Boring Wishes

Typical, boring and uninspiring Eid wishes:  "Eid Mubarak and best wishes"  "Eid Mubarak to you and your family" Today i got the following text... "Wish you peace, love and health,   blah blah blah...  Fuck that shit! Wish you lots of sex,   the best babes, the finest alcohol,   the longest 'Cigars', strong orgasms   and hope you win the fuckin' lottery.   Happy Eid!" Now here's a friend who truly cares. God bless you :)

Banana Pancakes

Can't you see that it's just raining?
Ain't no need to go outside...
But baby, you hardly even notice,
When I try to show you,
This song is meant to keep ya,
From doing what you're supposed to,
Like waking up too early,
Maybe we can sleep in?
I'll make you banana pancakes,
Pretend like it's the weekend now.

And we could pretend it all the time,
Can't you see that it's just raining?
Ain't no need to go outside.

The telephone is singing ringing,
It's too early, don't pick it up,
We don't need to,
we got everything we need right here,
And everything we need is enough,
Just so easy...
When the whole world fits inside of your arms,
Don't really need to pay attention to the alarm,
Wake up slow, yeah wake up slow.

[Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson]
[Chords & Tabs]

Hurt

I hurt myself today to see if I still feel,
I focus on the pain; the only thing that's real,
The needle tears a hole; the old familiar sting,
Try to kill it all away but I remember everything,

What have I become? My sweetest friend,
Everyone I know goes away in the end,
And you could have it all; my empire of dirt,

I will let you down,
I will make you hurt.

I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar's chair,
Full of broken thoughts; I cannot repair,
Beneath the stains of time; the feelings disappear,
You are someone else; I am still right here.

What have I become? My sweetest friend,
Everyone I know goes away in the end,
And you could have it all; my empire of dirt,

I will let you down,
I will make you hurt.

If I could start again,
A million miles away,
I would keep myself,
I would find a way.

[Hurt (NIN Cover) - Johnny Cash]

Erase / Rewind

Hey, what did you hear me say?
You know the difference it makes,
What did you hear me say?
Yes, I said it's fine before,
But I don't think so no more,
I said it's fine before,
I've changed my mind,
I take it back,

Erase and rewind,
'cause I've been changing my mind,                    
Erase and rewind
'cause I've been changing my mind,
I've changed my mind.

[Erase / Rewind - The Cardigans]

Hum Pehlay Hi Bahut Zakmi Hai

"A Pakistan police officer uses a baton to control flood victims looting donated food from a bus in Azakhel - Pakistan (Aug 8, 2010)"

Why do my people inflict violence upon each other? We all belong to the same land; we share the same traditions, customs and beliefs; we spring from the same soil and perish into the same dust... so why do my people hurt each other? 

Apno par haath uthana bhaut asaan ho giya hai humaray liay... kyu mairay bhaion? kyu aik dosray ko zakaam daytay ho? hum pehlay hi bahut zakmi hai :(

As The Rush Comes

Traveling somewhere; could be anywhere,
There's a coldness in the air but i don't care,
We drift deeper; life goes on,
We drift deeper into the sound,

Feeling strong...

So bring it on...

[As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden) - Motorcycle]

Why You Wanna Trip On Me?

0:55 to 1:13 <=> Pure genius.

Apparently, no one was listening. They say I'm different; They don't understand, But there's a bigger problem that's much more in demand, You've got world hunger; Not enough to eat, So there's really no time to be trippin' on me. You've got school teachers who don't wanna teach, You've got grown people who can't write or read, You've got strange diseases but there's no cure, You've got manic doctors that aren't so sure, So tell me... Why you wanna trip on me? We've got more problems than we'll ever need, You've got gang violence and bloodshed on the street, You've got homeless people with no food to eat, With no clothes on their back and no shoes for their feet. We've got drug addiction in the minds of the weak, We've got so much corruption; police brutality, We've got streetwalkers walkin' in the darkness, Tell me what are you doing to try to stop this? Why you wanna trip on me? [Why You Wanna Trip On Me (Unplugged) - Micheal Jackson]

We are the people of this struggling land, Let my people go.

"It’s been a long night in our peaceful cities, It’s been a long night and we're battered and bruised, I have seen us looking a lot better, My heart breaks when i remember you. Who says we can’t be free? From all of the things that we used to be, Re-write our history, Who says we can’t be free?" [Adapted from 'Who Says']

Friday, 28 May, 2010

Lahore suffers an attack on two Ahmedi mosques during Jumu'ah. 80+ innocents dead. Thousands of lives severely affected. Elite still safe and having korma for dinner.


