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GunMaster357 10-11-2010 09:09 AM

Father by Manowar

When I was small
You took me by the hand
Father you should know
I finally understand

You taught me wrong from right
And how to live
You gave the greatest gift
That one could give

You never let me down
You made me strong
When I made mistakes
When I was wrong

Some days we'd laugh
And some days we'd fight
Somehow you knew one day
I'd say you were right

You're with me
In every word I say
In every hour
Of every single day
In all I do
I'm just a part of you

You lived your life for us
That was your plan
Those hands that never take
They worked the land
Hands that never take
Can only give
And because of you
I know how to live

You're with me
In every word I say
In every hour
Of every single day
In all I do
I'm just a part of you

Father just one thing
You always knew
Every word you said to me was true

Gravdigr 10-11-2010 03:22 PM

Quote:

Lyrics with meaning
I don't want to change the world, I don't want the world to change me. -Ozzy Osbourne

footfootfoot 10-11-2010 08:27 PM

She's got the jack, she's got the jack
She's got the jack, she's got the jack
She's got the jack, she's got the jack
She's got the jack, she's got the jack
She's got the jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack
She's got the jack


(I'm sure it means something, I've just never been that high and conscious at the same time)

Crimson Ghost 10-13-2010 12:30 AM

Listen to the live version on "If You Want Blood You've Got It".

Gravdigr 10-13-2010 04:21 PM

"If You Want Blood, You've Got It" is prolly my most favoritest live album. I always loved the feedback during Angus' solos.

Gravdigr 10-13-2010 04:25 PM

paraphrasing The JaneDear Girls:

She's a wild flower growing in the sunshine
Soaking up the way of life she was raised in
Runnin barefoot, bloomin in a summer shower
Ponytail dancin, she can't help it, she's a wild flower
...No rose, no daisy can touch what she's got...

Crimson Ghost 10-13-2010 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 688173)
"If You Want Blood, You've Got It" is prolly my most favoritest live album. I always loved the feedback during Angus' solos.

Ever watch Malcolm during the shows?
He's got the "deer in the headlights" look on his face, like he's being forced at gunpoint to play.
Been that way since about 1974.....

Gravdigr 10-14-2010 01:47 AM

Kinda like a golem...

Czarina369cz 10-30-2010 03:32 PM

I really really hope this isn't something that is already here... I read through 4 or 5 random pages in this thread, but my pc is really slow right now...very slow.



"Biko"

September '77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

And the eyes of the world are
watching now
watching now

jimhelm 10-30-2010 04:48 PM

sober- Tool
 
There's a shadow just behind me,
shrouding every step I take,
making every promise empty,
pointing every finger at me.
Waiting like a stalking butler
who upon the finger rests.
Murder now the pattern must we,
just because the son has come?
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
something but the past and done?
Jesus, wont you fucking whistle
something but the past endured?

Why can't we not be sober?
I Just want to start this over.
And why can't we drink forever?
I just want to start this over.

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work to elevate you
just enough to bring you down

Mother Mary won't you whisper
something but what's past and done.
Mother Mary won't you whisper
something but what's past and done.

Why can't we not be sober?
I Just want to start this over.
Ah, why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over.

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
Trust me, trust me, trust me,
trust me, and trust me

Why can't we not be sober?
Just want to start this over.
Why can't we sleep forever?
Just want to start this over.

I want what I want, I want what
I want, I want what I want, I want
what I want

xoxoxoBruce 10-30-2010 04:51 PM

Jim, stop beating yourself up.

Gravdigr 10-31-2010 02:36 AM

Let's Give Them Something To Talk About ~Bonnie Raitt
 
I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, Darlin'

Let's give them something to talk about

Czarina369cz 10-31-2010 01:26 PM

Hey Fred by ReHaB

Nicoderm patch and a Marlboro red
Wild turkey out the bottle gauz covers where the wrists bled
Begged and pled and fled rockin' a hospital gown brain dead
Hitched a ride with a guy named Fred

Hey Fred, fuck that rehab shit
Cause I don't know if I want peace that bad
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad
But everybody else gets so damn mad

Objects in the mirror are closere than they apprear
I look half dead from here and I need bread for beer
There probably discovering my empty bed about now
No turning back, oh my God
I turn up the radio, rain smackin' the window
I'm the Mario inside the super Nintendo
Can't hide when your sick
And the chemicals are holding the joystick

Hey Fred, fuck that rehab shit
Cause I don't know if I want peace that bad
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad
But everybody else gets so damn mad

