the darkerside to rants

[Now playing:A Single Spark from the album "Mantras for Madmen" by Harry Manx]
Fitting due to earlier posting:

Outside it was pouring rain, what a day for letting go.
You got drenched in doubt, yeah in doubt but even so
Laughed until you cried, nothing like the blues
Laughed until you cried, could’ve sworn the sky was blue
Could’ve sworn the skye was blue

You burnt down a mountain, with just a single spark
Words became a candle that rid you of the dark
Laughed until you cried, nothing like the blues
Laughed until you cried, could’ve sworn the sky was blue
Could’ve sworn the sky was blue

Above ain’t only bright and below ain’t only dark
You burnt down a mountain, with just a single spark
Laughed until you cried, nothing like the blues
Laughed until you rcried, could’ve sworn the sky was blue
Could’ve sworn the sky was blue

Harry Manx – Mantras for Madmen

Check here, apparently I have rather “noble” names:

MICHAEL

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Czech, Biblical

Pronounced: MIE-kul [key]

From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mika’el) which meant “who is like God?”. This is the name of one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven’s armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers. This was also the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia. Other more modern bearers of this name include the 19th-century chemist/physicist Michael Faraday and basketball player Michael Jordan.

ALEXANDER

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak

Pronounced: al-eg-ZAN-dur [key]

From the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant “defending men” from Greek αλεξω (alexo) “to defend, help” and ανηρ (aner) “man” (genitive ανδρος (andros)). Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, is the most famous bearer of this name. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. This was also the name of emperors of Russia, kings of Scotland and Yugoslavia, and eight popes. Also, Sir Alexander MacKenzie was an explorer of the north and west of Canada in the 18th century.

So, what’s in your name?

Even more interesting I find the fact that it seems people associate strength with both names. Geez…. If the name really has an impactd on the character of the person I am truly blessed (or cursed).

Choppingblock

I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering. Fundamental differing.
Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion
Disintegrating as it goes testing our communication
The light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us so
We cannot see to reach an end crippling our communication.

I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them tumble down
No fault, none to blame it doesn’t mean I don’t desire to
Point the finger, blame the other, watch the temple topple over.
To bring the pieces back together, rediscover communication

The poetry that comes from the squaring off between,
And the circling is worth it.
Finding beauty in the dissonance.

There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away.
Mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting
I’ve done the math enough to know the dangers of our second guessing
Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication.

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any
Sense of compassion
Between supposed lovers/brothers

Tool – Lateralus