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    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.

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    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.
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    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

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

    Beatles
    Unto each good man a good dog

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    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"
    "Les Cons ça ose tout, c'est même à ça qu'on les reconnait"

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    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"

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    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...
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    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
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    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...




    Names, secret names
    But never in my favour
    But when all is said and done
    It's you I love

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    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

    "No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."

    All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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...
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    "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
    A single leaf falls,
    then suddenly another,
    stolen by the breeze


    RANSETSU (1654-1707)

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    "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...

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




    Names, secret names
    But never in my favour
    But when all is said and done
    It's you I love

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan Adams
    I got my first real six-string,
    - Summer of 69

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    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...
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    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 " authority" type.
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    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

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    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
    Cruel and Cunning
    Utterly Insane
    Terribly Scarred

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caius
    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".


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    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.
    #Hillary4prism

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    And hold that everything depends upon having the “right” religion.
    But when one really knows, one has no need of religion. - Mahavyuha Sutra

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregoshi
    Gordon Lightfoot, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
    An Official Frontroom Balloon for Gregoshi for having the intellect, culture, and class to quote Gordon Lightfoot.

    Unto each good man a good dog

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tristuskhan
    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.




    Names, secret names
    But never in my favour
    But when all is said and done
    It's you I love

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beirut
    An Official Frontroom Balloon for Gregoshi for having the intellect, culture, and class to quote Gordon Lightfoot.
    Thank you Canada for Gordon Lightfoot!

    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
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    Uriah Heep, Lady in Black
    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    “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.
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    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.
    When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples
    -Stephen Crane

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    "be true to yourself and you will never fall!" [pass the mic by the Beastie Boys]
    “Some may never live, but the crazy never die” (Hunter S. Thompson)

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    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
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    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
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    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

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