Boats and Birds by Gregory and the Hawk
If you’ll be my star
I’ll be your sky
You can hide underneath me and come out at night
When I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine
I live to let you shine
And you can sky-rocket away from me
And never come back if you find another galaxy
Far from here with more room to fly
Just leave me your stardust to remember you by
If you be my boat
I’ll be your sea
The depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity
Ebbing and flowing and pushed by a breeze
I live to make you free
I live to make you free
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/gregory_and_the_hawk/boats_and_birds.html ]
But you can set sail to the west if you want to
And past the horizon till I can’t even see you
Far from here where the beaches are wide
Just leave me your wake to remember you by
If you’ll be my star
I’ll be your sky
You can hide underneath me and come out at night
When I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine
I live to let you shine
But you can sky-rocket away from me
And never come back if you find another galaxy
Far from here with more room to fly
Just leave me your stardust to remember you by
Stardust to remember you by
this song. is beautiful.
This is Fawkes, about 36 hours after completion, now that the swelling has gone down and the redness isn’t as bad. This is my first tattoo and I got it on my 21st birthday, July 23, 2011. Done by Mike at West Side Tattoo in Colorado Springs, and from me, the shop and artist both come very highly recommended!
I got this tattoo because college has been an extremely difficult time for me. Quite the opposite of the norm, I have found that the last three years I’ve spent in school have been the darkest years of my life. Fawkes is my representation of rising from the ashes into a new chapter of my life, which will begin after my next and final year of school. I got him to remind me of how far I have come as well as how much I have left to do, which in the grand scheme of things, isn’t much. I’m so close to the end, and Fawkes will help carry me through the home stretch.
I am a music major, and music has always been a huge part of my life. For that reason, subtle musical allusions are hidden in the background: a treble clef just left of the back wing, and an eighth note to the right of the tail. Music has always been the driving force within me that has kept me moving, so it felt appropriate to surround Fawkes with music.
Fawkes is named after Dumbledore’s phoenix from the Harry Potter series. It was mere coincidence that my tattoo coincided so closely with the ending of the epic tale that partially defined my childhood, as well as with the birthday that very officially brings me into full adulthood. As I feel like my childhood has “died” with that series (haha) and as this tattoo was already about growth and rebirth, it felt appropriate to pay homage to Harry Potter by naming Fawkes as such.
39429.) I never thought you were anything special at first. I saw you and didnt think much of you. Then we started to get to know each other; I saw you with your friends, and how loyal you are to each of them… And I realize you keep making decisions in a way that I would, as well. You are one of the most amazing people I know. Don’t ever change, because some thing that was unspecial at first, became the most important thing in my life.
this.
Okay, kids, I got my third tattoo vault boy from Fallout 3. The reason I got this tattoo was for my brother. It reminds me of our bond we have together. Most of our memories come from this game, you wouldn’t even understand it. This is also only one of the few games that we both like. Either I don’t like his games, and he doesn’t like mine. We also have a lot of fun with the song “Johnny Guitar”. I don’t know if you guys remember me posting that Vault boy meme, and I said “One of the reasons I’m getting vault boy”. Yeah, I finally got it. I’ve been wanting this tattoo for such a super long time, and I finally got it. Also, there is a burning hole inside of him from getting shot from a mini gun, missile launcher, mini nuke, etc, any big guns. I got that because “nothing can stand between us” loll, get it? :) Anyway, there it is. And, also, he wanted it to be my right thigh, he was soo excited for me to get this done. It was originally gonna be a different vault boy, but I like this better. And anyone that says I’ll be silly with this tattoo when I’m older can think different because when I get older, I’m going to tell my kids, grand kids, etc that this is what me and their uncle did when we were their age. They’ll be like.. “QUE!?” lolll. :3 Oof!
P.s. this is one of my favorite games. Everyone knows that.P.p.s. I got this done at Dutch Touch in San Diego, CA. The artist was by Daniel. I love it! And this is a crappy picture. I took it fast. Oh, and this was one day after I got it done. It’s on my right thigh. Also my third tattoo.
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