No one knows what it is like ....... behind these eyes.
We are all mere humans capable of good deeds, bad deeds and some very ugly deeds.
How many of us have really been tested to see just how ugly we can become.
It seems it is all too easy to judge others from our rather cosy existence.
How easy it seems to impose our moral judgements on people who we have no real understanding of.
We do not know their daily struggles, but we still pass judgements based on our own biased perceptions of the world.
Why is it so difficult to even try to take the time to understand? We are all guilty.
All of us are perpetrators of what is deemed to be bad, but in reality we are all just striving to find love and happiness.
Unfortunately sometimes people get hurt along the way, sometimes intentionally, but quite often unintentionally.
We all make mistakes, we make decisions we regret and sometimes for whatever reasons we strike out in anger.
We are just humans trying to do the best we can with our current circumstances. All too often some of us have horrific circumstances thrust upon us, and the best we can do is to try and survive, in the hope of a better life.
For me personally
it is difficult not to strike out in anger, when I see and hear how other
people are so badly treated throughout the world. Anger does not help the situation, but sometimes through utter frustration anger can be a difficult emotion to control.
No one knows what
its like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what its like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what its like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat
No one knows what its like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
Behind Blue
Eyes – The Who.
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I love what you've wrote, and its extremly true. I got told by somebody a while ago that when you point your finger at somebody you'll notice that three fingers are pointing right back at you. Ive aslo experienced lately people that say hurtful things behind my back but yet no-body seems to have the balls to come upto me and say them face to face.
It seems so easy for other people to cast the first stone as if their perfect or something but everybody has demons hidden under their bed whether they want to admit it or not.
I really love the song you put on, the who are great. There is another good version of this song by Limp Bizkit which I like listening to.
Take care Antonia :-D xxx
Yes that is a great saying about the three fingers pointing back at you.
I am sorry that people have been saying things behind your back, how nice of them :-(
Yes none of us are perfect that is for sure. One of the reasons for the post was that I lost my cool a bit on some one's blog and well I am not proud of the fact. So yes I am no where near perfect.
One of the other reasons for the post, is that one of the reasons why I lost my cool is because in many ways I felt that people were judging some people rather unfairly, not judging everyone unfairly but some people. In my opinion given what these people were promoting as their own so called beliefs, they should have known better.
The song is a great song isn't it and I actually think it is quite appropriate for how I was feeling.
Much debate over the internet about this version verses the Limp Bizkit version. Traditional "The Who" fans totally condemn the Limp Bizkit version. I actually don't mind either and if it wasn't for the Limp Bizkit version, I would never have known there was another version i.e. the original version. The way they are sung and the change of lyrics actually makes them totally different in meaning.
The Who version was much more appropriate here as it conveyed the meaning I was after, this version is not about a romantic relationship gone wrong, it is more about us as humans fighting our own inner demons. I also love the part where the lyrics are almost like a prayer or a piece of Biblical scripture only in a more modern form.
Thanks for dropping by Antonia.
XXXOOO
Very wise words indeed.
I am glad you kept your cool when your lunch went missing, it was obviously worth it. I hope your boss is still treating you well.
Here is a smile for you to spread around
*SMILE*
: ) SMILE : ) Smile's all around! lol
Yet as ugly as we find ourselves at times, there is that much or more beauty within us as well. It's hard to find sometimes, even harder than the ugliness that is it's kin by blood. The term enantiodromia comes to mind, along with the image of flowers growing in a bog.
For me, the amazing thing about people is our capacity to do the impossible, be it for good or ill. To have such potential is a miraculous thing. If anything, the desire for improvement stems from the hope that overall, it will be used benevolently.
Yes running away from ourselves never works and denying who we are never works. No matter how far we run, we can never run away from who we are.
Yes the analogy of the Lotus. I have a book devoted to the Lotus flower, magnificent photos and some very wise words.
"The Lotus is a magnificent paradox. Its leaves and flowers grow in the mud and murky water, yet they are unstained. It is associated with both heat and cool, chaos and order, the sun and the moon, even life and death ........."
In the main I agree and I hope we are right.