Unremembered dreams

So I have this week completely off work to study, and it's reminding me strangely (or perhaps not surprisingly) of those good old days of stuvac, when I would write songs or poetry to procrastinate from studying and as an outlet for my angst (while my creative side has been rather neglected recently, I'm glad that the days of angst are over). So I've been compiling a list of all the compositions I've done over the past years; they're scattered all over several notebooks, sheets of scrap paper, this blog and on files on my computer....along with many other "thought scribbles" and unfinished works, half-written lyrics without music....and I came across this on a word document on my computer, which I don't remember writing (so therefore must have been previously unpublished on this blog!) It's dated 21st May, 2006...how interesting to find snapshots of moments in one's past...


Unremembered dreams

Sometimes the moment passes by
And is lost forever
No second opportunity
For those bound by time

To think that moment could be like a thousand years to You

Sometimes you wake up
And in a fleeting moment
You remember what you dreamt last night
Sometimes it’s just the next day
Either way it’s soon forgotten

Do You know me while I’m sleeping?
I don’t know myself
While my eyes and mind are blind
In the darkness of night
Can I still find the light in You?

So wake me up
At the right time
Or I’ll be lost forever
Within the realm of unremembered dreams

Why don’t I feel You now
Am I all alone?
I don’t want to fall asleep while I don’t know You

So can you heal me now
I’ve just been waiting on my own
And I’ve been foolishly evading Your amazing grace

[21/05/06]

Praise You In This Storm - Casting Crowns

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with You"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You?

