Posted by Shelley on Jun 12, 2010 in
songs Well I started out down a dirty road
Started out all alone
And the sun went down, as I crossed the hill
And the town lit up, the world got still
I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Well the good ol’ days, may not return
And the rocks might melt & the sea may burn
I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Well some say life will beat you down,break your heart, steal your crown
So I’ve started out, for God knows where
I guess I’ll know when I get there
I’m learning to fly, around the clouds,
But what goes up must come down
I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Learning to Fly
lyrics by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne
1991 album, “Into the Great Wide Open”
Posted by Shelley on May 2, 2010 in
songs I’m watching “Meet the Robinsons” and it reminded me of a post I did in September 2009. The song at the end of the movie is a good one and would be included in the soundtrack of my life, if there ever was one!
Going back and revisiting moments in time, trying to make sense of it all is nothing new to me. Expressing it outloud and sharing it with the world on a weblog was a little different. So, this is one of those days. Rethinking it and telling the world about it. In a “shelley-esque” kind of way.
09/26/09 I posted a few of the words this song that defined what I was going through at that time. Here is the whole song. Now I see those lyrics defined more than just that day and that particular moment in time. Instead, the song explained the twists and turns of fate in my life and gave me an answer to the “whys” about those small hours. Some of these lyrics I need to just go ahead and tattoo on myself. Words like “clarity”, “let it go”, and “let it slide” just seem to jump off the page at me.
let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don’t you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
let it slide,
let your troubles fall behind you
let it shine
until you feel it all around you
and i don’t mind
if it’s me you need to turn to
we’ll get by,
it’s the heart that really matters in the end
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
all of my regret
will wash away some how
but i can not forget
the way i feel right now
in these small hours
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away but these small hours
these small hours, still remain,
still remain
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these little wonders still remain
-Rob Thomas
“Little Wonders”
Posted by Shelley on Feb 27, 2010 in
Mental Illness,
Uncensored Shelley,
songs the last “real” conversation I had with Dad he told me he just wanted to feel the sun on his face. he’s there. where the streets have no name. and the sun always shines.
I wanna run
I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me tonight
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name
I want to feel
Sunlight on my face
I see the rain cloud disappearing
Without a trace
I can dance in the pouring rain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We’re still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It’s all I can do
The city’s aflood
And our love turns to rust
We’re beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I’ll show you a place
With NO SORROW NO PAIN
Where the streets have no name
I’ll go there with you
It’s all I can do
It’s all we can do
Where the streets have no name
U2
Where the Streets Have No Name
The Joshua Tree – 1987
Posted by Shelley on Feb 2, 2010 in
songs (Lyrics By Dolly Parton)
When it’s family, you forgive them for they know not what they do
When it’s family, you accept them, ’cause you have no choice but to
When it’s family, they’re a mirror of the worst and best in you
And they always put you to the test
And you always try to do your best
And just pray for God to do the rest, when it’s family
Some are preachers, some are gay
Some are addicts, drunks and strays
But not a one is turned away, when it’s family
Some are lucky, others ain’t
Some are fighters, others faint
Winners, losers, sinners, saints, it’s all family
And when it’s family you trust them and your heart’s an open door
When it’s family, you tolerate what you’d kill others for
When it’s family, you love and hate and take, then give some more
Somehow you justify mistakes, try to find some better way
To solve the problems day to day, in the family
You take the trouble as it comes and love them more than anyone
Good or bad or indifferent, it’s still family
You choose your lovers, you pick your friends
Not the family that you’re in, nah
They’ll be with you ’til the end, ’cause it’s family
Let Me Be All That I Should Be to the Family
Posted by Shelley on Oct 14, 2009 in
Uncensored Shelley,
songs Don’t wanna wait til tomorrow,
Why put it off another day?
One more walk through problems,
Built up, and stand in our way…
One step ahead, one step behind me
Now you gotta run to get even
Make future plans, don’t dream about yesterday,
hey, come on, turn, turn this thing around…
Right now it’s your tomorrow.
Posted by Shelley on Sep 28, 2009 in
Uncensored Shelley,
songs I ain’t no psychiatrist, I ain’t no doctor with degree
It don’t take too much high IQ’s to see what you’re doing to me
Posted by Shelley on Sep 26, 2009 in
Uncensored Shelley,
songs let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don’t you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels
Posted by Shelley on Sep 21, 2009 in
Uncensored Shelley,
songs Confusion Never Stops
Closing Walls
and
Ticking Clocks
Posted by Shelley on Aug 27, 2009 in
songs And you asked me what I want this year
and I try to make this kind and clear
just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days
’cause I don’t need boxes wrapped in strings
and designer love and empty things
just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days
So take these words and sing out loud
’cause everyone is forgiven now
’cause tonight’s the night the world begins again
I need some place simple where we could live
and something only you can give
and that’s faith and trust and peace while we’re alive
and the one poor child who saved this world
and there’s ten million more who probably could
if we all just stopped and said a prayer for them
So take these words and sing out loud
’cause everyone is forgiven now
’cause tonight’s the night the world begins again
I wish everyone was loved tonight
and somehow stop this endless fight
just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days
So take these words and sing out loud
’cause everyone is forgiven now
’cause tonight’s the night the world begins again
“Better Days” by the Goo Goo Dolls, 2005
Posted by Shelley on Jun 4, 2009 in
Mike,
Uncensored Shelley,
songs ironic:
definitions from the urban dictionary
1. A situation where the result is a complete reverse (and practical mockery) of what was expected
2. A word heavy misused and abused in conversation today, mostly by people who think that using the word in any way will automatically make them seem intelligent. The word is usually misused to exactly mean “coincidental” or “tragic”, when again it doesn’t mean this (see #1)
If the heavy metal band Anthrax dies of anthrax, that would be poetically tragic, but not ironic. If a diabetic crosses the street and is run over by a truck carrying insulin, then it’s ironic.
“Isn’t it ironic that the pop song ‘Ironic’ contains absolutely no examples of irony?”
“One issue of Mad Magazine showed Alfred E. Neuman face-down in the desert, crushed to death by a parachuted crate of first aid supplies. Now THAT was ironic!”
2. ironic
containing irony
irony:
-the opposite of the literal meaning
-a mismatch between the expected and the actual result
pro-lifers making death threats to Michael Schiavo is ironic
3. ironic
That a song about things which are ironic makes no mention of any things which are, in fact, ironic.