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“Open up next to you and my secrets become your truth
And the distance between that was sheltering me comes in full view
….It hurts to be here
I only wanted love from you.”
~~~~~~~
“A heart can break a thousand times
No hands can take what’s ours”
No hands can take what’s inside
~~~~~~~
“You took my light, you drained me down
But that was then and this is now…
This is the part of me that you’re never ever gonna take away from me…
Throw your sticks and your stones Throw your bombs and your blows
But you’re not gonna break my soul
…You will never put me out again.”
~~~~~~~
“The same tricks that,
that once fooled me
They won't get you anywhere
I'm not the same kid from your memory
…Now I can fend for myself…
The friends who stuck together
We wrote our names in blood
But I guess you can't accept
that the change is good…
You treat me just like another stranger…
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out”
~~~~~~~
“Would I be that monster,
scare them all away,
if I let them hear what I have to say…
I can’t keep quiet
for anyone,
not anymore…
They may see that monster
They may run away
But I have to do this…
I can’t keep quiet
A one woman riot”
~~~~~~~
“Never forget who you are”

(Various lyrics from several different songs)

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…
… just say you're sorry
You can still be with the Wizard
What you’ve worked and waited for
…
(I know)
But I don't want it
No, I can't want it anymore

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap
…
It's time to try defying gravity
…
And you can't pull me down
…
I'm through accepting limits
'Cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'til I try, I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love, I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost

I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
…
"Everyone deserves the chance to fly"
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
…

(From “Defying Gravity” from Wicked)

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Here I am
Sensitive, with a sense of confidence
I survived, made it through the worst of it
Can't heal unless it hurts a bit

Here I go
Day by day, the world it gets more colorful
Learnin' that the broken road is beautiful
The more I learn to let you go
The more I see the

Wild parts I never met
The way that I built you up in my head
And you weren't easy to love, just hard to forget
But I'm gettin' close, now I know

The bеst part of losin' you
Was findin' I could make it through
When you left mе on the dark side of the moon
The best part, best part
Is even though a heart can break
I'm startin' over, that's ok
Found a side of me I never even knew
That's the best part of losin' you…

Here I am
This is what it feels like to begin again
Bittersweet, but better off, I take it in
Forgive it all, but don't forget
Don't forget the

Wild parts I never met
The way that I built you up in my head
And you weren't easy to love, just hard to forget
But I'm gettin' through, now I know

The best part of losin' you
Was findin' I could make it through
When you left me on the dark side of the moon
The best part, best part is
Even though a heart can break
I'm startin' over, that's ok
Found a side of me I never even knew
That's the best part of losin' you…

You were a wildfire
You burned it all away
I might have lost myself, but I
Found flowers in your place

The best part of losin' you
Was findin' I can make it through
When you left me on the dark side of the moon
Oh, the best part, best part is
Even though a heart can break
I'm startin' over, that's ok
Found a side of me I never even knew
That's the best part of losin' you
…

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Our roots won't spread, through hit or miss
We gonna break through the pressure
Find a way back to center
We've seen it all, bring it on

Our scars, and bruises,
don't mean we're losing
We're not afraid to start over
Every try gets us closer
We try again and again

Eyes are locked in
We got a vision

Steady as we go
Steady as we go
Through all the trouble now, all the unknown
Our patience is power, the rest we let go
Steady as we go

The fiercest love is driving us
The world we're building is sacred
We'll give more than we're taking
We forgive, we believe

eyes are locked in
we got a vision
sweat turns to glistening

Steady as we go (through all of the trouble and all the unknown)
Steady as we go (my patience is power, the rest we let go)
Through all the trouble now, all the unknown
My patience is power, the rest we let go

Oh, child I know, it can feel like nobody's listening, everybody's too tired
But you gotta know, you have lifted me
And you lit in me a new fire
Every step of the way, no matter what it takes,
I'll be by your side, one step at a time

Steady as we go (through all of the troubles and all the unknown)
Steady as we go (our patience is power, the rest we let go)
Through all the trouble now, all the unknown
Our patience is power, the rest we let go

Steady as we go (through all of the troubles and all the unknown)
Steady as we go (our patience is power, the rest we let go)
Through all the trouble now, all the unknown
Our patience is power
Steady as we go

(The images are from a little tribute to someone in our community who died too young)

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Reborn and shivering
Spat out on new terrain
Unsure, unconvincing
This faint and shaky hour

Day one, day one, start over again
Step one, step one, I’m barely making sense, for now
I'm faking it 'til I'm pseudo making it
from scratch. Begin again, but this time I as I? And not as We?

