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Title: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khem on April 13, 2007, 02:42:11 AM: list your favourite songs lyrics. i'll start.

Let's Do It
(Cole Porter)

When the little bluebird
Who has never said a word
Starts to sing Spring
When the little bluebell
At the bottom of the dell
Starts to ring Ding dong Ding dong
When the little blue clerk
In the middle of his work
Starts a tune to the moon up above
It is nature that is all
Simply telling us to fall in love

And that's why birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

Cold Cape Cod clams, 'gainst their wish, do it
Even lazy jellyfish do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

I've heard that lizards and frogs do it
Layin' on a rock
They say that roosters do it
With a doodle and cock

Some Argentines, without means do it
I hear even Boston beans do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

When the little bluebird
Who has never said a word
starts to sing Spring spring spring
When the little bluebell
At the bottom of the dell
Starts to ring Ding ding ding
When the little blue clerk
In the middle of his work
Starts a tune

The most refined lady bugs do it
When a gentleman calls
Moths in your rugs they do it
What's the use of moth balls

The chimpanzees in the zoos do it,
Some courageous kangaroos do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

I'm sure sometimes on the sly you do it
Maybe even you and I might do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Ryazania on April 13, 2007, 02:56:03 AM: Pancho and Lefty (Townes van Zandt)

Livin on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath as hard as kerosene
You weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams
Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dyin words, ah but that's the way it goes

All the Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him slip away, out of kindness I suppose

Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows

All the Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose

The boys tell how old Pancho fell, and Lefty's livin in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old

All the Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose

A few gray Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khem on April 13, 2007, 10:22:10 PM: Ground control to major tom
Ground control to major tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to major tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may gods love be with you

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
Four, three, two, one, liftoff

This is ground control to major tom
Youve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is major tom to ground control
Im stepping through the door
And Im floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do

Though Im past one hundred thousand miles
Im feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell me wife I love her very much she knows

Ground control to major tom
Your circuits dead, theres something wrong
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do.

guess this one and become my campaign manager.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Algerianbania on April 14, 2007, 12:13:33 AM: Master of Puppets - Metallica

End of passion play, crumbling away
I'm your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sudden dark is clear
Leading on your deaths construction
Taste me you will see
more is all you need
you're dedicated to
how I'm killing you

Come crawling faster
obey your Master
your life burns faster
obey your Master
Master
Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, `cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, `cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master

Needlework the way, never you betray
life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see
more is all you need
you're dedicated to
how I'm killing you

Come crawling faster
obey your Master
your life burns faster
obey your Master
Master
Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, `cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, `cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master

Master, Master, Where's the dreams that I've been after?
Master, Master, You promised only lies
Laughter, Laughter, All I hear and see is laughter
Laughter, Laughter, laughing at my cries
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
just a rhyme without a reason
Neverending maze, drift on numbered days
now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too

Come crawling faster
obey your Master
your life burns faster
obey your Master
Master
Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, `cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, `cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Daimiaen on April 14, 2007, 12:21:21 AM: "Did I dream you dreamt about me?"

From Song to the siren.....by Tim Buckley(originally) and the Cocteau twins
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Gulliver on April 14, 2007, 12:26:26 AM: Wearing a raincoat is flying around in a plane
Made of a raincoat
But when you think of that
You hurt your mind
And you'll need a friend
To talk you down

Needing a friend to talk you down
Is food that comes from a pipe
But when you hate the food
That comes from a pipe
You will turn to drugs
To help you sleep

Turning to drugs to help you sleep
Will only lead to sleep
And sleeping is a gateway drug
To being awake, being awake, being awake again

continued below...

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Being awake is swimming around in a lake
Of the undead
And the undead are like
A bunch of friends
That demand constant attention

Demanding constant attention
Will only lead to attention
And once they have your attention
They use it to ask for attention
And once they have that attention
They use it to ask for attention

Wearing a raincoat is flying around in a yellow rubber airplane
Made out of a raincoat, yes but when you think of that
You hurt your mind
And you'll need your mind
For later on

Needing a mind for later on
Is a friend that comes at a price
But when you hate the friend
That comes at a price
You will play the drums
To help you sleep

"Wearing a Raincoat", They Might be Giants
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Myroria on April 14, 2007, 03:55:41 PM: Quote
Ground control to major tom
Ground control to major tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to major tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may gods love be with you

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
Four, three, two, one, liftoff

This is ground control to major tom
Youve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is major tom to ground control
Im stepping through the door
And Im floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do

Though Im past one hundred thousand miles
Im feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell me wife I love her very much she knows

Ground control to major tom
Your circuits dead, theres something wrong
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do.

Space Oddity by David Bowie. But I'll take 5 Tai instead.

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice
in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face
that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie, writing the words
of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks
in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Varkour on April 14, 2007, 06:23:26 PM: Guess this one then...

Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's that...?
What's that...?

When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's that...?
What's that...?

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy
You don't remember
You don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name?
I guess he does....

Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me

That's it, sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!

:P
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 14, 2007, 08:16:53 PM: Guess = use Google...
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Tatar on April 14, 2007, 08:23:46 PM: Lordi Devil is a Loser

You wanted power and you begged for fame
You wanted everything the easy way
You wanted gain without pain
Now your bills is in the mail
You got stronger but your mind got weak
You made a promise you couldn't keep
You had it all - You lost more
It's all there in the fee

Via hell incorporated (regeneration)
1st you love it then you hate it (you're such a saint)
And now you're never gonna make it (bad situation)
Get on get on down
there's hell to pay 'cause

The devil is a loser and he's my bitch
For better or for worse and you don't care which
The devil is a loser and he's my bitch
Runnin' into trouble you skitch
He's my bitch

You wanted riches and license to kill
Yuo got poverty and then you got ill
You got poor and you lost your will
All your dreams unfulfilled
I get my kicks when you blow your fuse
No-one got killed but that's no excuse
Hands up, I let you know when it's done
I've got the only gun

And there were no refunds
Just failing guarantees
"Confess your sins, son"
Said the preacher on TV

You got yourself some greasepaint
Set of white and black
All you got was laughter and
Gene Simmons on your back
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 14, 2007, 08:39:02 PM: Good God, CT, you really hate me, don't you?
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Tatar on April 14, 2007, 08:43:50 PM: No I don't
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 14, 2007, 08:49:11 PM: Seriously, Lordi... They were amusing for an hour after they won the Eurovision. It got old real fast here in Finland.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Daimiaen on April 14, 2007, 08:49:41 PM: Quote from: Solnath on April 14, 2007, 08:16:53 PM
Guess = use Google...

I don't recognise that lyric.....can you hum it for me....
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Tatar on April 14, 2007, 09:06:49 PM: Radiohead OK Computer(paranoid android)
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: PoD Gunner on April 14, 2007, 10:33:06 PM: To humor Soly:

The sun is sleeping quietly
Once upon a century
Wistful oceans calm and red
Ardent caresses laid to rest
For my dreams I hold my life
For wishes I behold my nights
A truth at the end of time
Losing faith makes a crime

I wish for this night-time to last for a life-time
The darkness around me - shores of a solar sea
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
Sleeping
Weeping
With you

Sorrow has a human heart
From my God it will depart
I`d sail before a thousand moons
Never finding where to go
222 days of light
Will be desired by a night
A moment for the poet`s play
Until there`s nothing left to say
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 14, 2007, 10:35:25 PM: NEWSFLASH: You will not survive the revolution.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: PoD Gunner on April 14, 2007, 10:42:04 PM: care to elaborate on that?
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Aragan on April 14, 2007, 10:49:40 PM: For what it's worth by Buffalo Springfield

There's something happening here.
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there,
Telling me I got to beware.
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down.

There's battle lines being drawn.
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
Young people speaking their minds,
Getting so much resistance from behind.
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down.

