I had no idea how much I have missed home. It's easy to get so busy that you forget about the oasis that is this area (at least for me...) I've been so busy at school that I haven't written a song since I've been there. All that pinned up energy kind of busted out of me over the weekend and I wrote this little guy: Ivy league scholars and drunken fools are quick to hand out advice/
And both claim that theirs is the only path that diverts from an average life/
But this ballroom's filled with looks that kill and stares that will search your soul/
The undying glares of those with less care for what you've done than what you know/
So what are you to do when faith is all that's left,
when love has all run dry and hope has been already spent
Can you retrieve the wins that you've lost
and all the while
Still afford to smile?
Hollywood portrays all scenes with this simple paraphrase/
They say, "love holds on long past the borders of your darkest days"/
But I propose a different kind of slogan than they do/
It says, "why hold tight to something that all others need from you?/
And what are they to do when faith is all that's left,
when love has all run dry and their hope has been already spent
Can they retrieve the wins that they've lost
and all the while
Still afford to smile?
Turn your back on sunlit streets and your feet toward darkened roads/
And brace yourself because what you see is where we're all bound to go/
You see, nowadays no one trusts a smile unless it's backed with proof/
So remind yourself that fairytales are rarely based on historical proof/
Now faith is all that's left,
love has run dry and hope has been spent
Will you retrieve the wins that you've lost
and all the while
Still afford to smile? I like it. It's a lot better with a tune, I promise. Anyway, I really missed my family somethin farce (that's how they say it here in the south... I think). It's been great seeing them and actually spending time with them. I want to update everyone on school, but I don't go back until tomorrow, so i don't want to have to think of it until I do. hahaha All you need to know is that I love it there, and I've been doing well. Spring semester's going to be the death of me, I'm not Sam Nolen, after all. :) Organic Chemistry here I come... I've discovered some really good bands recently, look them up: Margot and the Nuclear So and So's (what a great band name!) and The Cold War Kids (another great band name) | 
