song

this is a piece of a poem thats kinda been floating around in my head but refusing to be formed for a while, and then it came to a head a few days ago. but i still can't write it!! i think maybe its a song.

I'm wondering why mountains must crumble.

Why wishes pinned to stars must tumble.

Why raindrops fall.

Cuz I've seen everything,

But with in my arms,

I've seen nothing at all.

(Rewritten chorus of the song by Pink)

Just give me a reason

Why everything's so tough

I’m just second, all’s been spoken, I’m spent

Please don’t leave me alone again

Oh so many scars

Love’s been hidden behind bars, broken hearts

All’s been spoken, I’m spent

Please don’t leave me alone again

I'm running home through the dark night

Back to the place where it's warm and it's light

Across the moor and o're the distant hills

I'm running to find my way

I'm running to shine my day

The dark night thins to gray

And I'm home

I've ran home through the dark trees

Past the hills and through a strong breeze

All the way to run, run, run home!

All the way to run, run run home!

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It was around 2:30, and I was in French class when I got in an argument with my friend about something very stupid.

    “Jordan, I’m 100% sure that I’m right. I know that we’re playing war, but it’s a modified version of war because we’re supposed to be practicing our numbers in French.” I told my friend, Jordan.

    “Isy, I know we’re supposed to be practicing our numbers. I’m not dumb. We’re in French class. But we’re playing war. You don’t put down two cards in war even if it is a modified version.” Jordan said back. Read more »

Fold your freedom

neatly by the road.

Tie it to the ground.

See how the brave ones come running home

when wind blows.

Locked down and sold,

when the dogs come

wild and wanting a soul.

He who's fallen will praise the ghosts

and borrow a more wild heart.

Babe we're burning.

Call the rain.

Haunt the daylight with another face.

The childs crying.

Someone's baby girl.

By the wastelands laid her chains.

Chains that held her away from more.

Now she sees us in our sour little world.

Babe we're burning.

Call the rain.

Haunt the daylight with another face.

Babe we're burning.

Call the rain.

Haunt the daylight with another face.

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Thanks so much to the writers who appeared with the Anna & Elizabeth concert on Sunday: Bridget, Abhi, Emily, Taylor and Margaret. I was honored to read a piece by Emily Lyman, longtime YWP writer who passed away last December. The audience SO appreciated your words -- your humor, your insight, your power. THANKS!

UPDATE: Anna and Elizabeth are on public radio's The Story TUESDAY! Check it out on VPR at 2 p.m. or listen here: http://t.co/ddoPJqbtCH OR click the play button above. This radio piece will help you understand how storytelling can lead to music or intertwine with music and visual art. Anna, for those who don't know, was instrumental (sorry) in helping to get Young Writers Project started way back in 2004/05 when she was a senior at CVU. (And we will try to get sound on the site as soon as we can...) Read more »

Kill their daughters, fight their sons.

Breath my angel to their lungs.

This world is hellbound, but I am gone.

Tell the martyr its all been done.

Blind boy running. He burnt his souls.

When he falls he'll find his home.

Hides his wishes in the weeds.

Carefull, dreamer, so no one sees.

Fell the soldier for his ghost.

Held in keeping someone elses love.

Take your ashes in your own hands.

Saintly dreamer, kiss their land.

Mama fell in love with a hobo man.

She put her pretty ring in his old tin can.

And when her baby offered heaven, said,"your a real nice man."

But she let the pennies fall through his ghostly hand.

Rainey was the sky where the corn fields met.

Wove into each other like a fishing net.

Wrapped around the ankles of a boy in his bullet,

all singing to a lord, "Not done growing yet."

All singing, "let me love with the life of me."

"My bones hate to share their roots with reality." Read more »

Pain in shadows, moonlit tears,

Sings of sorrow, but no one hears.

Cold and broken, where it came,

Can't remember, how glory reigned.

Healing water, running dry.

