They stood up for love

Ok, so I do have one more thing to say before I go back to bed.

I mentioned to someone the other day that I'd rediscovered Live.
Funny thing is I'd never really been a fan they where just another one of those bands that was always just there, never really stood out to me except for maybe "dance with you" which I've always liked.
I think I may have posted the lyrics at some point. But thats not actually what I wanted to say. :P
What I was actually going to say is that maybe rediscovered live was the wrong term, turns out that I actually only discovered one song that for some reason had never caught my attention before and yet now I cant seem to get rid of it, firstly because well I like it and keep listening to it (lol go figure that one) and secondly because the lyrics just seem to speak to me on a totally different level to anything else and that hasn't happened in a long time, ok except "push me to the floor" but thats a WHOLE other story :P I also can't seem to get it out of my head, it's been there for days and nothing seems to want to replace it, not even "push me to the floor " seems willing to win this fight.
So I'm going to surrender, post the lyrics and crawl back into bed and tomorrow I may just have a post for you about why this particular song is suddenly so cool or maybe not :) If you feel like a little homework give the lyrics some thought you'll be surprised what you come up with, I certainly was

Have a good one guys :)

Live
They stood up for LOVE

naked lovers feel the blood beneath their veins
electric nerves communicate
with tiny explosions through our brains
who is this energy that never left or came?
give rise to passion the only glory
of this human story

I give my heart and soul to the one

we spend all of our lives goin` out of our minds
looking back to our birth, forward to our demise
even scientists say, everything is just light
not created, destroyed but eternally bright
masters in everytime lord in everyplace
those who stood up for love down in spite of the hate
in spite of the hate

who put the flower in the barrel of that gun?
who lit the candle that started the fire,
burnt down the fortress, the throne?
who could house all the refugees in a single shack
or a lowly bungalow?
who lives in a different dimension, free from the
struggles we know?

I give my heart and soul to the one

we spend all of our lives goin` out of our minds
looking back to our birth, forward to our demise
even scientists say, everything is just light
not created, destroyed but eternally bright
masters in everytime lord in everyplace
those who stood up for love down in spite of the hate
we spend all of our lives goin` out of our minds
they live in the light

we made it to the moon
but we can`t make it home
waitin` on a rescue that never comes
made it to the moon
but we can`t make it home
maybe home is where the heart is given up
to the one
to the one

we spend all of our lives goin` out of our minds
lookin` back to our birth, forward to our demise
we spend all of our lives goin` out of our minds
they live, they

they stood up for love
stood up for love
stood up for love
they stood up for love
stood up for love
stood up for love

we spend all of our lives goin` out of our minds
masters in everytime
we spend all of our lives goin` out of our minds
stood up for love

Can't think of a title so there isn't one :P

Got lots to say but no time to say it really :( Things are a little nuts and I seem to have walked smack bang into something I wasn't expecting at all and am definetly not sure I want or am happy with, but then there really is no such thing as smooth sailing, well not in my ocean anyway. Just glad to have my buoy that keeps me from getting lost :P Maybe tonight I'll get a chance to catch you all up if I don't run aground :D

Yes this is you :)

"Once in a while you meet someone, and soon you both discover the two of you are truly something special to each other... you share your thoughts and feelings so relaxed, so openly, and right away you know your friendship's truly meant to be."

Gary H

Lol

Just spotted a quote (yes still not studying) that tickled my mind a little and I thought I'd share it quickly

"Love is for the lucky and the brave"

I'm definetly very LUCKY just not sure yet if I'm totally brave enough :P

About time

Got plenty to say today but don't have the time, should be studying :(

So here's my thought for today and every day from now.
I have goal and I aim to achieve it even if it kills me trying :)

"Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday.

Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day.

Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all.

You were not born to fail."

Og Mandino

ALL is forgiven ;)

ALWAYS forgive your enemys - Nothing annoys them more :P

Lead me not into

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it,resisting just leaves your soul sick and longing for the thing it has forbidden itself

~oscar wilde

"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."

