The Lyrics Thread-Part VI

[GreenDragon]

Equilibrium - Unbesiegt (Equilibrium - Undefeated)
Schwarz die Nacht, die mich umgibt, (Black the night, that encompasses me)
Die heulend an die Felsen bricht. (The howling breaks upon the rocks)
Sieh, wie ich dem Sturme trotz, (Behold, how I defy the storm)
Werd Zeuge meiner Kraft! (Witness my power!)

Wo die andren niederknien, (Where the others fall to their knees)
Staub, Verachtung sich verdienen, (Dust and scorn they earn)
Stehe ich, komm sei mein Zeug: (I stand, come, be my witness)
Blutend, aber ungebeugt! (Bloodied, but unbowing!)

Nie werden sie mich brechen, (Never will they break me)
Niemals meinen Geist bestechen! (Nor will they corrupt my mind!)
Nie werd ich mich verneigen, (Never will I bow down)
Niemals ihnen Demut zeigen! (Nor show them humility!)
Nie sollen sie mich ergreifen, (They will never take me)
Niemals meine Feste schleifen! (Never slice through my fortress)
Sieh ich bin, komm sei mein Zeug’, (Behold I am, come be my witness)
Blutend, aber ungebeugt! (Bloodied, but unbowing!)

Viel gefochten, viel erlitten, (Much swordplay, much suffering)
Jeden Atemzug erstritten. (Fought with every single breath)
Hart umkämpft, die Feste mein, (Highly contested, this fortress of mine.)
Die Kreise meiner Macht. (The circles of my might)

Alt, so steh’n die schwarzen Zinnen, (Ancient, the black battlements stand)
Trotzen aller Zeiten Wirren. (Braving all of times turmoil)
So auch ich, komm sei mein Zeug’: (As I do. Come, be my witness)
Blutend, aber ungebeugt! (Bloodied, but unbowing!)

Nie werden sie mich brechen, (Never will they break me)
Niemals meinen Geist bestechen! (Nor will they corrupt my mind!)
Nie werd ich mich verneigen, (Never will I bow down)
Niemals ihnen Demut zeigen! (Nor show them humility!)
Nie sollen sie mich ergreifen, (They will never take me)
Niemals meine Feste schleifen! (Never slice through my fortress)
Sieh ich bin, komm sei mein Zeug’, (Behold I am, come be my witness)
Blutend, aber ungebeugt! (Bloodied, but unbowing!)

Ich bin unbesiegt! (I am undefeated!)
Ich bin unbesiegt! (I am undefeated!)

Ich fürcht nicht glühend Eisen, (I fear not, glowing iron)
Noch fürcht ich Pein. (As I do not fear pain)
Ich bin mein eigen Heiland, (I am my own savior)
Werds immer sein. (I always will be)
Und wenn ich dir auch blutend zu Füßen lieg, (And when I lie bloodied at your feet)
Weißt du genau: Ich bleibe unbesiegt! (You know: I remain undefeated!)

Alles, was ich mir erstritten … (All that I have fought for…)
meine Banner, himmelhoch … (My banner, raised high in the sky…)
Auch wenn alle Mauern zittern … (Even when all my walls tremble…)
Bleib ich Herr auf meinem Thron, (I remain here on my throne.)
Ja, für immer! (Yes, forever!)

Viele sah ich nieder gehn, (I saw many fall)
Zuviele um je zu verstehen. (Too many to ever comprehend)
Doch habe ich nicht einen Tag auf diesem Pfad bereut. (Yet I do not regret a single day on this path)
Soll’n sie auf mich runtersehen, (Should you look down upon me)
Es schert mich nicht, ich bleibe stehen! (I do not care, I remain standing!)
Auch du, mein Freund, ich bin dein Zeug’, (And you my friend, I am your witness)
Sei blutend aber ungebeugt! (Be Bloodied, but unbowing!)

I find this song to be a powerfully uplifting one. I often think of it when I am feeling stressed

I’m still just learning German, so this translation is far from perfect.
Thanks to dict.cc and This translation which I used for guidance.
I may have taken a little license with some words, to try and better convey the meaning as I saw it, than a literal translation would have.

[Scarecrow]

Bob Dylan - Queen Jane Approximately

When your mother sends back all your invitations
And your father to your sister he explains
That you’re tired of yourself and all of your creations
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?

Now when all of the flower ladies want back what they have lent you
And the smell of their roses does not remain
And all of your children start to resent you
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?

Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned
Have died in battle or in vain
And you’re sick of all this repetition
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?

When all of your advisers heave their plastic
At your feet to convince you of your pain
Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?

Now when all of the bandits that you turned your other cheek to
All lay down their bandanas and complain
And you want somebody you don’t have to speak to
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane ?

