13 May 2019

(SMS) Aerosmith - Dream On

[Verse 1]
Every time​ that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone, it went by like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way, everybody's got the dues in life to pay, yeah

[Interlude]
I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody sins
You got to lose to know how to win

[Verse 2]
Half my life's in books' written pages
Lived and learned from fools and from sages
You know it's true
All the things come back to you

[Chorus]
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[Bridge]
Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on
Dream on

[Chorus]
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[Chorus]
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away


When we were kids we always dreamt, imagined, and created worlds. We’ve dreamt of being astronauts, adventurers, explorers, firefighters... and as we’ve grown, we’ve lost our interest on the most simple things: we’ve lost interest in dreaming; in believing! What was the last thing you’ve dreamt about?

I know it’s hard sometimes to deal with our short time and to pursue our goals. Is that flame you had as a kid still burning? Fight for it. Have your winnings and failures put you down to the ground? We’ve all been through bad days. We’ve all shed some tears. But don’t ever lose your hope.

Keep on dreaming. Keep on pursuing your childhood’s desires. Sing, cry, dance... live your life while you can. You never know when you’ll depart. And who knows when our time on this planet will cease?

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21 April 2019

(SMS) As I Lay Dying - Redefined

[Intro: Tim Lambesis]

I refuse to let go of the memories
'Cause they've changed everything inside of me

[Verse 1: Tim Lambesis & Jake Luhrs]
If I could go back now to save myself the loss
Substanceless character brought back would be the cost
Agony today is tomorrow's strength
So don't run away 'cause misery is
Evolving into something that we can't see
Evolving and becoming, transforming
So don't run away

[Chorus: Josh Gilbert & Tim Lambesis]
The pain can never be erased
Remain and turn it into strength, turn it into strength

[Verse 2: Tim Lambesis & Jake Luhrs]
What do we value in the midst of complacency?
But in despair, we beg for something, anything
Even our mistakes can have the power
To light the way like a glaring tower

[Chorus: Josh Gilbert]
The pain can never be erased
Remain and turn it into strength
From our failures, we are refined
Replacing frailty, allowing us to be redefined
[Bridge: Tim Lambesis]
Healed scars can be stronger than skin
The wounds we have can be rewritten
Redefined, redefined, redefined
Agony today is tomorrow's strength, redefined
So don't run away

[Interlude: Josh Gilbert]
The pain can never be erased

[Chorus: Josh Gilbert & Tim Lambesis]
The pain can never be erased
Remain and turn it into strength
The pain can never be erased
Remain and turn it into strength
From our failures, we are refined
Replacing frailty, allowing us to be redefined
From our failures we are refined
Replacing frailty, allowing us to be redefined

[Outro: Tim Lambesis]
Don't run away
Misery's evolving



Last year everyone's head exploded when As I Lay Dying released a new single. It was a release after a 5 year-hiatus of new releases, mainly beacause its lead singer, Tim Lambesis, was charged and found guilt while hiring a hitman to murder his ex-wife. The song is named "My Own Grave", and if you look deeply into it, you see his pointing his own mistakes. He's saying he's dug his own grave. I wrote about this song and you can revisit at ("My Own Grave", in Portuguese, for a while).

This song, Redefined, I see as an extension of "My Own Grave", but from a new perspective. He isn't denying his past. He isn't saying his innocent! He knows what he's done and, curiously, he doesn't want to forget. Though he points that he wouldn't do the same, even if he had the chance to. It was painful to face the consequences.

Every pain brings a new story. Every story is a new evolution. It can be for better or for worse. How will you deal with it? Are you living an evolution or involution? It is time to redefine.

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14 April 2019

(SMS) Shinedown - Simple Man

[Verse 1]
Well Mama told me when I was young
Said sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say
And if you do this, it'll help you some sunny day

[Verse 2]
Oh, take your time, don't live too fast
Troubles will come and they will pass
You'll find a woman, and you'll find love
And don't forget that there is someone up above

[Chorus]
And be a simple kind of man
Oh be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?

