Favorite lyrics?

[Seareach]

Sea,
That song sounds good in samples, but can only find live performances that I usually shy away from. Will have to keep looking for a studio version

I'm not sure I've ever heard the studio version. It was a gorgeous live performance I used to listen to...but can't find it on youtube unfortunately.



And now for a song that I think kinda works for how I'm feeling right at this moment in time.


I must be crazy
I can't see straight anymore
I'm ten feet from your door

Surprise, dear
You both don't know
That I'm here watching alone
My worst fear, now I'm home

Such a cruel,
Such a cruel heart
Such a cruel, cruel heart

Her eyes they shine on you
While I stay under the august moon
And I pray sleep comes soon

Why did I come here?
Look what you've undone, dear
Once two, now one here

Just a cruel,
Just a cruel heart
Just a cruel, cruel heart

I know what I'm gonna say
When I go
Who I'm gonna blame
In this pain, in this goodbye
And I'm brave, broken down
And I crave the very ground
That I'm slave to
And I'll cry on

I'm ten feet from your door
My heart beat, not anymore
I'm empty and not yours

Just a cruel,
Just a cruel heart
Just a cruel, cruel, cruel heart
Just a cruel, cruel heart

[Orlion]

There's a part of Rush's 2112 that's always been a favorite of mine as far as lyrics are concerned (excellent song overall, one of my favorites!):

The sleep is still in my eyes
The dream is still in my head
I heave a sigh and sadly smile
And lie a while in bed
I wish that it might come to past,
Not fade like all my dreams...

Love that part!

[Cagliostro]

Untouchable Face - Ani Difranco

Think I'm going for a walk now
I feel a little unsteady
I don't want nobody to follow me
'cept maybe you
I could make you happy you know
If you weren't already
I could do a lot of things
and I do

Tell you the truth I prefer
The worst of you
Too bad you had to have a better half
She's not really my type
But I think you two are forever
And I hate to say it but
You're perfect together

So fuck you
And your untouchable face
And fuck you
For existing in the first place
And who am I
That I should be vying for your touch
And who am I
I bet you can't even tell me that much

Two-thirty in the morning
And my gas tank will be empty soon
Neon sign on the horizon
Rubbing elbows with the moon
A safe haven of sleeplessness
Where the deep fryer's always on
Radio is counting down
The top 20 country songs
And out on the porch the fly strip is
Waving like a flag in the wind
Y'know, I don't look forward
To seeing you again soon
You'll look like a photograph of yourself
Taken from far far away
And I won't know what to do
And I won't know what to say

Except fuck you
And your untouchable face
And fuck you
For existing in the first place
And who am I
That I should be vying for your touch
And who am I
I bet you can't even tell me that much

I see you and I'm so perplexed
What was I thinking
What will I think of next
Where can I hide
In the back room there's a lamp
That hangs over the pool table
And when the fan is on it swings
Gently side to side
There's a changing constellation
Of balls as we are playing
I see Orion and say nothing
The only thing i can think of saying

Is fuck you
And your untouchable face
And fuck you
For existing in the first place
And who am I
That I should be vying for your touch
And who am I
I bet you can't even tell me that much

[Cagliostro]

You Will Be Born - Jane Siberry

[One:] You will be born into a strange and desolate place

[Two:] It will be called "The Average Home"

[Three:] The times will be restless and full of uncertainty.

[Four:] It will be full of violence. The end of the century.

[Five:] You will silently question this of your mother as you drink your milk, and you watch her move away

[Six:] And there will be no answer

[Seven:] You will begin the long process of shutting down

[Eight:] Your countenance will reflect less light and later when you look at pictures of yourself

[Nine:] You will wonder

[Ten:] You will give up your backbone to the T.V. and you will accept a value system

[Eleven:] Putting forth lies and hatred and intolerance as acceptable in the name of love

[Twelve:] No one will step forward from the shadows saying, "Expect this. It's part of the Path"

[Thirteen:] You will discover drugs and alcohol

[Fourteen:] And you will have a good time

[Fifteen:] You will have a good time for a long, long time

[Sixteen:] And you will have a good, good time for a long, long, oh way too long time

[Seventeen:] And you will rush headlong towards your

[Eighteen:] Bottom Line in an instinctive attempt to heal yourself

[Nineteen:] You will finally go to AA to learn what you should have learned in Sunday School

[Twenty:] And then you will give yourself permission to cry. And you will cry and cry

[Twenty-One:] And your friends will move away nervously

[Twenty-Two:] And you'll feel like a fool

[Twenty-Three:] And you will be alone,
and no one will step forward
from the shadows saying
"The journey forward includes movement
Through despair and darkness"
And you will be gathering strength
even if you don't understand
And certain words like LOVE and...
Integrity and Intensity
will be drawn into your spine.

