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.
Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986), better known by his stage name ScHoolboy Q, is an American hip hop recording artist signed to Top Dawg Entertainment and Interscope Records. Hanley is a member of Black Hippy along with Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. In a 2011 interview when asked about what encouraged him to start rapping, Hanley explained that it was something he was "born to do": "I was just chillin’ man, but rapping’s just something I was born to do. I don’t know when I started rapping. I don’t know how I started rapping, but I know I wrote a verse and I was stuck ever since," he explained.
Preceded by two mixtapes, his first independent album Setbacks, reached #100 on the US Billboard 200 chart in 2011, selling close to 1,000 digital copies in the first week. On January 14, 2012, he released his second independent album Habits & Contradictions. The album debuted at #111 on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 3,900 digital copies in the United States.
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai.
Bachchan debuted with J.P. Dutta's Refugee (2000), but it was not until 2004 that he achieved success when he appeared in the commercially successful Dhoom and the critically acclaimed Yuva. His work in Yuva received several awards, including his first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actor category, an award he would win for the two next years as well. In 2010, he won his first National Film Award (as a producer) for Paa which won the award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. He has starred in films such as Bunty aur Babli, Guru, Sarkar and Dostana.
Abhishek Bachchan is the son of Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan, his elder sister is Shweta Bachchan-Nanda (b. 1974). His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a poet of Hindi literature and professor at the Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh. The original last name of his family is Shrivastava, Bachchan being the pen name used by his grandfather. However, when his father Amitabh entered films, he did so under his father's pen name. Bachchan is of Kayastha heritage from his father's side,Bengali Kulin Brahmin from his mother's side and Punjabi Sikh from his grandmother's side.
As I was walking all alane
I met twa corbies making a main
And tane inta the tither did say O
Where shall we gang and dine the day O
In behint yon auld fell dyke
I wat there lies a new slain knight
And naebody kens that he lies there O
But his hawk and his hound and his lady fair O
His hound is tae the hunting gane
His hound tae fetch the wild fowl hame
His lady's taen anither mate O
So we maun make our dinner sweet O
Ye'll sit on his white hause bane
And I'll pike out his bonny blue een
Wi mony a lock o' his gowden hair O
We'll theek our nest when it grows bare O
Mony a one for him makes main
But nane shall ken where he is gane
O'er his white bones when they are bare O
The wind shall blow for ever mair O
Don’t want to talk about it, no need to say a thing
Your demons keep feeding on my soul
I can’t stand around you, anymore
I was always to close
I live for the day
To keep the shadows away
I’ll get of this room and make my own way
Fuck the pain away
It’s always the same
Rewind, stop and play it again!
I need to understand
What lives inside of me
I was always to close, I live for the day
To keep the shadows away
I’ll get of this room and make my own way
Fuck the pain away
I know there is a way
No time and no one to blame
I need to escape from what lives inside of me
I was always to close, I live for the day
To keep the shadows away
I’ll get of this room and make my own way
Just show me how
How am I a disgrace to the world?
Show me how
Tell me why we amend things just to destroy it
Tell me more, tell me more!
Liar, I’m the best for the devil to hire
Push me again
I swear, I’ll find you and set you on fire
You fucking liar!
I dare you to push me again
Give it away for something new, you know you want it
Give me something to prove that I am right
Give me the room, give me the night
Give me something to make me live with pride
Give me something to prove that I am right
I can’t deny! Yes I am a disgrace to the world
And show me how, how to fake it to make it alright
When you sleep on fire
I dare you to push me again! I dare you to push me again!
I’ll see you burn your fucking world
Give it away for something new, you know you want it
Give me something to prove that I am right
Give me the room, give me the night
Give me something to make me live with pride
Give me something to prove that I am right
You’ll always be the first to know
Now I’m wise enough to let it go
Until I die
I won’t give up this fucking fight!
I’ve got my twenty arms ready to go but I don’t know If my head is gonna
Blow after this show
I feel like they are staring at my back like they would know
This is just to late for someone like me to grow
Everybody knows it’s just to late for me to grow
Everybody knows it’s just to late for someone like me to grow
I say that this is no way to go but they don’t know
How my heart is gonna blow if they don’t show
And I pray in the name of that someone or something I’ve never seen
Everybody knows it’s just to late for me to grow
Standing alone, searching a way to fight in this new world
We have to make on our own
We’re riding this snake because we chose to
We chose to believe
This is our life, this is our ride
No pain, no gain!
We’ll be the best fight that you’ll ever had
This is our shot, we’ll make it worth it
We’re on our own
All the things you’re going after, ain’t chasing you
So much to say, no one to blame!
The thing, all the thing that make you happy are killing you
So much to say, and no one to blame!
Face the world, find a place that we can call home
We want to believe
That we can endure this pain that feeds you inside
Where is your life? Where is your ride?
You’re all the fucking same!
This is the best thing we’ll ever have
This is our choice, we are not lost
We’re on our own
All the things you’re going after, ain’t chasing you
So much to say, no one to blame!
The thing, all the thing that make you happy are killing you
So much to say, and no one to blame!
If you think we’re gonna give up our life
This is what we stand for
Bad boys will stay alone and we won’t fucking lose!
We’ll do this alone!
We’re not going anywhere, this is home
Searching for a shell that fits us best
Can’t you understand?
