Mafadi – A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon & Garfunkel

When you’re weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all

I’m on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you’re down and out
When you’re on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you

I’ll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way

See how they shine
If you need a friend
I’m sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

Run To The Water – Live

Oh desert speak to my heart
oh woman of the earth
maker of children who weep for love
maker of this birth
’til your deepest secrets are known to me
I will not be moved
I will not be moved

“Don’t try to find the answer
when there ain’t no question here
Brother let your heart be wounded
and give no mercy to your fear”

Adam and eve live down the street from me
Babylon is every town
It’s as crazy as it’s ever been
Love’s a stranger all around

In a moment we lost our minds here
and lay our spirit down
Today we lived a thousand years
All we have is now

Run to the water
And find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We’ll cut through the madness
of these streets below the moon
these streets below the moon

And I will never leave you
’til we can say, “this world was just a dream
we were sleepin’ now we are awake”
’til we can say

In a moment we lost our minds here
and dreamt the world was round
a million mile fall from grace
Thank god we missed the ground

Run to the water
and find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We’ll cut through the madness
of these streets below the moon
With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts

Yeah, I can see it now lord
out beyond all the breakin’ of waves
and the tribulation
It’s a place and the home of ascended souls
Who swam out there in love!

Run to the water
and find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We’ll cut through the madness
of these streets below the moon
With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts
Rest easy baby, rest easy
and recognize it all as light and rainbows
Smashed to smithereens and be happy
run to the water (and find me there)
run to the water

Carry On

You’d think that we would’ve learned all our life lessons by a fairly young age. That we would stop making foolish mistakes, that we would be more responsible.

How far down do you have to go before you realize that you’re drowning?

What catalyst do we require to make a change in our lives?

We are mere specks of dust in this vast vast universe. And our pasts… though we wish to leave them behind, well we have to face and hope to conquer in order to move forward.

And don’t think it is ever too late to change…but you can never erase the scars of yesterday. Is there ever a redemption? There never truly is.

And all you truly are to others is their worst memory of you. And somehow all it takes is a look or a few words to dismantle the fortress that has been built.

What do we do at times like this?

What do we do?

Do we carry on? Can we make our way forward and forget the tainted path we have walked? Can we blame it on our youth or lack of knowing better or our self destructive personalities, or that we were “born” that way?

Sometimes bandaids will not heal the gaping wounds we prefer not to see. Sometimes it’s easier to pretend we are all fixed up.

Here are the lyrics to the song that prompted some of these thoughts:

Carry On – Fun

Well I woke up to the sound of silence
The cars were cutting like knives in a fist fight
And I found you with the bottle of wine
Your head in the curtains and heart like the fourth of July

You swore and said, “We are not, we are not shining stars”
This I know, I never said we are
Though I never been through hell like that
I’ve closed enough windows to know you can never look back

If you’re lost and alone or you’re sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Carry on, carry on

So I met up with some friends at the edge of the night
At a bar off 75
And we talked and talked about how our parents will die
All our neighbors and wives

But I like to think I can cheat it all
To make up for the times I’ve been cheated on
And it’s nice to know when I was left for dead
I was found and now I don’t roam these streets
I am not the ghost you are to me

If you’re lost and alone or you’re sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Oh, my head is on fire
But my legs are fine
After all, they are mine
Lay your clothes down on the floor
Close the door, hold the phones
Show me how, no one’s ever gonna stop us now

Cause we are, we are shining stars
We are invincible, we are who we are
On our darkest day, when we’re miles away
So we’ll come, we will find our way home

If you’re lost and alone or you’re sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground
And carry on

She Wolf – David Guetta ft Sia

A shot in the dark
A past lost in space
And where do I start?
The past and the chase
You hunted me down
Like a wolf, a predator
I felt like a deer in the lights

You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can’t compete with the she-wolf, who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
‘Cause I’m falling to pieces

I’m falling to pieces
I’m falling to pieces
I’m falling to pieces
Falling to pieces

Did she lie in wait?
Was I bait to pull you in?
The thrill of the kill
You feel is a sin
I lay with the wolves
Alone, it seems,
I thought I was part of you

You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can’t compete with the she-wolf, who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
‘Cause I’m falling to pieces

I’m falling to pieces
I’m falling to pieces
I’m falling to pieces
Falling to pieces

All For Me

Ever since my divorce almost a year ago I’ve had to make my own way…I’ve had to learn who I am and I’ve had to do things for myself.

There are so many other women my age that have followed a path similar to mine. Married, had children, and then divorced before thirty. Some may think this isn’t something to be proud of. But who are they to judge.

Divorce shouldn’t be about a relationship that failed. But should be about allowing ourselves the opportunity to find happiness-for both parties concerned.

