Life - Growing Up - A Heart The Size of Arizona
Medium: Real Life
Subject: Growing up, moving on, major life changes.
Title: A Heart the Size of Arizona
Warnings: None
Summary: “You lucky, lucky girl. You have an apartment just your size. A bathtub full of tea. a heart the size of Arizona, but not nearly so arid. Don’t wish away your cracked past, your crooked toes, your problems are papier mache puppets you made or bought because the vendor at the market was so compelling you just had to have them. yYu had to have him. And you did. And now you pull down the bridge between your houses, you make him call before he visits, you take a lover for granted, you take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic. Make the first bottle you consume in this place a relic. Place it on whatever altar you fashion with a knife and five cranberries. Don’t lose too much weight. Stupid girls are always trying to disappear as revenge. And you are not stupid. You loved a man with more hands than a parade of beggars, and here you stand. Heart like a four-poster bed. Heart like a canvas. Heart leaking something so strong they can smell it in the street.” - marty mcconnell
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Can't Go Back Now, The Weepies. You know there will be days when you're so tired that you can't take another step. The night will have no stars, and you'll think you've gone as far as you will ever get. You and me wak on, walk on, walk on, 'cause you can't go back now.
Let's Take a Drive, Christian Kane. You can say that cat is long gone. I bet you look real hard, you can find that girl within. She's probably waitin' in the wings for you to come along, to let her out again. I taught you lessons about freedom strapped to the bucket of a 455. I lit your hair on fire, racing ten mile flats Where American heavy metal thrives. Oh we were waitin' and wishin', On pink slips and kisses at the end of the line. When you rat-a-tat tatted on the glass, and you screamed,I'm alive.
That Green Gentleman, Panic! At the Disco. I never said I’d leave the city, I never said I’d leave this town. A falling out we won’t tiptoe about. Things have changed for me, and that’s okay.
Swim, Jack's Mannequin. You gotta swim, swim in the dark. There's no shame in drifting, feel the tide shifting and wait for the spark. Yeah you've gotta swim, don't let yourself sink. Just find the horizon, I promise you it's not as far as you think. The currents will drag us away from our love, ust keep your head above. Swim.
Paper Bag, Anna Nalick. But someday we'll all be old, and I'll be so damn beautiful. Meanwhile I'll hide my head here in this paper bag. Cause if I cant see you, then you can't see me. And it'll be okay, fly little bee away, to where theres no more rain. And I can be me.
A Beautiful Mess, Jason Mraz. And tides - they turn - and hearts disfigure, but that's no concern when we're wounded together. And we tore our dresses and stained our shirts, but it's nice today. Oh, the wait was so worth it.
Modern Love, Matt Nathanson. I'd let em in, Oh man, I'd let em win. I'd burn my house down just to hear them scream my name. I've carried hope and heavy daydreams, she said, but I'm done with sleeping. This modern love is not enough. She said, watch your back. I'm nobody's girlfriend.
I've Got A Dark Alley & A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth, Fall Out Boy. And the record won't stop skipping, and the lies just won't stop slipping. And besides my reputation's on the line. We can fake it for the airwaves, force our smiles, baby. Half dead from comparing myself to everyone else around me
Skyscraper, Demi Lovato. You can take everything I have, tou can break everything I am, like I'm made of glass. Like I'm made of paper. Go on a try to tear me down, I will be rising from the ground like a skyscraper.
This Year, The Mountain Goats. I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal to the floor. Headed north on mill avenue and listened to the engine roar. i am going to make it through this year if it kills me.
I Don't Wanna Be, Gavin DeGraw. I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately. All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind. I'm tired of looking 'round rooms, wondering what I've got to do Or who I'm supposed to be. I don't want to be anything other than me.
Don't You Know You're Beautiful, Seabird. I see you laughing, but I know inside that you're crying. Just tell me what happened when things went wrong, we'll try to make sense of it all. Please don't blame yourself, cause you're not by yourself. I've been right here all along. Don't have to be alone, because you've always know wherever your heart is my home.
Something Pretty, Patrick Parks. Here I am, where I’ve been. I’ve walked a hundred miles in tobacco skin and my clothes are worn & gritty. And I know ugliness, now show me something pretty. I was a dumb punk kid with nothing to lose and too much weight for walking shoes. I could have died from being boring.
