I don't want to be anything
other than what I've been
trying to be lately...
All I have to do is think
of me and have peace of mind.
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
wondering what I gotta do, or
who I'm supposed to be..
I don't want to be
anything other than me.
cherish these days, enjoy every breath, like it will be the last of your life... and never look back, never look back, 'cause you won't forget why you cried.
there is a hero in all of us
He's always closing his eyes,
like it hurts to look at things
eyes are the windows to our souls,
and fake smiles are the blinds.
if people weren't so good at
pretending to be happy maybe
they'd be better at actually
being happy.
so wear me like a locket around your throat,
i'll weigh you down, i'll watch you choke,
you look so good in blue...
you look so good in blue.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today
to mourn everything worth mourning.
The broken laughs, the empty hearts,
the secret tears and the ones
who don’t love us back.
There will always be that one girl
wearing green among the black dresses.
and the other women
might stick up their noses,
but deep down they all know,
she’s the only one there who knows herself.
Everyone wants to be in love on Christmas,
and not the kind of love
that’s special like getting dressed up
to see a play downtown,
but the kind of love that’s special
like snow on your birthday,
when your birthday’s in July.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today
to mourn the unmailed letters,
and the lonely decembers.
The children ask,
Does it ever go away?
They’re asking about heartache,
and you know better than to lie,
so you answer truthfully and you say,
No, it doesn’t, it doesn’t go away.
One day you’re jumping in puddles,
and the next thing you know ,
thirty years have passed,
and your telling your kids
to walk around them.
Everyone is taught
to look both ways before
crossing the street
and to talk quietly in the library,
but no one ever learns anything
that matters, like how to keep breathing
when your heart breaks in half.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here
today to remember what it’s like
to be alone and to listen to the
silence as the casket is lowered
and the mother starts to cry,
and the aunts try to comfort her,
and the father doesn’t cry,
and no one tries to comfort him,
and the silence shatters,
like a thousand pieces of paper
ripping in half,
and the day you danced in front
of the three way mirror
seems like a lifetime ago,
as the father starts to cry,
and no one knows what to do.
Dearly beloved we are gathered here
today to mourn the loss of yet
another empty soul for whom
death was the only way out.
Sometimes its hard, you don't
wanna look over your shoulder,
'Cause you dont want to
remember where you've been.
There'll come a time you'd die
if you could only hold her,
I know that's were I am.
Listen with all your heart,
Hold it inside forever.
You may find all your dreams,
Have already come true...
Look inside and find the part
thats leading you...
Thats the beat of a heart.
I hope that when the world comes to an end, i can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.