Vegitation euforic hope, I'm graspin
Walkin' out the mathadone clinic
Fuck it, I'm relasin'
Geeked up on more snow than Aspen
Lookin' for fudge ripple I got my rig
Life is good, oh how you fig
Pump up my dose to tripple
Main line noddin' out fallin' on my spine
CC's and cheap wine back to the land of the blind
Rewind, opium dens knockin' out brain cells
In the tens of thousands
Hookers and junkie hens and shitty housin
How arousing, day siz in the desert
On a horse with no name
Gradual suicide but whose to blame
I guess it's nobody's fault, I'm just lame
Nothin' stops cause if I'm headed back to Detox
I'm drinkin' Clorox

Hey Fred, fuck that rehab shit
Cause I don't know if I want peace that bad
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad
But everybody else gets so damn mad

Quick Fred floor it, I gotta get away
Hands me a J said it'll be okay
Like an old friend is the smell and the taste
You know Fred I just couldn't take that place

Hey Fred, fuck that rehab shit
Cause I don't know if I want peace that bad
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad
But everybody else gets so damn mad

Griff 10-31-2010 06:25 PM

Damn, rough words Jim.

Gravdigr 11-01-2010 04:58 PM

It was 1989 my thoughts were short my hair was long
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
She was seventeen and she was far from in between
It was summertime in northern Michigan

Splashing through the sand bar talking by the campfire
It's the simple things in life, like when and where
We didn't have no internet but man I never will forget
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair
...

Catching Walleye from the dock watching the waves roll off the rocks
She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come
To hit that sand and play some rock and roll
...

Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves begin to change
Or how we thought those days would never end
Sometimes I'll hear that song and I'll start to sing along
And think man I'd love to see that girl again

~Kid Rock "All Summer Long"

Czarina369cz 11-01-2010 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff (Post 691796)
Damn, rough words Jim.

Is that a bad thing around here? :o

xoxoxoBruce 11-01-2010 11:33 PM

Context and background.

Shawnee123 11-02-2010 07:26 AM

I was justified when I was five
Raising cane, I spit in your eye
Times are changing, now the poor get fat
But the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back

Eat meat on Friday that's alright
Even like steak on a Saturday night
I can bitch the best at your social do's
I get high in the evening sniffing pots of glue

I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch
Oh the bitch is back
Stone cold sober as a matter of fact
I can bitch, I can bitch
`Cause I'm better than you
It's the way that I move
The things that I do

I entertain by picking brains
Sell my soul by dropping names
I don't like those, my God, what's that
Oh it's full of nasty habits when the bitch gets back

--Elton John

footfootfoot 12-02-2010 07:23 PM

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
This songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fullfil the book.

Won't you help to sing
This songs of freedom-
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
---
/Guitar break/
---
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fullfil the book.
Won't you have to sing
This songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.


Shawnee123 12-02-2010 07:36 PM

We were all into Marley in college, of course. My roomie and I were listening to a "cassette" tape one time (us old ladies remember cassettes) and we decided it was actually "The Damn Chim Song." Chim was a wily monkey who was always taking stuff out of our fridge, in our version, and we'd go "Damn, Chim." That was his song. Great memories.

:lol:

Griff 01-18-2011 04:01 PM

My my my it’s a beautiful world
I like swimming in the sea
I like to go out beyond the white breakers
Where a man can still be free (or a woman if you are one)
I like swimming in the sea.

My my my it’s a beautiful world
I like drinking Irish tea
With a little bit of lapsang souchong
I like making my own tea.

My my my it’s a beautiful world
I like driving in my car
Roll the top down sometimes I travel quite far
Drive to the ocean stare up at the stars
I like driving in my car

All around is anger automatic guns
It’s death in large numbers no respect for women or our little ones
I tried talking to Jesus but He just put me on hold
Said He’d been swamped by calls this week
And He couldn’t shake His cold

And still this emptiness persists
Perhaps this is as good as it gets
When you’ve given up the drink and those nasty cigarettes
Now I leave the party early at least with no regrets
I watch the sun as it comes up I watch it as it sets
Yeah this is as good as it gets.

