A year (from Old English gēar) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic.
In astronomy, the Julian year is a unit of time, defined as 365.25 days of 86400 SI seconds each.
There is no universally accepted symbol for the year as a unit of time. The International System of Units does not propose one. A common abbreviation in international use is a (for Latin annus), in English also y or yr.
Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, hours of daylight, and consequently vegetation and fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions, generally four seasons are recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter, astronomically marked by the Sun reaching the points of equinox and solstice, although the climatic seasons lag behind their astronomical markers. In some tropical and subtropical regions it is more common to speak of the rainy (or wet, or monsoon) season versus the dry season.
Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Philadelphia. Her song "Jar of Hearts" charted in the United States after it was featured on the Fox television show So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. Rolling Stone named her the "Band of the Week" on October 26, 2010. On May 10, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Glee (Season 2, Episode 20 "Prom Queen"). Also, on June 27, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Switched at Birth (Season 1, Episode 4 "Dance Amongst Daggers"). One of her songs, "A Thousand Years", has been in the Twilight saga movie Breaking Dawn.
Perri grew up in Bensalem, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) with her older brother, Nick Perri, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrell and Matt Sorum. Her father is from Italy. She attended Archbishop Ryan High School as a member of the class of 2004. She taught herself how to play guitar as a 16-year-old by watching a videotape of Shannon Hoon from the group Blind Melon performing on VH1.
Bryan Adams, OC OBC (born Bryan Guy Adams, 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. For his contributions to music, Adams has many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, and American Music awards. In addition, he has won two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.
Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.
Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with the 2,435th star in March 2011 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. In 2008, Bryan was ranked 38 on the list of All-Time top artists by the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts.
The sight of burnt out ruins
makes me depressed
fumes at the skyline
I'm so impressed
we cant't avoid it all
it's the place where
nothing happends
casualities of the evolution
we're living in delusion
we can't avoid it all
wen soll ich mein Herzchen schenken
now the time has stopped the moving
we have never used our mind
years are gettin colder
just memories left behind
it's so dark and tall
it's a rise and a fall
we can't avoid it all
wen soll ich mein Herzchen schenken
now the time has stopped the moving
we have never used our mind
years are gettin colder
just memories left behind
I went home for Christmas to the house that I grew up in
Going back was something after all these years
I drove down Monterey street and felt a little sadness
When I turned left on Laurel and the house appeared
And I snuck up to that rocking chair
Where the winter sunlight slanted on the screened-in porch
And I stared out past the shade tree
That my laughing daddy planted on the day that I was born
And I let time go by so slow
And I made every moment last
And I thought about years
How they take so long
And they go so fast
Across the street the Randol's oldest daughter must have come home
Her two boys built a snowman by the backyard swings
I thought of old man Randol and his Christmas decorations
And how he used to leave them up 'til early spring
And I thought of all the summers
That I paced that porch and swore I'd die of boredom there
And I thought of what I'd give to feel another summer linger
Where a day feels like a year
And I let time go by so slow
And I made every moment last
And I thought about years
How they take so long
And they go so fast
Then the door flew open, and my mother's voice was laughing
As she called back to my daddy, "Come and look who's here"
Funny feeling my guts intuition doesn't know
No bravery could convince you
To more or less say no
Your explanation hasn't gone over yet
But I'll give you one more chance
To open up and just let go
There's no easier way out of this place I'm claiming this lie to you
face to face to face to
That's no way for you to treat me my dear
Someone you chose to lie to all these years
There is no other title that I can find for us
Even though you can believe that this could
Work and bleed and breathe and be for us
Your interpretation of my expectations
Caught up in your picture frame
Have defined my eyes and made me turn up down and inside
There's no easier way out of this place
I'm claiming this lie to you face to face to face to
That's no way for you to treat me my dear
Someone you chose to lie to all these years
It's gonna take a lot to get you to completely
Forgive me for letting you down I'm not exactly what I really was back then
Played along for so long
Then you saw what I really was I was wrong for so long
What do I do with my other type of slum life
So on to you delight
For the rest of the night I'm yours
Whatever you want
Faded photographs, the feelings all come back
Even now sometimes you feel so near
And I still see your face like it was yesterday
It's strange how the days turned into years
Years of hanging on to dreams already gone
Years of wishing you were here
After all this time you think I wouldn't cry
It's just that I still love you after all these years
Night time gently falls, another day is gone
I turn around to find you're still not here
I leave the hall light on in case you come back home, finally
I've been saying that for years
Years of hanging on to dreams already gone
Years of wishing you were here
After all this time you think I wouldn't cry
It's just that I still love you after all these years
are there years between us?
have you seen me when i didn't see you?
its so good to know that someone can
love me as much as i think you do...
do i love you?
your a fool if you don't know
or maybe i'm so good at hiding
even the truth is hidden from you
but somehow i doubt that your
as smart as i could ever be
but still my question remains
is our love meant to be?
cause it feels too good to be true
can someone love me so much more than i love myself
is this all true?
does love resonate in your heart
like the songs say it does?
i can't even begin to believe my dreams
Evening fades away
Another page to turn the corner
And gently put away
To sleep and wake another morning
And you are standing there with your long hair
Along your shoulders, along your shoulders
The desert treats you well it's hard to tell
You're getting older, a little older
And so the many years have taken toll
And you're beside me even though
Here to face another day
The sun has given wrinkles to your skin
The years we'll never see again
I pray to God don't let them end
Stars, the lonely lights
The desert night falls around us
A lies upon this sand
Woman and man still undivided
And you are standing there with your long hair
Along your shoulders, along your shoulders
The desert treats you well it's hard to tell
You're getting older, a little older
Sundown on the desert
Coyote calling ooh
Here's to me and you together
Our love is strong, hanging on for all these years
And so the many years have taken toll
And you're beside me even though
Here to face another day
The sun has given wrinkles to your skin
The years we'll never see again
I pray to God don't let them end
Don't let them end
The pieces fell apart
Your friends have gone astray
The person in the mirror seems so cold and far away
I've lost my only friend I made so long ago
When the world just seemed so simple
And the time just seemed to go
But your troubles just began
Put everything on hold
Give yourself a chance to breathe
Let the panic settle in but hold the trembling in your knees
You first begin to weigh all the choices in the end
Has your time got you where you wanted
And I'll keep walking, dreaming bout the places I will go
And feel happy for that day
And I'll keep walking, spite the road blocks slowing up my pace
I want to get so far away
It seems you lost yourself in the years to come and pass
Watching dreams all disappear
like a phoenix from the ash
It seems you did your best
But your best has kept you fallin through the cracks
And you begin to fold waiting for the world to put you where you want
Cause the pieces fell apart
Your friends have gone astray
Will the person in the mirror even make it through the day
I know that I'll keep walking, dreaming bout the places I will go
And feel happy for that day
And I'll keep walking, spite the road blocks slowing up my pace
I want to get so far away
And I'll keep walking, dreaming bout the places I will go
And feel happy for that day