With Me Somehow

<span style="font-style:italic;">I've been having lots of dreams about my father lately, friends (more detail about the dreams later), and it got me thinking: Do we ever get comfortable not having someone in our lives? Whether the situation is a break-up where the other person is still alive, or someone we love has died, a part of us will always want them with us. What do you think, friends? xoxo</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjHVoOBVsmgURnCPKYpij0wVFkSkloYo6jM_8THqJcWrHsY-et3WQZDL4BK-D0zxydT4YWo55Xhyphenhyphenhiyo4zAJd-CjSyux6SQW7x_5J5o5st1lj9LiYETTgpUSi6M1OPuBKTP3_UjDMLpc/s1600/01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734676332262476082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjHVoOBVsmgURnCPKYpij0wVFkSkloYo6jM_8THqJcWrHsY-et3WQZDL4BK-D0zxydT4YWo55Xhyphenhyphenhiyo4zAJd-CjSyux6SQW7x_5J5o5st1lj9LiYETTgpUSi6M1OPuBKTP3_UjDMLpc/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;"><div align="center">Here I am again<br />Sitting with these old photographs<br />Am I looking at someone else's life?<br />It was the days of castles and hopscotch and lullabies<br />The time for a thousand hellos, not goodbyes<br />The time when I didn't know what it felt like to cry<br /><br />Do you miss me wherever you are?<br />Do you wish you were here?<br />Are you that shooting star watching over me when I'm dreaming?<br />'Cause these memories, they flood my mind<br />It's like I sleep with my eyes open hoping I can see through the rain<br />And that one day I'll turn around<br />And you'll be with me somehow<br /><br />I wonder what I would say if I saw you<br />I've done so much without you<br />Feeling like an island all alone<br />Would you be proud, would it be enough?<br />Would I still have your love?<br />And would you realize how much I've grown?<br /><br />Do you miss me wherever you are?<br />Do you wish you were here?<br />Are you that shooting star watching over me when I'm dreaming?<br />'Cause these memories, they flood my mind<br />It's like I sleep with my eyes open hoping I can see through the rain<br />And that one day I'll turn around<br />And you'll be with me somehow<br /><br />So I look in the mirror and I see your eyes staring back at me<br />Twinkling bright just like those shooting stars in the sky...<br /><br />Do you miss me wherever you are?<br />Do you wish you were here?<br />Are you that shooting star watching over me when I'm dreaming?<br />'Cause these memories, they flood my mind<br />It's like I sleep with my eyes open hoping I can see through the rain<br />And that one day I'll turn around<br />And you'll be with me somehow<br /><br />Do you miss me wherever you are?<br />Do you wish you were here?<br />Are you that shooting star watching over me when I'm dreaming?<br />'Cause these memories, they flood my mind<br />It's like I sleep with my eyes open hoping I can see through the rain<br />And that one day I'll turn around<br />And you'll be with me somehow</div></span><br /><br />[Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandamabel/6285350885/">Amanda Mabel</a>, via <a href="http://www.leloveimage.blogspot.com/2012/04/forget-me.html">Le Love</a>]

With Me Somehow

I've been having lots of dreams about my father lately, friends (more detail about the dreams later), and it got me thinking: Do we ever...

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Tear Me Down

<span style="font-style:italic;">One word, friends: <a href="http://melissabxoxo.blogspot.com/2012/03/bully-movie.html">Bullies</a>. I honestly don't get them. They're sad. They're cowards. I wrote this one this afternoon with those thoughts in mind. If there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that I won't stand for anyone getting bullied. Ever. xoxo</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpnnl5EZdeVn3Tqb6zkM4rV-l7fgAf8w-Lfai8rWQer4WbjDzURVznsNl5j4x3TSliLRTSBfrPwOehINCT8ayAKUmj5IlICI74KJnW5_-_8VAC8I8lUjDsQpVGboPlNEf-3V44J2qPbs/s1600/01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725409214966953554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpnnl5EZdeVn3Tqb6zkM4rV-l7fgAf8w-Lfai8rWQer4WbjDzURVznsNl5j4x3TSliLRTSBfrPwOehINCT8ayAKUmj5IlICI74KJnW5_-_8VAC8I8lUjDsQpVGboPlNEf-3V44J2qPbs/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;"><div align="center">So here we are, crossing paths again<br />I walk by and avoid your gaze<br />Because nothing I say ever makes a difference<br />You just hear what you want to hear<br />And make up your own mind anyway<br /><br />You, you try to take me down<br />Try to make me second-guess myself<br /><br />You thought it would be easy to tear me down<br />It won't be<br />You thought you were intimidating<br />It doesn't work on me<br />I've grown into the person I want to be<br />So why isn't that enough for you?<br /><br />Since when do you think you're better than everyone?<br />It must be hard to see the world from way up high<br />Wearing your crown and sitting on your throne<br />Do you ever feel alone?<br /><br />You, you try to take me down<br />Try to make me second-guess myself<br /><br />You thought it would be easy to tear me down<br />It won't be<br />You thought you were intimidating<br />It doesn't work on me<br />I've grown into the person I want to be<br />So why isn't that enough for you?<br /><br />Well, good luck on your mission<br />Your mission of destruction<br /><br />You thought it would be easy to tear me down<br />It won't be<br />You thought you were intimidating<br />It doesn't work on me<br />I've grown into the person I want to be<br />So why isn't that enough for you?<br /><br />You thought it would be easy to tear me down<br />It won't be<br />You thought you were intimidating<br />It doesn't work on me<br />I've grown into the person I want to be<br />So why isn't that enough for you?</div></span><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/25725969">We Heart It</a>]

Tear Me Down

One word, friends: Bullies . I honestly don't get them. They're sad. They're cowards. I wrote this one this afternoon with those...