Paranoia strikes deep:
Into your life it will creep.
It starts when you're always afraid.
You step out of line, the man come and take you away.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Castavithius on April 15, 2007, 01:02:05 AM: Teenagers - My Chemical Romance

They’re gonna clean up your looks
With all the lies in the books
To make a citizen out of you
Because they sleep with a gun
And keep an eye on your son
So they can watch all the things you do

Because the drugs never work
They’re gonna give you a smirk
‘Cause they got methods of keeping you clean
They’re gonna rip up your heads
Your aspirations to shreds
Another cog in the murder machine

They said all teenagers scare
The living shit out of me
They could care less
As long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me

The boys and girls in a clique
The awful names that they stick
You’re never gonna fit in much, kid
But if you’re troubled and hurt
What you got under your shirt
Will make them pay for the things that they did
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 15, 2007, 01:17:37 AM: The hate...
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: The Empire on April 15, 2007, 01:21:52 PM: Imperiet - Österns Röda ros (The red rose of the east) Translation is word by word but altered to correct sentences, The English translation won't fit with the music.

Där torkan är som svårast Where the drought is as hardest
och där öknen står i brand and the dessert is on fire
Finns sanningar och lögner Are truths and lies
radade på band lined on belts
Bland krypskyttars kulspruteknatter Among snipers' machine gun rattle
Lever mänskor med en dröm Lives people with a dream
Med taggtråden runt halsen With barbed wire around the neck
ammas barnen varmt och ömt the children is tenderly breast fed

Men om du vet var stjärnan faller But if you know where the star is falling
och var regnbågen tar slut and the rainbow has it's end
Om du fortfarande hör ditt hjärta slå If you still can hear your heart beat
skall du finna österns röda ros You'll find the red rose of the east

Där stålfåglar flyger om natten Where steel birds are flying in the night
över dem som flytt sitt land over those who fled their land
Där kartritas gränser There borders are mapped,
dras i blodig sand drawn in bloody sand
och pojkar som bara ligger där and boys who are only lying there
sina ögon öppna fast dem inget ser their eyes are open but they can not see
De som aldrig mer ska få skratta Those who never will get to laugh again
eller kyssa en flicka som ler or kiss a smiling girl

Men om du vet var stjärnor faller But if you know where the star is falling
och var regnbågen tar slut and the rainbow has it's end
Om du fortfarande hör ditt hjärta slå If you still can hear your heart beat
skall du finna österns röda ros you'll find the red rose of the east

Jag hör deras röster I hear their voices
Jag hör hur de skriker I hear how they're screaming
Jag vet att de finns där I know that they are there
Jag vet att de lever I know that they're living

Så om du vet var stjärnor faller So if you know where the star is falling
och var regnbågen tar slut and the rainbow has it's end
Om du fortfarande hör ditt hjärta slå If you still can hear your heart beat
skall du finna österns röda ros you'll find the red rose of the east
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: PoD Gunner on April 16, 2007, 05:53:12 AM: we do we do. :drunks:
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khem on April 16, 2007, 07:46:38 AM: Nena - 99 Red Balloons Lyrics

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons
With the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
From somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

99 Knights of the airway
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

and more touching

He was driving home one evening,
In his beat up Pontiac
When an old lady flagged him down,
Her Mercedes had a flat
He could see that she was frightened,
Standing out there in the snow
'Til he said I'm here to help you ma'am,
By the way my name is Joe

She said I'm from St. Louis,
And I'm only passing through
I must have seen a hundred cars go by,
This is awful nice of you
When he changed the tire,
And closed her trunk
And was about to drive away,
She said how much do I owe you
Here's what he had to say

You don't owe me a thing, I've been there too
Someone once helped me out,
Just the way I'm helping you
If you really want to pay me back,
Here's what you do
Don't let the chain of love end with you

Well a few miles down the road,
The lady saw a small cafe
She went in to grab a bite to eat,
And then be on her way
But she couldn't help but notice,
How the waitress smiled so sweet
And how she must've been eight months along,
And dead on her feet

And though she didn't know her story,
And she probably never will
When the waitress went to get her change,
From a hundred dollar bill
The lady slipped right out the door,
And on a napkin left a note
There were tears in the waitress's eyes,
When she read what she wrote

You don't owe me a thing,
I've been there too
Someone once helped me out,
Just the way I'm helping you
If you really want to pay me back,
Here's what you do
Don't let the chain of love end with you

That night when she got home from work,
The waitress climbed into bed
She was thinkin' about the money,
And what the lady's note had said
As her husband lay there sleeping,
She whispered soft and low
Everything's gonna be alright, I love you, Joe
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 18, 2007, 12:31:48 PM: To celebrate my new glorious position, I present CB4's "I'm black y'all:"

Awwwwwww...

I'm black y'all,
and I'm black y'all,
and I'm blacker than black,
and I'm black y'all.

I'm blickedy black
blacker than black,
black I'm blacker than black, yo!
Because I'm black and I'm BACK!

Yo, I'm black
and I'm black, y'all,
and I'm blacker than black and I'm black y'all.
I'm black black black black black black black black black
and I'm black,
and I'm black because I'm BACK!
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 18, 2007, 03:56:19 PM: And here's one for KR:

Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig, att jag känner en bott
Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig, att jag känner en bott
Som alltid vaktar alla som är här
Och som ser till att vi blir utan besvär
Det finns ingen take-over som lyckas
Kom ihåg att det är jag som känner en bott
En bott som ingen, ingen annan slår
Och hon kan kicka utan att du får
Hon gör sig av med alla som spammar
Ja, inget kan slå våran bott
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)
Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig att jag känner en bott
Då kom den dagen, jag inte trodde fanns,
det satte verkligen kanalen ur balans
Jag trodde aldrig att jag hade så fel
Men när Anna skrev och sa:
"Jag är ingen bott
Jag är en väldigt, väldigt vacker tjej"
Som nu tyvärr är väldigt främmande för mig
Men det finns inget som behöver förklaras
För I mina ögon är hon alltid en bott
Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig att jag känner en bott
Som alltid vaktar alla som är här
Och som ser till att vi blir utan besvär
Det finns ingen take-over som lyckas
Kom ihåg att det är jag som känner en bott
En bott som ingen, ingen annan slår
Och hon kan kicka utan att du får
Hon gör sig av med alla som spammar
Ja, inget kan slå våran bott
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Anniane on April 18, 2007, 04:48:46 PM: Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me till Im sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
Theres someone in my head but its not me.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Allama on April 18, 2007, 05:11:49 PM: The Faint - How Could I Forget
girl boy

Introverted boy
you are not interesting, boy.
You think you're intellectual
but no one's talking to you now.

I might be an introvert
to you, a shallow fashionista
deep as any paper plate
dressed just like the girl beside you.

How could I forget?
A waste of cloth
of course, I do remember.
on the back deck drunk and awkward
I think we accidentally met.

I know you've got some place to get to
and I really got to get somewhere.
Remember when I said
that Vincent had some tickets for me there?

How could I forget?
a waste of breath
of course, I do remember.
All the things you said were pointless
now you go on dropping names
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: The Empire on April 18, 2007, 06:07:17 PM: MY EYES! MY EYES! THEY ARE BURNING!!! AAAAAAAAA!!! (@ solnath's lyrics ^)
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khablan on April 18, 2007, 11:48:31 PM: Aragan - yours is one of my favorites.

