This is the end
Beautiful friend
The end
This is the end
My only friend, the end.
It hurts to set you free
But you will never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of night we tried to die.
This is the end!!
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This is the end
Beautiful friend
The end
This is the end
My only friend, the end.
It hurts to set you free
But you will never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of night we tried to die.
This is the end!!
From Dr. Horrible's Sing along blog
It may not feel too classy
Begging just to eat
But you know who does that? Lassie
And she always gets a treat
So you wonder what your part is
Because you’re homeless and depressed
But home is where the heart is
So your real home’s in your chest
Everyone’s a hero in their own way
Everyone’s got villains they must face
They’re not as cool as mine
But folks you know it’s fine to know your place
Everyone’s a hero in their own way
In their own not-that-heroic way....
---Captain Hammer
Phil Ochs was one of my favorite singers from the 1960s. He wrote a protest song about social responsibility entitled Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.
... more ...
One of the best quotes I've heard recently among the bazillions of songs I've heard comes from Shinedown's second album, Us and Them in the song Heroes:
"You can put a man on trial, but you can't make the guilty pay/ You can cage an animal but you can't take away the rage."
They've got a hundred good quotes, but that particular one stands out to me.
When the night shows
the signals grow on radios
All the strange things
they come and go, as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There's no point in direction we cannot
even choose a side.
I took the old track
the hollow shoulder, across the waters
On the tall cliffs
they were getting older, sons and daughters
The jaded underworld was riding high
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
and as the nail sunk in the cloud, the rain
was warm and soaked the crowd.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
When the flood calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thunder crash
You're a thousand minds, within a flash
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
The actors gone, there's only you and me
And if we break before the dawn, they'll
use up what we used to be.
--Peter Gabriel (1)
Also:
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
--Leonard Cohen...
and I'm seeing him in concert in two weeks! Exultation
Blood Tears by Blind Guardian: "And blood tears I cry
Endless grief remained inside"
In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl that he was swinging
and i stopped besides a sunday school
and listened to the song that they were singing
then I headed back for home
and somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing
and it echoed through the canyons
like the disappearing dreams of yesterday
On a sunday morning sidewalk
wishing lord that I was stoned
cos there's something in a sunday
that makes the body feel alone
and there's nothing short of dying
half as lonesome as the sound
on the sleeping city sidewalks
sunday morning coming down.
Kris Kristofferson
Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (X.O.)
"she appears composed/so she is, I suppose"
Scorpions: from 'China White': "The more love you give, the more you'll find."
love you my responsibility has found a place
Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words
- Belle and Sebastian, Piazza New York Catcher
Celtic Women, Isle of Hope
"Isle of hope, Isle of tears, Isle of freedom, Isle of fears but it's not the island that you've left behind. That isle of hunger, isle of pain isle you'll never see again...."
"You Raise Me Up", also by Celtic Woman (there's Hayley Westenra on this video)Quote:
Originally Posted by isidro
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
(...)
Here's a great few lines from Dead Meadow
'Gifts of gold lie undisturbed at her open door
give until nothing's left then wish to give more
Hers is the love for which rivers flow
men fall from ladders to the ground below'
kinda sappy, but it's really the first time I've heard lyrics be this creative
Could probably think of a "more favorite" line, but here's one off the top of my head:
"Well, I guess there's nothing wrong with what you say.
But don't sell me, "There can't be better ways."
No white or black... just gray. Can you feel this
World with your heart and not your brain?"
