Inspiration

[RunByDesign]

K,

I tried this on another board and it flopped. I will give it a second try.

The rules are as follows. State a quote from a song, poem, person etc, so on and so forth. You will not be limited in that regard. Be sure to give credit for the quote, or provide the information as unkown.

Inspire me.

[RunByDesign]

It takes a million people, to build a good reputation..
But it takes ONE STUPID FOOL,
To destroy everything you've done..
The world knows your people,
As the most violent in the world..
The world knows your nation,
As the most opressive in the world..
Take it upon yourself,
To restore your nation's dignity..
It takes you to teach the world,
That is why, I got to say..
Wherever you go..
Teach The World.

Ernesto "Lucky" Dube

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Love, Sweet love, of the Father devine..
Love Shines Brighter than the morning sun!
Love Shines Brighter everyday!

We jump and wake up, in the mornings..
It was love, that caused our first heartbeat..
Judge the green trees..
How they bow their heads, way down low..
To give thanks and praise to the Father!

That's why I sing-say!

Love Shines Brighter than the morning sun!
Love Shines Brighter everyday!

Joseph Hill aka Culture

[RunByDesign]

Thanks for contributing, b.

Let's keep it going, folks!

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"Where ignorance is in ubundance, it's foolish to be wise"

Unknown (at least to me)

[2 Minute Warning]

Map out your future...but do it in pencil
Jon Bon Jovi

[2 Minute Warning]

"The early bird always gets the worm"--Unknown
Not very inspirational today.... am I? :rolleyes:

[RunByDesign]

"They've taken away our rights and they gave us wrong..they may be strong but it won't be for long.."

Euvin Spencer

aka

Don Carlos

[RunByDesign]

"Let the music heal your pain....turn on your radio"

Euvin Spencer

[broncos_chick]

"Here's wishing you the bluest skies
And hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
And the very best of choruses too

After all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way

Here's hoping all the days ahead
Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you
Be an optimist instead
And somehow happiness will find you
Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way"

(Partial quote from the song "Better Things" by the Kinks. Excellent for those times when it seems the rough patches in life will never end)

[BlueDamsel]

"This One's For John!"

[2 Minute Warning]

"So hold me close better hang on tight
Buckle up, baby, it's a bumpy ride
We're two kids hitching down the road of life
Our world, our fight

If we stand side by side (all night)
There's a chance we'll get by (and it's alright)
And I'll know that you'll live
In my heart till the day that I die

Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man

We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reason
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man "

JBJ

[palehorse]

"Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others' happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls; has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.

Our knowledge as made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these things cries out for the goodness in man; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say "Do not despair." The misery that has come upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to these brutes who despise you, enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle and use you as cannon fodder.

Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men---machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are men! With the love of humanity in your hearts! Don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it is written that the kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power.

Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to the happiness of us all. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us unite! Hannah, can you hear me?"

"The Great Dictator" A Charlie Chaplin film


But this one is close:

Originally posted by BeerGirl
"This One's For John!"

[RunByDesign]

Hell's coming to breakfast...

Excellent contribution, palehorse.

[palehorse]

I may be a quiet member here, but I try.

You're Welcome

[2 Minute Warning]

If I saw you in Heaven, would you know my name...?

Can't seem to think of who sings it.

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by JoviBronco
If I saw you in Heaven, would you know my name...?

Can't seem to think of who sings it.

Eric Clapton

That song is very heartfelt and very inspriring and sad. I believe it was wrote for his little boy who died.

Excellent song that almost makes me cry everytime I hear it.

[broncos_chick]

Originally posted by portisistheman
Eric Clapton

That song is very heartfelt and very inspriring and sad. I believe it was wrote for his little boy who died.

Excellent song that almost makes me cry everytime I hear it.

Yes, it was wriitten shortly after his 4-year-old son Connor (sp?) fell to his death from a high-rise balcony or window.

They played that song here in OKC a LOT after the Murrah Building bombing. :(

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by bcollin1
You know...it's funny how you see all these lemmings with NYPD and FDNY gear on, but you never ever see people with OKCPD or FDOKC stuff.

People in NY think that it only happened if it happened to them.
I guess it pays to have good advertising.

Maybe they should have some that say "PA NTSB" too.

This world is a wierd place to say the least.

I liked your quote, BTW. I try to live by a similar rule. Might even be the same one.

[Elway]

Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Kansas

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"Somebody told me about it, when I was still a little boy...he said to me..crime does not pay...he said to me...education is the key..I thought I knew what I was doing..but today here I am in jail..I am a prisoner"

"I look all around me but to see nothing but four grey walls, staring at me..the policeman said to me, son..they won't build no schools anymore, all they'll build will be prisons, prisons..today, I am a prisoner."

"I asked the Policeman and said..how much must I pay for my freedom? He said to me, son..they won't build no schools anymore, they won't build no hospitals, all they'll build will be prisons, prisons."

"I am a prisoner!"

Lucky Dube

[Elway]

As the scorpion said to the lady as she lay dying, "You knew I was poison when you picked me up."

Stephen King

[RunByDesign]

Daddy, wherever you are, Remember Me.

You left for the city, many years ago.
Promised to come back and take care of us..
Many years have gone by now..
Still no sign of you, Daddy yet..

Mother died of heartache, many years ago..
When she heard that you were married again..
Now, I'm the only one left in the Family!

Daddy, wherever you are, Remember Me.
In whatever you do, I love you..
Daddy, wherever you are, Remember Me.
In whatever you do, I love you..

Wandering up and down, the streets of Soweto..
No place to call my home..
I tried to find you, many years ago..
But the woman you are married to, was not good at all..


Daddy, wherever you are, Remember Me.
In whatever you do, I love you..
Daddy, wherever you are, Remember Me.
In whatever you do, I love you..

Remember Me..Daddy ohh..

Lucky Dube

[kenoyripsit28]

IT"S TIME TO F*** S*** UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it works before we run out onto the footy field ill be back later with a good one :D .

[RunByDesign]

"No growth, without assistance. No action, without reaction. No desire, without restraint. Now give yourself up and find yourself again."

Li Mu Bai

[COOLTOOL]

Haven't been on the forum for a while, but I saw this thread and I thought I'd reply.... Unfortunately my job search hasn't been going as planned... So... My posts will be few and far between for a while. Anyway, here goes...

Quote: "If you wish to be out in front... Then act as if you were behind" Unknown.

[RunByDesign]

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love."

Socrates

[Zmabe]

this ones a little mushey i know. but i thought it was good.
"age to some extent protects you from love but love from some extent protects you from age"-unknown

[Jared]

"Obstacles are what you see only when you take your eyes off of the goal"

-unknown

[pikman]

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious."

Vince Lombardi

[kenoyripsit28]

Leaders arent born they are made.

[RunByDesign]

"Life is a game...what are the rules...what did I do to deserve this?"

Lucky Dube

[BlueDamsel]

OOoh don't let this thread slip off my "new posts page" until monday--I have a good quote to put on here...

[palehorse]

"You find out life's this game of inches, so is football. Because in either game - life or football - the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when add up all those inches, that's gonna make the ****ing difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!"

Any Given Sunday

[GoDenver]

"im everywhere and nowhere at once" - KRS-ONE

[RunByDesign]

Sunshine

I just can't take another cloudy day...
I need sunshine in my life!
To brighten up my skies!
Come on, girl....
Ever since you've been away,
I've seen only dark clouds...
And the rain fall from my eyes!

The memory still lingers on..
Of a Love that was so strong..
But something went wrong, girl...
But I don't know?
I call your name, yes but it's just not the same..
And then comes the pain...
Lord, it's raining again!

I just can't take another cloudy day...
I need sunshine in my life!
To brighten up my skies!
Oh girl, cause....
Ever since you've been away,
I've seen only dark clouds...
And the rain fall from my eyes!

Well, is this what you really want?
For us to be apart?
Come on and search your heart, cause...
I've got to know!
A love that was so strong..
How could you say, "it's gone wrong" ?
Like an old, familiar song, girl..
We just keep singin' along!

I just can't take another cloudy day...
I need sunshine in my life!
To brighten up my skies!
Come on, girl...
Ever since you've been away,
I've seen only dark clouds...
And the rain fall from my eyes!

Well, can't you see our love is real?
I'm the magnet, you're the steel..
We can't hide the way we feel, girl..
It's got to show!
It makes no sense to lie...
It's much better if we try..
Just reach out for the sky..
And start livin' again!!!

I just can't take another cloudy day...
I need sunshine in my life!
To brighten up my skies!
Come on, girl...
Ever since you've been away,
I've seen only dark clouds...
And the rain fall from my eyes!

So now our love is true and free..
Like a bird or like a tree..
From your egg and from my seed, girl..
It's got to grow!
A love that once went wrong...
Now again, will be so strong!
Like an old, familiar song, girl..
We just keep singin' along!

I just can't take another cloudy day...
I need sunshine in my life!
To brighten up my skies!
Come on, girl...
Ever since you've been away,
I've seen only dark clouds...
And the rain fall from my eyes!

Mystic Revealers

[RunByDesign]

VICTIMS

Didn't know she was crying..
Until now, as she turns to look at me..
She said, "boy o' boy, you bring tears to my eyes"..
I said, "what?" she said,
"Boy o' boy, you bring tears to my eyes"..
Bob Marley said,
"How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?"
But little did he know, that
Eventually the enemy,
Will stand aside and look,
While we slash and kill
Our own brothers...
Knowing that already,
They are the victims of the situation...

Still licking wounds, from brutality...
Still licking wounds, from humiliation...
She said all these words and the
Wrinkles on her face, became
Perfect trails for the tears and she said:

Chorus: (x3)
We are the victims, everytime..
We got double trouble, everytime..

She took me outside, to the churchyard...
Showed me graves on the ground
and she said:
"There lies a man, who fought for equality..
There lies a boy, who died in the struggle..
Can all these heroes die in vain?
While we slash and kill our own brothers...
Knowing that already they are the
Victims of the situation..."

Still licking wounds, from brutality...
Still licking wounds, from humiliation...

