Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations held on the second Monday in March, and marked by a multi-faith service in Westminster Abbey, normally attended by HM Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, with the Commonwealth Secretary-General and Commonwealth High Commissioners in London. The Queen delivers an address to the Commonwealth, broadcast throughout the world.
In the year before the quadrennial Commonwealth Games, the Queen starts the Queen's Baton Relay on Commonwealth Day at Buckingham Palace, handing the baton to the first relay runner to start a journey that will end at the Opening Ceremony of the upcoming Games.
While it has a certain official status, Commonwealth Day is not a public holiday in most Commonwealth countries and there is little public awareness of it.
Clementina Trenholme introduced Empire Day in Canadian schools, first in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1898, on the last school day before 24 May, Queen Victoria's birthday. It was celebrated more each year. A typical Empire Day in Hamilton schools occupied the entire day and included inspirational speeches by trustees and songs such as The Maple Leaf Forever and Just Before the Battle. Empire Day was instituted in the United Kingdom in 1904 by Lord Meath, and extended throughout the countries of the Commonwealth. This day was celebrated by lighting fireworks in back gardens or attending community bonfires. It gave the Queen's people a chance to show their pride in being part of the British Empire.
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War (1914–1918) until his death in 1936.
George was a grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. From 1877 to 1891, he served in the Royal Navy. On the death of Victoria in 1901, George's father became King Edward VII, and George was made Prince of Wales. On his father's death in 1910, he succeeded as King-Emperor of the British Empire. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar.
As a result of the First World War, other empires in Europe fell while his expanded to its greatest extent. In 1917, he became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment. His reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape. The Parliament Act 1911 established the supremacy of the elected House of Commons of the United Kingdom over the unelected House of Lords. In 1924 he appointed the first Labour ministry and in 1931 the Statute of Westminster recognised the dominions of the Empire as separate, independent kingdoms within the Commonwealth of Nations. He was plagued by illness throughout much of his later reign and at his death was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII.
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India, and the first Head of the Commonwealth.
As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during World War I, and after the war took on the usual round of public engagements. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.
George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII on the death of their father in 1936. However, later that year Edward revealed his desire to marry the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin advised Edward that for political and religious reasons he could not marry Mrs Simpson and remain king. Edward abdicated in order to marry, and George ascended the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.
Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change
I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Sty alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane
You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
Remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile
Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then it's true
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way
You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
It's too late to fight
It's too late to change me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right
Emo party
Emo party
I'm gonna have myself an emo party
I will invite all of my emo friends
We will put all our records on
And dance and dance and dance
Until we don't feel sad
Shake that booty wipe them tears
Work that body fight them fears
Speak your mind and let them hear
Defend yourself, cause you're not weird
We got balloons and paper plates
Party favors, ice cream cake
Turtle necks and circle frames
One eye's hidden behind my bangs
Got black jeans I got Doc Martens
Skin that's thick and a heart that's hardened
Lives have ended, party started
Pocket full of pencils let's get arty
No big whoop ain't no thang
Dance pants on and a disco brain
I feel no pain, got no nerve endings
Now check the e-vite that I'm sending
I'm gonna have myself an emo party
I will invite all of my emo friends
We will put all our records on
And dance and dance and dance
Until we don't feel sad
I don't wanna be sad no more
I just wanna get on the dance floor
In this case the carpet, might sound far-fetched
Goes into my art and makes me an artist
Why I suffer why I moan
Why I feel bad so bad to the bone!
Grind my teeth demolish my molars
Erratic emotion cause I'm mostly bipolar
Shake that ass write that blog
Get out the word while you work that jaw
Write that poem squirt them guts
You're not alone, yo you're not nuts!
Are you depressed? Suicidal?
Lacking liquids that are vital?
