as well – long as they are washed first
  87. I am thinking of selling a few of them, they are limited editions see
  88. I love boots, high boots.
  89. I own a pair of boots that were made before I was born
  90. I ALWAYS put the sugar into the cup first
  91. I ALWAYS put the milk in second
  92. Then the instant coffee (when being lazy/not allowed near machine/too dangerarse)
  93. The water normally always goes either on my toes first or when I remember to stand back from the counter, the floor.
  94. There are some people in my life that, if given the choice to live my life over again and told that I had to go through each moment again in order to meet them, I would in a heart beat.
  95. I hate learning from a book, I prefer learning from others and from random knowledge, my best course so far has been life.
  96. I adore Winnie the Pooh because he has more wisdom than people give him credit for
  97. He is yellow and people still love him
  98. He is clumsy and people still love him
  99. He is chubby and people still love him
  100. If you got to this point it is you that needs the straightjacket, please take a number and the dealers will be with you shortly for a fitting and colour choice.
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by Sanity on August 15, 2008  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on August 15, 2008

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