Filed under: Dream Journal
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So I don’t remember most of this dream, but here’s what I do:
I was sitting in a white, square room on a chair in front of a table, with a cup in my hand. The cup had tons of Popsicle sticks in it, and at the bottom of the sticks (which were hidden inside of the cup) there were names written. The names were many of my friends, although I don’t really know if my name was in there or not.
Anyway, there was definitely someone watching over me while I was doing this, but I couldn’t really tell if it was a person, or just a presence, or a voice, or what. Male or female, I didn’t know, but it seemed old. (I’ll just call him/her ‘the Instructor’) But on the table in front of me there were many large pieces of colored paper laid out, which I somehow understood represented different ethnicities. There were places designated to lay the sticks I drew, and next to those places there were words written. I realized after a short bit that those words were last names (some of the last names on the table belonged to some of my friends whose first names were on the Popsicle sticks)
I started drawing sticks and laid them down one at a time, started from the top left and going across and down. Then, as I’d do it, the people on the sticks I’d draw would suddenly take on the last names that they were laid next to, as well as the background and ethnicity. (Not that I actually saw it happening, I just knew it was) Which means that by the time I’d get done, everyone’s last name and ethnicity would switched around totally. Like a freaky Friday thing.
About half-way through my labor, I started doubting whether what I was doing was right. And just when I started to have those doubts, the Instructor said (although without actually speaking it), “Have faith, Blake. This is the only way to bring peace to the world.”
And then I woke up. Friggin weird, I know.
Filed under: Daily Thoughts
So…
I haven’t posted a new blog in a pretty freakin long time…. Almost a month! I’m ashamed, really…
But here I am now, so I guess it’s time to share my life…..
Actually.. I’m tired and I’ll finish this tomorrow. I’m sorry if you happened to see this tonight… Haha.
Filed under: Daily Thoughts
If you decide to start chasing a particular dream that might be just a bit faster than you, here are some techniques you might find useful in catching said dream.
1. Throw a rock — This is a sure way to catch right up with your dream, especially if you have nice aim. Be very cautious, however, that you do no injure your dream in the process, resulting in a dream’s lost potential. Although this technique is very useful at getting to dreams quickly, it ends in injury about 97% of the time.
2. Run faster — If you, like most, don’t want to take a risk in injuring your dream, you might simply try running faster. Some people, with the right kind of determination and some luck, catch up with their dreams in this way. Be careful though, for most people spend way too much energy trying to sprint at one time, and then get exhausted before they come within a good ten feet of their dream, and then give up.
3. Hope that the dream trips — Some very few people who get exceptionally lucky might find themselves running right up to their dream if it has accidentally tripped on a rock or banana peel. If this happens, thank the Good Lord for your luck, but make sure to check your dream for problems. Like rock throwing, tripping can also lead to injury, and most of the time if the dream tripped, it probably wasn’t a very competent dream to begin with.
4. Set a trap — On rare occasions, people have made lucky guesses about where their dreams might run to right off the bat. In these instances, you could set up a net or a big hole for your dream to run into, keeping it in one spot while you mosey on up to it. However, like always, you risk injuring your dream. Plus, it might not cooperate very well if you tricked it into being caught.
5. Wait it out — Lastly, you can do what I do: bring your dreams into a war of attrition. Run the distance race. With the right amount of determination and stamina, a person might just be able to keep running until the dream gets tired. In that occasion, the dream will show its defeat, and you will be the victor, and from then on, both dream and dreamer run the race together. Just know that this particular road is a long one, and pit stops are few and far between, and probably very discouraged. But if indeed you do outrun your dream, the finish line will feel better than a jacuzzi in the middle of winter.
Filed under: Spare Oom EP Lyrics
It’s hard to mourn this dying world,
In spite of all its suffering,
But Father Time is growing old,
And Atlas’ knees are buckling.
Yeah, I have seen a new sun,
Dawn a brighter Morning.
The old is gone, the new has come,
Inside this House of Glory,
I’ll stay.
Just let me turn around and say,
Farewell to the Shadow.
Take your Valley with you when you go.
My Home,
Is in the Sunny Lands.
I’ll never see those shadows on my skin,
From the outside looking in.
It’s hard to miss that former life,
When all its Beauty found me here,
Can’t feel the pain even if I try,
No Faith, no Doubts, no Fear,
I know,
My heart, it feels at Home, so,
Farewell to the Shadow.
Take your Valley with you when you go.
My Home,
Is in the Sunny Lands.
I’ll never see those shadows on my skin,
From the outside looking in.
Farewell to the Shadow.
Take your Valley with you when you go.
My Home,
Is in the Sunny Lands.
I’ll never see those shadows on my skin,
From the outside looking in.
Filed under: Spare Oom EP Lyrics
I’m beginning to think,
That everything I’ve seen before,
All that I believe,
Has only been a dream, a fallacy,
What’s gotten into me?
I’m losing something Heavenly.
So while I’ve still got this Will to hold on,
Rescue me!
There are Monsters in our mirrors,
Selling lies in exchange for memories,
Rescue me!
I don’t care if You’re a dream,
‘Cause it’s the best I’ve ever seen.
Rescue me.
And just like a thief,
Who returns to the scene again,
I’m falling asleep,
Help me to see reality.
What’s gotten into me?
I’m losing something Heavenly.
So while I’ve still got this Will to hold on,
Rescue me!
There are Monsters in our mirrors,
Selling lies in exchange for memories,
Rescue me!
I don’t care if You’re a dream,
‘Cause it’s the best I’ve ever seen.
Rescue me!
There are Monsters in our mirrors,
Selling lies in exchange for memories,
Rescue me!
