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[whodat2112]

Driven out by thieves,
I watch them pillage the planet
Fueled by a fattening greed,
Trees fall to the hatchet

We're chopping against the grain,
Our spirits in a vacuum
Sadly ignore the pain,
The end arrives, we all lose
We all lose, I hope it comes, it comes, it comes around

Driven out
Holding out
Day by day survival
Castaways have silent lives
With the strength to rival you

See now I'm driving in my car
I used to be able to walk this far
Now I turn on the light
I used to be able to sleep at night

I'm cooking with microwaves
To warm up food that's not seen the soil
Plugged into my TV
I'm used to the lies they're telling me
I hope it comes, it comes, it comes around

Driven out
Holding out
Day by day survival
Castaways have silent lives
With the strength to rival you

Driven out
Holding out
Driven out
Holding out
With the strength to rival you

I'm hoping that we find,
More to life than meets the eye
Can we escape the grind,
Build a life that's more worthwhile
Rid of this empty pride,
Full of selfishness inside
Bathe in a turning tide,
Until then we all hide
We all hide
I hope it comes, it comes, it comes around

Driven out
Holding out
Day by day survival
Castaways have silent lives
With the strength to rival...

Driven out
Holding out
Could take up your best time
Driven out
Holding out
With the strength to rival you
Rival you
Rival...

 

[whodat2112]

Calm animals expect nothing
live suspicious to balance out
the effect of reason on their sunrise
there's a moving hide
calm animals with no shackles
free on a shrinking plain
so presented, it's economics
small wonder the pastures die
calm calm calm calm animals
free on a shrinking plain
calm calm calm
adventures to roam alone
So civilized the code stifles
a race with gestures has lost its way
the chance was given to think social
but we choke on greed and excess
Going by going by
just for politics we live the lie
you cry, we cry
part of history will wonder why

 

[whodat2112]

Another home falls by the wayside
A few old cushions stuffed with pride
A hand is shaking from the rubble
This spirit is still alive
A servant bares his occupation
Breaks his back just growing old
Never mind his views were taken
Just saw by the rules of old
Less cities more moving people
Rushing out with pride
Less cities more moving people
Hands that once were tied

A church bell rang for the occasion
The average man learns what's in store
Now he sees where his life was taken
Fighting heat, but growing old
Less cities more moving people
Rushing out with pride
Less cities more moving people
Hands that once were tied

Is this what we call education
Just watch the wheel of time revolve
But why is this not what I'm thinking
Just one mind and the unknown
Less cities more moving people
Rushing out with pride
Cities are moving people
Who just forgot their lives

 

[whodat2112]

Red skies at night
Red skies at night
Whoa oh, oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Red skies at night
Red skies at night
Whoa oh, oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Should have taken warning, it's just
People mourning
Running, hiding, lost
You can't find, find a place to go, so it's

Red skies at night
Red skies at night
Whoa oh, oh oh oh oh

Should have taken warning it's just
People mourning
Running, hiding, lost
You can't find, find a place to go, so it's

Red skies at night
Red skies at night
Whoa oh, oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Red skies at night
Red skies at night
Whoa oh, oh oh oh

Someone's taking over
And it look like they're aiming
Right at you
Someone said we'll be dead by morning
Someone cries, leaving

[Repeated:] Red skies at night

Whoa oh-h-h

Red skies at night
Red skies at night
Whoa oh, oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Red skies at night
Red skies at night
Whoa oh, oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh

 

[whodat2112]

Crying parents tell their children
If you survive, don't do as we did
A son exclaims there'll be nothing to do to
Her daughter says she'll be dead with you

While foreign affairs are screwing us rotten
Line morale has hit rock bottom
Dying embers stand forgotten
Talks of peace were being trodden

Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight

Is this the value of our existence
Should we proclaim with such persistence
Our destiny relies on conscience
Red or blue, what's the difference

Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight

It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre

An empty face reflects extinction
Ugly scars divide the nation
Desecrate the population
There will be no exaltation

Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight

It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre

Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall

 

