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Set Fire to the RainEvery time I see you, I can feel my heart stopping,
And every time you're near to me, I feel my legs start walking
And every time that you look my way, I am left with no words,
Because none of them are good enough...to say...

Maybe it's just the clothes you wear,
Or maybe it's just the way you fix your hair,
But I'm bettin it's just the way you smile,
The way you look at me, it makes me fly!

Every girl's got herself a little somethin,
But, compared to you, they've got next to nothin
I can't wait for you to wrap me in your arms again,
When you press your lips to mine, we'll set fire to the rain
Every girl's lookin for that same rea

ShiverIt seems, to me,
That I can't see you,
Your eyes, they glimmer,
And I...just look through

I feel, the heat,
I feel the passion,
The way, you shimmer,
Always gets...this reaction

(oh...oh, oh, oh,)I face defeat,
It makes no difference,
You taste so sweet,
When you glisten...
(oh...oh, oh, oh, oh)You make me weak!
You make me simmer!
Make me feel like a saint!
When I'm a sinner...!(oh...oh, oh, oh)
(oh...oh, oh, oh)

I fail, to find,
Any means to escape,
I grasp, the rope,
But it's too late...(oh oh, oh oh)
(oh...oh, oh, oh)

I sink, I swim,
Can't find the horizon,
You suck, me in,
I'd be happy if I died...!

(oh...oh, oh

Watching Angels FlyLife...is so arrogant,
It really doesn't care
It can lift you up or break you down,
Even act like you're not there
Life, it causes pain,
The never ending refrain
It can set your soul on fire,
From dealing with the strain

Some people rise above,
Some people sink so, so low
Some people act like they have no love,
The rest of us, we shrink away from the blows

But don't let them see the fear,
Don't let them see the tears,
Always keep your eyes high,
Your voice, strong and clear

Don't, ever let them see you cry(Oooooh),
Just, raise your head up to the sky(Don't let them see you),
Pretend, that you're watching angels fly(Oooooh),

Breaking Down the BarricadesSo many stand in front,
And scream to you,
Tell a million lies that,
Anyone can see through
They are always shouting,
For you to choose, choose, choose, choose,
While a billion people die,
From a lack of food

We are free to be alive!
But not free to be free!
And it's your own own best interests,
To hide your sexuality!
You can have to your own opinion,
But you are not heard if you disagree!
And we live inside a world,
Where only the blind can see!
How can we exist in this place,
Where love itself is denied?
It's time to break down the barricades,
Between us, that divide...!

It's time to elevate your!
Mind...!
Elevate yo

The Days Go ByEvery birth is violent,
And painful
A rebirth is even more so...
You have to somehow hold on to,
What you were,
And at the same time look at yourself,
And see what you're worth

I am lucky,
'Cause I have angels
Those that hold me,
Those that lift me up...

I am, wondering,
Where I'm going now
I am, seeing,
Things I'd only thought about
I am losing myself in me...
I am, looking,
Myself in the eye
It's so, so easy,
When you no longer try...

Living and learning, watching the days go by

Everything that happens can,
Haunt you
But only if you allow it, if you choose...
And the only way,
That you can move on,
Is if you're pre

RiseIt's too hard,
That's what you say
You think you should be given everything,
Always have it your way

What if everyone thought the same?

Look into the mirror!
Open your eyes and mind,
And watch it all become so much clearer!
So many paths to choose,
So many ways to win and lose...

Everyone of us is one choice...
Away from the noose!

Open up your mind,
And rise!
Step out of the shadows,
Step into the light!
Pull the veil from,
Your eyes!
Accept who you are,
And never deny!
Life is always learning,
Though it's hard to understand,
But the only reason you need to rise,
Is because you can

It's too easy,
That's what you sa

The MelodyEvery day we...struggle to find ourselves,
Struggle to find our faith,
Struggle with learning to live with,
Pain that has such a bitter taste
Every night we...relive the day,
The ones that came before,
Thinking about the future,
And what's in store
And...then...we
Fall asleep,
And then we dream,
Wondering just who...

We will one day be

On...our...knees...
Living with love, living with laughter,
Living every day, that's all that matters!
On...our...knees...
If we open our hearts, then we will see,
The rhythm of our lives, the melody

Every day we...reach out our hands,
To someone who is in need of it,
Someone who is a puzzl

It All Comes Crashing DownTell me, do you feel the weight of the world,
All upon you, now?
Tell me, do you sense disaster,
Lurking in the past you've drowned?
Tell me, do you feel the pain?
Tell me, does it drive you insane?
Now tell me, please, why do you put yourself through this...

Over and over again?!

The war you wage!
It comes with a cost
And you can't tell,
Just how much you've lost!(It all comes crashing down!)
You've self imposed,
This sanctity!
What price would you pay,
To truly be free?(As it all comes crashing down!)

Accept your denial,
And learn to live,
You won't get a damn thing,
Unless you give
The walls are shaking,
Your chains ar

Little DreamerI love the way she moves,
And I love the way she smiles
I love the way she looks to me,
When she doesn't think I notice
And I love her sparkling eyes,
When they widen in surprise,
Because I told her she was beautiful...

