Have you ever changed (something/everything) about yourself to impress (someone/everyone)? I have. Oh boy, how I have. But I am proud to say that I no longer “hide the rock n’ roll” in my eyes. I’ve cried to this song and I identify with it more than any other song.

Say Anything- Shameless <3

Remember when you heard it, you didn’t think about it
You opened up your ears and listened
Felt it smashing through the pretense, through scabs of inhibition
That the world stitched to your shoulder like a mission
It echoed like lips meeting and it fluctuated violently
Filled your heart and lungs up with redemption
Kind of like an ending but more like a beginning
And even though you’re losing then you’re winning
If you say you’ll
Remember this forever
All that matters is a song
Singing “I will be with you
Everywhere you go
Every little thing you do
Our love is here to stay
Even when the skies are gray
Even when I’m away
I’ll be with you.”
Now you’re so much older, so mature and insecure
You’ve grown out of yourself and into something else
Oh you crazy rebel tell me is this what you want to be
Would it kill you to be shameless?
If you say you’ll
Just scream this in defiance from the bottom of your lungs
What ever happened to the rock in roll in your eyes?
Oh I know its somewhere in you underneath the veil of lies
Oh why do you hide them, your rock and roll eyes?
They’re crazy
Eardrums are like elephants, they don’t forget the things they hear
And veins still carry fragments of the things fed to your ear
Let me do the honors and welcome you back to mankind
Just turn on the stereo and unwind
It goes “I will always love you.”
And as for taking it in stride…

Gwen Stefani- Cool <3

This one hundred times. There is always that one person in your life you just can’t seem to completely let go. Both my boyfriend and I already had our one person.

My problem is, my boyfriend’s ex doesn’t always have the best intentions when she talks to him, while I, on the other hand, just want my ex to be happy no matter what. I wish my boyfriend’s ex would just do the same and be happy for him. There will always be something great there, but we’ve all moved on.

Nana Grizol- Atoms <3

This song is everything beautiful that exists. I didn’t know Theo Hilton from Defiance, Ohio had another band… I love it. Thanks for the recommendation rivercityishell!

Andrew Jackson Jihad- Free Bird <3

There’s a tongue in my mouth.
There’s a lock on the door and I can’t imagine wishing for more.
I’ve paid for my crimes and I’ve unlied my lies.
And now I’m adorned with a clever disguise.
I’m free as a bird.
I’m free.
There is a pill I’ve been meaning to swallow
and it’s shaped like a record that I’d like to borrow
and covered in shit I’ve been meaning to wallow
and I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow.
I’m free as a bird.
I’m free.
I’m free as a bird flying over the sea.
Just can’t find the summer.
If there’s a God in the sky or a devil below.
That doesn’t matter to me.
Cus I see Satan’s face when I look in the mirror.
I see God inside of all of the people I meet.
I’m free as a bird.
I’m free.
I’m free as a man who’s out wandering the streets looking for shelter.

Bob Dylan- Positively 4th Street <3

This.

Oh my god post-hardcore kids everywhere
With their violence and pomposity
So fucking straightedge getting high off of self-righteousness
And praying to a sideways cross
So urban, so infantile, so angry, so young, and so poor
They don’t need to use a crutch ‘cuz they’ve got the wheelchair

Oh my god there’s assholes everywhere
Pretentious fucking assholes everywhere
Oh my god there’s assholes everywhere
Pretentious judgmental assholes everywhere

“No power’s getting too crooked to stand on its own feet for much longer than it has.”

we’ve got this burning fascination with non-verbal communication,
just trying to figure out all things that are being said, in between what’s being said,
We got a formal education of bad entertainment and misinformation,
though by now i think we’ve figured out what’s real,
not like those people on the tv, no they’re nothing like me,
that’s not reality, it’s just what we’re shown,
but try and tell me when i’m fourteen and all the things i’d see,
what i learned from the tv is what i believed.
and it’s all, just a fireball, burning up and up up and all around,
and they see insecurity as a seed to sew to be exploited.
tv told me: “lose my virginity, hop to the beat boy, you’re almost sixteen,
take with you always a flare for the dramatic, don’t kiss boys that makes you a faggot”
there will be things to be confused about,
we’re kids all across the country all across confused,
but it’s weird to think about before we figured it all out,
when it went on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on…