Goethe

Or so they say :)

"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble."

Titus Maccius Plautus

*shrug*

I don't actually have anything of use to say today, well nothing I can say here anyway.
Feeling extremely mixed up, confused, disjointed and removed from everything.
I want things again and I know .................... Actually I dont, I honestly just don't know

:)

Been trying to come up with a way to say something to someone for hours now and just haven't been able to put words to feelings without sounding all cheesy and stupidly embarrassing, so I went and hid in my music again and sure enough there it was. What I want to say, perhaps not perfectly or precisely what I had in mind but definitely more eloquent than anything I'd come up with so far, so here they are the words I've been battling to say well almost anyway.

"More Than Anyone"

Gavin De Graw

You need a friend
I'll be around
Don't let this end
Before I see you again
What can I say to convince you
To change your mind of me?
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to hold you closer than before
And when I kiss your soul, your body'll be free
I'll be free for you anytime
I'm going to love you more than anyone
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
Not just the color
Look inside of me
Tell me all you need and I will try
I will try
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to hold you closer than before
And when I kiss your soul, your body'll be free
I'll be free for you anytime
I'm going to love you more than anyone
Free for you, whenever you need
We'll be free together baby
Free together baby
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to hold you closer than before
And when I kiss your soul, your body'll be free
I'll be free for you anytime
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to love you more than anyone

Happiness

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

Victor Hugo

Although very true mine reads a little differently because I believe that my ability to love is one of my greatest hapinesses and maybe because of that I find some of my greatest happiness in those I am able to love unconditionally.

Just me

I have so much going on in my head again today, so much I want to say, some of it personal and some of it not, some of it meant for only one person and some well for everyone and I have NO idea where or how to start so I guess I'll go with the safest option and just say nothing.
Well nothing except maybe

Hope springs eternal

And yes I may be living, I'm certainly loving but I'm sure as hell not laughing

NO limits

There is no limit to love's forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure.

If only

"Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others."

Dennis Diderot

Finally

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses; no one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift of life is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life begins” – Abraham Maslow

Still full of hope

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. "

This ones for YOU

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Maya Angelou

Thanks ;)

Just a reminder

"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished."

Og Mandino

Remember when. . . . . . . .

Remember when we were young, playing superheroes in our underpants
Then the oldest told us batman wasn't real
So we grew up rather young
We bled real blood just to act real tough
We realised pretty soon real life is really real

So we cry and crawl and we learn to walk
Pretty soon we all fall down
We laugh and we dance we all make love
And we break our hearts, we all fall down

They say, "That's life!"
We're born into this world with no book of rules
Welcome to the hard knock school
They say, "That's life!"

Remember when we were young, playing cops and robbers just for fun
Then our neighbourhoods filled up, filled up with real guns
So we learnt real quick that life is sick
when we couldn't fix the problem with a crucifix
It was times like these we wished batman was real

So we cry and crawl and we learn to walk
Pretty soon we all fall down
We laugh and we dance we all make love
And we break our hearts, we all fall down

They say, "That's life!"
We're born into this world with no book of rules
Welcome to the hard knock school
They say, "That's life!"

When days are dark and it all goes wrong
We'll just hum along to our favourite songs

They say, "That's life!"
We're born into this world with no book of rules
Welcome to the hard knock school
They say, "That's life!

We're older now but not braver,
Voting for supposed saviours
And it's times like these we wish batman was real

just a thought

It's funny how you can go month's without hearing a song and then suddenly the universe throws it at you and reminds you to sit up and take note. This is one of those songs, hadn't heard it in absoltely ages (I'd be lying if I even tried to put a time span on when last I heard it) but today I heard it twice in two very different places in less than two hours, first at a second interview and secondly at my brothers new girlfriend's, only the second time I've met her but somehow we ended up spending the afternoon together. It was never really a favourite of mine in fact I'd even go as far as to say I didn't particularly like it and yet today something about the lyrics stuck with me and I can't get it out my head. Yes I know there will be a heap of theories and a load of reading into (yes I saw all the two's). Personally it just makes me think of someone I know :)