And then one day...

You will look up
And you will look over
You will look up
and you will look over
And you will get up
And you will go over
And you will turn off the T.V....

Precious candles
your light is your own

[Cagliostro]

Sorry for the triple postings.

Love Is Everything - Jane Siberry

Maybe it was to learn how to love
Maybe it was to learn how to leave
Maybe it was for the games we played
Maybe it was to learn how to choose
Maybe it was to learn how to lose
Maybe it was for the love we made

Love is everything they said it would be
Love made sweet and sad the same
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
You're chickening out aren't you?
You're banging on the beach like an old tin drum
I can't wait 'til you make
The whole kingdom come
So I'm leaving

Maybe it was to learn how to fight
Maybe it was for the lesson in pride
Maybe it was the cowboys ways
Maybe it was to learn not to lie
Maybe it was to learn how to cry
Maybe it was for the love we made

Love is everything they said it would be
Love did not hold back the reins
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
You're chickening out aren't you?
You're banging on the beach like an old tin drum
I can't wait 'til you make
The whole kingdom come
So I'm leaving

First he turns to you
Then he turns to her
So you try to hurt him back
But it breaks your body down
So you try to love bigger
Bigger still
But it...it's too late

So take a lesson from the strangeness you feel
And know you'll never be the same
And find it in your heart to kneel down and say
I gave my love didn't I?
And I gave it big...sometimes
And I gave it in my own sweet time
I'm just leaving

Love is everything...

[StevieG]

That's freaky. I was just about to kick off a thread on 'hate' songs and Ani diFranco was the 1st one I was going to use - I love that song! Bugger it, I'll do it anyway...

[Endymion9]

Living In A Land of Make Believe
Justin Heyward

We're living in a land of make-believe
And trying not to let it show
Maybe in that land of make-believe
Heartaches can turn into joy

We're breathing in the smoke of high and low
We're taking up a lot of room
Somewhere in the dark and silent night
Our prayer will be heard
Make it soon

So fly little bird
Up into the clear blue sky
And carry the word
Love's the only reason why, why

Open all the shutters on your windows
Unlock all the locks upon your doors
Brush away the cobwebs from your daydreams
No secrets come between us anymore

Oh, say it's true
Only love can see you through
You know what love can do to you

New Horizons
Justin Heyward

Well I've had dreams enough for one
And I've got love enough for three
I have my hopes to comfort me
I got my new horizons out to sea

But I'm never gonna lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
'Cause I know I'm going to find
My own peace of mind
Someday...

Where is this place that we have found
Nobody knows where we are bound
I long to hear, I need to see
'Cause I've shed tears too many for me

But I'm never gonna lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
'Cause I know I'm going to find my peace of mind
Someday...

On the wind soaring free
Spread your wings
I'm beginning to see
Out of mind far from view
Beyond the reach of the nightmare come true

Well I've had dreams enough for one
And I got love enough for three
I have my hopes to comfort me
I got my new horizons out to sea

But I'm never gonna lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
'Cause I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind
Someday, some way...

[Seareach]

Today...suddenly...I burst out with the lyrics "Ti amo...oh how I love you so..." which then kinda had me thinking "what was that song" and as the lyrics slowly came to me I thought to myself "OMG, they're some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard!"...but way back when...well, I think I cried to this song <cringe>

So, I'd like everyone to raise their lighters and provide a flame, while singing with me Laura Branigan's Ti Amo...

...and if you start singing it you're not allowed to stop until we get to the very end...

[and for those who want to do it karaoke-style here's Laura singing it so you can sing along with her www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLjthKdM63I

...ready.....

...are you sure you're ready...

...ok...here goes nothin'.....


Ti amo
God how I love you so
My heart just won't let go
Day after day I'm still holdin' on
Even though you're gone

Ti amo
Wasn't I good to you?
I did all that I could do
To make you want to be here with me
I thought you loved me
I can't believe you could just turn and leave
Did it so easily
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can't you see that I just want you back?

Ti amo
I never had a clue that I was losin' you
You never once let me know you were lettin' me go
Oh, I guess it was there in your eyes
Guess it was there in your sighs
Guess it was there in your lies
I was blind then
Couldn't face the end

Ti amo
Thought we'd go on and on
Thought we had something strong
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can't you see that I just want you back?

Ti amo
God how I love you so
My heart just won't let go
Day after day I'm still holdin' on
Even though you're gone
Guess it was there in your eyes
Guess it was there in your sighs
Guess it was there in your lies
I was blind then
Couldn't face the end

Ti amo
Thought we'd go on and on
Thought we had something strong
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can't you see that I just want you back?