Chorus till fade

Lucky Dube

[RunByDesign]

DIFFERENT COLOURS / ONE PEOPLE

Breaking those barriers
All over the world
Was not an easy thing
Yesterday your mouth was shut yeah
Couldn' t make a sound eh boy
But it' s such a good feeling today
When I can hear them from
Across the ocean singing this song
That the whole world should be singing
All the time

Chorus: (x3)

We' re...
Different colours / one people
Different colours / one people

Hey you government
Never try to seperate the people
Hey you politician
Never try to seperate the people

They were created in the image of God
And who are you to seperate them
Bible says, he made man in his image
But it didn' t say black or white
Look at me you see BLACK
I look at you I see WHITE
Now is the time to kick that away
And join me in my song

Chorus: (x3)

Hey you politician
Never seperate the people here
Hey you man hey you man
Never try to seperate the people

Some were from America
We were from South Africa
Some were from Japan
We were from China
Some were from Australia
We were from the U.K.
Some were from Zimbabwe
We were from Ghana
Some were from Jamaica
We were from Russia
Some were from Aha-ha-ha
We were from Uhu-hu-hu

Chorus till fade

Lucky Dube

[RunByDesign]

MY WORLD

Dinky the boy from next door
Talked to the rich man standing
in his garden, looking so
miserable
He said you are the rich
man here
so why do you cry
Rich man said to the boy
It' s all bills and more bills
Dinky said to the rich man
I know a place where we
can go
Where we don' t pay
government taxes
Where we don' t pay
telephone bills
All we care about is candy

Let me welcome you to the kingdom
Kingdom of the children
Little boy said
Kingdom of the children
Rich man did not believe what he heard
From the little boy
Till the little boy
Made it clear to him

Chorus:
In my world there' s no trouble
In my world there' s no worries
Let me welcome you to the
Kingdom of the children /
Little ones

Rich man thought about it
Said, I have everything
But still I' m not happy
Maybe if I change
And live my life like a child
I' ll be happy yeah
He said 'cause they
Don' t have no politics
They don' t care about
Being rich
They don' t care about
Being poor
All they care about is
CANDY

Lucky Dube

[dandaman23]

Originally posted by pikman
"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious."

Vince Lombardi

My high school football team says that after every game win or lose. But it starts out like this for us: I believe in God and I believe in human desincie(sp) but I firmly believe..... and then its the same and then we yell out VICTORIOUS.

[RunByDesign]

KEEP ON KNOCKING

She wrote me a letter
In the early days of December
Saying she wasn' t happy
Where she was
Oh that' s the bad news yeah
That is why today I' m here
To take her away from you
Everytime you treat her badly
It brings back memories and
We don' t want
To see her go through
Hurt again so!!!

Chorus: (x2)
Keep on knocking but you
Can' t come in now

She's my Mother, you know

If she was a bad mother
She would have thrown us away
Long time ago
Even when things got bad
She still held onto us all the way
When she cries WE CRY TOO
When she smiles WE SMILE TOO
We were happy all this time
Until you came along
Everytime you treat her badly
It brings back memories and
We don' t want to see her
Go through hurt again

Chorus till fade

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

WELL FED SLAVE / HUNGRY FREE MAN

Look in the eyes of the
Homeless man
Tell me what you see
In the eyes of a jobless man
Tell me what you see
What about the eyes
Of a prisoner
What do you see
Now you' ve seen it all
It is time to make up your mind
Don' t try to hide it
'Cause I can see it all
In your face yeah
It's the same questions
That I ask myself every time
To be or not to be

Chorus: (x3)
Do you wanna be
A well fed slave or a hungry free man

What is the point in being free
When you can' t get no job
What is the point in being free
When you can' t get food
What is the point in going out to work
When others can get for free
What is the point in being free
When you don' t have no home
Now you' ve heard it all
It is time to make up
Your own mind
To be or not to be
Oh ho ho ho

Chorus:
Do you wanna be
A well fed slave or a hungry free man
till fade

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

MIRROR MIRROR

Billy old Billy (x2)
Man with the words of wisdom
They found his long black coat
On the banks of the river
'Cause he never came back
In it' s pocket they found notes
He' d written some time ago
About his so called friends
It read...
Love all your friends
But never trust any one of them
Which got me thinking about
My very own friends

Chorus:
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who is the deadliest of them all
I ask you now-tears in my eyes

Billy old Billy (x2)
Man with the words of wisdom
See them coming
Hear them talk
Never believe a word they say
He told me one day
Even behind the smile
That he wore on his wrinkled face
Everyday
You could see the scars
Of hurt from the past
Which got me thinking of
My very own so called friend

Chorus:
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who is the deadliest of them all
I ask you now-tears in my eyes
till fade

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

KISS NO FROG

She wanted to be
Like her mother in many ways
The way she walks
The way she smiles
Over and above all
The way she brushes her hair back
She heard it all being said to her
Saw it all happening in her life
Like every woman
She' s been trapped in this
Fairy tale
Find a frog, kiss it,
And hope it would turn
Into a handsome prince
How many frogs has she kissed
In her life?
None of them turned into
A handsome prince
The little girl made a decision
In her life ohh
And she promised to keep it

Chorus:
I'm gonna kiss no frog

Everything went
The way she wanted
Every dream was what she wanted
But when it came to finding someone
To spend her life with
Same old story
Find a frog, kiss it
And hope it' ll turn into a prince ohh
Better to be alone and happy
Than being with someone
And be unhappy
All your life

Chorus:
I'm gonna kiss no frog
till fade

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

MAN IN THE MIRROR

When I look in the mirror
It' s your face I see
Even when I go to sleep at night
It' s your face I see
You are the one to congratulate me
When I' ve done right
You are the last to criticize me
When I' ve done wrong
You are the star of my show
Oh...man...oh...man
I don' t know where to start to thank you
Everything I own I owe it to you

Chorus:
The man in the mirror

When there' s decisions
To be made
You leave it up to me
I leave it up to you
And whatever you decide is alright with me
Some people say you' re so difficult to live with
Oh my, oh my
But I know different
Follow me I' m right behind you
I don' t know how to thank you
This happiness I have
I owe it all to you

Chorus:
Man in the mirror...

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

ROLLING STONE

Call me when you' re ready yeah
Call me when your head is right
She said the words and walked into the sunset
Like a cowboy
He was standing there like he got up
From a bad dream
And he said she wanted something
He could not give her (commitment)
He is one of the men I know
Who have chosen loneliness
And called it freedom
That' s why he always says

Chorus:
I' m a rolling stone
'Cause a rolling stone
Gathers no moss

She told him once before
She' s not getting any younger you know
And when you look at her face
The years are showing
She is one of the women I know
Who wants it all in life (commitment)
He is one of the men I know
Who' ve taken loneliness
And called it freedom
That' s why he always says

Chorus:
I' m a rolling stone
'Cause a rolling stone
Gathers no moss

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

TILL YOU LOSE IT ALL

We take a lot of things for granted
One day it' ll be taken away
That' s when you' ll realize
How important it was
You never miss your water
Till your well runs dry
Give thanks and praise all the time
The wolf is always by the door

Chorus:
You don' t know what you' ve got
Till you lose it all again
You never miss your water
Till your well runs dry

He' s a hero, now that he' s dead
Oh what a bull preacherman talks about him
When he was alive
He didn' t even know his name
When he was alive
He didn' t get this love
You never miss your water
Till your well runs dry

Chorus:
You don' t know what you' ve got
Till you lose it again
You never lose your water
Till your well runs dry

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

HOW WILL I KNOW

There's a lady there I love...
So much
She is always on my mind
Night and day
But people tell me she's in love
With another guy in town
This really makes me so sad
I'm confused
I don't know what to do about it

How will I know
If she loves me
I'm confused
How will I know
If she loves me
Does she really care for me yeah
how will I know
If she loves me
I'm confused oh yeah

I've tried
To get her off my mind
But the love that she gives to me
Draws me near each time I go
I've tried
To get her off my mind
But the love that she gives to me
Is so strong...

Each time
When we were together
She used to tell me that I'm the only guy...
I have given myself
To this woman
Now, I'm so confused
People tell me she's in love
With another guy in town
This really makes me so sad
I'm confused
What am I gonna do about it
Oh no
Does she really care for me?

How will I know
If she loves me
How will I know
If she loves me

How will I know
Oh baby yeah
How will I know
If she loves me
You know
She's the only person
I can depend on
Does she really care for me yeah
I need her by my side
How will I know
If she loves me
How will I know
Oh baby yeah....

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

THE HAND THAT GIVETH

What type of a rich man are you?
Who doesn't care about the poor people
What type of a rich man are you?
Who doesn't care about the helpless people

I said, what type of a rich man are you?
Who doesn't care about the poor people
What type of a rich man are you?
Who doesn't care about the helpless people

You can read in the Bible
And understand what it says...

Blessed is the hand that giveth
Than the one that taketh
Blessed is the hand that giveth
Than the one that taketh
Blessed is the hand that giveth
Than the one that taketh

Are you feeling happy?
When you see another man starving
I say are you feeling happy?
When you see another man with no food
Does it make you feel grand, baby?
To see another man without a thing

You read in the Bible
And understand what it says
It says....

Blessed is the hand that giveth
Than the one that taketh
Blessed is the hand that giveth
Than the one that taketh
Blessed is the hand that giveth
Than the one that taketh...
Whoever you are
Wherever your are
I'll never reach you baby...
I know

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

BORN TO SUFFER

The parents are the people
We're depending on
For the growth of the children
If we treat them right
We gonna have a brighter future
If we treat them wrong
We gonna have the worst of the world

If they've grown up without thier parents
Who's gonna tell them this is right
If they've grown up without thier parents
Who's gonna tell them this is wrong

If you divorce your wife
Just think about the children
If they've grown up without thier parents
Who's gonna tell them this is right

Without thier mother
Children are suffering
Without thier father
Children are suffering
Without thier parents
They're just

Chorus (x10)
Born to Suffer

You gotta watch out my son
If your mother doesn't care for you
You gotta watch out brother
If your father doesn't care for you

They need parental care
They need spiritual care
They need parental care
They need spiritual care

Chorus till fade

Lucky

[RunByDesign]

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

They tell you...
That I'm a jailbird..
They tell you..
That I'm a no-good man, yeah..

They can imagine you..
How HAPPY YOU WOULD BE..
In the arms of another man, yeah...
And they tell you..
Of the things I do...
When you're not there, yeah...

There is one thing that they forget..
They don't know how much you mean to me..

Chorus(x3)
Beauty Lies...
On the Eyes..
Of the Beholder..

They tell me...
You got legs like scrambled eggs, yeah..
And they tell me...
Of the things you do, when I'm not there, yeah..

And I've got to be aware..
Of the decisions I make...
And I've got to be aware..
Of who I listen to, yeah...

There is one thing they don't understand, yeah...

Chorus til fade
Beauty Lies...
On the Eyes..
Of the Beholder..