Lips of an angel

Hinder

Honey why you calling me so late?
It's kinda hard to talk right now.
Honey why are you crying? Is everything okay?
I gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And, yes, I've dreamt of you too
And does he know you're talking to me
Will it start a fight
No I don't think she has a clue

Well my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

Honey why you calling me so late

Dream Big

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

- Leon J. Suenes

No more fear

Love arrives and in its train comes ecstasies..old memories ... pleasure...ancient histories of pain,yet..if we are bold love strikes away the chain of fear from our souls

~maya angelou

Strength within

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

Anna Freud

Wisdom

"Wisdom begins in wonder"

Socrates

Strange, crazy

Yep, those are the words I'd use to describe today.
I've gone from waking up this morning feeling totally helpless, over emotional and not enough in so many ways to just knowing that things are going to be ok, that the change is just around the corner.
Nothings happened to bring this on just a sudden sense of knowing.
*shrug*
Who knows. . . . . .

:)

Dance

I hear the drama
I hear the drama
Break break break in the silence

I feel the world
I feel the world
Is addicted to violence

You better dance
You better dance
Like nobody's watching you

You better sing
You better sing
Like nobody's listening

Dance, dance, dance
Like nobody's watching you

I feel the world
I feel the world
Is addicted to hate and war

You better love
You better love
Like you've never been hurt before

Dance like Fred Astaire
Dance like you don't care

Dance, dance, dance
Like nobody's watching you

And I don't know
Exactly where we go
But what I do know
Is that I've only got one chance

And I don't believe
In what I cannot see
But what I do know
Is that I've only got this dance

I hear the silence...

Just one more reason I'm starting to LUV The Parlourtones

Changes

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

Andy Warhol

I'm yours

You touch these tired eyes of mine
And map my face out line by line
And somehow growing old feels fine
I listen close for I'm not smart
You wrap you thoughts in works of art
And they're hanging on the walls of my heart

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
And never feel I'm quite enough
It may not seem like very much
But I'm yours

You heeled these scars over time
Embraced my soul
You loved my mind
You're the only angel in my life
The day the news came my best friend died
My knees went week and you saw me cry
Say I'm still the soldier in your eyes

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
And never feel I'm quite enough
It may not seem like very much
But I'm yours

I may not have the softest touch
I may not say the words as such
I know I don't fit in that much
But I'm yours

Just a reminder

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."

Beverly Sills

Omens

I was staring out my window on Friday afternoon thinking about some friends that where attending a funeral, when out of nowhere it started to drizzle and the first thing that popped into my head was I wonder if it's drizzling at the funeral because I remembered my grandmother telling me that a rain shower during a funeral was good luck and that the rain drops where tears of joy for a soul at peace....

It seems silly I know but it made me smile, not only because of the thought of a soul at peace (particularly this one) but also because it's the first good omen I've been privy to in a long time.

I've had a few conversations of late and no matter what spin or interpretation has been put on them the discussions have all been about bad omens not a single solitary good one amongst them so when I remembered what my gran had told me as a very young child it was almost as if I breathed a sigh of relief that finally there was something good. Now obviously this is a personal interpretation based on something I was told as a child and I would love other peoples opinions on this as this is something I'm not sure of but choose to believe because of past personal experiences.

Awareness of things around me and of things that I see and feel is definitely turning out to be an interesting ride even if it's not on a level worthy of mention :)

True Colours

Someone asked me a while back what I saw in someone very special to me and I was at a complete loss for anything more than that there is just something about this person to explain. Funny how a question like that can be answered when you're not trying to answer it. My answer came on Friday night when I heard this for the first time in I have no idea how long and I suddenly knew why he's so special :D

True Colours

Cyndi Lauper

You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Communicate

"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

Anthony Robbins

Love and Light

My thoughts will be with you all today.