Here's mine -

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
'Cause nothing else matters

I never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we do it our way
All these words I just don't say
'Cause nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
'Cause nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do, no
Never cared for what they know, no
Never cared for what they do, no
But I know

Trust I seek but I find in you
Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
'Cause nothing else matters

Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
'Cause nothing else matters
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Algerianbania on April 19, 2007, 01:26:37 AM: Yeah! Another Metallica fan! Though how you pick Nothing Else Matters as your favorite I will never know.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khablan on April 20, 2007, 01:24:10 PM: Well, you know, it all depends on what day you ask me. Today, it's Nothing Else Matters. Tomorrow, it'll be a different one. But Metallica is one of the necessary food groups essential to life. ;)
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on April 20, 2007, 06:36:51 PM: "Sankaritar" by Ultra Bra:

Tulin eilen kuusta
Apollo 12
matka oli raskas
vaikka aluksessa
vallitsi painoton tila

Mutta kotiin tullessaan
reipas astronautti
haluaa nähdä heilansa

Tulin eilen lännestä
kultakuume menossa
reissu oli hurja
koska jälkeeni
jäi kasa kuolleita

Mutta kotiin tullessaan
hurja paimenlikka
haluaa nähdä heilansa

Tartu ranteisiini
purista lujempaa
tee kaulaan merkki
anna ymmärtää
että voit minut alistaa

Saavuin tulevaisuudesta
2040
siellä oli rankkaa
ohjelmoituna
suojelin viattomia

Mutta kotiin tullessaan
notkea konenainen
haluaa nähdä heilansa

Literal translation - does not go with the melody, of course. The title translates to "Heroine."

Came from the moon yesterday
Apollo 12
the trip was heavy
even though the ship
was in a weightless state

But coming home
the energetic astronaut
wants to see her man

I came from the West yesterday
gold fever is high
the trip was wild
because I left behind me
a pile of dead

But coming home
the wild cowgirl
wants to see her man

Grab my wrists
squeeze harder
make a mark on my neck
let it be understood
that you can dominate me

I arrived from the future
2040
it was tough out there
programmed
I protected the innocent

But coming home
the flexible machinewoman
wants to see her man
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Of Crazed on April 20, 2007, 07:31:04 PM: Then his message gathers meaning and it spreads across the land
The rewarding of his pain is the following of the man
But ignorance is everywhere and people have their way
Success is an enemy to the losers of the day
In the shadows of the churches, who knows what they pray
For blood is the language of the band.

The Spanish bulls are beaten; the crowd is soon beguiled,
The matador is beautiful, a symphony of style
Excitement is ecstatic, passion places bets
Gracefully he bows to ovations that he gets
But the hands that are applauding are slippery with sweat
And saliva is falling from their smiles

So dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come dance dance dance
’cause we love you

Thus is part of it.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Algerianbania on April 22, 2007, 09:43:58 PM: Quote from: Khablan on April 20, 2007, 01:24:10 PM
Well, you know, it all depends on what day you ask me. Today, it's Nothing Else Matters. Tomorrow, it'll be a different one. But Metallica is one of the necessary food groups essential to life. ;)

We must have been separated at birth.

Make his fight on the hill in the early day
Constant chill deep inside
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey
On the fight, for they are right, yes, by whos to say?
For a hill men would kill, why? they do not know
Suffered wounds test there their pride
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow
Gone insane from the pain that they surely know
[chorus:]
For whom the bell tolls
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls

Take a look to the sky just before you die
It is the last time you will
Blackened roar massive roar fills the crumbling sky
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry
Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery
He hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now they will see what will be, blinded eyes to see
[chorus]
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: New History lovers on April 23, 2007, 03:26:57 AM: "The Mary Ellen Carter" By Stan Rogers

Rise again, rise again
That her name not be lost to the knowledge of men.
All those who loved her best and were with her to the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!

She went down last October in a pouring, driving rain.
The skipper he’d been drinking and the mate he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock and she was dealt her mortal blow
And the Marry Ellen Carter settled low.
There was just us five aboard her when she finally was awash.
We'd worked like hell to save her, all headless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter’d rise again!

Well, the owners wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend.
"She gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her sorry end.
But insurance paid the loss to us, so let her rest below",
Then, they laughed at us and said we’d had to go.
But we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock,
For she's worth a quarter million, afloating at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!

Rise again, rise again
That her name not be lost to the knowledge of men.
All those who loved her best and were with her to the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!

All spring, now, we’ve been with her on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in a hard hat suit and twice I’ve had the bends.
Thank God it’s only sixty feet and the currents her are slow
Or I’d never have the strength to go below.
But we’ve patched her rents, stopped her vents,
Dogged hatch and porthole down
Put cables to her fore and aft and girded her around
And tomorrow, noon, we hit the air, and then take up the strain
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!

Rise again, rise again
That her name not be lost to the knowledge of men.
All those who loved her best and were with her to the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!

For we couldn’t leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale.
She’d save our lives so many times, living through the gale,
And the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave,
They won’t be laughing in another day.
And you, to whom adversity has dealt that final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And, like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!

Rise again, rise again
Though your heart it be broken and life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!

Rise again, rise again
Though your heart it be broken or life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khablan on April 23, 2007, 03:14:56 PM: Quote
We must have been separated at birth.
Mom gave you all the fur.

Here's today's, playing on my stereo now.

New blood joins this earth
and quickly he's subdued
through constant pain disgrace
the young boy learns their rules

with time the child draws in
this whipping boy done wrong
deprived of all his thoughts
the young man struggles on and on he's known
a vow unto his own
that never from this day
his will they'll take away

what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never be
never see
won't see what might have been

what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never free
never me
so I dub thee unforgiven

they dedicate their lives
to running all of his
he tries to please them all
this bitter man he is
throughout his life the same
he's battled constantly
this fight he cannot win
a tired man they see no longer cares
the old man then prepares
to die regretfully
that old man here is me

what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never be
never see
won't see what might have been

what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never free
never me
so I dub thee unforgiven

you labeled me
I'll label you
so I dub thee unforgiven
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Allama on April 23, 2007, 03:31:38 PM: Blue Hawaiian by Pavement

A welcome to my friends:
This house is a home and a home's where I belong
Where the feelings are warm and the foundations are strong
If my soul has a shape, well, then it is an ellipse
And this slap is a gift
Cause your cheeks have lost their lustre
You know, your cheeks have lost their lustre
You know, your cheeks have lost their lustre
You know, your cheeks have lost their lustre, lustre, lustre, lustre
Take it back - send return out of time
Tape machine needs to be aligned

Aloha means goodbye, and also hello - its in how you inflect
Put the bark in the dog, and you've got a guardian
When the capitals s, it is followed by a t - and its probably me
And the tones are grouped in clusters
You know, the tones are grouped in clusters
Well the tones are grouped in clusters
You know the tones are grouped in clusters, clusters, clusters, clusters
Take it back - kiss me into the past
Lately never gonna last
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Feniexia on April 23, 2007, 09:34:39 PM: Lesiem - Justitia >> all

Justitia Omnium Est Domina
Mundus Est Dei, Viva Statua
O Fiat Justitia Et Expetit Mundus
Sine Ira Et Studio. O Gladius

Nolite Judicare Secundum Faciem
Imperat, Imperator Contra Legirupa
Gladiator In Arena Consilium Capit
Barabam Vellere Mortuo Leoni

We are the humans of the world
And we search for humanity
Show us the way where we'll find justice
That's the way we need

Tyrannos, O In Tyrannos. O Aquila
Justitia
Tyrannicida O Aquila
Tyrannicidium

In Die Judicii, In Die Judicii
Levate; Elementum Meum Est Libertas
In Die Judicii, In Die Judicii
Multae Tribulationes Iustorum

Gladius Gladium Acuit
Tyrannicus Contra Gladius
Qui Gladio Ferrit Gladio Perrit
Tyrannicus Contra Gladius

Nulla Poena Sine Lege
Lex Duodecim Tabularum
Imperator. Justitia
Gladiator. Tyrannicida

Tyrannos, O In Tyrannos. O Aquila
Justitia
Tyrannicida O Aquila
Tyrannicidium

Tyrannos, O In Tyrannos. O Aquila
Justitia
Tyrannicida O Aquila
Tyrannicidium

Gladius Gladium Acuit
Tyrannicus Contra Gladius
Qui Gladio Ferrit Gladio Perrit
Tyrannicus Contra Gladius

Nulla Poena Sine Lege
Lex Duodecim Tabularum
Imperator. Justitia
Gladiator. Tyrannicida
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Musachanage on April 23, 2007, 10:36:41 PM: Here's to all Metallica lovers (I saw a couple, might be more) : Dyers Eve.

