Sweet:
I am looking forward to the weekend. We have so much to do and so many cool people to see. Tonight GP and I are going out to dinner with some of his friends. Tomorrow, we are having brunch with more friends and then tomorrow night we are celebrating my birthday just the two of us. I will finally find out where we are going. Sunday we will be recovering!
I love my new class. One of the sessions will be at the Art Institute and other classes are filled with guest speakers, hands on activities and really awesome projects.
Bitter:
Today is the day 6 years ago that our dear friend Steve passed away. It was very sudden and happened very unexpected because he was doing so well. He was 24 and we all miss him so much. I still see him in his lazyboy like chair watching South Park...I guess he will always be young.
It will be 5 years ago that 9/11 happened. I still get profoundly affected by that. Teh images and tv and movies are constantly reminding us. CNN will show its coverage from that day. I can't relive it, I just can't. I am listening to Bruce Springsteen's album "the Rising" today and some songs are so sad and no matter how many times that I've listened to them, I cry. Today is no exception. Other songs are so hopeful that I feel uplifted. So here are the lyrics for Bitter and Sweet
Bitter~Empty Sky:
I woke up this morning
I could barely breathe
Just an empty impression
In the bed where you used to be
I want a kiss from your lips I want an eye for an eye
I woke up this morning to the empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Blood on the streets
Yeah blood flowin' down
I hear the blood of my blood
Cryin' from the ground
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
On the plains of Jordan
I cut my bow from the wood
Of this tree of evil
Of this tree of good
I want a kiss from your lips
I want an eye for an eye
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
Sweet~The Rising
Can't see nothin' in front of me
Can't see nothin' coming up behind
I make my way through this darkness
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far I've gone
How far I've gone, how high
I've climbed
On my back's a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder a half mile line
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Left the house this morning
Bells ringing filled the air
Wearin' the cross of my calling
On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
Spirits above and behind me
Faces gone, black eyes burnin' bright
May their precious blood forever bind me
Lord as I stand before your fiery light
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
I see you Mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
There's holy pictures of our children
Dancin' in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line
Sky of blackness and sorrow ( a dream of life)
Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)
Sky of glory and sadness ( a dream of life)
Sky of mercy, sky of fear ( a dream of life)
Sky of memory and shadow ( a dream of life)
Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight
Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)
Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life ( a dream of life)
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
~Bruce Springteen
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