These people go out everyday and pay bills, they work hard during the day at whatever life they have built for themselves. In the evenings, they come home to their families and have dinner together. They sleep and prepare for the next day to come. They live day to day because they have no other options. There is no other way of life. They are a people who have been abandoned by those who were to lead them. Hey mr. foot-soldier, their well fed, sheltered and protected lives are unchanged by your actions. Your actions have failed you, as your people have failed you. Don't go, come have a smoke with me.

You and your friends band together out of a feeling of loss. you eat together, you pray together and you memorize excerpts from a book in a foreign language. You don't know what the words mean but they are considered sacred and there is a sense of purpose to be had in believing in them. You establish community meeting places... the caretakers of these establishments see a group of misguided souls and they feel that there is power to be had here. They start herding you. Slowly this community becomes the center of your world. You feel like you belong to something. Something possibly pure, something glorious... The deep rollers and their over bearing personalities start to control social behavior. You are now part of the hive. They will protect you and you will be their tool.

You are told that there are people living in another part of the world who suppress you and are evil. They are keeping us from achieving greatness. We were great once. That was 1,400 years ago when we were kings. We should be kings again. Wouldn't that be nice? But those evil people we can't control because they are too far away... so for now, let's just deal with the next best thing.. lets go to the market and hurt the people there. This will send a clear message to all governments. We will be considered a force and people will listen to our ideas and will do as we mean. So you go into the market, you pick places of worship because people are at their weakest there.. the same things you claim you fight for you destroy. Oh this is a different sect! Their mythology is slightly different than ours.. it's their fault they were born into these communities and raised to believe something. They intended us harm when they chose to live a certain way. Let's start with them.

So you go and spray bullets on innocent people who are just living their lives trying to make ends meet in a difficult world. You kill them because they do not belong to your established community so they are lesser human beings. If they die.. it's nothing to us. Wait. Do you hear those cries? Now there is a child somewhere that has lost a father. There is a mother somewhere who has lost a partner. She needed him to help raise her family. She has lost her support. Do you hear that? There is a mother weeping for her child. She will never see her child, hold him or see how her future unfolds. She has lost a part of herself. She has lost a reason for living. Is that what you are fighting for? To rule a nation of people with broken wills and battered hearts? Instead of ruling the people you so crave, you have left us with nothing but sorrow and heartbreak. The very land you wish to make 'pure' you have soiled with your menace. You have reduced it's beauty. We are declining and you are driving us there. I feel the wave of depression that you unleashed millions of miles away... you and your friends have lost your humanity.

And you fat, gutless leaders who hide in their homes and travel in their motorcades... you who want to lead us have sold out your own people. You are drunk on the false sense of power. You want monuments dedicated to your egos... your zaat, your menacing lineage. You must hate this country with a passion... you must hate the people that surrounded you... i have no other explanation for you.
I am from a land with great potential. With warm hearted and hard working people. There is a certain sense of civility missing though... honesty, patience and tolerance are not appreciated enough. We're not straight arrows but we have the potential to be great. We need strong charismatic people with progressive ideas to help guide us. It's not that you are not smart. You have proved your mettle while trying to attain office. It's not that you are inept because you understand the people and what they respond to. So it's probably the lack of desire to help your people. The lack of empathy and interest needed to do your job. It's a lifestyle for you. Somebody else will do the nation building part. I am ashamed to recognize you as a Pakistani. I am ashamed that you are part of my people.

So mr. foot-soldier and mr fat and gutless, have mercy on us, let us be, let us live good lives... let us breathe and eat and share the warmth that we have to offer. Help us believe in ourselves. Let my people go.

One Headlight

Well this place is old,
It feels just like a beat up truck,
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn,
Well it smells of coffee cups and cigarettes,
This place is always such a mess.
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn,
I'm lost and I feel just like somebody else,
Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same,
But somewhere here in between
the city walls of dyin' dreams,
I think his death it must be killin' me.

Hey, come on try a little,
Nothing is forever,
There's got to be something better
than in the middle,
But me and Cinderella,
We put it all together,
We can drive it home,
With one headlight.

