5.29.2006
5.26.2006
so whats up
not I not me
Im wallowing becuase im unsure
unaware if Ill ever find it
her the thing or when
you her where is she
you know the thing fools dream of
the things people always have want of
amore romance love doctor number nine
everythings always wrong
or at least one gear is misaligned
im on a single track bound for my destination
a narrow trail
and I stride long alone
waiting for God to curtail
5.23.2006
Currently Playing
The Benjamin Gate
Album
Contact
Track: Your Kisses Blind Me
No More Lies
If my song were falsetto would you
sing it?
If I lied a great lie and stacked it
to the sky
would you tilt your neck back to see it
as I eat a chocolate pie
and peanut cocoa spread
Im hinting at my wonder
my imaginative thought
who's beautiful, noble, or good?
in mine eyes I've no side to stand
no weapon to tarry
just a peace taken from a mind
now I sit in wonderment, shock, and amazement
for I've gotten a glimpse of self
a reflection that's left me mime
5.21.2006
Currently Playing
Sufjan Stevens
Album
Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Track: The Widows In Paradise
Meaning of the Bridge (Part 2)
but at the end of the bridge
in my mind was uncertainty
full of anxiety I was unaware of what I'd see
at the end
the end of the bridge
further down I rode my bike
up ahead was a woman
beautiful, blonde, hair reflecting the sun
obviously agreeing
but
at the end
the very end there was a group of boys
Jewish boys, every one hasidic
playful and ready
laughing and jumping
saying "hi friend"
waving with merry smiles...
so yes virginia
there is no santa claus
but there are angels who ride skateboards
gliding
piggyback style on the wind
Authors note- some of the meanings of the poem:
one is maintaining something thats been lost in this world... a result of men not realizing they themselves are the problem. we are all the problem. the rider in the poem realizes that from the first part of the dream to the second what is truly beautiful in this world. he sees a hint of it when he was a child.. when he had things like the honor of following and honoring parents, a father... a pure joy.
There is something divine about being like a child and also learning from one. In them we can find our way and learn more about ourselves. Its also how God teaches us about ourselves...
another meaning in the poem is...
Luke 11:9
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread[d] from any father among you, will he give him a stone?
One thing you can take from this poem is Truth. The fact of the matter is that the poem had a beginning and and end. This cannot be disputed. There is Truth in the world. There is absolute truth which is to say there is a right and a wrong. You can know. You can get answers to life's questions.
"There was never much hope... just a fool's hope" - Lord of the Rings
5.17.2006
Currently Playing
Sufjan Stevens
Album
Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Track: The Widows In Paradise
Meaning of the bridge (part 1)
I had a dream one day.
I was crossing the williamsburg.
a bridge.
Upon crossing I could've sworn there was a rainbow
clear. cut. dry. and beautiful as can be
I rode my bike on nonetheless
and a little ways off I saw a group of
Hascidic Jews
some laughing some stern
grouped together blocking
my path
the path of the bridge
then a voice said
ask and a segue there will be
so I asked
then I passed
the last part of my dream is essential
because it's the last thing i remember
today
just before the bridge ended
I saw an old man
walking away
Authors note: analiyze away :) yes.. I'll post part 2
The poem just represents life. life has meaning. sometimes we miss it... sometimes we dont. sometimes we hear God. sometimes we dont. Oh the old man at the end sort of represents my knowledge... its sort of like... the more I know the less I know next to God... can I ever truly be a wise old man?
