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🎶 RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE’S HOW TO: FRIEND, LOVE, FREEFALL. ( 2018 ) STARTERS PT I.

HIDE. ❛    i don’t wanna leave, i just don’t wanna leave last.    ❜ ❛    i’ve been praying for your touch.    ❜ ❛    i hate you more than i miss you.    ❜ ❛    i’d hate to miss you.    ❜ ❛    don’t let it slip away.    ❜

WHEN YOU LAND. ❛    i’m the gambling kind, for the higher stakes and brighter takes i’ll play.    ❜ ❛    i’ll make a deal with you.    ❜ ❛    call me when it lands, hit me up when it’s close.    ❜ ❛    feel like i can’t act right.    ❜ ❛    when were you planning on coming my way ?    ❜

PAINKILLERS. ❛    winnings for the lucky, living just takes painkillers.    ❜ ❛    living just comes with a bit of heartache.    ❜ ❛    if all she does is smile at you, run.    ❜ ❛    what do you need these for ?    ❜ ❛    round here the quiet die young.    ❜

RECKTIFY. ❛    i know grief when i see it.    ❜ ❛    i should just shut up and cut the goddamn lights off.    ❜ ❛    it’s too late to bring back now.    ❜ ❛    trust me there’s a few ways to renew faith.    ❜ ❛    you’re making a scene, baby.    ❜

POSSUM QUEEN. ❛    you promised to just call the whole thing off, please.    ❜ ❛    this ain’t happening to me.    ❜ ❛    and it’s all you’re fault.    ❜ ❛    is this your first time ?    ❜ ❛    don’t miss it the way i miss you.    ❜

POLITE COMPANY. ❛    i only want what i can’t have.    ❜ ❛    if you love me give me nothing but polite company.    ❜ ❛    what will hold you when the dance is through?    ❜ ❛    put your back against the wall.    ❜ ❛    i remember now what you came for.    ❜

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🎶 RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE’S HOW TO: FRIEND, LOVE, FREEFALL. ( 2018 ) STARTERS PT I.

PACIFIC LOVE. ❛    hold my hand darling.    ❜ ❛    pull me in your waters    ❜ ❛    when you call my name, i’ll be on my way.    ❜ ❛    kiss my head, honey.    ❜ ❛    you’ll never recover.    ❜

FEVER PITCH. ❛    if i can then i’ll meet you at the gate of st. peter.    ❜ ❛    let me get to know you.    ❜ ❛    not quite but nearly there, i mean it.    ❜

IT’S CALLED: FREEFALL. ❛    can’t be bothered, better handle your shit.    ❜ ❛    keep about your wits man, know yourself and who you came in with.    ❜ ❛    remember: the devil ain’t a friend to no one.    ❜ ❛    you could let it all go.    ❜ ❛    you say you’re too busy saving everybody else to save yourself.    ❜

HOLY WAR. ❛    fuck, don’t tell me you’re fine all the time.    ❜ ❛    and that’s a madness that breaks faith.    ❜ ❛    everything must go.    ❜ ❛    i see it said in your eyes all the time.    ❜ ❛    you ain’t gotta tell me you’re fine, babe.    ❜

MATCHBOX. ❛    you’re a master of passive aggressive magic tricks.    ❜ ❛    i’m the type of fool to listen.    ❜ ❛    they say a wise man lends his ears but not his thoughts often.    ❜ ❛    i’m the asshole that keeps laughing at our predicaments.    ❜ ❛    i’ve been coping okay for the most part.    ❜

MOODY ORANGE. ❛    i’ll get it right and play nice as soon as you do.    ❜ ❛    i’ve never seen a showstopper like you.    ❜ ❛   you could sell me on anything.     ❜ ❛    i think no luck nothing but us in violence.     ❜ ❛    i hate to say that i miss you first but —    ❜

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🎶  RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE’S RKS ( 2015 ) STARTERS PT II.