[RunByDesign]

NO TRUTH IN THE WORLD

I've been risking my life,
All of these years...
Protecting you, from all the wrongs you did, man..
I did all of these, because of your promises..
You promised me that..
YOU WILL DIE WHEN I DIE
You promised that..
When trouble comes my way...
YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE

When trouble came-a-knocking at my door..
YOU WERE NOT THERE, TO BE FOUND
When trouble came-a-knocking at my door..
YOU WERE NOT THERE, TO BE FOUND

The World is turning around...
Yesterday becomes tomorrow...
When LIES BESET THE TRUTH..
And TRUTH IS BESET WITH LIES..

YEAH YEAH YEAH

No Truth in this World
No Truth in this World

Like a PREACHER IN CHURCH...
WHO PREACHES UNTIL TEARS RUN DOWN HIS FACE..
When the sun goes down...
He is a HOULIGAN..
When the sun goes down...
HE'S A WITCH!!
And he's doing all this..
IN THE CREATOR'S NAME..
Do you think this is this the way GOD wants it to be?

The World is turning around...
When today becomes tomorrow...
When LIES BECOMES THE TRUTH..
The FUTURE BECOMES THE PAST..

No Truth in this World
No Truth in this World

THERE IS NO...TRUTH...IN THE WORLD!!!

Lucky Dube

[RunByDesign]

Ernesto "Lucky" Dube

Lucky was born on 3rd August,1964, in Ermelo, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa.

At the age of 9 Lucky was chosen as library assistant at his school. His desire to learn about the rest of the world and South Africa's controversial history had him immediately immersed in the world of literature.It was here that he became acquainted with the Rastafarian religion, discovering it in an Encyclopedia. He also read about the music which is synonymous with Rastafarianism - REGGAE. His interest grew the more he read and found out, and soon he was working and earning enough money to buy Peter Tosh albums (which were the only Reggae albums available in South Africa at the time). Whilst he was at school he founded his first band - THE SKYWAY BAND - and raised enough money to buy his first guitar from a stage play he produced. His talents soon came to the attention of Richard Siluma, who was a distant relative and a record producer, and it was clearly evident to Richard that Lucky had a huge talent and a wonderful potential as a mbaqanga singer.

In 1979 Lucky launched his career as a mbaqanga singer and along with future slave members Thutukani Cele and Chris Dlamini recorded an album in 1982 as a member of the band THE LOVE BROTHERS entitled MBAQANGA. In the next 3 years Lucky went on to release his debut solo album entitled LENGANE NGEYETHA which spawned his first hit single and went gold. His next album KUKUWE also went gold. He subsequently released another two Zulu traditional albums.

During 1985 and without the knowledge of his record company, Teal Records, Lucky and Richard went into the studio and recorded "Rastas Never Die" - the first ever reggae album to be recorded in South Africa.Because of the political situation and censorship in the government controlled media it did not reach the airwaves and was banned immediately. The album gained awareness but did not sell well. Record company executives demanded a return back to traditional Zulu pop music. Lucky featured in his first movie - Getting Lucky - and was involved in producing the soundtrack. In 1986 Lucky's second reggae album was released through GRC and entitled - THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

Richard and Lucky also recorded an album under the name of 'Oom Hansie' which was a Afrikaans/Zulu rap album and entitled 'Help My Krap'.

The beginnings of his first backing band were also now being formed. In 1987 Lucky's third reggae album was released entitled - SLAVE - and he had huge hits with "I've Got You Babe ", "Slave" , and " Back To My Roots". With his backing band The Slaves, he performed at huge shows in Johannesburg, pulling crowds in excess of 50,000.

In 1988 due to popular demand, GRC re-released RASTAS NEVER DIE.Lucky embarked on his first international trip to promote the album SLAVE, which was now released on the Celluloid label in France. In 1988 TOGETHER AS ONE was released and featured the hit title track which was once again based on the South African situation. He asked all South Africans to unite. Black and white.

Lucky hit the road again and performed to crowds in excess of 65,000.

In 1989 sixty of South Africa's top musicians, including Lucky, embarked on a series of shows in France under the banner of Franchment Zoulou tour. Lucky established himself as a truely international artist, and got rave reviews at every show. He continued on to tour the US.

This year also gave Lucky the chance to act in his first full length feature film entitled 'Voice In The Dark', in which he co-starred with John Savage.

1989 also saw the release of PRISONER and within 5 days it had hit double platinum.

1990 was a year to take stock and perform mainly in Africa, performing in venues ranging from small township halls to Ellis Park, at which 80,000 people went to see Lucky perform.
In 1991 Lucky toured the United States again and then made an historical appearance at the world famous reggae Sunsplash Festival in Jamaica - the first time ever for a South African artist and his long awaited dream was realised. He was the first and only artist to be invited back for a 25 minute encore. The tour carried on to Australia, Japan and Ghana.

PRISONER became his biggest selling album, with in excess of 1,000,000 copies sold worldwide.

The electrifying double live album CAPTURED LIVE was released featuring some of his best known songs with live arrangements. The album quickly reached platinum status and outsold any international music release sales on a live album.
Lucky wons BEST MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR at the annual OKTV awards in South Africa.

HOUSE OF EXILE was released and Lucky headlined the first ever reggae festival in South Africa - REGGAE STRONG FOR PEACE - and the proceeds of the live album, with the title track written by him, went to a crisis line in Soweto. The REGGAE STRONG FOR PEACE album went gold and a live video was released.

[mattos]

you's a big fine woman
won't you back that thing up?

- juvenile

[RunByDesign]

"You see, there is only one constant...one universal. It is the only real truth. Causality. Action, reaction. Cause and effect."

"Everything begins with choice."

"No. Wrong. Choice is an illusion created between those with power...and those without. Look there, at that woman. My God, just look at her...affecting everyone around her. So obvious, so bourgeois, so boring. But wait. Watch. You see, I have sent her a dessert...a very special dessert. I wrote it myself. It starts so simply...each line of the program creating a new effect, just like...poetry. First...a rush, heat. Her heart flutters. You can see it, Neo, yes? She does not understand why. Is it the wine? No. What is it, then? What is the reason? And soon it does not matter. Soon the why and the reason are gone...and all that matters is the feeling itself. And this is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it...but it is, of course, pretense. It is a lie. Beneath our poised appearance...the truth is, we are completely...out of control. Causality. There is no escape from it. We are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace, is to understand it, to understand the why. *Why* is what seperates us from them...you from me. *Why* is the only real source of power. Without it, you are powerless."

-Merovingian-

[BlueDamsel]

Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

~Nikki Giovanni

[RunByDesign]

Thanks, Blue...I wanna try to get this thread going , again.

[BlueDamsel]

I have a whole calendar of little quotes here at work...

Let me add some more here....

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
~Socrates

Whenever you fall, pick something up.
~Oswald Avery

[2 Minute Warning]

Last Man Standing

Come see a living, breathing spectacle
Only seen right here
It's your last chance in this lifetime
The line forms to the rear
You won't believe your eyes
Your eyes will not believe youre ears
Get your money out, get ready
Step right up, yeah you, come here
You ain't seen nothing like him
The last one of the breed
You better hold on to your honey
Honeys, don't forget to breathe
Enter at your own risk, mister
It might change the way you think
There's no dancers, there's no diamonds
No this boy he don't lip-synch
Chorus:
Here's the last man standing
Step right up, he's the real thing
The last chance of a lifetime
Come and see, hear, feel ... the real thing
See those real live calloused fingers
Wrapped around those guitar strings
Kiss the lips where hurt has lingered
It breaks the hart to hear him sing
Thesongs were more than music
They were pictures from the soul
So keep your pseudo-punk, hip-hop, j-lo junk
And your digital downloads
Chorus:
Take your seats now, folks. It's showtime
Hey, Patrick - hit the lights
There's something in the air
There's magic in the night
Now here's the band, they really play
I'll count the first one in
I don't know where it's gone
Well all know where it's been
Chorus:
The last man standing
Step right up, he's the real thing
The last chance of a lifetime
Come see, hear, feel... the real thing.

And....


Thief of Hearts

You can lock up all the doors
Pull up the covers
Turn out the lights
I'll know where you are
It's alright
You can go ahead and hide
You know you can't keep me out
I'll find my way
I'm here to stay
Even the cops can't save you now
Hey baby Theres nothing you can do
Hey baby It isn't up to you
Chorus:
I am the thief of hearts
Don't hide or try to run
I'll play the part. I'm the thief of hearts
I've come to steal your love
You can hold on to your heart
You ain't gonna win
Go ahead and draw the blinds
I'm still coming in
Hey baby I'm gonna wear you down
hey baby Better listen to me now
Chorus:
I'm the thief of hearts
The shadow on your wall
A whisper in your ear
A footstep in the hall
I'm the thief of hearts
Don't hide or try to run
I'll play the part, I'm the thief of hearts
I'm gonna steal your love
Hey, baby There's nothing you can do
hey, baby You know there ain't no use
Chorus:
I am the thief of hearts
Guilty of the charge
You can throw away the keys
And double up the bars
I am the thief of hearts
Don't hide or try to run
I'll play the part, I'm the thief of hearts
I'm gonna steal your love.



By Mr. Jon Bon Jovi


:D

[RunByDesign]

Keep 'em comin', guys and gals. :)

[rcsodak]

The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those who succeed are those who have thoroughly learned the immense importance of plan in life, and the tragic brevity of time.

-- W.J. Davison

[BlueDamsel]

You know, if we keep posting positive things here, maybe we can print it out and send it to Deltha to read over whenever he loses big games for us! ;)

[Elway]

I'm a positive person... I'm positive the glass is half empty and what is left in it is probably poison anyways....

[RunByDesign]

What we wish, we readily believe and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

-Julius Caesar-

[RunByDesign]

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

-Leonardo da Vinci-

[RunByDesign]

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

-Friedrich Nietzsche-

[RunByDesign]

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.-

[broncosbeast]

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho Marx

[broncosbeast]

"Listen, when you love somebody, you're always in trouble. There's only two things you can do about it: either stop loving 'em, or love 'em a whole lot more."

Sherman Potter

[broncosbeast]

"Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice."

Sidney Freedman

[RunByDesign]

LMAO! ^

Good one, bb, I like that one.

[RunByDesign]

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

-Sun Tzu-

[broncosbeast]

Be the change that you want to see in the world.
Mohandas Gandhi

[broncosbeast]

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
George Carlin

[broncosbeast]

Think off-center.
George Carlin

[broncosbeast]

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

Vince Lombardi

[broncosbeast]

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

Vince Lombardi

[broncosbeast]

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

Alan Alda

[RunByDesign]

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

-Socrates-

[BlueDamsel]

Action is Eloquence

~William Shakespeare

[BlueDamsel]

Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

~Jean de la Fontaine

[BlueDamsel]

If the first button of one's coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked.