Waits for rainstorms, to  quench its cry.

Dying faces, and spirits gone,

Wilted roses, forgotten songs.

Holding hands, with fate and death,

Watching freedom's final breath.

Seeing now, when rust controls,

Chains won't break, only souls.

But sunshine follows, knows its cost,

Will always find them, if they're lost.

The sun is rising, in the east,

To spread its glory, on fatal beasts.

Seasons Of Love by Rent Cast one of my fav songs
ALL
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love

Seasons of love. Seasons of love

JOANNE
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

COLLINS
In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died.

ALL
It's time now to sing out,
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Seasons of love!

JOANNE(while ALL sing)
Oh you got to got to
Remember the love!
You know that love is a gift from up above
Share love, give love spread love
Measure measure your life in love.

When seeing

Is not the same as believing

When everything goes wrong

It's hard to be strong

Out on the street

Life is far from sweet

We come and go

A bit numb, but we know

The grass grows greener

Underneath your feet

Living very close to dying

Trying not to be crying

On a park bench I yawn

I know you want me gone

Just by your demeanor

But even a smile would be a treat

When seeing

Is not the same as believing

When everything goes wrong

It's hard to be strong

My heart just wants to break

Somedays it's more that I can take

What am I learning

As my stomach is churning

So I struggle on and on

To find a place to belong

I see you

Please see me

Where is my hope?

The strength to help me cope

This is no longer funny

More like an agony

When seeing

Is not the same as believing

When everything goes wrong

It's hard to be strong

There's no need for you to pretend

You could just turn around again

Love can be your legacy

It helps exponentially

For today, be my friend

Homelessness can find an end

Im a cat

Swimming with a bat 

In the sea of hats 

On a flying mat 

The bats name is pat

His mom is fat

The mat was flat 

Then we spat

At the big rat

he was a brat

when he chats

THE END!

[Verse 1]
[Liam]
You're insecure,
Don't know what for,
You're turning heads when you walk through the door,
Don't need make-up,
To cover up,
Being the way that you are is enough,

[Bridge]
[Harry]
Everyone else in the room can see it,
Everyone else but you,

[Chorus]
[All]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
If only you saw what I can see,
You'd understand why I want you so desperately,
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
Oh oh,
That's what makes you beautiful

[Verse 2]
[Zayn]
So c-come on,
You got it wrong,
To prove I'm right,
I put it in a song,
I don't know why,
You're being shy,
And turn away when I look into your eye eye eyes,

[Bridge]
[Harry]
Everyone else in the room can see it,
Everyone else but you,

[Chorus]
[All]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
If only you saw what I can see,
You'll understand why I want you so desperately, Read more »

I’m broken, do you hear me?
I’m blinded, ‘cause you are everything I see,
I’m dancin’ alone, I’m praying,
That your heart will just turn around,

And as I walk up to your door,
My head turns to face the floor,
‘Cause I can’t look you in the eyes and say,

[Harry]
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
Can love you more than this Read more »

[Liam]
Girl I see it in your eyes you’re disappointed
‘Cause I’m the foolish one that you anointed with your heart
I tore it apart
And girl what a mess I made upon your innocence
And no woman in the world deserves this
But here I am asking you for one more chance

[Harry]
Can we fall one more time?
Stop the tape and rewind
Oh, and if you walk away
I know I’ll fade
‘Cause there is nobody else

It’s gotta be you
Only you
It’s got to be you
Only you

[Liam]
Now, girl, I hear it in your voice and how it trembles
When you speak to me I don’t resemble who I was
You’ve almost had enough
And your actions speak louder than your words
And you’re about to break from all you’ve heard
But don’t be scared, I ain’t going nowhere

[Zayn]
I’ll be here by your side
No more fears, no more crying
But if you walk away
I know I’ll fade
'Cause there is nobody else

It’s gotta be you
Only you
It’s got to be you
Only you

[Zayn]
Oh, girl,
Can we try one more, one more time?
One more, one more?
Can we try one more, one more time?
I’ll make it better

[All]
One more, one more,
Can we try one more, one more...

