I Believe

I believe that every pain we experience is both individually unique (no one has suffered our exact circumstances but us) and yet common amongst our large world. Thus lyrics from particular songs will strike us, because we basically all feel the same inside. We are not alone in our suffering. We are not alone. Someone said, that If I feel pain and I hurt, then You are hurting too. Maybe it's true. In our world of political correctness, fear of showing our emotions and other ridiculus immaturities, we just don't get too many chances to ask the You about if that thing which caused me great hurt did also hurt them. I can assume it did. I can also assume you dealt with it fairly successfully because it looks like you are living your life just fine. But we all know about the pitfalls of the ass-u-me. We also know that sometimes its better to just leave things alone. It's not necessary to talk about everything. It's not necessarily healthy. So we don't. And we fill the gap between you and I with silence and time, and then we hope that the gulf between us can one day be filled with something else. But I think I've learned that the gap is always there and it can not be filled. It just becomes irrelavant to daily living. Perhaps it becomes unimportant. Like the starving children in Africa somethings don't go away. We just don't have to look at them or think about them if we don't want to. We don't have to deal with them. And we praise and admire the people who can make the personal sacrifices to better the lives of those poor starving kids in Africa. Those are the ones we praise. Secretly I think we admire the people who do find the courage to deal with the catastrophes in their own lives. These silent heroes are not well known but when we meet someone that has that inner integrity, it does put us to shame.

Tears for Fears - I Believe

I believe that when the hurting and the pain has gone
We will be strong, oh yes we will be strong
And I believe that if Im crying while I write these words
Is it absurb ? or am I being real
I believe that if you knew just what these tears were for
They would just pour like every drop of rain
Thats why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe

I believe that if you thought for a moment, took your time
You would not resign yourself to your fate
And I believe that if its written in the stars, thats fine
I cant deny that Im a virgo too
I believe that if your bristling while you hear this song
I could be wrong or have I hit a nerve ?
Thats why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe

I believe that maybe somewhere in the darkness
In the nighttime, in the storm
In the casino
Casino spanish eyes
I believe, no I cant believe that every time you hear a new born scream
You just cant see the shaping of a life
The shaping of a life


Lauryn Hill - I Used To Love Him

As I look at what Ive done
The type of life that Ive lived
How many things I pray the father will forgive
One situation involved a young man
He was the ocean and I was the sand
He stole my heart like a thief in the night
Dulled my senses blurred my sight

I used to love him but now I dont
I used to love him but now I dont

I chose a road of passion and pain
Sacrificed too much and waited in vain
Gave up my power ceased being queen
Addicted to love like the drug of a fiend

Torn and confused wasted and used
Reached the crossroad which path would I choose
Stuck and frustrated I waited, debated
For something to happen that just wasnt fated
Thought what I wanted was something I needed
When momma said no I just should have heeded
Misled I bled till the poison was gone
And out of the darkness arrived the sweet dawn

I used to love him but now I dont
I used to love him but now I dont

Father you saved me and showed me that life
Was much more than being some foolish mans wife
Showed me that love was respect and devotion
Greater than planets deeper than oceans
My soul was weary but now its replenished
Content because that part of my life is finished

I see him sometimes and the look in his eye
Is one of a man whos lost treasures untold
But my heart is gold I took back my soul
And totally let my creator control
The life which was his to begin with

I used to love him but now I dont
(repeat to end)