Lenses

Do you see that cliche yellow brick road in front of you? Maybe so. Forget your lenses? They can be somewhere. Maybe these lenses are staring at you… or even on that stage in front of you… in a place you are never alone, where you are not looking at the phone or through those bones… Satisfied by your side is a world unknown. A world only you know… or many others for that matter. Such a world, known as music, is more than a mere noise, sound, or rhythm. It's a way of life! There is no reason to be afraid for a form of self-expression. Piercings, tattoos, hair or clothing style. It's your own. It's your form of beauty. It can even bring a happy couple closer!

Wherever you may be, you can run into a world of disgrace. Your heart, bulletproof, produces a long string of words that are everyone else's to decipher. All the while, they are yours, hopefully… not someone else's that are fed into your mouth just to achieve popularity. They should be yours to take pride in, not for publicity and fame. They should be a joy that people cherish and not drool over. They should be for you, not to impress anyone except for you… and maybe your boyfriend or best friend!
Nowadays, the true definition of music is to your discretion. Nowadays, these so called "stars" are trying to taint your lenses with fame, fortune, and luck. The lyrics have no depth, they were mass produced, and a true musician would vomit.

Thankfully, a cover can paint some color to a dull frame. It can give a new image to a tainted lens. It will create a vivid image of life, ranging from girls looking for loser boyfriends, girls breaking up with their boyfriend, a wife leaving, etc. But this image will be from someone else's mind through your lenses…

It is all still of a larger entity, whether for fame, for you, or a smaller audience soon to grow, it is for you. It is from your heart, through your soul, and pulsating through your veins. It is a part of you. It is about life through your lenses. Whether or not people understand, it's their loss; that is why there are multiple genres. You can either go through a hurricane and exit dead or alive.

No matter what you choose, the path you take, the life you live, it's all yours. People can criticize, hurt, hate, demoralize, but you are still you, no matter what. Don't drive into a deep end of depression, angst, and bittersweet memories. It's you. Take pride. It's life through your lenses. And that's all that matters...

Nine

That moment when people talk down to you...

Your confidence is low
You feel lost and lonely
You even wonder why someone who should be so close to you seems like they're turning their back on you

That moment where people ridicule you...

You're scarred
You're scared
You're chock full of sorrow

Years later, you finally overcome the fear and realize how much of a disease it really is. Feeling strong, you walk over to the water and stare at your glistening reflection. Flashbacks begin to engulf your mind...

You take a seat and cry for about an hour and realizing what you missed because of the plague. You can't go back nine years, but you can go forward nine minutes and begin to make a difference!

When you mentor someone, they call you “the best tutor ever”
When you lead an organization, many people thank you for your contributions
When you help the people you love the tools they need to thrive, they kiss you at your feet
You realize how much you have paid it forward. You can get people off the ground. You have the power!

But you're living on borrowed time in a borrowed space
Alone in a place that isn't really yours, but you use it anyways
With headphones blasting metal
Wanting to lock yourself away
But being in a public place
Sipping on a drink
With the loud piercing sound keeping me sane
That's what I say
While I stare into space...

If you walk across the water with a humble mind
You will complete your task and get quite a few gold stars
You will be viewed as a hero to your peers
The water will hold onto the nine minutes you have to complete your task
Completely alone
But you still survive

If you walk across the coal with an arrogant soul
Your heart will be sold
The devilish spirit will make you cold
But you think you're bold
You think you're so smooth, eh?
In due time, your life will just revolve around needing nine of everything

You have nine friends
Nine lives
But not nine strikes

You need to have a proper frame of mind
Or the clown mirrors will attack your perspective
You're alone in a room caught in a hurricane
Seeing yourself as just an animal...

Curling into a ball, you sob, waiting for someone to come rub your back
At least you're not always stuck in the background
That's what a frontman does
A president is a leader of an organization
But can a woman do something this big in a world that shouldn't see man as superior?

Will everyone understand... or just some
You just need to come
Come back to where you're from
So you can show how it's done!

Everything is a big pile of maybe
Indecisive...
Insecure...
Impossible...
On the minds of many
Maybe should take nine minutes to ask yourself why...
Do you want this nonsense to last?
Or do you want to take a trip into the serene beauty?
Just modulate...
Maybe that will take you somewhere
Where nine isn't your life...

Don't give up
Keep going
Don't let life bring you down
Just the normal cliché things one would say to motivate...
Inspire...
Impact...
Implement...
Indestructible...
Admirable...
Success!
If you do those, you can free yourself from nine
And enter into the magic world of now!

Stars

You're breaking inside. Every bone, every emotion, every last feeling...
You give me chills down my spine.
Should you stay or leave?
Do you feel like you're hiding in everyone else's shadows? Who would want that?
Your goal is to be a leader

If you're the best leader there is...
You are unbreakable
You are unstoppable
You are the ultimate!


Why are people so opinionated?
Why do people enjoy judging others and driving someone into an emotional hole?
You wish people understand...
There will be no sacrifice


How is it to be you?
Do you love you?

Do you want to live in the shadows of despair?
Do you feel torn?

Surviving is more difficult than it seems
So many are lost so soon, especially ones you'd least expect
If you hit the wall, do you feel like you leave pieces of your emotions behind?
Do you want to hold yourself together?


Look into the stars
Realize how beautiful you are
You are never too late
You are never last in line to ANYONE
You are always first

The line is yours
This life is yours

You are you
Realize you are you

Ignore those who hurt you
Disregard those who create fumes
Because you are the only who in the picture
It's just a known feature
Look into the details of your amazingness
And you will be fine!

You never need proof
Because your heart is all you need!
As long as you look up into the stars...