Lyric:
"Never more to be held down,
by the waves against me.
Never more to be cast aside.
This day is mine."

Song and artist: This Fire Burns by Killswitch Engage.


Why: I won't let anyone push me around and keep me down. Fuck what people think. I'm gonna do shit my way. This day is mine.

"And as I turned to leave, he grabs me by the shoulder and he tells me,
'What's left to lose? You've done enough. And if you fail well then you fail, but not to us. And these last three years. I know they've been hard. But now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun. Even if it's alone.'"

On Your Porch - The Format

Why: My father has always been distant, and I''ve always been the type of person to be very critical of myself. I guess I just wish that my dad would say something like this to me at some point. "You've done enough." I want to be told that everything I've done has been worthwhile, and not going unnoticed by him. And yes, these last three years have been hard.

Green Day - Stuart and the Ave

"I may be dumb but I'm not stupid enough to stay with you"

The King Blues - Set world on fire

Fire, Fire, Well I wanna set the world on fire,
Fire, Fire, Yeah I wanna set the world on fire,
Watch it all burn down,
We can start again,
Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire!

Emery - Returning The Smile You Had From The Start


"In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
Even with the tragedy it brings"

Team America:

"America, Fuck Yeah!"

Funny, I'm listening to one of my most significant and relevant songs right now-
NIN- "With Teeth"-

"She comes along... she gets inside. She makes you better than anything you've tried. It's in her kiss- The Blackest Sea... and it runs deeper than you dared to dream it could be."

I was also a heavy alcoholic/addict for a while, and I know *exactly* where this song came from.

"No matter gay, straight, or bi
Lesbian, transgender life
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to survive"

- Lady Gaga, Born This Way

At times I've shouted out unprovoked, at the world and you
Just to see if the people around me react
Sometimes I think they're all acting
Sometimes I'm scared that I'm acting too
Like my emotions are stage directions
Was that a change in topic, or a beat in the scene?
Have I been taking my emotional cues from a script I wrote at 16?

Maybe I just think about it all too much
That the fear stays close, to all the ghosts I've touched
Makes me question, was it love or just lust?
Caked in blood or old rust? I don't know
Don't we remember all the moments we remember the best
Framed in poems and in pictures, sang aloud in refrains
Does this cycle of pain and disdain
For the past not work exactly the same?

Maybe it's just as much about what comes our way
As it is how we react
Just as much about the things that we've still got
As it is about the things we lack

I know we won't always keep around those we feel we need
Some will fade in frames, some were born to leave
But if we're still here, and we still breathe
At least we've still got time!
To figure it out!
To know what to do!
To know how to feel!
Know the things I've been making up inside my head
And to know what's real

I want to believe that the way that I am
Is just the way that it goes
For the things that came
Not the things I chose, to come
I want to know if I've had any control
I want to know if it'd comfort me

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Yeah, all of that. especially the bold part though. If you like the lyrics, and want to know the song/artist, don't be lazy, Google it. They're a lot more powerful if you actually listen to the song.

Sometimes when I'm alone

I wonder aloud

If you're watching over me

Some place far abound

I must reverse my life

I can't live in the past

Pantera - Cemetery Gates

Brad's Theme from Comic Jumper. Someone sent it yesterday on my facebook and it's by far the greatest song I've ever heard. It's now my ringtone and on my ipod

The journey begins with curiosity
And envolves into soul-felt questions
On the stones that we walk
And choose to make our path
Sometimes never knowing
Other times knowing too much

Filtering out the bad that holds us back...
Take hold of what is true to your hunger
A hunger that will not go away
Plans for tomorrow, they will remain

[Chorus:]
Won't you join me on the perennial quest
Reaching into the dark, retrieving light
Search for answers on the perennial quest
Where dreams are followed, and time is a test

No time for mental crutches
The maker has moved on
I will take it raw and be on my way

Those that stood beside me
I'm glad you understand
Behind these written words
I share the simple plan
To hang on to the way that we feel

[Solo: Koelble / Solo: Schuldiner]

From rivers of sorrow
To oceans deep with hope
I have travelled them
Now, there is no turning back
The limit, the sky
I ask my questions Why? What today?
When tomorrow?

Filtering out the bad that holds us back...
Take hold of what is true to your hunger
A hunger that will not go away
Plans for tomorrow, they will remain

[Repeat chorus]



Chuck Schuldiner - vocals, guitars
Gene Hoglan - drums, propeller & M-14 shell
Kelly Conlon - bass
Bobby Koelble - guitar

Dropkick Murphys: Going Out in Style

You may bury me with an enemy in Mount Calvary
You can stack me on a pyre and soak me down with whiskey
Roast me to a blackened crisp and throw me in a pile
I could really give a shit - I'm going out in style

This. Just this.

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes

No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you

No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool

If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes

It's probably incredibly emo of me to say this, but this song is my life.

That song is the only song I enjoy from The Who. Limp Bizkit did a good job on it too.

But H. by Tool has some of the best lyrics for me.

"And as the walls come down
And as I look in your eyes
My fear begins to fade
Recalling all of the times
I have died
and will die.
It's all right.
(I don't mind)
I don't mind.
I don't mind.
I don't mind."

It sounds kinda emo to most people but I never felt like Tool was Emo. Those lyrics are an extreme confidence booster for me. I'd fight a tag team of Brock Lesnar and Fedor by myself after listening to this. I'm also a Christian and I believe if I'm living my life right I should never be afraid of death. Death will just transcend me into a Greater existence.

"Rock over London. Rock on Chicago. Wheaties, breakfast of champions!"

--A fucking musical genius by the name of Wesley Willis