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If this world is wearing thin
And you're thinking of escape
I'll go anywhere with you
Just wrap me up in chains
But if you try to go alone
Don't think I'll understand

Stay with me
Stay with me

In the silence of your room
In the darkness of your dreams
You must only think of me
There can be no in between
When your pride is on the floor
I'll make you beg for more

Stay with me
Stay with me

You'd better hope and pray
That you make it safe
Back to your own world
You'd better hope and pray
That you'll wake one day
In your own world
Coz when you sleep at night
They don't hear your cries
In your own world
Only time will tell
If you can break the spell
Back in your own world

Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay, stay with me
Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay
Stay with me

"Stay" - Shakespear's Sister, 1992

I find myself fascinated with this song lately. Somehow it just feels right for walking into a new year.

There's some things that I regret,
some words I wish had gone unsaid;
some starts that had some bitter endings.
Been some bad times I've been through,
damage I cannot undo;
some things I wish I could do all over again.
But it don't really matter:
when life gets that much harder,
it makes you that much stronger.
Oh, some pages turned, some bridges burned,
but there were lessons learned.

And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
and every day I wondered how I'd get through the night.
Every change life has thrown me,
I'm thankful for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful for every scar.
Some pages turned, some bridges burned,
but there were lessons learned.

There's mistakes that I have made,
some chances I just threw away;
some roads I never should have taken.
Been some signs I didn't see,
hearts that I hurt needlessly;
some wounds that I wish I could have one more chance to mend.
But it don't make no difference:
the past can't be rewritten,
you get the life you're given.
Oh, some pages turned, some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
and every day I wondered how I'd get through the night.
Every change life has thrown me,
I'm thankful for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful for every scar.
Some pages turned, some bridges burned,
but there were lessons learned.

And all the things that break you
are the things that make you strong!
You can't change the past, cause it's gone.
And you just gotta move on,
because it's all lessons learned.

And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
and every day I wondered how I'd get through the night.
Every change life has thrown me,
I'm thankful for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful for every scar.
Some pages turned, some bridges burned,
but there were lessons learned.
Oh, some pages turned, some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned!
Lessons learned.
Lessons learned.

Hm. Well, I had a list that I'd made around when I was 19. But . . Well, that list no longer suits my life.
There are a lot of songs that I listen to, so it's hard to pick out a handful from probably well over 200 songs.

One of the songs that definitely makes the list is "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Reason #1 is the movie night of Elizabethtown. It will be played at themarisa's funeral. But reason #2 is also that, if a movie were to be made of my life, there are two places in that movie that it would be played.

"Hand In My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette
"I Saw the Sign" by Ace of Base
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Green Day
"The World I Know" by Collective Soul
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day
"A Sorta Fairytale" by Tori Amos
"Fighter" by Christina Aguilera
"When the Sand Runs Out" by Rascal Flatts
"The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy
"Low Rider" by WAR
"Megalomaniac" by Incubus
"All I Want Is a Life" by Tim McGraw
"What About Now" by Daughtry
"Hanging By A Moment" by Lifehouse

These are just a few. There are likely many more, but my memory can only call up so many titles at one time. Whether singly, in pairs, or threes, they all represent periods in my life as well as a bit of the diversity of my taste in music.
I may just keep adding songs here as time progresses.
We shall see!