[whodat2112]

i'm going to the darklands
to talk in rhyme
with my chaotic soul
as sure as life means nothing
and all things end in nothing
and heaven i think
is too close to hell
i want to move i want to go
i want to go
oh something won't let me
go to the place
where the darklands are
and i awake from dreams
to a scary world of screams
and heaven i think
is too close to hell
i want to move i want to go
i want to go
take me to the dark
oh god I get down on my knees
and i feel like i could die
by the river of disease
and i feel that i'm dying
and i'm dying
i'm down on my knees
oh i'm down
i want to go i want to stay
i want to stay

 

[whodat2112]

Gonna end with some songs from one of my favorite bands......The Cure................Beautifully "Dark" music.



I am slowing down
As the years go by
I am sinking
So I trick myself
Like everybody else

The secrets I hide
Twist me inside
They make me weaker

So I trick myself
Like everybody else
I crouch in fear and wait
I'll never feel again

If only I could remember
Anything at all

 

[whodat2112]

Possibly the best lyrics ever written.............In my humble opinion

 

[whodat2112]

Another hauntingly beautiful, but dark, song




remember how it used to be
when the sun would fill up the sky
remember how we used to feel
those days would never end
those days would never end

remember how it used to be
when the stars would fill the sky
remember how we used to dream
those nights would never end
those nights would never end

it was the sweetness of your skin
it was the hope of all we might have been
that fills me with the hope to wish
impossible things

but now the sun shines cold
and all the sky is grey
the stars are dimmed by clouds and tears
and all i wish
is gone away
all i wish
is gone away

all i wish
is gone away

 

[whodat2112]

Lyrically........these guys and Pink Floyd are my favorites.

 

[whodat2112]

There is no-one left in the world
That I can hold onto
There is really no-one left at all
There is only you
And if you leave me now
You leave all that we were
Undone
There is really no-one left
You are the only one

And still the hardest part for you
To put your trust in me
I love you more than I can say
Why won't you just believe?

 

[whodat2112]

Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this

Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
I know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire
The way they should
The way the blue could pull me in
If they only would
If they only would
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else
That hides away
From me and you
There're worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands you make
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms round
Yesterday
I stood and stared
Wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back
The way I wanted to
But I just can't hold my tears away
The way you do

Elise believe I never wanted this
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out...

So Elise
It doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this

And every time I try to pick it up
Like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up
It runs away through my clutching hands
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else
I can really do
At all...

 

[MoonLit_Water]

Not by me

me either, not by a long shot

 

[daleron]

Good night everyone


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[priorities]

{{{{hugs}}} Hello sweet friends*

Sweet Friends*..you are just *the best* thank you so*...so special you are~





Well.. *wow just wow*...
I am simply amazing, enthralled...thrilled .touched..and overwhelmed by everything I see here...ALL of it...truly ** ~ so very special you are ~ I am thinking of you all**
just love looking at the great pics an songs and chit chat and wishes..just everything..I so love coming here * you all make me smile~ I recently went back to the first part [old thread] and oh wow what memories there...amazing..* I hope this finds everyone doing well or better ..
I hope it's getting warmer for those of you in this cold and snow..I so love it but I know most don't...and hoping for wet weather for those who need it....and I hope those in the bad storms are safe and well*....and I can tell that Spring is in the air it is coming soon* I can feel it*
I sure missed a lot...*and I miss you all a LOT too*.. I do pm at times...and I check each day in case you need me...sweet friends* .I come and see everything and 'like' it so you know I have you in my thoughts and am 'thanking you too'..this fatigue thing is very annoying..hoping it passes soon...*see in my important 'note near the end*
I hope you all have a fabulous day*..full of things that bring a smile and warm your heart*
~*All of those with troubles of any kind and their loved ones are in my /our thoughts and prayers.. as well as our service men and women...ever grateful* Lots of you with troubles..some I know of some I don't ...but I am hoping for you and yours...and for those friends we haven't heard from* ......{{{{hugs}}}} and lots of love too~ xoxoxoxoxoxo