Gun shy and quivering
Timid, without a hand
Feign brave with steel intent
Little and hardly here

Day one, day one, start over again
Step one, step one, with not much making sense, Just yet
I'm faking it 'til I'm pseudo making it
from scratch. Begin again, but this time I as I? And not as We?

Eyes wet, toward
Wide open, frayed
If God's taking bets
I pray He wants to lose

Day one, day one, start over again
Step one, step one, I’m barely making sense, Just yet
I'm faking it 'til I'm pseudo making it
from scratch. Begin again, but this time I as I? And not as We?

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…From time to time to time time
…I wonder, wonder, wonder
What I could have done with all my yesterdays
There's still thunder, thunder, thunder
In the quiet of the in between space

Could I let go
Of what I chose
Forgive all that I did
When I was younger, younger, younger
So filled with wonder

Blind leading the blind, we were doing our best
May the hindsight heal this hurting in my chest

Cause you don't know
What you don't know
Even so, from time to time to time

Oh I wonder wonder wonder wonder
What I could have done with all my yesterdays
There's still thunder…
In the quiet of the inbetween space

Could I let go
Of What I chose
Forgive all that I did
When I was younger…
So filled with wonder

Just roll the dice
Can't live in hindsight
Tomorrow’s on its way
Let go of yesterday
Just roll the dice
Can't live in hindsight
Tomorrow’s on its way…

…Wonder, wonder, wonder
What I could have done with all my yesterdays
Cause there's still wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
In the quiet of the in between space

If I let go
Of What I chose
Forgive all that I did
When I was younger, younger, younger
So filled with wonder

Still filled with wonder

(From “Wonder Wonder” by MILCK)

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Our roots won't split through hit or miss
We gonna break through the pressure
Find a way back to center
We've seen it all, bring it on

Our scars, and bruises,
don't mean we're losing
We're not afraid to start over
Every try gets us closer
We try again, and again

…Eyes are locked in
…We got a vision

Steady as we go
Steady as we go
Through all the trouble now, all the unknown
Our patience is power, the rest, we let go
Steady as we go

The fiercest love is driving us
The world we're building is sacred
We'll give more than we're taking
We forgive, we believe

…Eyes are locked in
…We got a vision
….Sweat turns to glistening

Steady as we go, (through all the trouble and all the unknown)
Steady as we go, (my patience is power, the rest we let go)
Through all the trouble now, all the unknown
My patience is power, the rest we let go

Oh, child I know, it can feel like nobody's listening, everybody's too tired
But you gotta know, you uplifted me
And you're laying me a new fire
Every step of the way, no matter what it takes
I'll be by your side, one step at a time
…
Steady as we go, (through all the trouble and all the unknown)
Steady as we go, (our patience is power, the rest we let go)
Through all the trouble now, all the unknown
Our patience is power
Steady as we go

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Don't try to take this from me
Don't try to take this from me
Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow
…
Feels like I'm waking from the dead
And everyone's been waitin' on me
'Least now I'll never have to wonder
…
I thought that we could brave it all
I never thought that what would take me out
Was hiding down below

Lost the battle, win the war
I'm bringing my sinking ship back to the shore
Starting over or head back in
There's a time and a place to die, but this ain't it
…
Don't try to take this from me
Don't try to take this from me
Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow
….
Wish I could find a crystal ball
For the days I feel completely worthless
You know I'd use it all for good
I would not take it for granted
Instead I have some memories...
…
At the least, they will remind me not to make the same mistakes again

Lost the battle, win the war
I'm bringing my sinking ship back to the shore
We're starting over or head back in
There's a time and a place to die but this ain't it
…
There's a time and a place to die
There's a time and a place to die
..,
And this ain't it, this ain't it
This ain't it
…

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Take the power back, baby
…
No sense chasing what you could've been
Let these battles make a champion

Say hello like it's the first time that you met
You're so beautiful, I won't leave you again

I'm finally seeing who I am
I feel the power coming back
I hold my heart in my own hands
I feel the power coming back…

No matter your features
We're all the same tender loving creatures
Taking steps upon the earth
Don't need anyone to tell you what you're worth

Say hello like it's the first time that you met
You're so beautiful…

…I'm finally seeing who I am…
…I feel the power coming back…
…I hold my heart in my own hands…
…I feel the power coming back

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