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with You"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth

~~~~~
Psalm 121:1-2

How To Save A Life - The Fray

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cos after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defence
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

When I Survey

When I survey the wondrous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it Lord that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ my God;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, HIs hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an offering far too small,
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my life, my soul, my all.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Hymns

Here's another project for you! =)

http://savefile.com/projects/1049638


This is a medley of a reharmonized "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" and "God is Our Strength and Refuge" (which I didn't bother to reharmonize much, as it already had some pretty interesting chords...good ol' hymns...)

Speaking of which...I think hymns deserve more exposure than they get these days, especially in younger congregations...I guess the words are harder to understand and sometimes the melodies are more difficult to sing, or aren't as catchy; but a lot of old hymns are really quite well written. I guess it's good that some have had new music written for them, to make them more accessible to the younger generations (e.g. May the Mind of Christ, God is Our Strength and Refuge, etc).

Anyway, the two hymns here go together quite well, and I mean not just musically, but lyrically (though I know the style of playing here doesn't really lend itself to singing =P). The words of these hymns remind us of God's ever-present strength and guidance throughout whatever we may face...so 'we therefore will not fear, though the earth should change!'


Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Words by William Williams (I know, what were his parents thinking?) and music by John Hughes

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
Feed me now and evermore.
Feed me now and evermore!

Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the living waters flow.
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield.
Be Thou still my strength and shield!

When I tread the verge of Jordan
Bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death and hell’s destruction;
Land me safe on Canaan’s side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee.
I will ever give to Thee!


God is Our Strength and Refuge
Words by Richard Bewes (from Psalm 46) and music by Eric Coates

God is our strength and refuge
Our present help in trouble;
And we therefore will not fear,
Though the earth should change!
Though mountains shake and tremble,
Though swirling floods are raging,
God the Lord of hosts is with us evermore!

There is a flowing river,
Within God’s holy city;
God is in the midst of her,
She shall not be moved.
God’s help is swiftly given,
Thrones vanish at His presence
God the Lord of hosts is with us evermore!

Come see the works of our Maker,
Learn of His deeds all powerful;
Wars will cease across the world
When He shatters the spear!
Be still and know your Creator,
Uplift Him in the nations,
God the Lord of hosts is with us evermore!



P.S. I can't actually play the whole thing through in real life, it was all edited together (lots of editing, in fact...but you didn't need to know that...=P)

For those of you still interested...

http://savefile.com/files/294135

Consider Christ again, but with the ambient noise removed! (yay, noise removal worked!...not sure what I did wrong last time)

(and hopefully the piano still sounds the same...

[EDIT]:
....actually, it doesn't!...the quality of the piano sound is totally different if compared to the original...but then again the noise was pretty loud in the original too! But you can make it less obvious with different equalizer settings =P)

This bad quality track is brought to you by...

...um, I don't know.

http://savefile.com/files/242184


More piano playing, but something recognisable this time (and it's not backwards!) - A reharmonised version of Consider Christ....trying to put the stuff I learnt at jazz classes into practice, hehe...yeah, I need to work on it...

Here's another one...

More backwards piano playing:
http://savefile.com/files/218516


Haha, it's pretty boring...

MUSIC = endless hours of FUN and ENTERTAINMENT and PROCRASTINATION!!

So I've finally gotten around to recording some of my music, since I got introduced to this *free* program called Audacity (thanks Argus!) and got my hands on a tiny little computer mic my mum got from somewhere (better than nothing, and at least it was *free* as well!)

I won't torture you with any of my singing...this is just some piano playing which was recorded and then reversed using Audacity...a rather interesting effect (also distracts from the bad quality of the recording! - Sorry about the annoying high pitched noises...don't know where they came from)

Download from here:
http://savefile.com/files/179714

(Yes it says "Rock of Ages", but don't worry if you don't recognise it as the hymn/song at all, because I played *my version* of Rock of Ages, which is unheard by anyone played forwards, let alone backwards =P)

About a band

Before we begin...
1. Apologies for bad sentence structure, I like, can't be bothered. Also apologies for gratuitous use of the work "like".
2. Ignore this post if you are meant to be writing an honours thesis.


Discovered a U.S. band called Breaking Benjamin while googling lyrics on the net (yes, yes, procrastinating as usual, but I have a headache, so I can't possibly be doing any work anyway), the name caught my eye, so I youtubed* them, and it's like, yay, angsty music! Nothing groundbreaking, but I seem to have a thing for angsty music at the moment. I think they're slightly reminiscent of Evanescence, Hoobastank and Linkin Park, and probably several other bands as well.....anyway, I've never heard of them before, don't know if anyone else has?? I could just be like really out of it...

Anyway, I liked this video in particular for one of their songs, Sooner or Later, and the acoustic version of this other song, Diary of Jane, was pretty cool too.