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Chasing Your Ghost

<em>I wrote this one right before I went to bed last night. It's strange, but sometimes I still expect my father to come home from work and walk through the front door, just like he did for so many years. We all find ourselves falling into that trap sometimes, don't we? Have you, friends? xoxo</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VzctR02WXyuf4WkpeOrzRuaGDlBMlMCzTLMqe0JoaHj9NHnQAnBLlY79b2-_Eicnon4aFfmaNBmRoNvHmm8nC69_JZ6g6eaTuqujdvRbDrhwWQAW1zP3aFVB-FCozQ_jzrHCNeUHFno/s1600/aa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716864764932381122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VzctR02WXyuf4WkpeOrzRuaGDlBMlMCzTLMqe0JoaHj9NHnQAnBLlY79b2-_Eicnon4aFfmaNBmRoNvHmm8nC69_JZ6g6eaTuqujdvRbDrhwWQAW1zP3aFVB-FCozQ_jzrHCNeUHFno/s400/aa.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><em><div align="center">I've walked these halls a million times before<br />And almost felt like I've lived here in another life<br />Sometimes all I can do is trace my footsteps as I pace back and forth<br />Hoping you'll walk through the door<br /><br />These days, it's like you're still here<br />Or maybe I'm looking back just to look forward to something<br />Or maybe my heart just needs to hold on a little longer<br />The one thing my heart doesn't know<br />Is if I'll ever stop chasing your ghost<br /><br />Well, it's been so long since you've been gone<br />Just move on already<br />I can hear the whispers of hushed conversations<br />Don't they know this tightrope I'm walking on is so uneasy<br /><br />These days, it's like you're still here<br />Or maybe I'm looking back just to look forward to something<br />Or maybe my heart just needs to hold on a little longer<br />The one thing my heart doesn't know<br />Is if I'll ever stop chasing your ghost<br /><br />I'm looking back just to look forward to something<br />Anything to remind me of you<br /><br />These days, it's like you're still here<br />Or maybe I'm looking back just to look forward to something<br />Or maybe my heart just needs to hold on a little longer<br />The one thing my heart doesn't know<br />Is if I'll ever stop chasing your ghost<br /><br />These days, it's like you're still here<br />Or maybe I'm looking back just to look forward to something<br />Or maybe my heart just needs to hold on a little longer<br />The one thing my heart doesn't know<br />Is if I'll ever stop chasing your ghost</div></em><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/24394351">We Heart It</a>]

Chasing Your Ghost

I wrote this one right before I went to bed last night. It's strange, but sometimes I still expect my father to come home from work and ...

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Beauty Queen

<em>It's sort of funny, but this one came to me as I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed last night. It's one of my more sassy ones about how not every girl is a Barbie Doll or a, well, beauty queen. It's a girl power anthem against fitting into that sort of mold because being real and being yourself is so much more beautiful. xoxo</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihaUKHRukfN4iBKSlk0PVbBX0fLz-mH7HxasZh4RxcDTIYzY8G-IQgW5VUh31EAi9Hu-0NfArugRtXhdzK7scWkE04i_2eVSF2DcUyYXDg5mG6kqI2p4NfzEI32KqXpP1WOayctsmtLg/s1600/aa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714245741851426258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihaUKHRukfN4iBKSlk0PVbBX0fLz-mH7HxasZh4RxcDTIYzY8G-IQgW5VUh31EAi9Hu-0NfArugRtXhdzK7scWkE04i_2eVSF2DcUyYXDg5mG6kqI2p4NfzEI32KqXpP1WOayctsmtLg/s400/aa.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" /></a><em><div align="center">Here she comes now<br />I can see her walking down the block<br />A picture of perfection with a million-dollar smile<br />Like she just walked off the assembly line<br /><br />Well, she's a walkin', talkin' beauty queen<br />That still don't mean she's got anything on me<br />So let her try to change the world<br />Bat those pretty little eyes<br />That don't mean there's any truth to her lies<br />Just remember, just remember, just remember<br />Sometimes the beauty queens are the ugly ones<br /><br />I know I don't look like her<br />You'd be surprised at what you'll find, if only you'd dig a little deeper<br />She may be a nice piece of arm candy to show off to everyone<br />But candy, it gets sour when left out in the sun too long<br /><br />Well, she's a walkin', talkin' beauty queen<br />That still don't mean she's got anything on me<br />So let her try to change the world<br />Bat those pretty little eyes<br />That don't mean there's any truth to her lies<br />Just remember, just remember, just remember<br />Sometimes the beauty queens are the ugly ones<br /><br />So you pinch her just to make sure she's really<br />And all the while, you wonder why you never feel anything when you're with her<br /><br />Well, she's a walkin', talkin' beauty queen<br />That still don't mean she's got anything on me<br />So let her try to change the world<br />Bat those pretty little eyes<br />That don't mean there's any truth to her lies<br />Just remember, just remember, just remember<br />Sometimes the beauty queens are the ugly ones<br /><br />Well, she's a walkin', talkin' beauty queen<br />That still don't mean she's got anything on me<br />So let her try to change the world<br />Bat those pretty little eyes<br />That don't mean there's any truth to her lies<br />Just remember, just remember, just remember<br />Sometimes the beauty queens are the ugly ones<br /><br />You never feel anything when you're with her</div></em><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://audreyhepburncomplex.tumblr.com/post/18043367374">Audrey Hepburn Complex</a>]

Beauty Queen

It's sort of funny, but this one came to me as I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed last night. It's one of my more sas...

