(SMS) Iron Maiden - Wasted Years

From the coast of gold, across the seven seas
I'm travelling on, far and wide
But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself
And all the things I sometimes do,
It isn't me but someone else

I close my eyes, and think of home
Another city goes by, in the night
Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it til it's gone away
And my heart is lying there
And will be til my dying day

   So understand
   Don't waste your time
   Always searching for those wasted years
   Face up...make your stand
   And realize you're living in the golden years!
 
Too much time on my hands,
I got you on my mind
Can't ease this pain, so easily
When you can't find the words to say,
It's hard to make it through another day
And it makes me wanna cry,
And throw my hands up to the sky 

   So understand...

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Another year's over. I've seen some people complaining it was a complicated and wasted year. I can't deny there were tons of problems (political, emotional, social), but there were some hope (science, medicine, humanity). 

Now, forget the rest and focus on you. How was your year? What happened for good? What happened for bad? What have you learnt from it? What experiences have you got? Have you been in love? Have you been disillusioned? 

I've got my experiences. I've finally finished my undergrad course in Languages and Literature, got a car, took my driver's license, seen my brother get married and my dad been restored as a pastor, also started my graduation in Cultural and Language Aspects of the English Language. But, some friends died, lost reliance on anothers, was forgotten by some, and probably hated by a part. In all of this, it was an awesome year. Probably the one I've learnt the most. Though some issues I've been through, I'm still here, eager to learn and live more. 

I don't see 2018 as a Wasted Year, as the title song. I'm living the golden years of my life. I'm learning to live and love again. I'm learning how to be more caress, comprehensive, listener. Appreciator from the small things of life. And all of this I'm learning is what I want for 2019. It may be not easy. I can even cry a lot, but I won't give up. I'll raise my hands to sky and ask for God's guidance, and do my best for now. 

And I want you to stop and meditate what has happened in 2018. The good and bad things. Settle your thoughts down and prepare for 2019. May God shine upon your life and actions. Live the best. Live the golden years, which are now.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1HM7Vp84E4SMzdrZONg6bH

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/585864292

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/wasted-years/979949262?i=979949269

YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsr-fFVjVs
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij99dud8-0A

(SMS) OutroEu - Coisa de Casa

Cold night
Always better than hot
Tidy bed
Always stick us together

Brazilian Rain Donuts
Along with a blanket
Oh my goodness* does anybody called grandpa?

Sultry home
A light that doesn't even touch us
Warped table
Put a paper and then we go

Brazilian Rain Donuts
I think it made me wet
What an outrageous thing
Has anybody called grandpa yet?

   Leave home whenever it's possible
   But leave without forgetting that your home is always here

     Leaving home is only for whoever wants
     Because courage walks on foot
     And will take you far

An abandoned sock
In the room never absent
Tilted picture
Inside the photo, us

Rain Brazilian Donuts
Bring just one more to grandpa
Watch out the frying oil
But in it there's lots of love

   Leave home whenever it's possible
   But leave without forgetting that your home is always here

     Leaving home is only for whoever wants
     Because courage walks on foot
     And will take you far

*In Portuguese is sung "Ave Maria", and the nearest expression I could find was this.

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This song was my sister's, Mariana, request. She, by the way, has a funny blog of incidents that happen to her (in a different, almost unique, like the oregano, which I had an appearance), where she tells in a peculiar way. Just check her Instagram, @mariserelepe and laugh together (but it's in Portuguese).

Well... as I said, Mariana is my sister. Sister is in a concept we call family. Family is a term that is losing its context and real meaning. When I remember about family, it comes to mind people sitting around the table during breakfast, lunch, snack time, and dinner, talking about everything and nothing. Laughing or crying. Telling what was the last world news or what was the last news of relatives that we don't usually see. What happened at work/school or what happened with our friends. Doing whatever the possible to be together around the table (or being forced while wishing to play video games instead).

