Favorite lyrics?

[Sorus]

They're just names and what of it
You play the game and you call it your own
And you won't recover
Until you know that you can go it alone
And it's the fear that drives us
Reaching down when we've all given up
And there are no guidelines
It is a game of never enough

Blindfolded and it feels like flying
I can't see anything at all
My heart's racing and my mind's on fire
I toss this phone and ignore that call
Ignore that call

Well the flames they hover
Under every waking moment you own
And you may rise above it
It's just a stage you will never outgrow
And you may learn to love it
A gambler's heart never gets cold
And it will make you suffer
Breaking your heart
But not breaking your bones

Blindfolded and it feels like flying
I can't see anything at all
My heart's racing and my mind's on fire
I toss the phone and ignore that call

Well it's a shaky state of grace
I hope you understand it
I cannot explain
I barely comprehend
And I refuse to be swayed by your demands and
I will ride this state of grace
And take my chances

Well the flames they hover
Under every waking moment you own
And you won't recover
Trying to claim every stone that you've thrown
Is it for good or better
Doesn't matter just don't want it to stop
And it's the flight that saves me
Doesn't matter if it never pays off
And you won't discover the name of the game
‘Til you go it alone
And it will make you suffer
Breaking your heart but not breaking your bones
But not breaking your bones

[danlo]

This is, probably, the third time I've posted this here, but I've had it going through my head today and it's SUCH a fantastic song-

Todd Rundgren Zen Archer lyrics

Pretty bird with feathers falling
Pretty as a lady calling
For her pink and midnight lover
As she stares into the water
And a yellow moon is rising
And there can't be no disguising
That the pretty bird is dying
With a silver arrow lying at its side
Rivers of blood,
oceans of tears,
life without death,
and death without reason
To the whole United Nations,
To your greatest expectations
To the moment that you realize
As a dark figure slips from out of the shadow
Pretty bird closes its eyes, pretty bird dies
Another pretty thing dead on the end of the shaft
Of the Zen Archer
A man in parts forgotten
With an outlook that is rotten
And an attitude to match it
Finds relief inside a hatchet
And he halved someone in Boulder
Justifiability is in the hands of the beholder
And you just don't know what people will do next
Mountains of pain,
valleys of love,
death without life,
and life without meaning
To the promise kept and broken
To the love that's never spoken
Just as surely as I'm in your ears
A dark figure slips from out of the shadow

[lucimay]

heh. nice one danlo!

woke up with bob in my head today...

I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.

Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya -
Love and treat ya right.
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads!
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed - /fadeout/

[[Syl]]

More spoken word than lyrics, but...

Steve Earle, "Warrior"

This is the best time of the day—the dawn
The final cleansing breath unsullied yet
By acrid fume or death’s cacophony
The rank refuse of unchained ambition
And pray, deny me not but know me now,
Your faithful retainer stands resolute
To serve his liege lord without recompense
Perchance to fall and perish namelessly
No flag-draped bier or muffled drum to set
The cadence for a final dress parade
But it was not always thus—remember?
Once you worshipped me and named me a god
In many tongues and made offering lest
I exact too terrible a tribute

Take heed for I am weary, ancient
And decrepit now and my time grows short
There are no honorable frays to join

Only mean death dealt out in dibs and dabs
Or horror unleashed from across oceans
Assail me not with noble policy
For I care not at all for platitude
And surrender such tedious detail
To greater minds than mine and nimbler tongues
Singular in their purpose and resolve
And presuming to speak for everyman

Oh, for another time, a distant field
And there a mortal warrior’s lonely grave
But duty charges me remain until
The end the last battle of the last war
Until that ‘morrow render unto me
That which is mine my stipend well deserved
The fairest flower of your progeny
Your sons, your daughters your hopes and your dreams
The cruel consequence of your conceit

[danlo]

This song has to be on the LFB soundtrack, has to:

Fall

Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath, it's far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now's your chance to run for cover

I don't wanna change the world
I just wanna leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere

All is lost again
But I'm not giving in

I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away

Fall

Watch the end through dying eyes
Now the dark is taking over
Show me where forever dies
Take the fall and run to Heaven

All is lost again
But I'm not giving in

I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I'll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fate
I will shut the world away

I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I'll survive; paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fate
I will shut the world away

[sgt.null]

You act like you were just born tonight
Face down in a memory but feeling alright
So who does your past belong to today
Baby you don't say nothing when your feeling this way

Girls in the bars thinking who is this guy
But they don't think nothing when they're telling you lies
You look so careless when they're shooting that bull
Don't you know heartaches are heros when their pockets are full

Tell me your trying to cure a seven year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say when is he gonna give us some room
The girls say, God, I hope he comes back soon

Everybody's talkin' but you don't hear a thing
Still uptown on your downhill swing
Boulevards empty why don't you come around
Baby what's so great about sleeping downtown

There's plenty of dives to be someone you're not
Just say you're looking for something you might have forgot
Don't bother calling to say you're leaving alone
'Cause there's a fool on every corner when you're trying to get home

Just tell 'em your trying to cure a seven year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say when is he gonna give us some room
The girls say, God, I hope he comes back soon

Tell me your trying to cure a seven year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say when is he gonna give us some room
The girls say, God, I hope he comes back soon

[danlo]

Good one Sarge! I miss Roseanne--for some reason I always want to hear this song after that one.