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Dark Side Of The Moon

<em>I wrote this one last night. I'd had the title in my head for a few days now; I love the imagery that comes with the phrase "dark side of the moon." We all have our own "dark side of the moon," don't we? We all go through dark times in our lives, and behind every dark time is that one person who helped us get to the other side. Who was that person for you, friends? xoxo</em><br /><div align="center"> </div><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6708673451_dd9c784787_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6708673451_dd9c784787_o.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 457px;" /></a><em><div align="center">This feels like a dream<br />But every time I open my eyes, you're right here with me<br />I want to wake up like this for the rest of my life<br />Have you hold me in your arms<br />And sing me to sleep with your lullaby<br /><br />With you I can see the light in the dark side of the moon<br />It shines so bright like a blanket of stars<br />Do you, do you feel it in my heart, baby?<br />Everything's changing<br />I don't have to be afraid anymore<br />I can be sure of who I am<br />Baby, you helped me make it through the dark side of the moon<br /><br />Now there were times I'd pretend I was OK<br />But you, you took one look at my face and knew I was lying<br />You broke through my walls<br />And showed me I didn't always have to be strong<br /><br />With you I can see the light in the dark side of the moon<br />It shines so bright like a blanket of stars<br />Do you, do you feel it in my heart, baby?<br />Everything's changing<br />I don't have to be afraid anymore<br />I can be sure of who I am<br />Baby, you helped me make it through the dark side of the moon<br /><br />The stars are dancing for us tonight<br />And even if someday I'm not with you, just look up into the sky<br />And remember how you, you, you helped me make it through the dark side of the moon<br /><br />With you I can see the light in the dark side of the moon<br />It shines so bright like a blanket of stars<br />Do you, do you feel it in my heart, baby?<br />Everything's changing<br />I don't have to be afraid anymore<br />I can be sure of who I am<br />Baby, you helped me make it through the dark side of the moon<br /><br />With you I can see the light in the dark side of the moon<br />It shines so bright like a blanket of stars<br />Do you, do you feel it in my heart, baby?<br />Everything's changing<br />I don't have to be afraid anymore<br />I can be sure of who I am<br />Baby, you helped me make it through the dark side of the moon</div></em><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://www.leloveimage.blogspot.com/2012/01/lovesick.html">Le Love</a>]

Dark Side Of The Moon

I wrote this one last night. I'd had the title in my head for a few days now; I love the imagery that comes with the phrase "dark s...

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Oxygen

<span style="font-style:italic;">I just wrote this one this morning when I got to think of guys - and people in general -- who just bring us down in life. Sometimes, we let them bring us down in life when really, we should be walking away. And then we finally have that moment when we realize it's time to walk away. We can finally breathe again. Have you ever felt this way, friends? xoxo</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoSPNyZN4bGakaeYkgbiS9eLs5ruZ5OWbiLx7wsg9MKDJ-s7UxJVTbE2UAiD7W8ZgOgglgOxozor4oB3cvMT16PCQzqI-1QyGU5WtRTJMfe_DUymUNmcLOXfJI86QaDYB6KnhW7_VfuU/s1600/01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694208483633387970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoSPNyZN4bGakaeYkgbiS9eLs5ruZ5OWbiLx7wsg9MKDJ-s7UxJVTbE2UAiD7W8ZgOgglgOxozor4oB3cvMT16PCQzqI-1QyGU5WtRTJMfe_DUymUNmcLOXfJI86QaDYB6KnhW7_VfuU/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" /></a><div align="center"><span style="font-style:italic;">The floors creak beneath my feet and remind me of when we used to dance<br />And how we'd dance through the night just to see the sun rise<br />Being with you was like a dream I could live forever<br />Now I can't tell the truth from the lies<br /><br />That girl's face in the mirror<br />I don't recognize her anymore<br />What has she let herself become?<br />She thought it would be so easy<br />When all she's left with is a painful memory<br />Doesn't know how to breathe in a room full of oxygen<br /><br />You made me believe that love was those stars I saw in your eyes and the way your hand felt in mine <br />But you dragged me down like an anchor<br />How could I not see those eyes fooling me? <br />Before I could catch my breath, your love pulled me under<br /><br />That girl's face in the mirror<br />I don't recognize her anymore<br />What has she let herself become?<br />She thought it would be so easy<br />When all she's left with is a painful memory<br />Doesn't know how to breathe in a room full of oxygen<br /><br />I'm not going down with your ship<br />So I'm saying goodbye, like two ghosts in the night<br />So I'm saying goodbye, like two ghosts in the night<br /><br />That girl's face in the mirror<br />I don't recognize her anymore<br />What has she let herself become?<br />She thought it would be so easy<br />When all she's left with is a painful memory<br />Doesn't know how to breathe in a room full of oxygen<br /><br />That girl's face in the mirror<br />I don't recognize her anymore<br />What has she let herself become?<br />She thought it would be so easy<br />When all she's left with is a painful memory<br />Doesn't know how to breathe in a room full of oxygen</span></div><br /><br />[Photos via <a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/20594911">We Heart It</a>]

Oxygen

I just wrote this one this morning when I got to think of guys - and people in general -- who just bring us down in life. Sometimes, we let ...

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Question of the Week: Question #6

<em>Remember when we discussed <a href="http://melissabxoxo.blogspot.com/2011/12/question-of-week-question-5.html">favorite songs</a> last week? Did you get to thinking about your own? I'd love to hear more of them, and as always, feel free to email me (mellow1422 [at] aol) with your questions, friends...</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1Dsum0OItfuriRfSZ7rxgyBKMnHSlINOYW9W0kr5of8yOoudcMMNG77L6253H22Yya0khTF0aMMZ9j6sUnW5HwIZXYw_E2VpjT02UgzZuNNscFTIBJnWbGYILmeLO6KLZaybInwz_aIe/s1600/aa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688264704589340530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1Dsum0OItfuriRfSZ7rxgyBKMnHSlINOYW9W0kr5of8yOoudcMMNG77L6253H22Yya0khTF0aMMZ9j6sUnW5HwIZXYw_E2VpjT02UgzZuNNscFTIBJnWbGYILmeLO6KLZaybInwz_aIe/s400/aa.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" /></a><strong>“It’s Over” (Boz Scaggs)</strong><br /><em>Key lyrics: Why can’t you just get it through your head?/It’s over, it’s over now.</em><br />A song for anyone who has ever had trouble, well, getting it through their head and realizing something has been over for quite awhile; all the while, you’re the last one to realize said ending. Oh, and if you need a laugh after reading these depressing lyrics, just picture this: Me, sitting alone in my room singing this at the top of my lungs. If you want proof, just ask my sister.<br /><br /><strong>"Fields of Gold" (Sting)</strong><br /><em>Key lyrics: Will you stay with me, will you be my love?/Among the fields of barley/We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky/As we lie in the fields of gold.</em><br />It’s probably really unconventional, but I’ve loved this song since I first heard it when I was 12. It's been my all-time favorite song ever since. I've even been known to listen to it on repeat for long stretches of time -- we're talking hours here, friends. But, seriously, don’t you think this would be a really romantic song to slow dance to?<br /><br /><strong>"(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight" (Cutting Crew)</strong><br /><em>Key lyrics: Is there any just cause for feeling like this?/On the surface I'm a name on a list/I try to be discreet, but then blow it again.</em><br />Just change the female pronouns to masculine ones in this song, and this one is pretty obvious, isn’t it? Just picture me, trying ever-so-subtly to be cool, calm and discreet, and not five minutes later, I say or do something incredibly awkward. Sometimes both simultaneously. <br /><br /><strong>“Hey Stephen” (Taylor Swift)</strong><br /><em>Key lyrics: Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving/But I know I saw a light in you/And as we walked we were talking/I didn't say half the things I wanted to.</em><br />I always said that had this song come out in, oh, 1998, I would have died right on the spot. Big reveal: <a href="http://melissabxoxo.blogspot.com/search/label/Crush%20Boy">Crush Boy’s name</a> is Stephen. Back then, I never said all the things I wanted to. Flashforward to 2009. I said everything. It didn’t end so well. Live and learn, right?<br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/19690332">We Heart It</a>]

