OK, let's finish this shit.
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Ever- I.Q.- To say it in the the simplest terms, this album saved my life. In my early twenties, I was in a very dark hole. Bitterly alone, and with a huge psychic wall built around me to prevent anyone from coming close, I was very close to the end. The thing was I felt that my experiences were unique to me alone, that for some reason I was singled out for these experiences. In Ever, I found out that wasn't the case. The lyrics of this album spoke to me like no other. I felt a vibe in them that I wasn't alone, that the emotions Nichol's was portraying were a mirror to my own.
Gathering comforting remains, I was unprepared, running scared
faltering, and why do I hold on, it's gone, I know.
And after all the days of fading senses, I don't feel the same
and I want to live.
If we face the one we've been avoiding, and I'm out of all control,
again, let me go.
Not only did it tell me that I wasn't alone, but it gave me some structure to start dealing with my experiences. I used my pain as a shield to protect me from more pain, and in that it became a shield in general from human contact. Through this album, I learned that such pains won't go away, that they will be with one for Ever. Instead of shielding myself with it, I needed to own it, because it would ever be a part of me. I needed to take the scar, bury it within me, and nurture it into something that could gived life. I honestly cannot tell you where I would be without the appearance of this album, I cannot.
Go wherever you can be, and live for the day
It's only wear and tear,
Doesn't matter if I'm losin you, you're always everywhere.
It's no wonder I'm afraid, of making amends,
and shattering the fear,
now it's happening I know it's going to come,
so dark inside of here.
What have they done? Stay with me! Can you stay where you are?
I'll be there, I'll do it, just tell me I'll never let go.
Mind all of you, a lot of this shit happened a long time ago. Since then, I have been through a lot of changes. I have grown inside, become healthy of mind, and even developed a sense of love for my self. I have a wonderful family, am developing an excellent relationship with my daughter, and have the best friends a man can have. Plus I have DTF
. So in closing...
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Tales From Topographic Oceans- Yes-
Do the leaves of green stay greener in the autumn,
does the color of the sun turn crimson white,
does a shadow come between us in the winter?
Is the movement really white?
The most beautiful of albums. Four epic twenty minute songs, spanning the whole of human evolution, from us crawling out of the primordial oceans to a utopian future of eternal love. I could spend my whole life listening to it, and still recieve its final secrets when I meet my maker. It is the only work of art I can submit my soul to. Countless are the times where I put myself at its mercy, and emerge a better person because of it. I think it's because it describes a path that I, that all of us, are following. There are spiritual moments in life that are required for a complete trancendence to a higher plane, and this album, to me, is the guidebook. A lot of the albums on this list deal with my past, this one will build my future. I am a beautiful person, and this album tells me why, it shows me why, and it will guide me to a better life.
Hold me my love, hold me today, call me round,
Travel we say, wander we choose, love tune,
Lay upon me, hold me around lasting hours,
we love when we play.
We hear a sound, and alter our returning,
We drift the shadows, and course our way back home.
Flying home.......Going home.
Look me my love sentences move dancing away,
we join we recieve as our song
memories long hope in a way, nous somme du soleil
Hold me around lasting hours, we love when we play,
nous somme du soleil.
Thank you all for joining me in this venture. It was actually very theraputic for me. I have never made an attempt to put my history together as a whole in a form, and doing it to the music I have treasured my whole life was a great way to do it. I hope that it wasn't to harsh for some, and I hope that I might have given insight to others. Most of all, if I have given reason for one of you to face their hidden pains, and seek help to ease it, than baring my soul was worht it. If I can help just one of you from going through some of the bullshit I had to to become a happy, healthy person(for the most part
), than this was worth it. Also, I hope some of you will give some of these albums a first listen, and find something beautiful. And for those of you who know the albums all ready, give them a new listen, through a new pair of eyes. Thank you DTF, I love you all.
Topic: 20 Most Influential Albums in Lonestar's Life (Read 6855 times)