[Zayn]
Can we try one more time and make it all better?

[Harry]
'Cause it's gotta be you
It's gotta be you
Only you
Only you

It’s gotta be you
Only you
It’s got to be you
Only you

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Clap, clap, triple tap, clap move over. Pick up backwards, hit top of cup on your hand, put cup down, pick cup up grab hold of bottom with other hand, transfer hands, put other hand down, and put cup hand down. x3 start to sing and keep it up until the end.

I've got a ticket for the long way 'round,
Two bottle o' whiskey for the way,
And I sure would like some sweet company,
And I'm leaving tomorrow what do you say.

When I'm gone
When I'm gone

You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.
You're gonna miss me by my hair,
You're gonna miss me everywhere, oh

You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.

I got a ticket for the long way 'ROUND,
The one with the prettiest of views,

It's got mountains,
It's got rivers,
It's got sight that'll give u shivers,
But it sure would be prettier with you.

When I'm gone
When I'm gone

You're gonna miss me when I'm gone,
You're gonna miss me by my walk,
You're gonna miss me by my talk,oh

You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.

The cup thing that is in the very first paragraph, when you finish singing, do it 3 more times and than stop. :)

One day when I was in the park, an old man sat next to meh. He started rambling in some wierd launguage, witch I can only under stand some words. I asked him if he was fealing ok. He replied, "....gwean da foo....... hre ldad...... heral... would you like to learn...darr?" "Learn what?" I asked back. "...gahhh.... erg... how to harnest your voice and put into a powerful shout... heaarggg.... dor ah..." "Ummm.... did you take your mental medication this morning?" "FINE!  I wont teach you the amazing skills that I can teach you!" "No, no, I take that back teach me how to harnest my voice." "Let me demestrate." (

I see your heart.

Though you hide it well.

It mirrors mine exactly.

And I know your burdened soul.

When theres a storm.

You walk right outside.

And through your hands higher,

then you ever thought to try. 

So the days blur to endless thoughts.

And you hold me, safe inside your trembling arms.

While the others think we're the lucky ones.

But I know your heart too well.

Even though its you who fell.

They only know.

What they think they know.

But in your eyes I see it clearly.

All the distance that you own. 

And as the rain falls, you shelter me.

And I forget I'm the one whose supposed to bleed.

But the absence of your silent screams

fills the violent air.

So I wake but you're still there.

You have told me,

of your desperate prayers.

And when I cry for you,

you tell me not to care.

But I love you.

You find your demons everywhere.

And I'll shield you from the pain.

Like you shield me from the rain. 

I see your heart in every choice.

And I'll love you still,

I hear your voice.

In my mind

There's a world

Where everything's right.

Where love is free and never 

Breaks or

Dies.

And when the lightning comes 

It's beautiful.

Fear is never there.

I'm lonely only when I want to be.

I can be an artist with my eyes.

In my world witches ride mops and

Fate and happiness mean the same thing.

And maybe somewhere there's a world

Like that but when the 

Thunder comes it comes

Silently until it's right there and

Too late for precautions.

And your not strong enough for it.

Because fearless, painless,

Doesn't mean right.

Because disaster 

Cries of great strength.

And maybe being brave means letting yourself be 

Scared.

Being scared is inevitable.

And maybe just

Sometimes

Love is invincible.

In a world where witches ride mops and

Love doesn't hurt, (because it's perfect)

You can see through the layers, and 

Underneath,

Underneath is perfection.

But here under our years of 

Pain and 

Love that dies,

There's wisdom.

Life is never easy.

Take it from me.

If you don't act and dress a certain way, baby, you're just not in.

But stop and take a look(just a quick one) at the other side.

