Immortality Makes A Man A Realist

Hey world, are you afraid?
Hey world, be very afraid.

And baby girl, baby girl, I’m not afraid.
(Help me god, help me god, help me god)
I’m not afraid

So dream on you’re sleeping with the lights on;
I know I’m the one you’re thinking of.
Don’t try to run, try to run, they’re coming.
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
You’ll never let this go.

I got plenty of time to waste on you.
Got plenty of time to waste on;
I got plenty of time to waste on you.

Oh yeah.

And if you travel alone, can I come too;
I’ve been trying so hard to get it in to you.
(Oh oh yeah)
And if you wanna ride, travel from the inside.
I’m the light, and everybody’s rocking my way.
I’ll take another pill; I’m not afraid.

(I know it’s jealousy ‘cause all eyes are on me;
I know it’s jealousy ‘cause I’m killing.)

So dream on you’re sleeping with the lights on;
I know I’m the one your thinking of.
Don’t try to run, try to run, they’re coming.
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
You’ll never let this go.

I got plenty of time to waste on you.
Got plenty of time to waste on.

(Yeah)

So dream on you’re sleeping with the lights on;
I know I’m the one you’re thinking of.

So dream on you’re sleeping with the lights on;
I know I’m the one you’re thinking of.
Don’t try to run, try to run, they’re coming.
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
You’ll never let this go.

(Source: breathecarolina.net)

Here by the moorway you returned,
And saw the borough lights ahead
That lit your face—all undiscerned
To be in a week the face of the dead,
And you told of the charm of that haloed view
That never again would beam on you.

And on your left you passed the spot
Where eight days later you were to lie,
And be spoken of as one who was not;
Beholding it with a heedless eye
As alien from you, though under its tree
You soon would halt everlastingly.

I drove not with you… . Yet had I sat
At your side that eve I should not have seen
That the countenance I was glancing at
Had a last-time look in the flickering sheen,
Nor have read the writing upon your face,
“I go hence soon to my resting-place;

“You may miss me then.  But I shall not know
How many times you visit me there,
Or what your thoughts are, or if you go
There never at all.  And I shall not care.
Should you censure me I shall take no heed
And even your praises no more shall need.”

True:  never you’ll know.  And you will not mind.
But shall I then slight you because of such?
Dear ghost, in the past did you ever find
The thought “What profit”, move me much?
Yet abides the fact, indeed, the same,—
You are past love, praise, indifference, blame.

So this is the Thomas Hardy poem that came out for today’s Cambridge AS Level Literature in English Paper 33.

Truth be told, I am so relieved that one of the Emma poems came out for this year. I’m not very fond of his other poems concerning Life or about his love for nature…I just love the melancholic poems he writes for his dead wife. I really love it a lot.

The neglect, then sorrow, then regret of losing a loved one - oh, it’s just so beautiful…even though I’m praising it at Hardy’s expense.

I’m very sure that the poet had an awful time in 1912 when he had lost the love of his life suddenly (she died in her sleep after the couple entertained guests at a dinner party).
To see someone sleep and never wake up again - it’s heartbreaking.
And I guess from then on till the remainder of his life, Hardy never forgave himself for letting her slowly slip away. He blames himself so much that in some of his poems, he gives Emma’s ghost a ‘voice’ for her to reply to his questions and as a way for him to lift some burden of guilt that he feels.

Well, that’s one of the reasons why I love Hardy’s poems of his dead wife. :)
The permanence of death.
The immortality of memories.
The brevity of life.
It really makes you think about the things in your life - stuff you appreciate and those you neglect. It sends a powerful message.

(Source: poemtree.com)

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3. White Lies - To Lose My Life
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Honestly, the only reason that there are 2 White Lies tracks this week on the number three spot is cause I couldn’t decide between which was best! I loved them both!

If I had a choice, I would place the ENTIRE White Lies album (To Lose My Life) on all spots! Haha. I’ve just been so addicted to indie rock lately. It’s crazy. :D