I truly hope you all have a wonderful day..full of joy and smiles...you all deserve it so*...just love this thread....just love you all...*




**Redd** fantastic AMAZING pics and songs** wow o wow Redd* sweet friend* love it all...just too much you are just the BEST Redd...and thank you so for all of the wishes* aww* and Shirley **oh**love her oh what amazing gifs of her too oh..love that post RIP ST* thank you so Redd and the pretty Valentine's post just love the song love it in the air oh thank you so and what amazing images and wonderful quotes and funnies you found Redd**..just love them**..thank you so * All of the songs and videos and movies oh you are just the *Best* you always amaze me with your beauty and what you bring*. So special you are~thank you for it all* sweetest friend*..big{{{{hugs}}}} to you.. love ya* xoxoxo ~ and whoo hoo Redd*love the new avi**




*SD* love wear your love like heaven** and what fantastic pics too** and the Beatles oh* love them* and more oh what fantastic songs and pics too.. *I just love them all thank you so for sharing sweet friend** {{{hugs}}} We can tell you are very busy..hope everything is going well for you sweet friend...love the new avi...thank you for coming by even though you are so very busy and working so hard....I/we appreciate it so.. thank you so for everything* ...thinking of you..*sure do love seeing you my special friend* biggest {{{{{hugs}}}} xooxoxxoxo love ya*



Dale* thank you for all of the wishes oh so pretty and breakfast and songs and images..love 'dust in the wind' and images and songs oh I just LOVE the 'pretties ' you left me *oh so beautiful* all of the images and quotes...just love them*...oh thank you so for sharing sweet friend* love seeing your wishes each day..love it*..big {{{{hugs}}}} to you sweet friend*..hope you are feeling better too* xoxoxo




Sun* love the songs and pics fun and beautiful all of them..* and what gifs Sun beautiful and funny ones too..and the songs and oooh LOVE the houses and cottages oh I have daydreamed about them all...love the woods and little charming cottages..oooh love them *thank you so* for sharing * and the music..oh love it* love seeing you sweet friend* I have you and your precious kitties in my thoughts thank you for the updates on the kitties too...praying for them...* {{{hugs}}} to you sweet friend xoxoxo




Cactus* So great seeing you*.. wow what images gorgeous * and funny too oh love them and wow then ice climbing oh goodness and rock without a rope whoa..love that so amazing....such gorgeous images thank you so* just love them...and yes that reminds me SO much of Mul's avi..which is his scary one yikes* oh love the images and music and wishes...and the St. Patty's day songs and pics..* .oh you are something..* I love seeing you sweet Cactus*....and thank you for the update* ..you and yours are in our thoughts and prayers sweet friend* edit 'worried about you and I hope we see you soon * {{{{hugs}}}} to you..xoxoxo




Hypno* wow what music whoa you really left some assortment there..you were 'on a roll there' ha* ..thank you for some new ones oh love them*...what a great 'mix'..oh thank you so for sharing some great ones with us all*...what variety too.. some new ones I haven't heard before* ..love that..* hope things are well down in TX with the storms..I hope you are staying safe* ...I bet you are enjoying some TX BBQ you lucky guy you...* {{{hugs}}}} to you..xoxoxoxoo



Whodat* wow another one you are* with all of that music you shared.. *wow* what a lot of variety in that music...some great ones that I love too..thank you for the lyrics too so sweet*..some new ones from you I haven't heard before either..oh I enjoyed them*..thank you so for sharing * and I hope you had a fantastic time at the Mardi Gra Whodat...* and I hope those kitties are doing well* ..{{{hugs}}}} to you~ xoxoxo



Haze oh so great to see you* and thank you for sharing the music.wow a lot of goodies oh.love it..great to see you here* love AK and the others too.. and the chat and wishes too...so sweet ..* {{{hugs}}} to you..*



Fant* so good to see you and ha love the funnies and that song...amazing..a Russian 'Beatles type group ha and the dancing oh love it*..oh thank you for sharing {{{hugs}}}} hope that you and yours are well Fant* xoxox




