Lyrically sound

it always takes one to know one stranger
maybe we're just wiser now
and been around the block so many times
that we don't notice
that we're all just perfect strangers
as long as we ignore
that we all begin as strangers
just before we find
we really aren't strangers anymore

-Tom Waits

"My thirsty wanted whisky; my hungry needed beans,
But it'd been of month of paydays since I'd heard that eagle scream.
So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams,
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar."

Kris Kristofferson

"Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost its fun
And there was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill.

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
Little pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
Mmm...."

Sam Stone - John Prine

"This chapel of ritual
Smells of dead human sacrifices
From the altar bed
On this night of ritual
Invoking our master
To procreate the unholy *kitten*"

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you

And everything I can't remember
As *kitten* up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means

And it's been awhile
Since I can say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and *kitten* things up just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that *kitten* seems to disappear when I'm with you

And everything I can't remember
As *kitten* up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and *kitten* things up again

Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day!

And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candles light your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste

And everything I can't remember
As *kitten* up as it all may seem to be I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry

It's Been Awhile....Staind

He told me he was pressured and was stressing out
And he usually makes music just to let it out
He asked his mom about it and she told him pray to God
She didn't notice that the faith was fading from his mind
He tries to ignore the stress that he endures
Try to find some liberation but the pains is indoors
He's feelin sore since the bills start coming
His stomach started rumbling, Pops calls it growing pains
Ask his friends about it but, they don't know the pain
They just tell him roll a blunt, try to smoke some hay
So he gets high hoping it will go away
But it doesn't, *kitten* is stuck is his head
Goes to sleep and the grief crawls up in his bed
Start tripping out thinking he should f*** with some meds
And he remembered what his grandpa said when he was young
So he looked to the sky, asking God how come?
I feel this pain time to time when I look in the mirror
And I realize, that guy's me trying to see clearer
So tell God I hear Him, and I know how to deal with it
Close my eyes till I find my spirit and just fly

Blu-Fly (Song Of Liberation)

This song reminds me that even when I feel lost that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.

Another day in this carnival of souls
Another nights ends, end as quickly as it goes
The memories are shadows; ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home

Far From Home
Five Finger Death Punch

People like us, we don't
Need that much just someone
That starts the spark,
the spark in our bonfire hearts

- James Blunt

"Hear the sound of the monstrance clock. Air is cleansed, assembled flock. Black candles burn, all minds alligned."

Send my love to your new lover, treat her beeeetter. Gotta let go of all of our ghosts. We both know we ain't kids no mo'

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What you once were isn't what you want to be......any more.

Wilco - Shot In The Arm