Favorite Song Lyrics

[Spartan198]

Saw this on another forum and thought it was a good topic.


Hope and pray, that you never need me.
But rest assured I will not let you down.
I walk beside you, but you may not see me.
The strongest among you may not wear a crown.

On that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care.
I'll be right here.
On that day when you don't have strength for the burden you bear.
I'll be right here.

--- from my favorite song,"Citizen/Soldier" by 3 Doors Down.

*updated with full verse*

[naut]

Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why?
Some are born; some men die
Beneath one infinite sky.
There'll be war, there'll be peace.
But everything one day will cease.
All the iron turned to rust;
All the proud men turned to dust.
And so all things, time will mend.
So this song will end.

Childhoods End - Pink Floyd.

[Conradus]

La solitudine fra noi
Questo silenzio dentro me
È l`inquietudine di vivere
La vita senza te
Ti prego aspettami perché
Non posso stare senza te
Non è possibile dividere la storia di noi due

Laura Pausini - La Solitudine

[Beirut]

"Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see."

Beatles

[Tristuskhan]

E' un mondo difficile
e vita intensa
felicita' a momenti
e futuro incerto
il fuoco e l'acqua
con certa calma
serata di vento
e nostra piccola vita
e nostro grande cuore

Porque voy a creer yo en el amor
si non me entiende no me comprenden tal como yo soy
Porque voy a creer yo en el amor
si me traiciona y me abandona cuando major estoy
No sabemos muy bien entre tu y yo
y aunque parezca no tienes la culpa la culpa es del amor

E' un mondo difficile
e vita intensa
felicita' a momenti
e futuro incerto

No puedo convencer a mi corazon
si yo no dudo y estoy seguro que el tiene razon
No voy a asesinar esa sensacion
si yo la quiero yo la deseo aunque me de' dolor
Yo no quiero sufrir pero aqui' estoy
y estoy sufriendo y no me arrepiento me cago en el amor

E' un mondo difficile
e vita intensa
felicita' a momenti
e futuro incerto
il fuoco e l'acqua
con certa calma
serata di vento
e nostra piccola vita
e nostro grande cuore

Porque voy a creer yo en el amor
si non me entiende no me comprenden tal como soy yo
Porque voy a creer yo en el amor
si me traiciona y me abandona cuando major estoy
No sabemos muy bien entre tu y yo
y aunque parezca no tienes la culpa la culpa es del amor
Yo no quiero sufrir pero aqui' estoy
y estoy sufriendo y no me arrepiento (me cago en el amor) me cago en el amor

Me cago en el amor
Me cago en el amor

Vita mia

E' un mondo difficile



Tonino Carotone, "me cago en el amor"

[Reverend Joe]

Been buildin' up a few.

"Wanna live, wanna have children, don't have to worry about war..."
-Buffalo Killers, "Children of War"

"Oh, my... city life's in dusk,
my head's about to bust
from all the smoke...
Oh, my... back's about to break,
I took all I could take,
not anymore...

Deep, in the dark night, I hold my pillow tight;
dream, of a better place, of a better life."
-The Brought Low, "A Better Life" (if it sounds cheesy, it's because they're a southern rock band.)

"Sisters and brothers, daddies, mothers
standin'around cryin'...
When I reached the scene, the flames were
makin' a ghostly WHINE...
So I stood on my horse's back,
and I screamed without a crack,
I said, oh, baby, why did you burn your...
brother's house down?"
-Jimi Hendrix, "House Burning Down"

"What's there to live for?
Who needs the peace corps?
Think I'll just DROP OUT
I'll go to Frisco
Buy a wig & sleep
On Owsley's floor

Walked past the wig store
Danced at the Fillmore
I'm completely stoned
I'm hippy & I'm trippy
I'm a gypsy on my own
I'll stay a week & get the crabs &
Take a bus back home
I'm really just a phony
But forgive me
'Cause I'm stoned

Every town must have a place
Where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons
Popping up on every street
GO TO SAN FRANCISCO . . .

How I love ya, How I love ya
How I love ya, How I love ya Frisco!
How I love ya, How I love ya
How I love ya, How I love ya
Oh, my hair is getting good in the back!