Dear mother
Dear father
What is this hell you have put me through
Believer
Deceiver
Day in day out live my life through you
Pushed onto me what's wrong or right
Hidden from this thing that they call life

Dear mother
Dear father
Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove
Curator
Dictator
Always censoring my every move
Children are seen but are not heard
Tear out everything inspired

Innocence
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I'm living blindly

Dear mother
Dear father
Time has frozen still what's left to be
Hear nothing
Say nothing
Cannot face the fact I think for me
No guarantee, it's life as is
But damn you for not giving me my chance

Dear mother
Dear father
You've clipped my wings before I learnt to fly
Unspoiled
Unspoken
I've outgrown that f*cking lullaby
Same thing I've always heard from you
Do as I say not as I do

Innocence
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I'm living blindly

I'm in hell without you
Cannot cope without you two
Shocked at the world that I see
Innocent victim please rescue me

Dear mother
Dear father
Hidden in your world you've made for me
I'm seething
I'm bleeding
Ripping wounds in me that never heal
Undying spite I feel for you
Living out this hell you always knew
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: New History lovers on April 24, 2007, 12:53:07 AM: Hoping for someone else who likes folk/sea shanties. Now, for "Witch of the Westmoreland" by Archie Fisher.

Pale was the wounded knight that bore the rowan shield
Loud and cruel were the raven's cries that feasted in the field
Saying "Beck water, cold and clear, will never clean your wounds
There's none but the witch of the Westmoreland can make thee hale and sound"

So turn, turn your stallion's head 'til his red mane flies in the wind
And the rider of the moon goes by and the bright star falls behind
And clear was the paling moon when his shadow passed him by
Below the hills were the brightest stars when he heard the owlet cry

Saying "Why do you ride this way, and wherefore came you here?"
"I seek the Witch of the Westmoreland that dwells by the winding mere"
And it's weary by the Ullswater and the misty brake fern way
And through the cleft in the Kirkstane Pass the winding water lay

He said "Lie down, me brindled hound and rest ye, me good grey hawk
And thee, my steed may graze thy fill for I must dismount and walk,
But come when you hear my horn and answer swift the call
For I fear ere the sun will rise this morn ye will serve me best of all"

And it's down to the water's brim he's born the rowan shield
And the goldenrod he has cast in to see what the lake might yield
And wet she rose from the lake, and fast and fleet went she
One half the form of a maiden fair with a jet black mare's body

And loud, long and shrill he blew til his steed was by his side
High overhead the grey hawk flew and swiftly he did ride
Saying "Course well, my brindled hound, and fetch me the jet black mare
Stoop and strike, my good grey hawk, and bring me the maiden fair"

She said "Pray, sheathe thy silvery sword. Lay down thy rowan shield
For I see by the briny blood that flows you've been wounded in the field"
She stood in a gown of the velvet blue, bound round with a silver chain
And she's kissed his pale lips once and twice and three times round again

And she's bound his wounds with the goldenrod, and fast in her arms he lay
And he has risen hale and sound with the sun high in the day
She said "Ride with your brindled hound at heel, and your good grey hawk in hand
There's none can harm the knight who's lain with the Witch of the Westmorland!"
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Ryazania on April 24, 2007, 12:55:45 AM: 've got a good woman at home who thinks I do no wrong
But sometimes lord, she just ain't always around
And you know that's when I fall, I can't help myself at all
And I get whiskey bent and hell bound

Play me some songs about a ramblin' man, put a cold one in my hand,
'cause you know I love to hear those guitar sounds
Don't you play 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' cause I'll get all balled up
inside
And I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound

Sure enough about closing time, (I'm) about stoned out of my mind
And I end up with some honky-tonk special I found
Just as sure as the morning sun come, thinking of my sweet girl at home
And I need to get whiskey bent and hell bound

Play me some songs about a ramblin' man, put old Jim Beam in my hand
'cause you know I still love to get drunk and hear country sounds
But don't you play 'Your Cheatin' Heart' cause that'll tear me all apart
I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound

Yeah, old Hank's songs always make me feel low down
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: New History lovers on April 28, 2007, 04:31:27 PM: "The Giant", based on the ancient Scots and Irish legends of the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill, anglicized in the 18th century as "Fingal". In these legends, the Giant went to sleep in ages past, in a cave below the great palace of Dubh Linh (modern Dublin), and will rise to defend Eire at her greatest hour of need. This song is by Stan Rogers, based on an idea some have developed that Fingal abandoned the anglicized Ireland, and now dwells in Nova Scotia, because, at the time, there were far more Gaelic speakers in Canada than in Scotland and Ireland combined.

Cold wind on the harbour and rain on the road,
Wet promise of winter brings recourse to coal,
There's fire in the blood and a fog on Bras d'Or,
The Giant will rise with the moon.

'Twas the same ancient fever in the Isles of the Blest
That our fathers brought with them when they went west
It's the blood of the Druids that never will rest
The Giant will rise with the moon.

So crash the glass down, move with the tide,
Good friends and old whiskey are burning inside,
Crash the glass down, Fingal will rise,
With the moon.

In inclement weather the people are fey,
Three thousand year stories as the night slips away.
Remembering Fingal feels not far away,
The giant will rise with the moon

The wind's in the north, there'll be new moon tonight,
And we have no circle to dance in her sight.
Light a torch, bring a bottle and build the fire bright,
The Giant will rise with the moon.

So crash the glass down, move with the tide,
Good friends and old whiskey are burning inside.
Crash the glass down, Fingal will rise,
With the moon.

Cold wind on the harbour and rain on the road,
Wet promise of winter brings recourse to coal,
There's fire in the blood and a fog on Bras d'Or,
The Giant will rise with the moon.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Loorachnid on May 02, 2007, 01:20:34 AM: No Queen yet? -gasp- That must change!

"The Show Must Go On" - Queen

Empty spaces - what are we living for
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for

Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore

The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for

I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends

The show must go on
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On - with the show -

I'll drop the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the -
On with the show -
The show must go on
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: New History lovers on May 02, 2007, 01:59:49 AM: The Arrogant Worms' "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate"

Well I used to be a farmer, and I made a living fine,
I had a little stretch of land along the city line
But times went by and though I tried, the money wasn't there
And bankers came and took my land and told me "fair is fair"
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no
"Hire you now?" they'd always laugh, "we just let twenty go!"
The government, they promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum.

Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone?
I'm gonna be a PIRATE, on the river Saskatchewan!!!

And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
And It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large,
But just the other day I saw an unprotected barge
I snuck up right behind and they were none the wiser,
I rammed their ship and sank it and I stole their fertilizer!
Bridge outside of Moosejaw spans a mighty river!
Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are all aquiver!
Cause they know that Captain Jack is hiding in the bay
I'll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail off with their hay!

And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, Mountie Bobby chased me, he was always at my throat
He followed on the shoreline cause he didn't own a boat
But the cutbacks were a coming and the Mountie lost his job
So now he's sailing with us, and we call him Salty Bob!
A swingin' sword, a skull and bones and pleasant company
I never pay my income tax and screw the GST (SCREW IT!!)
Sailing down to Saskatoon, the terror of the seas
If you wanna reach the co-op, boy, you gotta get by me!

