arias of the annum - all we are

FROM MUSIC AND MADNESS II

Sometimes certain episodes in one’s life are too exquisite, singular, and crucial that to remember it pedant and pure allows us to relive it. But to dwell on a moment, a fleeting memory, is to deny the senescent nature of our predicament. That life is ever-changing, and to live is to evolve, triumphant or otherwise. Goodbye’s are for those who do not wish to look back, for those who feel that this here, now, will never happen again. But if you choose not to, the moment can live on, not as a recollection but as a promise, that the striving won’t end.



All We Are
OneRepublic
2007, Dreaming Out Loud
Myers, Tim; Tedder, Ryan;
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I tried to paint you a picture, the colors were all wrong
Black and white didn't fit you and all along,
you were shaded with patience, your strokes of everything
That I need just to make it, and I can see that...
Lord knows I've failed you, time and again
But you and me are all right


We won't say our goodbyes you know it's better that way
We won't break, we won't die
It's just a moment of change
All we are, all we are, is everything that's right
All we need, all we need, a lover's alibi


I walked a minute in your shoes, they never would've fit
I figured there's nothing to lose
I need to get some perspective on these words before I write them down
You're an island and my ship has run aground
Lord knows I'll fail you time and again,
But you and me we're alright


We won't say our goodbyes you know its better that way
We won't break, we won't die
It's just a moment of change
All we are, all we are, is everything that's right
All we need all we need, a lover's alibi


Every single day that I can breathe, you change my philosophy
I'm never gonna let you pass me by
So don't say your goodbyes you know its better that way
We won't break, we won't die
It's just a moment of change
It's just a moment of change…


All we are, all we are, is everything that's right
All we need, all we need, a lover's alibi


So don't say our goodbyes you know its better
We won't break, we won't die