-Pearl Jam, Green Disease
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- freedom was just another word for nothing left to lose. Janis Joplin (i know she didn't wrote that but thats the version i like the most)
- my feet is my only carriage. Bob Marley
- to be a rock and not to roll. Led Zeppelin
- if my wings should fail me, meet me jesus with another pair. Led Zeppelin
Quote:
Originally Posted by bazarov
great one
my dad said, back in 2004 or so, that George Bush should listen to that song
and they can plunder the cave of sorrow
they can strip the gallery bare
try to build a bridge around these visions in my head
choke every spark with a cloak of despair
but we got something they can't stifle
with their price tags and picture frames
a flower for every rifle
putting flesh on the bones of my dreams
David Gray - Flesh
I see Mary in the garden
the garden of a thousand sighs
she's holding pictures of our children
dancing in a sky filled with light
may I feel your arms around me
may I feel your blood mixed with mine
dream of life comes to me
like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line
Springsteen - The Rising
cast your eyes into the distance
try to focus on it all
catch the spirit of resistance
instead of pride before the fall
...careful what you say
becasue reality offends
just sit back and let your soul decay
as a century ends
David Gray - A Century Ends
A voice says "Don't worry, I'm here"
Just whisper the word 'tomorrow' in my ear
A house on a quiet street, a home for the brave
The glorious kingdom of the sun on your face
Rising from a long night as dark as the grave
On a thin chain of next moments
And something like faith
On a morning to order, a breakfast to make
A bed draped in sunshine, a body that waits
For the touch of your fingers
The end of a day
The beat of your heart, the beat of your heart
The beat of your heart, the beat of her heart
The beat of your heart, the beat of her heart
The beat of her heart, the slow burning away
Of the bitter fires of the devil's arcade
springsteen - Devil's Arcade
This Hard Land - the whole freakin' song:
Hey there mister can you tell me
What happened to the seeds I've sown
Can you give me a reason, sir, as to why they've never grown
They've just blown around from town to town
Back out on these fields
Where they fall from my hand
Back into the dirt of this hard land
Well me and my sister
From Germantown we did ride
We made our bed, sir
From the rock on the mountainside
We been blowin' around from town to town
Lookin' for a place to stand
Where the sun burst through the clouds and fall like a circle
A circle of fire down on this hard land
Now even the rain it don't come 'round
Don't come 'round here no more
And the only sound at night's the wind
Slammin' the back porch door
Yeah it stirs you up like it wants to blow you down
Twistin' and churnin' up the sand
Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' facedown
In the dirt of this hard land
From a building up on the hill
I can hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range"
I can hear them Bar-M choppers
Sweepin' low across the plains
It's me and you, Frank, we're lookin' for lost cattle
Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand
We're ridin' in the whirlwind searchin' for lost treasure
Way down south of the Rio Grande
We're ridin' 'cross that river in the moonlight
Up onto the banks of this hard land
Hey, Frank, won't you pack your bags
And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall
Just one kiss from you, my brother
And we'll ride until we fall
Well sleep in the fields
We'll sleep by the rivers
And in the morning we'll make a plan
Well if you can't make it stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive if you can
And meet me in a dream of this hard land
Patti Smith -
I was at the stadium
There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me
Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth
I didn't hear them I didn't see
I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock
and I heard those bells chimin' in my heart
going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong.
ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong
counting the time, then you came to my room
and you whispered to me and we took the big plunge
and oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine
and I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine
make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine
Blackwaterside by Bert Jansch.
One morning fair I took the air
That hung about black waterside
T'was a gazing path all around it
And the Irish that I spied
All through the fog, the heart of the night
We lay in sport and at play
Till this young man arose and gathered his clothes
Singing 'Fair thee well today!'
That's not the promise that you gave to me
When first you lay on my breast
You could make me believe with your lying tongue
That the sun rose in the west
And so go home to your fathers garden
Go home and await your fill
And think on your own misfortune
That you brought with your wanton will
One morning fair I took the air
That hung about black waterside
T'was a gazing path all around it
And the Irish that I spied...
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Wow, there's some erudite stuff here.
As a once-misogynist, I always used to like these lines from 'My Fair Lady' --
"Women are irrational, that's all there is to that!
Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags.
They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating,
Calculating, agitating, maddening, and infuriating hags."
(Well, I still do.)
And I like the way the song to which this is the introduction starts by asking the rhetorical question, "Why can't a woman be like that?" which. verse by verse, transmogrifies via, "Why can't a woman be like you?" and "Why can't a woman be like us?", to finally, "Why can't a woman be like ME?"
What a wonderful ego!