Ti amo
wasn't I good to you?
Did all that I could do
To make you want to be here with me
I thought you loved me
I can't believe you could just turn and leave
Did it so easily
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me

Ti amo
God how I love you so
My heart just won't let go
Day after day I'm still holdin' on
Even though you're gone ...

[lucimay]

for some reason i feel fortunate i don't know this song!!!

[Cagliostro]

Today...suddenly...I burst out with the lyrics "Ti amo...oh how I love you so..." which then kinda had me thinking "what was that song" and as the lyrics slowly came to me I thought to myself "OMG, they're some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard!"...but way back when...well, I think I cried to this song <cringe>

I think the most embarrassing song I ever let loose a tear too while singing along is "Can't Fight This Feeling" from REO Speedwagon. And I didn't even like REO Speedwagon (and never have). Now, I think it beats Kraft dinner for the title of The Cheesiest.

[Endymion9]

Confession hour continues:
I used to hum along to You Light Up My Life by Debi Boone.

[Seareach]

Confession hour continues:
I used to hum along to You Light Up My Life by Debi Boone.

There's some things one should not confess to!


Now for something completely different...



Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing,
And the corn it ripens fastest when the frost is settling in,
And when a woman tells me my face she'll soon forget,
Before we'll part, I'll wage a croon, she's fain to follow't yet.

Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing,
And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring;
But when spring goes, and winter blows, my lassie you'll be fain,
For all your pride, to follow me across the stormy main.

Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing,
And the bee that flew when summer shone, in winter cannot sting;
I've seen a woman's anger melt betwixt the night and morn,
Oh it's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn.

Oh, never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive,
And you shall set me to the stile and kiss and take your leave;
I'll stay until the curlew calls and the martlet takes his wing,
Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing.

[Cagliostro]

A sudden new favorite

Renew My Subscription - They Might Be Giants

Though I don't write a whole lot of letters
I figured I'd better say something now
I saw the thing about the heartsick shut-in
Thought that I should cut in
And tell you 'bout how

It woke me from a life-long day dream
While I'd been aging you wrote it all down
And though I recognized the words when I read them
I know I never said them to people out loud

Renew my subscription
To Desperate Bellowing magazine
It sure does have a familiar ring
You might say I fit the description
Renew my subscription
To Miserable Freak Show quarterly
Every back-number I saw spoke to me
Acknowledging it's my addiction
Renew my subscription

I wanna be a much better person
Instead I worsen with every day
But there's a drug whose name I'm not sure of
Which I need more of to feel okay

They told me exercise and diet
If I would try it, would cure my ills
But though I'm already past my quota
I want another load o' those magic pills

Refill my prescription
To whatever that thing is
That makes the carpet stop turning into snakes
In lieu of my coming conniption
Refill my prescription
And free me from where I don't want to be
Standing outside the unopened pharmacy
Before I confirm your prediction
Refill my prescription

[KimberlyCrawley]

One More Time To Live lyrics
Moody Blues

Look out of my window
See the world passing by
See the look in her eye

One more time to live and I have made it mine
Leave the wise to write for they write worldly rhymes

And he who wants to fight begins the end of time...
For I have riches more than these
For I have riches more than these

Desolation
Creation
Tell me someone why there's only confusion
Evolution
Tell me someone that this is all an illusion
Pollution
Tell me someone
Saturation
Tell me someone
Population
Annihilation
Revolution
Tell me someone why this talk of revolution
Confusion
Tell me someone when we're changing evolution
Illusion
Tell me someone
Conclusion
Tell me someone
Starvation
Degredation
Humiliation
Contemplation
Changes in my life
Inspiration
Elation
Changes in my life
Salvation
Changes in my life
Communication
Compassion
Solution

Look out on the hedgerow
As the world rushes by
Hear the birds sign a sigh


One more tree will fall how strong the growing vine
Turn the earth to sand and still permit no crime
How one thought will live provide the others die
For I have riches more than these
For I have riches more than these


Great Lyrics.

[Menolly]

One More Time To Live lyrics
Moody Blues

Look out of my window
See the world passing by
See the look in her eye...

I'm happy.

Of course, my next favorite track(s) off of Every Good Boy Deserves Favor is the better known Procession/The Story in Your Eyes, which starts off the theme continued in One More Time To Live:

I've been thinking 'bout our fortune
And I've decided that we're really not to blame
For the love that's deep inside us now
Is still the same

And the sound we make together
Is the music to the story in your eyes
It's been shining down upon me now
I realize

Listen to the tide slowly turning
Wash all our heartaches away
We're part of the fire that is burning
And from the ashes we can build another day

But I'm frightened for the children
And that the life that we are living is in vain
And the sunshine we've been waiting for
Will turn to rain

Listen to the tide slowly turning
Wash all our heartaches away
We're part of the fire that is burning
And from the ashes we can build another day

But I'm frightened for the children
And that the life that we are living is in vain
And the sunshine we've been waiting for
Will turn to rain

When the final line is over
And it's certain that the curtain's gonna fall
I can hide inside your sweet sweet love
For ever more

[KimberlyCrawley]

Menolly.....that's a great one....I love it!