No, no, I can't deny,
This is the way I see her
She's got the look of a dreamer,
Who has been waiting for so long
No, no, I cannot hide,
All the tears she makes me cry,
Because I wish that she was my life...
I wonder if she believes in me?
My lonely little dreamer

When she walks, she seems to glide,
And I love to hear her sigh,
When she looks back upon her life
I guess she just longs to be free,
To live her

Everywhere You GoYou came into my life,
And you filled it up with light,
You chased the dark clouds far away...
It began with just a spark,
But that's always how it starts,
And now I give you the keys,
To...

My heart

Everywhere you go,
I'll be right beside you
Every word you say,
I'll be listening
Every time you pray,
I will be...the one who answers...
No matter what, come what may

You overwhelm me with your words,
And take away all that hurts,
You amaze me more and more, every day...
Your image lingers in my mind,
Even when you're not in sight,
And now you're burned into my senses,
It feels...

So right

Everywhere you go,
I'll be right

Feel the PassionThose that truly know me,
Can see it in my eyes,
All the passion that I feel,
Laid naked, undisguised
While it may seem that it slumbers,
It never truly sleeps,
My passion is what makes me strong,
It will never make me weak

I pour it into my words,
Into everything I do,
I am somehow compelled to do it,
I do not recall being able to choose
It can lift me up so high,
At times, it can bring me low,
It is often just under the surface,
Like a volcano, ready to explode

It is present in my voice,
Every time I say their names,
It washes over each of them,
My love all aflame
It is seen in how I move,
It gives me a subtle grace,
I

As You Leave  (I see)
    (I see)
  (I see)

I see...

You...

  (You)
    (You)
  (You...)

As you walk away,
From everything!
All our yesterdays,
So glistening!

Pain and anger,
So consuming...!

You don't believe,
In anything I say!
No matter what I tried,
I could never find a way!

In confusion...
I watch you go...

As you leave,
I lose myself!
I feel like,
Someone else!
Love and desire,
They mean nothing!
That sound that you hear,
Is me as I scream!
I am scared of tomorrow,
And what it might bring!
With every step you take...
You are taking me away

Annihilate the MassesSo many people will beg and plead,
For other people to see to their needs,
But when told it's a problem, they will disagree

They stand up on the ballot box,
And say this vote was just "tough luck",
And yet scream in abject misery, when futures are turned to dust

Too many people don't give one damn,
About those in power, and all their plans,
And every day that passes, one less person stands

The masses feel the pain of ages,
Through their blood, vision rages,
Yet they do not realize, that they hold the keys to their cages

Unclean cars and motorbikes,
Terrorism and union strikes,
Why must we fight to be so different, when we are al

StrangeWhen I...when I feel,
So lost inside myself,
Standing in the middle of the crowd,
But I can see nobody else
I feel shock,
I feel pain,
And I know that if I could see myself,
I would seem so out of place

But there is a light of reason,
It shines through my eyes,
And I know that if you were before me,
Then you would realize!

I am strange!
Yet I belong
I am so very different,
From anyone you've ever known!
I am strong!
Even when I'm weak
Always learning who I am,
And always I will seek!
I am strange!
And I am proud
No matter what comes against me,
I will never back down

When you...when you look at me,
I can see the quest

My Sweet Revenge(So softly...)You drift away,
You've had a taste,
Of just what you face
So many years,
Have been erased
Now cry...
As you fall...from my grace...

Give a cheer, yeah, let me hear,
Look through my eyes...and see...
Your fear...
The future you thought you could escape...
Is so...
Near...

So, give a cheer,
For my sweet revenge
I've lost my mind,
I've come unhinged,
And you...will pay...
For everything!
You'll feel my pain!
When I...am done...I...
Will be all that remains!
(Give a cheer, for my sweet revenge)
All...! That remains!
(Give a cheer, for my sweet revenge)

A bloody ruin...is all you've left...
To me! Get on you

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You are stronger than you know
So just imagine how strong you'd be,
If only you'd let it all go
So many things,
That you choose to hide,
Pain not accepted...
Is pain denied...!

I will hold your hand,
Yes, I will help you stand
No matter what you do to me...
Because this is who I am

Break your back,
Break your bones,
I'll be with you wherever you go,
And there I will always be
You can break my heart,
But not my will,
Beside you, I will stand still,
There, I will always be...

You are afraid of looking weak,
While the answers that you seek,
So slowly drift away...
So it's time to change!
So man

Haunted by the ScreamsI hear...
The voices in my head
Each one is telling me,
To listen to it instead...
They give their screams of rage,
When I lock them in their cage,
Because they can't corrupt me anymore,
I've turned to a new page

Every night,
There's no rest for me,
I am haunted by the screams,
Of who I used to be
Every day,
There is no change,
They fight to get out of the cage,
But I've thrown away the key...

I hear...
Them telling me it's all gone
Each one with a different horror,
All to it's own...
They voice their pain!
And try to make it mine!
I wish I could get them to understand...!
That they are wasting their time!

Every night,

Not AfraidOur love is testing,
When it should be resting,
Getting ready for forever more
The flame of passion,
Gets the same reaction,
That it's always gotten before
Two souls are healing,
And both are so sore...

