RE: Songs That Have Made You Cry
November 9, 2015 at 2:37 am
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2015 at 2:42 am by TheRocketSurgeon.)
This Queen song is forever associated with the Highlander movies/series, but I think that doesn't do justice to the beauty of the lyric poetry that is this song... I've always considered it something of an "atheist anthem", if there is such a thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE
There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams,
Yet slips away from us?
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Oh, oh.
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Oooh..who dares to love forever,
Oh, when love must die?
But touch my tears with your lips,
Touch my world with your fingertips,
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today!
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today--
Who has forever anyway?
(Edit To Add: I notice that this video ends differently than the album version I quoted, but I'm leaving the video up because seeing them doing the live show = awesome. The album ending is so beautiful to me, though. There are some copies of the recently-remastered edition on YouTube; worth seeking out.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE
There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams,
Yet slips away from us?
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Oh, oh.
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Oooh..who dares to love forever,
Oh, when love must die?
But touch my tears with your lips,
Touch my world with your fingertips,
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today!
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today--
Who has forever anyway?
(Edit To Add: I notice that this video ends differently than the album version I quoted, but I'm leaving the video up because seeing them doing the live show = awesome. The album ending is so beautiful to me, though. There are some copies of the recently-remastered edition on YouTube; worth seeking out.)
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