~Giordano Bruno

[RunByDesign]

"Beware of the leader, who strikes the war drum in order to transfer the citizens into patriotic glow, patriotism is indeed a double-sided sword. It makes the blood so boldly, like it constricts the intellect. And if the striking of the war drum reached a fiebrige height and the blood is cooking and hating, and the intellect is dismissed, the leader doesn't need to reject the citizens rights. The citizens, cought by anxiety and blinded through patriotism, will subordinate all their rights to the leader and this even with happy courage. Why do I know that? I know it, because this is, what I did. And I am Gajus Julius Cäsar."

-False Internet Rumor-

[BlueDamsel]

"Our life is frittered away by detail....Simplify, simplify."

Henry David Thoreau

[Elway]

"She bang she bangs" Willian Hung fron the album "Inspiration"

[JayhawkBronco]

As long as I've got Rock-n-Roll, I'm forever young........Cinderella

From the album Heartbreak Station......thanks to Bon Jovi for giving these guys their break back in '85. :cool:

[BlueDamsel]

Hear the meaning within the word.

~ William Shakespeare

Patience is power. With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes silk.

~Chinese Proverb

Take a sad song and make it better.

~John Lennon/Paul McCartney

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

[Elway]

Just a drop of water in an endless sea.

Kansas.

[BlueDamsel]

The Greatest Achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn.

~James Allen

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.

[BlueDamsel]

What poison is to food, self-pity is to life.

~Oliver C. Wilson

Better to bend than to break.

~Scottish Proverb

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

~Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare.

[RunByDesign]

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

-Sigmund Freud-

[RunByDesign]

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.

-Lao Tzu-

[RunByDesign]

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.

-Xi Zhi-

[RunByDesign]

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

-Arthur Schopenhauer-

[caveatemptor]

You can't achieve your goals if you don't take that chance
So go pry open that trunk and get those amps

-Atmoshpere

[broncosbeast]

Don't try to minimize the sting of defeat. If you can experience the full pain of defeat then you can also feel the full joy of victory.

ME!! :)

[transistor1974]

"Portis is a *****" Transistor

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by transistor1974
"Portis is a *****" Transistor

Touche'? :laugh:

-PITM-

[Jared]

"Lead Me" the leftists cry as the right subsides
"Hear Me" the media mouth is screaming open wide
"Save Me" success is our hunger we need to feed
"Free Me" we'll lose not to their anarchy
"Show Me" the wave of 2003
"Praise Me" our religion is technology

We are your leaders,
We are rebellion,
We are the future.

[RunByDesign]

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

-Buddha-

[RunByDesign]

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.

-Eugene Ionesco-

[dbfanatic]

If you want to know how rich you are. Collect the sum of everything you own, that money cannot buy, and dept cannot take away....
-David Caradine

Life is hard get up and skate!
-Gena Davis

[dbfanatic]

If you are not prepared to succeed; then you are prepared to fail.
-I have no idea who said this :D

[palehorse]

"Without the leaves, how would the tree breathe? Without a tree, how would a forrest exist? Maybe we should all leave."

The Zen of a PaleHorse

[RunByDesign]

The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient prohibitions.

-Italo Calvino-

[BlueDamsel]

(about the past)
"The way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it"

~Rafiki to Simba in the Lion King! :D

[RunByDesign]

Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.

-William J. Clinton-

[Diggler]

"If you love somebody, set them free. If somebody loves you, don't f**k it up."

- Eddie Vedder

[palehorse]

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refuted his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred. to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. --And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

..."Samuel P. Huntington"...Connecticut (my father's, mother's side of the family)

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

Your related to Samuel Huntington? I've read many of his essays/works as i'm a political science grad. That's very impressive

[RunByDesign]

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

-Rene Descartes-

[RunByDesign]

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

-Benjamin Franklin-

[The Dark Knight]

After a time, you may find that "having" is not so pleasing a thing,
after all, as "wanting." It is not logical, but it is often true.
-- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7

[mainen8]

On that note, I have a quote.

"The secret to happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have."

However, it does not mean that you should replace your aspirations with complacency.

[The Dark Knight]

"It's hard to believe that something which is neither seen nor felt can
do so much harm."
"That's true. But an idea can't be seen or felt.
-- Vanna and Kirk, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5819.0

[palehorse]

Originally posted by NJBRONCOSFAN
Your related to Samuel Huntington? I've read many of his essays/works as i'm a political science grad. That's very impressive

Thank You. I wish I knew more about him. My family is not the type to "live in the past".

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

"I believe that unarmed truth, and unconditional love will have the final word in reality" - Martin Luther King

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

"Peace cannont be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding" Albert Einstein

[RunByDesign]

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.

-Anais Nin-

[The Dark Knight]

"The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity."
"And in the way our differences combine to create meaning and beauty."
-- Dr. Miranda Jones and Spock, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", stardate 5630.8

[The Dark Knight]

... The things love can drive a man to -- the ecstasies, the
the miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious
failures and the glorious victories.
-- McCoy, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5843.7

[RunByDesign]

Thanks to everyone who has contributed and keep it up!!!

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

no problem

[threeamigos]

"someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody."
--When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan


"freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."
--Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
--Robert Frost

[broncosbeast]

Originally posted by portisistheman
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

-Rene Descartes-

cogito ergo sum

dubito ergo sum

-Rene Descartes

[RunByDesign]

I think; therefore I am.

-Rene Descartes-

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.

-Rene Descartes-

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

-Rene Descartes-

[RunByDesign]

"America, America, America!!! You got to break the neck of this Apartheid!!!"

-Alpha Blondy-

[threeamigos]

"We the people of the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect Union . . ."


"That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as
slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people
whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall
be then, thenceforward, and forever free . . ."
--Abraham Lincoln


"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal"

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow, this ground -- The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.

It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
--Abraham Lincoln

[RunByDesign]

:)

[palehorse]

Originally posted by threeamigos

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
--Robert Frost

You are joking, aren't you. There is nothing inspirational about this poem at all. Frost is mocking us all in it. Hopefully you see that. If not...well....:rolleyes:

[RunByDesign]

Perhaps we should accept each contribution for what it is and let it communicate whatever it is, in the way that it was intented.

;)

[palehorse]

PITM, this is a great thread, and there is so much in here that is inspiring. The Frost poem says plainly, "it doesn't matter which road you take, because in the end you'll lie about it anyway". There is nothing inspirational about that in the least. Not now anyway.

[threeamigos]

Originally posted by palehorse
PITM, this is a great thread, and there is so much in here that is inspiring. The Frost poem says plainly, "it doesn't matter which road you take, because in the end you'll lie about it anyway". There is nothing inspirational about that in the least. Not now anyway.

all right, i have to defend myself a little bit here. either i'm the most shallow reader of all time or you're taking the pessimist view of the Robert Frost poem that i've ever seen.

Frost--in my opinion--isn't saying that he's going to lie about which road he took regardless of his choice, he's saying that when given the choice between choosing to do what everyone else is doing and being his own man and an individual, he'll take the road less traveled and be different from everyone else.

now, does that analogy seem entirely unreasonable? it seems to make perfect sense to me and it doesn't seem that complicated. honestly, i don't know where you got that stuff about lying. it makes no sense at all.

[palehorse]

Perhaps I was a bit stiff last night when I posted. Blame it on the burbon.

Here are the elements of the poem that indicate Frost's attitude.

1) When he comes to a fork in the road, he realizes he can only choose one path. He looks at each of them. Notice the phrase:

"As just as fair",

2) Right after that, he states "having the better claim". This suggests it could even be the easier path....until...

3) He clarifies it for the reader "for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same."

This means that the paths are nothing special, neither worn, or neglected.

Here is where the irony of Frost kicks in.

The narrator realizes that one day he will have to explain his actions (to children, his co-workers, or even on a message board)

4) "I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence:"

The colon means that what follows will be how he will tell it. It has a very maganamious tone.

5) Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- (pause for effect)
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

The fact remains that neither path was special, and the narrator even stated that he would come back to take the other path one day, BUT when it comes time to tell the story, the narrator will orate his experience to such extent, that everyone will run out to take the road less traveled.

[threeamigos]

congratulations, man. your jaded, cynical reading of a fairly simple Robert Frost poem has officially killed this thread. i would love to rant about this subject until i'm blue in the face, but stupid, petty bickering has no place on this thread or this board so i'm going to end it here. you're not totally devoid of the ability to recognize something inspirational because you posted a couple good quotes earlier in this thread, but your dissection of this poem absolutely baffles me. that said, i'm going to simply refute one specific point you made and then give you my reading of the poem. then it's done.

1. Frost EXPLICITY says that he doubts he'll ever get back to the fork in the road.

"yet knowing how way leads on to way,
i doubted if i should ever get back."

this means that as time goes by, he knows the changes that can happen in a person's life and he doubts that he'll ever get back to that spot. it may be the only part in the poem that is not up for discussion. it's clearly stated.

2. i read the poem this way: when a person comes to a fork in the road in their life, they can either choose to be a follower and take the safe path that most everyone else has taken or they can be a leader and take the path that fewer people have chosen . . . or make their own way altogether. though Frost describes the seeming equality of the two pathes, he clearly says that he took the one less traveled so i choose to believe that this was, indeed, the case. that he took the road that most other people didn't. this is why i feel the poem is inspirational--the road less traveled is usually the more difficult--not the easier--and the one filled with more obstacles and it is the triumph over these obstacles that gives a person strength. The courage to take this path in the first place is what builds character and i feel that Frost is saying in the last stanza that when he's telling this particular story to his kids and grandkids in the future that he's saying he's proud he made his own road and it was the hardships along the way and triumph over them that made him the person he is today . . . that it made all the difference in his life.

obviously, it's poetry and therefore open to subjective interpretation so i'm going to let it die here. case closed. end of story.

[threeamigos]

p.heisman,

this is/was a great thread and i'm sorry it degenerated the way it did. i feel it's my responsibility to post something new in case anyone wants to continue it and as soon as i find a good one, i'll put it up.

[palehorse]

I didn't think we were really bickering. I have discussed this poem ad naseum as a result of my college major. We just see it differently is all, but I agree with you, it strays from PITM's intent, so I offer you 3 Amigos another quote I am sure we will both agree on and one that will bring this thread back:

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

(it was used earlier, but is appropriate again)

[milehighbronc]

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, non but yourself can free your mind"

-Bob Marley, Redemtion Song

[RunByDesign]

Glory to Jah, the Prophet has come!

-Bob-

[RunByDesign]

Guide and protect I and I, oh Jah Jah!

-Bob-

[RunByDesign]

We Free Our People With Music!

