Aquino is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of Italy, 12 km northwest of Cassino.
The ancient Aquinum was a municipium in the time of Cicero, and made a colony by the Triumviri. It was crossed by the Via Latina.
Aquinum is thought to be the birthplace of the poet Juvenal, and was that of the emperor Pescennius Niger.
The earliest recorded Catholic Bishop of Aquino was Bishop Giovino in 593AD.
Aquino's patron saint is San Costanzo, or St. Constantius (different from St. Constantius of Perugia).
St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in the castle of Roccasecca, 8 kilometres northwards.
One of the gates through which the Via Latina passed, now called Porta S. Lorenzo, is still well preserved, and there are remains within the walls (portions of which, built of large blocks of limestone, still remain) of two (so called) temples, a basilica and an amphitheatre.
Outside, on the south is a well-preserved triumphal arch with composite capitals, and close to it the basilica of Santa Maria Libera, a 9th century building in the Romanesque style erected over the remains of an ancient temple of Hercules Liberator, now roofless. Several Roman inscriptions are built into it, and many others that have been found indicate the ancient importance of the place, which, though it does not appear in early history, is vouched for by Cicero and Strabo.
Carlo Aquino is a Filipino actor and a lead singer with the band Kollide. Formerly an exclusive contract star of ABS-CBN Star Magic, he now appears in some shows on the GMA Network. He played the role of Oscar in the remake series Sinasamba Kita which aired on GMA Network.
Somehow my Helen died
A year before the war
So I drank up
And I married Claire
But it don't much matter anymore
Cause I can't take a picture
These old eyes are worn
They're worn
I've lied to myself before
And I guess that's like lying to god
But I loved her before I loved you
And there's something to be said
For the first wife that's dead
And I can't take a picture
These old eyes are worn
No I can't take a picture these old eyes are worn
But on with this life
You can cut me
Where I used to shine
I look dull around the edges
But I'm doing fine
I'm going fine
I can't take a picture
Feet clenched up tight under the covers
The jaws clenched up just right
My minds just busy to busier
And all this snoring keeps me up at night
And I can't say, I'll live on forever
There was a time when my chest got tight
But I'll be there in one way or the other
It's just another day's work
How will I fill up my time?
I used to fill up my night
But now I'm fighting with the stars
You said the stars wouldn't fight
And how will I love my wife?
Will I think of the words to say?
Will she think I'm a boring man?
Am I a boring man?
She lays next to me
Our feet all tangled up in bed
I don't hear quite so good
But I heard every word she said.
She said,"I'm no paragon of virtue,
I'm not writer in the sky
There were times I didn't see you.
There were times when all the time just went by.
But I tried to love you just the same.
I tried to love you twice as much.
When those ideas in your head
Took the place of your touch
When those ideas in your head
I met St. Louis on a plane
He was sitting there quiet
I was doing much the same
'Till he touched my arm just once
And I started to cry
He said did you know the arch moves
I said no take me there, I need to be moved
It's been a long long while since my face touched the sky
CHORUS:
The same glasses that fill me
Eventually fall
And I take the pieces
And I plant them all
And I call it my garden
I call it my daughter
I call it life
And my life's pretty good
I met St. Louis on a plane
He ordered me a whiskey
And I told him 'bout the shame I felt
Every last time I broke a heart
I said did you know I got a man of many moons
He said no but I get it, and I'd take me with you
Every time the clock strikes twelve
And you're feeling along
The same glasses that fill me
Eventually fall
And I take the pieces
And I plant them all
And I call it my garden
I call it my daughter
I call it my savior
I call it my prayer
I call it what matters
I call it my grace
I call it life
Shots rang out shots rang out
Don't remember much that night
I was takin' in the mess
But there was just one pretty site