I like that Mike, makes me laugh! I could probably post on this thread forever, but here is one of my favorites:
Thrice-All That's Left
"One day the dreamers died within us
When all our answers never came
We hid the truth beneath our skin but
Our shadows never looked the same
A ghost is all that's left
Of everything we swore we never would forget
We tried to bleed the sickness
But we drained our hearts instead
We are, we are the dead"
:blush2:
This is my all time favorite pick-up line:
"Have a little faith, there's magic in the night.
You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're all right.
And that's all right with me. "
-- Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road
"I might have been born just plain white trash but "fancy" was my name"
Bobbie Gentry
that´s my favourite quote:
the love is near to clear the road
cause this thing is ready to flow
rihanna:fire bomb
My favourite is:
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Theres so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the suns gone to hell
And the moons riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But its written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
Were fools to make war
On our brothers in arms
from "The Sensual World" by Kate Bush
And how we'd wished to live in the sensual world
You don't need words--just one kiss, then another
from "Democracy" by Leonard Cohen
It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
And too many others.
"He not busy being born is busy dying"
and
"Money doesn't talk, it swears"
"It's alright ma, I'm only bleeding" is my favorite Dylan song and contains (in my opinion) his greatest lyrics.
"And there we laid, cool in the shade, singing songs and making love...
With the naked earth beneath us and the universe above." - Cat Stevens, The Boy With the Moon & Star on His Head
"You've left me no choice but to choose;
I miss the person that you were but I don't miss you." - Rise Against, Six Ways Till Sunday
"One day we will die and our ashes will fly
From the aeroplane over the sea.
But for now we are young, let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see" - Neutral Milk Hotel, in the Airoplane Over the Sea
"Do you remember all our stupid dreams?
Rainbows and pots of gold;
So much to prove before we got old." - Stereophonics, Rainbows and Pots of Gold
"Next door to me the ceiling leaks,
Cracks stretch across the walls.
Like skeletons of dreams deceased,
Too brittle to evolve." - Willy Mason, Live it Up
"The worst decisions are the ones your too scared to make" Mike Pinto: Bad Luck
"Hey FOP boycott me, for I am standing up, I'd rather taste the rebel's lore then drink blood from your cup" Michief brew: Boycott Me
"Who does the dishes after the revolution? well, I do my own dished now, I'll do my own dishes then" Wignut Dishwashers Union: Jesus Does The Dishes
"I've been lost at sea, for a thousand years, just searching for someone that I can hold dear, she might be long dead by now, but I still search somehow." Wingnut Dishwashers Union: Lost At Sea
"De' miei pianti la vendetta or dal ciel si com pi ra!" Verdi, Aida
"You may know what you want, but to get what you need, better see that you keep what you have." Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods
"I'll be brand new. Brand new tomorrow. A little bit tired, but brand new." Bjork, Pluto
"Let us take this moment present as a present for the moment." Sondheim, Into the Woods
"Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon. Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do." David Bowie, Space Oddity
"Č morto... or gli perdono." Puccini, Tosca
"A vision's just a vision if it's only in your head. If no one gets to see it, it's as good as dead. It has to come to light." Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George
"Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus. Proving that this is the best of all possible worlds." Leonard Bernstein, Candide
"You remind me of the babe. (What babe?) The babe with the power. (What power?) The power of voodoo (Who do?) You do. (Do what?) Remind me of the babe." David Bowie, Magic Dance
How could I forget Cohen, his lyrics are bliss.Quote:
Originally Posted by c aesura
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
-- Cohen, Suzanne
Well, I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But what I got to say can't wait I know you'd understand
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song
------ Jim Croce
"All the pennies in the Thames will not make it how it was." - Bloc Party, Always New Depths
"Noises on the radio, megaphones on cars
Sermons from the street of shame, know-it-alls in bars
Posters in suburbia, experts on TV
Don't let them disturb-i-ya
They're just the powers that be
Hey-Ho!
Don't worry! Nobody can win!
No matter who you vote for the government always gets in!"
- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, No matter who you vote for the government always gets in.
"The summer had inhaled
And held its breath too long.
The winter looked the same,
As if it had never gone." - Jefferson Airplane, Comin' Back to Me
I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns, and money
The **** has hit the fan.
- Warren Zevon