Rise Against – Hero of War

He said, Son,
Have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could?

Well what would you say,
if I said you could?

She
May be the face I can’t forget.
A trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay.
She may be the song that summer sings.
May be the chill that autumn brings.
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day.

She
May be the beauty or the beast.
May be the famine or the feast.
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell.
She may be the mirror of my dreams.
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell

She who always seems so happy in a crowd.
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one’s allowed to see them when they cry.
She may be the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows of the past.
That I’ll remember till the day I die

She
May be the reason I survive
The why and wherefore I’m alive
The one I’ll care for through the rough and ready years
Me I’ll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I’ve got to be
The meaning of my life is

She

Well maybe therex92s a god above
But all Ix92ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody whox92d out drew ya
And itx92s not a cry that you hear at night
Itx92s not someone whox92s seen the light
Itx92s a cold and itx92s a broken hallelujah

We had fire in our eyes
In the beginning I
Never felt so alive
In the beginning you
You blame me but
It’s not fair when you say that I didn’t try
I just don’t want to hear it anymore

I swear I never meant to let it die
I just don’t care about you anymore
It’s not fair when you say that I didn’t try
I just don’t care about you anymore

We had time on our side
In the beginning we
We had nothing to hide
In the beginning you
You blame me but
It’s not fair when you say that I didn’t try
I just don’t want to hear it anymore

I swear I never meant to let it die
I just don’t care about you anymore
It’s not fair when you say that I didn’t try
I just don’t care about you anymore

Soms wordt het allemaal eventjes te veel

Now I know what a fool I’ve been.
I just can’t believe I trusted you.
You’re not worth my tears.

Something just feels so wrong inside.
Sometimes I wake up crying at night.
And sometimes I scream out your name.
It is the first time I ever felt this lonely.
I remember when you were mine.

You were all the things I thought I knew
and I thought we could be

You were everything
everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be
but we lost it
All of the memories so close to me
just fade away
All this time you were pretending
so much for my happy ending

Als ik in xe9xe9n zin zou moeten samenvatten wat het belangrijkste is in relaties tussen mensen, dan zou ik zeggen: Probeer eerst te begrijpen, dan begrepen te worden. Dit principe is naar mijn idee het geheim van effectieve communicatie.

Nu rest mij nog een laatste vraag: Wat denken jullie?

Wat is belangrijker: je tijd zo efficixebnt mogelijk gebruiken om de problemen op te lossen die door botsende verwachtingen zijn ontstaan, xf3f tijd vrijmaken om met anderen samen te werken en van tevoren de verwachtingen helder te krijgen?

Wat is belangrijker: tijd besteden aan het oplossen van problemen die door gebrek aan communicatie zijn ontstaan, xf3f relaties opbouwen waarbinnen effectieve communicatie mogelijk is?