Come to my party, it's like Oz
It's where we go to shake them blahs
I'm gonna have myself an emo party
I will invite all of my emo friends
We will put all our records on
And dance and dance and dance
Until we don't feel sad
[x2]
I don't wanna be sad
When we started everything seemed shiny and bright
Beyond our means but not quite out of reach
How far beyond do you think we need to go
Cause I don't want to live that way
Amberwood
It doesn't matter what we planned to do this time
Those plans are being laid aside again
Unforeseen is my new middle name
But I don't want to live this way
Amberwood
Take a second
Take a minute
Take an hour
Take a week
To decide how it all will turn out
And in that second
In that minute
In that hour in that week
You will know if your ready to go
And if it's worth it all
Its not as far away as you might think it is
People are doing these things everyday
I don't see how they're much better than us
But they don't have to live this way
Amberwood
Jours noirs nuits blanches
C'est ici qu' la vie commence
Entre pleurs déchirements et tourments
Quatre murs ou quatre planches
Ça s' résume par des blouses blanches
Le Doc' peut pas me sauver y en a qui trouvent ça étrange
Qu'il soit aussi pressé à déclarer mon décès tu sais
C'était couru d'avance depuis ma tendre enfance
Destin croisé et corrompu profitant de mon innocence
Du berceau à la tombe si on pouvait vivre et mourir
Sans pour autant en souffrir
J' danse j' danse avec le diable expiation de ma sentence
J' brûle déjà dans les flammes essence de ma quintessence
On fuit la loi du tribunal mais celle de la rue elle est pire
Tous les faux coups sont permis afin d' bâtir son propre empire
T' attends que ça se passe entre temps y a tes tes-po qui trépassent
Prêt à tout pour le cash
Balance la tchatche que ça soit du cash ou la culasse d'une kalach
Tu veux un négro pour que tu le butes fils de pute
Tu veux un rabza pour que tu le butes fils de pute
Tu vois tout le monde jure pas comme toi il est rare qu'on dise zut
La plupart viennent de la soute si tu bronches ta gueule on l'ampute
Imagine-moi une seconde sous ces tubes et ces fils
Immobile sous mes yeux ma vie d' pêcheur qui défile
Mon dernier combat plongé dans ce putain de coma
Loin de tous mes refs loin d' mon rep et ma rem
Compte à rebours déclenché au compte goutte d' sérum
En phase terminale respiration artificielle
Laissant mon âme se frayer un petit chemin vers le ciel
Le paradis d'un gangster
N'est pas six pieds sous terre
Où que tu sois je reste fier
Rendez-vous en enfer
Tes rêves sont qu' des actes manqués
Opportunité ou une chance que t'as pas pu tenter
tu te laisses hanter
Par toutes tes obsessions tu me souhaites l'extrême onction
Que veux tu j' préfère la mort que la soumission
Tu rêves de moi enfermé dans une putain de boîte
Je suis l'une des causes primordiales de tes sueurs froides
Quand tu t' réveilles les mains moites tu te dis que c'était un leurre
Quand les miens meurent personne ne pleure
Les keufs sont jamais à l'heure
C'est là où le bât blesse
y en a qui meurent y en a qui naissent
Et j' traîne mes chaînes de la liberté comme un chien à la laisse
Enterre-moi si tu veux lors d'un silence dramatique
De l'au-delà j' surgirai avec mon automatic
On révisera nos casiers de fond en comble au rayon x
Un de ces sombres chapitres dans le livre des crimes d' l'apocalypse
Ça prendra le temps qu'il faudra
Cousin t'inquiète pas y a pas dra
Qu' importe l'obscurité un jour la lumière apparaîtra
Afin que la vie nous sourisse avec toutes ses dents
Qu'elle efface tout ce qu'ils qualifient de mauvais antécédents
On ne pourrait pas s'en sortir même si on se tenait à carreau
Avec nos gueules dans la ligne de mire boule à zéro derrière les barreaux
Dehors ou dedans c'est le même profil tragique
On traîne nos pas dans les tiers-quar dans les queues des ASSEDICS
Bien conscients que nous sommes et restons que des chiffres statistiques
Le paradis d'un gangster
N'est pas six pieds sous terre
Où que tu sois je reste fier
Rendez-vous en enfer
C'est ainsi qu'on a grandi et c'est ainsi qu'on est né
On sait qu' dans n'importe quel procès on est déjà condamné
C'est rien qu' des formalités
Chaque jour que Dieu crée
Nous oblige à nous souvenir de c' qu'on ferait mieux d'oublier