The tattoo on her chest
I only saw the wing
It was sticking out bright orange
And I wish that bird
Would just take her away
Far away far away from here
Shots rang out shots rang out
She just shivered in the cold
She just wore a wedding band
She had a daughter three years old
And a hand full of men
Oh I still have dreams
About the hands of those men
They would pay her and rape her again
Shots rang out shots rang out
She went running through the night
Went running through the storm
Watched the bullet taking flight
Heard his head hit the floor
Heard the sirens coming fast
She just waited in the door
And here we sit
'Neath these prison walls
Wearing stripes
Wearing birds
And that's all
Wearing stripes
Wearing birds
Don't knock against me
You'll find out I'm empty
You'll find out I'm a shell of a man
Got nothing to lose but a broken heart
Feel free to take it with you
Cause it's tearing me apart
Faith was never with me
I found it all out early
I found it in the palm of my hand
The old lady said I had a few years left
But I just kept runnin'
Didn't give the girls my best
Oh goodnight, goodnight
I might not wake tomorrow
I might not say good morning
But I'll always say goodnight
Don't knock against me
You'll find out I'm empty
You'll find out I'm a shell of a man
Got seven angels singin' from a mountain on high
Hallelujah to the man with the short lifeline
Thought jesus never loved me
With a knife hangin' bove me
I'm inclined to stand on bended knee
I got one hand in my pocket so the world won't see
Where the old lady said they gonna bury me
Oh goodnight, goodnight
I might not wake tomorrow
I might not say good morning
But I'll always say goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
I might not wake tomorrow
I might not say good morning
But I'll always say goodnight
Don't knock against me
You'll find out I'm empty
She kept the cardboard pieces
In a box made of twine
It shriveled and died
I guess the love was a lie
You can go it alone
When the sky turns to stone
Hammer and tong
Boulder and bone
She's got roots
She's got wings
She can fly
When she's not strapped
To the root of his pride
There is a line
No one can find
She's got roots
She's got wings
And she's gonna fly
Where should he take her
She's so far away
The joker or the faker
And she's in it to stay
His heart looks like an orange
When the blood leaves the day
Her bones are just tired
From the guilt
That she weighs
She's got roots
She's got wings
She can fly
When she's not strapped
To the root of his pride
There is a line
No one can find
She's got roots
She's got wings
He had questions about angels
And all them things were black and white to you
You can't question and angel
When greeds got your tongue
The devil, god and greed become one
And on and on
Show me a sign
The heart is drunk
With whiskey and crime
He took to drinking
As to not lose the mind
And it went on and on and on and on
He sang on Sunday's
Sacrificed his words to get to you
But sacrifice ain't no good
Till you give god his due
Oh the money
It just won't get him through
And on and on
Show me a sign
The heart is drunk
With whiskey and crime
He took to stealing
Tried to take back the time
But it went on and on and on and on
The god in him made him lie
While the devil in us rest beside his tomb
He's got a funny way of seeing through the night
Now he lives in the darkest room
He's found his 'way home now
And mamma said he's so far from blue
Cause when the inside becomes the outside
And the outside was all
What you get is a heart with a view
And on and on
Show me a sign
The heart is drunk
With whiskey and crime
You whittle down to nothing
Fore the heart can unwind
It's the end of the Texas trail
And it's where I begin
A town too tough for Texans
Lord I think I'll fit right in
Transcontinental railroad
Running by my door
Was headed east to the ocean
But I don't belong there anymore
Ogallala I really want ya
Sweet Nebraska, I meant to ask ya
How long?
Must have fell off the wagon
The tinhorn gamblers
Were drawing me in
Then a dance with a cowboy
My feet were flyin'
My heart was sinned
The smell of smoke in the timbers
I coulda swore I saw a neon light
Shinin' down on me whiskey
A hard days work means a drinking night
Ogallala I really want ya
Sweet Nebraska I meant to ask ya
How long?
Oh how long?
