{"id":80,"date":"2005-05-10T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-11T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=80"},"modified":"2013-10-12T00:39:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T06:39:37","slug":"amys-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/amys-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy&#8217;s  Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DUdLVDNTWy4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By Switchfoot<\/p>\n<p>Amy&#8217;s gone<br \/>\nAnd time rolls on<br \/>\nHow far? how fast? how long? <\/p>\n<p>The last time we saw Amy<br \/>\nShe was headed for the shore<br \/>\nFighting off the volatile gray skies <\/p>\n<p>She said now begins forever<br \/>\nAnd that no one knows their time<br \/>\nWe bid farewell not knowing<br \/>\nThat might be our last good-bye <\/p>\n<p>Amy was a fighter<br \/>\nShe cut like Casius Clay<br \/>\nShe burned like a fire<br \/>\nDespite these rains <\/p>\n<p>Where time was a question<br \/>\nShe only knew one song:<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s singing, &#8220;how far, how fast, how<br \/>\nlong?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Salvation is a fire<br \/>\nIn the midnight of the soul<br \/>\nIt lights up like a can of gasoline <\/p>\n<p>Yeah, she&#8217;s a freedom fighter<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s a stand up kind of girl<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s out to start a fire<br \/>\nIn a bar code plastic world <\/p>\n<p>Amy was a fighter<br \/>\nShe cut like Casius Clay<br \/>\nShe burned like a fire<br \/>\nDespite these rains <\/p>\n<p>Where time was a question<br \/>\nShe only knew one song:<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s singing, &#8220;how far, how fast, how<br \/>\nlong?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>When everything stops moving<br \/>\nAnd I stop to catch my breath<br \/>\nAnd ride my train of thought<br \/>\nAll the way round <\/p>\n<p>My thoughts return to Amy<br \/>\nAnd the fire she&#8217;s begun<br \/>\nShe came when we were freezing<br \/>\nAnd left us burning up <\/p>\n<p>Amy was a fighter<br \/>\nShe cut like Casius Clay<br \/>\nShe burned like a fire<br \/>\nDespite these rains <\/p>\n<p>Where time was a question<br \/>\nShe only knew one song:<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s singing, &#8220;how far, how fast, how<br \/>\nlong?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/in-memory-of-amy-blundell-dec-22-1980-march-21-2005\/\" title=\"In Memory of Amy Blundell Dec. 22, 1980 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c March 21, 2005\">For Amy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Switchfoot Amy&#8217;s gone And time rolls on How far? how fast? how long? 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