[One Headlight - The Wallflowers]

Me & Julio

The mama pajama rolled out of bed,
And she ran to the police station,
When the papa found out he began to shout,
And he started the investigation,
Its against the law!
It was against the law,
What the mama saw,
It was against the law!

The mama looked down and spit on the ground,
Every time my name gets mentioned,
The papa said oy if I get that boy,
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention!
Well I'm on my way now,
I don't know where I'm going,
I'm on my way now,
I'm taking my time but i don't know where.

[Me & Julio - Simon & Garfunkel]

Awesome Finger picking

Out Of Exile

When I first came to this island,                                 
That I called by my own name,
I was happy in this fortress,
In my exile I remained,
But the hours grew so empty,
And the ocean sent her waves,
In the figure of a woman,
And she pulled me out to sea.

[Out of Exile - Audioslave]

I Am The Highway

Pearls and swine bereft of me,
Long and weary my road has been,                             
I was lost in the cities,
Alone in the hills,
No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel.

Friends and liars don't wait for me,
Because i'll get on all by myself,
I put millions of miles,
Under my heels,
And still too close to you i feel.

I am not your rolling wheels,
I am the highway,
I am not your carpet ride,
I am the sky,
I am not your blowing wind,
I am the lightning,
I am not your autumn moon,
I am the night, the night.

[I Am The Highway - Audioslave]

Day And Night

Day and night,
I toss and turn,
I keep stressing my mind,
I look for peace but see I don't attain,
What I need for keeps this silly game we play,
Now look at this,
Madness to magnet keeps attracting me,
I try to run but see I'm not that fast,
I think I'm first but surely finish last.

[Day 'N' Nite - Kid Cudi]

Bachana

جگمگتي هووي رات یه ، لب پر هين شکيتين ،
کوئی نهي مج کو سن رها ، 
 ڈھلتا دیں مجبور ہے ،منزل ذرا دور ہے ، بهج رها امیدوں کا چراگ ،
ختا هوگي، سزا هوگي ، پرانے دیں یاد این نه ،
دنیا کے اس شور میں , سکھا ہے مر کے ،هوتي زندگی کیا ،
میں ڈوب رھا، ڈوب رھا ، بچانا مجهے بچانا ،
میں ڈوب رھا، ڈوب رھا ، بچانا مجهے بچانا

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"If i could carry a tune,
 i would sing for a living,
 And if i could write,
 i would sing of depths within those words,
 But since i can do neither, i write code for a living,
 with the hope that someday the depth of those words
 will create something truly beautiful."

[Unclustered]

Deepest Blue

The sun will always shine on you,
You turn my ocean deepest blue,
I'll never hide my thoughts from you,
You're my deepest blue.

[Deepest Blue (Jon Hopkins Mix) - Deepest Blue]

Waiting On The World To Change

Me and all my friends,
We're all misunderstood,
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could.

Now we see everything that's going wrong,
With the world and those who lead it,
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it.

So we keep waiting,
Waiting on the world to change,
We keep on waiting,
Waiting on the world to change.

We keep on waiting,
Waiting on the world to change.

[Waiting on the world to change - John Mayer]

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Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants

This is not light reading.

You step into your own life as you grow older and more independent. You take the reigns and own the life you have been watching for so long. While you're doing this, your parents are aging and are going from being the star of their own lives to actors in the lives of their children. As you become independent; they become dependent on you. Such is the way of the world.

Sometimes i wake up in the morning and feel confused. I ask myself why i am living a life so far away from my family? I feel a loss of purpose. I feel like i am wasting precious time that i could spend with my parents while they are still happy and active. I justify the distance by saying that i am laying the foundations of a good life for myself, my wife and my children. Is that true? At what cost? There are people back home doing exactly this with fewer opportunities available to them. My parents made a good life for themselves and their children back home so why can't i? I say it out loud every chance i get but will i really go home to be with and support my family when they need me? People tend to be skeptical. Am i deceiving myself? Have i gotten too used to the easy life here? I'm not very certain about most things in life but i know that i cannot stand on the sidelines. I know this to be true because that's how i was raised, these were our values, and that is where our hearts were... with our families.