COCAINE JESUS. ❛   call me when you want, or just call me when you need it.     ❜ ❛   in my head, i get lonely sometimes.     ❜ ❛   i hope you miss me sometimes.     ❜ ❛   god, i wish that i was better than i am, but no luck.     ❜ ❛   but i am more than a need or a thing that you believe.     ❜

BARE BONES. ❛    have your daydreams been keeping you clean ?    ❜ ❛    don’t fail me now i’m running thin.    ❜ ❛    i’ve just begun to wonder when you’ll let me in.    ❜ ❛    you never say what you need to make me believe you’re the one that means it.    ❜ ❛    i hope it ain’t you that lets me down.    ❜

GOODNIGHT CHICAGO. ❛    i killed a man there, in spite.    ❜ ❛    by the way, dear, we’re alive and it hurts because we survived it.    ❜ ❛    goodbye love, and good luck in life.    ❜ ❛    i’m hungover, but i’m sorry that i’m late.    ❜ ❛    don’t shut down on me now.    ❜ ❛    don’t wait until i’m drowning to save me from it.    ❜

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. ❛    i don’t wanna die alone, but i don’t wanna die at all.    ❜ ❛    i’m not gonna keep you by the phone, dear, hang up when you’ve had enough.    ❜ ❛    is that all you want to take from me ?    ❜ ❛    too much to talk.    ❜ ❛    hang your head and cry if you like, but all’s well that ends.    ❜

THE COMEDOWN. ❛    ain’t no one gonna come and save you.    ❜ ❛    and i hate it when you lie in the thick of it all.    ❜ ❛    you’re driving me to drink, and i’m running low.    ❜ ❛    i can’t take you there.    ❜ ❛    i’d say we’re getting pretty close.    ❜

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🎶  RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE’S RKS ( 2015 ) STARTERS PT I.

RUN. ❛    money got ‘em hungry for the kill.    ❜ ❛    keep your head low unless you’re headin’ my way.    ❜ ❛    had enough babe, had enough this time.    ❜

COUNTING CARDS. ❛    in time you’ll find we’re blind to the things we don’t believe.    ❜ ❛    i’m sorry is not enough, i’m sorry i’m not enough to stay.    ❜ ❛    paint me red, picture that.    ❜ ❛    hear me when i call.    ❜ ❛    you’re wide awake.    ❜

WASTED. ❛    i got your number, your name, and your will to fight.    ❜ ❛    will you be coming ? reckon you might.    ❜ ❛    i cannot bare to love you any less than you need.    ❜ ❛    if you let go of me i’d be a fool to let you leave.    ❜ ❛    drink up, you’re wasted.    ❜

COLD LOVE. ❛    it’s second nature to love you, but it’s first to die.    ❜ ❛    if i cry in your arms, it’s just some other shit.    ❜ ❛    just some other things i’ve been dealing with.    ❜ ❛    whose to blame? let it die.    ❜ ❛    we hurt differently, but consistent in our pain.    ❜

LADY LIE. ❛    what you want me to say? i ain’t got nothing left for you.    ❜ ❛    stay with me, leave it on the low.    ❜ ❛    baby, what you got to lose?    ❜ ❛    what do you wanna do about it ?    ❜ ❛    lie to me, no you really don’t.    ❜

AMERICAN SHOES. ❛    i’ll come back for you my love, wait for me.    ❜ ❛    death is the love of what hurts you the most.    ❜ ❛    i’m not hurt, i’m broken, but i called to say i’m fine.    ❜ ❛   but i’d love you to think i don’t mind.     ❜ ❛   no one understands, no one cares at all.     ❜

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🎶  BRIGHT EYES LIFTED OR THE STORY IS IN THE SOIL KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND ( 2002 ) STARTERS PT II.

DON’T KNOW WHEN BUT A DAY’S GONNA COME.

