(And my all-time favorite…)
Who am I? Can I condemn this man to slavery? Pretend I do not see his agony? This innocent who wears me face, who goes to judgement in my place - Who am I? Can I conceal myself forevermore? Pretend I’m not the man I was before? My sould belongs to God, I know, I made that bargain long ago, he gave me hope when hope was gone, he gave me strength to jouney on… Who am I?
Who am I?
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all,
but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust.
– Demosthenes
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all,
but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust.
– Demosthenes
‘Oh say, does that star spangled banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?’
‘When will I see you again?’
‘Why do fools fall in love?’
“Um, according to who? Nothing more than a high brow troll, though occasionally the bi polar personality swung in a constructive direction on innocuous topics.” Omniscient
What’s your name? Who’s your daddy? Is he rich like me?
Why can’t I get just one ****?
Why do you build me up, Buttercup?
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
Will I see you tonight, on the downtown train?
What’s new, Pussycat?
Ding-dong, ding-a-ling-dong, were the steeple bells ever quite as gay?
What was your name in the States?
How can there be any sin in sincere? Where is the good in goodbye?
Hey, Summer, where’ve you been?
Birds fly over the rainbow; why, then, oh, why can’t I?
Yes you are.
But tell me, can you heal what father’s done or fix this hole in a mother’s son? Can you heal the broken worlds within? Can you strip away so we may start again?