Stories tagged “songs”
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Consistently Inconsistent
When I think of you, The Beetles lyrics come to mind. “I want you. I want you SO bad.” I know you want me too, but its not the same. I want you for experiences and feelings and happy times together. I’m starting to get the feeling tha...
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Party of Life
When you finally decide to get off that couch and join the party, come find me. It’s the party of life babe, and I’m tired of letting you sit on the sidelines. You might get some beer spilled on you, but we’ll just get you a different...
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Songs Between My Tears
Drifting helplessly into strange, foreign lands, I find myself humming an old folk tune in fragments interspersed with tears, music being the only thing I can think of to numb my pain. Every healing word I know is void Watching silence greet every desp...
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The Love Question?
A young boy was trying to figure out the meaning of LOVE. See by the tender age of 13 he was already confused by this word because pop songs and movies had confused him. He decided to ask his grandpa Juan. “Hey grandpa, have you ever thought abo...
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The Love Question?
A young boy was trying to figure out the meaning of LOVE. See by the tender age of 13 he was already confused by this word because pop songs and movies had confused him. He decided to ask his grandpa Juan. “Hey grandpa, have you ever thought abo...
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do you breathe me anymore
She thought of him in her apartment, as the vegan boca burger sizzled in the frying pan. His smile was in the sesame seeds on the buns she ran to get as he held her spot in line. She wondered if he was taking the first bite of his burger and she lifted...
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you looked out the window, you looked at the moon
As the phone started ringing she started thinking about if he even remembered her, if he thought she was horrid for not calling. She was too nervous to speak so she put the phone near her speakers and played her newest song into the phone. “Hello...
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falling in love
Lisa arrived a little early at the coffeehouse and ordered her favorite, soy pumpkin latte. Keeping her head down she smiled at the barista, while at the same time not letting him recognize her. How she hated those other celebrities flaunting their fam...
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do you eat, do you sleep anymore
She led him onto the top of a grassy hill, where they had some privacy. Planning this in the morning Lisa blushed. “Sit down, I’ll be right back.” Running down the other side of the hill she grabbed her guitar from behind the rock. Wh...
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The Tree Song
If it were possible for trees to speak, then this would be their song. Not just oak trees, or willow, but every tree. From the far eastern shores of the world to the west. Shore and mountain. From seed to mighty giant they would sing. And their words w...
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A Winter Tree
Winter freshness kissed Lilly’s cheek as she selected a tree and sat at it’s feet. Her hands crushed into gentle snow and left shadowy imprints as she leant backwards. She did not want to sing today, she shouldn’t have come. The trees...
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everything i need
“I made you a mix tape,” he said as he rummaged frantically through his coat pockets. He extracted a haphazardly folded yellow sheet of paper, unfolded it, and presented it to me with his typical lopsided smile. “This is a mix tape?&#...
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D is for Dangerous
“D is for *D*angerous,” said Brian D. Agustine, world’s greatest entertainer since Evel Knievel, answering the reporter’s question. “Is there a ghost to come?” asked one of the bottom-feeders of the journalist indust...
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Fool on the Planet
I ask myself again so I don’t forget, where did you sleep last night? It’s hard to keep a firm handle on things these days. I reach into the pocket of a worn out coat for any sign of evidence. Hrm, lint, something warm and sticky — pu...
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little yellow sparrow
you held that little yellow sparrow in your palms but your grip was much to callous it was much to strong now there’s blood stains on your hands and nothing left to sing us songs.
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Unexpected Drive
She was sitting in the parking lot, finishing up the homework that was needed in class that night. She was involved in a night school to finish her bachelors degree. She wrote down three more sentences, and grabbed onto her orange juice to take a sip. ...
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But you're evading nonetheless
She awoke to dry tears and disappointment. With a reluctant, trembling breath, she choked on words she could almost say. She could hear him now, hear it all over again. He was right; she had given up. But she’d made too many mistakes and couldn&#...