Anyone have an anvil I can borrow :P

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

James A. Froude

Into the night

Songwriters: Santana, Carlos; Kroeger, Chad;

Like a gift from the heavens, it was easy to tell
It was love from above that could save me from hell
She had fire in her soul it was easy to see
How the devil himself could be pulled out of me

There were drums in the air as she started to dance
Every soul in the room keeping time with their hands
And we sang

Ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And the voices bang like the angels sing
We?re singing, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And we danced on into the night

Ay, oh, ay, ay, oh, ay, oh
And we danced on into the night

Like a piece to the puzzle that falls into place
You could tell how we felt from the look on our faces
We were spinning in circles with the moon in our eyes
The room left them moving between you and I

We forgot where we were and we lost track of time
And we sang to the wind as we danced through the night
And we sang

Ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And the voices bang like the angels sing
We?re singing ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And we danced on into the night

Ay, oh, ay, ay, oh, ay, oh
And we danced on into the night
Ay, oh, ay, ay, oh, ay, oh
And we danced on into the night

Like a gift from the heavens, it was easy to tell
It was love from above that could save me from hell
She had fire in her soul it was easy to see
How the devil himself could be pulled out of me

There were drums in the air as she started to dance
Every soul in the room keeping time with their hands
And we sang

Ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And the voices bang like the angels sing
We?re singing ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And we danced on into the night

Ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh
And the voices bang like the angels sing
We?re singing ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And we danced on into the night

Ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
Ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
Singing ay, oh, ay, oh, ay, oh, ay
And we danced on into the night

Just one of those random songs that makes me smile and think of the good times and people that I miss

A very random thought

"If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others."

Tryon Edwards

This brought to mind something my grandmother always said about "those who can, do and those who can't, teach". It's an idea that I've always thought was a little silly since in my opinion you need to be able to do something to be able to teach someone else to do it. A very random and controversial idea I guess. Judging from our education system my grandmother's saying is the norm but thats a whole other rant for another day. What I actually wanted to say was that we each should be learning something new on a daily basis from those around us and if we're not maybe it's time to step out of that rut, take a risk, learn something, anything. You never know it may change your life :)

Going......going........very almost gone

Has it ever happened to you that you make a choice and suddenly everything the universe throws at you trys to prove exactly the opposite???

I've been trying so hard to keep everything together, to be strong, to believe I'm good enough and to live a limitless life but everything and almost everyone around me is doing thier best to prove otherwise.

So much so that I think that maybe it's time to just walk away or to quote The Parlourtones "disapear without a trace"

I am Good Enough

"And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that."
Anthony Trollope

Live like we're dying

These lyrics by the script just seemed to fit so well with how I'm feeling tonight

Live Like Were Dying

Sometimes we fall down and cant get back up
Were hiding behind skin thats too tough
How come we dont say i love you enough
till its too late, it's not too late
Our hearts are hungry for a food that wont come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
and were all staring down the barrel of a gun
so if your life flashed before you, what would you
wish you wouldve done

[chorus]
Yea,gotta start
looking at the hand of the time weve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin' it
every second counts on a clock that is tickin'
gotta live like were dying
we only got 86/400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell em' that we love em'
while we got the chance to say
Gotta' live like were dying

and if you plane fell out of the skies
who would you call with your last goodbyes
should be so careful who we live out for our lives
so when we long for absolution,there'll be no one
on the line

[chorus]

u never know a good thing till its gone
u never see a crash until its head on
all these people right when were dead wrong
u never know a good thing till its gone

[chorus]
like were dyin ooohhh(2x)

LOVE

Ok, so the writting bug has bitten :P
Missed it I did :D

I've had a couple of things that have been on my mind lately and I guess circumstances have just pushed them to the back of my mind again, but something I've been giving a LOT of thought to was thrust back to the fore again this morning with this simple line posted by a friend at the end of his post today. "but i implore you, LOVE, goddamit LOVE today with everything you have." Sadly it always seems to take tragedy to make us remember these things and normally only for a little while.

I have been trying for a long time now to live with love, I've let it back into my life in all forms after a very long absence and as bad as things have been I don't regret it for a moment, in all honesty I don't think I'd have made it this far is I hadn't let back in but that's another story all together.