Aging is just a natural part of life therefore i don't find it to be particularly sad. Yes, it is sad that we can no longer do all those things we could when we were younger but now we can do a lot of other things that we were not able to before. Some of it comes with knowledge, some with experience... each part of life is unique and should be lived for its novelty. Then why does watching your parents age make you sad? It's because you don't want to see them in pain and you don't want to lose them. Watching them deal with aging can be very hard but their passing we actually mourn for more selfish reasons... because we don't have access to them anymore.. its more of a loss to the living than to those who have passed away - hopefully with a good life behind them. These thoughts are heart wrenching to face but if you muster  up the courage to address them for your parents, won't they feel more at ease?

 جس دن تم ہمیں بوڑھا کمزور دیکھو اور بےزار دیکھو تو تم صبر کرنا اور ہمیں سمھجنے کی کوشش کرنا

For all the understanding and support, for all the aches you tried to take away, and for all the frustrations i put you through, this i promise to you that i will take my time with you as you did for me, i will listen to your reasoning and try to understand you. I might become frustrated at times but i will try and hide it from you lest you misunderstand my meaning and feel yourself a burden. While i'm trying to understand you, please try to understand me. We can work at this together.

جب ہم کھانا کھاتے ہوے گندگی کریں اور اپنے کپڑے بھی نہ بدل سکیں تو پلیز تم برداشت کرنا اور وہ وقت یاد کرنا جب ہم نے تمھیں کھلانے پلانے اور کپڑے بدلوانے میں کتنا وقتلگایا 

I remember that you sacrificed your own comfort and luxury to take care of us. I remember that you worked all day and ran after us all evening. We ate well, dressed well, were entertained well, were educated well.As parents, you have earned our loyalty and respect.

جب ہم تم سے بات کریں اور ایک بات کو بار بار دہرائیں تو ہماری بات نہ کاٹنا - ہمیں سننا. جب تم چھوٹے تھے تو ہمیں ایک ہی کھانی ہزارایک دفعہ سناتے تھے جب تک کہ تمھیں نیند نہ آجاتی

For all your patience, you too will have mine. You can repeat yourself as often as you like, i will lend you my ear lest you feel alone and unappreciated. Your sacrifices have also earned you that right. 

جب ہم نہانا نا چاہیں تو ہمیں شرمندہ نہ کرنا نہ ڈانٹنا، یاد کرنا جب ہم تمھارے ہزاروں بھانوں کے باوجود تمھارے پیچھے پڑے رہتے تھے کہ کسی طرھ تم نہلو

Your children will keep you clean and well groomed. They will keep you dressed with the same class and grace that you exhibited all through out my life. Don't worry, i won't dress you in pink Bermuda shorts for the first day of school and i will never pick you up and drop you in the cold shower when you refuse to bathe. Those will just remain as fond memories from the life we shared together. They give my life character and i will cherish them. Rest assured that we will not force our opinions on you in the same way you never forced anything on us. You made some mistakes and we learned from them. You let us make many more mistakes and we learned from them too. You taught us to think independently and make decisions about our lives from an early age. We will return this kindness and foresight that has shaped us into the people we are today - strong, independent, empathetic people.

جب ہم انٹرنیٹ کی نئی ٹیکنا لو جی کو نہ سمحج سکیں تو ہمیں ہمارے طریقے سے ایس کو سکھانے میی مدد دینا، ہم نے تمھیں بھت ساری چیزیں سکھائیں... صہی طر یقہ سے کھانا، طر یقہ سے کپڑے پہنا اور اپنے حق کے لیےلڑنا

You taught us what to value in life, you taught us how to read and write, you taught us how to stand up for our rights and you taught us how to discern right from wrong in a rational manner. When you asked us to teach you how to use email and the internet, we were impatient and dismissive. We were young and rash but since then we have grown older and wiser and understand that we need to help you understand new things in ways that are easier for you. I know that no electronic device in our home ever functioned to capacity so i will make sure that everything runs smoothly. I owe you many hours of tech support.

جب کبھی کبھی ہماری یاداشت کھو جائے یا بات چیت کامضمون بھول جائیں تو ہمیں یاد کرنے کے لیے مناسب وقت دینا اور ہم نہ کر سکیں تو گھبرانا نھیں، اصل چیز بات چیت نھیں بلکہ  ہم تمھارے ساتھ وقت گزرنا چاہتےہیں اور یہ بھی چاہتے ہیں کہ تم ہماری باتیںسنو

You can take all the time in the world. We will wait for you to remember. We understand that spending time together is the real purpose and not idle chit chat. It is but a means to an end.

