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By Shashama

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“I wish I could fly From this building From this wall And if I should try Would you catch me if I fall?” ~When I Fall, Barenaked Ladies (BNL) “Everyone here reminds me That there’s no point In going home When everything there reminds me That I’m still alone” ~Do You Miss Me?, Lucky Boy’s Confusion (LBC) “Look at my mouth, a thin painted line Look at my limbs, bent up and bundled in twine Forever, ever mine Form of a tree, shape of a child I wish I could cry, stuck in a permanent smile Forever, ever mine I know you must have loved me sometime But now I'm just a toy” ~Just a Toy, BNL “When I leave I won't make a sound Make sure no one's around Where am I headed? I'm headed westward bound I can't breathe this Midwest air tonight… Feels like this masquerade should end And I'll miss my friends” ~City Lights, LBC “Why did they pave the lawn? Why did they change the locks? Why did I have to break it, I only came here to talk This is where we used to live How is the neighbor downstairs? How is her temper this year? I turned up your TV and stomped on the floor just for fun” ~The Old Apartment, BNL “I don’t want to be your other half I believe that one and one makes two” ~Not the Doctor, Alanis Morsette “You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same I never got to be your Fred Astaire You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care But circumstance gets in the way” ~Fred Astaire, LBC I gained all this weight out of love, not hate I've got so much love to give ~Stomach vs. Heart, BNL “I’m not gonna drop my life and run Just because you ain’t having fun As if I didn’t have a choice” ~??, Majik “Why did you paint the walls? Why did you clean the floor? Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?” ~The Old Apartment, BNL “When you dream, sometimes you remember. When you wake up, you always forget” Dream, in Brief Lives “I've got this crazy feeling You've been trying to get to me When all you have to do is call me” ~Call Me Calmly, BNL “Watered down connections in time Killing songs and bracing fears He can't erase cause it sends her to a place Where the feelings are sincere” ~Not about Debra, LBC “That’s the trouble with walls They’re only mirrors on the inside” ~Mirrors, Majik “Well half my friends are crazy and the others are depressed And none of them can help me study for my math test” ~Grade 9, BNL “Today I think we’re all insane For playin’ this world’s sorta game Take a look at what’s around Ah, destruction goin’ down” ~Beyond this Curtain, Majik "It won't rain all the time, the sky won't fall forever" ~It Can't Rain Forever, Jane Siberry "People always say how you should be yourself, like 'yourself' is the definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you can know what it is even. But every so often, I'll have like, a moment, when just being myself in my life, right where I am, is like, enough." ~My So-Called Life "I judge people by what they might be,-not are, nor will be."  Robert Browning "Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love Pity 's the straightest. " ~Unknown "After the time when you disappeared from me I began my journey searching for you The start is on the map, the stenciled picture of an angel The destination it points to, a waiting dark colisseum In my trembling heart, the secret kiss of that day However hard destiny may be I will keep following it" ~Serra Starr Song, Naoko Takeuchi "Just because he doesn't love you the way you want him to, doesn't mean he doesn't love you with all that he has." ~BigmammajenI will be adding more in time....don't rate this, I didn't write these, other, more talented people did.... Written February 8th, 2002 © on Feb 08 2002 08:53 AM PST, Shayla Carter   10 • 0

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