posted September 17, 2007 06:59 AM         

No matter what they tell us
No matter what they do
No matter what they teach us
What we believe is true

No matter what they call us
However they attack
No matter where they take us
We'll find our own way back

I can't deny what I believe
I can't be what I'm not
I know I'll love forever
I know, no matter what

If only tears were laughter
If only night was day
If only prayers were answered
Then we would hear God say

No matter what they tell you
No matter what they do
No matter what they teach you
What you believe is true

And I will keep you safe and strong
And sheltered from the storm
No matter where it's barren
A dream is being born

No matter who they follow
No matter where they lead
No matter how they judge us
I'll be everyone you need

No matter if the sun don't shine
Or if the skies are blue
No matter what the end is
My life began with you

I can't deny what I believe
I can't be what I'm not
I know, I know
I know this love's forever
That's all that matters now
No matter what

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It would be nice to evolve some sort of telethapy of the heart; empathy. A feeling, knowing inside how we are all interconnected. Empathy/ love would be a a law unto itself.

posted September 17, 2007 05:37 PM         

I like these words alot...

posted September 17, 2007 06:23 PM         

There's even an Emily Dickinson poem that works like this for me, An Awful Tempest Mashed the Air. I believe this poem saved my life as I repeated it to myself over and over again the way someone else would've prayed, and it kept reminding me that if I didn't give up and if I lived long enough, the night would end, and it did. So I consider it uplifting, though in my better times, it also serves to remind me that the bad times will come again, though also that I can survive them.

As for a truly uplifting song, IMO, that does not have that morbid touch, I'll go with this, though it's not a song I listen to often:

Hunting High And Low

I feel the wind in my hair,
And it's whispering, telling me things,
Of the storm that is gathering near
Full of power I'm spreading my wings

Now I'm leaving my worries behind
Feel the freedom of body and mind
I have started my journey, I'm drifting away with the wind
I go

I am Hunting High and Low
Diving from the sky above
Looking for, more and more, once again
I'm Hunting High and Low
Sometimes I may win sometimes I'll lose
It's just a game that I play

After the storm there's a calm
through the clouds shines a ray of the sun
I am carried from all of my harm
There is no-one that I can't outrun

Now I'm leaving my worries behind
Feel the freedom of body and mind
I have started my journey, I'm drifting away with the wind
I fly

--Stratovarius, Hunting High and Low

posted September 18, 2007 05:32 AM         

But I think those Boyzone lyrics describe the history and destiny of the human race!

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It would be nice to evolve some sort of telethapy of the heart; empathy. A feeling, knowing inside how we are all interconnected. Empathy/ love would be a a law unto itself.

posted September 18, 2007 06:43 AM         

(Not sure about the Western theme but I find the song very meaningful).

Come ride with me,
Through the veins of history,
I'll show you how god,
Falls asleep on the job.

And how can we win,
When fools can be kings,
Don't waste your time,
Or time will waste you,

No one's gonna take me alive,
The time has come to make things right,
You and I must fight for our rights,
You and I must fight to survive,

No one's gonna take me alive,
The time has come to make things right,
You and I must fight for our rights,
You and I must fight to survive

posted September 26, 2007 09:30 AM         

Yeah.. Mmm.. oh yeah
Everybody is somebody
Everyone is special you know
So different
And so unique and individual
You know it, now show it
Be what you feel in your heart
Believe it
You're perfect just the way you are

You just gotta be you
And nobody else
You're the original
And you do it so well
You're the star, it's your world
Everything that you do
So remember to be yourself
Cause you've gotta be you

You're brave and courageous
You've got the power inside
You're ready
Strong enough for
Anything at any time
You know you, just be true
You've got a style all your own
Don't be shy
It's time to let yourself show

You just gotta be you
And nobody else
You're the original
And you do it so well
You're the star, it's your world
Everything that you do
So remember to be yourself
Cause you've gotta be you

Gotta be you
And nobody else
You're the original
And you do it so well
You're the star, it's your world
Everything that you do
So remember to be yourself
Cause you've gotta be you

When you know who you are
Nothing seems too hard
Oh and nothing can stand in your way
You're beautiful
Let the whole world know
Let everyone know your name

Yeah yeah yeah oh..
Got to be you

You just gotta be you (nobody else)
And nobody else
You're the original
And you do it so well
You're the star, it's your world
Everything that you do (thing that you do)
So remember to be yourself
Cause you gotta be you

You just gotta be you (gotta be you)
And nobody else
You're the original (gotta be you)
And you do it so well (gotta be you)
You're the star, it's your world
Everything that you do (gotta be you)
So remember to be yourself
Cause you gotta be you

Mmmm... oh... yeah