*JJ* sweet friend * SO so good to see you here* oh is it ever..missed you* glad you found us...thank you so for the Valentine wishes * and for the song..love it* I hope yours was just wonderful So good to see you * I hope you and yours are doing well * {{{{hugs}}} to you~ xoxoxxo



Pepper*...how nice to see you..* So glad you found us and 'marked' us too...and I love 'Dear Prudence'.. just love that one*..hardly ever hear that..think it was the first time played on the thread part 1 or 2.... all of your music...just enjoyed them all...love it * thank you so for sharing* and you are funny too..aww..* love to read your chat.....and for the hellos' and wishes*...and chit chat too..I hope we see you soon* thank you so* {{{hugs}}}



Oh a big WELCOME to WhazapU*Hope you are doing well* oh SO glad to meet you and see you WOW do you play some great songs..ooh love them * thank you so* We love new friends here..SO so happy you found us...thank you for bringing such 'goodies' ha* love them and you are awfully sweet...and now you are a friend too...{{{{hugs}}} to you~



and a big WELCOME to Moonlit*...*wow* so nice to see you here and to meet you too...oh what fantastic music you bring*..so many I have never heard...just love it when that happens... thank you so* I enjoy it so very much...* SO glad you come and well, now you are a 'friend' of the thread too..just love that...I hope you have good weather throughout your trip*...{{{{hugs}}}} to you ~



and a big Welcome to Sue ** Oh so nice to see you here Sue..and loved seeing your kitty aww* what a precious darling*...and so glad you shared with us.....and thank you so for the sweet comment and wishes...oh I hope we see you often...just love new friends [although I know you from other threads as does Redd] just love seeing you 'here' .I hope you are doing well* ..big {{{{{hugs}}} to you* xoxoxoxo




A big Welcome to Joan* So nice to see you* and thank you for the wishes and the beautiful image...oh love it* I hope we see you again soon* ... just love new friends..and [ I feel I know you from seeing you on the other threads as does Redd ] but you are new 'here'...I hope things are going well for you* {{{{hugs}}} to you xoxoxo





and oh Welcome Classy* what a sweet surprise to see you* and you even played 'hostess' too oh how sweet*..so great to see you here and [4 years smoke free] oh* that avi is so inspiring..*congratulations to you* Hope you come by anytime..would love to have you..thank you so* {{{{hugs}}} to you~




and Hi Mod...and yes "it's still alive".......imagine that* ha* oh you are something Mod.....{{{hugs}}} hope you are doing well Mod..hope everything is working out for you in AZ.....was nice seeing you..thank you for coming by...don't be a stranger*




*Eln* So good to see you..so glad you came by*... I hope we see more of you sweet friend*..hope things are going well for you..{{{hugs}}} to you~ bet you are out kayaking about now knowing you 'wink'...*

ps- you and Cactus have a lot in common all of your outdoor activities and all* oh* I bet you two have some great storied to share*..hint hint to the both of you*




OBG* ..SO nice to see you* thank you for the wishes and for the great music oh love BTO ..some great ones you shared** thank you so* love seeing you* hope all is well with you, and those storms you had recently..be safe * {{{{hugs}}} to you~





and* Welcome* 2ndchoice oh * it's so nice to meet you and so glad you came by..thank you for the song* and chit chat.. and the wishes...and I hope we see you again soon*..... hoping things are going well for you 2nd * I am hoping they are* {{{hugs}}




and *Welcome* EvilZoe* so nice to see you here and chatting too* love that..*...I hope we see you again...*




hope I didn't miss anyone.........* Oh and again I am thinking of friends from GV, BWB,
Wolf's [Vaporschoice], Apollo, oh goodness too many to name...am going around when I can and 'liking' them all* trying to keep up*



