This Is This

Stolen from Bonnie. Put your i-pod on shuffle, ask some random questions and hit play. It’s kind of a Magic 8 Ball divination thing, but it fits in your pocket. And NO, you can’t just pick cool songs, you have to accept whatever come up. The questions are up to you, but no cheating.

What’s holding me back, right now?
Song: The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Lyrics:
I felt the coldness of my winter. I never thought it would ever go.
I cursed the gloom that set upon us. But I know that I love you so.
Meaning:
I know I don’t always do things that make everyone happy, but life’s not easy and you have to do difficult things sometimes. Doesn’t mean you don’t card. Do hard things kindly and for the greater good.

How has the last year been?
Song: Lithium Sunset - Sting
Lyrics:
I’ve been scattered,
I’ve been shattered,
I’ve been knocked out the race, but I’ll get better.
I feel your light upon my face.
Meaning: Optimism. A bit of bloody-mindedness, but you can’t have one without the other.

How would others describe me?
Song: Some Might Say - Oasis
Lyrics:
Some might say we will find a brighter day.
Some might say we will find a brighter day.
Meaning: Don’t know. Ask them.

But nearer the truth, it’s��
Song: Riding On A Railroad - James Taylor
Lyrics:
From time to time I tire of the life that I’ve been leading town to town, day by day.
There’s a man up here who claims to have his hand upon the reigns but there are chains upon his hands and he’s riding upon a train.
Meaning: I’m afraid that means exactly what it says.

What’s in store for the rest of the year?
Song: Would Not Be Denied - Buffalo Tom
Lyrics:
If not for innocence, my guilt would stop right here.
I’m living all my life in the span of just one year.
My mouth’s a hurricane and something inside just died.
I’d always just assumed my evil would subside.
Could I have been mislead? Could you have misread?
Please don’t punish me for things I have not said.
Meaning: Plenty of blogging mishaps.

What’s the one thing I need to do most?
Song: 4:41 (Sexual Revolution) - Roger Water
Lyrics:
So please hold my hand as we stumble through the maze
And remember girl, nothing can grow without rain.
Meaning: See Led Zeppelin.
MEANING: The thing that’s holding me back is also thing I most need to do.

Finally, how would you like to be remembered?
Song: Let Me Hear You Call My Name - Ray Charles
Lyrics:
Baby, let me hear you call my name.
Baby, let me hear you call my name.
Well if you keep that up pretty baby,
Well you’ll drive your brain insane.
Meaning: No idea. Interesting that it picked a guy who recently died though.

Also on This Is This
“Do you want romance?”
I turned to face a woman way out of my league. I was at the airport, which is always a wierd environment and one where such requests don’t seem as out of place as they should.
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