life is never kind..
.
..but I know what will make you smile tonight.
- Love Vigilantes · Iron & Wine · Around the Well (Bonus Track Version)
Love Vigilantes (a New Order cover) by Iron & Wine
Oh I’ve just come
From the land of the sun
From a war that must be won
In the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave
your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades
And some help from God
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I’ve got to go home
I’ve been so alone, you see
You just can’t believe
The joy I did recieve
When I finally got my leave
And I was going home
Oh I flew through the sky
my convictions could not lie
For my country I would die
And I will see it soon
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I’ve got to go home
I’ve been so alone, you see
When I walked through the door
My wife she lay upon the floor
And with tears her eyes were sore
I did not know why
Then I looked into her hand
And I saw the telegram
That said that I was a brave, brave man
But that I was dead
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I’ve got to go home
I’ve been so alone, you see…
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu
- Perfect Stranger (Acoustic) · Erasure
Perfect Stranger (acoustic version) by Erasure
Hell I gave up my time
For a no good affair
You’d think I’d learned by now
To be taken in
By a perfect stranger
Would that I had the know how
Still more fool me
For kidding myself
That’s the way it should be
Maybe I should grow up
Would I feel confined to the same space
Or would I feel that I talked myself into a corner
So long you’re no friend of mine
You’re false and unkind
You’re indestructible
No place I’d rather be
Than in the ring with you
We’d go twenty rounds
Still more fool me
For killing myself
That’s the way it should be
Maybe I should grow up
Would I feel confined to the same space
Or would I feel that I talked myself into a corner
I see the sky move above me
But I just can’t take control
What a sweet sensation
Love sweet sweet love
Oh I feel so bad…
Got to move on sometime
And it’s about time
By putting one foot in front of another
And repeating the process
Cross over the street
You’re free to change your mind
Strength through diversity
Couldn’t have put it more plainly
Got to move on sometime…
“this dream never ends” you said
“this feeling never goes
The time will never come to slip away”
“this wave never breaks” you said
“this sun never sets again
These flowers will never fade”
I heard it from Peter
Who heard it from Paul
Who heard it from someone
I don’t know at all
I heard it from Mary
Who heard it from Ruth
Who swore on the bible
She’s telling the truth
I heard it from Simon
Who heard it from James
Confirming with Sarah
That I was to blame
I heard it from Joseph
Who heard it from John
Who said with conviction
That all hope was gone…
And fools don’t run away
You’ll be followed another day
And all the chances that fall your way
Are in the fire on your dying day…
Don’t know the reason why I
Think I’ve been here before
This place seems so familiar
But then I can’t be sure
Here comes that time again when
You’ll walk right out the door
Don’t tell me secrets anymore…
