Words to live by

We're alive

Oh, if you had been there to see

The scare you gave me

When the news about you reached me that day

And after the call

How time seemed stall

And sorry and grief came to weigh

On my heart

Ooh on my heart

Oh, you can't imagine the fuss

The panic you caused us

When it seemed that our luck was all done

So we tried to take heart

As our world fell apart

And all this time you were the one

Who was strong

You were strong

Did our grandmothers know

When they played as little girls 

Of the strange sad way we would be bound?

Did our grandmothers know

When they prayed about the world

That their faith and their love would be the ground

For us?

Oh, you'll never know just how proud

We were when you vowed

To act bravely and never to lose

And how you commit

To win and not quit

And the beautiful way that you choose to survive

And the way that you don't just mend but you thrive

And the way that you bind us and always remind us

To be grateful because in the end we're alive 

We're alive

Did our grandmothers know

When they played as little girls 

Of the strange sad way we would be bound?

Did our grandmothers know

When they prayed about the world

That their faith and their love would be the ground

For us?

Judgement

No one could ever hate me as much as I hate myself. Ok, so any mean thing someone is going to think of to say about me, I’ve already said to me, about me, probably in the last half hour.

Same mistakes

I make the same mistakes

Feels like I never learn

Always give way too much

For little in return

I haven’t changed a bit

I’m still not over it

I make the same mistakes

I never did grow up

Feels like I never will

My friends are all adults

I’m still a teenage girl

I haven’t changed a bit

I’m still not over it

I make the same mistakes

My friends are all a drag

They think I’m such a flake

They want to go to bed

I want to stay up late

Walking the streets alone

Thinking of you till dawn

I make the same mistakes

Just like a prayer

MIrror

Aren't you somethin' to admire
Cause your shine is somethin' like a mirror
And I can't help but notice
You reflect in this heart of mine
If you ever feel alone and
The glare makes me hard to find
Just know that I'm always
Parallel on the other side

Cause with your hand in my hand and a pocket full of soul
I can tell you there's no place we couldn't go
Just put your hand on the glass
I'm here tryin' to pull you through
You just gotta be strong

I don't wanna lose you now
I'm lookin' right at the other half of me
The vacancy that sat in my heart
Is a space that now you hold
Show me how to fight for now
And I'll tell you, baby, it was easy
Comin' back into you once I figured it out
You were right here all along

It's like you're my mirror
My mirror staring back at me
I couldn't get any bigger
With anyone else beside me
And now it's clear as this promise
That we're making
Two reflections into one
Cause it's like you're my mirror
My mirror staring back at me, staring back at me

Aren't you somethin', an original
Cause it doesn't seem really as simple
And I can't help but stare, cause
I see truth somewhere in your eyes
I can't ever change without you
You reflect me, I love that about you
And if I could, I
Would look at us all the time

Cause with your hand in my hand and a pocket full of soul
I can tell you there's no place we couldn't go
Just put your hand on the glass
I'm here tryin' to pull you through
You just gotta be strong

I don't wanna lose you now
I'm lookin' right at the other half of me
The vacancy that sat in my heart
Is a space that now you hold
Show me how to fight for now
And I'll tell you, baby, it was easy
Comin' back into you once I figured it out
You were right here all along

It's like you're my mirror
My mirror staring back at me
I couldn't get any bigger
With anyone else beside me
And now it's clear as this promise
That we're making
Two reflections into one
Cause it's like you're my mirror
My mirror staring back at me, staring back at me

Yesterday is history
Tomorrow's a mystery
I can see you lookin' back at me
Keep your eyes on me
Baby, keep your eyes on me

Baby, you're the inspiration for this precious song
And I just wanna see your face light up since you put me on
So now I say goodbye to the old me, it's already gone
And I can't wait wait wait wait wait to get you home
Just to let you know, you are

Where is my mind

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground

Try this trick and spin it, yeah

Your head will collapse

But there's nothing in it

And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind

Way out in the water

See it swimmin'

Maybe

My fear of getting hurt is stronger than my love for you.