We won’t give in, we won’t sell our soul
We won’t go
We will keep standing, we won’t kneel down
This is what keep us clearheaded form everything else
It’s surrounding our fucking head, draining all our life
We’re ready for war
We won’t let you, come into our world
Tear down the walls, that we have raised
This competition is feeding your decisions
We’ll take you up, take you higher than we did before
We’ve been lost but we did survive
This is the struggle of our life
We’re not going anywhere, this is home
Searching for a shell that fits us best
Can’t you understand?
We won’t give in, we won’t sell our soul
We won’t go
We’re gonna rise, we will stand tall
We won’t let no motherfucker spit on our face
This competition is feeding your decisions
We’ll take you up, take you higher than we did before
We’ve been lost but we did survive
This is the struggle of our life
We’ve been lost but we did survive
What if god ain’t hearing you?
What if you were on your own?
Does it make sense? Is it nonsense?
What are we living for?
You finally realize that you always lived in hell.
Look into my eyes we are nothing more than lies
Welcome to my fucking world! This one is mine to choose
Where are you? Your just a fake! Where did you go? Are you afraid?
What if god ain’t hearing you?
What if you were on your own?
Does it make sense? Is it nonsense?
What are we living for?
I’m losing my faith
We are all dying here! I know we are not alone
We’re waiting for the sign to come and light this road
I know the things you’re hiding are so dangerous
You’ve been wasting all your time, giving up on everything
You’ve been sleeping all your life on the thing you never did
Where are you?
I need someone to save me
Where are you? Are you afraid?
My life is empty, ain’t got nothing to lose
Got all the time to waste and this time there’s no excuse
My life is empty, ain’t got nothing to prove
This time I won’t turn my back to this fight
Cause I have nothing to lose
So this time you’re going down
Cause I have got nothing to lose
This time I won’t give up
I wanna get lost in the city
I won’t stop until the morning light
Cause there’s a million places, a thousand miles to go
But at the same time
I’ve got the whole world upon my shoulders
You better get ready, cause this time there’s no excuse
Motherfucker I’ll never low my head again
I won’t bow to you, cause I’ve got nothing to lose
I won’t bow to you, cause I’ve got nothing to prove
I wanna get lost in the city
I won’t stop until the morning light
Cause there’s a million places, a thousand miles to go
But at the same time
I’ve got he whole world upon my shoulders
I don’t give a fuck!
Have you ever lost your hope on everything?
Have you ever lost
I’ve been forgiven for all I’ve done wrong
All my mistakes made me who I’ve become
I’ll stray, I’ll keep you awake!
I’ll stray, I’ll keep you awake!
Gold face never gonna find me
I’ll keep on fighting for what I want
Dark places they will never scare me
I’ve been forgiven for all I’ve done
Just surrender to your secrets
They will be coming back again
I won’t be coming back again
Stay here with me
I’ve seen you growing with all that’s wrong
Your mistakes will make grow and become
Confident, unafraid of the world
I’m alive, nothing will pull me down
Gold faces never gonna find me
I’ll keep on fighting for what I want
Dark places they will never scare me
I’ve been forgiven for all I’ve done
Cause every time I try to reach you
You don’t understand
What I’, supposed to do
Before my life ends
While everybody is talking shit I’m fighting every day
Do something worth to be awake
Before your life ends
Just surrender to your secrets
They will be coming back again
This is not a state of mind
We cannot age, we have no soul
Feeling empty handed
We cannot stop so we fight to keep us awake
We are twisted we got blind
Our body aches so does our mind
We got the devil on our left side
And you on our right
Stand by our side, this is our state of mind
Come find me, this place means everything to me
Don’t mind if things ain’t what they used to be
Day by day every minute every hour
Day by day everything you love is dying
State of mind
This is now our way of life
We have our future, we aim for the sky
Feeling every mile of this path we chose
That makes us feel alive
We are blessed we are divine
We have the power to survive
We got the devil on our left side
And you on our right
Stand by our side, this is our state of mind
Come find me, this place means everything to me
Don’t mind if things ain’t what they used to be
Day by day every minute every hour
Day by bay everything you love is dying
Stand up, we are the future of the broken youth
A generation that was meant to lose
Don’t wanna give it away, we will never give it away
I’m lost, I don’t know where this will end
Well I don’t give a fuck I won’t give up
I’m your nightmare, day by day you made me like this
Now I’m a dead man with a shotgun
Now I’m a dead man with a shotgun coming your way
I won’t stay put in my fucking place
Take a look at me, remember my face
My heart won’t stop, until the day you drop dead
Through all the pain, loss and disease
I thank my family
Through all the pain, loss and disease and all the motherfuckers who
Believe in me
I’m lost, I don’t know where this will end
Well I don’t give a fuck I won’t give up
I’m your nightmare, day by day you made me like this
Now I’m a dead man with a shotgun
Now I’m a dead man with a shotgun coming your way
I won’t give up
I’ve got my twenty arms ready to go but I don’t know If my head is gonna
Blow after this show
I feel like they are staring at my back like they would know
This is just to late for someone like me to grow
Everybody knows it’s just to late for me to grow
Everybody knows it’s just to late for someone like me to grow
I say that this is no way to go but they don’t know
How my heart is gonna blow if they don’t show
And I pray in the name of that someone or something I’ve never seen
Everybody knows it’s just to late for me to grow
Everybody knows it’s just to late for someone like me to grow