Quote of the moment

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

-Wendell Berry: The Peace or the Wild Things

Dec 3, 2008

*I Lied For You

(From Meat Loaf)

I never told you one lie,
I never let you down
Swore never to leave,
I'd be the one who'd always be around
Baby give me a chance

I tried to pull the sun out from the sky
To light your darkest night
I wouldn't let one drop of rain
Fall down into your life
I put my heart in your hands

Believe me baby, I never once did you wrong
And I would never paint your world blue
And if sometimes it seems I must have lost mind
I might be crazy but I'm crazy about you...

I lied for you and that's the truth
Did anything you asked me to
I even sold my soul for you
I did it all for you
And yet you won’t believe in me

Just take a look in my eyes,
you'll see a love that's blind
Just take a hold of my hand,
I'll take you to paradise
Ain't a star that's too far

Your every wish was a command
I tried to make come true
And if you wanted the moon
I swore to bring it down for you
Let me into your heart

I lied for you and that's the truth
Tried to move mountains when you want me to
I walked across the fire for you
I tried to walk through walls for you
And still you wouldn’t believe in me…

You will never see a day
I'll break my word to you
You'll see the sky fall down
Before it ever gets that far
I showed you heaven every second
That you're in my arms
Baby I'm crazy, but I'm crazy about you!

I never lied to you, and that’s the truth
Tried to move mountains, when you asked me to
I sold my very soul for you, did it all for you
I even lied for you, because you asked me to
And still you would not believe in me

Then you let me take the fall for you
Let them believe nothing I said was true
Tossed me aside because you were through
With not even a good-bye from you
Because you would not believe in me

G - April 2008

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