-Bob-

[RunByDesign]

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

-Buddha-

[RunByDesign]

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

-Patrick Henry-

[RunByDesign]

The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.

-Tacitus-

[frenchfan]

Here is a page
From the emptiest stage
A cage or the heaviest cross ever made
A gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid
_
And I thank you
For bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I've found that I belong here
_
The heat and the sickliest sweet smelling sheets
That cling to the backs of my knees and my feet
But I'm drowning in time
To a desperate beat
_
And I thank you
For bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I've found that I belong...
_
Feels like home
I should have known
From my first breath
_
God send the only true friend, I call mine
Pretend that I'll make amends, the next time
Befriend the glorious end of the line

Martin Lee Gore

[frenchfan]

Is simplicity best
Or simply the easiest
The narrowest path
Is always the holiest
So walk on barefoot for me
Suffer some misery
If you want my love
If you want my love
_
Man will survive
The harshest conditions
And stay alive
Through difficult decisions
So make up your mind for me
Walk the line for me
If you want my love
If you want my love
_
Idle talk and
Hollow promises
Cheating Judases
Doubting Thomases
Don't just stand there and shout it
Do something about it
_
You can fulfill
Your wildest ambitions
And I'm sure you will
Lose your inhibitions
So open yourself for me
Risk your health for me
If you want my love
If you want my love
If you want my love
If you want my love

Martin Lee Gore

[RunByDesign]

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

-Paul Gauguin-

[RunByDesign]

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.

-Paul Gauguin-

[RunByDesign]

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

-Michelangelo-

[RunByDesign]

Reggae Mylitis

Woke up this morning...
With a funny, funny feeling.
And that feeling, wasn't on my usual feeling...
Inna my bones, yea-a.
Inna my blood, ah-a
Inna my toes, ah-a.
Coming up to my brain, ah-a.

Went to the Doctor...
To check out what's matter.
I went to the Doctor...
To find out what matter.
Doctor said, Son...
You have Reggae Mylitis.
I say, "what?."
Doctor said, Son...
You havva Reggae Mylitis.

Inna me bone, ah-a.
Inna me blood, yea-a.
From my toes, say-a.
Up to my brain, na-a.

Is it contagious?
Is it outrageous?
Is it vicous?
Or is it dangerous?

I can feel it inna my bone, man.
Inna my ankle, yea-a.
From my toes, nah-a.
Up to my brain, yea.
Is it incurable?
It's fit for desireable.
It is incurable...
Fit for desireable.

I have it inna my toes...
Inna my ankle...
Inna my knees...
Up to my waist...
Under me ribs...
Cross me shoulder...
Inna my finger...
Up to my brain...

Reggae Mylitis, I say.
It's Reggae Mylitis, I say.
You only catch it one way...
It's Reggae Mylitis, I say.

Sometimes you temperature...
It really get higher.
And the music...
Set your Soul on fire...
Inna my Heart...
Inna my Soul..
Inna my Mind..
Come tru' my mouth...

-Peter MacIntosh-

[frenchfan]

Well I'm down on my knees again
And I pray to the only one
Who has the strength
To bear the pain
To forgive all the things that I've done
_
Oh girl
Lead me into your darkness
When this world is trying it's hardest
To leave me unimpressed
Just one caress
From you and I'm blessed
_
When you think you've tried every road
Every avenue
Take one more look
At what you found old
And in it you'll find something new
_
I'm shying from the light
I always loved the night
And now you offer me eternal darkness
_
I have to believe that sin
Can make a better man
It's the mood that I am in
That's left us back where we began
_
Oh girl
Lead me into your darkness
When this world is trying it's hardest
To leave me unimpressed
Just one caress
From you and I'm blessed

M.L. Gore

[threeamigos]

When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take a step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe one of two things will happen - there will be something solid to stand on, or we will be taught to fly.

From "Handbook for Mortals"

[orangenblue420]

Too often we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown,


































BUT, only takes 4 muscles to ******-slap that little fuc upside the head. Pass it on

[orangenblue420]

I asked God for a flower, he gave me a garden. I asked God for a tree, he gave me a forest. I asked God for a friend, he gave me YOU!!!

[palehorse]

Originally posted by orangenblue420
I asked God for a flower, he gave me a garden. I asked God for a tree, he gave me a forest. I asked God for a friend, he gave me YOU!!!

Me? You are too kind.

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. - e.e. cummings

[RunByDesign]

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.

-Salvatore Quasimodo-

[RunByDesign]

Crisis

They say the sun, shines for all
But in some people world, it never shine at all
They say love is a stream, that will
Find its course
Some people life is a dream
So they making matters worse

But no matter what the crisis is (repeat)
Doing it, doing it, doing your thing
Give JAH all the thanks and praises
Giving it it, giving it, giving it
Give JAH all the thanks and praises

So much have been said, so little been done
They still killing, killing the people
And they having, having, having lots of fun
Killing the people, having their fun
They just want to be the leader
In the house of the rising sun

But no matter what the crisis is (repeat)
Do your, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and praisess
Live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and praises

They say the sun, shines for all
But in some people's world, it never shines at all
They say love is a stream, that will
Find its course, and every river runs to sea
Some people still think life is a dream
So they making matters worse

No matter what the crisis is (repeat)
Do it, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and praises
Live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and praises (repeat)
His mercies endureth for ever yeah
Oh children, come and give JAH
Give JAH all the thanks and praises (repeat)

-Bob-

[Elway]

Remember it is not cheating if you don't get caught.

[frenchfan]

I can't resist to give you one in french !
:)

Contact me if you want a translation !
(i'll try to give you)

Peu importe ce qu'on donne
Un sourire, une couronne
A quelqu'un ou bien à personne
Peu importe ce qu'on donne
Donner c'est comme recevoir
Mais sans s'en apercevoir
Comme quand on pardonne à ceux qu'on aime
Qu'on goûte à l'opium d'aimer quand même
D'aimer quand même...
D'aimer quand même...

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir
L'important c'est toujours d'être en amour
L'important c'est donner, et ne rien demander

Peu importe ce qu'on laisse
A tous ceux qui nous délaissent
Qu'on survive ou qu'on disparaisse
Peu importe qui nous blesse
Laisser c'est comme tout vouloir
Mais sans s'en apercevoir

C'est comme une faiblesse pour ceux qu'on aime
C'est presqu'une promesse d'aimer quand même
D'aimer quand même...
D'aimer quand même...

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir
L'important c'est toujours d'être en amour
L'important c'est donner, et ne rien demander

Peu importe ce qu'on dit
Avec des mots ou des cris
Quand c'est le cœur qui parle aussi
Peu importe ce qu'on vit
Il faut toujours le vouloir
Et bien s'en apercevoir

Comme quand on sourit à ceux qu'on aime
Qu'on goûte à l'opium d'aimer quand même
D'aimer quand même...
D'aimer quand même...

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir
L'important c'est toujours d'être en amour
L'important c'est donner, et ne rien demander

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir

D'aimer quand même, comme je voudrais que l'on m'aime
Pour tout donner, à tous ceux qui eux m'ont aimé
D'aimer quand même
Comme je voudrais que l'on m'aime

[orangenblue420]

For all the mean things I might have said! For all the things I did or didn't do! I'm Sorry...If I ever ignored you! I'm Sorry...If I ever made you feel bad or put you down! I'm Sorry...If I ever thought I was bigger or better than you! I LOVE U... Don't ever forget that! Through bad times and good, I'll always be here for you. I am Sorry...For everything wrong I've ever done! I'm writing this because what if tomorrow never comes? What if you never get to say good-bye or give a BIG hug to the people you care about? What if you never get to say I'm sorry or I love you? Because what if tomorrow never comes?

[frenchfan]

Thanks for this one OB. I think it's so true.

I'll make a little translation of my previous one :

"L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner" - The significant one is to love, for giving everything.
"L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir" - The mean thing is to believe it without realizing
"L'important c'est toujours d'être en amour" - The significant one is always to be in love
"L'important c'est donner, et ne rien demander " - The significant one is to give and ask for nothing.
"D'aimer quand même, comme je voudrais que l'on m'aime" - To love after all, like I would like to be loved
"Pour tout donner, à tous ceux qui eux m'ont aimé " - For giving everything to all those who loved me.

[RunByDesign]

Murderer

Chorus 2x

MURDERER!
Blood is on your shoulders!
Kill I today you cannot kill I tomorrow!
Murder!
Your insides must be hollow!
How does it feel to take the life of another?

Lord...
Yes, you can hide from man but not your conscience!
You eat the bread of sorrow,
Drink the wine of violence!
Allow yourself to be conquered by the serpent....
Why you disobey the first commandment?
Walk through the valley, I fear no pestilence!
God is my witness and He is my evidence!
Lift up mine eyes, from whence cometh help...
You will never escape this ya judgement!

Chorus

I tell you, all men are created equal!
But behind the trigger it's a different sequel...
Some are murdering people just to collect medals!
Stop committing dirty acts for the high officials!
You could wash your hands until you can't wash them any more!
It is like an epidemic and you won't find a cure...
Upper class you could be rich, middle class whether you are poor,
Only the righteous won't feel insecure!
You ever thought about your skill getting bored?

Chorus

Drinking sulphur bitters, won't be bitter like your end...
Only God can help you, no family or friend!
Don't let the curse be upon your children's children!
Abednigo, Shadreck, Meshek, Daniel in the den!
Jonah in the whale's belly, but was never condemned!
Job with the leprosy, and he still reached heaven!
He will do for you everything He has done for them!

Chorus

Once more!

-Buju-

[ReleaseTheBeast7]

"Say hello to my little friend"

[RunByDesign]

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

-Confucius-

[RunByDesign]

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

-Confucius-

[RunByDesign]

Angeles

Angels, answer me,
are you near if rain should fall?
Am I to believe
you will rise to calm the storm?
For so great a treasure words will never do.
Surely, if this is, promises are mine to give you.
mine to give...
Here, all too soon the day!
Wish the moon to fall and alter tomorrow.
I should know
heaven has her way
- each one given memories to own.
Angeles, all could be
should you move both earth and sea
Angeles, I could feel
all those dark clouds disappearing...
Even, as I breathe
comes an angel to their keep.
Surely, if this is
promises are mine to give you.
mine to give...

-Enya-

[Elway4King]

"The bigger the lie, the more people will believe you."

Hitler

Cody J. Esquire

[Jitterbug]

"The only tool that gets sharper with use,,,,the Tongue" Cant remember who said this but how true it is !!

