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1 week ago

It was in the march of the winter I turned seventeen
That I bought those pills
I thought I would need
And I wrote a letter to my family
Said it’s not your fault
And you’ve been good to me
Just lately I’ve been feeling
Like I don’t belong
Like the ground’s not mine to walk upon
And I’ve heard that music
Echo through the house
Where my grandmother drank
By herself
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

So please forgive what I have done
No you can’t stay mad at the setting sun
Cause we all get tired, I mean eventually
There is nothing left to do but sleep

But spring came bearing sunlight
Those persuasive rays
So I gave myself a few more days
My salvation it came, quite suddenly
When Justin spoke very plainly
He said “Of course it’s your decision,
But just so you know,
If you decide to leave,
Soon I will follow”

I wrote this for a baby
Who has yet to be born
My brother’s first child
I hope that womb’s not too warm
Cause it’s cold out here
And it’ll be quite a shock
To breathe this air
To discover loss
So I’d like to make some changes
Before you arive
So when your new eyes meet mine
They won’t see no lies
Just love.
Just love.

I will be pure
No, no, I know i will be pure
Like snow, like gold

Bright Eyes, “No Lies, Just Love”

1 week ago

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller

2 weeks ago

My dad’s 20 lb cat hiding from the vet - Imgur

My dad’s 20 lb cat hiding from the vet - Imgur

Fun with magnets

Fun with magnets

Street art in Norway

Street art in Norway

There is nothing for which I’m responsible.
Just this baggage I keep carrying on,
As if I had someone.

Maybe there’s a woman somewhere,
Who’s still thinking of me.
A girl with coal black hair,
Who’s haunted in her dreams.
But what they’ve seen, well, it wasn’t me.
It was just some lie, they slept beside.
Yeah I kept this from them,
But I can’t keep this from you.

So will you look for me, in that strange bright place,
Where the statues bloom in the park.
They don’t need no rain.
Cause how I ever got to you, I have no idea.
It’s like some secret door, well it just appeared.
So, no matter what I do from now on with my time.
You will always stay here, in my mind.
I’m certain of this, and I’m not certain of anything at all.

So, I wanna get myself attached, to something bolted down.
To keep these winds of circumstance won’t keep blowin’ me around.
From when I land, to when I leave
There is enough time, to sleep and sing.
I keep running around and all I want is to lay motionless.

Bright Eyes, “Motion Sickness”

1 month ago

But you who philosophize disgrace,
And criticize all fear,
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain’t the time for your tears

Bob Dylan, “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol”

1 month ago