And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
And It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, the Pirate life's appealing but you just don't find it here,
I hear down in Alberta there's a band of buccaneers
They roam the Athabaska from Smith to Fort McKay
And you're gonna loose your stetson if you have to pass their way!
Well, winter is a'comin' and a chill is in the breeze
My Pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze
But I'll be back in springtime but now I have to go
I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico!

And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Ryazania on May 02, 2007, 02:20:08 AM: Rolling Stones- Beast of Burden

Ill never be your beast of burden
My back is broad but its a hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me
Ill never be your beast of burden
Ive walked for miles my feet are hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me

Am I hard enough
Am I rough enough
Am I rich enough
Im not too blind to see

Ill never be your beast of burden
So lets go home and draw the curtains
Music on the radio
Come on baby make sweet love to me

Am I hard enough
Am I rough enough
Am I rich enough
Im not too blind to see

Oh little sister
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, girl
Youre a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Pretty, pretty
Such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Come on baby please, please, please

Ill tell ya
You can put me out
On the street
Put me out
With no shoes on my feet
But, put me out, put me out
Put me out of misery

Yeah, all your sickness
I can suck it up
Throw it all at me
I can shrug it off
Theres one thing baby
That I dont understand
You keep on telling me
I aint your kind of man

Aint I rough enough, ooh baby
Aint I tough enough
Aint I rich enough, in love enough
Ooh! ooh! please

Ill never be your beast of burden
Ill never be your beast of burden
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be

I dont need no beast of burden
I need no fussing
I need no nursing
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khablan on May 02, 2007, 04:00:38 AM: Good one, Ryanzania.

This one's been running through my head a lot lately:

She’s a good girl,
Loves her mamma,
Loves Jesus,
And america too.
She’s a good girl,
Crazy ‘bout elvis,
Loves horses,
And her boyfriend too.
And it's a long day,
Livin’ in reseda,
There’s a freeway,
Runnin’ thru the yard
And I’m a bad boy,
‘Cause I don’t even miss her,
I’m a bad boy,
For breaking her heart

And I'm free,
Free falling.
Yeah I'm free,
Free falling.

And all the vampires
Walkin' through the valley
Move west down
Ventura Boulevard.
And all the bad boys
Are standin' in the shadows,
And the good girls
Are home with broken hearts.

And I'm free,
Free falling.
Yeah I'm free,
Free falling.

I wanna glide down
Over mulholland
I wanna write her
Name in the sky.
I'm gonna free fall
Out into nothin',
Gonna leave this
World for a while.

And I'm free,
Free falling.
Yeah I'm free,
Free falling.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: The Empire on May 02, 2007, 08:24:35 PM: Imperiet- Alltid rött, Alltid rätt (Always red, Always right)

Maskiner tar över
E´re nåt vi behöver
Maskiner som söver
När mitt hjärta bultar och blöder

Jag vill skrika å vråla
Gör det ont vill jag gråta
Jag vill sjunga och skåla
Hur mycket mer kan jag tåla

Det finns en sång i varenda själ
Passion e nåt vi behöver så väl

Ett hjärta e alltid rött
Ett hjärta har alltid rätt
Ett hjärta stinker blod och svett
Ett hjärta har alltid rätt

Maskiner marscherar
Över liken i lera
Men maskiner skjuts sönder
Av rock´n´roll bönder

Det finns en sång i varenda själ
Passion e nåt vi behöver så väl

Ett hjärta e alltid rött
Ett hjärta har alltid rätt
Ett hjärta stinker blod och svett
Ett hjärta har alltid rätt

Det finns inga maskiner
Som får adrenalinet
Att pumpa runt i små droppar
Runt i svettiga kroppar

Det finns en sång i varenda själ
Å vem som helst kan bli vem som helst

Ett hjärta e alltid rött
Ett hjärta har alltid rätt
Ett hjärta stinker blod och svett
Ett hjärta har alltid rätt

OOC: As always, translation on demand
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Ryazania on May 05, 2007, 12:01:19 AM: It was Christmas in prison
and the food was real good
we had turkey and pistols
carved out of wood
and I dream of her always
even when I don't dream
her name's on my tongue
and her blood's in my stream.

Chorus:
Wait awhile eternity
old mother nature's got nothing on me
come to me
run to me
come to me, now
we're rolling
my sweetheart
we're flowing
by God!

She reminds me of a chess game
with someone I admire
or a picnic in the rain
after a prairie fire
her heart is as big
as this whole goddamn jail
and she's sweeter than saccharine
at a drug store sale.

Chorus:

The search light in the big yard
swings round with the gun
and spotlights the snowflakes
like the dust in the sun
it's Christmas in prison
there'll be music tonight
I'll probably get homesick
I love you. Goodnight.

Chorus:
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Algerianbania on May 05, 2007, 01:01:18 AM: You've Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest

One life I'm gonna live it up
I'm takin' flight I said i'll never get enough
Stand tall I'm young and kinda proud
I'm on top as long as the music's loud

If you think I'll sit around as the world goes by
You're thinkin' like a fool cause it's a case of do or die
Out there is a fortune waitin' to be had
You think I'll let it go you're mad
You've got another thing comin'

That's right here's where the talkin' ends
Well listen this night there'll be some action spent
Drive hard I'm callin' all the shots
I got an ace card comin' down on the rocks

If you think I'll sit around while you chip away my brain
Listen I ain't foolin' and you'd better think again
[ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com/lyric/33265/Judas+Priest+-+You+Got+Another+Thing+Coming.html ]
Out there is a fortune waitin' to be had
You think I'll let it go you're mad
You got another thing comin

In this world we're livin' in we have our share of sorrow
Answer now is don't give in aim for a new tomorrow

Oh so hot no time to take a rest yeah
Act tough ain't room for second best
Real strong got me some security
Hey I'm a big smash I'm goin' for infinity yeah

If you think I'll sit around as the world goes by
You're thinkin' like a fool cause it's a case of do or die
Out there is a fortune waitin' to be had
You think I'll let it go you're mad
You've got another thing comin'
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Seixo on May 09, 2007, 01:18:33 PM: I want a trip inside your head
Spend the day there...
To hear the things you haven't said
And see what you might see

I want to hear you when you call
Do you feel anything at all?
I want to see your thoughts take shape
And walk right out

Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a new born baby's head

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've seen enough I'm not giving up
On a miracle drug

Of science and the human heart
There is no limit
There is no failure here sweetheart
Just when you quit...

I am you and you are mine
Love makes no sense of space
And time...will disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side, love...

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, a miracle drug, a miracle drug

God I need your help tonight

Beneath the noise
Below the din
I hear your voice
It's whispering
In science and in medicine
"I was a stranger
You took me in"

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, miracle drug

Miracle, miracle drug

Miracle Drug - U2
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: MythicalPuma on May 09, 2007, 03:46:55 PM: The Ottawa Song:

Here’s another story
About a hockey team
Who thinks they’ll win the Stanley Cup
But it’s still just a dream

The team is from Ottawa
Their franchise is a joke
A regular season powerhouse
Who always seems to choke

One round away
One obstacle to hurdle
Reddens gonna falter
And Spezza sure to turtle

Emery’s full of holes
Alfredsson’s over the hill
Both still have their nightmares
Of their time in Pominville

*RJ: Jason Pominville!*

There's more of course, but I can't remember it all off hand. Here listen to it:

http://eod.liquidviewer.com/wgr-od/wgr/20070507_ottawa.wma
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: The Empire on June 03, 2007, 02:22:10 PM: Sabaton - panzer battalion

Under this sun no shadows will fall
Piercing our eyes as we charge
An armoured battalion on course to the east
Closing the end of it's march

This time we're here to finish a job
Started a decade ago
Driving the animals out of their holes
To bury them 6 feet below
Armoured tanks of mass destruction
Killers in the east
Rats who dares to stand before us
Feel our guns go live

Death in the shape of a panzer battalion
Insect of terror don't run face your fate like a
Man cannot outrun our panzer battalion

Thousands of tons of armour and guns
Making it's way through the sand
Our panzer battalion is back for revenge
Artillery sweeping the land

First strike is ours no mercy is shown
There's rivers of blood in our track
Breaking their lines of defence with our tanks
Infantry watching our back

Blow their SAM sites clear for air strike
Ready for the storm
Minefields swept there's no surrender
Feel our napalm burn

Under this sun no shadows will fall
Piercing our eyes as we charge
An armoured battalion on course to the east
Has reached the end of it's march
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Hendrix on June 03, 2007, 03:52:05 PM: If I don't meet you no more in this world, I'll meet you on the next one and don't be late

I think that's probably my favorite lyric from any song its from voodoo chile

or pehaps...