Every town must have a place
Where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons
Popping up on every street
GO TO SAN FRANCISCO . . .

Hotcha!

First I'll buy some beads
And then perhaps a leather band
To go around my head
Some feathers and bells
And a book of Indian lore
I will ask the Chamber Of Commerce
How to get to Haight Street
And smoke an awful lot of dope
I will wander around barefoot
I will have a psychedelic gleam in my eye at all times
I will love everyone
I will love the police as they kick the shit out of me on the street
I will sleep . . .
I will, I will go to a house
That's, that's what I will do
I will go to a house
Where there's a rock & roll band
'Cause the groups all live together
And I will join a rock & roll band
I will be their road manager
And I will stay there with them
And I will get the crabs
But I won't care
Because . . . "
-Frank Zappa and the Mothers, "Who Needs the Peace Corps?"

"Tiny purple fishes
run laughing through your fingers,
and you want to take her
to the heartland of the winter..."
-Cream, "Tales of Brave Ulysses"

[Makanyane]

Don't actually like the song so much because of the sound effects at the start but another Pink Floyd one where the lyrics really hit home; Time:

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

erm, OK I'm depressed again!

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road - marginally less melancholic...
A long time ago came a man on a track
Walking thirty miles with a pack on his back
And he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Made a home in the wilderness
He built a cabin and a winter store
And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
And the other travellers came riding down the track
And they never went further, no, they never went back
Then came the churches then came the schools
Then came the lawyers then came the rules
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
And the dirty old track was the telegraph road

Then came the mines - then came the ore
Then there was the hard times then there was a war
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Like a rolling river. . .

And my radio says tonight its gonna freeze
People driving home from the factories
There's six lanes of traffic
Three lanes moving slow. . .

I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I got a right to go to work but theres no work here to be found
Yes and they say were gonna have to pay whats owed
Were gonna have to reap from some seed thats been sowed
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
All the way down the telegraph road

You know Id sooner forget but I remember those nights
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
Now you act a little colder like you dont seem to care
But believe in me baby and Ill take you away
From out of this darkness and into the day
From these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
cos Ive run every red light on memory lane
Ive seen desperation explode into flames
And I dont want to see it again. . .

From all of these signs saying sorry but were closed
All the way down the telegraph road

[Caius]

Risin' up, back in the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

So many times, it happens to fast,
you change your passion for glory,
don't lose your grip in the dreams of the past
you must fight to keep them alive

Its the eye of the tiger, the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of the rival
And the last survivor that stalk his prey in the night
And its watching us with the eye of the tiger...

[Decker]

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 dimmer
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'
The Eagles - Hotel California


And for my favorite song:

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I'd stare too long
I'd probably break down and cry


Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine


She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by


Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine


Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine

Guns N' Roses- Sweet Child O' Mine

:thrasher:

[Spartan198]

Risin' up, back in the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

So many times, it happens to fast,
you change your passion for glory,
don't lose your grip in the dreams of the past
you must fight to keep them alive

Its the eye of the tiger, the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of the rival
And the last survivor that stalk his prey in the night
And its watching us with the eye of the tiger...
:2thumbsup:

[Tony Furze]

"If you know your history,
Then you would know where you coming from,
Then you wouldnt have to ask me,
Who the eck do I think I am."

Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley

[Sasaki Kojiro]

"I'm such a lady but I'm dancin like a ho"--fergie (fergalicious)

"She go like yeeeeeaaahh when her song come on"--webbie (independant)

"Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay, bowwowwowyippyyo (the bomb)"--snoop dogg (what's my name)

"whiskey for my men, and beer for my horses"--trace adkins (song of same name)

"we'll put a boot in your ass, that's the american way"--toby keith (courtesy of the red white and blue)

"YAY-yah"--lil john (any song)

"put some D's on that *****"--soulja boy (yahhh!)

"just kiddin ya'll, you know I got straight A's"--soulja boy (yahhh!)