[Scarecrow]

The Rolling Stones - Loving Cup
From: Exile on Mainstreet
My favorite version

I’m the man on the mountain, come on up
I’m the plowman in the valley with a face full of mud
Yes, I’m stumbling and I know my car won’t start
Yes, I’m fumbling and I know I play a bad guitar

Give me little drink from your loving cup
Just one drink and I’ll fall down drunk
I’m the man who walks the hillside in the sweet summer sun
I’m the man that brings you roses when you ain’t got none

Yes, I can run and jump and fish, but I won’t fight
You if you want to push and pull with me all night
Give me little drink from your loving cup
Just one drink and I’ll fall down drunk

I feel so humble with you tonight,
just sitting in front of the fire
See your face shining in the flame,
feel your mouth kissing me again

What a beautiful buzz,
what a beautiful buzz
What a beautiful buzz,
what a beautiful buzz

Oh, what a beautiful buzz,
what a beautiful buzz
Yes I am nitty gritty and my shirt’s all torn
But I would love to spill the beans with you till dawn

Give me little drink from your loving cup
Just one drink and I’ll fall down drunk

[ArugulaBlue]

Ozzy Osborne - Diary of a Madman

Screaming at the window
Watch me die another day
Hopeless situation
Endless price I have to pay

Sanity now it’s beyond me there’s no choice

Diary of a madman
Walk the line again today
Entries of confusion
Dear diary I’m here to stay

Manic depression befriends me
Hear his voice
Sanity now it’s beyond me
There’s no choice

A sickened mind and spirit
The mirror tells me lies
Could I mistake myself for someone
Who lives behind my eyes
Will he escape my soul
Or will he live in me
Is he tryin’ to get out or tryin’ to enter me

Voices in the darkness
Scream away my mental health
Can I ask a question
To help me save me from myself

Enemies fill up the pages
Are they me
Monday till Sunday in stages
Set me free

[Feldspar]

Andrew Bird - Imitosis

he’s keeping busy
yeah he’s bleeding stones
with his machinations and his palindromes
it was anything but hear the voice
that says that we’re all basically alone

poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions
when he put his Bunsen burners all away
and turning to a playground in a Petri dish
where single cells would swing their fists
at anything that looks like easy prey
in this nature show that rages every day
it was then he heard his intuition say

we were all basically alone
and despite what all his studies had shown
that what’s mistaken for closeness
is just a case of mitosis
and why do some show no mercy
while others are painfully shy
tell me doctor can you quantify
he just wants to know the reason why

why do they congregate in groups of four
scatter like a billion spores
and let the wind just carry them away
hows can kids be so mean
our famous doctor tried to glean
as he went home at the end of the day
in this nature show that rages every day
it was then he heard his intuition say

we were all basically alone
despite what all his studies had shown
that what’s mistaken for closeness
is just a case of mitosis
sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis
and why do some show no mercy
while others are painfully shy
tell me doctor, can you quantify?
the reason why

[LegendaryDreamer]

If you want something to inspire you for lucid dreams, here is a great song! I’m currently using it for inspiration:

Stratovarius - Learning to Fly
Album: Elements, pt 1
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ubKaNrfwVI&fmt=18

Life will go on
Soon it is gone
It’s bigger than we can conceive
Wink of an eye
A thousand years
Into eternity, we shed our tears

I’m changing,
Rearranging my destiny!

Learning to fly
Touching sky on my way
Learning to fly
High above my sorrows,
To a new day, I fly…

Not where you stand,
Nor where you are,
It matters only where you look
To take the good
With all that’s bad
It is the only way to go!

The minutes
The hours
The years
Run fast!

Learning to fly
Touching sky on my way
Learning to fly
High above my sorrows,
To a new day, I fly…

[Solos]

Learning to fly
Touching sky on my way
Learning to fly
High above my sorrows, I fly…

Learning to fly
Touching sky on my way
Learning to fly
High above my sorrows,
To a new day, I fly…

[b]—

EDIT: And he’res another one!:

Stratovarius - Hunting High and Low[/b]
Album: Infinite
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2l8KtdQ7Ek&fmt=18

I feel the wind in my hair
And it’s whispering, telling me things
Of the storm that is gathering near
Full of power, I’m spreading my wings

Now I’m leaving my worries behind!
Feel the freedom of body and mind!
I have started my journey, I’m drifting away with the wind…
I go…

I am Hunting High and Low,
Diving from the sky above, looking for,
More and more,
Once again
I’m Hunting High and Low,
Sometimes I may win, sometimes I’ll lose,
It’s just a game that I play!

After the storm, there’s a calm
Through the clouds shines a ray of the sun
I am carried from all of my harm
There is no one that I can’t outrun!

