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    October 13, 2020 / No Comments

    Are the walls to lock you in or to keep others away
    And if the doors were to be opened would you leave or would you stay
    The comfort of your misery you cherish dearly, you cherish dearly
    And you haven’t started dreaming ’cause you’re still fast asleep, you’re fast asleep

    Don’t you want to
    Run wild, live free
    Love strong, you and me

    You’re a lion full of power who forgot how to roar
    You’re an eagle full of beauty but you can’t seem to soar
    Will you return to the garden where we were first made whole
    Will you turn to the one who can liberate your soul

    Don’t you want to
    Run wild, live free
    Love strong, you and me
    Run wild, live free
    Love strong

    To every soul locked in a cage
    In the prison of your past mistakes
    No, there’s no time left to waste
    Yeah, you can make your great escape
    We’re made to run wild, run wild, run wild
    We’re made to run wild, run wild, run wild
    We’re made to

    Run, Forrest, all depends what direction
    Some people run from fear, some from their own reflection
    Some people run their mouth, some people run their house
    Ruling with the heart of a tyrant
    Some people run their block, bust shot with a 4-4-5 and
    That’s the environment, how we were raised
    Living like lions but trapped in a cage
    Back to Imago Dei with the blood of a king but the heart of a slave
    Don’t you wanna run

    Run wild, live free
    Love strong, you and me
    Run wild, live free
    Love strong

    To every soul locked in a cage
    In the prison of your past mistakes
    No, there’s no time left to waste
    Yeah, you can make your great escape
    We’re made to run wild, run wild, run wild
    We’re made to run wild, run wild, run wild

    We’re made to run wild, run wild, run wild
    We’re made to run wild, run wild, run wild

    If your soul’s locked in a cage
    You can make a great escape
    We’re made to run wild, live free
    Love strong, you and me

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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    October 6, 2020 / No Comments

    It doesn’t mean much
    It doesn’t mean anything at all
    The life I’ve left behind me
    Is a cold room

    I’ve crossed the last line
    From where I can’t return
    Where every step I took in faith
    Betrayed me
    And led me from my home

    Sweet surrender
    Is all that I have to give

    You take me in
    No questions asked
    You strip away the ugliness
    That surrounds me

    Are you an angel
    Am I already that gone
    I only hope that I won’t disappoint you
    When I’m down here on my knees

    Sweet surrender
    Is all that I have to give (who are you?)

    Sweet surrender
    Is all that I have to give

    And I don’t understand
    By the touch of your hand
    I would be the one to fall
    I miss the little things
    I miss everything about you

    It doesn’t mean much
    It doesn’t mean anything at all
    The life I’ve left behind me
    Is a cold room

    Sweet surrender
    Is all that I have to give (who are you?)

    Sweet surrender
    Is all that I have to give

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    October 2, 2020 / No Comments

    Like a million little doorways
    All the choices we made
    All the stages we passed through
    All the roles we played

    For so many different directions
    Our separate paths might have turned
    With every door that we opened
    Every bridge that we burned

    Somehow we find each other
    Through all that masquerade
    Somehow we found each other
    Somehow we have stayed
    In a state of grace

    I don’t believe in destiny
    Or the guiding hand of fate
    I don’t believe in forever
    Or love as a mystical state

    I don’t believe in the stars or the planets
    Or angels watching from above
    But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance
    We can find someone to love
    And make it last
    And make it last

    Like a million little crossroads
    Through the back streets of youth
    Each time we turn a new corner
    A tiny moment of truth

    So many different connections
    Our separate paths might have made
    With every door that we opened
    Every game we played

    Somehow we find each other
    Through all that masquerade
    Somehow we found each other
    Somehow we have stayed
    In a state of grace

    I don’t believe in destiny
    Or the guiding hand of fate
    I don’t believe in forever
    Or love as a mystical state

    I don’t believe in the stars or the planets
    Or angels watching from above
    But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance
    We can find someone to love
    And make it last
    And make it last
    And make it last

    I believe there’s a ghost of a chance
    I believe there’s a ghost of a chance
    We can find someone to love
    And make it last
    I believe there’s a ghost of a chance
    And make it last
    I believe there’s a ghost of a chance

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    August 26, 2018 / No Comments

    The most significant gifts are the ones most easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings: woods, health, music, laughter, memories, books, family, friends, second chances, warm fireplaces, and all the footprints scattered throughout our days

    Sue Monk Kidd
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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    July 15, 2018 / No Comments

    A man may be judged by his standard of entertainment as easily as by the standard of his work.

    Ben Shapiro
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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    March 24, 2018 / No Comments

    “I know you think you’re a punk,“ Declan said. "But you aren’t nearly as bad ass as you think you are.”
    “Oh, go to hell,” Ronan snapped, just as the alter boys broached the rear doors.
    “Guys,” Matthew pleaded. “Be holy.”

    Maggie Stiefvater
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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    March 22, 2018 / No Comments


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    Soundtrack to Soldati Hearts: The Soldati Prince by Charlie Cochet

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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    March 5, 2018 / No Comments

    But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.

    Mikhail Bulgakov
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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    April 3, 2017 / No Comments

    No one can be miserable forever. No one is meant to be.

    Megan Derr
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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    July 31, 2011 / No Comments

    Our manifesto is: ‘Don’t do it, kids. Never get past the age of 13’

    Richey Edwards on growing up (via glitterinmybreakfastcup)
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