[Endymion9]

Flags
Brooke Fraser


Come, tell me your trouble
I'm not your answer
But I'm a listening ear

Reality has left you reeling
All facts and no feeling
No faith and all fear

I don't know why a good man will fall
While a wicked one stands
And our lives blow about
Like flags on the land

Who's at fault is not important
Good intentions lie dormant
And we're all to blame

While apathy acts like an ally
My enemy and I are one and the same


I don't know why the innocents fall
While the monsters still stand
And our lives blow about
Like flags on the land

I don't know why our words are so proud

Yet their promise soothing
And our lives blow about
Like flags in the wind

Oh oh oh oh

You who mourn will be comforted
You who hunger will hunger no more
All the last shall be first
Of this I am sure

You who weep now will laugh again
All you lonely be lonely no more
Yes, the last will be first
Of this I'm sure

I don't know why the innocents fall
While the monsters stand
I don't know why the little ones thirst
But I know the last shall be first
I know the last shall be first
I know the last shall be first

[sgt.null]

Good one Sarge! I miss Roseanne--for some reason I always want to hear this song after that one.

danlo - do you have this album? if not - run out and get it.


It was a black Cadillac drove you away
Everybody's talkin'
But they don't have much to say
There was a black sky of rain
None of it fell
One of us gets to go to heaven
One has to stay here in hell

Now it's a lonely world
Guess it always was
Minus you and minus blood
My blood

It was a black Cadillac
Like one you used to drive
Now you were always rollin'
But those wheels burn up your life
Oh, it's a black heart of pain that I'm wearin'
Suits me just fine
Oh, there was nothin' I could do for you
When you were still alive

Yeah, it's a lonely world
Just a numbers game
Well, a hundred years
Will find me feelin' just the same

Yeah, it's a lonely world
I guess it always was
Minus you and minus blood
My blood

[Icarus Unfallen]

Saw Al Stewart last weekend. His opening act (who was also his sideman throughout the evening) was an incredible guitarist and songwriter, Dave Nachmanoff.

Here is the lyric from "Grateful", a song of Dave's that made an impression:

I'm grateful for the sun that warms this valley
And I'm grateful for the water and the wind
I'm grateful for the cool of summer evenings
And I'm grateful when the morning comes again

But sometimes I forget...
So for now, I'd like to say
I'm grateful for this day

I'm grateful for my family that surrounds me
And I'm grateful for this time we have to spend
I'm grateful for my teachers and their wisdom
And I'm grateful for the company of friends

But sometimes I forget...
So for now, I'd like to say
I'm grateful for this day

And I know there will be struggles yet to come
Ah, but still I have to smile
And I know our time is short
But I'm glad to be part of the dance...for a while

I'm grateful for this gift of sharing music
And I'm grateful for the sweetness of the wine
I'm grateful for the bounty of our table
And I'm grateful for my lover's eyes that shine

But sometimes I forget...
So for now, I'd like to say
I'm grateful for this day

[Cagliostro]

Regina Spektor - On The Radio

This is how it works
It feels a little worse
Than when we drove our hearse
Right through that screaming crowd
While laughing up a storm
Until we were just bone
Until it got so warm
That none of us could sleep
And all the styrofoam
Began to melt away
We tried to find some worms
To aid in the decay
But none of them were home
Inside their catacomb
A million ancient bees
Began to sting our knees
While we were on our knees
Praying that disease
Would leave the ones we love
And never come again

On the radio
We heard November Rain
That solo's really long
But it's a pretty song
We listened to it twice
'Cause the DJ was asleep

This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

And on the radio
You hear November Rain
That solo's awful long
But it's a good refrain
You listen to it twice
'Cause the DJ is asleep
On the radio

[Krazy Kat]

While reading The Fellowship of the Ring, and having just reached Woodhall in Woody End, (from the chapter Three is Company), this song kept chiming through my mind.

Camel - Starlight Ride

There's a road that I must go
There are short cuts that I know
But I know that we'll make it eventually
On a starlight ride

There's a fire down below
(that remains in me)
When the chilly winds will blow
(it will comfort me)
But as long as we let all our feelings show
It will never die

Feel the magic in the air
(On a summer night)
See the road ahead is clear
(Not a soul in sight) Let's take every moment and drink it down
Like a mellow wine

In the slipstream of the night
(I hear music play)
Though its road is crystal bright
(Seems so far away)
And it leads us from here to forevermore
On a starlight ride

[Seareach]

Why Should I Cry For You

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIGtKnnXqBE

Under the dog star sail
Over the reefs of moonshine
Under the skies of fall
North, north west, the Stones of Faroe

Under the Arctic fire
Over the seas of silence
Hauling on frozen ropes
For all my days remaining
But would north be true?

All colours bleed to red
Asleep on the ocean's bed
Drifting on empty seas
For all my days remaining

But would north be true?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?