Question of the Week: Question #6

Remember when we discussed favorite songs last week? Did you get to thinking about your own? I'd love to hear more of them, and as alwa...

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Fall Into You

<em>I wrote this one last night just before I went to bed. Have you ever met someone you never expected you'd have a connection with? And when you do, you're surprised by how comfortable you are around this person. xoxo</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVJEL7IpOBzZC9by228eWN6lqHrW5HXfCqFPNH5nhoB96FjqN06DfktqHrqmDlDGxPLVk3tDOQOKpMLrChkvqIdqV8xb7Ji1fYY094S5nJKV7omPUTzUWs8jDy3ewrP_tQ4YqGcJ2dzNz/s1600/aa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687905514944608258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVJEL7IpOBzZC9by228eWN6lqHrW5HXfCqFPNH5nhoB96FjqN06DfktqHrqmDlDGxPLVk3tDOQOKpMLrChkvqIdqV8xb7Ji1fYY094S5nJKV7omPUTzUWs8jDy3ewrP_tQ4YqGcJ2dzNz/s400/aa.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" /></a><em><div align="center">My head tells me to turn around<br />But my heart just doesn't want to listen right now<br />Maybe I could stop the world with a single heartbeat<br />Stop it spinning just for you and me<br /><br />You were unexpected<br />I never meant for this to happen<br />You run your fingers through your hair and give me that awkward stare<br />It's the only reason I ever needed to fall into you<br />I could be the Louise Lane to your Superman, the Scarlett O'Hara to your Rhett Butler<br />With us taking on the world together<br />So look out because I'm ready to fall into you<br /><br />I listen to you talk about her<br />She's the princess in your fairytale world<br />Maybe you'd never think of me that way<br />But what would you do if I said...<br /><br />You were unexpected<br />I never meant for this to happen<br />You run your fingers through your hair and give me that awkward stare<br />It's the only reason I ever needed to fall into you<br />I could be the Louise Lane to your Superman, the Scarlett O'Hara to your Rhett Butler<br />With us taking on the world together<br />So look out because I'm ready to fall into you<br /><br />Maybe you'd never think of me that way<br />But what would you do if I said...<br /><br />You were unexpected<br />I never meant for this to happen<br />You run your fingers through your hair and give me that awkward stare<br />It's the only reason I ever needed to fall into you<br />I could be the Louise Lane to your Superman, the Scarlett O'Hara to your Rhett Butler<br />With us taking on the world together<br />So look out because I'm ready to fall into you<br /><br />You were unexpected<br />I never meant for this to happen<br />You run your fingers through your hair and give me that awkward stare<br />It's the only reason I ever needed to fall into you<br />I could be the Louise Lane to your Superman, the Scarlett O'Hara to your Rhett Butler<br />With us taking on the world together<br />So look out because I'm ready to fall into you</div></em><br /><br />[Phot via <a href="http://leloveimage.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-could-get-lost.html">Le Love</a>]

Fall Into You

I wrote this one last night just before I went to bed. Have you ever met someone you never expected you'd have a connection with? And wh...

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By Your Side

<span style="font-style:italic;">We all know that guy...you know, the one who makes you laugh and the one who you can be yourself around. But he has a girlfriend, so you're stuck in that horribly awkward position of being friends. I wrote this one thinking of all those feelings we'd give voice to if we had the chance... xoxo</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPIG-ESW2bQhz4Vyh-KC1rCATt818nZu6sCX4oc1o8W-58gJMkeUggHWfw6_mG38RE4wR56ksgGmLyvaVD2-XOPAvzYBiPdCsuM85B-bRVIBPK_Smnsx5gagpbb2SwOqasLHTKl1aBpcy/s1600/01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685665456352183778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPIG-ESW2bQhz4Vyh-KC1rCATt818nZu6sCX4oc1o8W-58gJMkeUggHWfw6_mG38RE4wR56ksgGmLyvaVD2-XOPAvzYBiPdCsuM85B-bRVIBPK_Smnsx5gagpbb2SwOqasLHTKl1aBpcy/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><div align="center">Well, I've never laughed as hard as I did that night<br />The smell of the air is still so fresh in my mind<br />Sitting in your car at the top of the canyon, looking into the sky<br />It was the night I almost told you<br />Do you feel the way I do?<br /><br />He had to go and say it again<br />That I'm one of the coolest people he's ever met<br />But we both knew he was thinking about her<br />And he says he wants to make me smile more<br />In a perfect world, things could be the way they were before<br />But right now, I just can't find the words<br /><br />Baby, if you'd just take my hand and close your eyes<br />Maybe you'd finally realize<br />The girl of your dreams has always been by your side<br /><br />He had to go and say it again<br />That I'm one of the coolest people he's ever met<br />But we both knew he was thinking about her<br />And he says he wants to make me smile more<br />In a perfect world, things could be the way they were before<br />But right now, I just can't find the words<br /><br />But she's always calling your name<br />So I'll write it all down in a song for you<br />In the hopes that some day...<br /><br />He had to go and say it again<br />That I'm one of the coolest people he's ever met<br />But we both knew he was thinking about her<br />And he says he wants to make me smile more<br />In a perfect world, things could be the way they were before<br />But right now, I just can't find the words<br /><br />He had to go and say it again<br />That I'm one of the coolest people he's ever met<br />But we both knew he was thinking about her<br />And he says he wants to make me smile more<br />In a perfect world, things could be the way they were before<br />But right now, I just can't find the words</div></span></span><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://leloveimage.blogspot.com/2011/12/wonderful-things-can-end.html">Le Love</a>]

By Your Side

We all know that guy...you know, the one who makes you laugh and the one who you can be yourself around. But he has a girlfriend, so you...