My my my it’s a beautiful world
I like sleeping with Marie
She is one sexy girl full of mystery
She says she doesn’t love me but she likes my company
For now that’s good enough for me

- Colin Hay (of Men at Work fame... apparently an adult now)

Crimson Ghost 01-29-2011 01:36 AM

Elvis Hitler - Don't Push Me
------------------------------------
I was talking to my neighbor's dog
His wisdom set me free
"Go out and have some fun," he said
"Go on a killing spree."
I never was a good boy
Don't say my prayers at night
I stole my daddy's shotgun
I took my best friend's bike

Don't push me, I'm crazy, and I've got a gun

There's a dealer not far from here
I think I'll get real bombed
I'm going to buy some for my sister
I'm going to buy some for my mom
Look at me, I've got it made
I've got a hostage and a hand grenade
Take me alive or take me dead
Just put a bullet through my head

Don't push me, I'm crazy, and I've got a gun

It's a world full of hatred
In which we live today
Hostage taking maniacs
Kill while people pray
That the violence and the mayhem
Will cease to exist
I never thought I'd see the day
When things would come to this

--------------------------------------

There are some days I just.....

infinite monkey 06-21-2011 09:23 AM

Tin Man
America

Sometimes late when things are real and people share the gift of gab between themselves
Some are quick to take the bait and catch the perfect prize that waits among the shelves

But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad
So please believe in me

When I say I'm spinning round, round, round, round
Smoke glass stain bright color
Image going down, down, down, down
Soapsuds green like bubbles

Oh, Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad

So please believe in me
When I say I'm spinning round, round, round, round
Smoke glass stain bright color
Image going down, down, down, down
Soapsuds green like bubbles

No, Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad

So please believe in me

footfootfoot 07-06-2011 06:22 PM

Gordon Lightfoot
Summer side of life


He came down through fields of green
On the summer side of life
His love was ripe

There were no illusions
On the summer side of life
Only tenderness

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why he would cry
The whole day long

There was young girls everywhere
On the summer side of life
They talked all night

To the young men that they knew
On the summer side of life
Goin' off to fight

And if you saw them now
You'd wonder why they would cry
The whole day long

He came down through fields of green
On the summer side of life
He prayed all night

Then he walked into a house
Where love had been misplaced
His chance to waste

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why he would cry
The whole day long

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why

infinite monkey 07-18-2011 12:06 PM

Beginnings
--Chicago Transit Authority

When I'm with you, it doesn't matter where we are,
Or what we're doing. I'm with you, that's all that matters.
Time passes much too quickly when we're together laughing.
I wish I could sing it to you, oh no,
I wish I could sing it to you.
Mostly I'm silent.
Never think about words to say.
When I kiss you, I feel a thousand different feelings.
The color of chills all over my body.
And when I feel them, I quickly try to decide which one
I should try to put into words, oh no,
Try to put into words.
Mostly I'm silent.
Only the beginning of what I want to feel forever.
Only the beginning. Only just the start.
I've got to get you into my life.
Got to get you next to me.
Only the beginning. Only just the start.

glatt 07-18-2011 01:18 PM

Reminds me of that classic:

New Beginnings
--Derek Stevens

New beginnings
New beginnings
New beginnings
New beginnings


Of course, you probable remember Derek from his big hit:

Choppin' Broccoli

There's a lady I know
If I didn't know her
She'd be the lady I didn't know.

And my lady, she went downtown
She bought some broccoli
She brought it home.

She's chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli

She's chopping broccoli
She's chopping broccoli
She's chop.. ooh!
She's chopping broccola-ah-ie!

infinite monkey 07-18-2011 01:19 PM

I love Chopping Broccoli!

*sniffs* such a beautiful tribute, so heartfelt. Sigh...

jimhelm 07-18-2011 06:20 PM

Forty Six and 2... Tool.

My shadow's
shedding skin and
I've been picking
Scabs again.
I'm down
Digging through
My old muscles
Looking for a clue.

I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in.
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
I wanna know what I've been hiding in

My shadow.
Change is coming through my shadow.
My shadow's shedding skin
I've been picking
My scabs again.

I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own chaotic
And insecure delusions.

I wanna feel the change consume me,
Feel the outside turning in.
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
Cleansing I've endured within

My shadow
Change is coming.
Now is my time.
Listen to my muscle memory.
Contemplate what I've been clinging to.
Forty-six and two ahead of me.

I choose to live and to
Grow, take and give and to
Move, learn and love and to
Cry, kill and die and to
Be paranoid and to
Lie, hate and fear and to
Do what it takes to move through.

I choose to live and to
Lie, kill and give and to
Die, learn and love and to
Do what it takes to step through.

See my shadow changing,
Stretching up and over me.
Soften this old armor.
Hoping I can clear the way
By stepping through my shadow,
Coming out the other side.
Step into the shadow.
Forty six and two are just ahead of me.

skysidhe 07-18-2011 07:28 PM

Windows are Rolled Down


Look up child
The world is born
Shoe's untied
And your soles are worn

Windows are rolled down
Sun is setting high
Windows are rolled down
I'm fixin' to die

Corn rows have companion feel
This rocky road and this steering wheel
Who do you call to ease your pain
I hope for you to get through this rain

Windows are rolled down
Moon is hanging low
Windows are rolled down
Think it's time for me to go hey-ay-ay-a...-ay

Is it what you dreamed it'd be
Are you locked up in this fantasy
Oh this miles that have
torn us apart
My new found faith
and my broken heart

Windows are rolled down
Sun is rising high
Windows are rolled down
Feel that wind rushing by hey-ay-ay-a...