Dark angels follow me
Over a godless sea
Mountains of endless falling,
For all my days remaining,

What would be true?

Sometimes I see your face,
The stars seem to lose their place
Why must I think of you?
Why must I?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?
Why would you want me to?
And what would it mean to say,
That, "I loved you in my fashion"?

What would be true?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?

[sgt.null]

flock of words - trrey anastasio

A change in your voice was all that I heard
A quavering breath a pause in a word
A shadow that suddenly covered my eyes
A ripple of water quite smooth otherwise

You try to go back and pave over the hole
Where an intake of breath had punctured my soul
Let me know let me know I need to know

A moment of silence it now seems absurd
That I learned so much from a pause in a word
Every bird on the wing leads the others along
Inside your flock of words something went wrong

I don't think that I was expecting a lie
I just saw them pass me and one couldn't fly
Let me go let me go I need to go
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[Endymion9]

Why Should I Cry For You

I love that album, Sea.

[Seareach]

Why Should I Cry For You

I love that album, Sea.

You do? Yay!! It's my favorite Sting album. I went and saw him perform a couple of weeks ago (the Symphonicity tour) and was *so* happy when he did this song (my favorite) and also Mad About You.

[Endymion9]

Why Should I Cry For You

I love that album, Sea.

You do? Yay!! It's my favorite Sting album. I went and saw him perform a couple of weeks ago (the Symphonicity tour) and was *so* happy when he did this song (my favorite) and also Mad About You.

I remember some of my friends not caring for it, saying it was too different than his first two albums. I liked both styles. When my father passed away last fall, the song I played over and over was Island of Souls.

[sgt.null]

We published Friendship Bracelets in 1996. Thirteen years and 2.3 million copies later, it has clearly established itself as a Klutz classic. A best-selling classic, in fact.

It's a hard act to follow only a fool would even attempt it. So, of course, we couldn't resist. Introducing Fancy Friendship Bracelets, the original Friendship Bracelet's new best friend. We started with super-simple instructions for a flock of all-new bracelet designs. We added five different colors of cord and more than 200 sparkling beads. Then we threw in some stylish charms for good measure.

The result is even better than we hoped. Fans of the first book will love this new one. With the how-to know-how of Anne Akers Johnson, the sparkle of beads and charms, and the novelty of all-new bracelet designs, Fancy Friendship Bracelets compliments the original book without duplicating it. So we're keeping both books in print. This is the start of a beautiful friendship.

[Seareach]

Whenever I say your name - Sting

Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your face
Whatever bread's in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine that I taste
Whenever your memory feeds my soul, whatever got broken becomes whole
Whenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together

Wherever I lay me down, wherever I put my head to sleep
Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I got to lie awake and weep
Whenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a way
I'm calling out your name

Whenever those dark clouds hide the moon
Whenever this world has gotten so strange
I know that something's gonna change
Something's gonna change

Whenever I say your name, Whenever I say your name, I'm
already praying, I'm already praying
I'm already filled with a joy that I can't explain
Wherever I lay me down, wherever I rest my weary head to sleep
Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I got to lie awake and weep
Whenever I'm on the floor
Whatever it was that I believed before
Whenever I say your name, whenever I say it loud, I'm already praying

Whenever this world has got me down, whenever I shed a tear
Whenever the TV makes me mad, whenever I'm paralyzed with fear
Whenever those dark clouds fill the sky, whenever I lose the reason why
Whenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together

Whenever the sun refuse to shine, whenever the skies are pouring rain
Whatever I lost I thought was mine whenever I close my eyes in pain
Whenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a way
I'm calling out your name

Whenever this dark begins to fall
Whenever I'm vulnerable and small
Whenever I feel like I could die
Whenever I'm holding back the tears that I cry

Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your face
I'm already praying
Whatever bread's in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine that I taste
Wherever I lay me down, wherever I rest my weary head to sleep
Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I'm forced
to lie awake and have to weep
Whenever I'm on the floor
Whatever it was that I believed before
Whenever I say your name, whenever I say it loud, I'm already praying

Whenever I say your name,
No matter how long it takes,
One day we'll be together

Whenever I say your name,
let there be no mistake
that day will last forever

[Cagliostro]

I saw this on an episode of the Muppet Show last night with my kid. This is why I love the Muppets.

Our House

Oh a man came to our house, our house, our house,
A man came to our house to sell us some brooms.
So, we asked him to come in and we hit him with a hammer
And we hid him in the closet in my father's room!

Chorus :

But you're always welcome at our house,
Anytime of the day.
Yes, you're always welcome at our house,
And we hope you will stay.

Oh a lady came to our house, our house, our house,
The lady came to find out why I was not in school.
So, we asked her to come in, and we gave her some poisoned lemonade
And put her in the freezer where it's nice and cool.

(Chorus)

Then a kid came into our yard, our yard, our yard,
A kid came into our yard to get his ball.
So, we asked him to come in and we took him in the basement
And we sealed him up inside the basement wall.

(Chorus)

So, when you come to our house, our house, our house,
When you come to our house, we will have some fun.
We will ask you to come in and we will take you in the kitchen
And we'll put you in the oven until you are done.

(Chorus)

And we know...... you will stay.