I remember being along with my cousins in our grandparents homes, playing here and there. Tag, soccer, Power Rangers, swimming pool, toy car, bicycle... everything! And in the end, grandma always had a snack to make all children happy (when we were lucky to win some kind of Popsicle/ice cream bonus). I'm not even mentioning the clothes and socks scattered and lost in different places around the house.

Family makes us feel... at home! A comforting place. A comforting that brings peace. Peace that brings memories. Memories that make us travel in time and not see time flying.

We may take different paths in our lives. Moving from home. City. State. Why not country as well? It takes boldness to create physical distance of whom we love. Though this distance cannot makes us emotionally far. Our roots. Who we are!

Are we valuing those who are closer to us physically and emotionally? Are valuing enough those who shaped part of who we are (although many, unfortunately, had a negative experience with this, there's influence in being different or following the same way)? Christmas is coming. Maybe this is the opportunity to forgive, because we all fight. Maybe this is your last chance to see that smile once again. Hold this festive moment.

"But leave without forgetting that your home is always here"

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4iXWiLPPOcno1jupXRvEhx

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/144811966

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/coisa-de-casa/1218062233?i=1218062239

YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=hZmHIeT4J6A

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri9g1CI8sqY

 

(SMS) Demon Hunter - Summer of Darkness

This is not my life
This is not our life
Every day I die
This is not my life

I'll be the one last breath before this death
I’ll be the final glimpse of hope when there’s none left
And if I shame your face, degrade your faith
I’ll be the first to hide behind disgrace
Blood-loss- on account of my failing aim
Treason- at the root of my shameful name

I found my way to fall
I never meant to break your heart

   Breathing in this pain (rejecting all I am)
   I hear you cry again (is this my final stand?)
   Before I go (before I lose it all)
   You should know (I hate myself for hurting you)

I see the burn of the light from within my grave
I feel the pain of contradiction despite decay
And if the shadow of doubt will betray this gain
Then put an end to me now while the hope remains
Blood-loss- on account of my failing aim
Treason- at the root of my shameful name

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    Demon Hunter, my adorable from heart! I still feel a little bit sad because at the beginning of the year, when it would be their concert (which I've bought the tickets 6 months earlier), they had to cancel/postpone. But still it doesn't take my happiness from their sound and lyrics, and yet to come two new albums in March 2019!

    This are some lyrics that may sound a little bit weird in a first moment. With a second reading, it can still seem confusing, but we notice it's talking about the human being that knows it's flaw and lives committing mistakes. The same mistakes! Each day we're remembered that we're not perfect . Nobody is. Even the "good" people have something to hide which, in some moment of their lives, did something wrong. 

   It isn't bad to mess up and admit. It is bad to mess up and never admit that you did it. We even hear the jargon (at least in Brazil) "making a mistake is human, but continuing on it is stupidity". It isn't easy, even more when it gives you a momentary pleasure. Though, even momentary, after a while brings bitterness to heart makes us feel conscience-stricken.

'everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence. But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.'

Romans 3:23-24

Life isn't ours (as we can see explained on the first verses of the song). Life is God's, and through Him we were justified and forgiven of our sins. Although this doesn't make us freedom to repeat the mistakes (as we can see in the parts "before I go, you should know", "I hate myself for hurting you"). End this Summer of Darkness in your life. Fight against your mistakes. Deliver your life to God, He who truly has life control, even though it isn't comprehensible to us, wandering mortals.

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/summer-of-darkness/647469782?i=647470989&l=en
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ud2eAgk9VrcWcqhI7i6rc?si=QAsshsfEQ2SP1tkHQxa1uw
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/67491191
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mC9ZrBDcE
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q-mC9ZrBDcE

Reference and picutre:

http://www.summermurdock.com/submerged/#itemId=55c8b9e6e4b05a3c920585f0

https://genius.com/Demon-hunter-summer-of-darkness-lyrics