"but can I get a ride? No. Come on nigga why? cuz...you'ze a hoooooo OH! you'ze a hooooo, I said that you'ze a hoooooo.--ludacris (you'ze a ho)


"brush yo teeth brush yo teeth, brush your god ***** teeth"--d'mite (read a book)

Me and my band, man, On the yacht with marilyn manson, Gettin a tan man"--shop boyz (party like a rock star)

"dear diary: my life is just a black abyss, so dark..."--emo kid (adam and andrew)



You kind of have to know the songs...

[Caius]

Trustkhaan, I hope that it isn't what I'm thinking...

[Gregoshi]

Two broken Tigers on fire in the night
Flicker their souls to the wind
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin.
It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun.
At home it will almost be spring
The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin.

Al Stewart, Roads to Moscow




The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
'Twas the Witch of November come stealin'

Gordon Lightfoot, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[Raz]

I got my first real six-string,
- Summer of 69

~:joker:
On a slightly more serious note, though, Pink's Dear Mr. President was pretty damn good. Open Letters FTW! First two lines of this verse were really good:

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.
And:

Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work...

Powerful lyrics... :yes:

[CountArach]

Are we allowed to put politically motivated lyrics in here? I have a lot of favourite song lyrics, but most of them are of the ":daisy: authority" type.

[Quirinus]

Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
Oh, but they're so spaced out
buh-buh-buh-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, oh-hoh
Buh-buh-buh-Bennie and the Jets...

Elton John, Bennie and the Jets

:grin:

[Mete Han]

Guns'n Roses You Could Be Mine

You Could Be Mine lyrics
I'm a cold heartbreaker
Fit ta burn and I'll rip
your heart in two
An I'll leave you lyin' on the bed
I'll be out the door before ya wake
It's nuthin' new ta you
'Cause I think we've seen that movie too

'Cause you could be mine
But you're way out of line
With your bitch slap rappin'
And your cocaine tongue
You get nuthin' done
I said you could be mine

Now holidays come and then they go
It's nothin' new today
Collect another memory
When I come home late at night
Don't ask me where I've been
Just count your stars
I'm home again

'Cause you could be mine
But you're way out of line
With your bitch slap rappin'
And your cocaine tongue
You get nuthin' done
I said you could be mine

You've gone sketchin' too many times
Why don't ya give it a rest
Why
Must you find
Another reason to cry

While you're breakin' down my back n' I been rackin' out my brain
It don't matter how we make it
'Cause it always ends the same
You can push it for more mileage
But your flaps r' wearin' thin
And I could sleep on it 'til mornin'
But this nightmare never ends
Don't forget to call my lawyers
With ridiculous demands
An you can take the pity so far
But it's more than I can stand
'Cause this couchtrip's gettin' older
Tell me how long has it been
'Cause 5 years is forever
An you haven't grown up yet

You could be mine
But you're way out of line
With your bitch slap rappin'
And your cocaine tongue
You get nuthin' done
I said you could be mine
You should be
You could be mine

Yeah!


************************

Guns'n Roses Locomotive

Locomotive lyrics
Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness
Yeah I'll find a way to cure the pain
If I said that you're my friend
And our love would never end
How long before I had your trust again
I opened up the doors when it was cold outside
Hopin' that you'd find your own way in
But how can I protect you
Or try not to neglect you
When you won't take the love I have to give
I bought me an illusion
An I put it on the wall
I let it fill my head with dreams
And I had to have them all
But oh the taste is never so sweet
As what you'd believe it is-
Well I guess it never is
It's these prejudiced illusions
That pump the blood
To the heart of the biz

You know I never thought
That it could take so long
You know I never knew how to be strong
Yeah, I let you shape me
But I feel as though you raped me
'Cause you climbed inside my world
And in my songs
So now I've closed the door
To keep the cold outside
Seems somehow I've found the will to live
But how can I forget you
Or try not to reject you
When we both know it takes time to forgive

Sweetness is a virtue
And you lost your virtue long ago
You know I'd like to hurt you
But my conscience always tells me no
You could sell your body on the street
To anyone whom you might meet
Who'd love to try and get inside
And bust your innocence open wide

'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
My baby's gone off the track
My baby's got a locomotive
Got ta peel the bitch off my back
I know it looks like I'm insane
Take a closer look I'm not to blame
No

