~Omar “Ion” Holmon and Brian “Omni” Dillon
"I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give." ~Jimmy Santiago Baca
~Omar “Ion” Holmon and Brian “Omni” Dillon
Even if a day feels too long,
and you feel like you can’t wait another one
and you’re slowly giving up on everything,
love is gonna find you again
Love is gonna find you, you’d better be ready then.
Well you’ve been kneeling in the dark for far too long,
You’ve been waiting for that spark, but it hasn’t come,
Well I’m calling to you please, get off the floor
Love is gonna find you again.
love is gonna find you, you’d better be ready then.
Tethered to a bird of sorrow, a voice that’s buried in the hollow
you’ve given over to self deceiving, you’re prostrate bowed but not believing
you’ve squandered more than you could borrow
you’ve bet your joys on all tomorrows, for the hope of some returning
while everything around you is burning.
Come on, we gotta get out, get out of this mess we’ve made
and still for all our talk, we’re both so afraid.
And will we leave this up to chance, like we do with everything?
A good heart will find you again
A good heart will find you, just be ready then.
Tethered to a bird of sorrow, a voice that’s buried in the hollow
you’ve given over to self deceiving, you’re prostrate bowed but not believing
you’ve squandered more than you could borrow
you’ve bet your joys on all tomorrows, for the hope of some returning
while everything around you is burning
but I’m not leaving you here, I’m not leaving you here,
I’m not leaving
I’m not leaving you here, I’m not leaving
I’m not leaving you here
I’m hanging on,
oh I’m hanging on,
for what’s gonna come
I’m hanging on, I’m hanging on
Hanging on, hanging on, hanging on, hanging on
hanging on,
with the faithful, with the faithful
I’m hanging on,
for what’s gonna come,
for what’s gonna come
I’m hanging on, I’m hanging on, with the faithful
~Glen Hansard
“To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” Answer. That you are here – that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?” ~Dead Poets Society
I don’t know what it means to be “happy”… Pleasure is not happiness. Because I kill pleasure – you know what I mean? I take too much of it, and therefore I make it non-pleasurable – like too much coffee, and you’re miserable. And I do that to pleasure often … there’s no pleasure that I haven’t actually made myself sick of.
The late Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) on happiness, in conversation with philosopher Simon Critchley at the Rubin Museum in 2012.
Via Explore (a Brain Pickings Tumblr project), thanks Maria.
A heart on the run
Keeps a hand on a gun
It can’t trust anyoneI was so sure
What I needed was more
Tried to shoot out the sunIn days when we raged
We flew off the page
Such damage was doneBut I made it through
‘Cause somebody knew
I was meant for someone
Jason Isbell performs “Cover Me Up” (embedded video above or HERE for YouTube) at Austin City Limits. From album Southeastern.
(Isbell has just released a DVD of his entire ACL concert. It would make a great gift for any music lovers in your life. Available on Amazon HERE.)