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Question of the Week: Question #5

<span style="font-style:italic;">I'm extra excited for today's question, friends! It's a two-parter, so look for Part II next week. In the meantime, feel free to email me (mellow1422 [at] aol) with your questions, friends! Today's question comes to us from an Anonymous poster, who asks...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What are your favorite songs?</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahiYJRD6TOS7G3dBxEUBrIedLa6iDc2CumWP8ctbbA8riRM3cE4vrtRNX3BOGQP4qYVhYyISPHOZ7P1BOxpBAV-sg0nUysIA4Ybi_1saTp4yFhKirktJMvvHYaHk7qu117MWqRuq5v6EI/s1600/01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685651211488855154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahiYJRD6TOS7G3dBxEUBrIedLa6iDc2CumWP8ctbbA8riRM3cE4vrtRNX3BOGQP4qYVhYyISPHOZ7P1BOxpBAV-sg0nUysIA4Ybi_1saTp4yFhKirktJMvvHYaHk7qu117MWqRuq5v6EI/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">“Alone” (Heart)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Key lyrics: You don't know how long I have waited/And I was going to tell you tonight/But the secret is still my own/And my love for you is still unknown/Alone</span><br />This pretty much sums up my entire non-relationship existence. And the whole bit about wanting to tell someone – tonight! – how you feel? Well, let’s just say it always felt like the Wilson sisters had stolen my teenage diaries and read all my exhaustive entries about <a href="http://melissabxoxo.blogspot.com/search/label/Crush%20Boy">Crush Boy</a> (<span style="font-style:italic;">and we all know how that ended, don’t we?</span>)...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">“Catch The Wind” (Donovan)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Key Lyrics: For me to love you now/Would be the sweetest thing/twould make me sing/Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.</span><br />Is it really so inconceivable to believe that I (<span style="font-style:italic;">little old me</span>) could find love, be loved and be worthy of love? Sometimes it feels exactly like the wind – some eternal nothingness I’m chasing, always just out of my grasp.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">“You Don’t Know Me” (Jann Arden)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Key Lyrics: Afraid and shy I let my chance go by/The chance that you might love me too</span><br />Yeah, the title pretty much gives this one away, doesn’t it? Have you ever arrived at that point where you suddenly realize you’ve just blown everything? All because you couldn’t open your mouth? Instead, you just sat there and let something that could potentially be great just pass you by. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">“Invisible” (Taylor Swift)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Key Lyrics: And you just see right through me/But if you only knew me/We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable/Instead of just invisible</span><br />I’ve always felt like my disability has made me the invisible girl in the room sometimes. And of course, there always happened to be a slew of pretty blondes, brunettes and able-bodied girls surrounding me – girls who didn’t have any scars, who didn’t have any sort of deformities. Or at least ones that weren’t visible anyway. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"When I'm With You" (Sheriff)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Key Lyrics: Baby, oh I get chills when I'm with you/Baby, my world stands still when/I'm with you/When I'm with you</span><br />There’s nothing more beautiful than a passionate ‘80s power ballad. I’ve always loved this song (<span style="font-style:italic;">and, of course, singing along to it too</span>)...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJUm8aHdZbab_gPHl8Dfkl3l87j041c8osQPIsQhTAbOsMhfEbym3blIXoZgpYYkurL4sWyjNQSVpzzkur2P_lnbLrQXu1LeB3dNAY-LsxpSx1L08cn1zAqR5x0C5WspuWCW5Sh7FhWUC/s1600/03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685651210081220946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJUm8aHdZbab_gPHl8Dfkl3l87j041c8osQPIsQhTAbOsMhfEbym3blIXoZgpYYkurL4sWyjNQSVpzzkur2P_lnbLrQXu1LeB3dNAY-LsxpSx1L08cn1zAqR5x0C5WspuWCW5Sh7FhWUC/s400/03.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">What sorts of songs do you ABSOLUTELY LOVE? I’d love to hear about your own story behind the song! xoxo</span><br /><br />P.S. Speaking of songs, look for some new <a href="http://melissabxoxo.blogspot.com/search/label/Lyrical%20Gangster">lyrics</a> this afternoon! :)<br /><br />[Photos via <a href="http://www.weheartit.com">We Heart It</a>]

Question of the Week: Question #5

I'm extra excited for today's question, friends! It's a two-parter, so look for Part II next week. In the meantime, feel free to...