Windows are rolled down

Amos Lee


infinite monkey 07-19-2011 08:42 AM

Fred Jones was worn out from caring for his often
screaming and crying wife during the day, but
he couldn't sleep at night for fear that she,
in a stupor from the drugs that didn't
ease the pain, would set the house ablaze
with a cigarette
- - - Ben Folds Five, "Cigarette"

footfootfoot 07-19-2011 09:48 AM

I shot your dog
Fred Eaglesmith

Well, hello, neighbor. I been meaning to talk to you.
I been putting it off. It's something I gotta do.
I been living with a secret. Been keeping me awake.
There's just something I gotta say:

I shot your dog. He was on my property.
I thought he was a coyote, on the run.
I been missing some chickens, so I pulled the trigger.
I feel so bad 'bout what I done.

You don't have to say nothin'. I can tell how you feel.
I'd feel the same if it was me.
I'm awfully sorry. If I could make it up to you
In any way, tell me what to do.

I shot your dog. He was on my property.
I thought he was a coyote, on the run.
I been missing some chickens, so I pulled the trigger.
I feel so bad 'bout what I done.

Got an old coon hound. If it'll make you feel better,
She's comin' in next week. You get the pick of the litter.

I shot your dog. He was on my property.
I thought he was a coyote, on the run.
I been missing some chickens, so I pulled the trigger.
I feel so bad 'bout what I done.

infinite monkey 07-19-2011 09:52 AM

(snortle)

How 'bout:

Wildwood Weed--Jim Stafford


Wildwood flower grew wild on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called
Some said it was a flower and some said it was a weed
I didn't give it much thought
One day I was out there talkin' to my brother
And I reached down for a weed to chew on
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry
And then ev'rything was gone
Didn't know what happened but I knew it beat the hell
Out of sniffing burlap

I come to and my brother was there and he said,
"What's wrong with your eyes?"
I said "I don't know, I was chewin' on the weed"
He said, "Let me give it a try"
We spent the rest of that day and most of that night tryin'
To find my brother Bill
Caught up with him about six o'clock the next mornin'
Naked, singing on the windmill
He said he flew up there
I had to fly up and get him down
He was about half crazy

The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds
And put 'em in the sun to dry
Then we mashed 'em up and we cleaned 'em off
Put 'em in the corn cob pot
Smokin' them wildwood flowers got to be a habit
We never seen no harm
We thought it was kind-a handy
Take a trip and never leave the farm
Big 'ole puff of that wildwood weed next thing you know
You're just wand'ring 'round behind the little animals

All good things got to come to an end
It's the same with the wildwood weeds
One day this feller from Washington come by
And spied one and turned white as a sheet
And they dug and they burned
And they burned and they dug and they killed
All our cute little weeds and then they drove away
We just smiled and waved sittin' ther on that sack o' seeds

Undertoad 07-19-2011 12:17 PM

I re-wrote this for a guy singer and I'm hoping the band likes the idea.

This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so brave, drink in hand
Lost my discretion
You’re not who, I’m used to
Just wanna try you on
I’m curious cause your ass
Caught my attention

I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her vodka tonic
I kissed a girl just to try it
If my wife asks, I’ll deny it
It felt so wrong, she felt so right
Don’t mean I’ll get laid tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

No I don’t even know her name
It doesn’t matter
She’s my experimental game
Just human nature
It’s not what married guys should do
Not how we should behave
But I've been married 13 years
So I'm dying to get laid

So I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her vodka tonic
I kissed a girl just to try it
My wife might throw a shit fit
I felt her tits against my chest
Don’t mean to get wood I guess
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it


I have a "porno chorus" in case this goes over well.

footfootfoot 07-19-2011 03:10 PM

awesome UT!
But I've been married 13 years
So I'm dying to get laid

Undertoad 07-19-2011 03:27 PM

Thanks man.

The Katy Perry lyric ends with "hard to obey" and I thought about keeping that, but the parody needs to get more intense at that point. It's gonna be a slow burn for the audience. The idea is to get the attention of the people at the bar and not just the people who were watching us anyway. Most of them won't know what's going on until the first chorus and I hope they have a "holy shit" moment.

