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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

I’ve been listening to Rilo Kiley’s “A Better Son / Daughter” and I wish she’d get out of my head. It’s already too crowded in here.

A Better Son / Daughter
Sometimes in the morning i am petrified and can’t move
Awake but cannot open my eyes
And the weight is crushing down on my lungs i know i can’t breath
And hope someone will help me this time
Your mother’s still calling you insane and high
Swearing it’s different this time
And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
And that god never blessed her insides
Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things
And crawl back into bed to dream of a time
When your heart was open wide and you loved things just because
Like the sick and the dying

And sometimes when you’re on you’re really fucking on
And your friends they sing along and they love you
But the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap
And it teases you for weeks in its absence
But you’ll fight and you’ll make it through
You’ll fake it if you have to
And you’ll show up for work with a smile
And you’ll be be better you’ll be smarter
More grown up and a better daughter
Or son and a real good friend
And you’ll be awake and you’ll be alert
You’ll be positive though it hurts
And you’ll laugh and embrace all your friends
And you’ll be a real good listener
You’ll be honest you’ll be brave
You’ll be handsome you’ll be beautiful
You’ll be happy

Your ship may be coming in
You’re weak but not giving in
To the cries and the wails of the valley below
Your ship may be coming in
You’re weak but not giving in
And you’ll fight it you’ll go out fighting all of them…

(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) said on...
10.20.09 at 11:06 AM |

Painful, honest, real, and my life too. Brought real tears.

jMom said on...
10.20.09 at 08:31 PM |

amen, sistah. been there myself.

Renee said on...
10.21.09 at 07:41 AM |

My husband used to sing the Lamb Chop song to be obnoxious. Try having that stuck in your head.

cancer blog said on...
10.26.09 at 10:28 PM |

I think that we need to look at our priorities. Yes, cancer kills many millions of people a year, but more people are killed in much more easily preventable ways. For example, in some countries children die all the time from diarrhea, which is easily preventable and easily treatable with the right medical help. Tuberculosis is still a big killer in poor countries, even though it can be treated as well.cancer blog

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