sara bareilles - amidst the chaos sentence meme - pt. 2
‘you caught me some fireflies, told me their names, and how much they love their life in a jar.’
‘you twist around me like vines.’
‘you rub the stars in my bright eyes.’
‘you sold me a future from the ones you had in the trunk of your car.’
‘stay out, honey, i can see you’re wicked.’
‘i don’t want your wicked love.’
‘don’t need what makes me feel addicted.’
‘you thought i didn’t notice you had me caught like a firefly.’
‘I’d abandoned my flight to be crawling around with these wings.’
‘but i won’t forget this moment and how mighty the truth can be.’
‘well i’ll break the glass and see.’
‘wait until you see how mighty the truth can be.’
‘it’s a sky filled with fireflies.’
‘come by the fire, lay down your head.’
‘my love, i see you’re growing tired.’
‘set the bad day by the bed.’
‘you don’t have to do a thing but listen to me sing.’
‘i know you miss the world, the one you knew.’
‘everything made sense because you didn’t know the truth, that’s how it works.’
‘we’re all just hunters seeking solid ground.’
‘don’t stop trying to find me here amidst the chaos.’
‘though I know it’s blinding, there’s a way out.’
‘say out loud: we will not give up on love now.’
‘don’t you turn like orpheus, just stay here.’
‘we did not give up on love today.’
‘i’ll try and somehow make a meaning of the poison in this place.’
‘you were written in the stars that we are swimming in.’
‘it’s just the promise of a day i know that some may never see.’
‘if the bottom drops out, i hope my love was someone else’s solid ground.’
‘by the time you hear this, i’ll be in the rearview mirror.’
‘you can turn around, one last look at the girl you lost.’
‘go and take some more time, but me and mine must go.’
‘i tried to wait it out, no more.’
‘i can’t find the man i was waiting for’
‘i wanted to be your girl.’
‘by the time you hear this, who know where i might be?’
‘i was ready, but you weren’t.’
‘so jump with your net from this bridge you’ve burned.’
‘i wanted to tell you things, all the secrets I’ve been keepin’’
‘i saw it in front of me, but then you just kept disappearing.’
‘now I tell your ghost: i wanted to be your girl.’
‘would you turn to me if i say i still want to be your girl.’
‘could i rest here for awhile?’
‘i can’t go face the world, my bones won’t hold me up.’
‘so tell the saint of lost souls where to find me.’
‘here in the deep end of someone who loves me’
‘you know that sometimes i can’t stop.’
‘and still, i’m seeking out to stand up when the bottom drops.’
‘the weight of all the world can blind me to its beauty.’
‘i try to push it down, but it comes back, faster and harder.’
‘tides are changing on a dime and i’m just trying to keep my head above the water.’
‘surrender’s just a word ’til you try it out.’
‘see how hard it is to hurt with someone else around.’
‘i’m the worst i’ve ever been, afraid of almost everything.’
‘the skies are clear, but storms are always coming.’
‘your gift to me is just to be bracing for the winds i always summon.’
‘my home, my heart, thank god you are someone who loves me.’
‘we’re leaving all the windows open.’
‘we don’t even mind the rain.’
‘so what if the hardwood stains?’
‘we’re collecting evidence of one remarkable storm.’
‘how wild it was to find it, finally feel the climate, instead of only staying dry and warm.’
‘rain on us, saint honesty.’
‘salvation is coming in the morning.’
’so we won’t sleep tonight while we brace against the wind.’
‘oh, these hearts, they’re weather-makers.’
‘we won’t settle for the silence.’
‘we won’t drown in the tears.’
‘we’ll say every single word, even if we think they’ll hurt.’
‘baptized by truth, we will reap what we sow.’
‘this is worth it to me.’
‘wait patiently, admin straight for it.’
‘but now what we need is a little rain on our face.’
‘you know the famine so well, but never met the feast.’
‘home is the belly of the beast.’
‘the ocean is wild and over your head.’
‘hope is all that you have.’
‘surely someone will reach out a hand and show you a safe place to land.’
‘imagine yourself in a building up in flames, being told to stand still.’
‘the window’s wide open, this leap is on faith.’
‘you don’t know who will catch you, but maybe somebody will.’
‘be the hand of a hopeful stranger.’
‘little scared, but you’re strong enough.’
‘be the light in the dark of this danger ’til the sun comes up.’
