Father and son

Father
It’s not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You’re still young, that’s your fault,
There’s so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that it’s not easy,
To be calm when you’ve found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you’ve got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It’s always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
It’s not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You’re still young, that’s your fault,
There’s so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy.
(son-- away away away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)

Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It’s hard, but it’s harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I’d agree, but it’s them they know not me.
Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away.

© Cat Stevens

Fools like me

Everybody go
The party's over
I want to be alone in my head
In my bed tonight
You never show

You must really love her
You think I don't know
But I do, yeah it's true
I think over is over

I'm right back where I started
(when it comes to wanting you)
I can't have what I wanted

But I did, I can
I was, I am
Only human, living, dying
Just like any fool who ever breathed
If love is blind
If love's a drug
It always is
It always was and
Love was surely made for fools like me

I know where I'm going
I'm tripping I'm sliding around
That's ok
At least I'm excited
It wasn't how I planned it
(wasn't how I planned it
Feet are where I landed
At least I understand it now)
My feet are where I landed
(feet are staying on the ground)

But I did, I can
I was, I am
Only human, living, dying
Just like any fool who ever breathed
If love is blind
If love's a drug
It always is
It always was and
Love was surely made for fools like me

Fools like me
Fools like me

I did, I can
I was, I am
Only human, living, dying
Just like any fool who ever breathed

Maybe it's the sanest thing
Or just the sweetest kind of dream
But love was surely made for fools
(Love was surely made for fools)
Love was surely made for fools
(Love was surely made for fools)
Love was surely made for fools like me

© Lisa Loeb

Song for the asking

Here is my song for the asking

Ask me and I will play

So sweetly, I'll make you smile

This is my tune for the taking

Take it, don't turn away

I've been waiting all my life

Thinking it over, I've been sad

Thinking it over, I'd be more than glad

To change my ways for the asking

Ask me and I will play

All the love that I hold inside

© Simon & Garfunkel

Lavender blue

I was walking in the park
Dreaming of a spark
When I heard the sprinklers whisper
Shimmer in the haze of summer lawns.
Then I heard the children singing
They were running through the rainbows
They were singing a song for you
Well it seemed to be a song for you
The one I wanted to write for you
For you, you

Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly, lavender’s green
When I am king, dilly dilly, you will be queen
A penny for your thoughts my dear
A penny for your thoughts my dear
I owe you for your love
I owe you for your love

Lavender’s green, dilly dilly, lavender’s blue
When you love me, dilly dilly, I will love you
A penny for your thoughts my dear
A penny for your thoughts my dear
I owe you for your love
I owe you for your love

Lavender’s green, dilly dilly, lavender’s blue
When you love me, dilly dilly, I will love you
A penny for your thoughts my dear
A penny for your thoughts my dear
I owe you for your love
I owe you for your love

© Marillion

Lonely looking sky

Lonely looking sky, lonely sky
Lonely looking sky
And bein' lonely
Makes you wonder why
Makes you wonder why
Lonely looking sky
Lonely looking sky
Lonely looking sky

Lonely looking night, lonely night,
Lonely looking night
And bein' lonely
Never made it right
Never made it right
Lonely looking night
Lonely looking night
Lonely looking night

Sleep, we sleep
And we may dream
While we may
Dream, we dream
For we may wake
One more day, one more day

Glory looking day
Glory day, Glory looking day
And in its glory
Told a simple way
Behold it if you may
Glory looking day
Glory looking day
On lonely looking sky

© Neil Diamond

The scent of love

The closer you are to love the better you feel its scent.

Música © Michael Nyman

Dawn

When darkness is no less
than everything you've built become undone
There's no fight and no flight,
disaster leaves your passion overrun

It's time to let go,
it's time to carry on with the show
don't mourn what is gone,
greet the dawn
And I will be standing by your side
together we'll face the turning tide

Remembrance, can be a sentence,
but it comes to you with a second chance in tow
Don't lose it, don't refuse it,
‘cause you cannot learn a thing you think you know

A new light is warm,
shining down on you after the storm
Don't mourn what is gone,
greet the dawn
And I will be standing by your side
together we'll face the turning tide

© Poets of the fall

Espelhos

Cuando un niño se harta de ser perseguido por una cámara, se arma con un boli y se toma la revancha.

Música © Rodrigo Leao

Playground

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

George Bernard Shaw

Música © Ayreon

Call of the child

The call of the child is hard to resist.

Música © Nightnoise

Through the wall

Nunca falta quien quiere poner muros al campo...