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A Thousand Years

<span style="font-style:italic;">I actually just wrote this one this morning. There are words in life we all wish we'd said, but could never find the courage to. We keep waiting for that moment to come around again, but sometimes it doesn't. And realizing that is even harder than swallowing those words you never said. Have you ever felt this way, friends? xoxo</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EPfbbCSx3HjdsJ31Bn2nZn_GQfuqwVw2YG90Rn1eG8obpiV1ql2S4yBWHpmO03ih7FgqbR1j9rN1m1yfSF13sd-nfKm5ep8UGkCgOrOzaMKZOIkIb1wRZOcfzbtkm_EAeYw7TVtB0B6B/s1600/01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683444052959333458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EPfbbCSx3HjdsJ31Bn2nZn_GQfuqwVw2YG90Rn1eG8obpiV1ql2S4yBWHpmO03ih7FgqbR1j9rN1m1yfSF13sd-nfKm5ep8UGkCgOrOzaMKZOIkIb1wRZOcfzbtkm_EAeYw7TVtB0B6B/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;"><div align="center">You dance around like a daydream in my head<br />A picture-perfect vision of what could have been<br />Looks like I was the one who should have known<br />Fairytales seem darker in the morning light<br />But your face, your smile, it's painted in my mind<br />So I cry the tears of the words I never told<br /><br />I could wait a thousand years<br />Walk a thousand miles in every direction<br />Look you in the eye and tell you everything I'm feeling inside<br />But a thousand years won't change your perspective<br />And I've been waiting a thousand years to fly<br /><br />We look awkwardly at each other, wish I could see you through rose-colored glasses again<br />Maybe then, I could change everything that's happened<br />Ooooh, you've got a way of pulling me under<br />All beginnings have an ending, but our ending doesn't have a beginning<br />Just a heart now full of empty feelings<br />Realizing that now is never going to be forever<br /><br />I could wait a thousand years<br />Walk a thousand miles in every direction<br />Look you in the eye and tell you everything I'm feeling inside<br />But a thousand years won't change your perspective<br />And I've been waiting a thousand years to fly<br /><br />But your face, your smile, it's painted in my mind<br />I'll think of you this way every time, every time, every time<br /><br />I could wait a thousand years<br />Walk a thousand miles in every direction<br />Look you in the eye and tell you everything I'm feeling inside<br />But a thousand years won't change your perspective<br />And I've been waiting a thousand years to fly<br /><br />I could wait a thousand years<br />Walk a thousand miles in every direction<br />Look you in the eye and tell you everything I'm feeling inside<br />But a thousand years won't change your perspective<br />And I've been waiting a thousand years to fly</div></span><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://leloveimage.blogspot.com/2011/12/us.html">Le Love</a>]

A Thousand Years

I actually just wrote this one this morning. There are words in life we all wish we'd said, but could never find the courage to. We keep...

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Yet

<em>I've had the first two lines of this one stuck in my head for a few months now, but didn't finish it until today. We think so much about that moment when everything just clicks with another person. I like the idea that there are no such things as random meetings. Yes, fate is pretty awesome, if you ask me... xoxo</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhPpp8EPwhPtscxVSztFj6YZto4IOz3CviyWPJVl4HwWbWoH9BHQHJ0a8yDWtpgUP7PjNMp8gsdZGsxWiKh6XjgaEkiWFpnGyUjndrzc-8LkrHqSZZUAjTXk6oi8pxlviWrgz5HukeTAT/s1600/01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677911074415341106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhPpp8EPwhPtscxVSztFj6YZto4IOz3CviyWPJVl4HwWbWoH9BHQHJ0a8yDWtpgUP7PjNMp8gsdZGsxWiKh6XjgaEkiWFpnGyUjndrzc-8LkrHqSZZUAjTXk6oi8pxlviWrgz5HukeTAT/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><em><div align="center">If I put a message in a bottle and sent it out to sea<br />I wonder if it would find your shore eventually<br />Or maybe we'll end up like two ships in the night<br />Knowing our worlds are meant to collide<br /><br />I've never met someone who left me breathless<br />Yet<br />I've never been swept off my feet<br />Yet<br />But, ooohh, baby, it's going to happen someday<br />Just stick around and you'll be amazed<br />It's just that I haven't found the one I can't live without...<br />Yet<br /><br />My mind drifts off to that day sometimes<br />When we're standing there for the first time<br />I could make up a thousand reasons to leave<br />But you somehow make me believe<br /><br />I've never met someone who left me breathless<br />Yet<br />I've never been swept off my feet<br />Yet<br />But, ooohh, baby, it's going to happen someday<br />Just stick around and you'll be amazed<br />It's just that I haven't found the one I can't live without...<br />Yet<br /><br />And years from now, when we're sitting on that old porch swing<br />We'll feel as young as when it all first began<br />In those days when I said...<br /><br />I've never met someone who left me breathless<br />Yet<br />I've never been swept off my feet<br />Yet<br />But, ooohh, baby, it's going to happen someday<br />Just stick around and you'll be amazed<br />It's just that I haven't found the one I can't live without...<br />Yet<br /><br />I've never met someone who left me breathless<br />Yet<br />I've never been swept off my feet<br />Yet<br />But, ooohh, baby, it's going to happen someday<br />Just stick around and you'll be amazed<br />It's just that I haven't found the one I can't live without...<br />Yet</div></em><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://leloveimage.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-fell-in-love-with-boy.html">Le Love</a>]

Yet

I've had the first two lines of this one stuck in my head for a few months now, but didn't finish it until today. We think so much a...

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Soon.

<em>I wrote this one as I was falling asleep a few nights ago -- isn't it weird how the mind gets creative at the oddest times? I got to thinking about the whole love/hate nature of love. There are just some people you know aren't good for you, yet you can't stop yourself from falling for them. Oh, the perils... xoxo</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMRiMu8V4uw-2OBxr75Ay8lrThCQd8KuAK-HRc-f5A3ugxv1NnA0FMHyphD1ZDfn65XzYlVxwu9LIQm0lL9lI_NZE5Uiv6PrV-ZYZ6WSlAXgWa0VKC6T_eR_O0nwyDCmf_nT-qr1YUE_R/s1600/aa"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675585701942222162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMRiMu8V4uw-2OBxr75Ay8lrThCQd8KuAK-HRc-f5A3ugxv1NnA0FMHyphD1ZDfn65XzYlVxwu9LIQm0lL9lI_NZE5Uiv6PrV-ZYZ6WSlAXgWa0VKC6T_eR_O0nwyDCmf_nT-qr1YUE_R/s400/aa" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" /></a><em><div align="center">The lights dance on the water like drops of rain on the ocean<br />And I can hear the wind, it's whispering your name<br />It knows I'm thinking of you<br />So I'll close my eyes, and just maybe the wind will carry my heart back to you<br />It could be beautiful, so beautiful<br />But we both know it will end too soon<br /><br />It seems like it was only yesterday that my heart was yours<br />My love was never something you had to fight for<br />Maybe that was my mistake<br />There was so much you didn't know<br />Did that make it easy for you to let go?<br />Well, hold on, baby, 'cause I've got one more thing to say...<br /><br />The lights dance on the water like drops of rain on the ocean<br />And I can hear the wind, it's whispering your name<br />It knows I'm thinking of you<br />So I'll close my eyes, and just maybe the wind will carry my heart back to you<br />It could be beautiful, so beautiful<br />But we both know it will end too soon<br /><br />Sometimes at night when I'm falling sleep, I wish I'd never let myself fall so deep<br />At least then I wouldn't be feeling this way now<br />But then I close my eyes<br />And ooooh, I can feel you right by my side<br />I know I'd do it all again just to have you around<br /><br />The lights dance on the water like drops of rain on the ocean<br />And I can hear the wind, it's whispering your name<br />It knows I'm thinking of you<br />So I'll close my eyes, and just maybe the wind will carry my heart back to you<br />It could be beautiful, so beautiful<br />But we both know it will end too soon<br /><br />So follow those lights to my window<br />But if it should be closed, I hope you know...<br /><br />The lights dance on the water like drops of rain on the ocean<br />And I can hear the wind, it's whispering your name<br />It knows I'm thinking of you<br />So I'll close my eyes, and just maybe the wind will carry my heart back to you<br />It could be beautiful, so beautiful<br />But we both know it will end too soon<br /><br />The lights dance on the water like drops of rain on the ocean<br />And I can hear the wind, it's whispering your name<br />It knows I'm thinking of you<br />So I'll close my eyes, and just maybe the wind will carry my heart back to you<br />It could be beautiful, so beautiful<br />But we both know it will end too soon</div></em><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/17803285">We Heart It</a>]