Wondering how some friends are...RHP worried about him* hoping he is well and that we hear from him* and I heard from Mul has a lot of RL all happening at the same time...*hoping for the others too.. like Cactus...hope he is well...miss him...miss them all*...and many others... * have them in my/our thoughts and prayers... and others I/we haven't seen in a while... I so hope they are ok* * {{{{hugs}}} to you all ~

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****Now for some news****..as many of you know 'through thank you pms' I have this darn chronic fatigue thing...keep trying and going but so far nothing is helping....to post the way I used to ..well it is just so hard and so tiring for me...SO I am going to sort of be a 'friend' of my own thread...and my bestest friend who you all know by now....she brings such beauty such magic, great music..quotes, poems...oh just so much to the this thread...Redd [Reddhott] my dearest friend is going to be the hostess and this will now be her thread...with a little help from SD [superdave] 'my other bestest friend' and me too...when i can...So I asked a mod Sonicds *he is so sweet* to change the name of the thread....so new friends will see it but now you all know too*....I would have had to close it if Redd didn't offer...thank you Redd sweetest friend* you are an 'Angel' truly you are~

just love ya* appreciate it so*.....

**but friends...remember* it is 'you', all our sweet friends who make this thread...it is all of us together that makes it so very special...everyone bringing so many different and wonderful things..from wishes..to images..to music...to quotes, poems..chit chat just all of it so very special....I/we just love having you all....and I/we thank you all so very much from the bottom of my heart for all you do....I never take it for granted...I/we appreciate you all.....so I will still be 'liking' and will pop in with posts and or hellos etc when I am up to it...maybe say hello to friends in other threads and even play a contest or 2..have to go day by day hour by hour and see how I feel....so you all know...I couldn't be happier to have darling Redd offer to help and take the thread....it means so much to me....Redd have to say it once again..just love you sweetest friend* You are just the *Best*..SD that goes for you too....* {{{{hugs}}} just love ya both*



*Sweet Friends*..you are ALL just *the best* thank you so*...so special you are~ all of you...* {{{{hugs}}}} love ya *


PS Goodness you have all added even more since I wrote this up ...so thank you thank you thank you for it all* {{{{hugs}}}} *

hmm water boarding through a cranberry bog....that's different all right.....*

As we walk our path of life,
We meet people everyday.
Most are simply met by chance.
But, some are sent our way.

These become special friends
Whose bond we can't explain;
The ones who understand us
And share our joy and pain.

Their love contains no boundaries.
So, even when we are apart.
Their presence enhances us
With a warmth felt in the heart.

“The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.”

Life is about laughing & living in good & bad times. Getting through whatever comes our way & looking back with a smile

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust

'Friends bring a smile and warmth to the soul'

Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. ~Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Not what we give,
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver
Is bare.
~James Russell Lowell

Great experiences should
be valued like silver,
every day is as precious as a box of gold.
If we only lived in this moment and made the most of it,
we would experience joy, peace and love untold.
~ Raphael Notch

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. ~William Shakespeare

{{{{hugs}}}} thank you sweet friends* xoxoxoxoxoxo

 

[Sundrinkr]

Pri -love that you are here when you are able.

Redd and SD will be excellent caretakers of the new thread.

In the meantime, rest! Don't wear yourself out on us!

We care and worry about you.

Just do what you need to get well.

 

[priorities]

Oh how beautiful** thank you Sun,* sweet friend* .happened to still be here* .and yes,I agree* {{{hugs}}} to you ~* I'm going....going to' try' to get some sleep .... I hope you get some rest too and * have a beautiful day {{{{hugs}}} xoxo*

 

[daleron]

Good morning everyone!





Yay Pri! So glad Redd has agreed to take the responsibility for the thread and let you play among us once again. We all love you so and worry about you too you know


Big thank you to Redd too!

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[Reddhott]

such a beautiful post PRI((((hugs))))
i am more than happy to help in any way i can.Just glad to see u back my dearest sweetest friend!!!
~~~~Morning DALE and SUN(((hugs))) Morning everyone~~~~

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Word........... for the day. Yup, it's that day. The most dreaded day of the week. The wknd is over and fri. is so far away.