Gonna have some fun with my frustration
Gonna watch the big screen in my head
I'd rather take a detour
'Cause this road ain't gettin' clearer
Your train of thought has cut me off again
Better tame that boy 'cause he's a wild one
Better tame that boy for he's a man
Sweetheart don't make me laugh
You's gettin' too big for your pants
And I's think maybe you should
Cut out while you can
You can use you illusion-
Let it take you where it may
We live and learn
And then sometimes it's best to walk away
Me I'm just here hangin' on
It's my only place to stay at least
For now anyway
I've worked too hard for my illusions
Just to throw them all away

I'm taking time for quiet consolation
In passing by this love that's passed away
I know it's never easy-
So why should you believe me
When I've always got so many things to say
Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made
'Cause playful hearts
Can sometimes be enraged
You know I tried to wake you-
I mean how long could it take you
To open up your eyes and turn the page

Kindness is a treasure-
And it's one towards me you've seldom shown
So I'll say it for good measure
To all the ones like you I've known
Ya know I'd like to shave your head
And all my friends could
paint it red
'Cause love to me's a two way street
An all I really want is peace

But my baby's got a locomotive
My baby's gone off the track
My baby's got a locomotive
Got ta peel the bitch off my back
I know it looks like I'm insane
Take a closer look I'm not to blame
No

Affection is a blessing
Can you find it in your sordid heart
I tried to keep this thing
ta-gether
But the tremor tore my pad apart
Yeah I know it's hard to face
When all we've worked for's gone to waste
But you're such a stupid woman
And I'm such a stupid man
But love like time's got its own plans

'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
My baby's gone off the track
My baby's got a locomotive
Got ta peel the bitch off my back
I know it looks like I'm insane
Take a closer look I'm not to blame
Yeah
If love is blind I guess
I'll buy myself a cane

LOVE'S SO STRANGE


Axl is a demi god and Slash is actually a god

[Tristuskhan]

Trustkhaan, I hope that it isn't what I'm thinking...


Uh? That must be so, indeed... I love that song, it sounds sooo romantic and the lyrics are so pessimistic and cruel I just can love them.

Yes, "me cago en el amor" means "I ***** on love".


(Language - Beirut)

[naut]

I love the cryptic...

In the sad town
Cold iron hands
Clap the party of clowns outside
Rain falls in gray far away
Please, please, Baby Lemonade.

Syd Barrett.

Don't you pretend
Tangled in thorns,
To walk unborn.

The Mars Volta.

[Beirut]

Gordon Lightfoot, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

An Official Frontroom Balloon for Gregoshi for having the intellect, culture, and class to quote Gordon Lightfoot.


:balloon3:

[Caius]

Uh? That must be so, indeed... I love that song, it sounds sooo romantic and the lyrics are so pessimistic and cruel I just can love them.

Yes, "me cago en el amor" means "I ***** on love".


(Language - Beirut)
Confirmated then.

[Gregoshi]

An Official Frontroom Balloon for Gregoshi for having the intellect, culture, and class to quote Gordon Lightfoot.

Thank you Canada for Gordon Lightfoot! :canada: :ca-ontario:

A few more from Mr. Lightfoot that always have me wishing I was northward bound:



Just for now I'd like to rest in the shade of a maple tree
To the blue Canadian sky
I'll say a prayer for the world out there.

from Hiway Songs



There's a kind of a restless feeling and it pulls me from within
It sends my senses reeling and my wheels begin to spin
In the quietude of winter you can hear the wild geese cry
I will always love that sound until the day I die.
...
The lake is blue, the sky is gray, the leaves have turned to gold
The wild goose will be on her way, the weather's much too cold
When the muskie and the old trout too have all gone down to rest
We will be returning to the things that we love best.

from Restless



There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

from Canadian Railroad Trilogy

[master of the puppets]

Uriah Heep, Lady in Black
She came to me one morning
One lonely sunday morning
Her long hair flowing
In the midwinter wind
I know not how she found me
For in darkness I was walking
And destruction lay around me
From a fight I could not win
Ah ah ah ...

She asked me name my foe then
I said the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers
Without thought of love or god
And I begged her give me horses
To trample down my enemies
So eager was my passion
To devour this waste of life
Ah ah ah ...

