It's been a great inspiration discovering you. I learned a lot as I watched you go through the election cycle. I experienced your fears and hope, which eventually became mine although it was never my intention.
I began to look up to you for answers believing you could help change the World. The funny thing is, I was not the only one who had –and still has– such faith in you. The whole World did and still does, I guess.
These days I often wonder whether you ever felt overburdened, that the World –and perhaps someone you know– was expecting a lot from you. Maybe that you could solve all crises in Africa, Asia, Europe and back home there in America? Well, I don't know, but I thought of dedicating a powerful song called 'Strong' by a German artist to you. Because the text is in German, I took the effort to translate it. Perhaps you wanna read it as you listen to the song.
But before that, I wish you all, the best for 2009!!!!!!
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Strong by I and I (Stark von Ich und Ich)
I have been on the run for weeks now, drinking lots of beer and wine
my apartment is deserted, I shattered my mirror into pieces
I am not the one, the one I wanna be and I don't wanna be the one I am
my life is a chaos, just look at it closely
I am brutally jealous and unfair to women
and whenever it gets serious, I run away
I am asking you right now: does all that make any sense?
my life is a chaos, just look at it closely
and you believe I am strong, I know the way
you convince yourself that I know how everything works
you think I have everything under control and I
control what happens
but I am only standing up here singing my song
I am constantly on the search and I no longer know what for
I go through bars throughout the night, always the one who laughs the loudest
no one notices how really confused I am
it's all a mask, just look at it closely
step into the sunlight with me, or walk with me for a while
I will show you my truth for a moment
I am asking myself, exactly like yourself, where is the sense in all this?
my life is a chaos, just look at it closely
and you believe I am strong, I know the way
you convince yourself that I know how everything works
you think I have everything under control and I
control what happens
but I am only standing up here singing my song