Lyrics with meaning - Page 4

Jeff · 04-18-2003, 12:20 PM

Many miles awaaaaaay.

Couldn't possibly pick a favorite.

Nobody but us in here, nobody but us.

Griff · 07-15-2003, 04:24 PM

The Randall Knife (Guy Clark)

My father had a Randall knife
My mother gave it to him
When he went off to WWII
To save us all from ruin
If you've ever held a Randall knife
Then you know my father well
If a better blade was ever made
It was probably forged in hell

My father was a good man
A lawyer by his trade
And only once did I ever see
Him misuse the blade
It almost cut his thumb off
When he took it for a tool
The knife was made for darker things
And you could not bend the rules

He let me take it camping once
On a Boy Scout jamboree
And I broke a half an inch off
Trying to stick it in a tree
I hid it from him for a while
But the knife and he were one
He put it in his bottom drawer
Without a hard word one

There it slept and there it stayed
For twenty some odd years
Sort of like Excalibur
Except waiting for a tear

My father died when I was forty
And I couldn't find a way to cry
Not because I didn't love him
Not because he didn't try
I'd cried for every lesser thing
Whiskey, pain and beauty
But he deserved a better tear
And I was not quite ready

So we took his ashed out to sea
And poured `em off the stern
And threw the roses in the wake
Of everything we'd learned
When we got back to the house
They asked me what I wanted
Not the lawbooks not the watch
I need the things he's haunted

My hand burned for the Randall knife
There in the bottom drawer
And I found a tear for my father's life
And all that it stood for

slang · 11-09-2003, 08:35 PM

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

tonksy · 11-09-2003, 09:47 PM

ooh...the verve...great song.

slang · 11-09-2003, 10:30 PM

spooky group, good song. The one good song, far as I know.

elSicomoro · 11-09-2003, 10:55 PM

Wow, slang hip on The Verve? Who knew?

slang · 11-09-2003, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sycamore
Wow, slang hip on The Verve?

I dont get out much now but I used to get out often.

perth · 11-10-2003, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by slang
spooky group, good song. The one good song, far as I know.

Have you heard the album that song is from? I think thats one of the weaker songs on that disc (minority opinion). 'Sonnet' is my favourite song by The Verve. Same disc. Listen to it.

Undertoad · 11-10-2003, 09:23 AM

Verve fans may also enjoy Starsailor. That is all

slang · 11-10-2003, 10:00 AM

The CD with BSS on it was not great IMO. I remember hearing the song Sonnet. Thats the only other tune that sounds familiar though.

The Verve "experiement" was an attempt to listen to something other than Jock Jams 1,2 & 3.

BSS was getting a lot of airplay at a time that was tough for me personally. I listen to it now mainly as a reminder that things change and possibly improve.

tonksy · 11-10-2003, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by perth

'Sonnet' is my favourite song by The Verve.

ooh ooh...me too! very cool.

Torrere · 11-10-2003, 05:22 PM

Enigma - Silence Must Be Heard

People talk too much, for what they have to say
Words, without a meaning, just fading away

Silence must be heard!

Chewbaccus · 11-11-2003, 12:52 PM

I have snippets of song lyrics scrawled all over the back of my binder - a useful bored-in-class hobby. Here's my two favorites:

"The north is to south
What the clock is to time.
There's east and there's west
And there's everywhere life.
I know I was born and
I know that I'll die.
The in-between is mine.
I am mine." - Pearl Jam, "I Am Mine"

--and--

"Money is the key to end all your woes
Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
Won't you tell me the last time that love bought ya clothes?
It's like that, and that's the way it is." - Run-D.M.C. - "It's Like That"

tonksy · 11-13-2003, 06:46 PM

if you have never heard the acoustic version of this song i HIGHLY recommend it....amazing.

don't follow - alice in chains

Hey, I ain't never coming home
Hey, I'll just wander my own road
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow
Say goodbye don't follow
Misery so hollow
Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle
Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeah
Hey you, you can't shake me round now
I get so lost and don't know how, yeah
And it hurts to care, I'm going down
Forgot my woman, lost my friends
Things I'd done and where I've been
Sleep in sweat the mirrors cold
See my face it's growin' old
Scared to death no reason why
Do whatever to get me by
Think about the things I said
Read the page it's cold and dead
Take me home (5x)
Say goodbye Don't follow

JeepNGeorge · 11-29-2003, 12:05 AM

Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave
Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you?
Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school?

When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool?
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways
And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days

Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believe in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
that God is the only way to love

Is your mind so small that you have to fall
In with the pack wherever they run
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say they may as well worship the sun?