Música © Chris Spheeris & Paul Voudouris

The river

You know a dream is like a river

Ever changin' as it flows

And a dreamer's just a vessel

That must follow where it goes

Trying to learn from what's behind you

And never knowing what's in store

Makes each day a constant battle

Just to stay between the shores

And I will sail my vessel

'Til the river runs dry

Like a bird upon the wind

These waters are my sky

I'll never reach my destination

If I never try

So I will sail my vessel

'Til the river runs dry

Too many times we stand aside

And let the waters slip away

'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow

Has now become today

So don't you sit upon the shoreline

And say you're satisfied

Choose to chance the rapids

And dare to dance the tide

Yes I will sail my vessel

'Til the river runs dry

Like a bird upon the wind

These waters are my sky

I'll never reach my destination

If I never try

So I will sail my vessel

'Til the river runs dry

There's bound to be rough waters

And I know I'll take some falls

But with the good Lord as my captain

I can make it through them all

Yes I will sail my vessel

'Til the river runs dry

Like a bird upon the wind

These waters are my sky

I'll never reach my destination

If I never try

So I will sail my vessel

'Til the river runs dry

Yes, I will sail my vessel

'Til the river runs dry

'Til the river runs dry

© Garth Brooks

Let me confess...

Let me confess that we two must be twain,
Although our undivided loves are one:
So shall those blots that do with me remain,
Without thy help, me be borne alone.

In our two loves there is but one respect,
Though in our lives a separable spite,
Which though it alter noy love's sole effect,
Yet doth it steal sweet hours from love's delight.

I may not evermore acknowledge thee,
Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame,
Nor thou with public kindness honour me,
Unless thou take that honour from thy name:

But do not so, I love thee in such sort,
As thou being mine, mine is thy good report.

Sonnet 36 © William Shakespeare

Música: Skye Dance © Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis

The answer lies within

Look around
Where do you belong
Don't be afraid
You're not the only one

Don't let the day go by
Don't let it end
Don't let a day go by in doubt
The answer lies within

Life is short
So learn from your mistakes
And stand behind
The choices that you make

Face each day
With both eyes open wide
And try to give
Don't keep it all inside

Don't let the day go by
Don't let it end
Don't let a day go by in doubt
The answer lies within

You've got the future on your side
You're gonna be fine now
I know whatever you decide
You're gonna shine

Don't let the day go by
Don't let it end
Don't let a day go by in doubt
You're ready to begin
Don't let a day go by in doubt
The answer lies within.

© Dream Theater

Tristesse

Adieu tristesse

Bonjour tristesse

Tu est inscrite dans les lignes du plafond

Tu es inscrite dans les yeux que j’aime

Tu n’es pas tout à fait la misère

Car les lèvres le plus pauvres te dénoncent

Par un sourire

Bonjour tristesse

Amour des corps aimables

Puissance de l’amour

Dont l’amabilité surgit

Comme un monstre sans corps

Tête désappointée

Tristesse beau visage

© Paul Eluard

Música © J.S. Bach. Concierto para dos violines y orquesta Nº 3 en Re menor

You had time

How can I go home
With nothing to say
I know you're going to look at me that way
And say what did you do out there
And what did you decide
You said you needed time
And you had time

You are a china shop
And I am a bull
You are really good food
And I am full
I guess everything is timing
I guess everything's been said
So I am coming home with an empty head

You’ll say did they love you or what
I'll say they love what I do
The only one who really loves me is you
And you'll say girl did you kick some butt
And I'll say I don't really remember
But my fingers are sore
And my voice is too

You’ll say it's really good to see you
You’ll say I missed you horribly
You’ll say let me carry that
Give that to me
And you will take the heavy stuff
And you will drive the car
And I'll look out the window making jokes
About the way things are

How can I go home
With nothing to say?
I know you're going to look at me that way
And say what did you do out there
And what did you decide
You said you needed time
And you had time

© Ani Difranco

Cuando el hambre aprieta...

...la vergüenza afloja.

Música: Sonata Nº 8 "Patética" © L.V. Beethoven

Non, merci

El amor es paciente, es servicial; el amor no tiene envidia, no es presumido ni orgulloso; no es grosero ni egoísta, no se irrita, no toma en cuenta el mal; el amor no se alegra de la injusticia; se alegra de la verdad. Todo lo excusa, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo tolera. (...) Tres cosas hay que permanecen: la fe, la esperanza y el amor. Pero la más grande de las tres es el amor.

"Canto al amor", de la Primera carta a los Corintios de San Pablo.

Música © Jean Claude Petit