forbidden city

Like children need their mother
Like river needs the sea,
Like lovers need each other,
Like prisons need a key,
Like winter night needs fire,
Like temple needs a shrine,
Like lovers need desire,
Like prophets need a sign

for good

I felt that the lyrics were too good to go unnoticed, so here goes the entire song

(Elphaba) I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...

(Glinda) I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

(Glinda) Because I knew you

(Both) I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for

(Glinda) But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

(Both) And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

(Both) Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

(Glinda) And because I knew you...

(Elphaba) Because I knew you...

(Both) Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.

fantastic lyrics, the play on the words good and better was totally sublime.

Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing?

i guess not...

It's like with music. Play with heart. Play because you love playing and that you are happy playing it.

come what may

i believe my world needs a healthy dose of optimism....

Rag showed the best and the worst of human nature. The best invoked the passion from the heart, bringing tears to even the most stone-hearted person. The worst reveled in narcissistic ego. The worst kind of ego - one that indulges in self pity and blames the circumstances to provide solace to one's ego. Joel said something that struck a chord within me today: The first step is taking responsibility. If you are not willing to take charge of the circumstances, you cannot be given credit when things go well.

It's only 3rd day of school and I'm thinking, maybe i should end it all. This whole game is getting quite ridiculous.

wishing you were somehow here again

It's like with music nothing else matters. <-- My facebook status. Some thought it was just the euphoria of the concert making me say that, but I really meant it.. as in I really felt so after the concert. It's like finding back a part of you that you have lost.

From Ju hua Tai onwards, I was totally sucked into the music. Everything just felt so right. Phantom was a first just a wonderful melody, but reading the lyrics a few day before just added so much emotions and energy into the song. Music of the night became so much darker and wishing you were somehow here again started to have a hopeful/optimistic ring to it.

It was like the past year had been a horror story, too much spite and negative energy, like the lyrics in the music of the night. The last 2 months were appalling Now it doesn't feel right either. I am now willing and able to walk out on any and everyone that pushes me too far, but that's still too much negativity eh. Oh well, at least it is a step forward from taking everything that comes along.

"Human are political animals" <-- that has been my favourite advice to people lately and to be honest, it's getting a little too much on my nerves. Our "leaders" today do not fight for the collective good, nor do they ponder about it, instead, they fight for power, gains and fame. It is sad that the science of leading people has become the tool for controlling people. I'm not sure whether I want to partake in this senseless game anymore. No one seems to be able to put themselves past adam smith's invisible hand - perhaps that is why it is called the invisible hand.

It's funny how life plays out sometimes. When you are so set on being the wind, fleeting and sublime, someone had to come along with a wind chime and make whatever you are doing so wrong into something of beauty., the gentle clattering of metal pipes and the blending of colours of a spinning wheel. Life is just so mocking though, after showing you a preview, it shuts the door on you and say "you don't deserve what I have to offer after all that nonsense you did."

Indeed i don't, but thanks for letting me see the light.