❛    what my father did, you know it don’t mean shit, i’m not him.    ❜ ❛    you think i need discipline, well i’ve had my share.    ❜ ❛    there is no truth, there is only you and what you make the truth.    ❜ ❛    then i’ll leave your town and never look back.    ❜ ❛    could you please start explaining ?    ❜

NOTHING GETS CROSSED OUT.

❛    the future has got me worried.    ❜ ❛    i know i should be brave but i’m too afraid of all this change.    ❜ ❛    it’s too hard to focus through all this doubt.    ❜ ❛    when the world ends, who’s gonna hear it ?    ❜ ❛    i’ll just keep moving, someday maybe i’ll get where i’m going.    ❜

MAKE WAR.

❛    our love is dead but without limit like the surface of the moon.    ❜ ❛    so we’ve learned to be as faithless.    ❜ ❛    it’s too hard to belong to someone who is gone.    ❜ ❛    gossip’s as good as gospel in this town.    ❜ ❛    know all that has spoiled in your heart.    ❜

WASTE OF PAINT.

❛    i’m a waste of breath.    ❜ ❛    with one day leading to the next, you get a little closer to your death.    ❜ ❛    no one got hurt, you should be thankful.    ❜ ❛    your carelessness, it is something awful.    ❜ ❛    i have no fait but it’s all i want.    ❜

FROM A BALANCE BEAM.

❛    it was a spectacle, no, i mean a miracle.    ❜ ❛    it was a small mistake, sometimes that’s all it takes.    ❜ ❛    i looked in the mirror and someone new was there.    ❜ ❛    in all of my salvation i felt imprisoned.    ❜ ❛    we won’t have to worry no more.    ❜

LET’S NOT SHIT OURSELVES ( TO LOVE AND BE LOVED )

❛    the city’s driving me out of my mind.    ❜ ❛    next time he won’t aim so high.    ❜ ❛    i’ve learned to retreat at the first signs of danger.    ❜ ❛    we’re still the pawns in their game.    ❜ ❛    i’m not angry, it happens, but you just can’t do it again.    ❜

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🎶 DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS DRUNK LIKE BIBLE TIMES (2008) STARTERS PT II.

NOW IT’S OVER.

❛    there ain’t no one who understands what you’re thinking of.    ❜ ❛    and life is just lonely.    ❜ ❛    it’s all absurd and you don’t really have any answers.    ❜ ❛    cut your losses, love.    ❜ ❛    yes, you really are no one.    ❜

PARALLEL LINES.

❛    leave me no doubts.    ❜ ❛    there’s no sound, no one around.    ❜ ❛    you’re not confused to be blessed.    ❜ ❛    you’re just smiling, so thankful to exist.    ❜

IF NOT FOR MY GLASSES.

❛    it never really goes the way i planned it to.    ❜ ❛    i was born for your cares.    ❜ ❛    i’ll tell it like you want.    ❜ ❛    it seems so awful, but this never happened who cares.    ❜ ❛    i’m your sweetest affair.    ❜

TRY.

❛    works every time.    ❜ ❛    i’m sorry, i’m just doing what i think i should.    ❜ ❛    i’m gathering my things, i’m leaving for good.    ❜ ❛    i don’t know when i’ll talk to you.    ❜ ❛    i still want to try.    ❜

I KNOW.

❛    i’ve run out of reasons to pay.    ❜ ❛    i know you care and i’ve grown so tired of not being there.    ❜ ❛    oh, i’ve been so wrong.    ❜ ❛    i’ve been playing this role for too long.    ❜ ❛    all that distance that we dispatch won't ever help us feel less alone.    ❜

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 🎶 DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS DRUNK LIKE BIBLE TIMES (2008) STARTERS PT I.

I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE NOT CRYING, ARE YOU?

❛    you’re not laughing, are you ?    ❜ ❛    you’re not sincere, are you ?    ❜ ❛    does it matter much to me to mean a thing to you ?    ❜ ❛    you’re not asking, are you ?    ❜ ❛    if it ain’t what you had pictured then yeah, that sounds about right.     ❜

BAD NEWS.