We do this with "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) - we do it in a reggae style, and so some people don't know what it is until Dean sings "BRrrrrrrrEAK! -- down, goaheadngimmitome"

infinite monkey 08-31-2011 09:55 AM

According to you
I'm stupid,
I'm useless,
I can't do anything right.
According to you
I'm difficult,
hard to please,
forever changing my mind.
I'm a mess in a dress,
can't show up on time,
even if it would save my life.
According to you. According to you.

But according to him
I'm beautiful,
incredible,
he can't get me out of his head.
According to him
I'm funny,
irresistible,
everything he ever wanted.
Everything is opposite,
I don't feel like stopping it,
so baby tell me what I got to lose.
He's into me for everything I'm not,
according to you.

According to you
I'm boring,
I'm moody,
you can't take me any place.
According to you
I suck at telling jokes cause I always give it away.
I'm the girl with the worst attention span;
you're the boy who puts up with that.
According to you. According to you.

But according to him
I'm beautiful,
incredible,
he can't get me out of his head.
According to him
I'm funny,
irresistible,
everything he ever wanted.
Everything is opposite,
I don't feel like stopping it,
so baby tell me what I got to lose.
He's into me for everything I'm not,
according to you.

I need to feel appreciated,
like I'm not hated. oh-- no--.
Why can't you see me through his eyes?
It's too bad you're making me decide.

According to me
you're stupid,
you're useless,
you can't do anything right.
But according to him
I'm beautiful,
incredible,
he can't get me out of his head.
According to him
I'm funny,
irresistible,
everything he ever wanted.
Everything is opposite,
I don't feel like stopping it,
baby tell me what I got to lose.
He's into me for everything I'm not,
According to you.
According to you.

According to you
I'm stupid,
I'm useless,
I can't do anything right.



--Orianthi

grynch 08-31-2011 10:27 AM

get your hankies ready...
this is "our song" Mrs.G and I...
.
I Knew I Loved You lyrics ( Savage Garden )
Songwriters: Jones, Daniel; Hayes, Darren;

Hmm ohh, I will come
Maybe it's intuition
Somethings you just don't question
Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant
And there it goes, I think I've found my best friend

I know that it might sound
More than a little crazy
But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life


There's just no rhyme or reason
Only a sense of completion
And in your eyes, I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for, I think I've found my way home

I know that it might sound
More than a little crazy
But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

Ooh hoo ooo, hoo hoo ooo ohh
A thousand angels dance around you
(Ooh hoo, hoo ooo hoo ooo hoo hoo hoo)
I am complete now that I have found you

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

I knew I loved you before I met you, I knew I loved you
(Ooh hoo ooo, hoo hoo ooo)
I knew I loved you before I met you, I knew I loved you
(Ooh hoo ooo, hoo hoo hoo)
I knew I loved you before I met you
(Oh oh, ohh ohh, oh oh oh ay ay yea oh)
I knew I loved you before I met you, I knew I loved you
I knew I loved you before I



( can't believe the lyrics site actually added in the "ohh hoo^'s )

jimhelm 08-31-2011 11:34 AM

reminds me of that Bright Eyes song:

This is the first day of my life
I swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am
I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I’d let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realize that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said “this is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy”

So if you want to be with me
With these things there’s no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I’d rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time is different
I mean I really think you like me

jimhelm 08-31-2011 11:38 AM

and then i listened to the song. nevermind. similar lyrics, i guess... TOTally different vibe.


this will jerk a tear or two, too:


Gravdigr 10-18-2011 04:42 PM

I just wanna drink til I'm not thirsty,
I just wanna sleep til I'm not tired,
I just wanna drive til I run out of highway,
Under a purple sky.

~Kid Rock


That better be on my tombstone, or Ima haunt some damn body.

infinite monkey 12-20-2011 11:26 AM

Like anyone would be
I am flattered by your fascination with me
Like any hot-blooded woman
I have simply wanted an object to crave
But you, you're not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slight

Must be strangely exciting
To watch the stoic squirm
Must be somewhat heartening
To watch shepherd need shepherd
But you you're not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slight

Like any uncharted territory
I must seem greatly intriguing
You speak of my love like
You have experienced love like mine before
But this is not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slight

I don't think you unworthy
I need a moment to deliberate



~Alanis Morissette

BigV 12-31-2011 11:48 AM

This song, especially these lyrics have special meaning to me. I spent a long time doing things that weren't working. I put a lot of energy and earnest effort into trying to "make things work", and good things did come during this experience. But I can see now, what I couldn't see then, that I was training myself to become an expert in stuff that doesn't work. I see now how valuable that training is, now that my energy and earnest effort are rewarded instead of suspected.

