they say it better

Fly away little bird

Find the song in you that no one's heard

Strenghthen your wings as you sing your solo flight

Through this short life

Everyone's got a deep regret

We try to ground ourselves to forget

But your race to the end is neck and neck

You love them, you love them not

The birds of prey who wreck your nest,

Twice your size steal your best

They set you on this course of your collision

--Indigo Girls

The morning sunrise spread her wings 

While the moon hung in the sky 

Held the sea in your hands 

And happy everafter in your eyes 

Couldn't leave you to go to heaven 

I carry you in my smile 

For the first time my true reflection i see 

Happy everafter in your eyes 

Every star in the night 

Promises the dawn 

I will be there if you fall 

To ever so heavily rest upon 

All that i can give you 

Is forever yours to keep 

Wake up every day with a dream 

And happyever after in your eyes 

(ben harper)

shared with me by jeanne. 

"Apple" 

From a first book of poetry called Dynamite on a China Plate, by Jay Leaming.

Sometimes, when eating an apple
I bite too far
and open the little room
the lovers have prepared,
and the seeds fall
onto the kitchen floor
and I see
that they are tear-shaped.

Love will make you oh so happy
Inside
Can’t control it but it just takes you over
Love will make you oh so sad
Make you cry

…because it made me think of you…

I was walking along in the sun
Taking pictures of everyone
And there’s something on the tip of my tongue

Well it’s easy to see from afar
And it’s easy to be on your guard
But it’s harder just to be who you are

When all these
People who will lead you down the back of the track
They’re on your back
They will try and tear you apart
But believe and you will see that there’s no reason to doubt
Then you will find
You can do much better than that …

…If you see me hit the ground
Don’t come near don’t make a sound

I was walking along in the sun
Taking pictures of everyone
And there’s something on the tip of my tongue

(Travis)

Racey days
Help me through the hopeless haze
But my oh my
Tragic eyes
I can’t even recognise myself behind
So if the answer is no
Can I change your mind

Out again, a siren screams at half past ten
And you won’t let go
While I ignore, that we both felt like this
Before it starts to show
So if I had a chance
Would you let me know

Why aren’t you shaking
Step back in time
Graciously taking
Oh your too kind

And if the answer is no
Can I change your mind

We’re all the same
And love is blind
The sun is gone
Before it shines

And I said if the answer is no
Can I change your mind

(the killers, from "hot fuss")

Maybe you'll get what you wantedMaybe you'll stumble upon itEverything you ever wanted in a permanent stateMaybe you'll know when you've seen itMaybe if you say it you'll mean itAnd when you find it you'll keep itIn a permanent state 				a permanent state

so just let it all go
nothing ever stays the same
so why does it hurt me like this
to say that i’ve changed?
to say that i’ve aged?
say i’m afraid…

bishop:

–Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan’t have lied.  It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
thought it may look (Write it!) like disaster.

coldplay:

Tears streaming down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace …
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I …
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream she said
The one that makes me laugh she said
And threw her arms around my neck
Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I’ll run away with you
I’ll run away with you
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
Why are you so far away? she said
Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you
That I’m in love with you