❛    haven’t felt this way in a long time.    ❜ ❛    i’m sure either way you’d feel just the very same.    ❜ ❛    quiet now someone’s coming.    ❜ ❛    bad news for you.    ❜

CARL SOLOMON BLUES.

❛    it’s just endless combinations of the same old shit.    ❜ ❛    you’re just a litany of horrors like the evening news.    ❜ ❛    they don’t deal with things like that.    ❜ ❛    you don’t want to look surprised but you’re in constant awe.    ❜

WILLETTA.

❛    i was on my way to doing something else.    ❜ ❛    is there nothing you want from me now, no help i could give but to lower you down?    ❜ ❛    i’ve got nothing now that i want to say.    ❜ ❛    there ain’t nothing here to celebrate.    ❜ ❛    we’re all worse off without you.    ❜

TALK ABOUT.

❛    you wanna talk about all the feelings i’m feeling ?    ❜ ❛    no, you can’t come in.    ❜ ❛    sweetie, you go back inside, see this is just for adults.    ❜ ❛    i’d say i love you too but i’m all out of favors.    ❜ ❛    why don’t you show yourself out ?    ❜ ❛    oh, god dammit, you’re so mean.    ❜ ❛    i’ve already lost them, i couldn’t care less.    ❜

FLOWERS FOR MY BRAIN.

❛   we know each other.     ❜ ❛    said i remind you of a joke.    ❜ ❛    there’s no point in trying to take us so seriously.    ❜ ❛    but your thoughts still bring flowers for my brain.    ❜ ❛    glowing in radiant madness.    ❜

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🎶  BRIGHT EYES LIFTED OR THE STORY IS IN THE SOIL KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND ( 2002 ) STARTERS PT I.

THE BIG PICTURE.

❛    the picture is far too big to look at, kid.    ❜ ❛    well, we’ve all made our predictions but the truth still isn’t out.     ❜ ❛    is it your fear of being buried that makes you so afraid to speak ?    ❜ ❛    i mean it’s cool if you keep quiet but i prefer singing.    ❜ ❛    so you can try and live in darkness but you’ll never shake the light.    ❜ ❛    i’ve been a witness of such wonders.    ❜

METHOD ACTING.

❛    there’s no beginning to the story.    ❜ ❛    just tell us what to fear.    ❜ ❛    i don’t know what tomorrow brings it’s alive with such posibilities.    ❜ ❛    i have sat too long in my silence, i have grown too old in my pain.    ❜ ❛    we have a problem with no solution but to love and be loved.    ❜

FALSE ADVERTISING.

❛    so give me all your pity and all your money. now.    ❜ ❛    i could tell you the truth like i used to and not be afraid of sounding fake.    ❜ ❛    now all that anyone’s listening for are the mistakes.    ❜ ❛    i know what must change.    ❜ ❛    i am inviting everyone in.    ❜

YOU WILL YOU? WILL. YOU? WILL. YOU? WILL.

❛    you say i treat you like a book on a shelf.    ❜ ❛    how awful that must feel.    ❜ ❛    you never really leave my mind.    ❜ ❛    are you the love of my lifetime ?    ❜ ❛    it took so long to figure out.    ❜

LOVER I DON’T HAVE TO LOVE.

❛    you didn’t care to know.    ❜ ❛    i want a lover i don’t have to love.    ❜ ❛    i got the money if you’ve got the time.    ❜ ❛    i got a hunger and can’t seem to get full.    ❜ ❛    love’s an excuse to get hurt.    ❜

BOWL OF ORANGES.

❛    there’s nothing i can do for you that you can’t do for yourself.    ❜ ❛    just hold my hand. i think that would help.    ❜ ❛    baby don’t worry cause now i got your back.    ❜ ❛    i will keep you company through those days so long and black.    ❜ ❛    that is how i learned the lesson that everyone’s alone.    ❜

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       🎶 DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS SMALL STEPS, HEAVY HOOVES (2007) STARTERS PT II.