:)

[Elway4King]

"I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, MORE SENSITIVE WAR ON TERROR...:confused:

John Kerry

Cody J. Esquire

[Diggler]

up here in my tree, yeah
newspapers matter not to me, yeah
no more crowbars to my head, yeah
i'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah

wave to all my friends, yeah
they don't seem to notice me, no
all their eyes trained on the street, yo, oh
sidewalk cigarettes and scenes, [tem-pted]

up here so high i start to shake
up here so high the sky i scrape
i'm so high i hold just one breath here within my chest
just like innocence

eddie's found a home
oh at last the trees fall
eddie's blue sky home
oh at last the trees fall

i remember when, yeah
i swore i knew everything, oh yeah
let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah
it's growing up just like me, yeah

i'm so light the wind he shakes
i'm so high the sky i scrape
i'm so light i hold just one breath and go back to my nest
sleep with innocence...

up here so high the boughs they break
up here so high the sky i scrape
had my eyes peeled both wide open, and i got a glimpse
of my innocence... got back my inner sense...
baby got it, still got it


- Pearl Jam

[GoDenver]

back on the scene for the people's delight.
you want peace for the people then you say alright.
cause Geroge W's got nothin on we.
we got to take the power from he.

-Beastie Boys

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by RunByDesign
The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.

-Tacitus-

[RunByDesign]

HALLELUJAH TIME

[Jean Watt]

Hear the children cryin',
but I know they cry not in vain.
Now the times are changin';
love has come to bloom again.

Smelling the air when spring comes by raindrops
reminds us of youthful days.
But now it's not rain that water the cane crops,
but the sweat from man's brow;
the substance from our spine.
We gotta keep on living, living on borrowed time:
Hallelujah time!

Yes, you can hear the children singing: Hallelujah time!
As they go singing by and by: Hallelujah time!
Oh, "hallelujah" singing in the morning.
Hallelujah time! Let them sing; don't let them cry.

Over rocks and mountains
the sheep are scattered all around.
Over hills and valleys,
they are everywhere to be found.
But though we bear our burdens now,
All afflictions got to end somehow:
From swinging the hammer, pulling the plough.

Why won't you let us be, to live in harmony?
We like to be free like birds in a tree.

Hallelujah time! Yes, you can hear the children singing.
Hallelujah time! Yes, as they go singing by and by.
Hallelujah time! Oh "hallelujah" singing in the morning.
Let them sing; never let them cry.
Hallelujah time! "Hallelujah" singin' in the morning.

[chickennob2]

This is Gettysburg. This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we're still fighting amongst ourselves.....today. This green field right here was painted red, bubbling with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, man. 'I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family.' You listen and take a lesson from the dead.

-Denzel Washington as Coach Boone in Remember the Titans

[chickennob2]

from Sunday school quizzes by children between 5th and 6th grade ages in Ohio, collected over three years by two teachers.

Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandos. He died before he ever reached Canada but the commandos made it.

Socrates was a famous old Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. He later died from an overdose of wedlock, which is apparently poisonous. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.

Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out "Same to you, Brutus."

It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood.

Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100 foot clipper, which was very dangerous to all his men.

Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backward and also declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." He was a naturalist for sure. Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.

Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's Mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation.

Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was very large.

Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf that he wrote loud music and became the father of rock and roll. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died for this.

The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started reproducing by machine. The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up.

Cyrus McCormick invented the McCormick raper, which did the work of a hundred men. Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabbits, but I don't know why.

Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers. The other three were in the movies. Karl made speeches and started revolutions. Someone in the family had to have a job, I guess.

[RunByDesign]

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

-Niels Bohr-

[PAINTERDAVE]

I asked her what she believed Love to be.

"Love is a feeling" she said "and it is gone."

That is why she is my Ex-wife.

I believe that Love is a REFLECTION OF ENERGY INVESTED. It is not what you say, or promise. The best of intentions are not Love. Simply, Love is what you DO!

PAINTER DAVE

[PAINTERDAVE]

Adversity is really opportunity!

PAINTER DAVE (But I'm sure I heard the concept somewhere)

[PAINTERDAVE]

"It seemed to him that the lonely condition on the river was a true condition. Though he had had a lot of love in his life, he knew from innumerable losses and seperations that one stands alone or not at all. And yet, he had sought the love of women and the friendship of men as if he were a dog rasping through the bushes in search of birds or game. Women were for him so lovely and central to all he found important that their absence was the stiffest sentance he could imagine and he pictured hell as being completely without them --- although from experience he knew that they must have filled a wing or two there to the brim."

Mark Helprin - 1976

[Booher]

"If you see me getting mighty If you see me getting high knock me down."

RHCP

[RunByDesign]

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

-Juvenal-

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?
--------Mahatma Gandhi

[RunByDesign]

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

-Hiram Johnson-

[RunByDesign]

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

-John F. Kennedy-

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

"A bomb speaks louder than any word" - The Battle of Algiers

[RunByDesign]

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

-Adolf Hitler-

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

"All fear violence, all are afraid of death. Seeing the similarity to oneself,
one should not use violence or have it used." ------ Gautama Buddha

[RunByDesign]

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

-Napoleon Hill-

[Uula Bear]

I asked God for a flower, he gave me a garden. I asked God for a tree, he gave me a forest. I asked God for a friend, he gave me YOU!!!

I like that one.

Remember it is not cheating if you don't get caught.

haha, another good one..."if you're not cheating, you're not trying"

How bout this one that I thought of this weekend...."If No-Limit Texas Hold'em is the Cadillac of Poker, then is Limit Texas Hold'em the Ford of Poker?"

[PAINTERDAVE]

The problem with thinking it is only cheating if you get caught, is that it is a fallacy. Wether or not one gets caught, cheating is cheating. It corrupts ones integrity, and devalues ones honor.

I always taught my boys to be honest, for their own good.
I would be embarrassed to cheat in front of my wife or family, even though I got away with it. Would they then wonder if I cheat alot? Would their trust in me diminish? Would they then accept that cheating is no big deal?

When one cheats, and is not caught, it is a slippery slope. The cheating gets bigger, more brazen, then one DOES get caught. That last cheat might be a big deal, born of an attitude that it is only cheating if one is caught.

Every day is a new opportunity to be a beter person than the day before. To do the right thing instead of cheating might be a little bit harder, but it is more fulfilling, it will make you feel better.

That is the rub, right there. If one cheats, one is caught every time, by oneself.

Dishonesty diminishes ones honor and integrity. Being honest builds integrity and honor, and those around such a person can truly trust in them. Trust and honesty are the foundations of long and lasting interpersonal relationships.

PAINTERDAVE

[RunByDesign]

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

-Mignon McLaughlin-

[PAINTERDAVE]

"I've tried to see your side,
have you ever looked at mine?
You think things are different,
but they're not.
I've told you every story of my life,
a thousand times.
I guess you wanna hear a different tune.

Well, I turned my cheek when,
You hit me close to home.
Just 'cause I'm proud,
don't mean a thing.
I've made it this far,
it's too late to turn back now.
I'm gonna let you walk on out the door.

Well, goodbye Maria!
May the years be good to you!
Aint too much I'd do different,
even now.
So, goodbye badluck and hard times,
go find another guy,
"cause this one's walkin' down the line.

Well, theres no doubt about it,
I think our Love has faded.
There's dark clouds gathering over head.
No doubt about,
you can't see a thing my way,
you oughta try it your way instead.

Deadly Earnest and his ****** Tonk Heroes - 1975
Awesome band out of Cleveland, Ohio.

[PAINTERDAVE]

On the bathroom wall in The Little Bear, a 120year old Saloon in the small mountain town west of Denver called Evergreen:

(Because of the censor, I gotta substitute screwed for another word, you can guess it)

"I screwed your Mother!"

"Aww! Go home, Dad! Your'e drunk!"

[Alastor]

Courage is resistence to fear;
Mastery of fear.
Not absence of fear.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.


Just like a boxer in a title fight;
You got to walk in that ring all alone.
You're not the only whose made mistakes;
But they're the only things you can truly call your own.


Nobility is not a birthright. It is defined by one's actions.


Those are some of my favorites.

Alastor.

[PAINTERDAVE]

So,



"What is life, but foolish desires and imperfect choices?"



Ancient Chinese

[PAINTERDAVE]

Somewhere. Take me outta here.
Anywhere. I'm feelin' blue.
Someone. Everyone.
They been tellin' me,
the things you do.

Time goes on,
I should be feelin' strong,
Thinkin' of...
another love.
Some other love.



The first two verses of a sappy song
written by a lovestruck PAINTERDAVE
in 1979

[RunByDesign]

****************************************
Tip of the Iceberg

Radio, TV, news...
Crying of a Nation.
Drugs and Child Abuse..
We say "Evil Rules!"
Famine, winds of war...
Eternal Pollution..
What is all this for?
Where are things of good?
Wake up People now...
Show you've got some Fire..
We've got everything..
Everything to lose..
Don't let Evil win!!
Vanity, desire..
Show them what is good,
Show them what is true!!!

Tip of the Iceberg..
The Law of Man design our future.
Tip of the Iceberg..
It's SOS Earth in distress!!
Tip of the Iceberg..
This all-new message can't be clearer..
Tip of the Iceberg..
The role of man called to the test!
****************************************
Goodness, helpfulness..
These should be remembered.
History, regret...
Nothing we can do.
Living the laws of man...
Walking on a wire.
Cleanup time is here..
Wrong!! It's overdue!
Now we count to ten!
Live our life together..
We all play a part..
In this puzzle, too!

Tip of the Iceberg..
The law of Man design our future.
Tip of the Iceberg..
It's SOS earth in distress!!
Tip of the Iceberg..
This all-new message can't be clearer..
Tip of the Iceberg..
The role of man called to the test!

Imagine how this World would be..with Universal Love...respect each who rise up, everyone...feed the Hungry and the Poor!
****************************************
Freedom People...WE WANT MORE!!!

Peace...an interesting concept. A dreamworld..where no souls are swept under the rug...just brotherly love. That's why I pray to the heavens above..cuz someday, somewhere we will learn to care...cuz if we don't...then we should prepare for certain destruction of this earth we live. People take...but we must learn to give. Blackman, whiteman, yellowman, redman...must understand...the race is HUMAN. The Earth is OURS, the air WE ALL MUST BREATHE. Every Mountain, each and every sea....share, care, the answer's in there. If not, we're gonna live out a Nightmare...as I speak , on the street gunshots are heard...

It's just the Tip of the Iceberg.
****************************************

Black Uhuru Featuring Ice-T

[RunByDesign]

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

-Robert Frost-

[RunByDesign]

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

-Josh Billings-

[Jared]

Religion and sex are powerplays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South America

Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America

[RunByDesign]

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

-John Barrymore-

[PAINTERDAVE]

What is Love?