But she wouldnt think of battle that
Reduces men to animals
So easy to begin
And yet impossible to end
For shes the mother of our men
Who counselled me so wisely then
I feared to walk alone again
And asked if she would stay
Ah ah ah ...

Oh lady lend your hand outright
And let me rest here at your side
Have faith and trust
In peace she said
And filled my heart with life
There is no strength in numbers
Have no such misconception
But when you need me
Be assured I wont be far away
Ah ah ah ...

Thus having spoke she turned away
And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw
Her black coat disappear
My labour is no easier
But now I know Im not alone
I find new heart each time
I think upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you
Drink deeply from her words so wise
Take courage from her
As your prize
And say hello from me
Ah ah ah ...

Linkin Park, Runaway
Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true
Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true
Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

i'm gonna run away and never say goodbye
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)
i'm gonna run away and never wonder why
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)
i'm gonna run away and open up my mind
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

i wanna run away
and open up my mind
i wanna run away
and open up my mind
i wanna run away
and open up my mind
i wanna run away
and open up my mind

Iron and Wine, Boy with a Coin
A boy with a coin he found in the weeds
With bullets and pages of trade magazines
Close to a car that flipped on the turn
When God left the ground to circle the world

A girl with a bird she found in the snow
Then flew up her gown and that's how she knows
That God made her eyes for crying at birth
Then left the ground to circle the Earth

A boy with a coin he crammed in his jeans
Then making a wish he tossed in the sea
Walked to a town that all of us burn
When God left the ground to circle the world

Black Sabbath, Iron Man
Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
Well just pass him there
Why should we even care?

He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
Where he traveled time
For the future of mankind

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfold

Now the time is here
For iron man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved

Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge

Heavy boots of lead
Fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron man lives again!

Tupac Shakur
“Why am I fighting to live, if I'm just living to fight
Why am I trying to see, when there aint nothing in sight
Why am I trying to give, when no one gives me a try
Why am I dying to live, if I'm just living to die?
someone tell me y”


more to come when i have more time.

[Lord Winter]

Armageddon by Emarosa


ar away from somewhere
i'd like to call it close to you
the problem is
ive finally found a reason

im hoping that your safe now
now that you've found your way out
truth is the silence cant speak for you
theres to much to say
but words arent enough to speak for

you cant forget all these things that you know
this is the day of your reckoning
(pray for your life)
and i watched you create all of your shame
i know of a place that can
save you from the things you fear

no one will hear the things you say
i know the things that you need

i wont be the one to pull you
will you find your way back home
when everything you know is gone
tell me im the one who missed you here
what have i become
i try so hard just to forget

before the crowd of a silent mouth
like air in a dream of drowning
youll find yourself inside this moment
and confess that your at war
with what keeps you breathing

your holding your thoughts back to
keep you from speaking the words
you know you cant mean in the end
if this is what you want
then this is what youll get
i watched you fall to your knees as the waves
came tumbling down crashing upon
this wreckless abandoned
hope that you painted
inside of this life you live


Dublin Waltz


Liquor burns my tongue
It stings to count to three and look to see a hand upon your waist
But he holds you like he should
Graceful, gliding, glimpse of a lover's kiss
Another round of ale, an I don't believe this

[chorus]
Movements of a demigod
We're caught in a waltz and hope we dance forever
A dream from which we'll never part
And awake from your arms, I'd neevr, ever

He whispers in your ear
From what it seems it turns you on
Sends shivers down your back, like the violin runs
graceful, gliding, glimpse of a lover's touch
I can dance with my gloves on, I think this has gome far enough

[chorus]

Watch your steps and count to three

Stare across the room with careful scurtiny
Assess the situation
Proof is what I need, to show that I'm a man
I know just what I want, and have the liquid confidence to show her what I've got
The man that never care, that never bottled up and hid from all the feelings that je jad, and all the
things he never did
I stop my slurring speech and expect the best reply
"will you dance befoe the night ends, just one more time?"
Adrenaline, the confirmation, losing to the charm..In my arms




Voices by Dream Theater

'Love, just don't stare'
He used to say to me
every Sunday morning
The spider in the window
The angel in the pool
The old man takes the poison
Now the widow makes the rules

'So speak, I'm right here'
She used to say to me
not a word, not a word
Judas on the ceiling
the Devil in my bed
I guess Easter's never coming
So I'll just wait inside my head

Like a scream but sort of silent
living off my nightmares

Voices repeating me
'Feeling threatened?
We reflect your hopes and fears.'
Voices discussing me
'Others steal your thoughts
they're not confined
within your mind.'

