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Monday, June 8, 2009
This is me
Choose an excerpt of song lyrics, poetry, or prose with which identify. Your choice should tell your audience something about who you are as a person. Please, BE APPROPRIATE. You do not have to explain your choice. It should just be.
Leaves of Grass -Walt Whitman Do I contradict myself? Very well...I contradict myself; I am large... I contain multitudes.
I concentrate toward them that are nigh...I wait on the door-slab. Who has done his day's work and will soonest be through with his supper? Who wishes to walk with me? Will you speak before I am gone? Will you prove already too late? The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me...he complains of my gab and my loitering.
I too am a bit tamed... I too am untranslatable. I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
"That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning, yet long untaught I did not hear, But now the chorus I hear and am elated, A tenor, strong, ascending with power and health, with glad notes of daybreak I hear, A soprano at intervals sailing buoyantly over the tops of immense waves, A transparent base shuddering lusciously under and through the universe, The triumphant tutti, the funeral wailings with sweet flutes and violins, all these I fill myself with, I hear not the volumes of sound merely, I am moved by the exquisite meanings, I listen to the different voices winding in and out, striving, contending with fiery vehemence to excel each other in emotion; I do not think the performers know themselves--but now I think begin to know them (Whitman)."
I'm a new soul I came to this strange world Hoping I could learn a bit 'bout how to give and take. But since I came here, Felt the joy and the fear Finding myself making every possible mistake
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway Out of the darkness and into the sun But I won't forget all the ones that I love I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change And breakaway
I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow, and each road leaves you where you wanna go, and if your faced with a choice, and you have to choose,I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
The ocean floor is hidden from your viewing lens A depth perception languished in the night All my life, I've been sowing the wounds But the seeds sprout a lachrymal cloud
"Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things." Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
And I'm eighteen I couldn't wait to move out It's been five years and now I'm starting to doubt Whether all my dreams are just aimless stares Looking off to some place that isn't there
Hear my song It'll help us get through til tomorrow Hear my song It'll help us survive all the pain Hear my song It's the one thing I have That has never let me down
Listen to the song that I sing Listen to the words in my heart Listen to the hope I can bring And you'll start to grow And shine
Listen to the song that I sing And trust me We'll be fine
If there's a key to the state of joy, I'm gonna find it And no one can keep me out of the sun And when the wind starts to come I'll never mind it There was never a doubt Cause I have the power to change my life one day at a time And hour, by hour, I'll be fine, I'll be alright
“All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization that everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself.”
I hope this old train breaks down Then I could take a walk around And, see what there is to see And time is just a melody All the people in the street Walk as fast as their feet can take them I just roam through town And though my windows got a view The frame im looking through Seems to have no concern for me now So for now
I need this here Old train to breakdown Oh please just Let me please breakdown
24 comments:
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same
Leaves of Grass
-Walt Whitman
Do I contradict myself?
Very well...I contradict myself;
I am large... I contain multitudes.
I concentrate toward them that are nigh...I wait on the door-slab.
Who has done his day's work and will soonest be through with his supper?
Who wishes to walk with me?
Will you speak before I am gone? Will you prove already too late?
The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me...he complains of my gab and my loitering.
I too am a bit tamed... I too am untranslatable.
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
"That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning, yet long
untaught I did not hear,
But now the chorus I hear and am elated,
A tenor, strong, ascending with power and health, with glad notes of
daybreak I hear,
A soprano at intervals sailing buoyantly over the tops of immense waves,
A transparent base shuddering lusciously under and through the universe,
The triumphant tutti, the funeral wailings with sweet flutes and
violins, all these I fill myself with,
I hear not the volumes of sound merely, I am moved by the exquisite
meanings,
I listen to the different voices winding in and out, striving,
contending with fiery vehemence to excel each other in emotion;
I do not think the performers know themselves--but now I think
begin to know them (Whitman)."
You don't like the clothes I wear
How I do my hair
I don't really care
But it's not for you
And I aint got nothin' to prove
I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit 'bout how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
Saf-t-Swim
Jump right in
Let the swimming fun begin
With a stroke stroke splash splash
Water safety fun
Saf-t-Swims for everyone
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow, and each road leaves you where you wanna go, and if your faced with a choice, and you have to choose,I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
The ocean floor is hidden from your viewing lens
A depth perception languished in the night
All my life, I've been sowing the wounds
But the seeds sprout a lachrymal cloud
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
"Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things." Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed.
-Don Wood
And I'm eighteen
I couldn't wait to move out
It's been five years and now I'm starting to doubt
Whether all my dreams are just aimless stares
Looking off to some place that isn't there
It's so sad to see the world agree that they'd rather see their faces fill with flies, all when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes
Hear my song
It'll help us get through til tomorrow
Hear my song
It'll help us survive all the pain
Hear my song
It's the one thing I have
That has never let me down
Listen to the song that I sing
Listen to the words in my heart
Listen to the hope I can bring
And you'll start to grow
And shine
Listen to the song that I sing
And trust me
We'll be fine
~Songs for a New World
If there's a key to the state of joy, I'm gonna find it
And no one can keep me out of the sun
And when the wind starts to come I'll never mind it
There was never a doubt
Cause I have the power to change my life one day at a time
And hour, by hour, I'll be fine, I'll be alright
“All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization that everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself.”
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
I've been wandering around,
Making up movies in my head
So we say don't let it go,
let me try and pull out pride.
The sky glows
I see it shining when my eyes close
I hear your warnings but we both know
I'm gonna look at it again
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as your eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Do I dare disturb the universe?
I hope this old train breaks down
Then I could take a walk around
And, see what there is to see
And time is just a melody
All the people in the street
Walk as fast as their feet can take them
I just roam through town
And though my windows got a view
The frame im looking through
Seems to have no concern for me now
So for now
I need this here
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown
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