We must be our own before we can be another's.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

And sometimes, sometimes I wanna be

I scream that I wanna be

Anyone but me.



Amy's Song by Joshua Radin

what you love is always beautiful

lovers without love

this road has all, but taught me lessons
about my lonely soul
i am young and getting wiser,
soon i will grow old
trip my heart from misconceptions
fill my eyes with grief
let me make my own connections
in this endless sea.

of muscle, cars, and endless bars, of shopping centers for the teams.
of high price propane and crack cocaine,
and lovers without love like me.

i see so much my vision's blurry,
in the world i live
if we're to change then we must hurry,
the devil's moving in.
love and hate cannot see colors,
like the human eyes,
so priests and preachers, parents, teachers,
don't act so damn surprised

its the world we've made and living in
of greed, lust, and poverty,
of war and pride, teen suicide,
and lovers without love like me
from topless dances to Marilyn Manson
and lovers without love like me.

there's kids in gangs
we have coveted fame,
we have sweat shops across the sea,
we have abortive mothers,
and we hate each other

and there's lovers without love
there's lovers without love
there's lovers without love
like me

Listen

Beauty in the Decay

Rot if there is rot, or shall it be said,
If the roots are rotting.
For it seems the tree is dying.
A crippling plague bound for imprisonment.
But alas, my father always taught me,
To tear the whole thing from the ground
and rebuild.
But I have found beauty in the decay,
Solace in its soul,
Color in its fragments
And this. . .
This is a sea of corrosion.
Now with reason it's been said,
Build this from the bowels of infamy,
And in it you will find hope.

Joshua James.

Don't you worry about a thing,
I don't need diamonds on my ring.
Just hold me close
And love me dear
And promise me,
You'll be right here.

Band of Annuals

"The more I think about it, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

- Vincent Van Gogh

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
William Wallace

I feel I must interject here...
You're getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself
With these revisions and gaps in history
So let me help you remember.
I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear.
I've prepared a lecture on why I have to leave
So please back away and let me go

I've been waiting since birth
to find a love that would look and sound like a movie.

my life has become a boring pop song,
and everyone, sing along.

Our youth is fleeting,
Old age is just around the bend.




I can't wait to go gray.

laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

'Not all those who wander are lost.'

jrr tolkien

If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't like you. If I hadn't liked you, I wouldn't love you. If I wouldn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do and I will.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

J.K. Rowling

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.

-Pride & Prejudice