2 November 2018

(SMS) Dream Theater - I Walk Beside You

There's a story in your eyes
I can see the hurt behind your smile
For every sign I recognize
Another one escapes me

 Let me know what plagues your mind
Let me be the one to know you best
Be the one to hold you up
When you feel like you're sinking

 Tell me once again
What's beneath the pain you're feeling
Don't abandon me
Or think you can't be saved

    I walk beside you
   Wherever you are
   Whatever it takes
   No matter how far
   Through all that may come
   And all that may go
   I walk beside you
   I walk beside you

 Summon up your ghosts for me
Rest your tired thoughts upon my hands
Step inside this sacred place
When all your dreams seem broken

 Resonate inside this temple
Let me be the one who understands
Be the one to carry you
When you can walk no further

 Tell me once again
What's below the surface bleeding
If you've lost your way
I will take you in

    I walk beside you...

 Oh, when everything is wrong
Oh, when hopelessness surrounds you
Oh, the sun will rise again
The tide you swim against will carry you back home
So don't give up
Don't give in

    I walk beside you...



I have a close friend which, recently, was surprised with a gift that left him speechless (and I can imagine that he's still have now words). He's the kind of person that is always ready to help, and even take from his own comfort in favor of any other, known or not. In the moment he was surprised with the gift, it was one of the few times, in about 8-10 years of friendship, that I saw him cry. I had the opportunity to live in the same house as him for about 1 year and a half, and that was a time of great learning.

You'll rarely see him upset or feeling blue. The smile is always present in his life, which makes him a dearly being for everyone. Though, during all this time of living and as friends, it was clear that he is also a human being with his pains, sad moments, delusions. I'm happy because of our friendship, in different opportunities he told me his anguishes and I could be a helping and trusting hand. Where he "summoned his ghosts", as the song says.

Although we're not living in the same residence, we still have a huge partnership and friendship. An ironical example of this is, while I was thinking and writing about his short text, he asked me some help in which options he should choose when formatting his personal computer HAHAHAHA

We all need and helping hand where we can trust and open our hearts. Nobody is made of iron. Not even Iron Man. He also needed somebody to open his heart. We all have the key to our sadness, even though not immediate: having someone to listen, helps to ease the pain.
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