My girl, my girl, dont lie to me
tell me where did you sleep last night?
in the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
I would shiver the whole night through

My girl, my girl, where will you go?
I'm going where the cold wind blows
in the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
I would shiver the whole night through

Her husband was a hardworking man,
bout a mile and a half from here
his head was found on the driving wheel
but his body never was found

My girl, my girl, dont lie to me
tell me where did you sleep last night?
in the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
I would shiver the whole night through

My girl, my girl, where will you go?
I'm going where the cold wind blows
in the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
I would shiver the whole night through

A truly beautiful song wether you listen to the Leadbelly or Nirvana version.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: tak on June 03, 2007, 04:02:55 PM: one of my favorite, a really old Chinese lyrics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuǐ_diào_gē_tóu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuǐ_diào_gē_tóu)

It is not really a "poem" as the wiki suggests, as literatures in that era were primarily lyrics
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Algerianbania on June 03, 2007, 05:27:46 PM: Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Finished with my woman cause she couldnt help me with my mind
People think Im insane because I am browning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think Ill lose my mind if I dont find something to pacify

Can you help me thought you were my friend
Whoah yeah

I need someone to show me the things in life that I cant find
I cant see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I
wish I could but its too late

Great tune. Love it.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Khablan on June 03, 2007, 06:42:51 PM: Excellent tune, panda.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Allama on June 04, 2007, 01:03:48 PM: The Notwist - "Pick Up The Phone"

You know this place
You know this gloom
We've been here before
When life is a loop
You're in a room without a door

Pick up the phone and answer me at last
Today I will step out of your past

"Trouble that we've come to know will stay with us"
With every step it slowly grows
Rub off the rust

Pick up the phone and answer me at last
Today I will step out of your past

So pick up the phone and answer me at last
Today I will step out of your past
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Hendrix on June 04, 2007, 01:11:43 PM: As soon as your born they make you feel small
By giving you no time, instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool
Till your so f*****g crazy you cant follow the rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
You think your so clever and classless and free
But your still f*****g peasants as far as i can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

Theres room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must earn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero, then just follow me.

John Lennon, Working class hero.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Solnath on July 23, 2007, 03:38:52 PM: ZZ Top - Bad to the Bone

On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone
She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone

I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you
I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone

I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Trey on August 01, 2007, 09:48:12 PM: Rent - Seasons of Love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

In five hundred twenty-five thousand
six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love

Seasons of love. Seasons of love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died!

It's time now to sing out,
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love! (Oh, you've got to, you've got to remember the love)
Remember the love! (You know that love is a gift from up above)
Remember the love! (Share love, give love, spread love)

Measure in love! (Measure, measure your life in love)
Seasons of love!

Seasons of love. (Measure your life, measure your life in love)

And this verse from this song...

Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Talmann on August 02, 2007, 03:16:19 PM: GAAAHH!!! Not that song, NOT THAT SONG!!!!
*runs and hides in a corner, covering his ears*/me has had to sing Seasons of Love with people who are [sarcasm]slightly[/sarcasm] tone deaf.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Cyadkuso on August 03, 2007, 07:27:32 PM: no Eagles yet? :o
Hotel California- Eagles

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
’this could be heaven or this could be hell’
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the hotel california
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain,
’please bring me my wine’
He said, ’we haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the hotel california
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said ’we are all just prisoners here, of our own device’
And in the master’s chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
’relax,’ said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Ryazania on August 04, 2007, 03:31:06 AM: Ramble On- Led Zeppelin

Leaves are falling all around,
Its time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, Im much obliged
For such a pleasant stay.

But now its time for me to go,
The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain,
And with it pain,
And its headed my way.
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired,
But I know Ive got one thing I got to do,

Ramble on,
And nows the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
Im goin round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
Ive been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

Got no time to for spreadin roots,
The time has come to be gone.
And tho our health we drank a thousand times,
Its time to ramble on.

Ramble on,
And nows the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
Im goin round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
Ive been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

I aint tellin no lie.

Mines a tale that cant be told,
My freedom I hold dear;
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air,
Twas in the darkest depths of mordor
I met a girl so fair,
But gollum, and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her.
Her, her....yea.
Aint nothing I can do, no.

Ramble on,
And nows the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
Im goin round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
Ive been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

Gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gotta keep-a-searchin for my baby...
Gonna work my way, round the world
I cant stop this feelin in my heart
Gotta keep searchin for my baby
I cant find my bluebird!
Id listen to my bluebird sing but I cant find my blue bird
A-keep-a ramblin baby...
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Myroria on August 04, 2007, 03:44:01 AM: Since Ryazania said some parts in IRC, it inspired me:

Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay.
Money, its a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team.

Money, get back.
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good bullshit.
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.

Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre
Giving none away.

Huhuh! I was in the right!
Yes, absolutely in the right!
I certainly was in the right!
You was definitely in the right. that geezer was cruising for a
Bruising!
Yeah!
Why does anyone do anything?
I dont know, I was really drunk at the time!
I was just telling him, he couldnt get into number 2. he was asking
Why he wasnt coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
Screaming and telling him why he wasnt coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Eientei on August 04, 2007, 08:08:15 AM: "All Day Sucker" by Stevie Wonder

Come on up you say
Cause you can feel your love comin' down
I find myself rushin' over to
Do something for your love

I knock on the door
You answer askin' what am I there for
I say I thought you wanted me to
Do something for your love

I'm an all day sucker
Coming to give something to get nothin'
I'm an all day sucker
Coming to give something but to get none of your love

all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love

You call me up to say
You're sorry for what went down the other day
And could I come over today
Do something for your love

One knock gets me in
But then you say how very nice it's been
That lets me know that I will once again
Get nothin' from your love

I'm an all day sucker
Coming to give something to get nothin'
I'm an all day sucker
Coming to give something but to get none of your love

all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love

You drop by to say
You're sorry for what went down the other day
And if I had some time later in the day to
Do something for your love

Anyone else would say
'No that's okay'
But maybe by now she'll see things my way
And ask me to say to
Do something for her love

I'm an all day sucker
Coming to give something to get nothin'
I'm an all day sucker
Coming to give something but to get none of your love

all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
To get none of your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
Being stingy with your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
I'm an all day sucker for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
Givin' none of your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
I'm an all day sucker for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
To get none of your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
all day sucker for your love
all day sucker cup for your love
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Of Crazed on August 06, 2007, 03:35:00 AM: Roll On by Dntel

