Jack Johnson - Cocoon

based on your smile,
i'm betting all of this might be over soon.
but you're bound to win,
because if i'm betting against you, i think i'd rather lose.

but this is all that i have, so please,
take what's left of this heart, and use,
please use only what you really need.
you know i only have so little, so please,
mend your broken heart and leave.

i know it's not your style,
and i can tell by the way you move, it's real real soon.
but i'm on your side,
and i don't want to be your regret,
i'd rather be your cocoon.

but this is all that you have, so please,
let me take what's left of your heart, and i will use,
i swear i'll use what i need.
i know you only have so little, so please,
let me mend my broken heart.

you said this was all you have,
and it's all i need.
but blah blah blah,
because it fell apart.
i guess it's all you knew,
and all i had.
but now we have,
only confused hearts.
i guess all we have,
is really all we need.

so please,
lets take these broken hearts, and use,
lets use only what we really need.
you know we only have so little, so please,
take these broken hearts and leave.

They'd kill to see me fall.

"So hold your head high, gorgeous. People would kill to see you fall.

So never take the words he said to heart, darling.
He has no idea what he meant,
To you it meant a lifetime.
To him, a lie worth less than a cent.

So when you forget about him,
Don't regret the pain you felt.
It'll only make you better.
And you'll know how to play the hand you're dealt.

So hold your head high, gorgeous.
Show the world you're fine.
Don't give in to heartache,
Because people would kill to see you fall."

Weak

The scariest thing is knowing that you're weak,
Knowing that at any moment...
Everything will just,
Fall.

All the hard work earned,
All the suffering,
The 'No' 's,
All the dedicated strength,
Flushed down the toilet.
Just because I was weak.

No. I'm not going to be weak.
I'm not going to cave.

When I dove in,
It was for forever.

I'm not going to fail, I'm not going to.
If thousands of others can do it,
So can I.

If they have the strength to power through,
Look past those obstacles,
Look past those pitfalls,
So can I.

I'm not going to fail,
When it started, it was the start of forever.
I'm not going to fail.

Amazing

What is this life I've stumbled into?
Where's it gonna take me?
Where's it gonna take you?
If life is a journey, then I know where I'll be,
By the ocean, oh, that valley in the sea.

But I don't think anyone's looking for me,
Especially you,
And if someone is looking, then who?

And it's amazing,
How lost inside you feel,
When you look fine on the outside,
You're screaming, "Someone take the wheel!"
And it's amazing.
Yeah, they think you've got it all,
But it might just be a pebble,
That's gonna make you fall.

What is this story that tells me I'm fine?
It adds colour to my pages,
Like a sweet, little nursery rhyme.
If I had the answers,
Then I know where I'd be,
By the ocean, oh, that valley in the sea.

And it's amazing,
How lost inside you feel,
When you look fine on the outside,
You're screaming, "Someone take the wheel!"
And it's amazing.
Yeah, they think you've got it all,
But it might just be a pebble,
That's gonna make you fall away.

Like summer fades to grey,
And be on his bay,
Cause it hurts so much to say...

That I don't think anyone's looking for me,
Especially you.
And if someone is looking, then who?

And it's amazing,
How lost inside you feel,
When you look fine on the outside.
You're screaming, "Someone take the wheel!"
And it's amazing.
Yeah, they think you've got it all,
But it might just be a pebble,
That's gonna make you fall.
That's gonna make you fall.

That's gonna make you fall.

There's no such thing as failure.

No, there isn't. There use to be, but not anymore. There is only success. Because success is what gets you somewhere, failure gets you no where, infact, it'll only take you down. I will succeed at this. I failed last time, but not this time. It will not get the best of me. You are my best friend, and my worst enemy. The last time I let you take me down, I let myself fail. Fail. And when I try to claw my way back out, you dragged me back down. Not now, not ever, will that happen again. I will show them that I can do it, I will show them that I'm better, that I will never fail again. Never.

You will be tempted, and you will have to choose between enjoying yourself greatly in the next 10 minutes or disliking yourself cordially for the next 2-3 days for your failure.

tomorrow...

...IS SCHOOL AGAIN.





NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Not this time.

I'm so tired of giving up, but not this time.
There's so much you don't know.

If we ever meet again...

What's sombody like you, doing in a place like this?
Say, did you come alone or did you bring all your friends?
Say, what's your name, what you drinking?
Think I know what you thinking,

Baby, what's your sign?
Tell me yours and I'll tell you mine,
Say what's somebody like you doing in a place like this?

I'll never be the same,
If we ever meet again.

Won't let you get away-ay.
Say, if we ever meet again.

This free fall's, got me so
Kiss me all night, don't ever let me go.

I'll never be the same.

If we ever meet again.

If we ever meet again.

Do you come here much?

I swear I've seen your face before.

Hope you don't see me flash,

But I can't help but want you more, more.
Baby, tell me what's your story.

I ain't shy, don't you worry.

I'm flirting with my eyes, wanna leave with you tonight.

So do you come here much?

I gotta see your face some more, some more.
Cause baby I,

I'll never be the same,

If we ever meet again.

Won't let you get away-ay,

Say, if we ever meet again.

This free fall's, got me so,

Kiss me all night, don't ever let me go.

I'll never be the same
If we ever meet again.

If we ever meet again,

I'll have so much more to say (if we ever meet again)

If we ever meet again,

I won't let you go away (say if we ever meet again)

If we ever ever meet again,

I'll have so much more to say (say if we ever meet again)

If we ever ever meet again,

I won't let you go away-ay-ay.

I'll never be the same,

If we ever meet again.

Won't let you get away-ay,

Say, if we ever meet again.

This free fall's, got me so,

Kiss me all night, don't ever let me go.

I'll never be the same,

If we ever meet again.

I'll never be the same,

If we ever meet again.

Won't let you get away-ay,

Say, if we ever meet again.

This free fall's, got me so,

Kiss me all night, don't ever let me go.

I'll never be the same,

If we ever meet again.

I'm 'uncultured' and I 'appear stupid'

Malcolm Gladwell is an international best-selling author, and named one of the 100 most influential people by Time Magazine, and if by reading his books makes me 'uncultured' and 'appear stupid'...then I guess a lot of people must be 'uncultured' and 'appear stupid' to you. Who the fuck are you to tell me that I'm 'uncultured' and 'appear stupid', Ms. Ignorant? I'm very sorry that I like learning about why people are the way they are, and how people think, and about people in general...I'm sorry that I don't read Jane Austen and Wuthering Heights. But I'm sorry, does Jane Austen help me learn about people? Does Wuthering Heights take me somewhere in life? No, they're story books. Yeah, they're classics, but, they're story books. Fiction. So I'M SORRY if I don't appreciate fictitious characters, and I'M SORRY if I don't like reading about love and life back in the day, and most of all, I'm fucking sorry that you're so ignorant that you stereotype millions of people as being 'uncultured' and/or 'appear[ing] stupid'.


And I'm also sorry that I'm still stuck in this bear-trap of a friendship.