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I wish when I closed a book I could set it on the shelf and know it was really over
Climbing cherry trees when I was younger
You knew I was a rattlesnake when you picked me up
This was when I knew my childhood was over
I'm sorry I was speeding, officer, but I really have to get to the hospital
It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead
When I was five years old, I knew I was going to die
When I was very young, I knew that the world was made of honey.
when you reflect that john now knows how he's going to die.
I didn't know such things when I was young
(because this was always subconsciously the inspiration, even if I did not know it at the time, and I only realised it just now)
I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now
When the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed on re-entry, I felt a deep sorrow that Cowboy Bebop was now implausible
I still miss you, now and then. You'll never know.
I am sorry but when you were talking I was admiring the shape of your lips and evaluating their kissability
When I Was a Lad
You know you're in a terrible mood when the songs don't work
When I think of him now I can smell horses
I'm awake now. You know what I'm talkin' about?
let me know who you are now.
I remember when it was me who made her skin flush
Who shouted with glee when the colour blue was born?
The smiles you smiled when you thought no one was looking
Eye contact at a distance
I could do without it, if I knew what it was
Now it was personal
Sucking at The Sims
I wish I was carrying cigarettes
i only knew when silence screamed
When I was young
When I was Fair and Young
When men were men, women were women, and you knew where you were going in life
The first time I knew I was different
When I Was Born for the 7th Time
If you knew what I know
Never frown; you never know when someone's falling in love with your smile.
I knew I'd know you someday
To Here Knows When
When you know things are just not meant to be
i know you're out there; i just wish you were here with me
She didn't know what outside was anymore.
I stared into the muddled sky with tears running down my face in small rivers, and I knew then that there was no hope
I knew enough about him to know his name and what kind of snowball he could make
This was then, and now I can't even find your grave
I know more when I'm alone
When touch was simple
What if Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
The land of our fathers, stolen before we knew it was our own
When that cow would walk it was like she was dancing
I wish I knew how to quit you
When I was young Time had no wings
I did not need it. I was strong. I was steady. I knew what I was doing.
What I would do If I knew what was good for me
Do you remember how small your body was when you were five?
When daddy was the handsome prince
I remember when it was me who made you want to take over the world and enslave humanity
Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was
I wish I was a fish
He had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter
UK's response to 'Extroadinary Rendition': SIS knew US was torturing suspects.
Where were you when Kennedy was shot?
How it feels to be interviewed (when you know the answers)
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
You know you've been away from home too long
I knew it was over the moment I bought those shoes
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
I was trying to show him my insides, you know. I like to share.
You know it is going to be a strange day when you wake up dead
The girl didn't know if she was loved until he said yes.
It is possible to know anyone you wish to create
When the water is black you know it's deep
I didn't want to know where I was conceived
She knew what she was doing
when you are young they assume you know nothing
and what about now? are your eyes open? do you know what the risks are?
And yet, when the warm breeze of spring greets my face and the sunlight does not make me shield my eyes, I know I am not alone.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him
Now is the time when I start: Drink
Oh, no. Look, you've gone and made me optimistic. I was before, but now it is showing.
Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
It was the year 2000. Nobody knew what was coming.
I was wrong as a child, to think old people were stupid for asking me where the day had gone. Now I understand... we older people do not live.
I was once smaller than a jellybean, but now look at me - I am macroscopic!
You will know me by those colors, deep and bold, of the heart you never knew.
I don't even know when I am being sarcastic anymore
I remember when it was me who made her toilet flush
When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One
When we was fat ( ... or, Lord Gym)
When I Was One-and-Twenty
A poem I wrote when I was 5
When I was a kid, I wanted to get tuberculosis
So I was balls deep in the guy's ass that night when he turns to me and asks for a kiss. Damn. What a fag.
When I Was a Boy
It was late when he came home; it woke you up
When I was ten years old
When I was five
I'm not a geek, and I wish I were
November 4, 1995
What I wrote when I was missing David
Once when I got like this I thought I was building a boat
When she was new, she rolled around the sky like a black umbrella blown by the wind
When I Was Cruel
I Wish My Brother George Was Here
When I was little my mother told me not to sit close to the T.V., so when I was six I did.
When she was bad
I don't remember what life was like when I was seven. I like the taste of air. What should I do?
Waiting until dusk, when it was safe
When I awoke, I was alone, and screaming
As an Atheist, I sometimes wish I were Jewish
Back when our blood was still warm
When Frederic Was a Little Lad
I was throwing around useless proverbs when all she needed was to be held and told that she was beautiful
It was daylight when you looked up from your ditch
When again between cities was comfortable and right
When you make your own mother cry you know you've fucked up
Found sleep and, now I know tired
An important sentence to know when going abroad
I don't know what he was listening for, but he wasn't listening
You know you're a geek when...
You know you're in the SCA when
Girls who go home with you when they don't even know your name
How do we know dog biscuits are "now better tasting!"?
She is stupidly keeping herself a secret, when I know she has sparkly things to show me
How do you know when your relationship is over?
When life gives you lemons, suck on them. Seriously, lemons taste awesome.
I just don't know when to quit.
I Bet You Don't Know When The Song Is Going To End
beside a moon that don't know when to quit
if I had known then what I know now
Now we know
You know when you've been Jesuited
You know you are addicted to Everything when
Children are people readers and they know when you are fiction
How do you know when someone's your best friend?
The one thing I wanted more than anything was for someone, just once, to tell me they don't know what they'd do without me
listening at the cracks now; I know you
She was watching me and I didn’t know it.
If I was beautiful, I'd know it
I know when the world will end
finding my way back to sanity again, though I don't really know what I'm going to do when I get there
That man has writer's block but I don't know if I'm him right now
We did not know it was a war
Someone has writer's block but I don't know if I'm him right now
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me)?
Now there's revolution but they don't know what they're fighting
When you get to the top, I know what it'll seem like. But there IS someone there. There IS someone there.
I'll be happier when the rain stops. But I know I'd be miserable if it never rained again.
we are fed violence and love is censored, and people are shocked when violence is all we know
You know a writer has made it when they stop posting on e2
Now you know
Would you take your shoes back now, i think I know what it is like to be you.
This is the time. The time was now. And now is then. This was the time.
When I am stronger than now
The girls had gone wild and now my dad's cock was missing
Now I know why I get the urge to kill her
That Was Then, This is Now
The hole in the ground for bodily waste when camping
What was once well planned in a mad girls mind, and is now quickly becoming a last minute nodermeet
Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
If I'd have shot her when I met her, I'd be out of jail by now.
If not me, who? If not now, when?
I used to think of sobriety as a purgatory, and that to be under the influence of drugs was relief from it. Now that I'm older I believe the opposite to be true.
now, when it's nearly impossible to get lost and twice as impossible not to be found
Now that was a scary ending
Music was better in the old days
You know you're blacked out when...
It's hard to know what to say when a friend's parent they always hated suddenly dies
I wonder when I learned to smile when I was being hurt
Back when grunge was still cool
You know you've been hacking too long when
When I was your age
There was a time when I was a better person
when you asked what I was writing, this is what it was
for a long time i was afraid i would forget; now i'm afraid i might not
she was once a stealthy ghostship in the fog, now she shines wherever she walks
the fire burned and burned; it was so great and now so much time has passed and the fire is still burning, but it requires attendance
You know you've done psychedelic drugs

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