From a begging man

To your father's friend

And that cop who pulled me over on Beverly Grand

I've had a famous man

On his fire escape

And countless dinner dates

And a warm bed, well that's something

But that alone just ain't enough

So I roll on, roll on

But it's just no fun

When your heart belongs to a son of a gun

A shooting rifle, a firing range

I'm pistol-whipped, I'll never be the same

But I love him, yes I do

And he's gonna do what he's gonna do

So I roll on, roll on

When I knocked you down, you called my bluff

You pushed me over, fair enough

In high schools, hospitals, on holidays

I've seen your face in every goddamn state

My overdose, it was almost too late

You said it aged you when you saw my face

And a warm bed, well that was something

And history’s horse keeps on thumping

And it rolls on, rolls on

But it’s just no fun

When you hate the person you’ve become

Bitter, lonely, and isolated, before I know it I’ll be an old maid

But I love love, yes I do

Even when its weight cripples you

It rolls on, rolls on

I never loved that other man

He’s a fairy tale that I can’t have

And now I know how a fairy tale feels

You wanna marry me, you say that I’m the real deal

And I just don’t know how I got stuck

Guess there’s muscle memory for love

And if you try hard enough

You might once again call my bluff

Or you can roll on, roll on

But it’s just no fun

When your happiness is on the run

Jumping hurdles in life’s 10k,

It’s a marathon and love’s too late

But a warm bed is as good as it gets

Let’s settle down and have a couple of kids

And do like your parents did,

Or we can roll on, roll on, roll on
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Myroria on August 06, 2007, 03:37:15 AM: And if it's there
Don't let it get you down,
You can take it.
And if it hurts
Don't let them see you cry,
You can make it.

Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.

And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes
On you moving.
And if they shout
Don't let it change a thing
That you're doing.

Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.

Hold your head up
Hold your head up
Hold your head up
Hold your head up
Hold your head up
Hold your head up
Hold your head up
Hold your head up
Hold your head up

Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.

And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes
On you moving.
And if they shout
Don't let it change a thing
That you're doing.

Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Title: Cat Power - Colors and the Kids
Post by: Allama on August 06, 2007, 01:59:43 PM: It must be the colors and the kids
That keep me alive
'Cause the music is boring me to death

It must just be the colors
And the kids that keep me alive
'Cause I'd wanna go right away
To a January night
I built a shack with an old friend
He was someone I could learn from
Someone I could become

Will you meet me down
On a sandy beach
We can roll up our jeans
So the tide won't get us below the knees

Yellow hair
You are a funny bear
Yellow hair
You are such a funny bear
Slender fingers
Would hold me slender limbs would hold me
And you could say my name
Like you knew my name

I could stay here... become someone different
I could stay here... become someone better

It's so hard to go in the city
'Cause you wanna say "hello" to everybody
It's so hard to go into the city
'Cause you wanna say "hey, I love you" to everybody
When we were teenagers we wanted to be the sky
Now all we wanna do is go to red places
And try to stay outta Hell

It must be the colors and the kids
That keep me alive
'Cause the music is boring me to death

It must just be the colors
And it must just be the kids
That keep me alive on this January night

Yellow hair
You are a funny bear
Yellow hair
You are such a funny bear
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Trey on August 10, 2007, 05:47:10 PM: Quote from: Talmann on August 02, 2007, 03:16:19 PM
GAAAHH!!! Not that song, NOT THAT SONG!!!!
*runs and hides in a corner, covering his ears*/me has had to sing Seasons of Love with people who are [sarcasm]slightly[/sarcasm] tone deaf.

Ouch. That is an easy song to butcher.

Evanescence-Missing

Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
Maybe someday you'll look up,
And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't something missing?"

You won't cry for my absence, I know
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant...?
Am I so insignificant...?
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?

[CHORUS]
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?

Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
I know what you do to yourself,
Breathe deep and cry out:
"Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"

[CHORUS]

And if I bleed, I'll bleed,
Knowing you don't care.
And if I sleep just to dream of you
And wake without you there,
Isn't something missing?
Isn't something...

[CHORUS]

And...

Aqualung-Brighter Than Sunshine

I never understood before,
I never knew what love was for,
My heart was broke, my head was sore
What a feeling.

Tied up in ancient history,
I didnt believe in destiny,
I look up you're standing next to me,
What a feeling.

What a feeling in my soul,
Love burns brighter than sunshine,
Brighter than sunshine,
Let the rain fall, i don't care,
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine,
Suddenly you're mine
and it's brighter than sunshine.

I never saw it happening,
I'd given up and given in,
I just couldn't take the hurt again
What a feeling.

I didn't have the strength to fight,
suddenly you seemed so right,
Me and you
What a feeling.

What a feeling in my soul,
Love burns brighter than sunshine,
It's brighter than sunshine,
Let the rain fall, I don't care,
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine.

It's brighter than the sun,
It's brighter than the sun,
It's brighter than the sun, sun, shine.

Love will remain a mystery,
But give me your hand and you will see,
Your heart is keeping time with me.

What a feeling in my soul,
Love burns brighter than sunshine,
It's brighter than sunshine,
Let the rain fall, I don't care,
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine.

I got a feeling in my soul ...
(repeat chorus to end)
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Nightloser on August 15, 2007, 09:26:18 AM: Ok, so, my favourite lyrics at the time are from Don McLean's "American Pie". Such a beautiful and aparently simple song contains so many symbols and hidden meanings.This must be what i loved about it....and maybe the fact that it's talking about persons i admire :Billy Haley, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin etc. So...here are the lyrics:

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you’re in love with him
`cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.

I started singin’,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone,
But that’s not how it used to be.
When the jester sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from james dean
And a voice that came from you and me,

Oh, and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
And while lennon read a book of marx,
The quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.

We were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

He was singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.

And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.

And they were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

They were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die."
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Trey on August 15, 2007, 10:02:03 PM: "Weird Al" Yankovic-Smells Like Nirvana

What is this song all about?
Can't figure any lyrics out
How do the words to it go?
I wish you'd tell me, I don't know
Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Dnn't know, don't know, don't know

Now I'm mumblin' and I'm screamin'
And I don't know what I'm singin'
Crank the volume, ears are bleedin'
I still don't know what I'm singin'
We're so loud and incoherent
Boy this oughtta bug your parents
Yeah

It's un-in-tel-ligible
I just can't get it through my skull
It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss(?)
With all these marbles in my mouth
Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know, don't know...

Well we don't sound like Madonna
Here we are now, we're Nirvana
Sing distinctly? We don't wanna
Buy our album, we're Nirvana
A garage band from Seattle
Well, it sure beats raising cattle
Yeah

And I forgot the next verse
Oh well, I guess it pays to rehearse
The lyric sheet's so hard to find
What are the words? Oh, nevermind
Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know don't know...

Well, I'm yellin' and we're playin'
But I don't know what I'm sayin'
What's the message I'm conveyin'?
Can you tell me what I'm sayin'?
So have you got some idea?
Didn't think so, well, I'll see ya!
Sayonara, sayonara
Ayonawa, adinawa
Odinaya, yodinaya
Yaddayadda, yaaahyaaah
Ayaaaaah!
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Bialy Rycesz on September 03, 2007, 03:16:59 AM: The Queen of Light took up her plow
and turned her self to gold
The Prince of Thieves embraced the glow
and walked the night alo-o-o-one
dance in the dark tonight
sing to the moon
the Dark Lord rides and falls tonight
and time will tell us all

(I love chess and think this is referring to the Queen Knight smothered mate)
oh it is The Battle of Evermore-Led Zeppelin....as if you didn't know
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Trey on October 03, 2007, 03:42:52 AM: To date, this is the only song that has gotten a tear out of me. It's clearly the most beautiful song I've ever heard.

Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy (Alison Sudol)

Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick

Well, I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images
And when you left, you kissed my lips
You told me you would never, ever forget
These images

Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine

Did I make it that easy
To walk right in and out of my life?

