{"id":162354,"date":"2020-12-09T12:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-perspective\/"},"modified":"2020-12-09T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T17:20:37","slug":"new-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"New Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Perspective<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/theirishdevil\/\">TheIrishDevil<\/a> posted a photo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theirishdevil\/50698689266\/\" title=\"New Perspective\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50698689266_3431f45110_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"120\" alt=\"New Perspective\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Angry ghosts keep me company<br \/>\nEyes are closed but I&#8217;m awake<br \/>\nAnd I can&#8217;t sleep deeply<br \/>\nUnless I&#8217;ve been drinking<br \/>\nEnough to drown out what they say<\/p>\n<p>And what they say is more than I can take<br \/>\nOh, what a warped way to learn from my mistakes<\/p>\n<p>There are patterns in the static<br \/>\nNoises in my attic<br \/>\nVoices in my head keep me awake<br \/>\nI&#8217;m on the brink of madness<br \/>\nAnd I can&#8217;t help but laugh at this<br \/>\nOh, what a way<br \/>\nOh, what a way to learn from my mistakes<\/p>\n<p>Nobody gets away with anything<br \/>\nAll must bear the balance sheet<br \/>\nSo I befriend the voices<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve taught me some songs I guess<br \/>\nBut, oh how the truth stings when they speak<\/p>\n<p>And what they say<br \/>\nIs more than I can take<br \/>\nOh, what a warped way to learn from my mistakes<\/p>\n<p>Not awake but fighting sleep<br \/>\nI just hope<br \/>\nI can dream again<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s patterns in the static<br \/>\nNoises in my attic<br \/>\nVoices in my head keep me awake<br \/>\nI&#8217;m on the brink of madness<br \/>\nAnd I can&#8217;t help but laugh at this<br \/>\nOh, what a way<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ao-WYyByLbo\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">Oh, what a way to learn from my mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theirishdevil\/50698689266\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50698689266_3431f45110_n.jpg\" alt=\"New Perspective\" width=\"320\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Perspective TheIrishDevil posted a photo: Angry ghosts keep me company Eyes are closed but I&#8217;m awake And I can&#8217;t sleep deeply Unless I&#8217;ve been drinking Enough to drown out what they say And what they say is more than I can take Oh, what a warped way to learn from my mistakes There are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-perspective\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Perspective<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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