[Verse 3]
Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need now is in your soul
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want from you my son is to be satisfied

[Chorus]
And be a simple kind of man
Oh be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?

[Verse 4]
Oh, don't you worry, you'll find yourself
Follow your heart, and nothing else
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want from you my son is to be satisfied

[Outro]
And be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?
So baby be a simple, be a simple man
Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?




To start with... This is not an original song by Shinedown. It's a classic by the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. This version was presented to me by a friend, back in 2011. I like this version for two reasons: it has an acoustic version, and it has a full band version. There's strength in this singer's voice. There's emotion.

Emotion. This is what this song brings. It also brings experience of someone who has been through a lot, and now wants to share with someone younger, so this person doesn't need to suffer, at least a bunch, with his or her life. It can be a grandparent or even a parent. 

Life's too short. We always try to do everything at the same time and in a hurry, and most of the time we forget ourselves. We want things to be complex. There's no need in this. I, myself, am learning this in the hardest way. We need to calm down. We need to rest. We need to be simple. We need to stare the skies, listen to the birds... We need to love! Love who we are and our neighbors as ourselves. We need to trust.

We all face problems, even if not now, they'll eventually show up. Everyone's been in it. It won't be different. What will be different is how you face it.

Be a simple kind of man.

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/simple-man-rock-version/321038193?i=321038562

Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/track/3763276

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6WXdlIUbsqFSS6T63eCBxx?si=oENreVi4RN28jPPKAs4fyA

YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8IF_aFuJ7MM

YouTube: https://youtu.be/8IF_aFuJ7MM
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1 April 2019

(SMS) David Phelps - Water

As the desert sun burned hot upon my face
While drawing water in the middle of the day
Please give me a drink (That stranger's speaking to me)
My child do you think you could spare
Me some water (He must want more than water)

But you have crossed the line between us, me and you
(She is afraid, she is so broken)
Why when you asked me for water like you do
(This is her chance, she's ready now)
Oh but if you only knew (He speaks with so much heart and)
Who it is that speaks to you
You would ask me for water (I wanna know more of this water)

There is a living stream flowing from the deep,
(How can it be free and eternal)
endless and eternal

Drink from the only spring where you take a drink and never thirst again.
(Can it set me free)
Let it set you free.

So this water is a gift that you can give
(Please take it now it costs you nothing)
But if you only knew the life that I have lived
(I know the life that you have lived)
You can be different than before
(But then you took the shame, forgotten)
You can go and sin no more
(So this is how it feels to be forgiven)
My child, be forgiven.

There is a living stream flowing from the deep, endless and eternal
Drink from the only spring where you take a drink and never thirst again.
Let it set you free.
(Let it set you free)

My whole life has been in chains, a prisoner to this world
(My child, now go and tell)
Now at last this living water sets me free
(How at last this living water set you free)

There is a living stream flowing from the deep, endless and eternal
Drink from the only spring where you take a drink and never thirst again.
Let it set you free.
(Let it set me free)

Let it set you free.
(Let it set me free)




This song was requested by Andréia, a cousin of mine (2nd degree). Through her son, Vini, who already made a request which was already attended (Joey Landreth, Forgiveness), she kept on asking me when it would come (I have got a funny printscreen of this), and here it is!

The first thing that hooked my attention in this song was the conversation. The whole song is a conversation between a man and a woman. The woman has her doubts, while the man has the answers. I love these duets, though sometimes we get confused while trying to listen to both parts at the same time hahaha. Also, I see a connection with the excerpt found in John 4 in the Bible.

Our lives have been surrounded by dilemmas. We all have committed mistakes. We sometimes presume that we do not deserve any kind of mercy and with this burden on our backs, we avoid any chat regarding our past, afraid of remembering and crying over everything made us unhappy.