*****

In other news, I had an informal interview thing for a casual job at a Wynyard pharmacy this morning, turns out they don't really have anything available at the moment, but the pharmacist is opening a new pharmacy nearby soon so they might need someone then...anyone want to bet he'll get back to me...oh well at least I'm taking small steps in the right direction...I think....

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*since "google" is now used as a verb, and Google have now acquired Youtube, I figured "youtube" should be used as a verb too

Papercut - Linkin Park

Why does it feel like night today?
Something in here's not right today
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
It's like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watching every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
And watches everything
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me
Right underneath my skin

It's like I'm
Paranoid looking over my back
It's like a
Whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I
Can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin

I know I've got a face in me
Points out all my mistakes to me
You've got a face on the inside too and
Your paranoia's probably worse
I don't know what set me off first
But I know what I can't stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
I can't add up to what you can
But everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when they close their eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall
And watches everything
So you know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too
Right inside your skin

It's like I'm
Paranoid looking over my back
It's like a
Whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I
Can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin


The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me...

Two hectic weekends

Well last weekend was the first ever EU Pharmacy Weekend Away, which was pretty cool, and then last night we had the RICE Rally....haha, it was INSANE I tell you! Well, at least it felt that way to me, especially the beginning, and the end. I was so tired today, even though I didn't really do all that much last night. I'll write more about it when I'm not meant to be doing work....


"The World You Love" - Jimmy Eat World

I've got a story it's almost finished
Now all I need is someone to tell it too
Maybe that's you

Our time is borrowed and spent too freely
Every minute I have needs to be made up,
But how?
I'm looking for a nice way to say "I'm out",
I want out...

I fall asleep with my friends around me
Only place I know I feel safe
I'm gonna call this home

The open road is still miles away
Hey nothing serious
We still have our fun
Oh we had it once

Windows open and close
That's just how it goes

Don't it feel like sunshine after all?
The world we love forever gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else seems to think we are

I'm in love with the ordinary
I need a simple space, and rest my head
And everything gets clear

I'm a little ashamed for asking
But just a little helps
It gets me straight again
Helps me get over it, over it

It might seem like a dream
But it's real to me

Don't it feel like sunshine after all?
The world we loved forever gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else seems to think we are

You should see the canals are freezing
You should see me high, you should just be here
Be with me here

It doesn't seem there's hope for me, I let you down
But I won't give in now not for any amount

Don't it feel like sunshine after all?
The world we loved forever gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else thinks
Now don't that feel like sunshine after all?
The world we loved forever gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else seems to think we are


I like this song because I could never tell if it was meant to be happy or sad...

Instant Coffee World

Height of exam period productivity - brain comes up with weird song...too much caffeine, not enough studying. Gaah...somebody shoot me.


Instant Coffee World

You were discovered in an instant world
Where you just add boiling water
The smell of coffee hits the daily grind
Smoke and metal, flashing lights

You take the suspense
As you step off the sidewalk -
Would the world stop? Or would it run you over?
Tired and blind and sleeping
With its eyes wide open
You hope doors will open
Like you hope that drugs will dull the pain

But you hear the sound of the city's
Four walls closing in
You try to scream, but who will hear you?
A tree falls in a forest that no one's in
Playing hide and seek
You can't see who you're hiding from
Or who's counting...
The days until you're gone

Sticks and stones may break your bones
Words will take up memory on your phone
The smell of home hits the back of your mind
Tears and voices, pleading eyes

The children play mums and dads
While mums and dads are playing God
Or something else they just won't tell you
Cos they love you and they're making sure
Your heart's not broken
You hope doors will open
Like you hope that drugs will dull the pain

But you hear the sound of the city's
Four walls closing in
You try to scream, but who will hear you?
A tree falls in a forest that no one's in
Playing hide and seek
You can't see who you're hiding from
Or who's counting...
The days until you're gone

Do you lie awake in dreams at night
And wonder if you're there?
And with tomorrow's daylight
You fall asleep again....

Cos you hear the sound of the city's
Four walls closing in
You try to scream, but who will hear you?
Another piece falls in a game that no one wins
Playing hide and seek
You can't see who you're hiding from
Or who's counting...
The days until you're gone

$1.69 to hear how it goes

Gravity - Bic Runga

If gravity let us go
We would all go flying
And I'll meet you somewhere in the milky night
Away past the satellites

The breeze is dressed so lightly
And it breathes onto this fire escape
Where all our secrets melt like ice
Leaving only water

Night will close us down
And change the view
And I'll promise you what I can
I forget myself when I'm with you
Please remind me who I am

Dancing like a landslide
Swinging round the living room
We fall like sudden rain from sullen skies
Singing to the radio's tune

Say my name aloud
And make it new
And I'll promise you what I can
I forget myself when I'm with you
Please remind me who I am

Day so soon, hear all the traffic move
The sirens all fill this room till we both have to shout
From the road, watching the stars explode
