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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:19 PM
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"Final Straw". My new favorite song.
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
As your latest triumph draws the final straw
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?
And what silenced me is written into law.

I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me
And I turn my head away
If I look I'm not sure that I could face you.
Not again. not today. not today.

If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow
And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge
There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected.
There's a voice in me that says you will not win.

And if I ignore the voice inside,
Raise a half glass to my home.
But it's there that I am most afraid,
And forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold.

Now I don't believe and I never did
That two wrongs make a right.
If the world were filled with the likes of you
Then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight.
Putting up a fight. make it right. make it right.

Now love cannot be called into question.
Forgiveness is the only hope I hold.
And love- love will be my strongest weapon.
I do believe that I am not alone.

For this fear will not destroy me.
And the tears that have been shed
It's knowing now where I am weakest
And the voice in my head. in my head.

Then I raise my voice up higher
And I look you in the eye
And I offer love with one condition.
With conviction, tell me why.
Tell me why.
Tell me why.
Look me in the eye.
Tell me why.

- R.E.M.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:19 PM
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1. Tell me why
:shrug:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:21 PM
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2. LOL! Damn, are you lounge stalking me?
:o
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:40 PM
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5. ummmm, no *looks around furtively*
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:44 PM
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6. You love me, admit it!
You would die if I was to quit posting... :crazy:
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:47 PM
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7. ok, i admit it, i live for RA04's posts!
:loveya: there, i feel so much better :crazy:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:52 PM
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8. LOL! I feel better too.
:silly:
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:30 PM
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3. Ooops!
I thought you were talking about Snow Patrol. I love them.

Is this song off of REM's nbew album? I haven't heard it yet. I used to be a huge REM fan but I haven't gotten there latest couple of albums...
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:36 PM
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4. A version of it is on the album "Future Soundtrack For America"
That's where I got it from, I don't know if it's on their new CD. :shrug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 07:00 PM
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9. It is on their new CD "Around the Sun"
:hi: :loveya: :hug:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 07:03 PM
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10. Oh very cool, thanks ralps!
:hug:
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