This is not true! We all deserve forgiveness. Our past means can be transformed into experience if we seek for a change of life. If we seek to satisfy our thirst. Past is rememberance of what we did wrong and must change. There is someone who can help us change. He can give us endless and eternal water, which heal our pain, free us from what brings us down. His name is Jesus. He is gentle and only will enter your life if you give permission.

Drink for the water He can give.

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/water-feat-maggie-beth-phelps-live/1083704131?i=1083705161
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/119872388
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6Kfiyb2QzB3E8JbhfmvbTG?si=c6J8musaS8-_MwWaaMHPqA
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUGRo_SJOL0
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cPcg-SBsOnY
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17 March 2019

(SMS) August Burns Red - Midnight

Everyone has their own battles to fight
Even the darkest places can't hide the light
Life goes on when part of you dies
We're all alone and wondering, wondering why

We're all alone and wondering, wondering who'll save us
We're all alone and wondering, wondering who'll save us

   We're all singing the same song
   I need a good word
   We're all singing the same song
   Someone to come along the way
   We're too busy running wild

You stopped to help
Yeah
You took me in
Now, listen to my voice

I want to sit and hear you out
I want to understand your pain
I want your pain
Everyone has their own battles to fight
To win, invite each other in
Invite each other in
We'll hear you out (Invite each other in, invite each other in)
Come join us now

Everyone has their own battles to fight
Even the darkest places can't hide the light
Life goes on when part of you dies
We're not alone and wondering, seek and you will find

We're not alone and wondering, wondering who'll save us (Save us)
We're not alone and wondering, wondering who'll save us (Save us)
Save us (Save us)
Save us (Save us)

Image by MickiF from Pixabay

  Midnight. It can be the apex  of many and biggest emotions. It can be apex of positivism or negativism. There’s a huge mysticism regarding this time. The apex of night. The apex of emotions.
  Emotions. There’s much to discuss about it. I myself have written tons on this topic. Topic that is important to talk and talk again, since anxiety, anorexia nervosa, post-traumatic stress and, mainly, depression, are considered the diseases of our century. I have queued a song particularly about depression, and two others in mind.
  God is good, though all failures, mistakes and human judgements we try to put in Him, a divine being. He chooses people who live with us, fondly nicknamed as angels, which are always up to listen, which feel our pain and bring light when darkness prevails. People that are support and uplift to our battles. These people, in other hand, they can’t substitute your search for a mental or physical health professional.
  We don’t need to imagine who can save us. We don’t need to go far beyond a simple conversation with God. A life with God won’t take your pain away, but you’ll have support and won’t walk alone through the night. We won’t be alone. We are not alone! And have some faith, for every tunnel has its light at the end. 

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15 February 2019

(SMS) The Reign of Kindo - I Hate Music



Sometimes it’s easy to ignore
If it’s forgettable
Sometimes it’s magic to the soul
And claims you for its own
But every now and then I hear a sound that breaks the spell
Whoever puts that garbage on the air must love the smell

I can’t do this
People call it music but I’m not sure
If there’s a difference between the set of blueprints for radio and just plain noise

I turn my television on to pass me through the night
I’m watching fools try to sing an awful song they didn’t even write
I know some tool’s just sitting at a desk pulling the strings
They shove their garbage acts down every dial the towers reach

   I hate music if that’s what you call music, but I don’t know
   Who approves the shit they pass for music on these shows?
   There’s no difference between the set of blueprints for radio and failure

There was a time you couldn’t fake your game
They turned the red light on and you delivered the goods
Or you were chased off stage by someone else who could
You were making magic or you couldn’t make (nothing) at all

   I hate music
   If that’s what you call music, that’s for sure.
   If you’re amused by the poly-sonic zoo, well, it’s all yours
   Every day there’s a new song being played that sounds like hell
   Whoever puts that garbage on the air must love the smell

You can listen to whatever you like
I’ll try and keep it bottled up inside
But don’t pretend it’s not polluting the world as it plays on and on and on and on

Somewhere they must have lost their way
And threw their souls out for attention and fame
Their taste is bad, their opinions are wrong,
They make awful shit but the radio keeps playing their songs





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Music... Something so subjective. Lots of varieties and differences. Musical genres that, if we stop to classify all of them, we would be days naming all. Inside of a single genre, we can find lots of variants. As practical example, I’ll use one of I like the most: metal. Myrtle we have thrush, speed, doom, death, black, melodic, symphonic, progressive… and many more. 