Smell of smoke in the timbers
I coulda swore I saw a neon light
Shinin' down on me whiskey
A hard days work means a drinking night
Shinin' down on me whiskey
Why would I want to go to heaven
The people here don't think much of me now
And they'll be up there one day
Just when I think I got it all figured out
And why would I want to be the ocean
Water can't wash away these sins
Just now or ever
But I'm growing older
Got a small piece of land
And a cross too big to hold her
And a drought sneaking in
Did you feel the light move
Out from under me and into you
The moon opened it's mouth up
Took the night before the night was through
Obadiah found me breaking free of chains
Chains you thought you knew
And I'm growing older
Got a small piece of land
And a cross too big to hold her
And a drought sneaking in
Grab on to the solace of her heart
Let her go let her go
Breznichar in bohemiah
She swears you'll never know
Swears you'll never know
She swears you'll never know
She swears you'll never
But I'm growing older
Got a small piece of land
And a cross too big to hold her
I got me a man and that crown rules his world
Gives him his power, and his weakness with girls
He finds himself thinking he's no good with these strings
Cause he plays 'em so hard, he can't see what life brings
CHORUS
So lift up the anchor
It's been raining for days
The back yards a floodin'
I'll go a floatin' away
Just lift up the anchor
I'll be wild in my way
You'll say who's that pretty girl
She's gone a floatin' away
Been lookin' for forgiveness
Been lookin' for release
Been looking for the other side
Of where I wanna be
Been looking for a reason
Been looking for a light
Been looking for a weightless heart
Been trying to treat you right
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
And all I ask of god
Is to show me the time
And all I ask of you
Is to love me right now
And all I ask of you
I can just see you, whilst you sail across the waters
And the winds will knock your heart free
You'll take the pictures of life as a sailor
And you'll send them to me
You'll write me a story about waves that came crashing
And how they helped you find peace
I'll write you a story about my garden of daisies
And tell ya it's where I'm meant to be
Cause you've found your quiet now
And I've found my quiet
By landeth and by sea
But one can't exist without the other to feed it
What's that say about you and me
I've been meaning to ask
About you and me
No one ever really knows the reasons for breaking
Or the reasons to set a heart free
But I know I'll miss you when I'm working 'neath the willows
And my hands are blistered and bleeding
And I know you'll miss me when you cast out the long lines
And catch fish to fill bellies of the weak
I'm feeling full now and you're feeling full now
By landeth and by sea
I've been meaning to ask
About you and me
If you should decide to come back from the water
We'll rest neath that ol' willow tree
Cause I'm willing to take it and I'm willing to lose it
Guess that's the way
Love's supposed to be
I've been meaning to ask
What loves supposed to be
You've found your quiet now
And I've found my quiet
By landeth and by sea
One can't exist without the other to feed it
What's that say about you and me
I've been meaning to ask
Red Winged Black birds
Jesse likes a sparrow
Jesse likes a Whippoorwill
Jesse likes the sound through the window of a mockingbird late at night
And if that Mockingbird don't sing
Mama gonna buy you a diamond ring
Jesse likes wind
Jesse likes water
Jesse likes the sky
Jesse likes kids
Jesse likes the sound from the window of a car passing by
And if that Mockingbird don't sing
Mama gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring turns brass
Mama gonna buy you a looking glass
Jesse likes drums
Jesse likes fire
Jesse likes the soul
Jesse likes parades
Jesse likes the sound through the window in the distance of a soul parade
And if that mocking bird don't sing
Mama gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring turns brass
Mama gonna buy you a looking glass
And if that looking glass gets broke
Mama gonna buy you a billy goat
But if that mockingbird don't sing
Jesse don't need no diamond ring
Jesse need the sound of his mamas voice
She says Jesse likes birds
Red Winged Black birds
And Jesse likes a sparrow
Jesse likes a whippoorwill
I've never had a way with women
But the hills of Iowa make me wish that I could
And I've never found a way to say I love you
But if the chance came by, oh I, I would
But way back where I come from we never mean to bother
We don't like to make our passions other peoples concern
And we walk in the world of safe people
And at night we walk into our houses and burn
Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa
Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa
How I long to fall just a little bit
To dance out of the lines and stray from the light
But I fear that to fall in love with you
Is to fall from a great and gruesome height
So you know I asked a friend about it, on a bad day
Her husband had just left her, she sat down on the chair he'd left behind
She said, "What is love, where did it get me?