You and I breathe so slow
How strange the sound...

I love depressing songs! =D

Let Me Die Young - Taxiride

I believe
In the faithful and true
And I believe in silly things
Like everlasting love
But I could never ever believe
What was struck upon you
You fell away
But this time it was for good…

Let me die young, let me die young
So I can be with you forever
Let me die young, let me die young
So we can laugh again in heaven

Once again
You broke my heart
Other days the pieces fell together again
But this time it's different
'Cause today my heart is beyond repair
So it bleeds
Cause darling, you slipped away
Much too easy for me…

Let me die young, let me die young
So I can be with you forever
Let me die young, let me die young
So we can laugh again in heaven

When the loneliness inside me
Turns to pain
I'll drink my heart to sleep
Just to see you once again

I believe
In the faithful and true
And I believe in silly things
Like everlasting love

Let me die young, let me die young
So I can be with you forever...
Let me die young
I'm on my way

Let me die young, let me die young
So I can be with you, I wanna be with you…
Let me die young, let me die young
I'm on my way...
I could die
I could die

.....

Polaris - Jimmy Eat World

I'll say it straight and plain
I know I've made mistakes
I've always been afraid
I've always been afraid

A thousand nights or more
I travel east and north
Please answer the door
Can you tell me...

You say that love goes anywhere
In your darkest time, it's just enough to know it's there
When you go, I'll let you be
But you're killing everything in me

Get down on your knees
Whisper what I need
Something pretty
Something pretty

I feel that when I'm old
I'll look at you and know
The world was beautiful
Then you tell me...

You say that love goes anywhere
In your darkest time, it's just enough to know it's there
When you go, I'll let you be
But you're killing everything in me

I'm done, there's nothing left to show
I try but can't let it go
Are you happy where you're standing still?
Do you really want the sugar pill?
I'll wake up tomorrow and I'll start
Tonight it feels so hard
As the train approaches Gare du Nord
As I'm sure your kiss remains employed
Am I only dreaming?

You say that love goes anywhere
In your darkest time, it's just enough to know it's there
When you go, I'll let you be
But you're killing everything in me

When you go, I'll let you be
But you're killing everything in me

Drugs Or Me - Jimmy Eat World

Stay with me
You're the one I need
You make the hardest things
Seem easy

Keep my heart
Somewhere drugs don't go
Where the sunshine slows
Always keep me close

If only you could see
The stranger next to me
You promise, you promise that you're done
But I can't tell you from the drugs

Don't let go
We'll dig a great big hole
Down an endless hole
We'll both go

You're so blind
You can't save me this time
Hope comes from inside
And I feel so low tonight

If only you could see
The stranger next to me
You promise, you promise that you're done
But I can't tell you from the drugs

I wish that you could see
This face in front of me
You're sorry, you swear it, you're done
But I can't tell you from the drugs

(Take me) I need your help
(So far away) To pull me up, take the wheel
(Take me) Out from me
(So far away) Out from me

(Take me) If only you could see (I need your help)
(So far away) The stranger next to me (To pull me up, take the pain)
(Take me) You promise, you promise that you're done (Out from me)
(So far away) But I can't tell you from the drugs (Out from me)

(Take me) I wish that you could see (I need your help)
(So far away) This face in front of me (To pull me up, take the wheel)
(Take me) You're sorry, you swear it, you're done (Out from me)
(So far away) But I can't tell you from the drugs (Out from me)

Keep my heart
Somewhere drugs don't go
Where the sunshine slows
Always keep me close

Incoherent jumble of thoughts? (in B major)

Where are all the lonely people?
Are they quietly lost for words?
Did they drown in the music
That fills their lonely world?

Where are all the lonely people?
Are they hiding behind smiles?
Maybe they're just asleep beneath
Their daydreams for a while

Were you lonely as you faced your Father's will?
In the garden, in that darkness,
On the road towards that hill
Where you died


Did you see all the lonely people
As you hung up on the cross?
Did you feel the guilt on you
As you bore what belonged to us?

More than lonely
As He turned His face away
But you only
Could have done what you did that day
You died


Why am I still lonely?
I know you rose again
How long will I be waiting
For this loneliness to end?

Come and fill me
With Your Spirit and Your Word
So I can come before You
And know that I am heard...
And not alone

A long post about last week, this week, and other stuff

So I gather people have had enough of my *works of art* and it is time for a new post.

What have I been up to?...Well, I will actually be off to my church's Leaders' Retreat in a few hours. Wow, has it already been a whole week since KYLC ended?

Yesterday: saw Memoirs of a Geisha, and the Australia Day fireworks. I like the Australia Day ones because they are so close, you can smell the sulfur and it feels like a few of the stray sparks are going to fall on you. As it was happening I thought about how glorious it was and how when Jesus returns it will be a thousand times better. I've never really grasped how magnificent Jesus' return will be like, there's nothing you can really compare it with, so for now I'll think of it as a really really really good fireworks display.

Geisha was alright, they experienced *technical difficulties* halfway through the movie, the only way to describe how the movie stopped playing was that it was like someone burning a hole in the middle of a picture, and the white hole gradually spread to the edges of the screen, and then it went all black, accompanied by a noise that sounded like a cassette tape getting stuffed up. So we had to sit there for a few minutes while they fixed it. That was interesting, never had that happen to me before.

Last Saturday: Woke up late, went to Glue leaders' meeting, went to see Symphony in the Domain (Gershwin's World), with Pun, Angi and Loz. They opened with Rhapsody in Blue, and closed with An American in Paris, and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (which is obviously not Gershwin, but I suppose it was a good excuse to incorporate fireworks into the performance). (Yay for fireworks!) We should definitely go again next year, with more people.

