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Armour or armor (see spelling differences) is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action (e.g., cycling, construction sites, etc.). Personal armour is used to protect soldiers, and war animals such as war horses (the application for the latter called barding). Vehicle armour is used on warships and armoured fighting vehicles.
The word "armor" was introduced into use in the Middle Ages as a borrowing from the French. It is dated from 1297, as a "mail, defensive covering worn in combat" from Old French armoire, itself derived from the Latin armatura "arms and/or equipment" with the root arma "arms or gear".
Armour has been used throughout recorded history. It has been made from a variety of materials; from rudimentary leather protection, personal armour evolved to Mail and full plated suits of armor. For much of military history the manufacture of metal armour in Europe has dominated the technology and employment of armour. Armour drove the development of many important technologies of the Ancient World, including wood lamination, mining, metal refining, vehicle manufacture, leather processing, and later decorative metal working. Its production was influential in the industrial revolution, and influenced commercial development of metallurgy and engineering. Armour was the single most influential factor in the development of firearms that revolutionised warfare.
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions. In doing so he has twice equaled the record eight medals of any type at a single Olympics achieved by Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. His five gold medals in individual events tied the single Games record set by compatriot Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics; his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972. Phelps' Olympic medal total is second only to the 18 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won over three Olympics, including nine gold. Phelps also holds the all-time record for most gold Olympic medals, at 14.
She took everything she owned
threw it out in the rain
walked away from that life she won't go back again
had enough of people's lies enough of their blame
she made a promise to herself she won't get fooled again
Don't know why things come to me and why they disappear
I only know that living changed when she got here
I reached out my hand wiped the rain from her face
the look she gave me stopped me cold held me in my place
When I look into her eyes growing wild
what I see is such a wounded child
No matter what you're hiding
what you want to keep inside you
I am hiding too
and we'll take a step somehow
lay down your armour now
and I'll come to you
I know a fall is coming but it hasn't happened yet
can't believe what I keep inside and what I can't forget
the sun paints the evening sky and then it's gone
I can't say I can save you but I swear I won't leave you alone
Every night I listen to the silence in your heart
I never want to see you that torn apart
No matter what you're hiding
what you want to keep inside you
I've been hiding too
and we'll take a step somehow
lay down your armour now
I'll come to you
come to you
come to you