mandywu
My name is Mandy.

I am... a live music enthusiast, an empathizer, a chronic thinker, a sometimes cynic, a runner, an avid sushi eater, a bookworm, an independent 25-year-old, a huge Better than Ezra/Jack's Mannequin/Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers fan, an animal and people lover, a soul searcher, a non-drinker by default and a worrywart with the best intentions.

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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”

  9:07 pm  |   January 5 2012  

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