Last Monday-Friday: Katoomba Youth Leaders' Convention. If I could post everything we learnt about, I would, but that would take way too long. Overall, for me anyway, it was a week of lack of sleep, learning to play texas hold'em (and actually winning a few times), learning the meaning of the word "safe" (don't ask), going though biblical theology and trying to write a Bible study on Amos 5:18-27, and lots of challenging talks and workshops.

The thing that challenged me most was whether or not we are living consistently in our day to day lives as well as in church on Sundays. The speaker, Al Stewart, described it as "the carpark miracle" - the church carpark is where miracles can happen, in terms of people's behaviour - as soon as you step outside your car, you transform yourself into a perfect Christian, and no one has to know what you get up to during the week.

And also I was challenged by how you can be involved in religious activity, but have your heart far away from God.

I came home with my messy notes, and as usual after these camps, felt like there was so much you learnt and were challenged by, and so much you have to change in your life or in your attitude towards things....but then time passes, and you kinda forget about how fired up you were, and then never get around to it.

So then I thought I might try to write a song about the stuff I had been taught, because I find that songs are a good way to remember a bunch of words you wouldn't otherwise remember (hence the Glue mission statement song, and the one with Colossians 1:28 as the chorus, for those of you who know what I'm talking about). So I went through my notes on the talks and wrote down all the points that had jumped out at me, and then tried to force some structure into it and make it rhyme, etc, etc...and a lot of experimenting and D/F# chords later....a song! (which sounds like all my other ones, but oh well, I know I'm doomed to being boring and unoriginal.)

After I had finished it, felt pretty satisfied, played it a few times, tried it out on piano...but the weird thing was, the more I worked on it, the less sincere I felt, and at one point I thought that by writing it maybe I was contradicting what I was actually writing about. It's kinda hard to explain. Trying not to be a hypocrite but feeling hypocritical about it.

Some of the words are either directly from the speaker's notes, or my notes...so it might not ever make complete sense to other people...but it makes sense to me, I guess. My KYLC in a package, you could call it.

When You Return
I’m sorry Lord when I fill my life with empty words
And sometimes when I sing, an empty song is all that’s heard
I’m sorry when I break the promises I’ve made
And when You see my heart drifting further and further away

I’m sorry Lord when I strive to fill my life with things of this world
And when I forget I need to be changed by Your Word
I’m sorry I forget You always keep the promises You’ve made
And the pain it causes You when we turn away

Sometimes this world feels like a tragedy
And we wonder if You’re there
But it’s Your severe mercy
That shows how much You care

And if it wasn’t for the power of the cross
I wouldn’t see Your salvation on the other side of Judgement Day
I want You to see me living more like You each day, till when You return
I want to enter Your kingdom with the humble heart that You’ve set me free to have
And know You are with us as we share Your love
Till when You return again

The Blues

~Switchfoot

Is this the new year or just another night?
Is this the new fear or just another fright?
Is this the new tear or just another desperation?

Is this the finger or just another fist?
Is this the kingdom or just a hit and miss?
I miss direction, most in all this desperation

Is this what they call freedom?
Is this what you call pain?
Is this what they call discontented fame?
It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in...

I'm singing this one like a broken piece of glass
From broken hearts and broken noses in the back
Is this the new year or just another desperation?

You push until you're shoving
You bend until you break
Do you stand on the broken fields where your fathers lay?
It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in...

Is nothing here worth saving,
Is no one here at all?
Is there any net left that could break our fall?
It'll be a day like this one
When the sky falls down
And the hungry and poor and deserted are found

Are you discontented?
Have you been pushing hard?
Have you been throwing down this broken house of cards?
It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in...

Is there nothing left now, nothing left to sing?
Are there any left who haven't kissed the enemy?
Is this the new year or just another desperation?

Does justice never find you?
Do the wicked never lose?
Is there any honest song to sing besides these blues?
And nothing is okay
'Til the world caves in,
Until the world caves in...

Star Fade

(...the tragic love song/poem, inspired by Angi's post on star fades.) (I hope she doesn't mind me stealing her ideas!)


Once upon a balmy night
In the summer of our youth
We drank in the moonlight
While breezes caught our whispered truths

And in the silence of the moment
It could all have been a dream
And you said, "Run Away's been done before,
Won't you star fade out with me?"

Once upon a rainy night
Now wiser through the years
We sat while in the shaded light
Your cheeks glistened with tears

And in the silence of the moment
I could just recall that dream
Where you said, "Run Away's been done before,
Won't you star fade out with me?"

But oh, there were no stars that night
The rain fell from the skies
It washed away our memories
It drowned our empty sighs

Once upon a frosty night
When winter trees were bare
You lay in peace and said goodbye
To all that we had shared

And in the silence of the moment
There was nothing left to dream
And I said, "I've never been here before,
Please don't star fade out from me."


Awww......*sniff* That's so sad! (*Ahem* in both senses of the word....c'mon, it is really late, though, I am kinda still wide awake, despite needing to get up early tomorrow morning for a flight to Brisbane...yeah, sorry, couldn't work out whether to be tragic or funny, so went for both simultaneously with above disasterous consequences.)

Acknowledgements again to the original blog post =)