Beautiful Life, Charlotte Martin. I know every word that we said was what we both meant. Well, we meant it at the time. Promise me that you'll be standing up straight, chasing rivers, and shadows, and time. The sun may come up and go down again. And I'll still swear it's a beautiful life.
Note TO Self: Don't Die, Ryan Adams. I'm as sick, I'm as crass as the things in your past, you wished that you could let them go. Caged birds, caged animals starving for class. In your house when you're alone. Note to self: don't change for anyone. Note to self: don't die.
Fifteen, Taylor Swift. When all you wanted was to be wanted, wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now. Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday, but I realized some bigger dreams of mine.
Good Riddance, Green Day. So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind. Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time. Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial. For what it's worth it was worth all the while. It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life.
Landslide, Glee. Well, I've been afraid of changing cause I've built my life around you. But time makes you bolder, children get older. And I'm getting older too. So.. take this love and take it down. Yeah, and if you climb a mountain and you turn around, and if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills well, the landslide brought it down.
Why Georgia, John Mayer. Everybody is just a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way. I guess it's the price I have to pay. Still, "everything happens for a reason" Is no reason not to ask myself if I am living it right. Am I living it right? Why Georgia, why?
You Can't Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones. I saw her today at the reception. In her glass was a bleeding man. She was practiced at the art of deception, well I could tell by her blood-stained hands. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need.
When You Were Young, The Killers. Can we climb this mountain? I dont know. Higher now than ever before. I know we can make it if we take it slow, let's take it easy, easy now. Watch it go. We're burning down the highway skyline, On the back of a hurricane that started turning when you were young.
**Bonus Song**
Go The Distance, Lucas Grabeel. Down an unknown road, to embrace my fate. Though that road may wander, it will lead me to you. And a thousand years, would be worth the wait. It might take a lifetime, but somehow I'll see it through. And I won't look back, I can go the distance. And I'll stay on track, no, I won't accept defeat. It's an uphill slope, but I won't lose hope, till I go the distance, and my journey is complete.
Subject: Growing up, moving on, major life changes.
Title: A Heart the Size of Arizona
Warnings: None
Summary: “You lucky, lucky girl. You have an apartment just your size. A bathtub full of tea. a heart the size of Arizona, but not nearly so arid. Don’t wish away your cracked past, your crooked toes, your problems are papier mache puppets you made or bought because the vendor at the market was so compelling you just had to have them. yYu had to have him. And you did. And now you pull down the bridge between your houses, you make him call before he visits, you take a lover for granted, you take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic. Make the first bottle you consume in this place a relic. Place it on whatever altar you fashion with a knife and five cranberries. Don’t lose too much weight. Stupid girls are always trying to disappear as revenge. And you are not stupid. You loved a man with more hands than a parade of beggars, and here you stand. Heart like a four-poster bed. Heart like a canvas. Heart leaking something so strong they can smell it in the street.” - marty mcconnell
zip zip zip
Can't Go Back Now, The Weepies. You know there will be days when you're so tired that you can't take another step. The night will have no stars, and you'll think you've gone as far as you will ever get. You and me wak on, walk on, walk on, 'cause you can't go back now.
Let's Take a Drive, Christian Kane. You can say that cat is long gone. I bet you look real hard, you can find that girl within. She's probably waitin' in the wings for you to come along, to let her out again. I taught you lessons about freedom strapped to the bucket of a 455. I lit your hair on fire, racing ten mile flats Where American heavy metal thrives. Oh we were waitin' and wishin', On pink slips and kisses at the end of the line. When you rat-a-tat tatted on the glass, and you screamed,I'm alive.
That Green Gentleman, Panic! At the Disco. I never said I’d leave the city, I never said I’d leave this town. A falling out we won’t tiptoe about. Things have changed for me, and that’s okay.
Swim, Jack's Mannequin. You gotta swim, swim in the dark. There's no shame in drifting, feel the tide shifting and wait for the spark. Yeah you've gotta swim, don't let yourself sink. Just find the horizon, I promise you it's not as far as you think. The currents will drag us away from our love, ust keep your head above. Swim.
