Here'S To Us And Not

Today I spent sex hours at the pool swimming in you baby, circling like a harmless, domesticated bull shark. No body of yours, or anybody else's, showed up during those six hours. Sigh, such is love.

So I just reinforced my monkeyish vows of the Banana Republic while appreciating your stoic chastity, as it was spiritually beneficial, yet detrimental to our mental and physical health. No, baby, we were not born to die a nun and a monk. Ideally, idyllically, I’d prefer to be the chosen motherfucker, you know what I mean?

Then, out of desperation, I bought us a Barbie Cute chicken for dinner. It was already dark. I missed the last bus home on purpose, I just didn’t wanna go home. It’s no fucking home, no paradise without you baby. We walked the long romantic night. So, romantically, here’s your love portion, the bigger one, cuz I love you more. Wait, baby, I’ll spoonfeed you to show you my strongest sign of intimacy, those lips are mine anyway. My grip is weakening, though, ah, I’m fainting, my love, catch me, thank you.

Here’s to us and not, which gets me updated nowhere but in One Direction, which leaves me to wonder when I will finally upgrade or be upgraded. To be updated, on your mark …

Nichole Nordeman - Not To Us (Audio) ft. Plumb

All the toil
All in vain
Every image of ourselves that we create
Every dream
Built on sand
Every castle slips away when tides come in

Let us not imagine
That we might have a hand in where the wind blows
Where grace goes
Let not any passion be for kingdoms we have fashioned in our own name
For our own fame

Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name be glory
Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name

Every beat
Every breath
Every broken road and every ordered step
Every loss
Every gain
Every spotlight
Every shadow
Yours the same

So let us not be fooled
And let us not be disillusioned
Let our eyes see You clearly

Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name be glory
Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name

Anything that’s good
Anything that’s true
Let it point to You
Let it point to You

Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name

No walls
No greed
No color
No creed
No right
No left
All You
No less

Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name be glory
Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name

Anything that’s good
Anything that’s true
Let it point to You
Let it point to You

Not to us
Not to us
But to Your name be glory
To Your name

One Direction - You & I

I figured it out
I figured it out from black and white
Seconds and hours
Maybe they had to take some time
I know how it goes
I know how it goes from wrong and right
Silence and sound
Did they ever hold each other tight like us?
Did they ever fight like us?

You and I
We don't wanna be like them
We can make it 'til the end
Nothing can come between
You and I
Not even the Gods above
Can separate the two of us
No, nothing can come between
You and I
Oh, you and I

I figured it out
Saw the mistakes of up and down
Meet in the middle
There's always room for common ground
I see what it's like
I see what it's like for day and night
Never together
'Cause they see things in a different light like us
But they never tried like us

You and I
We don't wanna be like them
We can make it 'til the end
Nothing can come between
You and I
Not even the Gods above
Can separate the two of us

'Cause you and I
We don't wanna be like them
We can make it 'til the end
Nothing can come between
You and I
Not even the Gods above
Can separate the two of us
No, nothing can come between
You and I, you and I
Oh, you and I
Oh, you and I
We can make it if we try
You and I
Oh, you and I
You and I

Joan Osborne - One Of Us

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?

If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the Saints
And all the prophets?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?

Just tryin' to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope, maybe in Rome

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?

Just tryin' to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone?
Back up to heaven all alone
Just tryin' to make his way home

Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome

Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain
I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days
She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones
It seems to me that when I die, these words will be written on my stone

And I'll be gone, gone tonight
The ground beneath my feet is open wide
The way that I been holdin' on too tight
With nothin' in between

The story of my life, I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm
And time is frozen (the story of, the story of)
The story of my life, I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke inside
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)

Written on these walls are the colors that I can't change
Leave my heart open, but it stays right here in its cage
I know that in the morning, I'll see us in the light up on the hill
Although I am broken, my heart is untamed still

And I'll be gone, gone tonight
The fire beneath my feet is burnin' bright
The way that I've been holdin' on so tight
With nothin' in between

The story of my life, I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm
And time is frozen (the story of, the story of)
The story of my life, I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke inside
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)

And I've been waiting for this time to come around
But, baby, runnin' after you is like chasin' the clouds

The story of my life, I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm
And time is frozen

The story of my life, I give her hope (give her hope)
I spend her love until she's broke inside
The story of my life (the story of)

The story of my life
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
The story of my life

I’m high on love, going blind and deaf, stumbling in the dark light, existing in a world of no confusion. I’m an island surrounded by your ocean. I see and listen to my greatest teacher, God, to keep calm. That’s how I’m able to communicate with you and accomplish levels of feelings that would be otherwise impossible to reach to feel in such depth.

Halestorm - Here's To Us [Official Video]

We could just go home right now
Or maybe we could stick around
For just one more drink, oh yeah
Get another bottle out
Let’s shoot the shit
Sit back down
For just one more drink, oh yeah

Here's to us, here's to love
All the times that we fucked up
Here's to you, fill the glass
'Cause the last few days have kicked my ass
So let’s give 'em hell
Wish everybody well, here's to us, here's to us

Stuck it out this far together
Put our dreams through the shredder
Let's toast 'cause things got better
And everything could change like that
And all these years go by so fast
But nothing lasts forever

Here's to us, here's to love
All the times, that we messed up
Here's to you, fill the glass
'Cause the last few nights have kicked my ass
If they give ya hell
Tell em to go fuck themselves, here's to us, here's to us

Here's to all that we kissed
And to all that we missed
To the biggest mistakes
That we just wouldn't trade
To us breaking up
Without us breaking down
To whatever's comin' our way

Here's to us, here's to love
All the times that we fucked up
Here's to you, fill the glass
'Cause the last few days have kicked my ass
So let’s give 'em hell
Wish everybody well

Here's to us, here's to love
All the times, that we messed up
Here's to you, fill the glass
'Cause the last few nights have kicked my ass
If they give ya hell
Tell em to go fuck themselves, here's to us, here's to us (Go fuck themselves)
Here's to us, here's to us
Here's to us, here's to us
Here's to us, here's to love
Here's to us, wish everybody well
Here's to us, here's to love
Here's to us, here's to us