Now I’m leaving my worries behind!
Feel the freedom of body and mind!
I have started my journey, I’m drifting away with the wind…
I go…

I am Hunting High and Low,
Diving from the sky above, looking for,
More and more,
Once again
I’m Hunting High and Low,
Sometimes I may win, sometimes I’ll lose,
It’s just a game that I play!

[Bridge]

I am Hunting High and Low,
Diving from the sky above, looking for,
More and more,
Once again
I’m Hunting High and Low,
Sometimes I may win, sometimes I’ll lose,
It’s just a game that I play!

Hunting High and Low,
Diving from the sky above, looking for,
More and more,
Once again
Hunting High and Low,
Sometimes I may win, sometimes I’ll lose,
It’s just a game that I play!

Hunting High and Low…
Ohhhhh…
Hunting High and Low…
Ohhhhh…
Hunting High and Low…

[Himnes]

Susumu Hirasawa - The Girl In Byakkoya

(Japanese first, english translation after )

[i]Tooku no sora mawaru hana no enjin no kamabisusisa ni
Ano hi ya ano hi ni koetekita bunki ga me wo samasu
Kagerou ni mi wo karite michi wo sasu musume wo oi
Takadai ni arawareta na mo shiranu hirono ha natsukashiku

In the distant sky, twirling flowers form a clamorous circle.
And it wakes up the turnig point you passed through on that day, on that day.
In a form of a shimmer, you chase the girl who points the way.
Then you find a nameless and nostalgic field on a hill.

Are ga yume de miseta machi to kage no koe ga sasayaita
Kuru hi mo kuru hi mo ikusen no bunki wo koeta toki
Kuragari no kennjin ga suterareta hibi wo atsume
Umi zoi ni umi zoi ni mimo shiranu honou wo odoraseta

“That is the city I let you see in your dream”, whispered a shadow.
Day after day , day after day, when you have passed through countless turning points,
a sage in the dimness will collect discarded days.
Along the shore, along the shore, he makes an unknown flame dance.

Aa manntoru ga jozetsu ni hi wo hukiagete
Suterareta no ni tatsu hito wo iwau yo
Aa sizukana sizukana musume no shiya de
Aa mishiranu miyako ni hi ga tomori dasu

Ah mantle loquaciously throws up a flame
to congratulate the person who stands on the abandoned field.
Ah in the girl’s silent, silent view,
Ah lights begin to shine in the unseen city.

Takaku sora syu ni some hi no moeru gotoku no kumo moyou
Ano hi ya ano hi ya ano toki ni nakusita michi wo mise
Kurikaesi yume ni fuku kaze wo oi toki wo kudari
Kawa zoi ni kawa zoi ni mimo shiranu shihuku no hana wo mita

High up in the sky, dyed in vermillion, clouds arise like a fire burning.
It shows you the way you lost on that day, on that day.
Chasing the wind blowing repeatedly in your dream, you go down the flow of time.
Along the river, along the river, you saw an unknown flower of felicity.[/i]

[LegendaryDreamer]

Stratovarius - A Million Light Years Away
Album: Infinite
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRYILfhpqk&fmt=18

I don’t know what to do
I don’t know who you are
I’m calling from the silence
We have gone to far

I try to understand you
Your life has been so cruel
Please try to see it my way
I’ve got something to say

All those years were not in vain
Even though there was much pain
I try to learn from my mistakes
I want to make it up to you

A Million Light Years Away from you
I am
A Million Light Years Away from you

I hope that you’d respect my
Honesty and faith
And maybe you’d forgive me
If I could make you see

I want to say I’m sorry
For what I did to you
I’ll get on with my life
I hope you do that too

All those years were not in vain
Even though there was much pain
I try to learn from my mistakes
I want to make it up to you

A Million Light Years Away from you
I am
A Million Light Years Away from you

[Solo]

A Million Light Years Away from you
I am
A Million Light Years Away from you
I am
[i]A Million Light Years Away from you
I am
A Million Light Years Away from you
I am…

[keep repeating][/i]

[b]—

Stratovarius - No Turning Back[/b]
Album: Destiny
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlbAq5cJeA0&fmt=18

So long I have been
Accepting what I’ve seen
Never really speaking my mind
Now the heat’s leaking out
I’d like to scream and shout
I want to leave it all behind

There’s no one else to turn the wheel
I’ve got my own life to steer

No turning back
Coz I wanna know who I am and I want to live my life
No turning back
Tomorrow’s awaiting, I’m on the way

Hard to find the right words
And not to make it worse
A choice that has to be done
It is just my life
Can’t make no compromise
And to stop what has begun

There’s no one else to turn the wheel
I’ve got my own life to steer

No turning back
Coz I wanna know who I am and I want to live my life
No turning back
Tomorrow’s awaiting, I’m on the way