Currently Playing
Vanessa Carlton
Album
Harmonium
Track Annie
The shoe I tied for happy
the morning is young
so I think I'll hopscotch along a ferry
the noon has come so I'll dance roundside vienna
I'm grabbing you now hand firmly holding your waist
so we waltz with slippers atop the waters of cairo
and I always knew that I was never here
really and honestly with your glasses
I'm seeing clear
hope and grappling
I'm not wishing
I put a full choke hold nelson on my position
and I love the sound we make
is it even possible to fancy happy
you are a feeling yet Im pinching your fancy
here, take this cigar
one rolled for me
the other for happy
singing showtunes along the serengety
5.16.2006
Currently Playing
Sufjan Stevens
Album
Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Track The Widows In Paradise
Tuffy in Michigan
so cold
I never knew it was so cold in Michigan
I wonder if today is real
for you my love it is
for you today is real
but this is a road you won't have to walk alone
for this is a day I'm with you
my friend
up far ahead there is some green grass
bread with some meat
a checkered picnic basket
with some dill pickles in a jar
mayonnaise and some applejuice so fresh
left a day late it'd go bad
and grandma is there smiling
laughing at you shivering in that blanket your mom made
singing songs with Tyler
wondering how good the days are
that have gone by
but today
Ill see for you
today I'll cry for you
right now I'm here for you
look to the sky
I'm right there with you
Authors note: dedicated to The Tuffington family. Especially to my friend TIffy
Currently Playing
Sufjan Stevens
Album
Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Track The Widows In Paradise
Luck AP
If life were perfect I would find you
If everything as it were
we would be
And life wouldn't be a mystery
but still as it is I wait for you
pausing because there is nowhere else to go
moving forward but still finding myself looking back
in a world of peace I'd kiss your lips
in a world without dissension id know who you were
a woman without the pain
now if I were a cricket you'd be my crickette
we'd hop along the mud
traveling a mason dixie line
our lifespan spent together
traversing the Mississippi
one of a kind
insisting there is more to life than
instant transactions, bulletin boards and TV screens
longing to know a meaningful glance
wandering until we find a land with milk and honey
knowing earth will give up its dead
before utopia spews any grass
no
in this lifetime my shallow heaven is looking in your eyes
and knowing the one who made you
so after this thought I move on
following this romantic rainy morning weary
I'm gone
with one thing sustaining me
knowing that God is in the rain
yup, God is in the rain
Authors note: there are a few things in this poem... one of course is a beautiful red haired gal... Life isnt always fair but don't stop being a real and honest person because of heartche. You'll only spread the pain.. and besides.. life is bigger than our hurts... dont miss it.
5.14.2006
5.13.2006
Matisyahu
Album
Youth
Track:
Time of your song
Life is ok its just a morning weary
today i got up
just in time
I tripped and fell down just in time
I got up walked and walked on
down a road past a meadow
saw a man two feet tall
he stopped I stopped we talked
our conversation made life commence
so I went on to face the day
I smiled and swung and then I saw a flower
upon that flower was a bee traveling to a land
unknown to me
so I became that bee and became that pollen
exploring that world regreting my past
but then I realized that everything I've known
was just in time
I got up and came to that stop
made that mistake
talked to that man and walked down that road
and everything ive known was valid
and everything ive known was beautiful
this new bold world was truth
so if life happened and led me to this
I guess I'm
just in time
just in time
just in time just in time
5.10.2006
Lifehouse
Album
No Name Face
Track:
Everything
Sand Thoughts
I crawl
because it's the only way I'd go slow enough
the only way the motion would lull enough
to comprehend
sitting with you is a movement likened to waiting
on a dixieland ferry
deep in the south
I slow my mind
waiting in the grass
letting the blue skies filled with clouds
come and wait with me
I listen
you perpetuate
and eventually I'm hearing things
sounds the pitch of heaven
all done so I'm relaxed
with you
holding me
Authors note -
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
Psalm 139:17,18
5.07.2006
Blaster the Rocketman
Album
The Anatomy of a Monster
Track:
God Free Youth Flying Around In A X-wing Fighter
Then One
one two three four
this day like a step ladder
I count again
the next day
one two three four
the day becomes a step ladder
this my wish got closer
harder but louder
a struggle but worth it
and I want so I wait
my salvation at hand
so I learn to count
one two three four
one
then two
then three
then four
Authors Note: Repent. (turn around) The Kingdom of God is at hand. (Mark 1:15)
5.02.2006
As I Lay Dying
Album
Frail Worlds Collapse
Track:
Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier
As I lay dying
I'm tired, tired of not being human
tired of what I am
tired of confessions
of breaking my own heart
I'm tired of feeling alone
running in the dark
I'm alone it seems
while saints sit in
pews
pointing
I'm tired.
I wait here for you
and you alone.
I tire of not living for you
I tire of decieving my way out
I tire when I can't hear you
and all I can see are my screams climbing the wall
seemingly alone
desperately wanting freedom
from the prison of my own design
but to gain escape there came a revelation
In this world XXX doesnt mean anything
but with you alone I can stand true
Authors note: John 8:7 "...let he who is without sin, cast the first stone."