اگر کبھی ہمارا کھانےکو دل نہ چاہے تو ہم سے زبردستی نہ کرنا ہم زیادہ بھتر جانتے ہیں کہ کب کھانا ہے اور کب نھیں، جب ہمارے تھکے ہوہے پاؤں ساتھ چھوڑ دیں اور ہم لاٹھی کے بغیر چل نہ سکیں تو ہمیں اپنے ھاتوں سے تھام لینا، جسطرح تم جب اپنے پھلےپھلے کمزور قدم اٹھانے کی کوشش کرتے تھے تو ہم تمھیں تھام لیتےتھے 

Just like you knew better when we were younger, you have to accept that we might insist that you eat not because we know better than you, but because you need to keep your strength up. Don't worry, we wont force feed you but we will try to insist if necessary. You must understand us too and accept if we are trying to help you for the right reasons. When you wobble, we will support you with dignity, when you collapse, we will catch you and help you heal, when you need our strength, we will bear it all.

اور جب کسی دن ہم کھیں کہ ہم اور زندہ رہنا نھیں چاتے ہم مرنا چاتے ہیں تو غصہ نہ ہونا ایک دن تم بھی یہ بات سمھج جاؤ گے ہماری ہمت بڑھانا ہماری امر زندہ رہنے کی نھیں ہے ہم تو بس بقایا زندگی گزار رہیںہیں 

Death is something that frightens us because it is irreversible but i don't think death is always sad. We are disturbed by it because we lose the people we love. The emotions we experience when a loved one passes are more selfish than anything else. It is a sad thought that my loved ones are no longer here. I can no longer touch them, talk to them or just soak in their presence. If you say that you don't want to live anymore, my first reaction could be anger but the anger is not directed at you, its actually a realization that i am headed for a very big loss. When you feel spent and defeated, i will shoulder your burden and help you muster your courage. If you are bed ridden and suffering, you will still need to convince me that its okay to stop fighting for you and to accept that i can let you go. It is not in my nature to give up without a fight... i will fight for you with everything i am until you tell me that you are ready. It takes a lot of courage to fight and we all do it, but it takes even more courage to understand your parent's wishes and accept the reasoning behind them. You have to tell me when you are ready... please don't leave the decision up to me. I cant see you suffer but i can also not readily accept losing you for myself. I can not be left to wonder if there was something more to be done or said... life after this thought is too difficult. I have seen it.  And if i were to pass before your time, i would have you take comfort in the thought that i leave behind a rich life. I have lived on my own terms so far and if my family is taken care of after i leave, i would pass happy with the love, life and experience i have already known.

اور جب کسی دن تمھیں پتا چلے کہ ہماری غلطیوں کے باوجود... ہم ہمیشہ تمھارا اچھا ہی چاتے تھے اور ہم کوشش کرتے تھے کہ تمھارے لیے صحیح راستہ اختیار کریں، تم بھی ہمیں اپنے ساتھ رکہ کر اداس، ناراض اور شرمندہ نہ ہونا، سمھجنے کی کوشش کرنا اور ہماری مدد کرنا جسطرح ہم نے کی جب تم نوجوانتھے  

The things you have done for your children, the sacrifices you have made, and the love and support you have shown us has earned you the highest place in our lives. Our love and desire to take care of you as you did for us will help us always keep you close to our hearts and in our minds. We will be by your side every step of the way. Although i have been absent from your side for a long time now, believe that my thoughts always lead to you. This i promise that you will know the ferocity of my love and loyalty and then be afraid no more.

Oaths you have taken...

"Now is the hour...
 Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, 
 to lord and land."

[LOTR]

Code Monkey

Code Monkey get up get coffee,
Code Monkey go to job,
Code Monkey have boring meeting,
With boring manager Rob,
Rob say Code Monkey very diligent,
But his output stink,
His code not functional or elegant,
What do Code Monkey think?
Code Monkey think maybe manager
want to write goddamn login page himself?      
Code Monkey not say it out loud,
Code Monkey not crazy just proud...

[Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton]

And Now For Some Light Humor...

Seriously... WTF?

Chains Of Misery

There's a madman in the corner of your eye,
He likes to pry, into your sunlight,
He wants to burst into the street with you and I,
A world of shadows and of rain,
He's seen what love is,
He wants to pay you back with guilt.

He lies to you he won't let you be,
He's got your chains of misery,
He won't be still till he's turned your key,
He holds your chains of misery.

