New Beginnings - Roses

To say I'm heavily affected by music, any music, is an understatement.  Lyrics, melodies, even all the little counterpoints and such, constantly play through my head.  When I was very young, I even tried my hand at writing them down, but alas my ability to name things is a bit lacking.  My mother saw 'Homemade Melody' (I was 10 maybe?) and read it as 'Home on the Range'.  Without actually reading the music she jumped to a conclusion that kept me from doing more than write down lyrics since then.  But the love of music is still there, and at least I do understand plagiarism.

And lately, even more than usual for me, its been very hard to keep myself going.  To keep trying to pick myself up and dust myself off, to keep following my dreams, or maybe even pick back up on following them.

So how does this relate to this post?  Well, not only is there this song that I find really inspirational and sort of speaks for me, to me, however you want to put it, but it also goes around my favorite flower.  You know, the ones all over these images.  That I ran across the song is sheer chance, and happened when I really did need it most, with the death of one of my two best friends ever, and business partner in SL on May 15th.

I DJ, you see, among other things.  And when someone requests songs, I'll do my best to find them, and if they are good, I'll grab the album too.  And in this case, it was well worth it, but we'll not digress this post.  Its a Finnish band called Poets of the Fall, and I didn't actually decide to listen to the rest of the album until may, when I heard this song called 'Roses'.  The chorus is what I'll quote here.

         "So when I'm crying alone
          Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone

          Grow me a garden of roses
          Paint me the colors of sky and rain
          Teach me to speak with their voices
          Show me the way and I'll try again."

Bare Bones Credits:
Skin - Atomic Faery Dark Fae in Ash
Eyes - Atomic Faery Glitterdust Eyes
Shape - Mine
Hands and Feet - Slink [Casual/Flat]
Hair - Magika Serene
Cosmetics; FCD Colourbox Lips in Blue [tinted], Beautiful Freak Obake in Blue
Top - Pale Empress Lace Chemise in Black
Skirt - Pale Empress Severina in Teal [tinted]
Shoes - Lassitude and Ennui Saltrello in Ink/Silver
Rose in hand - DDD

Background stuff
Poses - Photo 1; Poise Poses GA_2, Photo 2; Desire Free Pose_02
Fountain, most trees, roses, furniture - DDD
Tree clump - Studio Skye's Enchanted Woods