IT’S GETTIN EASY.

❛    so, you’ll find comfort in a lie.    ❜ ❛    i wish i had a single thought.    ❜ ❛    i wish i wasn’t on my hands and knees.    ❜ ❛    the executioner looks exactly like me.    ❜ ❛    it’s gettin’ easy.    ❜

PAPER BAG.

❛    wisdom’s only shown me that my loneliness is all my fault.    ❜ ❛    i don’t know what i’ve done wrong.    ❜ ❛    you say you understand me, well, i don’t understand you at all.    ❜ ❛    it seems everyone around me is good at faking it.    ❜ ❛    i’ve got a memory but i can’t hear what you’re saying.    ❜

RUN IN THE FRONT.

❛    i’m sad i’ll miss it, send it back in a photograph.    ❜ ❛    i could use a vacation myself, my eyes are bored.    ❜ ❛    wouldn’t be the first time.    ❜ ❛    i’m missing you, i don’t want to.    ❜ ❛    your beauty can’t be covered by insecurities.    ❜ ❛    i’m sorry that you feel that way, no you’re not useless.    ❜ ❛    you don’t even have to think about it, things will work out just fine.    ❜

I JUST DO.

❛    i guess i’m scared to death but i just love you.    ❜ ❛    i’ve caught myself off guard a time or two.    ❜ ❛    in less than twenty words you made my whole damn day.    ❜ ❛    i’m such a mess.    ❜ ❛    time drags its feet but somehow you sneak it past me.    ❜

MIDWESTERN DIRT.

❛    did you ever want to start ?    ❜ ❛    you show me off.    ❜ ❛    my next words could be my last.    ❜ ❛    i’m sinking deeper.    ❜ ❛    you’ll stay above me here forever just like you stay above me right now.    ❜

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        🎶 DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS SMALL STEPS, HEAVY HOOVES (2007) STARTERS PT I.

OH NO!

❛    i don’t know what to do.    ❜ ❛    it’s what i don’t tell you, you wouldn’t like the truth.    ❜ ❛    everyone’s got reasons but i don’t have the same ones and it’s true.    ❜ ❛    i haven’t had a day alone since i met you.    ❜ ❛    oh no !    ❜

SWEET TALK.

❛    don’t want to let you down, i’d rather let you fall apart.    ❜ ❛    don’t take it personal, honey.    ❜ ❛    i bet he likes you more than he likes me.    ❜ ❛    say something you mean, don’t be polite.    ❜ ❛    oh, it’s okay to not be the same.    ❜

HALLELUJAH.

❛    what’s the plan for tonight ?    ❜ ❛    how about just us tonight ?    ❜ ❛    a stiff drink will change your mind.    ❜ ❛    memories are for keeping, mostly just for leaving behind.    ❜ ❛    they made you come home on time.    ❜

HAPPY IN LOVE.

❛    you didn’t notice it.    ❜ ❛    i’m buried out back there in my mind.    ❜

I’M BORED, YOU’RE AMOROUS.

❛    i’ve got this feeling in my blood like i want more.    ❜ ❛    you aren’t helping it.    ❜ ❛    is this the best idea that you’ve ever had ?    ❜ ❛    this is how it stops.    ❜ ❛    you’re a thought that just passed.    ❜

GRACE.

❛    i’ll probably lose you now.    ❜ ❛    this is one thing we have all learned.    ❜ ❛    i’ll never make it now.    ❜ ❛    raise your chin, love.    ❜ ❛    nothing stays honest when every thought is cursed with intent.     ❜

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🎶 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK COMMIT THIS TO MEMORY (2005) STARTERS PT II.

TIME TURNED FRAGILE.

❛    these are the things i think about when i’m alone without you.    ❜ ❛    i hope like hell you’re happy where you are.    ❜ ❛    you used to say that you’re just fine, but i wonder all the time.    ❜ ❛    i can see through everything you say, and all the lessons i never learned.     ❜ ❛    i know i say that i’m just fine, but i hope you wonder from time to time.    ❜

L.G. FUAD.