Whoever thought of love is no friend of mine"
Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa
Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa
Once I had everything, I gave it up
For the shoulder of your driveway and the words I've never felt
So for you, I came this far across the tracks
Ten miles above the limit, and with no seatbelt, and I'd do it again
For tonight I went running through the screen doors of discretion
For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see
You were a-wandering out on the hills of Iowa
And you were not thinking of me
Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa
Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa
Iowa, Iowa, I, Iowa
I put my hand upon the bible
Put my hand upon the bible
Drank wine from the well
I drank wine from the well
I dreamt about Gethsemane
Dreamt about Gethsemane
Where Jesus hung his head and prayed
He hung his head and he prayed
Dear god I am so sorrowful
Is there no other way?
I put my hand upon the bible
Put my hand upon the bible
I tried to believe
Oh I tried to believe
The olive tree bent over him
The olive tree bent over him
And all I could say is
What have you done for me?
Dear god if it is possible
Let this love pass by me
Guilty hand upon the bible
Guilty hand upon the bible
I remembered where I came from
I remembered where I came from
When I blew the roof off the church
I blew the roof off the church
I was screaming out my demons
I was screaming out my demons
Dear god please forgive me
It's the only way I know to be
Dear god please forgive me
Did you hear me
Come down from that mountain today
Did you hear me
When I had nothing to say to you
I think you asked about the weather
So now, I'll go no place with you
So now, will you go no place with me too
We'll go no place together
I'd like to sit
On this old chair outside with you
Carved out of wood
We'll pretend it was made just for me and you
We'll sing our gospel together
We'll sing
Oh amen
We'll sing
Oh, amen.
What's real in this life
Is what I wanna know
What's real
In all the noise and the lights
Of this one man show
So disconnected
They say that three's a charm
But I don't know
Two's done so much harm
In this great big world
We'll sing our gospel together
We'll sing
Oh amen
We'll sing
Oh amen
So why won't you
Walk to the mountains with me
Why won't you
See things the way that I see
Why won't you
We act like ourselves, but is it self that we want?
Or is it just some small piece of that woman over there?
Cause she's dipped in gold and covered in pearls
OH NO, I wanna go to the edge of the world
And you can come along and dance with me some,
And we'll twist and we'll twirl 'till our hearts come undone
And I'll carve you a space; you can rest with me there
And you'll tell me you love me every day of the year. Oh...
We'll build us a house use the mud from our insides
Get rid of all the things that make us unclear
And that house will be free cause we're so goddamn clouded
And then we'll be free, free of all the free of all the
Things we're afraid of and the things left unsaid
And the things ain't got no business that dance in our heads
There's so much room for silence when there's no one else around
There's so much room for you and me to be found. Oh...
We'll plant ourselves a garden and work 'till we're tired
And then take our weary bodies, and lay down by the fire
We'll wake when it's dark feel the silence of night
We'll squeeze out the palm leaves use the oil for lamplight
We'll walk with the stars and sing with the wind
To the baby on your shoulders and god in our hands
And I'll say a little prayer, kiss you on the cheek
I'll say it's time for bed oh, it's time for sleep
And I'll dream about the woman who's dipped in gold
His heart is full
With steal wool
And the bottom of his feet
Have been put to rest
He can't dig that deep no more
Cause the guilt she laid upon him
When she came undressed
Madness swirled around
It was unfolded unpressed
And all she wants to know is darlin'
Did she do her best?