I have all the strings in my hands
The choices that’s been laid for me
I am not taking more commands
Coz now finally I’m free

[Solos]

No turning back
Coz I wanna know who I am and I want to live my life
No turning back
Tomorrow’s awaiting, I’m on the way

[b]—

Stratovarius - Hold On to Your Dream[/b]
Album: Dreamspace
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeykkh3J_M&fmt=18

Since you were born, pushed into corner
And left all alone
Told what to do, obey all the rules
Be just like everyone else, those fools
Day at the school, teacher’s a bully
You’re mobbed as a rule
Nothing from TV
Your folks are away
You are trapped inside this house, you must stay
Home

Now it’s time for you to move on
Leave the shadows of your past
[i]Don’t let them haunt you forever!

Hold on to your dream
Somewhere there’s a beam of hope
Which is guiding your way through the dark
This is your chance
Your love, your romance
Hold on to your dream and never give up in your life…
Hold On to Your Dream!!![/i]

[Solos]

[i]Hold on to your dream
Somewhere there’s a beam of hope
Which is guiding your way through the dark
This is your chance
Your love, your romance
Hold on to your dream and never give up…

Hold on to your dream
Somewhere there’s a beam of hope
Which is guiding your way through the dark
This is your chance
Your love, your romance
Hold on to your dream and never give up…

Hold on to your dream
Somewhere there’s a beam of hope
Which is guiding your way through the dark
This is your chance
Your love, your romance
Hold on to your dream and never give up…[/i]

[Mew151 (Not an Addict)]

Battles - Rainbow

ONCE
ONE TIME
I WAS AMAZED
NATURAL DELAY
AND YOUR WIDE VOICE
GOT OUT OF PHASE
I COULDN’T EXPLAIN

WHY
WOULD SOME
ECHO OUT RACE
A STATEMENT AS VAGUE AS
“ONCE
ONE TIME
I WAS AMAZED
I WAS AMAZED”

[smok]

Space Travel - Yellowcard

I heard a voice last night
It said wake up and open your eyes
Wake up, walk out tonight
Cause she don’t care if you’re dead or alive

She moves like beams of light
Straight through this universe in my head
Where I get peace of mind
I’m free from the stupid things that I said
She’s all in my head

Did I get lost while I was gone?
I traveled space for much too long
But there’s a planet that I have found
And you are far away

Somewhere behind her eyes
Some supernatural energy takes me for quite the ride
Across time where I defy gravity
All this energy

Did I get lost while I was gone?
I traveled space for much too long
But there’s a planet I have found
And you are far away for now

What do we do now
We wait
For what
For her to come back
I don’t think she’s coming back
So
I’m sick of waiting

Did I get lost while I was gone?
I traveled space for much too…

Did I get lost while I was gone?
I traveled space for much too long
But there’s a planet I have found
And you are far away (far away)
You are far away
You are far away for now

[Scarecrow]

Remember - John Lennon

Remember when you were young?
How the hero was never hung
Always got away
Remember how the man
Used to leave you empty handed?
Always, always let you down
If you ever change your mind
About leaving it all behind
Remember, remember, today

And don’t feel sorry
The way it’s gone
And don’t you worry
'Bout what you’ve done

Just remember when you were small
How people seemed so tall
Always had their way
Do you remember your Ma and Pa
Just wishing for movie stardom
Always, always playing a part
If you ever feel so sad
And the whole world is driving you mad
Remember, remember, today

And don’t feel sorry
'Bout the way it’s gone
And don’t you worry
'Bout what you’ve done

No, no, remember, remember
The fifth of November

[The_Laughing_Crow]

Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse

Your body may be gone, I’m going to carry you in
In my head, in my heart, in my soul
And maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll both live again
Well, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know
Don’t think so

Well, that is that and this is this
You tell me what you want and I’ll tell you what you get
You get away from me
You get away from me

Collected my belongings and I left the jail
Well, thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell
I don’t think a while
I had to think a while

The ocean breathes salty, wont you carry it in?
In you head, in your mouth, in your soul
And maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll both grow old
Well, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know
I hope so

Well, that is that and this is this
You tell me what you want and I’ll tell you want you get
You get away from me
You get away from me

Collected my belongings and I left the jail
Well, thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell
I had to think a while
I had to think a while

Well, that is this and this is this
Will you tell me what you saw and I’ll tell you what you missed
When the ocean met the sky
You missed when Time and Life shook hands and said goodbye
(You missed) When the earth folded in on itself
(You missed) And said “Good luck
For your sake I hope heaven and hell
(You missed) Are really there, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.”
(You missed) You wasted life, why wouldn’t you waste death?
(You missed) You wasted life, when wouldn’t you waste death?

