human for human's sake

“Come senators, congressmen: Please heed the call! Don't stand in the doorway, Don't block up the hall. For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled. There's a battle outside And it is ragin’ : It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. “ - Bob Dylan

“Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand. Workin' in the dark against your fellow man. But as sure as God made black and white What's down in the dark will be brought to the light. You can run on for a long time. Run on for a long time Run on for a long time: Sooner or later God'll cut you down” -Johnny Cash

“I need some time off from that emotion, Time to pick my heart up off the floor. When that love comes down without devotion. Well it takes a strong man baby; But I'm showing you the door: ‘Cause I gotta have faith. I gotta have faith. ‘Cause I gotta have faith, faith” - George Michael

“Johnny's in America. Johnny looks up at the stars. Johnny combs his hair down, And Johnny wants pussy in cars. Johnny's in America,.. I'm afraid of Americans I'm afraid of the world I'm afraid I can't help it I'm afraid I can't” -David Bowie

“Once I wanted to be the greatest, No wind or waterfall could stall me. And then came the rush of the flood, Stars at night turned deep to dust: Melt me down, Into big black armor. Leave no trace of grace, Just in your honor” -Cat Power

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

"I thought that I heard you laughing. I thought that I heard you sing.  I think I thought I saw you try.  But that was just a dream. That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight: losing my religion.  Trying to keep up with you and I don't know if I can do it." -R.E.M 

"Years go by; will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand? Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty and the orange clouds raining in me head.  Years go by; will I choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left? One more casualty you know we're too easy, easy, easy..."  -Tori Amos

"So what does it matter now; I was swimming in the hate now I crawl on the ground.  And everything I never liked about you, is kind of seeping into me.  I try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out? I guess the jokes on me, she said" -Nine Inch Nails

"Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers. And I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them fall away" -Tool

"Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that—everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. V"

"A friend in needs a friend indeed, A friend who'll tease is better. Our thoughts compressed, Which makes us blessed: And makes for stormy weather" -Placebo

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo da Vinci

"I'm trying to tell you something about my life; Maybe give me insight between black and white. The best thing you've ever done for me: Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all..." -Indigo Girls

"They don’t know nothing about redemption. They don’t know nothing about recovery. Some people just aren't the type for marriage and family. No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to be a junkie. No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to sleep alone." -Against Me!

"Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do. No need to kill or die for and no religions too. Imagine all the people: Living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one; I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one" - John Lennon

"I love all of you hurt by the cold. So hard and lonely too; when you don't know yourself. My friends are so distressed, and standing on the brink of emptiness. No words I know of to express: This emptiness" -Red Hot Chili Peppers