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"Maybe someday we'll figure all this out. Try to put an end to all our doubt. Try to find a way to make things better now. Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud. We'll be better off somehow."
-Rob Thomas

"Do you know that there's still a chance for you. There's a spark in you and you've just got to ignite the light and let it shine. You're a firework. Show 'em what you're worth. Come on, let your colors burst. You don't have to feel like a wasted space. You're original and cannot be replaced. If only you knew what the future holds. After a hurricane comes a rainbow."
-Katy Perry

"Speak louder that the words before you and give them meaning no one else has found. The role we play is so important. We are the voices of the underground... Say everything you’ve always wanted, be not afraid of who you really are, cause in the end we have each other, and that's at least one thing worth living for."

Hey friend, when you feel like you're alone and the world throws out a lot of hate... It's not the end. You're not out there on your own. There's still so much in life to celebrate. Just look up. Because those skies are going to clear. There so much more than just the here and now. Just look up. Because a better day is here. Tomorrow feel the sunlight shining down.

It gets better, better, better. The pain will let up, let up, let up. If you fall just get up, get up, get up. Because there's another way. The world gets lighter, lighter, lighter. So be a fighter, fighter, fighter. Just live to see that day.

Hey friend, we used to feel like you. No end in sight. Fearing everyday. Just defend the part of you that's true. Find yourself and you will find the way. Don't give up. Just take another look and you can shine. It's time you took the stage. Don't give up. Because your life is like a book. All you got to do is turn the page.

There are friends yet to meet. There are songs to be sung. There are beautiful sunsets. And battles are won. There's love to be found if you just stick around. Don't give up your life has just begun.

(Jay Kuo & Blair Shepard)

Have you lost your way? Livin' in the shadow of the messes that you made. And so it goes. Everything inside your circle starts to overflow.

Take a step before you leap. Into the colors that you seek. You give back what you give away. So don't look back on yesterday.

Wanna scream out, no more hiding. Don't be afraid of what's inside. Gonna tell ya you'll be alright. In the aftermath.

Anytime anybody pulls you down. Anytime anybody says you're not allowed. Just remember you are not alone. In the aftermath.

You feel the weight of lies and contradictions that you live with every day. It's not too late. Think of what could be if you rewrite the role you play.

So all you feel is love, love. All you feel is love, love.

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Messages of Hope

LINKS:

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton: It Gets Better
Gloria Estefan: It Gets Better
BD Wong: It Gets Better
It Gets Better Project: Comments From Gap Stores Staff
It Gets Better Project: Comments From MTV Logo Staff
It Gets Better Project: Comments From Jewel
Advocate: Dan Savage Aims to Save LGBT Kids
CBS News Report: It Gets Better Project
Psych Central: It Gets Better Project
Sean Chapin Sings: It Gets Better

YOU'RE A FIREWORK

Ignite the Light and Let it Shine

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel so paper thin, like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do you ever feel already buried deep, six feet under scream, but no one seems to hear a thing? Do you know that there's still a chance for you, because there's a spark in you?

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine. Just own the night like the Fourth of July.

Because baby you're a firework. Come on show 'em what you're worth. Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!" As you shoot across the sky.

Baby you're a firework. Come on let your colors burst. Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!" You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down. You're gonna leave 'em all in awe.

You don't have to feel like a waste of space. You're original, cannot be replaced. If you only knew what the future holds. After a hurricane comes a rainbow. Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed. So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road. Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow. And when it's time, you'll know.

Boom, boom, boom. Even brighter than the moon. It's always been inside of you. And now it's time to let it through.

(Katy Perry / Firework)