Two paths & a spirit that's crying

"There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.
...
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder*

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* Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin as performed by Mary J. Blige

I love this performance.  She killed it! And though she didn't sing this verse, here it is because it's my favorite!
"There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder."

Nothing more beautiful than knowing your worth...trust me ;)

Life is too damn short to live unhappily
So I’m being selfish and putting myself in first place

I’m doing me, this time around
I’m doing me, don’t need you now
I rather be by myself, I won’t let your drama hold me down
I’m doing me, this time around
I’m doing me, I’ve finally found
I’d rather be by myself, I’m doing me.

I’m doing me, this time around
I’m doing me, this time around
No more crying, going through hell
It’s so good, I’m loving myself
I’m doing me, this time around
I’m doing me
I’m doing me
Yeah Yeah
I’m doing me
Yeah Yeah*

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* I'm Doing Me by Fantasia

I like loving this way

Reaching out to touch a stranger
Electric eyes are ev’rywhere
See that girl, she knows I’m watching
She likes the way I stare

If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way?
I like livin’ this way
I like lovin’ this way

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* Human Nature by Michael Jackson

A gift of self-discovery

Someone Else?
by Queensrÿche

When I fell from grace
I never realized
How deep the flood was around me
A man whose life was toil
Like a kettle left to boil
And the water left these scars on me

I know now who I am
If only for awhile
I recognize the changes
I feel like I did
Before the magic wore thin
And the baptism of stains began

They used to say I was nowhere man
Heading down was my destiny
But yesterday I swear that was someone else not me

Here I stand at the crossroad's edge
Afraid to reach out for eternity
One step when I look down
I see someone else, not me

I keep looking back,
Looking back and I see someone else

Sacrifice, the always say...
is a sign of nobility
But where does one draw the line
in the face of injury?
I'm just trying to understand

Standing here at the crossroad's edge
Looking down at what I used to be
A drowning man, trying to stay afloat
Heavy with the past, but somehow keeping hope
That there's something more that is seen
But it's somewhere out of reach

So I keep looking back
Looking back and I see someone else

All my life they said I was going down
But I'm still standing stronger proud
And today I know, there's so much more I can be
I think I finally understand

From where I stand at the crossroad's edge
There's a path leading out to sea
And from somewhere deep in my mind
Sirens sing out loud, songs of doubt, as only they know how
But one glance back reminds and I see
Someone Else, not me.

I keep looking back at Someone Else... me?