The Lyrics Thread-Part III

Lucid Lounge
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“Minus”
Beck

The last survivor with a boiled crown
Another casualty with a casual frown
The janitor vandals will bark in your face
Juveniles with the piles and paste
It’s a sensation, a bankrupt corpse
In the garbage classes with the crutches of force

Don’t be confused when the fuse is up
And you’re taking a leak into your brother’s cup
When the cup is filled, you can run and be killed
In the billion miles and the muscles that build
Radiation, feel the force
Karaoke, vomiting whores

The scouts of zero heed their call
Rubbing in the blindness of them all
With the canker sores and the robot pills
Throwing imbeciles on the window sills
It’s a sensation, a bankrupt corpse
In the garbage classes with the crutches of force
Force! Force! Force!

131

Hoobastank - “Without a Fight”

Wake up, our life is calling
We’re smoking, but not on fire
Give us a sign that we’re alive

Step out of indecision
Have we’ve been hypnotized
To think that everything’s all right?

The clock is counting down
The seconds tick away…

This is our time, without a doubt
Take what is mine
We’re not going down without a fight!

This is our time, get up off the ground
Time to ignite
We’re not going down without a fight!

Let’s go, the curtain’s open
Get this show on the road
I want to feel my heart explode

No more procrastination
Dragging my feet below
Now I want everyone to know…

The clock is counting down
The seconds tick away…

This is our time, without a doubt
Take what is mine
We’re not going down without a fight!

This is our time, get up off the ground
Take what is mine
We’re not going down without a fight!

Yeah!
Come on, come on, come on!

We must pick up the pace
No time to play it safe
Before you know it’s much too late

This is our time, without a doubt
Take what is mine
We’re not going down without a fight!

This is our time, get up off the ground
Take what is mine
We’re not going down without a fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight…

132

Blackmore’s Night - 25years

25 years since I woke up trembling
25 years since that terrible dream
I could see that the world was crumbling
Nothing is ever as it seems

Tried to run but my feet were frozen
Tried to scream but there was no sound
In my head voices echoing
Girl you should know better by now

Long ago, Far away…
In the mist of yesterday

And you tried so hard to save me
How do you save someone from themselves
All those years, wasted wishes
Drowning in the wishing well…

Long ago, Far away…
In the mist of yesterday

25 years since I woke up trembling
25 years since that terrible dream
I could see that the world was crumbling
Nothing is ever as it seems

Long ago, Far away…
In the mist of yesterday

Alabama - Angels Among Us

I was walking home from school on a cold winter day.
Took a shortcut through the woods, and I lost my way.
It was getting late, and I was scared and alone.
But then a kind old man took my hand and led me home.
Mama couldnt see him, but he was standing there.
And I knew in my heart, he was the answer to my prayers.

Chorus
Oh I believe there are angels among us.
Sent down to us from somewhere up above.
They come to you and me in our darkest hours.
To show us how to live, to teach us how to give.
To guide us with a light of love.

When life held troubled times, and had me down on my knees.
Theres always been someone there to come along and comfort me.
A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand.
A phone call from a friend, just to say I understand.
And aint it kind of funny that at the dark end of the road.
Someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope.

Chorus

They wear so many faces, show up in the strangest places.
To guide us with their mercy, in our time of need.

Chorus
To guide us with a light of love.

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youtube.com/watch?v=okd3hLlvvLw

Imagine there’s no heaven,
It’s easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today…

Imagine there’s no countries,
It isn’t hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace…

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you’ll join us,
and the world will be as one.

Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you’ll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you’ll join us,
And the world will live as one.

134

There was a bad boy in the school yard
Waited on you every day
Seemed like every time you turned around
Well he was standin’ in your way

Well he broke your glasses
The girls all laughed
As he pushed you to the floor
But then you stood up one day knowin’
You couldn’t stand it anymore
And your gentle hand was finally clenched in rage
You were face to face

Face to face with the devil that you’ve been dreadin’
Eye to eye finally has arrived
But bad as it was, well now brother wasn’t it better
Dealin’ with him face to face

Your date showed up with flowers
And you thought your dreams had come
But with every passing hour
You felt it come undone
Then the night exploded and you begged him no
But he forever changed your life
And now he waits a judge and jury
Thinkin’ you’ll break down inside
And with a finger you can put his fists away
And you’re face to face

