i’m i really smart or is everyone else really stupid?
;)
fleet foxes
they are oh, so amazing….
He doesn’t know why
Penniless & tired with your hair grown long
I was looking at you there and your face looked wrong
memory is a fickle siren’s song I didn’t understand
In the gentle light as the morning nears
You don’t say a single word of the last two years
Where you were or when you reached the frontier
I didn’t understand
See your rugged hands and a silver knife
Twenty dollars in your hand that you hold so tight
All the evidence of your vagrant life
My brother you were gone
And you will try to do what you did before
Pull the wool over your eyes for a week or more
Let your family take you back to your original mind
i felt a little freedom last night. i wrote that song ‘pretending’ and i’m fairly happy with it. i feel like i can only express myself honestly when i write a song and it doesn’t happen often…
it’s so nice to get it out…
also, i would like to be outside right now dammit…
new song i’ll be hopefully forcing myself to work on: pretending.
right now i think it might go something like this:
i’m trying really hard;
to pretend;
that everything is ok;
and that in the end, you’ll be my friend.
i need a bandage…
love these girls… watch the youtube, so worth it!
First Aid Kit: You’re Not Coming Home Tonight
Yeah you cooked his dinners
You raised his children and still
He’s not satisfied
He says I rather switch with you
You don’t now hard it is
To work from 9-5
But he speaks with his eyes closed
And eventhough you’re not all alone
He’s never there to be with you
And you remember when you were young
When life was new and it was fun
Now every corner’s filled with dust
But you’re not coming home tonight
You just took the train
And you left without a wave
Figured he’d never let you leave anyway
And now you’re sitting in that train
Seeing life in a new way
And every forest sings a song
One for the heartbroken lovers
And one for the dreamers
And then there’s one just for you
The wind’s been humming on it all day
And the soil lies awake
Waiting for it’s drumsolo
‘Cause you’re not coming home tonight
The ship is sailing
I’ll meet you on the other side
The future’s unclear
But hopefully it will be fine
You’re not coming home tonight
well i’ve been looking forward to this weeks challenge since.. ALL week! not only do i love this weeks theme because it is SUMMER, but because this is our first week having a guest artist! if you didn’t catch our introduction of dc bowers in our last post, check it out here. and speaking of dc…
i miss the weekend. i miss the hearts. those hearts. i miss the laughing. i miss the feeling of my skin fitting exactly right. i miss the perfectness of being around dear friends and simply enjoying everything there is about this small little life we’ve been given. and i’ve realized that i don’t have this kind of perfect friendship here in this sprawling city of mine. at least to the same degree. the kind where you feel completely at home with yourself, with the people around you, and everything is just.. right. but maybe having this in spurts is better. maybe it makes me appreciate it more deeply. either way, it is glorious and i love it.
Guster - manifest destiny:
“Bones are broken and the will is sunk, How did everything get so fucked up? Do you want to change your mind? You can always change your mind
You and I could quit this scene, Build a town and then secede, Like an Adam and an Eve
‘Cause to the dreamers go the dreams, But believers have the lead, It’s a frightening, frightening thing.
Born to the land of opportunity, Of manifest destiny. Do you want to change your mind? You can always change your mind.
You and I could quit this scene; Build a town and then secede; Like an Adam and an Eve.
To the dreamers go to the dreams, But believers have the lead. It’s a frightening, frightening thing.
The Moon and stars are ganging up on the Sun; it’s Rebellion.
Everybody, the sky is falling down. Friends and lovers, the world is coming down down, down down, down”
pics
these are amazing…
well these just make me wanna curl up and explode.
jess gough photography (above)
i wish i knew where the above was from, but i don’t. or this one..
and just eff this guy. (for above)
i don’t really understand what’s going on inside of me… i’m happy and sad at the same time. but i think i’m going to drop off the grid for a while and try to figure it out.
too-da-loo
Barry Lopez:
“How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.”
I feel like I’m living a life on confusion and frustration… now that I’m realizing that, I have to figure out what to do about it…
