A Different Freeminds Blog

by AllTimeJeff 5 Replies latest jw friends

  • AllTimeJeff
    AllTimeJeff

    I love music, it has literally helped me through some of the darkest spots of my life... Sometimes the music helps me to make it through, other times, the lyrics are so inspirational. As if I can't give up. The message is, don't give up!

    Sometimes, the pain of having to leave JW's, or while in of learning of the lies and changes in teachings just suck the life right out of you. It's those times that when you want to give up the most that you absolutely can't give up. When you feel like letting go, when you need to squeeze the hardest.

    I thus offer what has helped me through times like that.... Not the entire song, just certain lyrics from certain songs, in no particular order.

    Don't Quit, Never Surrender

  • Hope4Others
    Hope4Others

    Sorry Jeff its not working for me....

    h4o

  • AllTimeJeff
    AllTimeJeff

    If you click on "Don't Quit, Never Surrender" it will take you to the article.... It worked for me.. Are you using IE or another browser?

  • AllTimeJeff
    AllTimeJeff

    Here are the rest of the lyrics... These are just cut and pasted, and helped me a lot when I left....

    It is my hope that these lyrics will communicate to you what they did to me; life is a marathon, not a sprint. The hard times and failures don't define us, and that if we hang on and dig in, things can turn around for us.

    U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    I have kissed honey lips
    Felt the healing fingertips
    It burned like a fire
    This burning desire

    I have spoke with the tongue of angels
    I have held the hand of a devil
    It was warm in the night
    I was cold as a stone

    But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
    But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

    U2: Walk On

    "You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been
    A place that has to be believed to be seen
    You could have flown away
    A singing bird in an open cage
    Who will only fly, only fly for freedom ......

    Home... hard to know what it is if you've never had one
    Home... I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home
    That's where the hurt is

    I know it aches
    How your heart it breaks
    And you can only take so much
    Walk on, walk on

    And my favorite two songs, in their entirety.....

    Corey Hart - Never Surrender

    JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME IS ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR
    CAUSE JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME COULD OPEN CLOSING DOORS
    jUST A LITTLE UNCERTAINTY CAN BRING YOU DOWN
    AND NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW YOU NOW
    AND NOBODY WANTS TO SHOW YOU HOW

    SO IF YOU'RE LOST AND ON YOUR OWN
    YOU CAN NEVER SURRENDER
    AND IF YOU'RE PATH WON'T LEAD YOU HOME
    YOU CAN NEVER SURRENDER
    AND WHEN THE NIGHT IS COLD AND DARK
    YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN SEE LIGHT
    CAUSE NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHT
    TO FIGHT AND TO NEVER SURRENDER

    WITH A LITTLE PERSEVERANCE YOU CAN GET THINGS DONE
    WITHOUT A BLIND ADHERENCE THAT HAS CONQUERED SOME
    AND NO BODY WANTS TO KNOW YOU KNOW
    AND NOBODY WANTS TO SHOW YOU HOW

    SO IF YOUR LOST AND ON YOUR OWN
    YOU CAN NEVER SURRENDER
    AND IF YOU'RE PATH WON'T LEAD YOU HOME
    YOU CAN NEVER SURRENDER

    AND WHEN THE NIGHT IS COLD AND DARK
    YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN SEE LIGHT
    CAUSE NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHT
    TO FIGHT AND TO NEVER SURRENDER

    AND WHEN THE NIGHT IS COLD AND DARK
    YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN SEE LIGHT
    NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHT
    TO FIGHT AND TO NEVER SURRENDER
    TO NEVER SURRENDER

    OH TIME IS ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR
    TO NEVER SURRENDER
    OH, YOU CAN NEVER SURRENDER
    TIME IS ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR

    You're Only Human - Billy Joel

    You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good
    You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood
    It's alright
    it's alright
    Sometimes that's what it takes
    You're only human
    you're allowed to make your share of mistakes
    You better believe there will be times in your life
    When you'll be feeling like a stumbling fool
    So take it from me you'll learn more from your accidents
    Than anything that you could ever learn at school

    Don't forget your second wind
    Sooner of later you'll get your second wind

    It's not always easy to be living in this world of painYou're gonna be crashing into stone walls again and again
    It's alright
    it's alright
    Though you feel your heart break
    You're only human
    you're gonna have to deal with heartache

    Just like a boxer in a title fight
    You got to walk in that ring all alone
    You're not the only one who's made mistakes
    But they're the only thing that you can truly call your own

    Don't forget your second wind
    Wait in that corner until that breeze blows in

    You've been keeping to yourself these days
    Cause you're thinking everything's gone wrong
    Sometimes you just want to lay down and die
    That emotion can be so strong
    But hold onTill that old second wind comes along

    You probably don't want to hear advice from someone else
    But I wouldn't be telling you if I hadn't been there myself
    It's alright
    it's alright
    Sometimes that's all it takes
    We're only human
    We're supposed to make mistakes
    But I survived all those long lonely days
    When it seemed I did not have a friend
    Cause all I needed was a little faith
    So I could catch my breath and face the world again

    Don't forget your second wind
    Sooner or later you'll feel that momentum kick in
    Don't forget your second wind
    Sooner or later you'll feel that momentum kick in

    PEACE! :-)

  • Lillith26
    Lillith26

    DefLepard- two steps behind (a rock song about true freindship)

    Celine Dion- If that what it takes (what being a real lover/partner feels like)

    Shannon Noll- Lift (my own person creed- moving on)

    John Farnham- Your the Voice (my politcal favorite- very powerfull message)

    I could go on and on there are so many... music is great for the soul!

  • Hope4Others
    Hope4Others

    I am on IE I double clicked and finally got to here. Randy has really changed the site it looks awesome and has so much

    interesting articles.... http://freeminds.org/

    I really like those songs they do have a lot of meaning to them....

    Thanks Jeff

    h4o

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