Sure there's not a lot of people there, but just look and see.

Are you going to go down the narrow path or sin?

Are you going to choose them or me?

Now look at the narrow path again.

See how light and beautiful it is.

See how happy the people are. Read more »

There's a light that 

Chases darkness,

Away from the breath of life.

There's a miracle of tomorrow,

Protecting us today.

And the world is deeply changed,

Because you walked it's surface,

You're a hope for many faces,

You're an anchor in the sea.

She's running for the sun

and she may never come back home. 

He stole her heart and kissed her once

then left her all alone.

Now all that's left is just a shell,

her whole wide world is gone.

She's running for the sun

and she may never come back home.

He swore he'd never leave her,

yet where has he gone now?

He flew away on wings of pain

and left her in this town.

She's lost, alone, and no one knows

how far she's fallen down.

He swore he'd never leave her, 

yet where has he gone now?

She held his hand, feet in the sand,

the sun their only spy.

He gave her flowers, they lived for hours, 

but soon began to die.

If only she had stopped to see

their death was just a sign

while she held his hand, feet in the sand,

the sun their only spy.

The sun's the only thing that's left

of the love that they had known.

She may forgive, but not forget

how he'd so suddenly flown.

And she watches as the sun does set

and leaves her all alone,

now she's running for the sun 

and she may never come back home.

She's running for the sun

and she may never come back home. 

He stole her heart and kissed her once

then left her all alone.

Now all that's left is just a shell,

her whole wide world is gone.

She's running for the sun

and she may never come back home.

He swore he'd never leave her,

yet where has he gone now?

He flew away on wings of pain

and left her in this town.

She's lost, alone, and no one knows

how far she's fallen down.

He swore he'd never leave her, 

yet where has he gone now?

She held his hand, feet in the sand,

the sun their only spy.

He gave her flowers, they lived for hours, 

but soon began to die.

If only she had stopped to see

their death was just a sign

while she held his hand, feet in the sand,

the sun their only spy.

The sun's the only thing that's left

of the love that they had known.

She may forgive, but not forget

how he'd so suddenly flown.

And she watches as the sun does set

and leaves her all alone,

now she's running for the sun 

and she may never come back home.

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Lyrics will come soon!

Please leavecomments! I need a lot of feedback. :)

She doesn't know it;

that boy is watching her.

He tries to show it,

because he really likes her.

Truly, its been a while now.

Though,

She has her eye on someone else.

She talks about him all the time.

He's so supportive.

Or at least he tries.

He doesn't let her see it, how much it kills him inside.

I like sports 

Reading 

Shopping

Movies

And friends 

Parties

Food

Shirley temples

Plus

Coco puffs

Sugar 

And candy

Writing 

Skiing

Hanging upside down

Laughing til I hit the ground

Dreaming 

Shoes

And anything purple

Flamingos

Puppies

And kola bears

Don't forget styling my hair

These are just things I like 

there's more, like flying kites

But I'm out of paper

So there is a very tiny list

I think you get the gist

Of thing's I like.

(She puts on fresh memories and fixes her hair: gets ready for the dance: he should be there)

Verse1

This is where we would have danced

right here on this floor

This is where we would have laughed

if I had had the nerve 

Chorus

 And we can go off about what if

and we can talk about what could've been

and we can dream about how

long things would have lasted

but that's all what if

Verse2

This is where we would have 

laughed until we cried

and this is where you would have kissed me

just underneath the starry sky

Oh if I had had the nerve

Chorus

 And we can go off about what if

and we can talk about what could've been

and we can dream about how

long things would have lasted

but that's all what if

Bridge

And this is where 

we would have cried

this is where we would have sang (out of key)

this is where I would have sang to you

about my heartbreak

and everything we would've had 

Outro

This is where we would have danced

right here on this floor

if I had had the nerve

oh if I had had the nerve

-Dupstep
-Rap
-Hip hop
-Piano

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