Soon.

I wrote this one as I was falling asleep a few nights ago -- isn't it weird how the mind gets creative at the oddest times? I got to thi...

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Make Me Smile

<em>I wrote this last night, just as I was falling asleep. I got to thinking about how it seems like we all have that one person who we'd make an exception for - the one person we end up falling for and don't see it coming. Have you met that person yet, friends? Is it as magical as it sounds? xoxo</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIgWzp2Gfg21Sra9PDomlo4GJd6DYSJs1XCmG4oqNaB_5qHOzfTlYwlp_2dmLKnwc603gqqvKfmnPQ1KTFJFOG1F85RX4AtnFbCXDuA35JOgi3yfW4GR3lleS6nE-1bBAEkyhyZ-9gLdO/s1600/01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670067643399932466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIgWzp2Gfg21Sra9PDomlo4GJd6DYSJs1XCmG4oqNaB_5qHOzfTlYwlp_2dmLKnwc603gqqvKfmnPQ1KTFJFOG1F85RX4AtnFbCXDuA35JOgi3yfW4GR3lleS6nE-1bBAEkyhyZ-9gLdO/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" /></a><div align="center"><span style="font-style:italic;">You were the unexpected<br />The wild card in a lifetime of playing it safe<br />You were the devil on my shoulder<br />With the voice of an angel calling my name<br /><br />I never meant to fall in love with you<br />It was just something my heart jumped into<br /><br />You're like that Sunday feeling, driving with the top down, radio up and singing<br />Just want to sing along<br />And you've got me not thinking for the first time in forever<br />Don't think I've ever felt this way before<br />So come on, let me see those brown eyes shine<br />'Cause I know that you can make me smile<br /><br />My head tries to stop my heart from falling<br />But it's just no use<br />It's hard to even think of anything else<br />When you look at me the way you do<br /><br />I never meant to fall in love with you<br />But now it's all I ever want to do<br /><br />You're like that Sunday feeling, driving with the top down, radio up and singing<br />Just want to sing along<br />And you've got me not thinking for the first time in forever<br />Don't think I've ever felt this way before<br />So come on, let me see those brown eyes shine<br />'Cause I know that you can make me smile<br /><br />You made it all so easy<br />Gambled everything I had and put down all my cards<br />Oh, baby, there's be no turning back for me, 'cause...<br /><br />You're like that Sunday feeling, driving with the top down, radio up and singing<br />Just want to sing along<br />And you've got me not thinking for the first time in forever<br />Don't think I've ever felt this way before<br />So come on, let me see those brown eyes shine<br />'Cause I know that you can make me smile<br /><br />You're like that Sunday feeling, driving with the top down, radio up and singing<br />Just want to sing along<br />And you've got me not thinking for the first time in forever<br />Don't think I've ever felt this way before<br />So come on, let me see those brown eyes shine<br />'Cause I know that you can make me smile</span></div><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://fairycastle.tumblr.com/post/12082614068">Once upon a time</a>]

Make Me Smile

I wrote this last night, just as I was falling asleep. I got to thinking about how it seems like we all have that one person who we'd ma...

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Maybe Someday

<em>I got to thinking about my father this weekend, about how everything is so different, about how my life would be if he were still here and I wondered: What would I say to him if he <strong>were</strong> here? xoxo</em><br /><div align="center"> </div><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6258811044_47680927c8_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6258811044_47680927c8_o.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 560px;" /></a><em><div align="center">Sometimes I'm scared I'll forget you<br />You feel so far away now<br />And sometimes I just want to believe<br />That things will get better somehow<br /><br />Maybe someday I won't feel this way<br />And my smile will try my tears just like you used to do<br />I'd hold your hand and say to myself, "everything's going to be okay" <br />Maybe someday will become a thousand yesterdays tomorrow<br /><br />Well, time has a way of changing you, and I won't pretend I'm the same person I used to be<br />But of the woman I've become, would you be proud?<br />Sometimes I pick up the phone hoping to hear your old familiar voice<br />But the sound of my heart breaking is too loud<br /><br />Maybe someday I won't feel this way<br />And my smile will try my tears just like you used to do<br />I'd hold your hand and say to myself, "everything's going to be okay" <br />Maybe someday will become a thousand yesterdays tomorrow<br /><br />If I could go back just for one day<br />And tell you everything, would that have made you stay?<br /><br />Maybe someday I won't feel this way<br />And my smile will try my tears just like you used to do<br />I'd hold your hand and say to myself, "everything's going to be okay" <br />Maybe someday will become a thousand yesterdays tomorrow<br /><br />Maybe someday I won't feel this way<br />And my smile will try my tears just like you used to do<br />I'd hold your hand and say to myself, "everything's going to be okay" <br />Maybe someday will become a thousand yesterdays tomorrow</div></em><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/14516947">We Heart It</a>]

Maybe Someday

I got to thinking about my father this weekend, about how everything is so different, about how my life would be if he were still here and I...