I don’t care if You’re a dream,
‘Cause it’s the best I’ve ever seen.
Rescue me.
Filed under: Spare Oom EP Lyrics
Welcome to Eden,
This is the one place I call Home.
Here in the Garden,
You know that you’ll never be alone.
Take all your chances, see all the wonders.
Don’t end a day,
Without something to show.
And don’t scare yourself into forgetting your wings in the sky,
When it’s time to fly.
Fear is a measure,
Taken by tiptoes and lies,
When left disregarded,
No one can fathom its size.
Life is Adventure, taking us over.
It’s hard to take off,
When you’re scared of surprise.
Don’t scare yourself into forgetting your wings in the sky,
When it’s time to fly.
Leave the ground,
It’s time to fly,
Raise your hand,
And touch the sky,
Don’t be scared,
And don’t ask why,
Leave the ground it’s time (x4)
To fly.
Don’t scare yourself into forgetting your wings in the sky,
Don’t scare yourself into forgetting your wings in the sky,
Don’t scare yourself into forgetting your wings in the sky,
When it’s time to fly.
Filed under: Spare Oom EP Lyrics
How do you save what’s falling apart?
Where do you start,
When your people forget who they are?
How do you give to those who don’t want?
And all you’ve got,
Are some fairy-tales they forgot.
You ask to much to believe,
They’ll keep on fighting ’till they see,
This World may fall,
In what seems no time at all,
Hold on, hold on,
Hold on.
Help comes along,
If you admit you’re not as strong,
As you thought,
Hold on, hold on.
It’s gonna take Faith like a child,
Faith like a child,
It’s gonna take Faith to save this World gone Wild.
What kind of words do you say to the proud?
You can’t put ‘em down,
But you’ll never be as loud.
Honor and Glory; wear them like clothes.
When will they know,
They were never ours to show?
This World may fall,
In what seems no time at all,
Hold on, hold on,
Hold on.
Help comes along,
If you admit you’re not as strong,
As you thought,
Hold on, hold on.
It’s gonna take Faith like a child,
Faith like a child,
It’s gonna take Faith to save this World gone Wild.
You know we all have our pride,
Let’s let it go,
Let’s come alive.
This World may fall,
In what seems no time at all,
Hold on, hold on,
Hold on.
Help comes along,
If you admit you’re not as strong,
As you thought,
Hold on, hold on.
It’s gonna take Faith like a child,
Faith like a child,
It’s gonna take Faith to save this World gone Wild.
Filed under: Spare Oom EP Lyrics
It started out as something like a feeling,
One day.
I wish that I could call it Luck,
But it doesn’t feel the same.
And like an ugly duck, I knew,
I was not where I belonged, so I,
Left the only comfort I’ve ever known.
Just lookin’ for a home.
Over mountains and through the dusty deserts,
I ran,
My tired feet froze in the snow,
And they burned up with the sand,
But every step I took, I knew,
Had a reason for its pain, so I,
Put my trust in that lucky feeling again,
With every breath that I take in,
I’ll keep on runnin’,
I’ll keep on runnin’,
Just keep on runnin’,
Run ’till I get Home. (x3)
A miracle and I’m back here with my People,
With my own.
But really I’m no closer now,
Than I ever was to Home.
They all say I’m lucky,
‘Cause I made it all this way, But now I,
Know for sure this Feeling’s not the same,
And it’s still callin’ out my name,
So I’ll keep on runnin’,
I’ll keep on runnin’,
Just keep on runnin’,
Run ’till I get Home. (x6)
Filed under: Spare Oom EP Lyrics
Today I found that my world,
Is colder than I knew.
Colder than I knew.
But something inside of me caught fire,
To hear ‘em talk of You.
To hear ‘em talk of You.
I don’t know what it is,
But my heart keeps beatin’,
Just to hear Your name,
Every night I’ve waited,
To belong to this Day,
To this Place, I want,
Just to hear Your name,
Like a Dream I’m living,
I won’t ever be the same, no way,
You know it melts my fears away,
Just to hear Your name.
Then that Light You put in me,
Spread through all the land,
Spread through all the land.
And soon that winter turned to spring,
And everything was born again,
Everything was born again.
I don’t know what it is,
But my heart keeps beatin’,
Just to hear Your name,
Every night I’ve waited,
To belong to this Day,
To this Place, I want,
Just to hear Your name,
Like a Dream I’m living,
I won’t ever be the same, no way,
You know it melts my fears away,
Just to hear Your name.
And when I think of the things You’ve done for me,
I just can’t imagine it all.
All I know is that this love has come to make me whole,
Come and make me whole.
Come and make me whole.
Just to hear Your name,
Every night I’ve waited,
To belong to this Day,
To this Place, I want,
Just to hear Your name,
Like a Dream I’m living,
I won’t ever be the same, no way,
You know it melts my fears away,
Just to hear Your name.
Just to hear Your name.
Filed under: Spare Oom EP Lyrics
I heard the music.
I heard the music,
Singing loud all around me.
But I stopped listening.
Yeah I stopped listening.
It couldn’t be.
No one would believe me.
And even though I’ve heard it comes with the language.
I wouldn’t know.
‘Cause I’ve no time for Jokes.
My kind of Justice is not like yours.
Behind closed ears,
Behind closed doors,
Behind closed doors.
I’m runnin’ for cover.
I’m runnin’ for cover,
I’ll hide my face. Let this fear disgrace me.
The music is fading,
The music is fading.
I’ve had my choice,
I chose this noise.
It feels safer here,
Where this fear destroys.
But I’ve no time for Jokes.
My kind of Justice,
Is not like yours,
Behind closed ears,
Behind closed doors.
Behind closed doors.
Behind closed doors.
Behind closed doors.