Walk so softly, walk so softly,
So you can hear me,
While I'm talking
I'll only whisper,
I'm not screaming senselessly,
At you anymore...

I am not afraid!
Of you, of me, of anyone
These choices that I've made!
Will all keep me from coming undone...!
These chances that I take!
Will save all of us every day!
But only if we let them...

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When in fact I'm leading,
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The Hardest Part

by *That-Krimzon-Stain, Jan 25, 2013, 10:35:28 AM
Literature / Poetry / Spiritual / Songs & Lyrics

I look out of my window,
I see the cars passing by,
Each one trying to reach the speed of sound,
And I see the people with their busy lives
No-one seems to have the patience,
For "hello" or "good-bye",
And I remember something my grandpa said,
At least a million times:

"Slow down...wait your turn...
Watch the world as it moves,
And then, my boy, you will learn..."

And I learned that:

The hardest part of living,
Is growing up, and forgiving,
Learning to deal with the strain...
And the hardest part of life,
Is accepting the pain,
We want to deny
The hardest part of life...
Is the living...

Well, my grandpa died,
Just a month ago,
Bless his heart,
He was ninety-seven...years old...
It feels like he taught me,
Everything I know,
And I'll keep them,
With him, in my soul,
I will never...be letting go...

I learned from him that:

The hardest part of living,
Is growing up, and forgiving,
Learning to deal with the strain...
And the hardest part of life,
Is accepting the pain,
We want to deny
The hardest part of life...
Is the living...

It's not the money...
The power, or the control...
It's being among the people,
It's learning so much that your mind blows
My daughter...she is so very much like me...
And I hope that with every day that passes,
I am putting my grandfather into her dreams...
It just...goes to show...
That for a man with no education,
He was the smartest man I've ever known!

The hardest part of living,
Is growing up, and forgiving,
Learning to deal with the strain...
And the hardest part of life,
Is accepting the pain,
We want to deny!
The hardest part of life...!
Is the living...

jlp January 15, 2013

The Hardest Partby *That-Krimzon-Stain

Literature / Poetry / Spiritual / Songs & Lyrics

Our grandfathers try to teach us so much with the little time they have with us, but most of us either fail to learn, or dismiss what they try to teach us as an old man's foolishness.

This piece comes from something my grandfather told me when I was 19, visiting his farm in North Carolina while on military leave. I was tired, stressing as only a service member can, and while I don't remember exactly what began the conversation, I do remember saying that life was so much harder than I thought it would be.

He looked at me and gave a sort of "hmph" kind of chuckle, and he told me "Son, ain life thas hard, is the LIVIN." I should point out that my grandfather had a SERIOUS southern accent. He pointed out to the cornfields that surrounded his house and told me that growing corn was easy, because corn will grow like all things do, but growing it RIGHT, the right amount, the right quality, to get the best price, THAT was hard.

Much of what I have passed on in my over 5 years here, much of what I have taught in my life, comes from my grandfather, because unlike most people, I didn't think he was foolish, and I listened.

It is my hope that these words are a fitting memorial to one of the two best men I've ever known, he was a simple man, and so this piece, like him, is simple.

It is also my hope that this piece, like the man himself, will change your life, because that is what I do, and it is what he did for me, and I will be forever grateful that the last words I ever said to him were "Love you, grandpa."

In honor and loving memory of James Lawrence Perry, Sr.-September 18, 1915-December 9, 2012, you live on in myself and your granddaughter, and in any other children I may have, and in any she may have.

And now you know where the "jlp" I sign every piece comes from. I carry his name, it is my hope that I honor it as well.

Thank you grandpa, for everything.

Copyright.© The published work is that of the author and no part is to be used, or copied without written permission from me, the author.

*BrightStar2 Feb 10, 2013

yes indeed, beautiful tribute to your grandfather, i am sure
he was a wonderful man, as you are

*That-Krimzon-Stain Mar 13, 2013 Professional Writer

I pale in comparison.

*BrightStar2 Mar 14, 2013

*FrizzieKizzie Jan 26, 2013 Writer

This is beautiful Jamie, and I am sorry for your loss

When Opa died, my whole family was devastated, they sound like similar people. Love you

*That-Krimzon-Stain Jan 29, 2013 Professional Writer

Thank you.

*DireWolfwere Jan 25, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I love how you wrapped a whole poem around the idea that living is the hardest part of life. I love it even more where you got your inspiration from, and yet, it doesn't seem like the poem was forced around the idea of your grandfather's phrase. I could even hear it playing as a sorta country song while I read it, though, not sure that's what you intended

*That-Krimzon-Stain Jan 29, 2013 Professional Writer

It does have a rather country feel and tune to it, I agree.

I force nothing, I just left it flow and arrange itself as it will.

~dashita-tichou Jan 25, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I lost someone who was very close to me recently and this piece really reminds me of her because she was kind of like a grandma to me. More than my grandma anyways. Thank you for writing this, and I'm sorry for your loss.

*That-Krimzon-Stain Jan 29, 2013 Professional Writer

And I for yours.

~dashita-tichou Jan 29, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks.

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