Build Your [ Life ] To Be What You Want.

"Tell my mother, tell my father. I've done the best I can. To make them realize, this is my life. I hope they understand. I'm not angry, I'm just saying... sometimes goodbye is a second chance."

Second Chance - Shinedown

Admit it, you've had that dream before. The one where you live in a beautiful home, married to someone you love. And you have a cute little family, maybe a pet or two. Or maybe you live in an expensive apartment in the city. Either way, no matter what variation, you have an idea of where you want to end up. With me, I want to be in warm California on the beach. There's just something about the ocean that just pulls me to it. From the shore, it looks endless. I want to have a little house along the beach. The kind that I can walk out the back door and be greeted me seashells and sand. But I want to be with the one I love. Having everything I want without the one I love would be pointless. It wouldn't even be worth having. You see, you have to build a future that will make you happy. Don't let anyone get in the way of your dreams. They're the foundation of the future.

There's Darkness Before The Sun [ Rise ]

"But listen. It's those moments when you just wanna give up. The times when you just can't take it anymore. When you think things couldn't get any worse. It's those times that shape who we are. There's darkness before the sun rise" - Pat Gould

[ Life ] Is Not What We've Been Brainwashed To Believe.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."

Things are not as they always seem. We've been taught as kids to believe that the world we know is ten times different than the one outside our door. In all truth, it kinda depends. As we've grown older, we form our worlds into what they are today. And we will continue to change them as time goes on. But when they tell us that our world knows nothing about the real world, well, this is bullshit. Everyone goes through stuff that you don't necessarily share with others. Just because you're younger than the people who brought you up or who watch over you, doesn't mean you don't know about the world. On the contrary, you may know more about what they call "the real world" than THEY do. Our generation has lots of issues (not to make us sound crazy). But there are so many forced disorders. There are so many people in this generation who have to deal with drugs, depression, suicide, violence, abuse, neglect, and dangerous situations. And we've dealt with more of it than the generation above us, and the generation about them, and so on and so on. They call us out and say we're lying about it. But in all truth, we feel like we can't tell them about it. Like strangers in our own house. We look to peers as family more than we do our own parents. It's not supposed to be like this, but it is. We've been shoved and knocked down by the very people that are supposed to be helping us. And then they wonder why we don't talk to them as much as we used to? Maybe it's because they try to control every move we make. Try to control who you are and will tear you down if you don't fit the generic mold they want you to fit. It's tearing families apart, and we're getting blamed for it. And I'm sick of it.

[ Fate ] Somehow Decided To Lead Me To You...

Wow. There's just so much to say about you, but I can't seem to find the words to say it. It's unbelievable how a simple kiss can make me just fly. Having you in my life is the best thing that's ever happened. I can feel you're hand linked with mine, and I can't help but let this ridiculous grin appear on my face. You do something to me I just can't explain. It's like when I see you, a wave of relief comes over me. I can't even understand why. Maybe seeing you just reassures me that you're real, and not out of a dream. Or maybe it's because when I'm with you, I know you won't let anything hurt me. You drive my soul, you inspire me. I never knew what it meant to truly love someone before I knew you. Through all the bad times, we've been there for each other. I just can't believe that fate has somehow decided that I deserve you. You mean everything to me. You truly are my guardian angel, and I yours. I hope you know exactly how much I love you. I would do anything to make you happy and I'd take a bullet for you if it came to that.You see, my love, I've given you not just my heart, but all of me. I would give you the universe if I could. And I'd let you name every star, every planet. I'd take you to away, to far off galaxies. Where we could sit alone to watch alien suns and moons, as they trade places in the sky. If I could, I'd freeze time, and take you anywhere you wanted to go. And we'd explore old castles in Ireland, the great pyramids of Egypt. We could climb the highest mountains and look at the world we know. As if we were flying. I'd do it all for you if I could, just say the word, my love, and I will.

A Breakup Letter To My [Past]. A Hotter Future Came Along.

I regret alot of stuff from my life. Some things I don't regret (though I know I should) because it lead me to find the most amazing person in my life. But regret likes following me like a shadow. It's annoying and creepy all at the same time... yaayyyy. Regret sits on your shoulders like a 10000 lb bag of bricks. And it really stresses you out about other things in your life. I regret not letting 20 certain people walk out of my life. I regret holding in everything that's ever hurt me. But no matter how bad it is, I know that all of these events have lead me to be the individual I am today. However screwed up that may be. Because there are people in my life that I wouldn't trade for the world. These people have helped me overcome so much. They've given me new memories to replace the mangled ones. Beautiful memories that only ones close to your heart can help build. I've tried to make myself a better person because of them. And I know I have alot of issues that still need to be solved, but I know I'm not alone. There's people around me who love me now. And sure, life's still fucking hard as hell, I still have my moments where I go straight back to my old habits. But I have friends who love me who are here to catch me after the fall. I guess this is what happens when you let someone love you, isn't it?

Lock . You've Hidden The Key You Bastard.

People think that they can control one anothers lives. Whether this be friends, teachers, or parents. News flash... PEOPLE AREN'T HOUSEPETS! Ugh some people need to get it through their narrow minded, thick skulled, retarded brains that no one is meant to be under the control of another like that. That's called fucking tyrany... dictatorship... or even better, tourcher. Do you understand how bad that can fuck up someones MIND! Think about having someone tell you how you're suppossed to be yourself. Oh and step one toe out of line, and I'll verbally taze you and lock you in a cell. That just isn't living. That's not how life is supossed to play out at all. It makes me sick. Take this from someone who's had someone else try to control them. If you try to do that, that person will develop an extremely powerful hate for you. A kind of hate you can't even imagine. Stop making someone's life miserable.