"The best thing about tonight is that we're not fighting..."

"The best thing about tonight is that we're not fighting. Could it be that we have been this way before? I know you don't think that I am trying, I know you're wearing thin down to the core. But hold your breath because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you."
"Fall For You" by Secondhand Serenade
Apparently I was trying a minimalist approach in the color area. Black & white... how poetic and teenagery.

The Difference

the truth lives behind the mask

the answer to a question no one asked

the surface makes for an easy swallow

because it leaves the inside hollow

falling through the life at hand

put out both feet and stick the land

I woke up to a different place

a mirror with a different face

the difference being me

misplaced the map, lost control

braced for the impact of the fall

nothing came and nothing will

my thoughts are simply standing still

your eyes burn through what you left of me

there is no release to the memories

pencil can’t erase thoughts I know still

but I’m praying that it will

I can not carry all the blame

but sorting the pieces brings back the pain

heart to stone, fast forward through

numb to the past and what to do

no one is left to watch the decay

crumble down and wash away

months pass without their meaning

to the steady beat of silent screaming

return the girl you stole from me

I need her eyes so I can see

her trust knew well as I do not

my courage cowers at lions she fought

here we are as two years ago

your claws sinking in and me letting go

stories of the past rearrange

I guess the truth can often change

eyes only look but cannot see

hearts can pound but cannot be

your words keep mine in retreat

I don’t feel like I can breathe

let me go, let me go, I’m fading fast

let me go, for these words are my last

"It's one hundred and nine degrees..."

"It's one hundred and nine degrees in this crowded room, no room to breath with walls as cold as a gallery. This is not place for me."
"Think of You" by A Fine Frenzy

"Gotta talk to you now 'fore we go to sleep. But will we sleep once I tell you what's hurting me?"

"I Hate This Part" by the Pussycat Dolls
I think I saw them perform this song on tv when I was about 5 or 6. It used to play on the radio a lot. It was one of the first songs I downloaded onto my MP3 (Yes, I had one. Please don't ask me what an MP3 is. I'm not that old.) This hand was based off of something I drew in class one day. I actually kind of like this one.

"Close enough to start a war. All that I have is on the floor. I can't keep up with your turning tables."

"Turning Tables" by Adele
This is actually one of the hands that I'm proud of. Good job 14-year-old Lucia.

If I Could

my walls are building up

the ground is breaking through

I’m starting to fall out

of a love I never grew

I lied to myself

tried to force some feelings

but fake incipience

doesn’t do healing

my mirrors couldn’t reflect

the eyes you have for me

so the DJ’s of my mind

scratched up reality

tried to fix scars

with knives and nails

tried to build stairs

but built a jail

I let you in

and asked you to stay

but really, back then

I wasn’t okay

I know that doesn’t

make this right

but I don’t have the blood

to finish this fight

get out before I crash

either way I’m going under

I’m still learning the difference

between lightning and thunder

I know you have problems

you can’t fix

just sign my name

to that list

sorry I led you to

this dead end street

I hope you can forgive

for trusting in me

when you leave my life,

leave the door closed

there will be less damage

when this bomb explodes

"Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry. You don't know how lovely you are..."

This one is a pretty popular song. It's called "The Scientist" by Coldplay.

"Losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control..."

"Losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control. These fishies in the sea are staring at me. One more spoon of cough syrup. Life's too short to even care at all."
This one is a lyric from the band "Young the Giant", it is called "Cough Syrup". Although, I am about 500% sure that I probably first heard this song from Glee.