I can laugh out loud now, only now, in thanks for my experience and in thanks for my reward. I dedicated this song to my girlfriend and we're both happy about it. Reading and talking with a few of my friends about the agonies they've endured, I want to turn back and shout this song to them in encouragement as we follow the same path. Come on! Don't give up! Trust me, it's worth it. You're worth it.


Quote:

Laugh Out Loud by Robert Cray

I can look back now at all the years
I paid my dues
Every broken heart, every dead end
All those blues

It don't matter now
The tears I've waded through
I can laugh out loud
I ended up with you

I can laugh out loud
I ended up with you

I can laugh out loud
At all the times I failed the test
Lost someone
And came out second best

I can see now
I had to learn a thing or two
I was practicing then
To get it right for you

Ohh, I can laugh out loud

(Guitar solo)

Life and love
Ain't it a mystery
This road I've struggled down
Has thrown some curves at me

Who would have guessed
The grand-prize would be mine?
This late in the game
This far down the line?

I can look back now at all the years
I paid my dues
Every broken heart, every dead-end
All those blues

It don't matter now
The tears I've waded through

Ohh, I can laugh out loud
I ended up with you

I can laugh out loud
I ended up with you

Ohh, I can laugh out loud
I ended up with you

I can laugh out loud
I ended up with you

Gravdigr 12-31-2011 04:07 PM

Quote:

...Two hearts beat like four dancing feet

When they move to rhythm of love

And if you cant decide if youre dead or alive

You just need to feel that way once...
from "Breath of Love" by The David Mayfield Parade

footfootfoot 01-01-2012 03:09 PM

Many people tell you that they're your friend
You believe them
You need them
For what's round the river bend
Make sure that you're receiving the signals they send
'Cause brother you've only got two hands to lend
Maybe there's someone who makes you weep
And some nights loom up ahead
When you're asleep
Some days there's things on your mind you should keep
Sometimes it's tougher to look than to leap
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
One day the track that you're climbing gets steep
Your emotions are frayed
And your nerves are starting to creep
Just remember the days
As long as the time that you keep
Brother you better watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep

infinite monkey 01-01-2012 08:42 PM

A long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving
Oh the days go by so fast

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think that I could be forgiven
I wish you would

The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
All at once you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think you might come to California
I think you should

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2 a.m.
And talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her

And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass

And it's one more day up in the canyon
And it's one more night in Hollywood
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean
I guess I should

--Counting Crows

classicman 01-01-2012 10:33 PM

And the slightest confrontation
way dissolved before the start
each man
belonged
to each as one clear hand.
Asking only comfort creation
he divided to the heart
each man
open
set sights to new lands.

and do remember you

The first to venture
first to gain
exploring daylight
clearer than the Talloplanic view

and there they were inside
the Moorglade to move and to chant
all through force to position

as rhythm raced inside the ship came alive
and was struck to the soul of perception

and raised our head to space
beyond all the mass mountains
the sun they were headed
h e a d e d

Word of life rejoice the sunlight
course the flower to open wide
open
they ride
climb into the dark sky

such a moment kindly lingered
they set sail from Tallowcross

(A light to lead you
is taken from the massland to the East.
As words are spoken
all courage be the token
as the feast.)

Wide Eyed Removing
the precious moment we have seen..

infinite monkey 02-09-2012 07:55 AM

You wake up every morning looking for your answer
You're waiting for your sign
While Jeremiah's on his way to tell the people
But you watch him pass you by

You walk the streets at night still looking for your reason
But you don't wanna try
You swear the world has got you backed into a corner
But no one holds your hand to walk into a fight

You swear the light is gonna find you
But it can't find you when you're waiting all the time

You say, "keep my head from going down"
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Love, if you can hear this sound
Oh, just give me something, something to believe in

You spend your days alone still hopin' for the truth, oh
But all you hear are lies
But no one else is gonna tell you what to do now
No one else is gonna help you hold the line

Sometimes it's hard to keep on living
But you're the one who's got to know just when it's right

You say, "keep my head from going down"
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Love, if you can hear this sound
Oh, just give me something, something to believe in

Love, come take me now
Love, come take me now
Love, come take me now
Love, come take me, take me now

Something to Believe In--Parachute

Sundae 02-09-2012 10:49 AM

I like that Infi.
Went to hear it as a song on YouTube and liked it too.

infinite monkey 02-09-2012 10:52 AM

Thanks. :)

I heard it on the radio this morning and it sort of 'spoke' to me. ;)

infinite monkey 03-05-2012 12:09 PM

Once I thought I saw you
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer,
but you are just a dream,
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

