I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And our scars remind us that the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel
I try, I really do. I keep my doors open. All these new methods pop up left and right. A new way appears and trailing along behind I come, following because someone I know is there, someone I don’t want to lose. I think oh, maybe now we’ll be a little closer. I see you close with these other people I know. I know each of you, but I know each of you separately. We’re not close, though.
I wish we were.
I can’t explain it, but every time I try to get closer to someone, we grow farther apart.
Larry: What were you so sad about?
Alice: Life.
Larry: What’s that then?
Alice: You want to talk about art?
Larry: I know it’s vulgar to discuss the work at the opening of the work, but somebody’s gotta do it. I’m serious. What do you think?
Alice: It’s a lie. It’s a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully, and all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it’s beautiful ‘cause that’s what they want to see. But the people in the photos are sad, and alone, but the pictures make the world seem beautiful. So the exhibition’s reassuring, which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie.
Orianthi
(via visualtherapy)
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I’ve been thinking of a way to say thank you for making Battle Studies such a huge success out of the gate… I’ve also been thinking of a way to use tumblr as a means of posting some more substantial stuff… So here’s a very raw, live solo version of “Edge of Desire” I just recorded in my apartment as a way to show my gratitude to you all for extending my time in this amazing career you’ve helped me build.
I think if you were kind enough to spent the 13 bucks, you should get some free music for the next good while.
So here it is. A song about late night longing recorded at 3am. iPhone dinging in the background and all…(that’s how I knew the take was going to be worth sticking with, as the best takes always get interrupted.)
Thank you.
More to come…
John
Download http://bit.ly/4Igzxc
“When I said I didn’t want to be with her…
I lied.
I wanted to be able to brush her treebark hair out of her glistening eyes, calmly trace the smooth outdents of her pale cheeckbones down down downwards, down towards her soft feathered jawbone. My imagined steady fingers would nimbly take her chin, gracefully tilt her head towards mine, and kiss her.
Just like they do in the movies.
I had it all planned out. I wanted to be the boy she waited for the bus with. We would race towards the back of the bus, play-fighting over who got to sit in the coveted window seat (of course she would, I would always cave and let her have her way). We would laugh loudly, as lovers do, and clearly not care about how the silent strangers surrounding us judged.
I wanted to be the boy who would have the courage to gently say “Look over here for a second”, and catch her off guard with a kiss.
I wanted innocent love, nothing more.”
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glee, keeps getting better and better.
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Glee Cast - Lean On Me
Last night’s Glee had so many great songs, but this one was exceptional. It featured Kevin McHale pretty heavily and Amber Riley blew it out of the water. They’re both such awesome performers!