To Understand Something, Try to Change It
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.
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Theme: “Turn the Pain into Power”
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Reverse the Vacuum and Blow the Air Back onto the Planet
We’ve got to act fast. Step one, we reverse the vacuum and blow the air back onto the planet.
Source: Spaceballs
That Pain Won’t Stop Until the Twin Towers Come Crumbling Down
I can still feel the pain right now and Hulk Hogan that pain won’t stop until the twin towers come crumbling down
Source: Wrestlers Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan predict 9/11 Attack in 1989!
It’s About Letting Go
It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get, or what you are for what you might be. It's about letting go.
Source: Without Frontiers by Daryl Easlea
US Superior Military Strength and Intelligence Hegemony
US superior military strength and intelligence hegemony can only be transformed into power and real global strength if there are conflicts – wars and terrorist attacks – that threaten the multipolar world order of the civilian economic-political system.
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Rebel Red Carnation, Grows While I Decay
Rebel red carnation, grows while I decay
Source: Chlorine by Twenty One Pilots
Everything That Keeps Me Together Is Falling Apart
Everything that keeps me together is falling apart
Source: 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse
I Feel That Ice Is Slowly Melting
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting - Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Source: Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles
I Hope to Hell It’s Gonna Change Me
I couldn't tell you if it's gonna change the world, but I hope to hell it's gonna change me
Source: The Next Big Thing by Jesus Jones
Okay, Don’t Worry, We’ll All Float On
Okay, don't worry, we'll all float on, Even if things get heavy, we'll all float on
Source: Float On by Modest Mouse
My Life, My Love, My Drive, It Came From-Pain!
My life, my love, my drive, it came from - Pain!
Source: Believer by Imagine Dragons
Lift Me Up-Give Me Strength to Press On
Lift me up - Give me strength to press on
Source: America by Imagine Dragons
Anything That’s Dead Shall Be Re-Grown
Just as the four walls close me within, my eyes are opened up with pure sunlight I'm the first to know... My dearest friends, even if your hope has burned with time anything that's dead shall be re-grown and your vicious pain, your warning sign You will be fine...
Source: The Adventure by Angels & Airwaves
Would You Be the Savior of the Broken
He said, "Son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?"
Source: Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
Desperate for Changing, Starving for Truth
Desperate for changing, starving for truth - I'm closer to where I started - I'm chasing after you
Source: Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse
I Feel like a Newborn
I feel like a newborn - And I feel like a newborn
Source: Take a Picture by Filter
Working So Hard for Our Survival
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
Source: In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
The Battle Is Won, with All These Things That I’ve Done
Over and in, last call for sin - While everyone's lost, the battle is won, with all these things that I've done
Source: All These Things That I’ve Done by The Killers
The Things I’ve Learned from a Broken Mirror
The things I've learned from a broken mirror - How a face can change when a heart knows fear
Source: Cecilia and the Satellite by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Oh, I’ve Been Asking for Problems
Oh, I've been asking for - Oh, I've been asking for problems, problems, problems
Source: Bad Liar (Official Video) by Imagine Dragons
A Touch of Grey Kind of Suits You Anyway
Oh, well, a touch of grey Kind of suits you anyway
Source: Touch Of Grey by Grateful Dead
No One Ever Said It Would Be This Hard
Nobody said it was easy - It's such a shame for us to part - Nobody said it was easy - No one ever said it would be this hard - Oh take me back to the start
Source: The Scientist by Coldplay
My Dreams Are Bursting at the Seams
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep - Because my dreams are bursting at the seams
It’s Just Easier Than Dealin’ With the Pain
Like a madman laughin' at the rain - A little out of touch, little insane - It's Just easier than dealin' with the pain
Source: Runaway Train by Soul Asylum
Can’t You Understand?
Painful to me - Pierce right through me - Can’t you understand?
Source: Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode
Disarm You With a Smile
Disarm you with a smile, and leave you like they left me here, to wither in denial - The bitterness of one who's left alone
Source: Disarm by The Smashing Pumpkins
Making Sure I’m Not in Too Deep
Making sure I'm not in too deep - If you steal my sunshine
Source: Steal My Sunshine by Len
Just a Voice Like a Riot Rocking Every Revision
This is not the end, this is not the beginning - Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
Source: Waiting For The End by Linkin Park
Another Way To Make the World Go ’Round
We've got to find another way to make the world go 'round
Source: World Go ‘Round by No Doubt
Take These Broken Wings and Learn To Fly Again
Take these broken wings, and learn to fly again, learn to live so free
Source: Broken Wings by Mr. Mister
Am I a Part of the Cure?
Am I a part of the cure? Or am I part of the disease?
Source: Speed of Sound by Coldplay
And Our Lives Are Forever Changed
And our lives are forever changed, we will never be the same - The more you change the less you feel
Source: Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
I Was Shattered, and I Wanted You To Come and Make Me Whole
I held the pieces of my soul - I was shattered, and I wanted you to come and make me whole
Source: I’m Still Here by Vertical Horizon
You Were Making My Heart Change Shape
I was trying to find my way - I was thinking my mind was made, but you were making my heart change shape - It's all that I could take
Source: Phoenix by Big Red Machine
Since I’m So Broken Down, Why Don’t You Fix Me?
Since I'm so broken down, why don't you fix me?
Source: Revelations by Audioslave
Pleasures Remain, So Does the Pain
Pleasures remain, so does the pain - Words are meaningless, and forgettable
Source: Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode
Waiting for the End to Come
Waiting for the end to come - Wishing I had strength to stand
Source: Waiting For The End by Linkin Park
You Could Try and Take Us, but Victory’s Contagious
You could try and take us - But victory's contagious
Source: Glory and Gore by Lorde
The More I Reach the More I Fade Away
The more I stray the less I fear, and the more I reach the more I fade away
Source: Rise Up by Imagine Dragons
Take a Little Piece of Me
You might fix me - You might crush me - Take a little piece of me
Never Let Your Fear Decide Your Fate
Well, I met an old man dying on a train, no more destination, no more pain - Well he said one thing before I graduate, 'Never let your fear decide your fate'
Source: Kill Your Heroes by Awolnation
Turn the Pain into Power
Every day, every hour, turn the pain into power
Source: Superheroes by The Script
Holding onto Something That’s Invisible
We say, yeah, with fists flying up in the air, like we're holding onto something that's invisible there - 'Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and fear, until we dead it, forget it, let it all disappear
Source: Waiting For The End by Linkin Park
Seeing the Beauty Through the Pain
Singing from heartache from the pain - Taking my message from the veins - Speaking my lesson from the brain - Seeing the beauty through the - Pain!
Source: Believer by Imagine Dragons
A Heart of Steel Starts to Grow
All the hurt, all the lies, All the tears that they cried - When the moment is just right, You'll see fire in their eyes, 'Cause he's stronger than you know - A heart of steel starts to grow
Source: Superheroes by The Script
With All Your Magic I Disappear from View
Call it magic - Cut me into two - And with all your magic, I disappear from view
Source: Magic (Coldplay) by Coldplay
Pierce Right Through Me
Painful to me, pierce right through me, can’t you understand?
Source: Enjoy the Silence (WTC) by Depeche Mode
And I Will Try to Fix You
Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones and I will try to fix you