❛    let’s get fucked up and die.    ❜ ❛    i’m speaking figuratively, of course.    ❜ ❛    so i’m already dead on the inside but i can still pretend.    ❜ ❛    i wanna know how it feels to be useful and pertinent and have common sense.    ❜ ❛    i’m addicted to words and they’re useless.    ❜

TOGETHER WE’LL RING IN THE NEW YEAR.

❛    most of all i’m bored.    ❜ ❛    it always ends the same.    ❜ ❛    why did i come here ?    ❜ ❛    i’d rather be home feeling violent and lonely.    ❜ ❛    i’m not trying to sound so insincere.    ❜

HANGMAN.

❛    bright ideas always get lost along the way.    ❜ ❛    i never meant to hide anything but i’ll never tell the truth.    ❜ ❛    i’m just a stupid fuck with brilliant luck and sometimes a bright idea.     ❜ ❛    i might run but i’ll never hide.    ❜ ❛    this game’s called : catch me if you can.    ❜

HOLD ME DOWN.

❛    you’d think i oughta be used to this by now.    ❜ ❛    there’s not a lot that i feel obliged to share or talk about.    ❜ ❛    i love you, however, you hold me down.    ❜ ❛    you’re the echoes of my everything.    ❜ ❛    how will i break the news to you ?    ❜

INVISIBLE MONSTERS.

❛    it’s hard to believe i can’t exist without you.    ❜ ❛    it’s hard to admit, my weakness can consume me.    ❜ ❛    if i can pretend, i don’t depend.    ❜ ❛    yet when push comes to shove, and all the above, i decide to live the lie.    ❜ ❛    are you listening at all ?    ❜

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🎶 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK COMMIT THIS TO MEMORY (2005) STARTERS PT I.

ATTRACTIVE TODAY.

❛    i am wrecked.    ❜ ❛    but i just hate to say goodbye.    ❜ ❛    say it’s true, say you like me.    ❜ ❛    for me, it’s been eternity.    ❜ ❛    i just want to feel alive for the first time in my life.    ❜

EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT.

❛    tell me that you’re alright.    ❜ ❛    give me a reason to end this discussion.    ❜ ❛    i’m sick of the things i do when i’m nervous.    ❜ ❛    i don’t want to waste your time.    ❜ ❛    yeah, everything’s alright    ❜

WHEN YOU’RE AROUND.

❛    can we fake it ?    ❜ ❛    i’m so full of love it deeply sickens me.    ❜ ❛    you don’t fucking listen when i’m around.    ❜ ❛    did i truly do the things you’ve described ?    ❜ ❛    i can’t fucking stand it when you’re around.    ❜

RESOLUTION.

❛    i know what you’re thinking, this probably sounds rehearsed.    ❜ ❛    so, let’s give it up for the new year.    ❜ ❛    they were right to take off before they were consumed.    ❜ ❛    did this party of two have you slightly confused ?    ❜ ❛    you’re totally right, every action was well rehearsed.    ❜

FEEL LIKE RAIN.

❛    we are armed and ready to commit this crime.    ❜ ❛   we love that game but we never play.     ❜ ❛    the pain reminds us that we’re still alive.    ❜ ❛    say something, finally we’re alone.    ❜ ❛    how about a phone call now ?    ❜

MAKE OUT KIDS.

❛    we are better by design.    ❜ ❛    let’s hope we’ll never have to say goodbye.    ❜ ❛    maybe this will never die.    ❜ ❛    we fail to keep in touch these days.    ❜

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𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑.  every single blog has a person behind it. we are not machines here just to entertain each other. most people are here because they love writing and creating and also love sharing that with others in various ways. sometimes it’s easy to disconnect the blog from the person, but remember to stop and ask someone how their day is going, or wish them luck if you know something big is going on, treat them LIKE PEOPLE and not just like something that is there to entertain you when you see fit. our blogs are not our lives and sometimes it can feel like people only care about you if you’re actively writing with them. the main point is, if you call someone your friend then it is important to ACT like a friend to them.