The lyrics below have summed up how I felt and the journey I still find myself on.

All for Me – Blackbyrd

You every morning, you every night
You in my heart, in my soul in my life
I was a dreamer, you had the plan
Now you walking away and I don’t understand
 
How come it feels ok to know il never see you again
How come you never ever tried
 
I’m doing it all for me
Taking the chance to find the real me
I’m letting you go 1 4 3
I gotta do this alone and I’m scared to the bone
Im not running away I’m facing my fears
This time I’m gonna learn to dry my own tears
Doing it all for me, without you baby
All for me
 
I’m hoping that I find the strength to move on
When right by your side I thought I would belong
I know I’m not perfect but ima be strong
Cos this is the moment and I want it all
 
How come it feels ok to know il never see you again
How come you never ever cried
 
I’m doing it all for me
Taking the chance to find the real me
I’m letting you go 1 4 3
I gotta do this alone and I’m scared to the bone
Im not running away I’m facing my fears
This time I’m gonna learn to dry my own tears
Doing it all for me, without you baby
All for me
 
Without you I’m learning that I’m incomplete
Without you there’s so much more I want to be
Without you there’s no us, without you it’s just me
Without you it’s all up to me
 
 I’m doing it all for me
Taking the chance to find the real me
I’m letting you go 1 4 3
I gotta do this alone and I’m scared to the bone
Im not running away I’m facing my fears
This time I’m gonna learn to dry my own tears
Doing it all for me, without you baby
All for me

We are Young -Fun feat. Janelle Monae

Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover she’s waiting for me just across the bar
My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you’re trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I’m trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I’ll carry you home

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Now I know that I’m not
All that you got
I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let’s raise a cup
‘Cause I found someone to carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

The moon is on my side
I have no reason to run
So will someone come and carry me home tonight
The angels never arrived
But I can hear the choir
So will someone come and carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I’ll carry you home tonight

Sweet Surrender – John Denver

Lost and alone on some forgotten highway

Traveled by many, remembered by few

Lookin’ for something that I can believe in

Lookin’ for something that I’d like to do with my life
There’s nothin’ behind me and nothin’ that ties me

To somethin’ that might have been true yesterday

Tomorrow is open; right now it seems to be more

Than enough to just be here today
And I don’t know what the future is holdin’ in store

I don’t know where I’m goin’, I’m not sure where I’ve been

There’s a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me

My life is worth the livin’, I don’t need to see the end

Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air
Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air

 

Waiting for the Miracle – Leonard Cohen

Baby, I’ve been waiting, I’ve been waiting night and day.

I didn’t see the time, I waited half my life away.

There were lots of invitations and I know you sent me some,

But I was waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

I know you really loved me. but, you see, my hands were tied.

I know it must have hurt you, it must have hurt your pride

To have to stand beneath my window with your bugle and your drum,

 and me I’m up there waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Ah I don’t believe you’d like it, You wouldn’t like it here.

There ain’t no entertainment and the judgements are severe.

The Maestro says it’s Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum

When you’re waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Waiting for the miracle There’s nothing left to do.

I haven’t been this happy since the end of World War II.

Nothing left to do when you know that you’ve been taken.

Nothing left to do when you’re begging for a crumb

Nothing left to do when you’ve got to go on waiting waiting for the miracle to come.

I dreamed about you, baby. It was just the other night.

Most of you was naked Ah but some of you was light.

The sands of time were falling from your fingers and your thumb,

 And you were waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come

Ah baby, let’s get married, we’ve been alone too long.

Let’s be alone together. Let’s see if we’re that strong.

Yeah let’s do something crazy, something absolutely wrong

While we’re waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Nothing left to do …

When you’ve fallen on the highway and you’re lying in the rain,

 And they ask you how you’re doing of course you’ll say you can’t complain –

 If you’re squeezed for information, that’s when you’ve got to play it dumb:

You just say you’re out there waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Iridescent – Linkin Park

When you were standing in the wake of
devastation
when you were waiting on the edge of the unknown
with the
cataclysm raining down, insides crying save me now
you were there and
possibly alone.

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
you build up
all the failiures all you’ve known
remember all the sadness and
frustration
and let it go, let it go.

And in the burst of light that
blinded every angel
as if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
you
felt the gravity of temper grace falling into empty space
no one there to
catch you in there arms

Do you feel cold and lost in
desperation
you build up all the failures all you’ve known
remember all
the sadness and frustration
and let it go, let it go.

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
you build up all the
failiures all you’ve known
remember all the sadness and frustration
and
let it go,

let it go
let it go
let it go
let it go

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
you build up
all the failiures all you’ve known
remember all the sadness and
frustration
and let it go, let it go