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Want To

<em>After thinking about romantic comedies, I got to think how freeing it would be to just let go and open up to someone. Just wanting to tell them everything and not being afraid. Have you ever done this, friends? Were you scared? Here's what I'd say if I had the chance...</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-oHkL7_WYS5ZAn-EvKo6fDR_ih3p92CgF0fC1x_IwCkYTBUPpQExS0uCONgI99Lsuvr98Uj1u52Xpuj6yAio4avK6ud23MfKCVghp9mv4hcYDUBhuhwDZlaGq85FWtffm5XasdslreTt/s1600/aa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659738867893586402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-oHkL7_WYS5ZAn-EvKo6fDR_ih3p92CgF0fC1x_IwCkYTBUPpQExS0uCONgI99Lsuvr98Uj1u52Xpuj6yAio4avK6ud23MfKCVghp9mv4hcYDUBhuhwDZlaGq85FWtffm5XasdslreTt/s400/aa.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" /></a><em><div align="center">He says that he'll miss me the most<br />But in those words, I know there's just no hope<br />I try against all odds to resist him<br />But he seems bound to make me fall<br />Even if he doesn't know it<br /><br />Want to show him everything<br />Want to show him every little part of me<br />All the tears I hide, I want him to see them<br />Want to just smile with him in this moment and let go, baby<br />Want to feel like my heart can fly<br />Want to, want to, want to with him, baby<br /><br />I hate the way he looks at me sometimes<br />Like he sees it written all over my face<br />All those feelings I try so hard to hide<br />And I hate those eyes, they're so intense<br />He makes it hard to even look into them<br /><br />Want to show him everything<br />Want to show him every little part of me<br />All the tears I hide, I want him to see them<br />Want to just smile with him in this moment and let go, baby<br />Want to feel like my heart can fly<br />Want to, want to, want to with him, baby<br /><br />He's making it so damn hard to let go<br />When I'm holding on to those feelings he'll never know<br />Those feelings I can't show<br />But I want to... <br /><br />Want to show him everything<br />Want to show him every little part of me<br />All the tears I hide, I want him to see them<br />Want to just smile with him in this moment and let go, baby<br />Want to feel like my heart can fly<br />Want to, want to, want to with him, baby<br /><br />Want to show him everything<br />Want to show him every little part of me<br />All the tears I hide, I want him to see them<br />Want to just smile with him in this moment and let go, baby<br />Want to feel like my heart can fly<br />Want to, want to, want to with him, baby</div></em><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://leloveimage.blogspot.com/2011/10/worth-wait.html">Le Love</a>]

Want To

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Never Be You

<span style="font-style:italic;">I wrote this one over the weekend. I got to thinking how we'll always encounter people who criticize us and try to make us doubt just who we are, All too often, we take their words as the truth. But what we really need to realize? Their words, no matter how strong they seem at the time, are just not worth listening to. :)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg531-4_Rqzo64zO3_jaL2P3SV2k-_mqf1NJ9VoV1nH4hnji5toa0vV2VpT5JWRhQA39izNe08hnfF4RLAXRv5DfUZV8ibYDN647Xxrt1i7QZJTxoCZsE1kkPCahQ8nnv4Tvq8iHoqXnMJo/s1600/01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656684396045951778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg531-4_Rqzo64zO3_jaL2P3SV2k-_mqf1NJ9VoV1nH4hnji5toa0vV2VpT5JWRhQA39izNe08hnfF4RLAXRv5DfUZV8ibYDN647Xxrt1i7QZJTxoCZsE1kkPCahQ8nnv4Tvq8iHoqXnMJo/s400/01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><div align="center"><span style="font-style:italic;">Is the sky falling on your world tonight?<br />'Cause you're realizing it's your cold heart that's your only company<br />You can pretend that you're better, but we both know that pretending forever is such a long time <br />away I don't need you to tell me who you think I should be<br />I've already figured it out on my own<br /><br />You thought you had me fooled<br />Thought that I'd do whatever you wanted me to<br />Thought you could break me without even trying<br />I once stood in your shadow, stood close enough for you to touch<br />But now I can see the sun, it's coming up<br />And don't you know I've never seen such a beautiful morning<br />So go ahead and try to tear me down, tell me I'll never make it<br />It doesn't matter anyway 'cause I know who I am<br />I'll never be, I'll never be, I'll never be you<br /><br />You're so used to being on top<br />Does it make you feel better to push me to the ground?<br />But you forget, your words, they no longer sting<br />You think you've won, but you'll never get the best of me<br /><br />You thought you had me fooled<br />Thought that I'd do whatever you wanted me to<br />Thought you could break me without even trying<br />I once stood in your shadow, stood close enough for you to touch<br />But now I can see the sun, it's coming up<br />And don't you know I've never seen such a beautiful morning<br />So go ahead and try to tear me down, tell me I'll never make it<br />It doesn't matter anyway 'cause I know who I am<br />I'll never be, I'll never be, I'll never be you<br /><br />And oh, you forget, oh yes, you forgot, your words, they no longer sting<br />You think you've won, but you'll never get the best of me<br /><br />You thought you had me fooled<br />Thought that I'd do whatever you wanted me to<br />Thought you could break me without even trying<br />I once stood in your shadow, stood close enough for you to touch<br />But now I can see the sun, it's coming up<br />And don't you know I've never seen such a beautiful morning<br />So go ahead and try to tear me down, tell me I'll never make it<br />It doesn't matter anyway 'cause I know who I am<br />I'll never be, I'll never be, I'll never be you<br /><br />You thought you had me fooled<br />Thought that I'd do whatever you wanted me to<br />Thought you could break me without even trying<br />I once stood in your shadow, stood close enough for you to touch<br />But now I can see the sun, it's coming up<br />And don't you know I've never seen such a beautiful morning<br />So go ahead and try to tear me down, tell me I'll never make it<br />It doesn't matter anyway 'cause I know who I am<br />I'll never be, I'll never be, I'll never be you</span></div><br /><br />[Photo via <a href="http://mysummertwist.tumblr.com/post/10634730757">My Summer Twist</a>]

Never Be You

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