Who are you?
Jewelsong, LOVE your reply! LOL!
And in the same vein:
[channels Helen Reddy] I am woman!
I kind of like the lyrics of that song, except I don't feel I'm invincible. Maybe I did when I was younger, but not now. I like the way the song describes how we grow through pain and difficult experiences:
I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
CHORUS
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul
CHORUS
I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
FADE
I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman
And in the same vein:
[channels Helen Reddy] I am woman!
I kind of like the lyrics of that song, except I don't feel I'm invincible. Maybe I did when I was younger, but not now. I like the way the song describes how we grow through pain and difficult experiences:
I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
CHORUS
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul
CHORUS
I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
FADE
I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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At the risk of getting chastised by yov for quoting old-school Eminem again...Voronwë the Faithful wrote:I am.
I am whatever you say I am
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
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You've never been to the karaoke parties my friends and I have here. That's actually one of my songs. You should see me pull it off.yovargas wrote: I have a hard time picturing you delivering it with quite the same "umph".
PS What part of my messageboard participation over the years has left you thinking that I couldn't yell long strings of words angrily into a mike with sufficient umph?
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Well, we'll just have to correct that, won't we.nerdanel wrote:You've never been to the karaoke parties my friends and I have here.
nerdanel wrote:PS What part of my messageboard participation over the years has left you thinking that I couldn't yell long strings of words angrily into a mike with sufficient umph?
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
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When you strip away all the constructions, interpretations, assumptions and other impositions society, acquaintances, friends and family overlay...you're left with the ones I overlay on myself, courtesy of a lifetime of my interactions with the above.
Inside that there's some gooey bits inside a fleshy bag supported by bones, at the top of which sits a gelatinous mass containing the above notion (and a few others).
But even that is still "what." Ultimately all definitions of human identity are "What" definitions, or circular, or solipsisms. "Who" merely differentiates labels. It's a pronoun marker for a human, as opposed to anything else, a notation of restricted class.
That's what you get for asking a nominalist.
Inside that there's some gooey bits inside a fleshy bag supported by bones, at the top of which sits a gelatinous mass containing the above notion (and a few others).
But even that is still "what." Ultimately all definitions of human identity are "What" definitions, or circular, or solipsisms. "Who" merely differentiates labels. It's a pronoun marker for a human, as opposed to anything else, a notation of restricted class.
That's what you get for asking a nominalist.