Face to face with the devil that you’ve been dreadin’
Eye to eye finally has arrived
But bad as it was, well little sister wasn’t it better
Dealin’ with him face to face

‘Cause it’ll never go away
Until the fear that you are runnin’ from is finally embraced

Drivin’ by the grave yard
On a wicked winter’s eve
And you’re wonderin’ why a man of faith
Is whistlin’ nervously
Then you stop the car
And you hold your heart
‘Cause you finally realize
Hell, the devil ain’t in the darkness
He’s a’rattlin’ 'round inside
And with folded hands you truly start to pray
And you’re face to face

Face to face with the devil that you’ve been dreadin’
Eye to eye finally has arrived
But bad as it was, well now brother wasn’t it better
Dealin’ with him face to face

‘Cause it’ll never go away
Until the fear that you are runnin’ from is finally embraced
Face to face

135

Keep The Car Running
by The Arcade Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw3QIYeT5MU

Every night my dream’s the same
Same old city with a different name
And they’re not coming to take me away
I don’t know why but I know I can’t stay

There’s a weight that’s pressing down
Late at night you can hear the sound
Even the noise you make when you sleep
Can’t seem to cross a river so deep

They know my name because I told it to them
But they don’t know where, they don’t know when
It’s coming
When it’s coming

There’s this fear that cuts so deep
I knew its name just before I could sleep
whoa

They know my name because I told it to them

But they don’t know where, they don’t know when
It’s coming
When it’s coming

Keep the car running

If some night I don’t come home
Please don’t think I’ve left you alone
The same place animals go when they die
You can’t climb across a mountain so high
The same city where I go when I sleep
Can’t seem to cross a river so deep

They know my name because I told it to them
But they don’t know where, they don’t know when
It’s coming
When it’s coming

Keep the car running

136

Behind Closed Doors-Rise Against
(It sounds better than the lyrics look.)

Chairs thrown and tables toppled,
Hands armed with broken bottles,
Standing no chance to win but,
We’re not running, we’re not running.

There’s a point I think we’re missing,
It’s in the air we raise our fists in,
In the smiles we cast each other,
My sister, my brother.

About the time we gave up hoping
We’d ever find these locks still open,
Stumbling on stones unturned,
The hurt we feel, we all have earned.

The lines we cross in search of change,
but all they see is treason.

Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive
(Break out) I won’t be left here
Behind closed doors.

Bonfires burn like beacons,
Guiding the lost and weakened.
Flames dance on crashing waves,
Guiding ships who’ve gone astray

Time out, let’s stop and think this through,
We’ve all got better things to do,
Than talk in circles, run in place,
Answers {are} inches from our face.

Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive
(Break out) I won’t be left here
Behind closed doors.

Black eyes, broken fingers,
Blood drips and I let it run
down my lips into my swollen gums.
When hope is non-existent,
Our instincts all scream “Run”,
We never turn our backs or even bite our tongues.

Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive
(Break out) I won’t be left here
Behind closed doors.
[x2]

137

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see,
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I’m easy come, easy go, Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to me, to me.

Mama just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead.
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away.
Mama, ooh, Didn’t mean to make you cry,
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.

Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine, body’s aching all the time.
Goodbye, ev’rybody, I’ve got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
Mama, ooh, I don’t want to die,
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all.

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango.
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright’ning me.
(Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo, Galileo figaro
Magnifico. I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me.
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go.
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let me go.) Will not let you go.
(Let me go.) Will not let you go. (Let me go.) Ah.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
(Oh mama mia, mama mia.) Mama mia, let me go.
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye.
So you think you can love me and leave me to die.
Oh, baby, can’t do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.

Nothing really matters, Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.

Any way the wind blows.