There was a time in my life I wished death to all the other genres that weren’t metal. This stage has gone away, and one of the groups that made me open my eyes to other genres was this one from this song: The Reign of Kindo. With this band we can see a mix of jazz and rock, Latin music, and progressive elements. In all of this one thing is certain: music is plural. 

Though, as entertainment, there are fake productions that manipulate the masses. Sticky and “poor” songs that play on the radio. you can search for the name Max Martin. He wrote/write songs for artists like Katy Perry, Backstreet Boys, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, NSYNC, Ariana Grande, Ellie Goulding… I don’t want to question their musicality, for all of them have their musical abilities, but in a majority, are songs that have the same repetitive pattern. There is a simpler and less complex production just to SELL. That’s what the radios want: an easy and ready formula. I hate this kind of music, for it’s all of the same. And it’s just like what The Reign of Kindo is criticising. 

Get out of the sameness. Seek for new things! It’s easier today. Through Apple Music we have “Mix: discoveries”. Through Spotify we have “Weekly Discoveries”. Through Deezer we have “Flow”. Search on Google/Wikipedia related artists. Search for new things on Bandcamp or SoundCloud. Search for the artists on your city/region. Support the local scene! Go to their concerts, by their albums. Search for old artists that have a name and influenced what music is today, and where artists inspire in them. Make music/entertainment being something praiseworthy once again. 

As recommendation, there is a short British documentary talking about this musical impoverishment called “The TRUTH Why Modern Music Is Awful”. It even names this composer Max Martin. 

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1 February 2019

(SMS) Black Label Society - Bury Your Soul

Sinking once again
Got no worries, I've found my chosen friends
Drifting from all I've known
Within this solace, now I call my home

    Bury your sorrow
   I'm feeling fine
   No more tomorrow
   I've found my peace of mind

 To wander without a care
Where nothing's ever judged, for I've had my share
Cut off from all I know
Silence are the seeds I care to sow

    Bury your sorrow...

 Aimless and down
With no concern
Shed my own skin
To perish and burn

    Bury your sorrow...


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The second definition on the word reflexo (reflection, in English), in the Brazilian Portuguese dictionary Aulete Digital, says: which is caused indirectly (and not directly) by something; INDIRECT. Our lives are REFLECTION of what we've lived, undergone and experienced since the day we were born. There are those which are positive, and those that are negative. Our biggest problem is that we get fond of all of this, and we don't allow letting go all what harm us.

Taking out this burden makes us lighter, unconcerned (not careless!) with all incoming problems. It is living today. It is carpe diem (from latin "seize the day"), and care less about tomorrow.

One of these days, try this: keep in total silence for about 10-15 minutes. You and you. No music. No books. No mobile. No computer. No television. Silence can heal only by reflection of the self. Also try this, in another day: gather your friends to drink some coffee, juice, or Coke. Have some barbecue, snack, pretzels, or that simple bread and ham. True friendship makes you feel safe.

If our own body, about every 28 days, shed our epidermis (the surface skin), which is a set of dead cells, why won't you let go of your sorrows, sadness and loneliness? Don't keep them for you. It'll make you sick! Bury your sorrow. Find peace of mind.

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/bury-your-sorrow/1286574378?i=1286574389
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/449199842
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2EMCPeD3XP6O8jSuBg1K7n
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtp5rl14hM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtp5rl14hM

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