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📚   LEIGH BARDUGO’S SHADOW & BONE. ( 2012 ) STARTERS. PT III.        ↳ change pronouns / wording as necessary.

❛  there are people everywhere, there must be hundreds walking the road.  ❜ ❛  we can’t take a risk like that.  ❜ ❛  i was going to give you a bite, but since you don’t want one, i’ll just have to eat the whole thing myself.  ❜ ❛  you are a brat.  ❜ ❛  quiet now, or i’ll open your throat.  ❜ ❛  what do you say ? you wouldn’t be on the run, would you ?  ❜ ❛  there’s nothing we can do about it now.  ❜ ❛  where did you learn to fight like that ?  ❜ ❛  it was a stupid risk. i should know better.  ❜ ❛  i think you broke that guy’s nose.  ❜ ❛  that’s not nice. i’m not nice.  ❜ ❛  i can’t let that happen, i can’t be responsible for that.  ❜ ❛  you can’t ask that of me.  ❜ ❛  our supplies won’t last forever and every day we’re out here is a chance to get caught.  ❜ ❛  i made my own choices. but those choices got my friends killed.  ❜ ❛  i never really belonged anywhere.  ❜ ❛  you know what has to happen.  ❜ ❛  we’ve wasted enough time here.  ❜ ❛  at what price ? you know this is madness !  ❜ ❛  there is no ordinary life for people like you and me.  ❜ ❛  i’m nothing like you.  ❜ ❛  i did try to warn you.  ❜ ❛  we all did our part to bring about the end of the world.  ❜ ❛  you don’t really believe that.  ❜ ❛  if i tell you to stop, you won’t stop. why should i bother ?  ❜ ❛  you didn’t give me much choice.  ❜ ❛  you’ll tire of hate soon. you’ll tire of everything.  ❜ ❛  you’ll find i have far more practice with eternity.  ❜ ❛  if i’d been stronger, i would have driven a knife through your heart.  ❜ ❛  do you need to see more ?  ❜ ❛  you saw what he did to those people !  ❜

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📚   LEIGH BARDUGO’S SHADOW & BONE. ( 2012 ) STARTERS. PT II.        ↳ change pronouns / wording as necessary.

❛  i can’t explain that. but it wasn’t my doing.  ❜ ❛  you’re in for a big disappointment.  ❜ ❛  to kill or to cure ? we each have our own gifts.  ❜ ❛  what...what did you do to him ?  ❜ ❛  i’m not used to people trying to kill me.  ❜ ❛  what are you smiling at ?  ❜ ❛  are you going to explain it to me ?  ❜ ❛  why do you want to know ?  ❜ ❛  doesn’t that worry you a little bit ?  ❜ ❛  i didn’t ask you for flattery.  ❜ ❛  you’re the first glimmer of hope i’ve had in a long time.  ❜ ❛  and what happened to your face ?  ❜ ❛  where do you think you’re going ? we’re not done.  ❜ ❛  are you going to cut me again ?  ❜ ❛  are you so anxious to be like everyone else ?  ❜ ❛  i’m not a monster, despite what you may have heard.  ❜ ❛  i wonder sometimes how much we really understand our own gifts.  ❜ ❛  i hope you would not hesitate to come to me.  ❜ ❛  what do they say about me when i’m not around ?  ❜ ❛  i guess i’m asking you to trust me.  ❜ ❛  you and i are going to change the world.  ❜ ❛  what is infinite ? the universe and the greed of men.  ❜ ❛  you’re not even trying anymore !  ❜ ❛  what do you have to be angry about ?  ❜ ❛  what is your sad little heart pining for ?  ❜ ❛  where are you going ? what’s waiting for you out there ?  ❜ ❛  do you think the world cares if you did your best ? do it again and do it right.  ❜ ❛  is this why you dragged me in here ?  ❜ ❛  not useless. just not exactly useful.  ❜ ❛  why would you care what i think ?  ❜ ❛  let’s not dwell on depressing things tonight.  ❜ ❛  the problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.  ❜ ❛  i try to make a habit of getting things hopelessly wrong.  ❜ ❛  sorry, i didn’t realize i was wasting your time.  ❜ ❛  i can’t help the way things are. i didn’t ask for any of this.  ❜ ❛  they’re not going to take me. i won’t go back.  ❜ ❛  why is it so important ?  ❜ ❛  why did you come after me ? what were you thinking ?  ❜ ❛  i didn’t mean for any of this to happen.  ❜