138

Blake Shelton - Ol’ Red

Well I caught my wife with another man
And it cost me ninety nine
On a prison farm in Georgia
Close to the Florida line
Well I’d been here for two long years
I finally made the warden my friend
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
Taking care of Ol Red

Now Ol’ Red he’s the damnedest dog that I’ve ever seen
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
He’s a four legged tracking machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I’ve been here
Ain’t nobody got past Red

And the warden sang
Come on somebody
Why don’t you run
Ol’ Red’s itchin’ to have a little fun
Get my lantern
Get my gun
Red’ll have you treed before the mornin’ comes

Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
To my cousin up in Tennessee
Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
She was pretty as she could be
Well they penned her up in the swampland
‘Bout a mile just south of the gate
And I’d take Ol’ Red for his evening run
I’d just drop him off and wait

And the warden sang
Come on somebody
Why don’t you run
Ol’ Red’s itchin’ to have a little fun
Get my lantern
Get my gun
Red’ll have you treed before the mornin’ comes

Now Ol’ Red got real used to seeing
His lady every night
And so I kept him away for three or four days
And waited till the time got right
Well I made my run with the evenin’ sun
And I smiled when I heard 'em turn Red out
‘Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol’ Red was headed south

And the warden sang
Come on somebody
Why don’t you run
Ol’ Red’s itchin’ to have a little fun
Get my lantern
Get my gun
Red’ll have you treed before the mornin’ comes

Now there’s red haired blue ticks all in the South
Love got me in here and love got me out

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This isn’t a double post, there is an invisible one before it. :tongue:

This one is for… umm… Olesia

The Knife - Silent Shout

I never knew this could happen to me
I know now fragility
I know there’s people who I haven’t told
I know of people who are getting old

Wish I could speak in just one sweep
What you are and what you mean to me
Instead I mumble randomly
You stand by and enlighten me

In a dream I lost my teeth again
Calling me woman and a half man
Yes in a dream all my teeth fell out
A cracked smile and a silent shout
A cracked smile and a silent shout

If I explain it once thoroughly
He’ll have you later 'cause it’s never free
You were at the gigantic spree
I caught a glimpse now it haunts me
I caught a glimpse now it haunts me

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Hey There Delilah- By Plain White T’s (obsessed with this song right now)

Hey there Delilah
What’s it like in New York City?
I’m a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Time Square can’t shine as bright as you
I swear it’s true

Hey there Delilah
Don’t you worry about the distance
I’m right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it’s my disguise
I’m by your side

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I’ll pay the bills with this guitar
We’ll have it good
We’ll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I’ve got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I’d write it all
Even more in love with me you’d fall
We’d have it all

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they’ve got planes and trains and cars
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we’ll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you’re to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don’t you miss me
Two more years and you’ll be done with school
And I’ll be making history like I do
You know it’s all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here’s to you
This ones for you

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
What you do to me.

141

Well I’ve been having computer issues and I’m worried it may die on me, so I’ve been listening to this…

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

(whistling)
Here’s a little song i wrote,
you might want to sing it note for note,
don’t worry, be happy

in every life we have some trouble,
when you worry you make it double
don’t worry, be happy

dont worry be happy now
dont worry be happy
dont worry be happy
dont worry be happy
dont worry be happy
aint got no place to lay your head,
somebody came and took your bed,
don’t worry, be happy

the landlord say your rent is late,
he may have to litagate,
dont worry (small laugh) be happy,

look at me im happy,
don’t worry, be happy

i give you my phone number,
when your worried, call me,
i make you happy

don’t worry, be happy

aint got no cash, aint got no style,
aint got no gal to make you smile
but don’t worry, be happy

cos when you worry, your face will frown,
and that will bring everybody down,
so don’t worry, be happy

don’t worry, be happy now…

don’t worry, be happy
don’t worry, be happy
don’t worry, be happy
don’t worry, be happy

now there this song i wrote
i hope you you learned it note for note
like good little children

dont worry be happy

listen to what i say
in your life expect some trouble
when you worry you make it double
dont worry be happy
be happy now

dont worry, be happy
dont worry, be happy
dont worry, be happy
dont worry, be happy
dont worry
dont worry be happy
don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t do it,
be happy,put a smile on your face,
don’t bring everybody down like this

don’t worry, it will soon pass whatever it is,
don’t worry, be happy,
i’m not worried

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I’m singing Aimme Mann songs to myself all the time lately, especially this one and ‘Red Vines’

Aimme Mann - Little Bombs

From the 22nd floor
Walking down the corridor
Looking out the picture window down
On Sycamore

While perspective lines converge
Rows of cars and buses merge
All the sweet green trees of Atlanta burst
Like little bombs
Or little pom-poms
Shaken by a careless hand
That drives them off
And leaves again

Life just kind of empties out
Less a deluge than a drought
Less a giant mushroom cloud
Than an unexploded shell
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel

On the 22nd floor
Found a notice on my door
While outside, the sun is shining on
Those little bombs
Those little pom-poms

