Shakespeare & Me & Aerosmith (Week 26)

Twelfth Night

Willy `•.

“If this were played upon a stage now,
I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.”

Aerosmith ▪︎`.

“And now that I’m alone
all I have is emptiness
that comes from being free
What could have been love
will never be”

Me `’.,°~

Guys…
I know that emptiness…
its echo…
don’t build a house here…
the story ain’t done…

Joel 2:25
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten”

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Shakespeare & Me & Radiohead (Week 26)

from The Merchant of Venice

Willy `•.

“O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”

Radiohead ¡!¡

“She looks like the real thing…
She tastes like the real thing…
My fake plastic love”

Me `’.,°~

…empty is fake—
lightweight…
I lived it—
paid… to wait.

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suᴉʍ sʎɐʍlɐ ʎʇᴉʌɐɹɓ ʇn𐐒

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Shakespeare & Me & The Allman Brothers (Week 25)

Henry V 🎭

Willy `•.

“Every subject’s duty is the king’s
but every subject’s soul is his own.”

The Allman Brothers ♭:-

“You got to let your soul shine—
shine till the break of day.”

Me `’.,°~

No crown I need…
nor strong drink…
lovelight within—
my soul won’t sink.

The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord… — Proverbs 20:27  t…

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✦ Shakespeare & Me & Zach Bryan (Week 23)

The Winter’s Tale

Willy `•.

“There is a fire in mine ears.”

Zach Bryan :::

“So let me go down the line…
Let me feel it all…
Joy, Pain, and Sky.”

Me `’.,°~

Mine.
Hers.
PyroHearts.

Jeremiah 20:9 (NIV)
“But if I say, ‘I will not mention His Word
or speak anymore in His name,’
His Word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones

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Shakespeare & Me & Sixx:A.M. (Week 22)

As You Like It

Willy `•.

“Sweet are the uses of adversity.”

Sixx:A.M. ♬…

“There’s nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home…”

Me `’.,°~

Pain—
is the map.

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted…
that I might learn thy statutes.”
— Psalm 119:71

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Shakespeare & Me & Hootie (Week 20)

Troilus and Cressida

Willy `•.

“Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back…
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion…”

Hootie ♭ ♮ ♯

“Time… why you punish me?”

Me `’.,°~

Tears run deep…
in dueling smile lines…

James 4:14 – “For what is your life?
It is even a vapor… that appeareth for a little time… and then vanisheth away.”

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Shakespeare & Me & Aretha (Week 19)

Sonnet 29

Willy `•.

“For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.”

Aretha ¡¡♪

“The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you.”

Me `’.,°~

Morning comes—

mute with love—

my heart
keens—

you.

Song of Solomon 6:3 (KJV)

“I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.”

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Shakespeare & Me & Slipknot (Week 18)

All’s Well That Ends Well…

Willy `•.

“My love hath sworn to me he is made of truth;
I do believe him, though I know he lies.”

Slipknot /¡\

“It took the death of hope to let you go.”

Me `’.,°~

Please—
be quiet…

while I unmake
this compass.

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Shakespeare & Me & System of a Down (Week 17)

— Hamlet

Willy 🎭

“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason…
and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?”

SOAD⚡

When you lose small mind, you free your life.

Me 🖤

unthink →
look up ↑ →
float .

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Shakespeare & Me & Gin Blossoms (Week 16)

Sonnet 30

Willy `•.

“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought…
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought…”

Gin Blossoms >¡<

“My fear pretend… that I’ll never be in love again… It’s real to me.. but not like these fools… and not like this scene”

Me ’.,°~

i don’t break loud—
quiet knees down—
soundproof tears—
’til i meet ground.

until i fall away

Job 16:20 (KJV)

“My friends scorn me…
but mine eye poureth out tears unto God…”

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