Plain and simple, Love is the reflection of energy invested.

Love is not a feeling. Feelings come and go.

Love is not intention. Love is what you DO!

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions!

Love is not what you say. Love is what you DO!

The discovery and acceptance of this truth enables one to truly understand the people in ones life for who they are. Likewise, the dicovery and acceptance of this truth enables one to truly understand ones self for who one is.

This is GOLD. Think about the concept.

Love is not what you say. Love is what you do!

Love is a reflection of the energy invested.

PAINTERDAVE, first understood this in 1993. It was life changing.

[RunByDesign]

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

-Leo Buscaglia-

[RunByDesign]

Disposable Heroes

Bodies fill the fields I see, hungry heroes end
No one to play soldier now, no one to pretend
running blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all
Victim of what said should be
a servant `til I fall

[Chorus:]
Soldier boy, made of clay
now an empty shell
twenty one, only son
but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care
just do as we say
finished here, Greeting Death
he's yours to take away

Back to the front
you will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front
you will die when I say, you must die
Back to the front
you coward
you servant
you blindman
[End Chorus]

Barking of machinegun fire, does nothing to me now
sounding of the clock that ticks, get used to it somehow
More a man, more stripes you bare, glory seeker trends
bodies fill the fields I see
the slaughter never ends

[Chorus]

Why, Am I dying?
Kill, have no fear
Lie, live off lying
Hell, Hell is here

I was born for dying

Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say
had no chance to see myself, molded day by day
Looking back I realize, nothing have I done
left to die with only friend
Alone I clench my gun

[Chorus]

Back to the front.

-Metallica-

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

"He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. "

[PAINTERDAVE]

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

-Leo Buscaglia-

Agreed!................

[Jared]

Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you,
With the air of freedom the flame grows bright.
We are the strong, the youth united,
We are one, we are children of the light!

[RunByDesign]

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

-Buddha-

[PAINTERDAVE]

Remember, in our lives, it is not the events that happen that are of importance.
It is what one becomes because of those events that truly matters.

Ancient - Anonymous

[RunByDesign]

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower-

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

Read this a few days ago...
“What happened was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to be governed by surprise, to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believe that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security. ~ The crises and reforms (real reforms too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter. ~ To live in the process is absolutely not to notice it — please try to believe me — unless one has a much greater degree of political awareness, acuity, than most of us ever had occasion to develop. Each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or, on occasion, ‘regretted.’ ~ Believe me this is true. Each act, each occasion is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join you in resisting somehow. ~ Suddenly it all comes down, all at once. You see what you are, what you have done, or, more accurately, what you haven't done (for that was all that was required of most of us: that we did nothing) . . . You remember everything now, and your heart breaks. Too late. You are compromised beyond repair.” — A German professor describing the coming of fascism in They Thought They Were Free by Milton Mayer

[frenchfan]

These are some words I wrote some years ago. I hope the translation is correct.


There are those which would take a plane
Some others which would be locked up at home with closed eyes
You, what you would do ?
You, what you would do ?
There are those which would like to see the sea again
Of others which would like to still make love last once
You, what you would do ? ... and you, what you would do ?

If we were to die tomorrow
What more we would do ,
What less we would do
If we were to die tomorrow
Me, I will love you... me, I will love you

There are some who would remake their past
Some which would like to drink, to have fun and to make a party
Until the morning
Some others which would pray...
Some others which would pray...
Those which didn't care and would give each other some pleasure
And others which would like to leave too
Before the end
You, what you would do? ... and you, what would you do?

If we were to die tomorrow
What more we would do ,
What less we would do
If we were to die tomorrow
Me, I will love you... me, I will love you... I will love you

And you, tell me, will you love me ?
Until tomorrow and all the days after
Nothing, no nothing, will never stop
If we were to die tomorrow
Me, I will love you... me, I will love you
Will we do wrong or good
I we had until tomorrow
To live all that we dreamed about

If we were to die tomorrow
Me, I will love you... me, I will love you...

[Jared]

When I fell from grace
I never realized
how deep the flood was around me.
A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil,
and the water left scars on me.

I know now who I am.
If only for a while,
I recognize the changes.
I feel like I did before the
magic wore thin and the ³baptism
of stains² began

They used to say I was
nowhere, man,
heading down
was my destiny.
But yesterday, I swear,
that was someone else not me.

Here I stand at the crossroads edge,
afraid to reach out for eternity.
One step, when I look down,
I see someone else not me.

Looking back and I see
someone else.

All my life they said I
was going down,
but I¹m still standing,
stronger, proud.
And today I know there¹s
so much more I can be.

From where I stand at the crossroads edge
there¹s a path leading out to sea.
And from somewhere
deep in my mind,
sirens sing out loud
songs of doubt
as only they know how.
But one glance back reminds, and I see,
someone else not me.

I keep looking back
at someone else ... me ?

[RunByDesign]

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

-Confucius-

[orangenblue420]

Love, Laugh & Live

[Big Buck 1981]

"Everyone plays the hand their dealt,
And learns to walk through life themself,
Not everything in life gets handed on a plate."

-Staind, How About You

I used this quote on my college graduation invitations. I like this quote because I feel like it's an anthem for anybody who knows that life doesn't hand stuff to you and if you ever want to get anything done, you have to do it yourself. I entered college as a financially unstable (poor) hick from the sticks, but I made it through with grant money for good grades, a little federal financial aid, and some loan money. I feel like I've worked hard for everything I have today.

[PAINTERDAVE]

Junior in HighSchool. French class. I took it voluntarily. Had a French class back in Jeffco, so I was ready. "Teach" got rid of all of the Sophomore students with Long Hair whose Mommy's had enrolled 'em. They all wanted to go. I was there to learn. Teach could see no difference , 'tween them and me. I was just another "Freak". I aced every assignment, aced every test. Everyone in my family spoke French, and I was not gonna let her Stereotype of me stop me from learning more. I became her nemesis, and was probably the worst problem student she ever had. I only ditched, to go to the keggers, on days there would be no test. Though I loved to sing, I refused to sing for her. She would stop the entire class, walk to my desk, and then demand that I sing alone. Dorme vous this, witch! It was a long year, 5th hour after lunch, 1974-75. The final semester rolls around. Oh, did I mention, the Teach was all gimped up and had these funky thin legs that she had to kinda swing to walk on? I never held that against her, untill she pushed me to the wall. Last day of class, freedom for the 16 year old longhaired dude. I had earned a B, easy. Teach handed out critique forms. "Go ahead, fill 'em out" she said. "I will never know who wrote what. Help me be a better teacher! I will not recognize your handwriting! Tell me what you think of me." When I heard that, I knew there was only one thing to write.

I thought long and hard about it. The twins handed theirs in. So did Jo Anne Conners. Everybody was almost done. I knew damn well she would know what I wrote. I earned a B. Report card showed up begining of summer, I got a C.

Here's what I wrote, by Fleetwood Mac.

"You know that I talk to God,
I know he'll understand.
He says stick by me,
I'll be your guiding hand!

Don't ask me what I think of you,
I might not give the answer ,
That you want me to!

I wont tell you
'bout the place I been!
I can't sing, I ain't pretty,
and my legs are thin!

Don't ask me what I think of you,
I might not give the answer,
That you want me to!"

When I quoted Fleetwood Mac there,
I was done taking her crap!

[RunByDesign]

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

-Samuel Ullman-

[PAINTERDAVE]

Famous Last Words

As Pancho Villa lay dying, breathing his last gasp, he pulled his compadre close and said:

"Tell them I said something good!"

[RunByDesign]

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

-John Fowles-

[RunByDesign]

Make his fight on the hill in the early day
Constant chill deep in inside
Shouting gun, on they run, through the endless grey
On they fight, for they are right, yes, but who's to say?
For a hill men would kill, why? They do not know
Stiffened wounds test their pride
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow
Gone insane from the pain that they surely know

For whom the bell tolls
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls

Take a look to the sky just before you die
It is the last time he will
Blackened roar massive roar fills the crumbling sky
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry
Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery
He hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see

For whom the bell tolls
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls

-Metallica-

[RunByDesign]

Oh my life
Is changing everyday
In every possible way

And Oh my dreams
It's never quiet as it seems
Never quiet as it seems

I know I've felt like this before
But now I'm feeling it even more
Because it came from you

And then I open up and see
The person falling here is me
A different way to be
I want more (impossible to ignore)
I want more (impossible to ignore)

And they'll come true (impossible not to do)
And they'll come true (impossible not to do)

And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don't hurt me
You're what I couldn't find

A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You're everything to me

-The Cranberries-

[Lynch Bailey247]

every time you masturbate god kills a kitten... :D (please dont ban me, i had to)

[RunByDesign]

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken

But you see it's not me,
It's not my family
In your head, in your
head they are fighting

With their tanks and their bombs
And their bombs and their guns
In your head
In your head they are cryin'
In your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie

Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken

It's the same old theme since 1916
In your head,
In your head they're still fightin'

With their tanks
In your head they are dyin'
In your head, in your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie

-The Cranberries-

[RunByDesign]

Understand the things I say,
Don't turn away from me
'Cause I spent half my life out there
You wouldn't disagree
D'you see me, d'you see
Do you like me, do you like me standing there
D'you notice, d'you know
Do you see me, do you see me
Does anyone care

Unhappiness, where's when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me,
Did she hold me when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care

Understand what I've become,
It wasn't my design
And people everywhere think
Something better than I am,
But I miss you. I miss
'Cause I liked it, I liked it
When I was out there
D'you know this, d'you know
You did not find me, you did not find
Does anyone care

Unhappiness, was when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me,
Did she hold me when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care , does anyone care?

-The Cranberries-

[RunByDesign]

Hold on to love, that is what I do
Now that I've found you
And from above, everything's stinking
They're not around you
And in the night, I could be helpless
I could be lonely, sleeping without you
And in the day, everything's complex
There's nothing simple, when I'm not around you

But, I miss you when you're gone
That is what I do....Bay, Bay, Bay
And it's going to carry on,
That is what I knew...Bay, Bay, Bay

Hold on to my hands, I feel I'm sinking
Sinking without you
And to my mind, everything's stinking
Stinking without you
And in the night, I could be helpless
I could be lonely, sleeping without you
And in the day everything's complex
There's nothing simple, when I'm not around you
Hold on to love, that is what I do

Now that I've found you
And from above, everything's stinking
They're not around you
And in the night, I could be helpless
I could be lonely, sleeping without you
And in the day, everything's complex
There's nothing simple, when I'm not around you

But, I miss you when you're gone
That is what I do....Bay, Bay, Bay
And it's going to carry on,
That is what I knew...Bay, Bay, Bay

Hold on to my hands, I feel I'm sinking
Sinking without you
And to my mind, everything's stinking
Stinking without you
And in the night, I could be helpless
I could be lonely, sleeping without you
And in the day everything's complex
There's nothing simple, when I'm not around you

-The Cranberries-

[PAINTERDAVE]

every time you masturbate god kills a kitten... :D (please dont ban me, i had to)

Hey board! This is Miss Donna!

