Jim Strong

you is kind,

you is smart,

you is important,

so we’re talking forever and you almost feel better, but better’s no excuse for tonight. you see its never bad enough to just leave or give up, but its never good enough to feel right.

disarming-stranger:

30 Day Music Challenge.

Day 19. A song that makes you think about life.

This Bitter Earth by Dinah Washington and Max Richter

This bitter earth.
Well, what fruit it bears.
What good is love,
That no one shares?

And if my life is like the dust,
That hides the glow of a rose,
What good am I?
Heaven only knows.

Lord, this bitter earth,
Yes, can be so cold.
Today you’re young.
Too soon you’re old.

But while a voice within me cries,
I know heaven will answer my call,
And this bitter earth,
Oh, may not be so bitter after all.

But while a voice within me cries,
I know heaven will answer my call,
And this bitter earth,
Oh, it may not be so bitter after all.

I referenced this song and the works of Walt Whitman in one of my senior researches when I was at the university.

Dinah Washington & Max Richter – This Bitter Earth/On The Nature of Daylight

leybozjetlifeblazer:

And if my life is like the dust
Oooh that hides the glow of a rose…
What good am I
Heaven only knows…

Played 11 times.