I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ
I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced
Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe?
You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve

Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone
Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one
The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate
Or will you still jeer at all you hear? Yes! I think it's too late.

-- Black Sabbath, yes Ozzy and THAT Black Sabbath

07-15-2003, 04:24 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The Randall Knife (Guy Clark) My father had a Randall knife My mother gave it to him When he went off to WWII To save us all from ruin If you've ever held a Randall knife Then you know my father well If a better blade was ever made It was probably forged in hell My father was a good man A lawyer by his trade And only once did I ever see Him misuse the blade It almost cut his thumb off When he took it for a tool The knife was made for darker things And you could not bend the rules He let me take it camping once On a Boy Scout jamboree And I broke a half an inch off Trying to stick it in a tree I hid it from him for a while But the knife and he were one He put it in his bottom drawer Without a hard word one There it slept and there it stayed For twenty some odd years Sort of like Excalibur Except waiting for a tear My father died when I was forty And I couldn't find a way to cry Not because I didn't love him Not because he didn't try I'd cried for every lesser thing Whiskey, pain and beauty But he deserved a better tear And I was not quite ready So we took his ashed out to sea And poured `em off the stern And threw the roses in the wake Of everything we'd learned When we got back to the house They asked me what I wanted Not the lawbooks not the watch I need the things he's haunted My hand burned for the Randall knife There in the bottom drawer And I found a tear for my father's life And all that it stood for __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-09-2003, 09:47 PM	#4
tonksy 100:10100 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: louisiana Posts: 96	ooh...the verve...great song. __________________ ...with all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane...

11-11-2003, 12:52 PM	#13
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	I have snippets of song lyrics scrawled all over the back of my binder - a useful bored-in-class hobby. Here's my two favorites: "The north is to south What the clock is to time. There's east and there's west And there's everywhere life. I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in-between is mine. I am mine." - Pearl Jam, "I Am Mine" --and-- "Money is the key to end all your woes Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows Won't you tell me the last time that love bought ya clothes? It's like that, and that's the way it is." - Run-D.M.C. - "It's Like That" __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

11-13-2003, 06:46 PM	#14
tonksy 100:10100 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: louisiana Posts: 96	if you have never heard the acoustic version of this song i HIGHLY recommend it....amazing. don't follow - alice in chains Hey, I ain't never coming home Hey, I'll just wander my own road Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow Say goodbye don't follow Misery so hollow Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeah Hey you, you can't shake me round now I get so lost and don't know how, yeah And it hurts to care, I'm going down Forgot my woman, lost my friends Things I'd done and where I've been Sleep in sweat the mirrors cold See my face it's growin' old Scared to death no reason why Do whatever to get me by Think about the things I said Read the page it's cold and dead Take me home (5x) Say goodbye Don't follow __________________ ...with all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane...

11-29-2003, 12:05 AM	#15
JeepNGeorge Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Where am I? Posts: 139	After Forever Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved? Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you? Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school? When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool? Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool? Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say If they knew you believe in God above? They should realize before they criticize that God is the only way to love Is your mind so small that you have to fall In with the pack wherever they run Will you still sneer when death is near And say they may as well worship the sun? I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe? You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate Or will you still jeer at all you hear? Yes! I think it's too late. -- Black Sabbath, yes Ozzy and THAT Black Sabbath

04-18-2003, 12:20 PM	#1
Jeff behind blue eyes Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 123 Dogwood Tree Lane Posts: 2	Many miles awaaaaaay. Couldn't possibly pick a favorite. Nobody but us in here, nobody but us.

11-09-2003, 08:35 PM	#3
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	No change, I can change I can change, I can change But I'm here in my mold I am here in my mold But I'm a million different people from one day to the next I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no

11-09-2003, 10:30 PM	#5
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	spooky group, good song. The one good song, far as I know.

11-09-2003, 10:55 PM	#6
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Wow, slang hip on The Verve? Who knew?

11-10-2003, 09:23 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Verve fans may also enjoy Starsailor. That is all

11-10-2003, 10:00 AM	#10
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	The CD with BSS on it was not great IMO. I remember hearing the song Sonnet. Thats the only other tune that sounds familiar though. The Verve "experiement" was an attempt to listen to something other than Jock Jams 1,2 & 3. BSS was getting a lot of airplay at a time that was tough for me personally. I listen to it now mainly as a reminder that things change and possibly improve.

11-10-2003, 05:22 PM	#12
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Enigma - Silence Must Be Heard People talk too much, for what they have to say Words, without a meaning, just fading away Silence must be heard!

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