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Back to you

I was young so I forgot which was my place and which was not

Thought I had a good shot I took it right in my eye

Look ahead, look behind take another, I don't mind

Follow the signs right back to you. Back to you, back to you

I know they wind right back to you. So, put a poesy in your hair

Pretend you couldn't give a care. Whistle past the graveyard

Even the dead deserve a song. Let the moon do what she doe

She don't need to make a fuss. She don't know she shines for us

Something tells me that she does. Follow the signs right back to you

I know they wind right back to you. Back to you, back to you

Time after time. I follow signs (I follow signs) I know they wind

Lyrics: Twin Forks

Stirling

„And there is a magic in every beginning,

who protects us and help us to live.“

Author: Hermann Hesse

Nostalgia

Nostalgia, it’s called.

Nostalgia, written on ancient story walls.

Nostalgia, a happy sadness.

Nostalgia, a human madness.

Nostalgia, an affection for the past.

Nostalgia, divine or bitter while it lasts.

Author: simran

Run Boy Run

Run boy run! This world is not made for you.

They're trying to catch you.Running is a victory.

Beauty lays behind the hills. The sun will be guiding you.

They're dying to stop you. This race is a prophecy.

Break out from society. Tomorrow is another day.

And you won't have to hide away. You'll be a man, boy!

But for now it's time to run, it's time to run!

Run boy run! This ride is a journey to the secret inside of you.

This race is a prophecy and disappear in the trees.

And you won't have to hide away. And when the night fades away you'll be a man, boy!

But for now it's time to run, it's time to run!

song: Run boy run | lyrics: Ambroise Willaume / Yoann Lemoine

By the sea

Me and you.

Through your eyes I give myself to you.

I lose myself.

To see your desire in your eyes.

To sink into your eyes.

Flowers open up. Spray with a warm fragrance most beautiful words.

Only for you.

I give you my hand.

My happiness dwells in your heart.

Let's wear it carefully through the new era.

Author: Jo M. Wysser

Still I rise

You may write me down in history. With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt. But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells. Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns, with the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high, still I’ll rise. Did you want

to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops, weakened by

my soulful cries? Out of the huts of history’s shame up

from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, welling and swelling

I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream

and the hope of the slave. I rise.

Lyrics by Maya Angelou

The Power of Love

It takes a lot to know a man, It takes a lot to understand

The warrior, the sage, The little boy enraged

It takes a lot to know a woman, A lot to understand what's humming

The honeybee, the sting, The little girl with wings

It takes a lot to give, to ask for help, To be yourself, to know and love what you live with, It takes a lot to breathe, to touch,

to feel, The slow reveal of what another body needs

It takes a lot to know a man, A lot to know, to understand, The father and the son

The hunter and the gun, A lot to comprehend what's coming, The mother and the child

The muse and the beguiled, It takes a lot to give, to ask for help

To be yourself, to know and love what you live with, It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel

The slow reveal of what another body needs

Song: It takes a lot to know a man | lyrics: Damian Rice

A frary tale

Dreams are like angels, they keep bad at bay
Love is the light, scaring darkness away
I'm so in love with you, make love your goal

The power of love, a force from above cleaning my soul
Flame on burn desire, love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul, make love your goal, I'll protect you from the hooded claw
Keep the vampires from your door, when the chips are down I'll be around
With my undying death-defying love for you
Envy will hurt itself, let yourself be beautiful
Sparkling light, flowers and pearls and pretty girls
Love is like an energy, rushing in, rushing inside of me

This time we go sublime, lovers entwined divine, divine
Love is danger, love is pleasure, love is pure, the only treasure

song: The power of love | lyrics: Brian Philip Nash / Holly Johnson / Mark William O'toole / Peter Gill / Rudy Perez

Brothers

When we were young we were the ones, The kings and queens oh yeah, we ruled the world
We smoked cigarettes man no regrets, Wish I could relive every single word

We've taken different paths, And travelled different roads
I know we'll always end up on the same one when we're old
And when you're in the trenches, And you're under fire I will cover you

If I was dying on my knees, You would be the one to rescue me
And if you were drowned at sea, I'd give you my lungs so you could breathe

Oh brother, we'll go deeper than the ink, Beneath the skin of our tattoos
Though we don't share the same blood, You're my brother and I love you that's the truth

We're living different lives, Heaven only knows
If we'll make it back With all our fingers and our toes, 5 years, 20 years, come back
It will always be the same, If I was dying on my knees
You would be the one to rescue me, And if you were drowned at sea
I would give you my lungs so you could breathe, And if we hit on troubled water
I'll be the one to keep you warm and safe, And we'll be carrying each other
Until we say goodbye on our dying day, Because I've got you brother

If I was dying on my knees, You would be the one to rescue me
And if you were drowned at sea, I would give you my lungs so you could breathe

Songwriter: Alexander James Davies / Corey James Sanders / Jason Matthew Boland / Jonathan Michael Maguire

/ Mark Daniel Prendergast / Stephen Joseph Garrigan / Vincent Thomas May

Viva La Vida

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning, I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never, never a honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh, who would ever want to be king?

lyrics: Christopher A. J. Martin / Guy Rupert Berryman / Jonathan Mark Buckland / William Champion

Heaven

Oh thinkin' about all our younger years, There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free, Now nothin' can take you away from me, We've been down that road before, But that's over now
You keep me comin' back for more, Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms, I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven, And love is all that I need, And I found it there in your heart, It isn't too hard to see, We're in heavenOh once in your life you find someone, Who will turn your world around, Bring you up when you're feelin' down, Yeah nothin' could change what you mean to me, Oh there's lots that I could say, But just hold me now, 'Cause our love will light the way, I've been waitin' for so long, For somethin' to arrive, For love to come along, Now our dreams are comin' true, Through the good times and the bad, Yeah I'll be standin' there by you, And baby, you're all that I want, When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe, We're in heaven

lyrics: Bryan Adams / James Douglas Vallance

Amor

“But where would happiness be found if a mutual love didn't make it? Tender friendship, sweet trust, the only one that is without reservation, relieved pain, increased joys, magical hope, delicious memories, where else than in love should they be found?”

Author: Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos

Take me with you

Take me with you, take me there

Ill go with you anywhere
Show me all the things you know
Are you with me, are you there
Ill be with you everywhere
Show me all the things you know, you know, you know, you know

The sun always seems to shine on the other side of the mountain
The water is clearer on the other side of the hill
All that water comes to me, ooh as I lay down
Where I am is where I should be

Take me with you, take me there
Ill go with you anywhere
Show me all the things you know - oh
Are you with me, are you there
Ill be with you everywhere
Show me all the things you know

Im holding them close to me
All those things I learned
But theres no questions and answers
So we watch the candle burn, on and on

So the candle burns all night, burns so bright until morning
When I wake I find myself alone
So if you see me - are you here? - hear someone cry, calling out
Rescue me and take me home - take me home

Take me with you, take me there
Ill go with you anywhere
Show me all the things you know - you know
Take me with you, take me with you
Take me with you, take me with you
Show me all the things you know
Please show me

Please take me, show me
Just take me, show me...

Lyrics by Phil Collins