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Allama on October 03, 2007, 02:18:50 PM: Aqualung - Can't Get You Out of My Mind

A kiss is not just a kiss
A smile is more than a smile
Maybe we get together
Maybe forever
Maybe just for a while

I've seen the look in your eye
I've seen you wondering why
There's a center of gravity
Brings you near to me
Nearer all the time

And I'm hypnotized
Petrified
Every time you walk by
And I can't get you
Out of my mind

Thought you'd never be mine
I thought I was wasting my time
Darling every time I think of you
I can't believe it's true
That you're here by my side

And I'm hypnotized
Petrified
Every time you walk by
And I can't get you
Out of my mind
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Trey on October 04, 2007, 03:43:41 AM: Quote from: Allama on October 03, 2007, 02:18:50 PM
Aqualung - Can't Get You Out of My Mind

Wow, that's beautiful too. Is that on Strange and Beautiful or Memory Man?

Aqualung...bless you, Alana. :clap:
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Allama on October 05, 2007, 12:06:32 PM: Neither, actually. It's on Aqualung, his first album from back in 2002. :wb:
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Trey on October 05, 2007, 03:51:31 PM: Quote from: Allama on October 05, 2007, 12:06:32 PM
Neither, actually. It's on Aqualung, his first album from back in 2002. :wb:

:o I didn't even know that one existed! I'll have to find it.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Myroria on October 06, 2007, 04:26:03 AM: My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad
You know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home dad?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok"
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

Well, he came home from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and said with a smile
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time
You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad
It's been sure nice talking to you"

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then.

All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy
beg, borrow or steal
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say
All that you eat
everyone you meet
All that you slight
everyone you fight
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
There is no dark side of the moon really.
Matter of fact it's all dark.

Us, and Them.
And after all, we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only knows, it's not what we would choose
To do.

"Forward!" he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died.
Generals sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side.

Black, and blue.
And who knows which is which
And who is who.
Up, and down.
And in the end, its only round and round. And round.

Haven't you heard?
It's a battle of words.
The poster bearer cried.
"Listen, son", said the man with the gun.
"There's room for you inside."

"I mean, they're not gonna kill ya, so if you give em a quick short,
Sharp, shock, they wont do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off
Lightly, 'cause I wouldve given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners
Dont cost nothing do they, eh?"

Down, and out.
It can't be helped,
If there's a lot of it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: ParrrrTay on October 07, 2007, 08:07:37 PM: Van Morrison › Moondance

Well, its a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fabulous night to make romance
neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the nights magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

Can I just have one a more moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love

Well, I wanna make love to you tonight
I cant wait til the morning has come
And I know that the time is just right
And straight into my arms you will run
And when you come my heart will be waiting
To make sure that you're never alone
There and then all my dreams will come true, dear
There and then I will make you my own
And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside
And I know how much you want me that you cant hide

Can I just have one a more moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love

Well, its a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fabulous night to make romance
neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the nights magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

One more moondance with you in the moonlight
On a magic night
La, la, la, la in the moonlight
On a magic night

Cant I just have one more dance with you my love?
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Trey on October 10, 2007, 04:01:47 AM: I've fallen in love with A Fine Frenzy's album, One Cell in the Sea, and this song (along with the unmatched "Almost Lover") stands out due to its lyrics. Each song is great, often due to the impassioned singing of Alison Sudol, but this song stands out before you've ever listened to it.

A Fine Frenzy - Rangers

the paths have been crossed
the crumbs are gone
and the way and the way is lost
melancholy phantoms eye our skins
poisoned apples falling with the wind
hear the sigh of the trees
those who enter here never leave

and the rangers stream
out of their cabins
they are the hunters,
we are the rabbits
but maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want to be found

further in and on we go
sightless creatures tugging at our clothes
cutting through the twilight, sword in hand
strangers once, united against the land
at the sound of the bells
they’re pulling paper lanterns from their shelves

and the rangers stream
out of their cabins
they are the hunters,
we are the rabbits
and maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want you tracking us down

the rangers stream
out of their cabins
raising their muskets,
flashing their badges
but maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want to be found

let’s keep hiding, all quiet-like
they’ll keep seeking but they won’t find us
let’s keep living our quiet lives
you and I
you and I

and the rangers stream
out of their cabins
they are the hunters,
we are the rabbits
and maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want you tracking us down

the rangers stream
out of their cabins
raising their muskets,
flashing their badges
but maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want to be found
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Eientei on October 12, 2007, 08:35:54 AM: "Life During Wartime" - Talking Heads

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway
a place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto
I've lived all over this town

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now

Transmit the message, to the receiver
hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, couple of visas
don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, trucks are loading
everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime
I might not ever get home

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C. B. G. B.
I ain't got time for that now

Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peanut butter
to last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers
ain't got no headphones
ain't got no records to play

Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time?
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard
I can't write nothing at all
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you
I ain't got no time for that now

Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
we blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle so many times now
don't know what I look like!
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
we make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
you ought to get you some sleep
Get you instructions, follow directions
then you should change your address
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day
whatever you think is best
Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace
the burning keeps me alive
Try to stay healthy, physical fitness
don't want to catch no disease
Try to be careful, don't take no chances
you better watch what you say
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Allama on October 12, 2007, 01:42:30 PM: Belle & Sebastian - "There's Too Much Love"

I could hang about and burn my fingers
I've been hanging out here waiting for something to start
You think I'm faultless to a 't'
My manner set impeccably
But underneath I am the same as you

I could dance all night like I'm a soul boy
But I know I'd rather drag myself across the dance floor
I feel like dancing on my own
Where no one knows me, and where I
Can cause offense just by the way I look

And when I come to blows
When I am numbering my foes
Just hope that you are on my side my dear

But it's best to finish as it started
With my face head down just staring at the brown formica
It's safer not to look around
I can't hide my feelings from you now
There's too much love to go around these days

You say I've got another face
That's not a fault of mine these days
I'm honest, brutal and afraid of you
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Eientei on October 13, 2007, 10:14:52 AM: This is a song by Stevie Wonder back when he was really good

Summer soft...
Wakes you up with a kiss to start the morning off
In the midst of herself playing Santa Claus
She brings gifts through her breeze

Morning rain...
Gently plays her rythms on your window pane
Giving you no clue of when she plans to change
To bring rain or sunshine

And so you wait to see what she'll do
Is it sun or rain for you
But it breaks your heart in two
When you find it's October

And she's gone
And she's gone
Summer's gone
Taking with her summer's play

Winter wind...
Whispers to you that he wants to be your friend
But not waiting for your answer ne begins
Forcing dangers 'way with his breeze

Morning snow...
Plans to have a winter ball for you to throw
But just where or when he never lets you know
If it's snow or clear days you'll find

And so you wait to see what he'll do
Is it sun or snow for you
But it breaks your heart in two
Cause you've been fooled by April

And he's gone
And he's gone
Winter's gone

You find it's October
And she's gone
And she's gone
Summer's gone

You've been fooled by April
And she's gone
And she's gone
Winter's gone

You find it's October
And she's gone
And she's gone
Summer's gone

You've been fooled by April
And she's gone
And she's gone
Winter's gone
Title: Re: favourite lyrics
Post by: Eientei on October 13, 2007, 08:05:11 PM: "Deacon Blues" - Steely Dan

This is the day
Of the expanding man
That shape is my shade
There where I used to stand
It seems like only yesterday
I gazed through the glass
At ramblers
Wild gamblers
That's all in the past

You call me a fool
You say it's a crazy scheme
This one's for real
I already bought the dream
So useless to ask me why
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
I'll make it this time
I'm ready to cross that fine line

I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

My back to the wall
A victim of laughing chance
This is for me
The essence of true romance
Sharing the things we know and love
With those of my kind
Libations
Sensations
That stagger the mind

I crawl like a viper
Through these suburban streets
Make love to these women
Languid and bittersweet
I'll rise when the sun goes down
Cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home

I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

This is the night
Of the expanding the man
I take one last drag
As I approach the stand
I cried when I wrote this song
Sue me if I play too long
This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be

I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues