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LEVEL 42 - LESSONS IN LOVE (LYRICS)

I'm not proud, I was wrong
and the truth is hard to take
I felt sure we had enough
but our love went overboard
lifeboat lies lost at sea
I've been trying to reach your shore
waves of doubt keep drowning me
All the dreams that we were building
we never fulfilled them
could be better, should be better
for lessons in love

For restless eyes egos burn
and the mold is hard to break
now we've waded in too deep
and love is overboard
heavy hearts token word
sall the hopes I ever had
fade like footprints in the sand

All the homes that we were building
we never lived in
could be better, should be better
lessons in love
if we lose the time before us
the future will ignore us
we should use it, we could use it, yeah
Lessons in love

Lost without love...

Lessons in love
When will you ever learn

Lessons in love
When there's nowhere left to turn

Lessons in love
Don't let your spirit burn

Lessons in love
I'll wait 'till you return

All the dreams that we were building
we never fulfilled them
could be better, should be better
for lessons in love
All the homes that we were building
we never lived in
could be better, should be better
lessons in love
if we lose the time before us
the future will ignore us
we should use it, we could use it, yeah
lessons in love

For all the egocentrics around there in the universe, me included

For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner ... on an unexceptional galaxy which is one of about 100 billion galaxies. ... That is the fundamental fact of the universe we inhabit, and it is very good for us to understand that.

-Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)

Words on VERSO, IMAGES on RECTO

ETIMOLOGIA DE "VERSO":

verso (VUR-so) noun

1. A left-hand page.
2. The back of a page.

[Short for Latin verso folio, from verso (turned) and folio (leaf).From versus (turning), from vertere (to turn). Ultimately from theIndo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring,weird, writhe, worth, revert, and universe.]

The counterpart of this word is recto, the right-hand page.

Perhaps the use of VERSO to designate the poetic phrase may be linked with the use, somewhere in the past, of the poetry on VERSO and the corresponding illustration of the passage by an image on RECTO. But I'm not sure on this....Anyone have some clues on it?

The path

It's never to late to recall the power of fear over us:

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
-John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968)

Todo dia é um começo e um fim....

A bit harsh quote for the X-day, but nevertheless not least truthful:

Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day.
-Albert Camus, writer and philosopher (1913-1960)

Buda

Winning gives birth to hostility.

Losing, one lies down in pain.

The calmed lie down with ease,

having set winning & losing aside.

Samyutta Nikaya III, 14

Carpe Diem

Quod in iuventute non discitur, in matura aetate nescitur. (Cassiodorus, Variae 1.24)

Translation: "What is not learned in youth is not known in later years."

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- Skywalker

Styx - Mr. Roboto (Lyrics)

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto
Mata ahoo Hima de
Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto
Himitsu wo Shiri tai.
You're wondering who I am - secret
secret - I've got a secret

Machine or mannequin - secret
secret - I've got a secret

With parts made in Japan - secret
secret - I've got a secret

I am the Modren Man.

I've got a secret
I've been hiding under my skin

My heart is human
my blood is boiling
my brain I.B.M.
So if you see me acting strangely
don't be surprised

I'm just a man who needed someone
and comewhere to hide
To keep me alive - just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive.

I'm not a robot without emotions - I'm not what you see

I've come to help you with your problems
so we can be free.
I'm not a Hero
I'm not a Saviour
forget what you know

I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control

Beyond my control - we all need control.
I need control - we all need control.
I am the Modren Man - secret
secret - I've got a secret

Who hides behind a mask - secret
secret - I've got a secret

So no one else can see - secret
secret - I've got a secret

My true identity.

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto
Domo - Domo

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto
Domo - Domo

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto

Domo Arigato
Mr. Roboto
. . .
Thank you very much
Mr. Roboto
for doing the jobs that nobody wants to

And thank you very much
Mr. Roboto
for helping me escape
Just when I needed to. Thank you
thank you
thank you

I want to thank you
please
thank you

The problem's plain to see: Too much technology
Machines to save our lives
machines de-humanize.

The time has come at last - secret
secret - I've got a secret

To throw away this mask - secret
secret - I've got a secret

Now everyone can see - secret
secret - I've got a secret

My true identity - I'm Kilroy
Kilroy
Kilroy
Kilroy !

- Daria um óbulo para saber a que se refere essa música fantástica da minha infância!!! Quando era moleque brincavamos de encenar essa música, fingindo ser o Mr. Roboto, que escondia nossa verdadeira identidade. Dificil saber se de lá para cá já a descobrimos no meio de tanto disfarce...