--Neil Young, Like a Hurricane

Gravdigr 03-05-2012 04:58 PM

Quote:

Roamer, wanderer, nomad, vagabond
Call me what you will

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Carved upon my stone:
My body lies, but, still I roam
"Wherever I May Roam" ~Metallica

infinite monkey 03-12-2012 08:22 AM

Drive By

On the other side of a street I knew
Stood a girl that looked like you
This must be deja vu
But I thought this can’t be true
Cause you moved to west L.A or New York or Santa Fe
Or where ever to get away from me

Oh but that one night
Was more than just right
I didn’t leave you cause I was all through
Oh I was overwhelmed and frankly scared as hell
Because I really fell for you

Oh I swear to ya
I’ll be there for ya
This is not a drive by
Just a shy guy looking for a two ply
Hefty bag to hold my love
When you move me everything is groovy
They don’t like it sue me
The way you do me
Oh I swear to ya
I’ll be there for ya
This is not a drive by

On the other side of a downward spiral
My love for you went viral
And I loved you every mile you drove away
But now here you are again
So let’s skip the “how you been”
And get down to the “more than friends” at last

Oh but that one night
Is still the highlight
I didn’t leave you until I came to
Oh I was overwhelmed and frankly scared as hell
Because I really fell for you

--Train

Gravdigr 03-22-2012 04:29 PM

Quote:

The sky is crying
can you see the tears
roll down the street

I been lookin for my Baby
And I wonder
where can she be
~Stevie Ray Vaughan "The Sky Is Cryin'"

infinite monkey 05-21-2012 08:46 AM

"No More Lies"


I need you like you need me
Truly and completely
Never be apart
I think that you should tell me
Come right out and tell me
Just what's in your heart

And if you think that it's alright
Let's make a deal and work it out
We'll walk into the sunset you and I
With no more alibies
When we tell each other
No more lies

Well truth is my addiction
Stranger still than fiction
Wider than the sky
And songs that have such feeling
Words that have such meaning
Dreams that never die

And if you think that it's alright
Let's turn around and start again
We'll walk beside the ocean hand in hand
With no more alibies
When we tell each other
No more lies

I sometimes think that maybe
You're just a little girl
You know I love you baby
I've got to tell the world

So that's the final story
The truth in all it's glory
See how much I care
You know you drive me crazy
Thrill me and amaze me
Drive me to despair

And if you think that now feels right
Let's close the door and dim the light
We'll greet the dawn together side by side
Just look into my eyes
Cause you know I'll tell you
No more lies

--Moody Blues

infinite monkey 05-21-2012 09:51 AM

No One Would Listen

No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears.

Shamed into solitude
Shunned by the multitude

I learned to listen
In my dark, my heart heard music.

I longed to teach the world
Rise up and reach the world

No one would listen
I alone could hear the music

Then at last, a voice in the gloom
Seemed to cry "I hear you;

I hear your fears,
Your torment and your tears."

She saw my loneliness
Shared in my emptiness

No one would listen
No one but her

Heard as the outcast hears
No one would listen

No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears...

--from Phantom of the Opera

Gravdigr 05-21-2012 05:15 PM

Quote:

Sometimes I try to do things but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, and I get real frustrated and then like I try hard to do it, and I like, take my time but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to. It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out. And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out. It's like, I need time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going “hey mike, you know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know? You need to maybe get away. And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better.” And I'm all like “oh, nah, it's ok, you know. I'll figure it out. Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know? I'm just working on it by myself.” And they go “well, you know, if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know? And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it. So why don't you talk about it?” I go “no, I don't want to! I'm ok. I'll figure it out myself!” But they just keep bugging me, they just keep bugging me, and it builds up inside.

So you're gonna be institutionalized.
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes.
You won't have anything to say.
They'll brainwash you until you see their way.

I'm not crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!
You're the one that's crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!
You're driving me crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!

They stuck me in an institution,
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help to protect me from the enemy, myself.

I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my mom came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming “Mike, Mike!” And I go “what? What's the matter?” She goes “what's the matter with you?” I go “there's nothing wrong, mom.” Shes all “don't tell me that! You're on drugs!” I go “no mom, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “mom, I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “mom, just get me a Pepsi! Please, all I want is a Pepsi!” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!

They give you a white shirt with long sleeves!
Tied around your back, you're treated like thieves!
Drug you up because they're lazy!
It's too much work to help a crazy!

I'm not crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!
You're the one who's crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!
You're driving me crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!

They stuck me in an institution,
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help, to protect me from the enemy, myself.

