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12. Hunting. Share your favorite hunting stories, or tell how you feel about hunting. Alternate: The Big Loss. Describe a moment in which your team lost and what happened. Deadline: FRIDAY.

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Sierra Gregoire

Right Now

Right now,
You're all I want;
You're all I need.
You're pretty much the air I breathe.

Right now,
I don't think I can let you go;
I don't think I can say goodbye.
I just can't stand to sit and cry.

Right now,
I feel like I'm being torn;
I feel like I can't win this game.
I feel like I'm the one to blame.

So right now,
You're all I want;
You're all I need.
You're pretty much the air I breathe.

Turn Around

I've become what I don't want to be.
I miss the old me.
I can remember when everything was okay.
I'd give anything to go back to those days.

Want back my smile,
Haven't seen it in a while.
Feeling so broken and down.
Can't we turn this around?

Give me back what I'm sure I've lost.
Whatever it takes, I'll pay the cost.
I want things to to be the same.
Don't worry, I'll take all the blame.

Want back my smile,
Haven't seen it in a while.
Feeling so broken and down.
Can't we turn this around?

I want to feel like I belong.
Why did everything have to go so wrong?
I need things back to the way they were
I'm so sick of feeling this hurt.

Want back my smile,
Haven't seen it in while.
Feeling so broken and down.
Can't we turn this around?

Please...

Contemplation

I think about it all the time.
No matter how hard I try,
It just can't erase it from my mind.
It's the reason I start to cry.

Hidden away, so no one can see.
My arm is aching now.
This is a secret I plan to keep.
I'm falling apart and I don't know how.

I want to do it,
To end this pain.
So down I sit,
To take my life in vain.

Losing It

I used to be such a strong person.
But a lot has changed, a lot has happened.
And I've had to deal with so much more
Than any person should have to go through.
And you know something?
I finally broke.
In the midst of this self-inflicted pain,
Everything around me crashed,
And I fell right with it.
So I'm not that strong anymore,
I don't know if I can handle this.
I'm losing my hold

Trust Me

I told you the truth,
I told you all along.
But you didn't believe me.
You're being told I'm wrong.

I know what happened.
I know what I said.
You need to know I'm being honest,
Get it through your head!

I want you to trust me,
Like I used to trust you.
I wish this all would end
So we could start over new.

I never should have told you,
Should have just kept my mouth closed.
'Cause now you've heard this rotten lie,
And I feel dirty and falsely exposed.

Picture If You Will...

It's unrealistic the way things can go
From perfectly fine,
To a compelete train wreck
In just a few hours.
It's depressing, exciting, scary, and dramatic.
It sucks

And then you try to fix this puzzle,
But sadly enough for you,
You haven't got all the pieces right at hand.
You have them somewhere,
But where only you can find them.

Eyes

I smile as I fall,
Fall into your icy blue eyes.
But your eyes,
They trouble me,
They confuse me so.
They've been telling me the truth all along,
Which doesn't meet your words.

So what am I to believe?
Your jumble of lies I've mistaken
For the truth which lies just skin deep?

I'm lost,
Ever so lost in thought.
Are you honest with me?
You're not.
Do I trust you?

Let's Say...

Let's turn this around,
Take a walk in my shoes.
Let's say I cheated,
Say I lied.
Let's say I was the one,
The one who covered it up.
Let's say you figured it out,
You cried for weeks.
Let's say I was the one,
The one who didn't bother to speak.
Let's say you hurt for months,
And you couldn't take the pain.
Let's say I was the one,
Who didn't bother to explain.

Hurt

Is it a lie?
Like all the rest?
Will I be able to trust you again?
I cry and even bleed for you!
I want it to end.
No, not me and you.
This pain,
This pain you've put me through.
The sound of my tears falling all night long.
I hate it so much!
Please, make it stop!
You see right through me,
Through my hurt.
This hurt which came from you...

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