Baby

It's another empty night
Just shed some tears
All suppressed feelings
Reared their ugly heads
Maybe they are only real
Ugliness is only a defence
As we fear
That our past
 Would carry all that pain
Out into today
Then all of a sudden
All that effort
Put to build a new life
Would seem like nothing
Just another illusion
To keep ourselves going

Do you know what's the hardest part
I need you a lot
To tell about every single
Tiny little detail
Like I saw a couple
Kissing at the bus stop
Couldn't even look at them
For they reminded me of
How much I pine for you

Only God knows
Having no desire or urge
To have somebody
Cause cannot erase the feeling of
Betraying you
While everybody keeps telling me
"You live in a big city,
Lots of fish in the sea"
Stupid, miserable people say
Yet they don't know
How strong my love is
Even surprises myself
At times like this
Honorable indeed
As ain't no interests held
Pure and heavenly
As if it's our baby

Found in translation - The National

Found in translation - The National

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the core of love

Love is not a pissing competition, in fact, not a competition at all. It's a unit of two separate individuals bonded with compassion for each other's weaknesses and trust in each other's strengths that make the two separate individuals one for better and for worse not just "till death do us apart", but as "meet you on the other side".

9/11

A decade has passed
Since that day
Of smoke, ash and dust
The dream of
Living together in peace
Was destroyed
Along with the towers
Of the land of dreams

The distance between peoples
Is not mighty oceans anymore
Anger, fear, suspicion
On top of prejudgements
Widened the gap
Made the distance
Impossible to end

Islam says peace
Christianity says love
What kind of peace and love
Brought humanity
Into this invisible war
Folks, put yourselves together
Don't let evil minds
Get you all taken apart
We all are flesh and blood
We all bled and cried
When the towers
Crashed down to ground
This is not only
Bald Eagle's war
Don't get yourselves fooled
The war is between
Humanity and evil
This is not between religions
By the way
I'm not even religious
Let our hands meet
Fight together
Shoulder to shoulder
Against the betrayers
Of good old
But never cold
The essence lying inside our hearts and minds
It's humanity, brothers sisters
If we sacrifice this very essence
For the sake of vengeance
Then the war
Will be lost
For without conscience
We'll be the same as
Those bloody demons