Published on Jan 1, 2023 [Permalink]
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I Don't Live Here Anymore

Man in the Internet, part 7

Change is imminent, unavoidable. Whoever embraces change, rather than avoids it, will live.

No matter how many changes we live through, how much of our identity we reshape, there’s always that core - the part of us that remains the same. To cherish that core is to be yourself.

Moving on is hard, but refreshing. When we help change happen, rather than passively wait for it to come, things often turn out even more empowering.

This year - may it be a year of empowerment, refreshment, finding yourself in this convoluted mess.

Clarity is blissful, but present - just need to look deep enough inside yourself.

Go into lands not yet ventured, into waters not yet navigated. Move out, move in.

Participate.

— I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War On Drugs

I was lying in my bed
A creature void of form
Been so afraid of everything
I need a chance to be reborn
I never wanted anything
That someone had to give
I don’t live here anymore
I went along in will
When I think about the old days, babe
You’re always on my mind
I know it ain’t like I remember
I guess my memories run wild
Like when we went to see Bob Dylan
We danced to “Desolation Row”
But I don’t live here anymore
But I got no place to go

Time surrounds me like an ocean
My memories like waves
Is life just dying in slow motion?
I’m getting stronger every day
I never took our love for granted
You never left me wanting more
But you’d never recognize me, babe
I don’t live here anymore

Beating like a heart
I’m gonna walk through every doorway, I can’t stop
I need some time, I need control, I need your love
I wanna find out everything I need to know
I’m gonna say everything that I need to say
Although you’ve taken everything I need away
I’m gonna take you to the place I need to go
We’re all just walkin’ through this darkness on our own
Beating like a heart
I’m gonna walk through every doorway, I can’t stop
I need some time, I need control, I need your love
I wanna find out everything I need to know
I’m gonna say everything that I need to say
Although you’ve taken everything I need away
I’m gonna take you to the place I need to go
We’re all just walkin’ through this darkness on our own

We’re all just walkin’ through this darkness on our own
We’re all just walkin’ through this darkness on our own
We’re all just walkin’ through this darkness on our own
We’re all just walkin’ through this darkness on our own

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