The ocean breathes salty, wont you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul
The more we move ahead the more we’re stuck in rewind
Well, I don’t mind, I don’t mind, how the hell could I mind?

Well, that is that and this is this
You tell me what you want and I’ll tell you what you get
You get away from me
You get away from me
Well, that is that and this is this
Will you tell me what you saw and I’ll tell you what you missed
When the ocean met the sky

You wasted life, why wouldn’t you waste the afterlife?

[LegendaryDreamer]

Dreamtale - Dreamland
Album: Beyond Reality
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7zoUBwpaZw&fmt=18

Come with me my friend
You’ll see a place beyond reality
Fly into the night with me
Together through eternity

Earth they call this place they live
Look at the mountains, oceans so deep
Hatred, fear, intolerance
Peace will never have a chance

School too hard for man to learn
Were those lessons from the past
Time will show 'em answers true
One day they will learn to

[i]Fly with me toward the morning light
You will see what lies beyond the night
Place so real, where is no fear
No need to shed any tears

[Solo]

Fly with me toward the morning light
You will see what lies beyond the night
Place so real, where is no fear
No need to shed any tears

Fly with me toward the morning light
You will see what lies beyond the night
Place so real, where is no fear
No need to shed any tears[/i]

Creed - Higher
Album: Human Clay
*Note: This song is about lucid dreaming!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecXL_W2ZgWA&fmt=18

When dreaming, I’m guided to another world
Time and time again
At sunrise, I fight to stay asleep
'Cause I don’t want to leave the comfort of this place
'Cause there’s a hunger, a longing to escape
From the life I live when I’m awake

So let’s go there,
Let’s make our escape,
Come on, let’s go there
Let’s ask, can we stay?

Can you take me higher?
To a place where blind men see
Can you take me higher?
To a place with golden streets

Although I would like our world to change
It helps me to appreciate
Those nights and those dreams
But, my friend, I’d sacrifice all those nights
If I could make the Earth and my dreams the same
The only difference is
To let love replace all our hate

So let’s go there,
Let’s make our escape,
Come on, let’s go there
Let’s ask, can we stay?

Can you take me higher?
To a place where blind men see
Can you take me higher?
To a place with golden streets

So let’s go there, let’s go there,
Come on, lets go there,
Lets ask, can we stay?

Up high I feel like I’m alive for the very first time
Set up high I’m strong enough to take these dreams
And make them mine
Set up high I’m strong enough to take these dreams
And make them mine

[i]Can you take me higher?
To a place where blind men see
Can you take me higher?
To a place with golden streets

Can you take me higher?
To a place where blind men see
Can you take me higher?
To a place with golden streets[/i]

[Slagathore]

Artist: Immortal Technique
Song: Leaving the past
[Verse 1]
They told me I would never make it, I would never achieve it
Reality is nurishment, but people don’t believe it
I guess its hard to stomach the truth like a bulimick
its a dirty game and nobody is willing to clean it
But this is for the paralygics, people dreamin’ of runnin’
ladies married to men who dont please ‘em, dreamin’ of comin’
urbanly murderous like David Berkowitz when I’m gunnin’
Some cowards on the internet didn’t think I would sell
scared to talk shit in person, cuz they stuck in a shell
and couldn’t understand the pain of being stuck in a cell
Hell is not a place you go, if you not a christian
it’s the failure of your lifes greatest ambition
It’s a bad decision to blindly follow any religion
I don’t see the difference in between the raw and the wrong
Soldiers emptyin’ the clips at little kids and they moms
I’m just like a desperate motherfucker strapped to a bomb
Humanity is gone, smoked up in a gravity bong
by a democrat republican Cheech and Chong
Immortal Technique, you never heard me preachin’ a song
I’m not controversial, I’m just speakin’ the facts
Put your hands in the air like you got the heat to your back
and shake your body like a baby born addicted to crack
And since life is a gamble like the crabstables at Vegas
I freestyle my destiny, it’s not written in pages

[Verse 2]
I hate it when they tell us how far we came to be
as if our peoples history started with slavery
Painfully I discovered the shit they kept us secret
this is the exodus like the black jews out of Egypt
I keep it reality based wit the music I make
brought the truth to your face with the style I run wit
like the navy missile that shot down flight eighthundred
I’m like the africans who came here before Colombus
and from the 15hundreds until after the model
I watch Latin America get raped in the sorrow
You see the spanjards never left Espace the Cologne
and if you don’t believe me, you can click on Uni Mission
I never seen so much racism in all of my life
every program and newscast, all of them white
It’s like a part tide with 10 percent ruling the rest
that type of stress ‘ll make me put the fucking tool to your chest
Step in my way nigga, I wouldn’t wanna be ya
I burn slow like (a) pissing drunk with gonnorrhea
I’ll do a freak show in North Korea, burning the flag
while Jay Edgar Hoover politicians dress up in drag
Try to confuse you, makin’ it hard to follow this:
capitalism en democracy are not synonymous
You swallow propaganda like a birth control pill
sellin’ your soul to the eye on the back of the dollar bill
But that will never be me, cuz I am leavin’ the past
like an abused wife with the kids, leavin’ your ass
Like a drug addict clean and sober, leavin’ the stash
unbreakable Technique leavin’ the plane crash
I’m out with the black box and I refuse to return
I spit reality, instead of what you usually learn
and I refuse to be concerned with condecending advice
cuz I am the only motherfucker that could change my life

[Ending]
Some people think I won’t make it
but I know that I will
Escape the emptiness
cuz that shit is slow and it kills
the flow and the skill
I made y’all believe that it last
You can make the future
but it starts with LEAVING THE PAST

[Scarecrow]

Mad Man Moon - Genesis
From: A Trick of the Tail

Was it summer when the river ran dry,
Or was it just another dam.
When the evil of a snowflake in June
Could still be a source of relief.
O how I love you, I once cried long ago,
But I was the one who decided to go.
To search beyond the final crest,
Though I’d heard it said just birds could dwell so high.

So I pretended to have wings for my arms
And took off in the air.
I flew to places which the clouds never see,
Too close to the deserts of sand,
Where a thousand mirages, the shepherds of lies
Forced me to land and take a disguise.
I would welcome a horse’s kick to send me back
If I could find a horse not made of sand.

If this desert’s all there’ll ever be
Then tell me what becomes of me.
A fall of rain?
That must have been another of your dreams,
A dream of mad man moon.

Hey man,
I’m the sand man.
And boy have I news for you;
They’re gonna throw you in gaol
And you know they can’t fail
'Cos sand is thicker than blood.
But a prison in sand
Is a haven in hell,
For a gaol can give you a goal
[and a] goal can find you a role
On a muddy pitch in Newcastle,
Where it rains so much
You can’t wait for a touch
Of sun and sand, sun and sand…

Within the valley of shadowless death
They pray for thunderclouds and rain,
But to the multitude who stand in the rain
Heaven is where the sun shines.
The grass will be greener till the stems turn to brown
And thoughts will fly higher till the earth brings them down.
Forever caught in desert lands one has to learn
To disbelieve the sea.

If this desert’s all there’ll ever be
Then tell me what becomes of me.
A fall of rain?
That must have been another of your dreams,
A dream of mad man moon.

[Pseudomaniac]

In Flames- “Moonshield”

Tired of dull ages, I walk the same ground
Collecting the tragedies still
Hollow ambitions in a hollow mind
Carried my cross to the hill

And how I lust for the dance and the fire
Deep of the nectarine sunset to drink
Spill me the wind and its fire
To steal of the colors
I’m the moonshield

Shattered hope became my guide
And grief and pain my friends
A brother pact in blood-ink pen
Declare my silent end

Naked and dying under worlds of silent stone
Reaching for the moonshield that once upon us shone

Naked and dying under worlds of silent stone
Reaching for the moonshield that once upon us shone

And how I lust for the dance and the fire
Deep of the nectarine sunset to drink
Spill me the wind and its fire
To steal of the colors
I’m the moonshield

I am
I am
I am
I’m the moonshield

Blind Guardian- “The Bard’s Song”

Now you all know
The bards and their songs

When hours have gone by
I close my eyes
In a world far away
We may meet again

But now hear my song
About the dawn of the night
Let’s sing the bard’s song

Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home no one will ever know our names
But the bard’s song will remain
Tomorrow will take us away
The fear of today will be gone
Into our magic songs

[solo]

There’s only one song left in my mind
Tales of a grave man who lived far from here
Now the bard’s songs are over and it’s time to leave
No one shall ask you for the name of the one
Who tells the story

Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home no one will ever know our names
But the bard’s song will remain
Tomorrow will take us away
All will be known
And you’re not alone
So don’t be afraid of the dark and cold
And the bard’s songs will remain

They all will remain
In my thoughts and in my dreams
They’re always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves, and men and elves
Come close your eyes
You can see them too

[Scarecrow]

Woman is the Nigger of the World
John Lennon
Song

Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is…think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it…do something about it

We make her paint her face and dance
If she won’t be a slave, we say that she don’t love us
If she’s real, we say she’s trying to be a man
While putting her down, we pretend that she’s above us

Woman is the nigger of the world…yes she is
If you don’t believe me, take a look at the one you’re with
Woman is the slave of the slaves
Ah, yeah…better scream about it

We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that she’s too unworldly to be our friend

Woman is the nigger of the world…yes she is
If you don’t believe me, take a look at the one you’re with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yeah…alright…hit it!

We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she’s young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb

Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is…if you don’t believe me, take a look at the one you’re with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yes she is…if you believe me, you better scream about it

We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance

[LegendaryDreamer]

Excalion - Arriving as the Dark
Album: Waterlines
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FLVgq3ZETU&fmt=18

How different are the doors and walkways when it’s dark outside?
The sounds and memories appear to twist and turn the mind
The rainy days have gone on far too long to be recalled
I cross the line
And now it’s time
For another night

Looking for me
Behind the window pane
The phantom face
Words seem to be in vain
Looking for me
Arriving as the Dark
The shadowy
Dreamthing who bears a scarred mark

How different are the minds and mindplays when it’s dark inside?
I get the strongest boards to block all of my windows tight
The walls surround me, rise as ramparts, make me safe and sound
And still I’m far
Farther from home
Than ever before!

Looking for me
Behind the window pane
The phantom face
Words seem to be in vain
Looking for me
Arriving as the Dark
The shadowy
Dreamthing who bears a scarred mark

[Solo]

Departure of day is here
Midnight is the divide
My silent quest again returns
Uncalled for
To crash my gate!

[i]Looking for me
Behind the window pane
The phantom face
Words seem to be in vain
Looking for me
Arriving as the Dark
The shadowy
Dreamthing who bears a scarred mark

Looking for me
Behind the window pane
The phantom face
Words seem to be in vain
Looking for me
Arriving as the Dark
The shadowy
Dreamthing who bears a scarred mark[/i]

[Scarecrow]

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
March 1973

Speak To Me/Breathe

“I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been
over the edge for yonks, been working me buns off for bands…”

“I’ve always been mad, I know I’ve been mad, like the
most of us…very hard to explain why you’re mad, even
if you’re not mad…”

Breathe, breathe in the air.
Don’t be afraid to care.
Leave, don’t leave me.
Look around and choose your own ground.

Long you live and high you fly
smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry
all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be.

Run, rabbit run.
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don’t sit down it’s time to dig another one.

For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave.

On The Run

(Instrumental)

Time

Ticking away the moments that make up at all day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand 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
And 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 it’s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I’d something more to say

Breathe Reprise

Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

The Great Gig in the Sky

“And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime.”

“I never said I was frightened of dying.”

(Instrumental)

Money

Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you’re okay
Money, it’s a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I’ll buy me a football team

Money get back
I’m alright Jack keep your hands off my stack.
Money it’s a hit
Don’t give me that do goody good bullshit
I’m in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Lear jet

Money it’s a crime
Share it fairly but don’t take a slice of my pie
Money so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it’s no surprise that they’re
giving none away

Us and Them

Us and Them
And after all we’re only ordinary men
Me, and you
God only knows it’s not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
The General sat, and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side

Black and Blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and Down
And in the end it’s only round and round and round
Haven’t you heard it’s a battle of words
The poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There’s room for you inside

Down and Out
It can’t be helped but there’s a lot of it about
With, without
And who’ll deny it’s what the fighting’s all about
Out of the way, it’s a busy day
I’ve got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died

Any Colour You Like

(Instrumental)

Brain Damage

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

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

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.

The lunatic is in my head.
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I’m sane.
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There’s someone in my head but it’s not me.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear.
And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.

Eclipse

All that you touch
and all that you see
All that you taste
All you feel.
and all that you love
and all that you hate
All you distrust
All you save.
and all that you give
and all that you deal
and all that you buy,
beg, borrow or steal.
and all you create
and all you destroy
and all that you do
and all that you say.
and all that you eat
And everyone you meet
and all that you slight
And everyone you fight.
and all that is now
and all that is gone
and all that’s to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

“There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it’s all dark.”

[LegendaryDreamer]

[b]Excalion - High Time (2010)

#1: Enter a Life[/b]
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sItXKJDue8&fmt=18

No devil, no angel
But I know how to be a stranger
I do not know my way about
But I’m seeking a way out
Out of a roundabout

Where are you from?
I really feel
Your eyes on me

Welcome
I am animated
Come enter a life
A life with me
Welcome
You are nominated
To be my next catastrophe

You are one small wonder
Here to tear, tear me asunder
I’m on a station here somewhere
Destination lies nowhere
Dare to meet me there?

Where are you from?
I really feel
Your eyes on me

Welcome
I am animated
Come enter a life
A life with me
Welcome
You are nominated
To be my next catastrophe

Good luck if you do
Decide
Decide to take this ride
Be warned, I can’t guarantee
That I would be
Good news for everyone!!!

i

Welcome
I am animated
Come enter a life
A life with me…

Welcome
I am animated
Come enter a life
A life with me
Welcome
You are nominated
To be my next catastrophe

Welcome
I am animated
Come enter a life
A life with me
Welcome
You are nominated
To be my next catastrophe!

Catastrophe!!![/i]

#2: From Somewhere to Anywhere
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjo-kowDLJU&fmt=18

(Intro Solo)

Further away, each and every day
I’ll find a way to cross every ocean
Loneliness, a permanent emotion
Wherever may the journeyman stay…

[i]I’m on my way from somewhere to anywhere!
I have learned not to ask when
I’ll be there!

You don’t have to call me homeless
I’m at home in every place
But wherever I may go
I’ll never be coming back home![/i]

The East and West, Northlands and the rest
It’s all the same, it’s all a fair game
Loneliness has become my second name
But something still keeps up the flame

[i]I’m on my way from somewhere to anywhere!
I have learned not to ask when
I’ll be there!

You don’t have to call me homeless
I’m at home in every place
But wherever I may go
I’ll never be coming back home![/i]

i

You don’t have to call me homeless
I’m at home in every place
But wherever I may go
I’ll never be coming back!

You don’t have to call me homeless
I’m at home in every place
But wherever I may go
I’ll never be coming back!

You don’t have to call me homeless
I’m at home in every place
But wherever I may go
I’ll never be coming back home![/i]

#3: Sun Stones
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gqowML2QE&fmt=18

Over
Wide open deep sea
Men toil on the trireme
The stream
Pulls us astray according
To our sun stones

The sail and the hull are silhouettes
As we consult
The stars and the stones
The captain’s eyes
Are fixed in place
And the course is staying the same!

With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Not a slightest bit
Keen to admit that we’re
A ship in distress
With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Here’s the irony
In all this foolery
We are calling it “progress”

Is there
After the edge of the earth
An endless fall?
We all
Have heard the stories
But we have closed our ears!

As many hands as there are sailors
Are pointing in discord
There’s no clear
Outspoken fear
But it is starting to set in!

With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Not a slightest bit
Keen to admit that we’re
A ship in distress
With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Here’s the irony
In all this foolery
We are calling it “progress”

Somewhere!
Beyond the skyline
The ocean comes to an end!
We fend
Off the uneasy feeling
That we’re drawing near!

[i]With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Not a slightest bit
Keen to admit that we’re
A ship in distress
With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Here’s the irony
In all this foolery
We are calling it 'progress"

With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Not a slightest bit
Keen to admit that we’re
A ship in distress
With our charts all full of emptiness
We’re sailing towards nothingness
Here’s the irony
In all this foolery
We are calling it “progress”[/i]

#4: The Flags in Line
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urdmi3qoRbI&fmt=18

I woke up, the dawn never came
Colder than yesterday, it feels to me
We are coming home, we are young no more
Innocent as before, playing our games!

Call it a dream or an ideal,
It’s gone anyway!
And the banners of the nations…

Today
They will march no more
The flags in line
They march no more
Today
Daydreams turn into grief
And disbelief!

I see all the faces in the crowd
No more looking so proud, or glorious
Our illusions are forever gone
And many deeds are done that can’t be reversed!

Call it a dream or an ideal,
It’s gone anyway!
And the banners of the nations…

[i]Today
They will march no more
The flags in line
They march no more
Today
Daydreams turn into grief
And disbelief!

(Solo)[/i]

I woke up, the dawn never came
Colder than yesterday it feels to me
All these young men, they are young no more
To their very core they have been changed

[i]Today
They will march no more
The flags in line
They march no more
Today
Daydreams turn into grief
And disbelief!

Today
They will march no more
The flags in line
Daydreams turn into grief
And disbelief![/i]

#5: Bring On the Storm
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsbx7Qs40eU&fmt=18

Fifteen days and nights
Out here in the wild
What is it that I’m hunting for?
I’m not sure!

It is moving fast
Through its native land
It is always one day ahead
Out of sight!

Bring on the storm!
Let it rage on!

Won’t give up, not this time!
Can’t stop now, anymore!
It’s time to finally gain the ground!

I call upon the sky!
Strike me with all your might!
And see if I will turn around!

[i]Bring on the storm, let it rage on!
Make all my fears take form!
Let it rain on, my castle’s keep,
My mountain and my ocean’s deep,
Bring on the storm!

(Solo)

Bring on the storm, let it rage on!
Make all my fears take form!

Bring on the storm, let it rage on!
Make all my fears take form!
Let it rain on, my castle’s keep,
My mountain and my ocean’s deep,

Bring on the storm, let it rage on!
Make all my fears take form!
Let it rain on, my castle’s keep,
My mountain and my ocean’s deep,
Bring on the storm.[/i]