[Endymion9]

When I was growing up (a teenager) I used to watch a story or read a story where two people loved each other but circumstances got in the way. And one or the other would never find a way to tell the other person how they really felt. They would let circumstances stop them. I vowed I would never let that happen. Even if it did no good would always say the words. This song reminds me of that feeling.


A Message by Coldplay

My song is love
Love to the loveless shown
And it goes up
You don't have to be alone
Your heavy heart
Is made of stone
And it's so hard to see you clearly
You don't have to be on your own
You don't have to be on your own

And I'm not gonna take it back
And I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
You're the target that I'm aiming at
Got to get that message home

My song is love
My song is love, unknown
But I'm on fire for you, clearly
You don't have to be alone
You don't have to be on your own

And I'm not gonna take it back
And I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
You're the target that I'm aiming at
And I'm nothing on my own
Got to get that message home

And I'm not gonna stand and wait
Not gonna leave it until it's much too late
On a platform I'm gonna stand and say
That I'm nothing on my own
And I love you, please come home

My song is love, is love unknown
And I've got to get that message home

[KimberlyCrawley]

When I went to the taping of Lyrics and Legends to see Justin Hayward we got the added bonus of seeing Matt Scannell from Vertical Horizons. He did a song which blew me away and now the new album is OUT: Here's the song he did at that show:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAf5nrt4ytQ

[KimberlyCrawley]

Here's the album version
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mH5pO6O-Og

and the lyrics:


Save Me From Myself lyrics

The clouds are rollin´ in
We´ll watch them
The waves are strong
The boat is gone
I hope they´re swimming

Little boy lost in woods
Where´s the clearing?
The town is out
They´re calling loud
But he´s not hearing

It seems to me I´m always miles away
Looking for my old face

Save me from myself
I can´t relate
We´re mouth to mouth
And still I suffocate
There´s nothing left
Inside for me to break
Save me from myself

The bullet in the yard
Slowly rusting
The bottles crack
The kid´s come back
And I´m just looking

The wine is on the floor
The candles flicker
Your eyes fall
And I´m apalled
It´s all just cinder

That seems to me we´re always miles apart
Trying to find another place to start

Save me from myself
I can´t relate
We´re mouth to mouth
And still I suffocate
There´s nothing left
Inside for me to break
Save me from myself

The sailors never left
They knew the weather
When they were found
They were having drinks together

They found a little boy in the grocery
Happy ending´s all around
And still they haunt me

Save me from myself
I can´t relate
We´re mouth to mouth
And still I suffocate
There´s nothing left
Inside of me to break
Save me from myself

Save me from myself
There´s nothing left inside me
There´s nothing left

[Endymion9]

Nice one Kimberly! Had missed that they had a 2009 release. Loved Everything You Want and Go. Severely underrated band.

I love songs with strong emotions.

"Bruised But Not Broken"
Joss Stone

Been alot that I've been through
I cried a tear a time or two
Baby, you know I cried some over you, yeah
Had my heart kicked to the ground
Love ripped me up and tore me down, baby

But that ain't enough to break me
Cuz I'll rise above it
And I'll pick myself up
And I'll dust the pain off my heart

And I'll be alright
And I'll love again
And the wounds will mend
I'm bruised but not broken
And the pain will fade
I'll get back on my feet
It's not the end of me
My heart is still open
I'm bruised but not broken

Been alot of tears stained nights
I thought the tears were here for life, baby
The hurt came on and held on tight, yeah
Took a chance, I took a fall
Love broke my heart and shattered all my dreams
But I won't be down on my knees
Cuz I'll rise above it
And I'll pick myself up
And I'll shake the rain out of my heart

And I'll be alright
And I'll love again
And the wounds will mend
I'm bruised but not broken
And the pain will fade
I'll get back on my feet
It's not the end of me
My heart is still open
I'm bruised but not broken

Gonna pick my heart up
Take my life back
Shake the hurt away
Pull myself together, put the pieces back in place
I learned love's so hard
Love left my soul scarred
I was shattered inside

And I'll be alright
And I'll love again
And the wounds will mend
I'm bruised but not broken
And the pain will fade
I'll get back on my feet
It's not the end of me
My heart is still open
I'm bruised but not broken