“As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.”
— Andy Warhol
“All endings are also beginnings; we just don’t know it at the time.”
— Mitch Albom
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Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues strong
It’s always darkest before the dawn
And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I’m always dragging that horse around
Our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I’m gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues strong
But it’s always darkest before the dawn
Shake it out, shake it out
And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
‘Cause I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I’m gonna cut it out and then restart
‘Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It’s always darkest before the dawn
Shake it out, shake it out
And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
I tried to dance with the devil on your back
And given half the chance would I take any of it back
It’s a final end, but it’s left me so empty
It’s always darkest before the dawn
And I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t
So here’s to drinks in the dark at the end of my roam
And I’m ready to suffer and I’m ready to hope
It’s a shot in the dark and right at my throat
‘Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Well what the hell, I’m gonna let it happen to me
Florence and the Machine, “Shake It Out”
Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, “Long Days, Fast Years”
“Most people are together just so they are not alone. But some people want magic. I think you are one of those people.”
— Jean-Paul Scarpitta
“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
— Guillaume Apollinaire
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I’m coming home from my hardest year
I’m making plans not to make plans while I’m here
And this life has been no holiday
A complicated situation
I’m fine with all my memories
So I could use vacation
It’s Christmas in California
And it’s hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time
But I’ll take a west coast winter to remove my splinters
It’s good to be alive
I’m coming home to the lights and buzz
Streets look the same, still nothing’s as it was
And this place is paradise I’m sure
Here’s my reservation
I’ve gotten lost here once before
Inside a good vibration
It’s Christmas in California
And it’s hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time
But I’ll take a west coast winter to remove my splinters
It’s good to be alive
And time
It’s said it stops for no one
The seasons come and go and that’s just time
Outside it stops for no one
The seasons keep on going
Whether or not we’re blind
Christmas in California
And it’s hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time
But I’ll take a west coast winter to remove my splinters
It’s good to be alive
Jack’s Mannequin, “The Lights And Buzz”
Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, “Milwaukee/Roots and Wings”
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
— Plato