What I have been mulling over though as I have in previous posts is how we define love, this time though there have been a few additions in the form of how do we express that love once we've defined it, trick question with an even trickier answer it turns out and then of course there is my million dollar favourite question, once we have defined love how can we be expected to love only one person. I've heard some strange reasoning behind this one's answers none of them have wrung truer than my own definition though and so I've decided since I feel like writting I may as well tackle these three questions and yes I'm guessing it's going to be a multiple post quest for answers again because they're actually all very complex and yet simple questions that need a little time of their own

So here it is the classical definition of love



But is that really how we need to define love, are we then not setting ourselves up for inevitable failure since we as humans are inherently distrustful, self serving, envious, proud and all those things love is not meant to be. Is love not better served by being defined as acceptance of who or what a person is with all his or her faults and foibles?? Is love not better served by being able to see and bring out the best in a person rather than looking for and expecting the worst in them??

I know I don't have a concrete answer and I probably never will have, but I have discovered that love on my terms, to my definition suits me and works for me and I guess thats all any of us can do. Find our own definition of love and work forward from there.

Calling all Angels

Ok, so I'm having a strange day. Haven't been able to shake the feeling there are big changes in the offing for days now but that's not the strange part. The strange part is I've had 2 songs playing in my head today and they're both called "calling all angels". The first is from probably one of my favourite movies Pay it Forward, a premise I try to live by and the second was well just a pop song I liked. Funny thing is they're 2 very different artists and yet the lyrics (yes you're getting more lyrics :P ) are very much along the same track. Make of it what you will I'm sure going to :)

Calling all Angels
Jane Siberry

A man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
And high above him you hear the church bells start to ring.
The heaviness, the heaviness of it settles in,
A mother starts to sing.

Then it's one foot then the other as you step along the road
Steppin' on the road, how much weight, how much weight?
And it's how long and how far and how many times,
Oh, before it's too late?

Calling all angels, Calling all angels.
Walk me through this one, don't leave me alone.
Calling all angels, Calling all angels.
We're trying, we're hoping, but we're not sure how...

Oh and every day you gaze upon the sunset
With such love and intensity.
Why it's almost as if, if you could only crack the code
You'd finally understand what this all means.

Oh but if you could, do you think you would
Have traded all the pain and suffering?
Oh, but then you would've missed the beauty of the light upon this earth
And the sweetness of the leaving.

Calling all angels, Calling all angels!
Walk me through this one, don't leave me alone
Calling all angels, calling all angels,
We're trying, we're hoping but we're not sure...

Calling all angels (call all angels)
Calling all angels (call all angels)
Walk me through this one
Don't leave me alone.

Calling all angels, Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping, we're hurting, we're loving
We're crying, we're calling,
But we're not sure how this goes.

Calling All Angels
Train

I need a sign to let me know you're here
All of these lines are being crossed over the atmosphere
I need to know that things are gonna look up
'Cause I feel us drowning in a sea spilled from a cup

When there is no place safe and no safe place to put my head
When you feel the world shake from the words that are said


And I'm calling all angels
I'm calling all you angels

I won't give up if you don't give up

I need a sign to let me know you're here
'Cause my TV set just keeps it all from being clear
I want a reason for the way things have to be
I need a hand to help build up some kind of hope inside of me


When children have to play inside so they don't disappear
While private eyes solve marriage lies cause we don't talk for years
And football teams are kissing Queens
and losing sight of having dreams
In a world that what we want is only what we want until it's ours

Calling all you angels

Simple

"You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act."

Barbara Hall

Here I go again

Just when I thought I was finally winning, I need to keep going and have no idea how to

Well I'm trying

The greatest gift is ownership of my own life,i do not allow my past hurts to determine my choices or stop me from loving,forgiving or trusting nor do i blame them for my actions because that gives my power away. I make decisions with the free will the gods have given me,i take responsibily for my choices whatever the consequences, i own them, that is my personal power!