Thought disorder
Dream control
Now they read my mind on the radio
But where was the Garden of Eden?

I feel elated
I feel depressed
Sex is death, Death is sex
Says it right here on my Crucifix

Like a scream but sort of silent
living off my nightmares

Voices protecting me
'Good behavior
brings the Savior
to his knees.'
Voices rejecting me
'Others steal your thoughts
they're not confined
to your own mind.'

"I don't wanna be here, 'cause of my
suffering, 'cause of my illness.
Only love is worth having, only
love is what matters, loving every
people on equal terms. "
"You've got to know who you're
dealin' with because, like a stranger,
a-heh, just might come in through
here with a gun... and then, what
would you do? (Heh.)"
"Everything is immaterial..."
"'n' you know that reality is immaterial."
"This is not reality..."

I'm kneeling on the floor
staring at the wall
like the spider in the window
I wish that I could speak
Is there fantasy in refuge?
God in politicians?
Should I turn on my religion?
These demons in my head tell me to

I'm lying here in bed
Swear my skin is inside out
Just another Sunday morning

Seen my diary on the newsstand
Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand
It's a shame no one is praying
'Cause these voices in my head
keep saying...

'Love, just don't stare.'
'Reveal the Word when you're
supposed to'
Withdrawn and introverted
Infectiously perverted
'Being laughed at and confused
keeps us pleasantly amused
enough to stay.'

Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting
Twentieth century Icon bleeding
Willing to risk Salvation
to escape from isolation

I'm witness to redemption
heard you speak but never listened
Can you rid me of my secrets?
Deliver us from Darkness?

Voices repeating me
'Feeling threatened?
We reflect your hopes and fears.'
Voices discussing me
Don't expect your own Messiah
This netherworld which you desire
is only in your mind.

[Subedei]

"be true to yourself and you will never fall!" [pass the mic by the Beastie Boys]

[Gregoshi]

Al Stewart is a favourite of mine because not only does he bring history alive via his songs but he can paint vivid pictures with his lyrics.

Flying Sorcery is about English pilot Amy Johnson who set several flying records in the 1930s:



No school room kept you grounded, while your thoughts could get away
You were taking off in Tiger Moths, your wings against the brush strokes of the day.



Old Admirals is based on the life of WW1 First Sea Lord John Fisher.



I can well recall the first time I ever put to sea
It was on the old Calcutta in 1853
I was just a lad of 14 years, a midshipmen to be
To make my way in sailing ships of the Royal Navy
...
Oh the wooden ships they turned to iron and the iron ships to steel
And shed their sails like autumn leaves with the turning of the wheel
And I was given captain's rank and soon took under me
The proudest ship that ever sailed for queen and country


Mr. Stewart doesn't associate On the Border with any particular historical event, but it sure does invoke a sense of history and beautiful imagery.



The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
The ghost moon sails among the clouds
Turns the rifles into silver on the border

On my wall the colours of the maps are running
From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming
The torches flare up in the night
The hand that sets the farms alight
Has spread the word to those who're waiting on the border

[Andres]

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother
What will I be?
Will I be pretty?
Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:

Que sera, sera.
Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera.
What will be, will be.

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart
What lies ahead?
Will we have rainbows
Day after day?
Here's what my sweetheart said:

Que sera, sera.
Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera.
What will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own.
They ask their mother,
What will I be?
Will I be handsome?
Will I be rich?
I tell them tenderly:

Que sera, sera.
Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera.
What will be, will be.
Que sera, sera.

Que sera, sera

[Lemur]

Best lyrics ever, no contest:

And if I could forgive the temporary weight gain due to excess water retention,
I could forgive the rest too.
It's just a fact of life that no one cares to mention;
She wasn't good but she had good intentions.

— Lyle Lovett, Good Intentions