Lynch, dude, I tried to give you a point, but I guess PAINTER already gave them all out.

Runbydesign, I can tell you got a big heart, but you and the cranberries killed this damn thread.

PAINTER is an awsome step-dad to my boys and I know he talks about them as if they were his own, and that is awsome.

The title of this thread is INSPIRATION, it inspired me.

Here is my contribution, written by my youngest son when he was 14, yaba, PAINTER'S nemisis!

THANK YOU

always, always and forever
always, always and forever

I'm sitting here, I'm thinking of a time when I was young
my memory is clear as day, I'm listening to the dishes clink
you were upstairs, you were always so happy
and all the times I laughed with you and all the times that you
stayed true to me
now I say

I say thank you, I'll always thank you
more than you know, than I could ever show
and I love you, I'll always love you
there's nothing I won't do to say these words to you
that you're beautiful forever

always, always and forever

you are my mom you are my dad, the only thing I'll ever have is
you, it's true
and even when the times get hard you're there to let me know
that we'll get through
you showed me how to be a man, you taught me how to understand

and I thank you, I'll always thank you
more than you would know than I could ever show
and I love you, I'll always love you
there's nothing I won't do to say these words to you
that you will live forever

forever and ever

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

Hey board! This is Miss Donna!

Lynch, dude, I tried to give you a point, but I guess PAINTER already gave them all out.

Runbydesign, I can tell you got a big heart, but you and the cranberries killed this damn thread.

PAINTER is an awsome step-dad to my boys and I know he talks about them as if they were his own, and that is awsome.

The title of this thread is INSPIRATION, it inspired me.

Here is my contribution, written by my youngest son when he was 14, yaba, PAINTER'S nemisis!

THANK YOU

always, always and forever
always, always and forever

I'm sitting here, I'm thinking of a time when I was young
my memory is clear as day, I'm listening to the dishes clink
you were upstairs, you were always so happy
and all the times I laughed with you and all the times that you
stayed true to me
now I say

I say thank you, I'll always thank you
more than you know, than I could ever show
and I love you, I'll always love you
there's nothing I won't do to say these words to you
that you're beautiful forever

always, always and forever

you are my mom you are my dad, the only thing I'll ever have is
you, it's true
and even when the times get hard you're there to let me know
that we'll get through
you showed me how to be a man, you taught me how to understand

and I thank you, I'll always thank you
more than you would know than I could ever show
and I love you, I'll always love you
there's nothing I won't do to say these words to you
that you will live forever

forever and ever
That's a beautiful poem...how proud you must be of your boy!!!!

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

"I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are." - J. D. Salinger

[frenchfan]

A translation of a french rock song about Cinderella... I hope the translation is not bad...

Cinderella for her twenty years
Is the prettiest babe
Her beautiful lover, charming prince
Taking her on his white horse
She forgets the time
In his silver palate
For not seeing a new day rises
She closes her eyes and in her dreams
She’s going, pretty little story (2 times)

Cinderella for her thirty years
Is the saddest of the moms
Her beautiful lover got away
With Sleeping Beauty
She saw hundred white horses
Taking away her children from her
She begins to drink
To trails in some bars
Locked up in her blues
Now she’s doing the pavement (means she’s a *****)
She’s going, pretty little story (2 times)

Ten years of this life were enough
To change her into a junkie
And in an infinite sleep
Cinderella sees her life to finish
Lights are dancing
In her ambulance
But she kills her last chance
Nothing really matters
She‘s going
End of the story

Father (Lord), you who are so old
Have you done your best
Because on the earth or in the skies
Your angels don’t like to get old

Telephone

[Dream]

"I've waited so long for that?" -- Girlfriend.

[PAINTERDAVE]

The Cranberries

[RunByDesign]

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

-Mohandas Gandhi-

[RunByDesign]

Somewhere between heaven and earth
That is where you will find real freedom
We've been waiting for so long For this freedom,
When other freedom fighters
Puppet master
Marching soldier
Fought of the rights of the people,
You fought for the right to
Abuse people
That is why I call you...

Chorus
Puppet master
Marching soldier

I was a little boy
When it happened
But I can still hear
Those killing machines
Roaring like thunder
Roaring like hungry lions

And they don't only hurt us
Physically
And they don't only hurt us
Politically
But they hurt us mentally.

Chorus till fade...

-Lucky-

[IZAAK]

A thread back from the dead!!! I don't even think I was around when this started, good thing it is back, now I can reply. :D

WAR- Bob Marley

Until the philosophy which holds one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war

That until there is no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war

That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
Dis a war

That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be pursued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war, war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
That hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,
South Africa sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed
Well, everywhere is war, me say war

War in the east, war in the west
War up north, war down south
War, war, rumours of war

And until that day, the African continent
Will not know peace, we Africans will fight
We find it necessary and we know we shall win
As we are confident in the victory

Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil
Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

[IZAAK]

Dave Matthews- Dodo

Once upon a time
When the world was just a pancake
Fears would arise
That if you went too far you’d fall
But with the passage of time
It all became a lullabye
We’re as sure of that
As we all once were when the world was flat

[PAINTERDAVE]

"It seemed to him that the lonely condition upon the river wsa a true condition. Though he had had a lot of love in his life, he knew from innumerable losses and seperations that one stands alone or not at all. And yet, he had sought the love of women and the friendship of men as if he were a dog rasping through the bushes in search of birds or game. Women were for him so lovely and central to all he found important that their absence was the stiffest sentance he could imagine and he pictured hell as being completely without them---although from experience he knew that they must have filled a wing or two there to the brim.


Mark Halperin - 1976

[IZAAK]

"Loving is fine, if you have plenty of time, for walking on stilts, at the egde of your mind!"---Damien Rice

OR there is my version..

"Loving is fine, if you have plenty of wine, and you p1ss drunk 3/4 of the time!" :D

[RunByDesign]

Ease Up The Pressure


Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Ease up the pressure off the poor ones
Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Ease up the pressure off the poor ones

So much pressure every day, ooh yeah
When are we going to see our way
Then all of the wicked things shall fade
The wickedness they dealt every day

Hear me now, man

Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Ease up the pressure off the poor ones
Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Ease up the pressure from the poor man

So, unto John I pray
So that they change their wicked ways
I cannot stand the things I see, oh no
People in pain and misery

Hear me now, man

Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Ease up the pressure from the poor ones
Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Ease up the pressure from the poor ones

So much pressure every day, ooh yeah
When are we going to see our way
When all injustice shall fade, oh yes
When the wicked ????? every day

Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Ease up the pressure from the poor ones
Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Hear me now
Ease up the pressure from the poor ones

Woh, unto John I pray, ooh yeah
So they will change their wicked ways
No, I can't stand to see, oh no
People in pain and misery

Hear me now man

Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Hear me now
Ease up the pressure off the poor ones
Ease up the pressure, Mr. Man
Hear me now
Ease up the pressure off the poor ones
Yeah, yeah

Oh yeah,
Oh, Oh
Hey, Hey

Don Carlos and Gold

[RunByDesign]

-Untold Stories-

-Buju Banton-

While I’m Living
Thanks I’ll Be Giving
To the Most High You know,

Chorus:
I am living while I am living to the father I will pray
Only he knows how we get through everyday
With all the hike in the price
Arm and leg we have to pay
While our leaders play

Verse 1:
All I see people a rip and a rob and a grab
Tief never love fe see tief wid long bag
No love for the people who a suffer real bad
Another toll to the poll may God help we soul
What is to stop the youths from get out of control
Full up of education yet no own no payroll
The clothes on my back have countless eyehole.
I could go on and on the full has never been told

Repeat Chorus

Verse 2:
Who can afford to run will run
But what about those who can’t…they will have to stay
Opportunity a scarce, scarce commodity
In these times I say… When mama spend her last and send you go class
Never you ever play
It’s a competitive world for low budget people,
Spending a dime while earning a nickel
With no regards to who it may tickle
My cup is full to the brim
I could go on and on the full has never been told

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3:
All I see people a rip and a rob and a grab
Tief never love fe see tief wid long bag
No love for the people who a suffer real bad
Another toll to the poll may God help we soul
What is to stop the youths from get out of control
Full up of education yet no own no payroll
The clothes on my back have countless eyehole
Could go on and on and the full has never been told
(On and On)
Though this life keep getting me down
Don’t give up now
Got to survive somehow
Could go on and on and the full has never been told

Repeat Chorus

Verse 4:
Who can afford to run will run
But what about those who can’t…they will have to stay
Opportunity a scarce, scarce commodity
In these times I say… When mama spend her last and send you go class
Never you ever play
It’s a competitive world for low budget people,
Spending a dime while earning a nickel
With no regards to who it may tickle
My cup is full to the brim
I could go on and on the full has never been told
I could go on and on the full has never been told
I could go on and on….
The full has never….

Been…..
Toooooold.

[RunByDesign]

Artist: Buju Banton
Song: Not An Easy Road

Lyric:


Chorus-2x

It's not an easy road
Many see the glamour and the glitter
And think it's a bed of rose
Who feels it knows
Lord help me sustain these blows

From the minute of birth you enter this earth
Obstacles in your way to overcome first
Throughout everyday they seem to get worse
Oh my God cast away this curse
Everybody is trying to make ends meet
Through every way the endeavor
Lord God you see it
No matter what the world may say on the street
Must have to survive, won't accept defeat
Now I'm weary, tired and dreary
Got no time to waste
You know me

Chorus

By you rise to see the sun
Who you love a pull you down
Trying to discredit the works you have done
Some can't satisfy with the past of ally
From the Scribes and Pharisees
You've got to stay wide
Hold up your head glancing on both side
Waiting anticipating praying for you to slide
Righteousness prevails with Jah by my side
Deliver Jonah from the whale
Never leave him to die
Help us all Abbaba Joni
Hold up my head and cry

Chorus

I've been travelling all morning
With such a heavy load
Now it's noon and I cannot afford
To put down this burden alongside the road
I've got to hold it, got to humble myself
Like a child
Upon my face I've the got to put on a smile
Make up my mind just to walk more miles
Because I know that

Chorus