There's a prophet in the gutter in the street,
He say "you're damned!", and you believe him,
He's got a vision but it shines out through your eyes,
A world of hatred and fear,
He's felt what love means,
He wants to pay you back with pain.

[Chains of misery - Iron maiden]

Been Down So Long

Well, I've been down so Goddamn long,
That it looks like up to me,
Well, I've been down so very damn long,
That it looks like up to me,
Yeah, why don't one you people,
C'mon and set me free.

I said, warden, warden, warden,
Won't you break your lock and key,
I said, warden, warden, warden,
Won't ya break your lock and key,
Yeah, come along here, mister,
C'mon and let the poor boy be.

[Been Down So Long - The Doors]

Ghost Song

Awake,
Shake dreams from your hair my pretty child,
my sweet one, Choose the day and choose the
sign of  your day,  The day's divinity, First thing
you see.

A vast radiant beach and cooled jeweled moon,
Couples naked race down by it's quiet side,
And we laugh like soft, mad children,
Smug in the wooly cotton brains of infancy,
The music and voices are all around us.

Choose they croon the Ancient Ones,
The time has come again, Choose now, they croon,
Beneath the moon, Beside an ancient lake.

Enter again the sweet forest, Enter the hot dream,
Come with us, everything is broken up and dances.

Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding,
Ghosts crowd the young child’s fragile eggshell mind.

We have assembled inside,
This ancient and insane theater,
To propagate our lust for life,
And flee the swarming wisdom of the streets.

The barns have stormed, The windows kept,
And only one of all the rest,
To dance and save us,
From the divine mockery of words,
Music inflames temperament.

Oh great creator of being, Grant us one more hour,
To perform our art, And perfect our lives.

We need great golden copulations,

When the true kings murderers are allowed to roam free,
A thousand magicians arise in the land,
Where are the feast we are promised?

One more thing...

Thank you oh lord, For the white blind light,
Thank you oh lord, For the white blind light.

A city rises from the sea, I had a splitting headache,
From which the future's made.

[Ghost Song - The Doors]

Hyacinth House

I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me,
I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me,
I need somebody who doesn't need me.

Why did you throw the Jack of Spades away?
Why did you throw the Jack of Spades away?
It was the only card in the deck I had left to play.

But I'll say it again,  I need a brand new friend,
But I'll say it again,  I need a brand new friend,
And I'll say it again,  I need a brand new friend,
The end.

[Hyacinth House - The Doors]

Love Her Madly

Don't ya love her madly,
Don't ya need her badly,
Don't ya love her ways,
Tell me what you say.

Don't ya love her madly,
Wanna be her daddy,
Don't ya love her face,
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door,
Like she did one thousand times before.

[Love Her Madly - The Doors]

The Wasp

Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
Others, mean and ruthful of the Western dream,
I love the friends I have gathered together on this
thin raft,
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our
escaping,
This is the land where the Pharaoh died.

The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered,
They are saying, "Forget the night,
Live with us in forests of azure,
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars,
Out here we is stoned - immaculate."

Listen to this, and I'll tell you about the heartache,
I'll tell you about the heartache and the loss of God,
I'll tell you about the hopeless night,
The meager food for souls forgot,
I'll tell you about the maiden with raw iron soul.

[The Wasp - The Doors]

The Doors Of Perception

"Real poetry doesn't say anything,
it just ticks off the possibilities...
opens all doors,
you can walk through any one that suits you.
If my poetry aims to achieve anything,
it's to deliver people from the limited ways
in which they see and feel."

[James Douglas Morrison]

Everything I Need

It doesn't matter if I'm qualified,                              
Or if I ever learn to blow your mind,
I've got everything I need,
I'm not looking for a place to shine,
I wake up and I'm satisfied,
I've got everything i need.

So even if you wanted to,
You can't save me, you can't fail me,
I'm back up on my feet baby,
On the way down is when i found out,
I've got everything i need.

[Everything i need - The Wallflowers]

I Won't Back Down

Well I won't back down,
No I won't back down,
You can stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won't back down.

No I'll stand my ground, won't be turned around,
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down,
gonna stand my ground... and I won't back down.

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground... and I won't back down.

Well I know what's right, I got just one life,
in a world that keeps on pushin' me around,
but I'll stand my ground... and I won't back down.

[I won't back down - Tom Petty]