I ran away

haha yeah And now jump, jump, jump ! (lyrics from Charlie Brown live, lol)

It's true, look how they shine for you

I always thought he says "Heaven" (in the echoey part I mean) :D When the truth is, I miss you

Welcome to Coldplaying !

Wow, can you post that textbook page please ? :)

By the way, I forgot to write it above, thank you all for your answers ! I am really grateful for this community. It's not possible for me to change to a different assignment. There are different projects, sure, but the blown-up working hours, the methods, the absolute dedication required, all that does not really differ between projects. I have my Coldplay ticket hanging on the wall, it is something to look forward to. But a shorter time range is needed, an event that occurs every year/every few year wouldn't be enough to keep me going. Things like reading, watching a movie, Coldplaying, singing etc. are nice distractions but I still think for overall happiness in life more identification with one's work is needed cause one does spend the best years of one's life with it. And at the same time, it also gradually over the last few years began to dawn on me that life is not for working ! I don't wanna look back when I'm 70 and in poor health and say "Oh well, now I regret that I didn't live my life to the full". Life is for living...but it's so hard to strike a balance. In the end I hope that one day I will find happiness somewhere...and that this is just a dark phase, and this too shall pass. I am glad that things worked out for you in the end and that your job content stays the way you like it. :) Hope you will face less stress in the future. Relaxing after hours is something I'm also really bad at, but it's so important for health to be able to do so. X Marks The Spot :P

What you wrote describes the state I'm in quite well, @iamsue! But I know I still have to complete what I am doing now. Afterwards I might try to do something different, but I also ask myself, what if I'd be bad in another profession too ? I feel that the fact I have been treading the mill so long could contribute to my current state of mind, too. I don't think it's impossible to find fresh energy and motivation somehow. But these changes take long, it was over many years that I got demotivated, it's not all gonna come back that easily. Great that you managed to incorporate the thing that fulfills you into your job ! Sure, if you have those book pages I would love to read them :) I have heard so many times that the key to happiness is to pay attention to the small things in life, but it seems so hard to get there.... Never tried yoga. Interesting suggestion , will check it out ! I've heard about the CALM app before and even downloaded it once, but when my phone's capacity was full I deleted it again....maybe I should give it a second try.

So you're in grad school too ? :) Yeah, it's probably a good idea to write down things to look forward to. But I have the feeling there are not so many. I have my Coldplay ticket for June hanging at the wall, but sadly at the moment this is the only major event to look forward to. I wish there wa something to look forward to in a shorter time range, like something every week. Or something small every day. These things are great but they don't seem enough to keep oneself going, if you know what I mean. About thinking about Coldplay, well, that motivates me only to do creative things, which do not at all relate to my job. I do use the music to get me through the work day, though. That's kind of sad to hear but I see life the same way, in the end it is utterly devoid of any meaning. We are just random products of billions of years of evolution that exist for a finite timespan, lol. I once thought it would be a meaningful life to contribute to human knowledge, especially knowledge that could improve the health or lives of others. I still think it would be, but for some reason I can't explain it seems that 'internal fire' has died somewhere along the way, now that I think about it I couldn't even say why. Just that I feel I'm not good at what I'm doing and I also don't have the energy of making work my highest priority in life. I see others around me who do have that energy, but I don't feel like one of them. Love it how you included animals in your last sentence :) Lol, it takes me several snoozes and alarm bell rings to get up in the morning, too. Successful moments for sure are nice but in my current state of mind they don't mean that much to me any more. I try to live in and appreciate the moment, too but it is so easy to drift off and "spend your whole life living in the past". Yeah, I have been thinking about a career change, but I spent so much time to get where I am now that "it's so hard to just walk away". Also it could be that I do find motivation again, and who says I would be more successful at something different ? I can't just throw away what I have right now for an uncertain future. After this career phase, which is still important to complete, I definitely want to take at least a one or two year-long break and do something completely different.

Was bringt es zu versuchen deine Stimme anzuheben wenn niemand es jemals hört ? Everytime I try to pull you close, you disappear

Kids, Car

Heaven, won't you let me know ?

Du bist in Kontrolle, gibt es irgendwohin wo du willst ? Du bist in Kontrolle, gibt es irgendetwas was du wissen willst ? You just want somebody listening to what you say It doesn't matter who you are...are....AAAARE ;)

OMG that's so great ! How long did you have to wait until you met him ? Congrats !

ah alright....

Isle of Wright Festival 2005

Miracles ?

I hope you (understand)

uhm, what's so surprising about that ? :)

Sleeping Sun ?

There were so many posts coming in at that time, I just didn't see it.... I am also looking forward to @MC01Coldplay's new riddle - it's refreshing that someone "new" posts something rather than us old regulars over here :D

Did you edit it ? Sorry, I really didn't see that !! I saw when you wrote AHFOD ! Oh well that was a stupid riddle all in all....

does that mean you would be with us too ? Am confused...is the correct phrase to be down for something ? I thought it was up for something :D

Yes !! I would also have let Violet Hill count since I knew there was this ambiguity about last = fourth quarter, but that wasn't guessed either, so... I also had some hints hidden in wording when I said earlier "Look at the entire middle line and condense it into a single word." and commented to Nie that my hints are "just like your hints, aren't they ?" cause she often hides clues in the wording of her hints and at least the regular guessers here know of that fact :D Glad that this protracted riddle is over now. Your turn @MC01Coldplay !! :)

Hm ok I see what you mean.... :( Agree that the riddle was not unambiguous, sorry. What I meant were the moon quarters, not phases, actually. Like you have alread posted a while ago so I thought that part was already decrypted:

*crashes head agaist computer screen in frustration* So close but what quarter is the first moon symbol in again ? :p