Life just kind of empties out
Less a deluge than a drought
Less a giant mushroom cloud
Than an unexploded shell
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel

Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel

Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel

Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel

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dramamine modest mouse
this is a long drive for something with nothing to think about

Travelling swallowing dramamine
Feeling spaced breathing out listerine
Id said what Id said that Id tell ya
And that youd killed the better part of me
If you could just milk it for everything
Ive said what Id said and you know what I mean
But I still cant focus on anything
We kiss on the mouth but still cough down our sleeves
Travelling swallowing dramamine
Look at your face like youre killed in a dream
And you think youve figured out everything
I think I know my geometry pretty damn well
You say what you need so youll get more
If you could just milk it for everything
Ive said what I said and you know what I mean
But I cant still focus on anything

144

^I like the sound of those lyrics :cool:

Do you know the Modest Mouse song called ‘doing the cockroach’? I used to love that and a couple other songs. But i never actually got to know their music very well. Think i might download some now :smile:

145

Imagine-John Lennon

Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

146

I love modest mouse. They actually went to my high school!

Simon and Garfunkle
“Red Rubber Ball”

I should have known you’d bid me farewell.
There’s a lesson to be learned from this
and I’ve learned it very well.

Now I know you’re not
the only starfish in the sea.
If I never hear your name again
it’s all the same to me.

And I think it’s gonna be all right.
Yeah, the worst is over now,
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.

You never cared for secrets I’d confide.
For you I’m just an ornament,
Something for your pride.

Always running, never caring,
That’s the life you live.
Stolen minutes of your time
were all you had to give.

And I think it’s gonna be all right.
Yeah, the worst is over now,
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.

The story’s in the past with nothing to recall.
I’ve got my life to live and I
don’t need you at all

The roller coaster ride we took is
nearly at an end.
I bought my ticket with my tears,
that’s all I’m gonna spend.

And I think it’s gonna be all right.
Yeah, the worst is over now,
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.

147

Wow, That’s cool :happy:
*downloading ‘Lonesome Crowded West’

Here’s the first song i heard by Yo La Tengo, still one of my favourites.

Yo La Tengo - Saturday

The room was filled with talk
For anyone listening
I found a spot by the door
With no one around

Let my mind go
Out of tune
Out of tune

I kept a smile on my face
For anyone looking
Tried to turn away questions
Before he asked

Let my mind go
Out of tune
Out of tune

I was engrossed in the film
Without really watching
Said, “who’s the guy with the gun?”
As if I was involved

Let my mind go
Out of tune
Out of tune

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Since the song featured in my LD the other night here it is.

Blackmore’s Night - Ghost of a Rose

The valley green was so serene
In the middle ran a stream so blue…
A maiden fair, in despair, once had met her true love there and she told him…
She would say…
“Promise me , when you see, a white rose you’ll think of me
I love you so,
Never let go,
I will be your ghost of a rose…”

Her eyes believed in mysteries
She would lay amongst the leaves of amber
Her spirit wild, heart of a child, yet gentle still and quiet and mild and he loved her…
When she would say…
“Promise me , when you see, a white rose you’ll think of me
I love you so,
Never let go,
I will be your ghost of a rose…”

When all was done, she turned to run
Dancing to the setting sun as he watched her
And ever more he thought he saw
A glimpse of her upon the moors forever
He’d hear her say…
“Promise me , when you see, a white rose you’ll think of me
I love you so,
Never let go,
I will be your ghost of a rose…”

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She Wants Revenge - These Things
“The crowd on the street walk slowly, don’t mind the rain. Lovers hold hands to numb the pain, gripping tightly to something that they will never own. And those by themselves by choice or by some reward, no mistakes only now you’re bored. This is the time of your life but you just can’t tell.”

Depeche Mode - Precious
“If God has a master plan that only He understands, I hope it’s your eyes He’s seeing through.”

Twothirtyeight - The Sticks are Woven in the Spokes
“But I can’t fix, what I don’t know I broke, just laugh and tell another joke. The sticks are woven in the spokes, again.”

A Perfect Circle - Pet
"Count bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums. "

Tool - Rosette Stoned
"Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position. Such a heavy burden now to be the One. Born the bear and bring to all, the details of our ending. To write it down for all the world to see.
But I forgot my pen.
**** the bed again.

Typical."

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