Surrenders

de·feat·ism  (d-ftzm)

n.

Acceptance of or resignation to the prospect of defeat.

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de·featist adj. & n.

de·feat·ist

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noun

1.

a person who surrenders easily or is subject to defeatism.

Definition of DEFEATISM

: an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat

de·feat·ism

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noun

the attitude, policy, or conduct of a person who admits, expects,or no longer resists defeat,  as because of a conviction thatfurther struggle or effort is futile; pessimistic resignation.

Definition for defeatism:

acceptance of the inevitability of defeat.

Not Loving Well

“All cowardice comes from not loving, or not loving well, 
which is the same thing."

Reminder

 “The quest is to be liberated from the negative, which is really our own will to nothingness. And once having said yes to the instant, the affirmation is contagious. It bursts into a chain of affirmations that knows no limit. To say yes to one instant, is to say yes to all of existence.”

Still Waters

I was floating on my back on a peaceful ocean of bliss

but you were cement blocks clasping my ankles and wrists

it took eleven short months but now I see this 

"

I'm here but you're there

but we're happy

we can't be there together

and we're happy

and you know it

"

Playlist Self

Kevin Devine - Tap Dance

Brand New - Seventy Times 7

Bright Eyes - If Winter Ends

La Dispute - Andria
Hightide Hotel - Closer
Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex
Atmosphere - Abusing the Rib

I Know You Know It

"I can't begin to compete with you and everyone knows I know you know it, too.
It's a complicated fear that grows with every year and it's walking on it's own finally

All I can offer are farmer chords, these simple rhymes and you painted in words
You can sing this when alone or whistle it through your teeth and it
will feel like home no matter how far you'll be from my lonely arms
outstretched just beyond your reach singing "ooh, baby, please...""

Demo

"Pull out your hem threads
Streched over my stomach
In the shape of a knife
The week's getting longer
Got up and got out
And I got myself shot
This is not the best, best part
It's real quick but it hurts a whole lot
So call it quits or get a grip
You say you wanted a solution
You just wanted to be missed
Call me a safe bet
I'm betting I'm not
Taper off and split ends
That you're pulling apart
Like you can forget
So pull out your hem threads
Streched over my neck
In the shape of a knife
The week's getting longer
Got up and got out
And I got myself shot
This is not the best, best part
It's real quick but it hurts a whole lot
So call it quits or get a grip
You say you wanted a solution
You just wanted to be missed
You call me a safe bet
When I'm betting I'm not
Taper off and split ends
That you're pulling apart
So you can forget
So you can forget
You can forget
Call me a safe bet
When I'm betting I'm not"

Letters

and I'd like to say this is all beside the point, but nothing is, and there is of course no point.

Light / Heavy

L I G H T   C O N V E R S A T I O N

H E A V Y  E Y E L I D S

Read Into

”It’s amazing what a woman will read into it if you by accident say, I love you.
Ten times out of ten, a guy means I love this.”

We Were Barely Twenty Then

"Now my friends have all left, 

or it's been me gone all along. 

I guess we all part one day, 

and drop like leaves into the breeze, 

and ain't it wild, ain't it bitter?

(Didn't it carry you from me?)"

Last Night

 Remember the conversation, the entire thing.

Tricks & Games

Don't you see no one understands
that I'd have to admit to the game to show my hand

Every Day

I was terrified to lose you, I kept you in every way I could
You were scared I would move on to something better, ready for when I would
And though you believed that, and despite my trying, I never did in any sort of way
Although your body left, you can believe me when I say everything else stayed

Twisting

    "Can we have an exchange that isn't you twisting the blade?"