Paper Bag, Anna Nalick. But someday we'll all be old, and I'll be so damn beautiful. Meanwhile I'll hide my head here in this paper bag. Cause if I cant see you, then you can't see me. And it'll be okay, fly little bee away, to where theres no more rain. And I can be me.
A Beautiful Mess, Jason Mraz. And tides - they turn - and hearts disfigure, but that's no concern when we're wounded together. And we tore our dresses and stained our shirts, but it's nice today. Oh, the wait was so worth it.
Modern Love, Matt Nathanson. I'd let em in, Oh man, I'd let em win. I'd burn my house down just to hear them scream my name. I've carried hope and heavy daydreams, she said, but I'm done with sleeping. This modern love is not enough. She said, watch your back. I'm nobody's girlfriend.
I've Got A Dark Alley & A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth, Fall Out Boy. And the record won't stop skipping, and the lies just won't stop slipping. And besides my reputation's on the line. We can fake it for the airwaves, force our smiles, baby. Half dead from comparing myself to everyone else around me
Skyscraper, Demi Lovato. You can take everything I have, tou can break everything I am, like I'm made of glass. Like I'm made of paper. Go on a try to tear me down, I will be rising from the ground like a skyscraper.
This Year, The Mountain Goats. I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal to the floor. Headed north on mill avenue and listened to the engine roar. i am going to make it through this year if it kills me.
I Don't Wanna Be, Gavin DeGraw. I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately. All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind. I'm tired of looking 'round rooms, wondering what I've got to do Or who I'm supposed to be. I don't want to be anything other than me.
Don't You Know You're Beautiful, Seabird. I see you laughing, but I know inside that you're crying. Just tell me what happened when things went wrong, we'll try to make sense of it all. Please don't blame yourself, cause you're not by yourself. I've been right here all along. Don't have to be alone, because you've always know wherever your heart is my home.
Something Pretty, Patrick Parks. Here I am, where I’ve been. I’ve walked a hundred miles in tobacco skin and my clothes are worn & gritty. And I know ugliness, now show me something pretty. I was a dumb punk kid with nothing to lose and too much weight for walking shoes. I could have died from being boring.
Beautiful Life, Charlotte Martin. I know every word that we said was what we both meant. Well, we meant it at the time. Promise me that you'll be standing up straight, chasing rivers, and shadows, and time. The sun may come up and go down again. And I'll still swear it's a beautiful life.
Note TO Self: Don't Die, Ryan Adams. I'm as sick, I'm as crass as the things in your past, you wished that you could let them go. Caged birds, caged animals starving for class. In your house when you're alone. Note to self: don't change for anyone. Note to self: don't die.
Fifteen, Taylor Swift. When all you wanted was to be wanted, wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now. Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday, but I realized some bigger dreams of mine.
Good Riddance, Green Day. So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind. Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time. Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial. For what it's worth it was worth all the while. It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life.
Landslide, Glee. Well, I've been afraid of changing cause I've built my life around you. But time makes you bolder, children get older. And I'm getting older too. So.. take this love and take it down. Yeah, and if you climb a mountain and you turn around, and if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills well, the landslide brought it down.
Why Georgia, John Mayer. Everybody is just a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way. I guess it's the price I have to pay. Still, "everything happens for a reason" Is no reason not to ask myself if I am living it right. Am I living it right? Why Georgia, why?
You Can't Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones. I saw her today at the reception. In her glass was a bleeding man. She was practiced at the art of deception, well I could tell by her blood-stained hands. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need.
When You Were Young, The Killers. Can we climb this mountain? I dont know. Higher now than ever before. I know we can make it if we take it slow, let's take it easy, easy now. Watch it go. We're burning down the highway skyline, On the back of a hurricane that started turning when you were young.
**Bonus Song**
Go The Distance, Lucas Grabeel. Down an unknown road, to embrace my fate. Though that road may wander, it will lead me to you. And a thousand years, would be worth the wait. It might take a lifetime, but somehow I'll see it through. And I won't look back, I can go the distance. And I'll stay on track, no, I won't accept defeat. It's an uphill slope, but I won't lose hope, till I go the distance, and my journey is complete.