J'ai vu des hommes vendre leur âme
Pour une poignée de crack shit ou un gramme de coke
J'ai vu des jeunes derrières les barreaux
Pleurer dans l' noir à se chier dans le froc
J'ai vu les membres de ma famille se faire descendre un par un
Plus rien à faire ramène ta mafia et j' te nique le parrain
A la guerre comme à la guerre pas d' chichi on croise le fer
on fait ce qu'il y a à faire pour nos frères
Même s'il faut qu'on finisse en enfer
Impossible d' fermer les yeux trop près du feu
Dans ce monde où pour mourir un nouveau né est assez vieux
Au delà de la limite j'ai vu écrit ci-gît
Six hommes soulevant une boîte fin de prière ici je crie
Larmes d'amour non d' rancur trop de blessures pour un seul cur
L'hymne du chant libérateur comme des anges qui chantent en chur
L'iris de Dieu sur moi son esprit en moi encré
Des fin fonds de la rue s' répandent les flammes du feu sacré
Qui aurait su qui aurait cru que notre adresse serait la rue
Que la vie en toute violence nous aurait bouffé tout crus
C'est qu'une histoire ordinaire quotidienne d'un esprit vide
D'un radeau qui flotte loin de son Atlantide
Le paradis d'un gangster
N'est pas six pieds sous terre
Où que tu sois je reste fier
Rendez-vous en enfer
Take the origin of life from me
And I will lead you astray
Let your energy succumb to me
Then you’ll see
The entire depth of me
I am ready to die
Break the pulse of god
Endure the wrath of the impure
I’ll take them down with me to the end
Move the destiny secured for us
And we will praise the day
Writhe in the vile to finish us
Then we’ll see
Sickening impurity
I am ready to die
Break the pulse of god
Endure the wrath of the impure
Impurity
[VERSE1]
We just ignore those haters
And worry about them later
We show 'em we don't got the time
Got the time
We're doing everything
With-out explaining nothing
Cause, we don't gotta go and tellem why
Tellem why
We're breaking through the sands of time
We're breaking through all these rules and lies
No one's telling us what to do
Because it's just me and you
There's no one getting in our way
If they try, we'll go through anyway
Our love won't let us stop
Till we make it to the top
[CHORUS]x2
I love you, you love me
Together we're so lovely
There's no one stopping you and me
You and me
[VERSE2]
We just ignore those haters
And worry about them later
We show 'em we don't got the time
Got the time
We're doing everything
With-out explaining nothing
Cause, we don't gotta go and tellem why
Tellem why
We're doing everything we want
No one's gonna tell us when the hell to stop
Because our love won't allow that
So there's no way we're going back
We always kept this all inside
But now we're gonna show our pride
So right now is the time
For our love to go and shine
[CHORUS]x2
I love you, you love me
Together we're so lovely
There's no one stopping you and me
Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change
I've been stranded in the combat zone
I ate a piece of Styrofoam,
I rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane
You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
Remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile
Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then it's true
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't have me any other way
You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the lights
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
You may be wrong for all I know,
Its been far too long,
you know I've never been a friend.
You can't see a thing
the more I try the less you know.
So don't ask what's wrong,
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
CHORUS:
You may be right,
I don't want to see you tonight.
So don't call back,
I'll probably never see you again.
Don't ask what's wrong,
I'll try to make you understand
And tell you all over again
Tomorrow will be nothing then
No point of view,
depending on who you knew.
Take me out fast
I'll never let it happen again
So don't ask what's wrong,
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
*Chorus*
It's been far too long,
I thought you're name was history
And then one day,
I saw your face in front of me
So don't ask what's wrong,
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
*Chorus*