β§ GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS STARTERS //Β PART 2
taken from the gang of youthsβ album of the same name. feel free to adapt as you wish.
β you're scaring us and all of us, some of us love you. it's not much but there's proof. β
β remember your virtue: redemption lies plainly in truth. β
β the self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken. β
β remember the pact of our youth. β
β where you go, I'm going, so jump and I'm jumping, since there is no me without you. β
β hurt and grieve but don't suffer alone. engage with the pain as a motive. β
β today of all days, see how the most dangerous thing is to love, how you will heal and you'll rise above. β
β you are absent of cause or excuse. β
β you crave the applause yet hate the attentionβ then miss it, your act is a ruse. β
β it's a pointless resistance for you. β
β [ name ], just put down the bottle. don't listen to what you've consumed.Β β
β and there may not be meaning, so find one and seize it.Β β
β feel your breath course frankly below and see life as a worthy opponent. β
β you want the acclaim, the mother of mothers, more poignant than fame or the taste of another. β
β you will not be more than a rat in the gutter. β
β you asked for my counsel, I gave you my thoughts.Β β
β can you hear me, [ name ]Β ? I'm talking to youΒ ! β
β throw yourself into the unknown with pace and a fury defiant. clothe yourself in beauty untold and see life as a means to a triumph. β
β you'll rise above, crowned by an overture bold and beyond. β
β ah, it's more courageous to overcome. β
β I thought I had a real understanding then of loss but I didn't know a thing 'til you were gone. β
β I used to wanna be important, now I just wanna be alive and without fear. β
β it's okay to feel unbelievably lost. β
β you got to persevere. β
β I live hard 'cause I am scared that I won't mean anything. β
β you want someone to want you for who you are. β
β it's no secret that with matters of the heart, I'm irrational and rarely ever start. β
β the world's dark and often inhumane. β
β we all decided the best way to fight it was drink wine, dance here and pray and make love that lasts with a vengeance. β
β you can stay afraid, or slit the throat of fear and be brave. β
β you wanted to fight for a causeβ then go out and fall in love ! β
β don't stop believing in truth and grace in the grievance. β
β you give me a good reason to be heartsick again. to be here, to be strong. β
β I've been losing my way in the weirdest of moments and the stupidest of ways. β
β there will be no years of silence in the shadow of regret. I won't let it so betray me, though my soul got used to it.Β β
β I will look at love as more than just an instrument of pain.Β β
β I will not spend the years depleted of my willingness to try. it won't hurt this way forever, it ain't worth the overtime. β
β lay me down and kiss me deeply, show me everything I missed. β
β I let bad love betray me once. β
β I wanna be loved, I wanna be whole again. β
β and I just ask you to be patient if you'll have me still. β
β it's just a feeling of distance akin to a feeling of loss of love. β
β I am grieving the loss of myself with frightening malaise. β
β just stand in the darkness and laugh with your heel on its throat. β
β not everything means something, honey: so say the unsayable, say the most human of things. β
β if everything is temporary I will bear the unbearable, terrible triteness of being. β
β I'm not so assured nor unusually strong or outstandingly brave. β
β won't you fear me tonight ? β
β there's nothing that holy in loving like drunk kids love. β
β let's drink the best wine now, while we're strong and we are proud. β
β it's weird and unnerving, forsaking my old life now, 'cause this is a burden I can't seem to do without. β
β I wanna be nearer, I wanna be close behind. β
β our time is short. β
β I could almost take a whole life to disclose how I feel about the now. β
β but we've will to carry on, transcend with our scars and contusions. β
β I know how lame it sounds, but I'm glad I became more human. β
β do not let this one end before you emerge as the winner. β
β let me love with a vengeance. βΒ
β you wanna feel absolved tonight. β Β Β
βΒ it's okay not to be so alright. but don't be alone. βΒ
β say what you want with blood and bone and stick a finger in their faces when they say you're overblown ! β Β Β
