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June 7, 2024
Song #120
I’m Still Standing by Elton John
It was released in 1983 in his album Too Low For Zero
Fun Fact: Although "I'm Still Standing" is often seen as a statement of John's resilience, Taupin wrote the lyrics with a specific person in mind.
“It's perhaps one more example of the original idea being interpreted by everyone into something quite different. I think people see it as an anthem based on Elton's strong sense of survival in the face of adversity. Which, believe me, is perfectly fine by me. In fact, it's probably infinitely more interesting, perhaps, than what it was initially written about. Which, if my memory serves me correctly, it was a sort of kiss off to an old girlfriend. You know the sort of thing, 'Don't you worry about me, I'll be perfectly fine.' Unlike George Jones' 'She Thinks I Still Care,' where, in fact, he really did, I really didn't."
June 7, 2024
Song #120
I’m Still Standing by Elton John
It was released in 1983 in his album Too Low For Zero
Fun Fact: Although "I'm Still Standing" is often seen as a statement of John's resilience, Taupin wrote the lyrics with a specific person in mind.
“It's perhaps one more example of the original idea being interpreted by everyone into something quite different. I think people see it as an anthem based on Elton's strong sense of survival in the face of adversity. Which, believe me, is perfectly fine by me. In fact, it's probably infinitely more interesting, perhaps, than what it was initially written about. Which, if my memory serves me correctly, it was a sort of kiss off to an old girlfriend. You know the sort of thing, 'Don't you worry about me, I'll be perfectly fine.' Unlike George Jones' 'She Thinks I Still Care,' where, in fact, he really did, I really didn't."
i think we as a society went through a period where people watched every marvel movie because they’re marvel movies. So, which of these movies was the last one you watched before only watching Marvel movies you’re genuinely interested in seeing?
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QUICK. RB THIS WITH THE FIRST SONG LYRIC THAT COMES TO YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU SEE THIS POST. THAT IS AN ORDER
More poetry! English class is unbelievably boring, so I’m channeling my energy into poetry instead of studying. :)
TW: mentions of suicide, drowning, depression
Still Here
The world is an ocean, a dark, swirling sea
Where many a soul so slowly drowns;
The crash of waves as life stretches on
Deafens the beating heart’s pounding sounds
I am still here.
I wondered once what would happen
If I let myself sink below
Down the ocean and darkness deep
Would it free me if I let go?
I am still here.
I’ve been battered by winds and by tempests fierce
By looming waves and swirling tides
By whirlpools that slowly draw you in
Until you are harshly thrown to the side
I am still here.
I’m clutching at a plank, my only lifeline
As I’m swept by the ruthless seas
Unseeing, unknowing, into the horizon
Pushed forward by the will of time’s breeze
I am still here.
I wonder what would happen
If I let my fingers slip
If I let my grasp loosen
If I let my head dip
I am still here.
If I let go of this wood and let myself drift
If I swam into the turbulent ocean
If I dived under and never came up
Was that such a strange notion?
Am I still here?
So I wonder what would happen
If I took a deep breath
Let the world go
Sink into death?
Should I stay here?
A figure in the distance
Defeat in their eyes
Slumped on their boat
Their head doesn’t rise
…They are not here.
I take their hand, and I hold it tight
This soul let themself sink into the sea
And I look into my heart, so dark and rainy
As a great storm pours upon me
Why are we all still here?
Another figure floats - yet this one has hope
And we hold each other close as we wait out the storm
Another and another, slowly we gather
The souls that had lost their way, we now kept warm
We are still here.
We are tossed into the ocean without a care
Nor a thought, nor a goodbye
Yet on this boat built of each friend’s wood
I think, finally, that I know why
I am still here.
They still follow me on Instagram. They still watch my Instagram stories. What do they want from me? They want to see shots from my su!c!de. It's funny.