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📚   LEIGH BARDUGO’S SHADOW & BONE. ( 2012 ) STARTERS. PT I.         ↳ change pronouns / wording as necessary.

❛  i don’t think you’re ugly.  ❜ ❛  when the leaves change color, do you call it magic ?  ❜ ❛  you’e very right. anyone can boil water.  ❜ ❛  stop it, you’re only making things worse.  ❜ ❛  no fainting in the middle of the road.  ❜ ❛  one foot in front of the other, you know how it’s done.  ❜ ❛  as it happens, we don’t have much to talk about.  ❜ ❛  what is wrong with you ?  ❜ ❛  you look like you’re on your way to a really good dinner instead of possible death and dismemberment.  ❜ ❛  a rifle won’t make much difference if there’s a bad attack.  ❜ ❛  what’s with you lately ? you’re even grumpier than usual. and you look terrible.  ❜ ❛  i just...have this feeling.  ❜ ❛  i know you’re scared, i am too. but we’re going to do this and we’re going to be fine. we always are. okay ?  ❜ ❛  oh will you shut up ?  ❜ ❛  close your mouth before something flies in.  ❜ ❛  where have you been ?!  ❜ ❛  actually, i was too busy trying not to die.  ❜ ❛  how did you two become friends anyway ?  ❜ ❛  i guess things change.  ❜ ❛  you weren’t sleeping. you were lying awake worrying.  ❜ ❛  i hope you brought me something nice.  ❜ ❛  but i’m touched by your concern.  ❜ ❛  you know i’d be lost without you.  ❜ ❛  you’ve never been lost in your life.  ❜ ❛  i guess i’m nervous, too.  ❜ ❛  i’m trying to be reassuring. you could at least pretend i’m succeeding.  ❜ ❛  get that thing away from me.  ❜ ❛  this is a waste of time.  ❜ ❛  i don’t know exactly what i saw.  ❜ ❛  there was nothing i could do.  ❜ ❛  they were everywhere. it was chaos !  ❜ ❛  i guess you only look like a mouse.  ❜ ❛  i’m not what you think i am.  ❜ ❛  i doubt you have any idea what you are.  ❜ ❛  you have to listen to me.  ❜ ❛  i’m not going anywhere. there’s been some kind of mistake.  ❜ ❛  do you think i care what you want ?  ❜ ❛  just don’t get shot in the head.  ❜ ❛  well, if i plan on doing anything exciting, i promise to give you fair warning.  ❜ ❛  because people are after me now ?  ❜ ❛  it doesn’t make any sense.  ❜

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YOU ARE NOT STATIONARY.   the person you are tomorrow will not be the same person you are today! made a mistake today? learn from it, try to do better tomorrow. had a bad day? that’s ok! tomorrow has the chance to be better. nothing is stationary, everything is always changing, even if it doesn’t feel like it is. setbacks are normal and don’t mean that time is moving backward. every tiny step counts, no matter the “direction” life is not a linear path. every day is a new chance to do better than you did the day before, even if that just means being kinder to yourself. the point is, everyone’s “better” looks different. be kind. don’t hold yourself or anyone else in a box without the chance to grow, learn, and step out of it. and breathe, you’re going to be alright.