She just started smoking again
She opened up her mouth
Let the sin back in
And it choked her
She can't see in the dark no more
Cause he took away the space
She'd been saving it for denial
Madness twirled round in her heart
Like it hasn't in a while
Did she do her best
To put her world at unrest
Did she do her best
To put her man at rest
He must have known the time
But the clock was like a brick on her chest
She wrote bout the jeopardy of circumstance
With the ground so soft
The trees are falling through the earth
And she's just willing for one more chance
To burn it all down
And give back whatever it's worth
Madness swirled round
And the whole damn thing was unearthed
Did she do her best
To put her life at unrest
Did she do her best
To put her man at rest
He must have known the time
But the clock was like a brick on her chest
And all she wants to know is darling
Did she do her best
And all she wants to know is darling
Did she do her best
Dear Sam, dear Sam
I thought of you today
You were ridin' a train
And it was safe
Cause where we live
We don't much see
The things that you see
And sometimes I feel guilty
For complaining 'bout a thing
And Dear Sam, dear Sam
I think you're like a brother
Even though I wanna kiss you sometimes
Cause your broken heart
It ain't nothin' like mine
And somehow it seems
When gravity's doubled
When weights had it's way
You're still laughter and trouble
You've found a way
To live free in the mess
And you've found a way
To break bread with the rest
Dear Sam, Dear Sam
I thought of you today
You were ridin' a train
And it was safe
Cause where we live
We don't much see
The things that you've seen
And sometimes I feel guilty
I got nothing in my heart
That you can't have
I got nothing in my heart
That you can't have
Cause it's rainin' I'm cold and lonely
And I'd swim to the bottom of the sea
To find you there just waiting to hold me
Who'd a known that the jokes on me
Oh there's nothing in my heart
That you can't have
Oh there's nothing in my heart
That you can't have
This tiny vessel does nothing to protect me
It barely beats and I barely breath
Still find a way to make it to your doorstep
You look through me like a broke tv
There's nothing in my heart
You can't have
Oh there's nothing in my heart you can't have
He took it all while I was walking backwards
And wouldn't you know it was impossible to see
He swung his arm round
And tore my heart out
And light flickered like a broke tv
But it's okay cause he carved a space
For you and me to swim so low
The good thing is you can leave me down there
My heart don't beat
So you'll never know
My daddy he worked in a coal mine
Twenty years nine to five
It was dark
And he died
Darker than the lung
Inside
Darker than his face
When he stepped out into the night
Wiped the dust from his eyes
They said I cried
But I don't remember
The day that he died
I was nine
It was the day before his birthday
And the day after mine
Oh it was the day after mine
Just in between
Isn't it funny how we like
To create this balance in life sometimes
With a six pack of beer
He was spittin' in a tin
And kissing my mama goodnight
And she said to breathe
But his lungs were full
Of something instead of air
She watched him fall
It was sort of sweetly
Neath the firelight
Over the arm of his chair
And she said to breathe
But his lungs were full
Of something instead of air
It was sort of sweetly
She watched him fall
The girls like berlin like berlin in the snow
The walls come a fallin' just as she knows
To open up wide and show the side she's been meaning to show.
But just like a candle like a candle outside
It goes out sometimes, but still shows the light
The light of a life, the light of a child, it's been meaning to grow
Chorus:
And just as I've known you, you've shown me somehow
Wearing back the braids you were kissed like a child
And just as I've held you, you hold me somehow
The flow is our right, just let it go now
Just as I feel it from deep in this lung, I can breath it all clean
The center of you and the center of me
And the side we don't see
The girls got an arm, she's got an arm like a frame
She'll wrap it around you, and you'll never feel the pain
Lift it up high or scoop it down low, she's got nothing to show, no.
But just like her window like her window outside
The ball hits sometimes and shatters in the night
It shatters the life, oh the life she's been meaning to grow.
Chorus
The girls like berlin like berlin in the snow
The walls come a fallin' just as she knows
To open up wide and show the side she's been meaning to show.