Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am in a thousand winds that blow,

I am the softly falling snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain,

I am the fields of ripening grain.

I am in the morning hush,

I am in the graceful rush

Of beautiful birds in circling flight,

I am the starshine of the night.

I am in the flowers that bloom,

I am in a quiet room.

I am in the birds that sing,

I am in each lovely thing.

Do not stand at my grave bereft

I am not there. I have not left.

by Mary E. Frye

 

Whoop for Elizabeth! Farewell gorgeous heart ♥

Awesome

This photo I found on the internet has obviously been tampered with (creatively and ingeniously if I may say so), and was instantly transformed from a message of hate, into a message of peace.

Respect.

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark,

Finally, I can see you crystal clear,
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare,
See how I'll leave with every piece of you,
Don't underestimate the things that I will do,

There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark,

The scars of your love remind me of us,
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
I can't help feeling,

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Baby, I have no story to be told,
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn,
Think of me in the depths of your despair,
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared,

The scars of your love remind me of us,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
I can't help feeling,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Could have had it all,
Rolling in the deep,
You had my heart inside of your hands,
But you played it with a beating,

Throw your soul through every open door,
Count your blessings to find what you look for,
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold,
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown,

(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
We could have had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
It all, it all, it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,

But you played it,
You played it,
You played it,
You played it to the beat.

Creep - Karen Souza

Sometimes my own skin makes me cry too.
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I am, as ever, unsure why that is, or how come some random sweet-sadness engulfs me and envelops me and swallows me and chews me up and spits me out, like nothing at all has actually taken place and as if I imagined the whole darned thing.
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It must be a hormonal imbalance of some sort.
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Maybe I am cursed to be eternally pregnant. Seriously.
.
.
This song is almost as psychotically peculiar as I am, methinks.

Especially this cover version, that always leaves me bewildered.
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Which might actually explain why I love it so much.

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Goodnight little Martians.

Divine

Happy Carnival Season!

Tori Amos - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (live)

Is Love...

...alive?

:-.

Tori Amos - Like A Prayer

Just a tiniest little cover, but it makes all the GaGas of this world seem like mere fledglings and so utterly transparent....

Respect.

Clare Maguire - Ain't Nobody

Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do

Meet me in the red sky and dance with me
Let the valley change you and the night set you free
It's dusky in the dessert, it's heaven at the gates
You were my desire, you were my escape...

Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do

Open up this moment and bury me inside
I can see us changing, like a season over time
It's silver on the river, reflections of your love
Drown me in silence, we'll never come undone...

Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do

Shadows are falling, tomorrow's closing in
Stay with me till morning, open up your wings
I can hear your whispers, calling out my name
Will you promise me that you'll steal the night again cos...

Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do
Ain't nobody can love me like you do

Meet me in the red sky and dance with me
Let the valley change you and the night set you free
It's dusky in the dessert, it's heaven at the gates
You were my desire, you were my escape...

My Woody Allen Valentine's Day Dedication

"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down."

“Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.”

“I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.”

Vic Dana - I Will Wait for You

If it takes forever I will wait for you
For a thousand summers I will wait for you
Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you
Till I hear you sigh here in my arms

Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go
Every day remember how I love you so
In your heart believe what in my heart I know
That forevermore I'll wait for you

The clock will tick away the hours one by one
Then the time will come when all the waiting's done
The time when you return and find me here and run
Straight to my waiting arms

If it takes forever I will wait for you
For a thousand summers I will wait for you
Till you're here beside me, till I'm touching you
And forevermore sharing your love

Franz Ferdinand - Take me Out

I love this.

It's pure sexual energy.

And given last night's sexual marathon of mine, this is rather appropriate, methinks :-)