I'm sitting in my room, when my mom and my dad came in. they pulled up a chair and they sat down. They go “mike, we need to talk to you.” And I go “ok, what's the matter?” They go “me and your mom, we've noticed that lately you've been having a lot of problems, and you've been going off for no reason, and we're afraid you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid you're going to hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.” And I go “wait, what are you talking about, WE decided? MY best interests? How do you know what MY best interest is? How can you say what MY best interest is? What are you trying to say? I'M crazy? When I went to YOUR schools, I went to YOUR churches, I went to YOUR institutional learning facilities? So how can you say I'M crazy?”

They say they're gonna fix my brain.
Alleviate my suffering and my pain.
But by the time they fix my head,
Mentally I'll be dead.

I'm not crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!
You're the one who's crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!
You're driving me crazy - IN AN INSTITUTION!!!

They stuck me in an institution,
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help, to protect me from the enemy, myself.

Doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyways.

~Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized"

jimhelm 05-28-2012 11:52 AM

excerpted from 10,000 days part2 ( Wings for Marie )

Marie was his mother, I think.

Quote:

And this little light of mine, a gift you passed on to me
I'm gonna let it shine
to guide you safely on your way.

Your way home...

Oh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down?
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun?
Other than tremble incessantly.

High is the way,
but our eyes are upon the ground.
You are the light and the way.
They'll only read about.
I only pray heaven knows,
when to lift you out.

10,000 days in the fire is long enough.
You're going home...

You're the only one who can hold your head up high.
Shake your fist at the gates saying,
"I have come home now...!"
Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father.
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.

"It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my
Give me my wings...!"
This is TOOL, but it has a distinct tantric Pink FLoydness about it. This one I used to skip, but it done grew on me. The last lines quoted here are what caught my attention. It's time now! My Time now!



Urbane Guerrilla 06-04-2012 09:52 AM

Someday We'll See Them
 
9/8 time.

Darkness is fading, the day it is dawning
The fields they are empty, nae workers today.
Farmers and young men all have been going
To battles in lands that lie far away.

Yet one day we'll see them come by the hillside
Husbands and sons will return to their homes.
Yet still my heart bleeds; the price of their young pride
Their widows and sweethearts left sadly to mourn.

The call when it came found their menfolk aye ready,
Each knew the reasons or that's what they thought.
Then came the doubting but still they were steady
Slow dying in cold clay a'cursing their lot.

Yet one day we'll see them, there on the hillside
Though knowing in hearts they are but a gleam.
The grief in the long glen, the gloom at the fireside
Will pass like a Spring breeze that never has been.


--Alex Campbell

The lyrics are tough to find by title on the net. I had to pull these searching under the pipe-tune name, "Battle of the Somme" on Mudcat.org. The recording I've got, an anthology album, has some small variations in the words -- "minnies" for "widows," "and cursing" for "a'cursing" here.

anonymous 10-15-2012 10:52 AM

"Love Is Not Enough"


The more that we take
The paler we get
I can't remember what it is
We try to forget
The tile on the floor
So cold it can sting
In your eyes is a place
Worth remembering

For you to go and take this, to smash it apart
I've gone all this fucking way
To wind up back at
Back at the start

[Chorus:]
Hey, the closer we think we are
Well it only got us so far
Now you got anything left to show
No no I didn't think so
Hey, the sooner we realize
We cover ourselves with lies
But underneath we're not so tough
And love is not enough

Well it hides in the dark
Like the withering vein
We didn't give it a mouth
So it cannot complain
It never really had a chance
We'd never really make it through
I never think I'd believed
I believed I could get better with you

Nine Inch Nails

anonymous 10-15-2012 11:14 AM

Nothing to Lose


Need more friends with wings
All the angels I know
Put concrete in my veins
I'd always walk home alone
So I became lifeless
Just like my telephone

There's nothing to lose
When no one knows your name
There's nothing to gain
But the days don't seem to change

Never played truth or dare
I'd have to check my mirror
To see if I'm still here
My parents had no clue
That I ate all my lunches
Alone in the bathroom

There's nothing to lose
When no one knows your name
There's nothing to gain
But the days don't seem to change
There's nothing to lose
My notebook will explain
There's nothing to gain
And I can't fight the pain

Teacher said it's just a phase
When I grow up my children
Will probably do the same
Kids just love to tease
Who knew it'd put me under ground
At seventeen

There's nothing to lose
When no one knows your name
There's nothing to gain
But the days don't seem to change
There's nothing to lose
My notebook will explain
There's nothing to gain
And I can't fight the pain
There's nothing to lose
When no one knows your name
There's nothing to gain
My notebook will explain
There's nothing to lose
When no one knows your name
There's nothing to gain
And I just died today

Billy Talent


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