Hi everyone!
I'm in dire need of some help on my wedding invitations.
I'm having a formal to black tie wedding, and am not very fond of the wording options I've found online.
Fair warning, I know some of these seem dark, but it's not the "feel" I want to give off.
Here's what I currently have, with the parts in italic being the ones that don't quite work for my fiance and I:
"With joyous hearts
Name and Name
Invite you to share in their day of celebration
As best friends become husband and wife
Date Time
Location"
I'm looking for quotes that reflect the following (especially what's in bold):
Thank you all for your help and understanding!
PS: I'm ideally looking for something deep, sincere and enjoyable to read on one level, but that is deeper and more enjoyable if analyzed. This isn't a requirement, but would be nice. Thank you again.
The Master Speed
By Robert Frost
"No speed of wind or water rushing by
But you have a speed far greater. You can climb
Back up a stream of radiance to the sky,
And back through history up the stream of time.
And you were given this swiftness, not for haste
Nor chiefly that you may go where you will.
But in the rush of everything to waste,
That you may have the power of standing still—
Off any still or moving thing you say.
Two such as you with a master speed
Cannot be parted nor be swept away
From one another once you are agreed
That life is only life forevermore
Together wing to wing and oar to oar."
Naked As We Came
By Iron and Wine
"She says "wake up, it's no use pretending"
I'll keep stealing, breathing her.
Birds are leaving over autumn's ending
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes 'round the yard
She says "If I leave before you, darling
Don't you waste me in the ground"
I lay smiling like our sleeping children
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes round the yard"
I Will Follow You Into The Dark
By Death Cab for Cutie
"Love of mine, some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the "No"'s on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me,
"Son, fear is the heart of love."
So I never went back
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the "No"'s on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
'Cause we'll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the "No"'s on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark"