van morrison- summertime in england
oh my common one
oh my little one
oh my high in the art of suffering one
i will show you
it ain't why why why, it ain't why why why
it just is
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van morrison- summertime in england
oh my common one
oh my little one
oh my high in the art of suffering one
i will show you
it ain't why why why, it ain't why why why
it just is
Tom get your plane right on time.
I know that you've been eager to fly now.
Hey, hey, hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine
Yeh! like it shines on me, the only livin' boy in New York.
Later on the crown thinned out
I was just about to do the same.
She was standin there in back of my chair
sayin', tell me don't I know your name?
I muttered something underneath my breath
She studied the lines of my face.
I've got to admit I felt a little uneasy,
when she bent down to tie the lace of my shoe
Tangled up in blue.
She lit a burner on the stove
and offered me a pipe.
I thought you'd never say hello, she said,
you looked like the silent type.
Then she opened up a book of poem
and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet
from the fifteenth century.
And everyone of them words rang true
and felt like burnin coal, pouring off of every page
like it was written on my soul from me to you
Tanled up in blue.
Deep greens and blues
are the colors I choose.
Won't ya let me go down in my dreams
and rockabye Sweet Baby James
But I learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause I
know there is this side of me that
wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
fly the whole mess into the sea.
Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Raven,
feathers shiny and black
A touch of blue
glistening down her back
We don't talk about heaven and we don't talk about hell
We come to depend on one another so damn well
So, go to confession
whatever gets you through
You can count your blessings
I'll just count on blue
I'm a big Paul Simon fan.
old friends sat on their park bench like bookends,
a newspaper blown through the grass
falls on the round toes of the old shoes of the old friends
old friends, winter companions the old men
lost in thier overcoats, waiting for the sunset
the sounds of the city sifting trough trees
settle like dust on the shoulders of the old friends,
can you imagine us years from today
sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange to be 70.
old friends memory brushes the same years
quietly sharing the same fears
Old Friends Paul Simon
I was in high school when I heard this song and I was fascinated by that line how terribly strange to be 70, I'm 57 and that line still fascinates me to no end.
I don't mind where you come from, as long as you come to me.
But I dont like illusions I cant see them clearly.
I dont care, no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you,
You've shown me eventually what you'll do.
I dont mind. I dont care, as long as you're here.
Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's all the same
All The Same - Sick Puppies
I loved this song since I first saw the video clip for it, and that bit I wrote up there is my favourite bit probably... It has a lot of personal meaning
"All men, you don't need anyone. Just hold on to the end and you dont even have to look good. Woman, youll do fine on your own, you're free to cry and you don't have to wipe your eyes" - John Frusciante - Ascension
"I can't pretend to be who i'm not. There are things you need from me that I haven't got. No way, but to end. Pick up the pieces of our lives and maybe love again. There's only one way for things to be between you and me." - John Frusciante - Far away
"There's just one more thing i need to know. If this is love, Why does it scare me so?" - Jeff Healey - Angel Eyes
Many more, but ill start there :)
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Originally Posted by Riesa
I dig the "there's no design, your flaws are fine" from this song (at least I think that's what he says)
JUMPING JACK FLASH
(Jagger/Richards)
Watch it!
I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!
I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!
I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
sounds of silence - Simon and Garfunkel.
Probably the most beautifully written piece of poetry in a song. I still get chills everytime i hear it.
I've seen it all, I have seen the trees,
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend,
And lives that were over before they were spent.
I've seen what I was - I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!
You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru!
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall!
And the man you will marry?
The home you will share?
To be honest, I really don't care...
You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water, its water, that's all...
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?
My pulse was as high on my very first date!
Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don't care...
I've seen it all, I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark.
I've seen what I chose and I've seen what I need,
And that is enough, to want more would be greed.
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!
You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark, the big and the small
Just keep in mind - you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all - there is no more to see!
- bjork/thom yorke
Yeah, amazing lyrics.Quote:
Originally Posted by njepsen
The Only Living Boy in New York - Another masterpiece by Simon and Garfunkel!Quote:
Tom get your plane right on time.
I know that you've been eager to fly now.
Hey, hey, hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine
Yeh! like it shines on me, the only livin' boy in New York.
__________________
Each heart is a pilgrim
Each one wants to know
The reason why the winds die
And where the stories go-Enya, Pilgrim
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
No poet has ever painted. ABBA, I let the music speak(Actually the entire song would deserve to be quoted. It's very intriguing and poetic)
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do. - David Bowie Space Oddity
Time may change me, but I can't trace time. - David Bowie Changes
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, and someone spoke and I went into a dream. - The Beatles A Day In A Life
It's:Quote:
Originally Posted by Il Penseroso
but I like yours better.Quote:
This rather simple epitaph can save your hide your falling mind
Fate isn't what we're up against there's no design no flaws to find
There's no design no flaws to find.
I'll just post the video so you guys can actually listen to the lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbr-...eature=related
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - Beautiful Boy (John Lennon)
"If my baby don't love me no more, I know her sister will" - Red House (Jimi Hendrix)
"I have this theory
That if we're told we're bad
Then that's the only
Idea we'll ever have.
But maybe if we are surrounded in beauty
Someday we will become what we see
Cause anyone can start a conflict
It's harder yet to disregard it
I rather see the world from another angle
We are everyday angels
Be careful with me
Cause I'd like to stay that way."
'I'm Sensitive' - Jewel
"Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie in its entirety, but in particular:
"You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant (excepting Alice)"
yeah, me too :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Riesa
Footsteps - Daniel O'Donnell
I'm not sure if perhaps someone else has posted these lyrics, but right now this song is just what I need :)
I thought of this song the other day when on camp and our Chaplain was talking about the Footsteps verse, and it's been on my mind, or on my playlist, since. :)Quote:
Footsteps walking with me
Footsteps I cannot see
But every move I make
And every step I take
I know they're there with me
They walk with me all the way
Beside me day by day
Through good and bad
Through happy and sad
Those footsteps won't go away
I'll never walk in life alone
There'll always be someone there
I know He won't let me down
He's with me everywhere
The special things in life I've done
Have been through Him and His love
I've been blessed in so many ways
Thanks to the Lord above
Footsteps walking with me
Footsteps I cannot see
But every move I make
And every step I take
I know they're there with me
They walk with me all the way
Beside me day by day
Through good and bad
Through happy and sad
Those footsteps won't go away
I think that my life's been planned
By the one who's guiding me
When I'm led by the hand
Of someone I can't see
I'm not always sure where to go
That's when I follow his lead
I know that the pathway that He shows
Will help me to succeed
Footsteps walking with me
Footsteps I cannot see
But every move I make
And every step I take
I know they're there with me
They walk with me all the way
Beside me day by day
Through good and bad
Through happy and sad
Those footsteps won't go away
Through good and bad
Through happy and sad
By my side they will stay
Mine is, Kiss from a rose. By seal.
There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
The more I get of you, Stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain My power, my pleasure, my pain.
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
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I like the first verse very much.
kind'a close to me;)
Moonlight and Vodka ~ Chris de Burgh
Fix me a drink, make it a strong one,
Hey comrade, a drink, make it a long one,
My hands are shaking and my feet are numb,
My head is aching and the bar's going round,
And I'm so down, in this foreign town;
Tonight there's a band, it ain't such a bad one,
Play me a song, don't make it a sad one,
I can't even talk to these Russian girls,
The beer is lousy and the food is worse,
And it's so damn cold, yes it's so damn cold,
I know it's hard to believe,
But I haven't been warm for a week;
Moonlight and vodka, takes me away,
Midnight in Moscow is lunchtime in L.A.,
Ooh play boys, play...
Espionage is a serious business,
Well I've had enough of this serious business,
That dancing girl is making eyes at me,
I'm sure she's working for the K.G.B.
In this paradise, ah cold as ice;
Moonlight and vodka, takes me away,
Midnight in Moscow is sunshine in L.A.,
Yes, in the gold U.S.A.
I love this song. Its been favorite for a real long time now.
Tears fallin’
Rain fallin’
Leaves are falling with the sun
Lives drifting
Seeds drifting
Worlds drifting with the sun
Thats my favourite verse from Sunset by Nitin Sawhney
From Dead Pez- Know Your enemy, I especially like the second verse
[stic.man]
you got to watch what you say in these days and times
It's a touchy situation, lotta fear and emotion
september 11th
televised world-wide
suicide planes fallin like bombs from out the sky
they wasn't aimin at us
not at my house
they hit the world trade, the pentagon, and almost got the white house
now everybody walkin round patriotic
how we gon' fight to keep freedom when we ain't got it?
you wanna stop terrorists?
start with the u.s. imperalists
ain't no track record like america's, see
bin laden was trained by the c.i.a
but I guess if you a terrorist for the u.s
then it's okay
uh huh
[m1]
they try to make us think we crazy
but I know what they doin, they tryna put us back in slavery
check it, to get on welfare you gotta get your fingerprints
soon ya gotta do eyescans to get your benefits
now they got them cards to swipe, ain't no more foodstamps
shoulda seen it comin, now it's too late to get amped
and everything got a barcode
so they know what you got, when you got it, and what you still owe
you seen them projects, lately you better watch it
why they got us surrounded if money is the object?
why they use satellites to keep track of the criminals?
why they puttin jails in schools, is it subliminal?
cameras everywhere to protect us from one another
or is it the undercover, disguised as big brother
and even freedom of speech is limited
mad leaders done spoke up, and look at what these crackas did
[m1]
and you ain't got to believe me
go 'head and listen to bush
the dope pusher on the t.v
what you think the war is for?
cause the greedy wantin more and more
we be hustlin the corridor
I would never join the military
one soldier to another, nigga holla if ya hear me
goin out to the best sons and daughters
don't be a lamb gettin led to the slaughter
I'ma keep ridin when my momma released
cause ain't no stoppin us now, dawg
freedom before peace
"Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough"
Losing My Religion ~REM
then take me disappearring through the smoke rings of my mind
down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
the haunted frightened trees, out to the windy beach
far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Mr. Tambourine Man- Bob Dylan
" Leather elbows on a tweed coat, oh is that the best you can do?"
- Morrissey "Alsatian cousin"
This isn't really a quote... or very stylistically complex. But its honest.
I wanna be better than oxygen
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than t.v.
For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be
We can be stronger than bombs
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry
As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance
Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.
[...]
I wanna see through all the lies of society
To the reality, happiness is at stake
I wanna hold up my head with dignity
Proud of a life where to give means more than to take
I wan't to live beyond the modern mentality
Where paper is all that you're really taught to create
Do you remember the forgotten America?
Justice, equality, freedom to every race?
Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy
Make up and hair to the truth behind every face
That look around to all the people you see,
How many of them are happy and free?
I know it sounds like a dream
But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night
I know it's hard to believe
But it's easy to see that something here isn't right
I know the future looks dark
But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light.
from Streams of Whiskey by Shane MacGowanQuote:
Oh the words that he spoke
Seemed the wisest of philosophies
Theres nothing ever gained
By a wet thing called a tear
When the world is too dark
And I need the light inside of me
Ill walk into a bar
And drink fifteen pints of beer
I've always found jazz to have the most poignant and elegant lyricsm...
"a trip to the moon on gossamer wings..."
"autumn in new york is often mingled with pain; dreamers with empty hands, they sigh for exotic lands..."
"drifting, dreaming in an azure mood... stardust, gleaming, through my solitude"
"when the world hangs heavy on your heart... and the dreams you plan on fall apart..."
"When an early autumn walks the land and chills the breeze... then touches with her hand, the summer trees... perhaps you'll understand those memories I own"
"Yesterdays - days I knew as happy, sweet, sequestered days... Olden days!Golden days! Days of mad romance and love... Then, gay youth was mine, truth was mine... joyous free in flame and life - Then, sooth was mine! Sad am I, but glad am I, for today I’m dreamin' of... yesterdays"
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and lastly, my favorite of the past few years...
"Waiting too long for a sign you would come was what
nearly killed the spirit in the house within me
and when you appeared you brought an answer after praying
like a sailor sighting landfall on horizons of green
or sunrise / after endless nights of burning scenes
or having sense be restored to me...
I remember stories of Orpheus and his love ruinous / Euridice
Spirited away / on their wedding day
bitten by a snake upon the way / and Euridice had to stay
in under-day – SAD!
Just as bad / Orphie had / to stay up and lay up with us here / but without her.
Some Stun!
Can you just imagine / living without it /
love that was destined to perfect / everything that was imperfect?"
wow.
Young modern Station by Silverchair
"Does it make you cry When I make you feel so far away"
Also part of some of my fav lyric ever! :p
The Bright side of life
"When life is jolly rotten,
theres something you've forgotten,
and thats to smile and laugh and dance and sing.":D
ha, ha, i liked the last one Naimh!
"And I want a moment to be real,
Wanna touch things I don't feel,
Wanna hold on and feel I belong."
I'm Still here Johny Rzeznick
"In the most painful faces,
Angels show up in the strangest of places"
Looking for Angels Skillet
boy i could go on... so i'll stop till later.
Even those who never frown eventually break down
Pushing Me Away, Linkin Park
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?
Tears In Heaven, Eric Clapton
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Iris, Goo Goo Dolls
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires
Affirmation, Savage Garden
There are many more but I'm too lazy to dig all of them out right now.
From a Kay Starr song,I forget the title but the words stay forever:-
''Now you've got the baby and I'm all alone,
Gee but I feel so Blue,
Don't teach her to hate me
Whatever you do,tell her I love her,too.'' {It gets worse.}
''I wish I had never seen sunshine ;
I wish I had never been Blue;
I wish I had died as a baby
And then I'd have never known you.''
Beat that.
'' Das gibts nur einmal
Das kehrt nich wieder
Das ist zu schon um wahr zu sein !''
From Der Kongress Tanzt.
I think you could get away with saying more or less ALL of Affirmation. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by cipherdecoy
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I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I love that song, I wonder if I bought it wth me? anctually savage garden got me through my exams last year :lol:
I used to think of the telephone lne as the internet and it was how I managed to rember most of the points for my exam on the social aspects of the networked society :rolleyes::lol:Quote:
But on the telephone line I am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a super model or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the difference
On the telephone line, I am any height
I am any age I want to be
I could be a caped crusader, or space invader
And you wouldn't know the difference
Or would you?
From Faster by the Manic Street Preachers (a great source of ridiculously good lyrics)
Quote:
I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing
sleep can't hide the thoughts splitting through my mind
shadows aren't clean, false mirrors, too many people awake
if you stand up like a nail then you will be knocked down
I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else
I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer
I spat out Plath and Pinter
I am all the things that you regret