{"id":219,"date":"2013-02-07T21:54:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T21:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantshutupabout.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2019-10-04T18:34:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:34:55","slug":"somebody-has-already-said-it-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantshutupabout.com\/2013\/02\/somebody-has-already-said-it-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Somebody Has Already Said It Better*"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know which way i’m going, i don’t know which way i’ve come<\/a><\/p>\n

and all the roads we have to walk are winding, and all the lights that lead us are blinding<\/a><\/p>\n

no direction home, a complete unknown like a rolling stone<\/a><\/p>\n

everyone seems to know the score, they’ve seen it all before<\/a><\/p>\n

i came in from the wilderness a creature void of form<\/a><\/p>\n

how can I know that and not know who i am?<\/a><\/p>\n

so let us not talk falsely now the hour is getting late<\/a><\/p>\n

but all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity<\/a><\/p>\n

i offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn<\/a><\/p>\n

look at what they make you give<\/a><\/p>\n

well I know what i’ve been told, gotta break free to break the hold<\/a><\/p>\n

i wanna know if all you need is love<\/a><\/p>\n

try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm<\/a><\/p>\n

put your hands in your pockets looked away and smiled<\/a><\/p>\n

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Slightly different from my usual posts, the above is a poem that I ‘composed’ during a university module on identity. Thought I’d post it up here because it speaks to how much TV, Film & Music can shape the language we use to discuss ourselves and the things around us.<\/p>\n

*even that<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don’t know which way i’m going, i don’t know which way i’ve come and all the roads we have to walk are winding, and all the lights that lead us are blinding no direction home, a complete unknown like a rolling stone everyone seems to know the score, they’ve seen it all before i … <\/p>\n
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