Favorite lyrics?

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:13 pm

sounds like a songwriter needs to go on prozac

Post by **[Syl]** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:45 am

Yep, a tad angry (fed up), but still an amazing song.

Post by **Furls Fire** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:00 am

I heard this for the first time this morning...

I don't know all the words...but here is the chorus and it gave me chills.

I Can Only Imagine

...surrounded by Your glory
what will my heart feel
will I dance for You Jesus
or in awe of You be still
will I stand in Your presence
or to my knees will I fall
will I sing hallelujah
will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine....

By MercyMe

Post by **danlo** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:36 am

Earthy uncovered these lyrics ay the Hangar last nite. Their meaning here at this time should be obvious:

CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS
(Todd Rundgren)

We can't play this game anymore
But can we still be friends
Things just can't go on like before
But can we still be friends

We had something to learn
Now it's time for the wheel to turn
Grains of sand one by one
Before you know it it's all gone

Let's admit we made a mistake
But can we still be friends
Heartbreak's never easy to take
But can we still be friends
It's a strange sad affair
Sometimes seems like we just don't care
Don't waste time feeling hurt
We've been through hell together

Where do we go from here

We can't play this game anymore
But can we still be friends
Things just can't go on like before
But can we still be friends

We awoke from our dream
Things are not what they always seem
Memories linger on
It's like a sweet, sad, old song

Where do we go from here
Where do we go from here

I can't play this game anymore
Can we still be friends
Things just can't go on like before
I just wanna be friends
I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be
And now I just wanna be friends
We had something to learn, something to learn
Now can we still be friends

Post by **Earthblood** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:49 am

Post by **Earthblood** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:40 am

Bodeans

"Paradise"

One man used his mighty voice to call
All for one, and baby, one for all
Bullets rang and he lost his life
It was a bloody day here in paradise
Paradise
It ain't hard to find
Lookin' out your window at the world outside
Paradise
It ain't far away
Here in my head it's just another day
Here in paradise

Now, cardboard boxes line these city streets
Playin' home for the hearts full of miseries
I got a room with a view that's nice
Just living on the hard side here in paradise

Yeah
Well, baby I was wrong
I should have said those things
I should have brought you flowers, love and wedding rings
I walk alone and I pay the price
For livin' on the wrong side of paradise

And I'm falling for paradise
And I'm falling for paradise

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:03 am

Life is the seive through which my anarchy strains,
Resolving itself into works.
Chaos is the score upon which reality is written
The timeless, swirling gyroscopic horde

Delerium of disorder...

I am just an atom in an ectoplasmic sea
Without direction or a reason to exist.
The anachoic nebula rotating in my brain
Is persuading me contritely to persisit

Delerium of disorder...

I have no idea what that means, but it's quite poetic. In a scary way...

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:12 am

Or how about:

Now it's time to set the agenda
Learn the past
Make it last
Share the wealth
Hold your fire
Conserve life
Make it right
Kill the hate
Negotiate
There will be a way
There will be a way
There will be a way...

Not the best song they've ever done, but it seems apt given the times we live in

Post by **Earthblood** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:43 am

Johnny Cash:

ONE PIECE AT A TIME

Well I left Kentucky back in 49.

And I went to Detroit workin on an assembly line
The first year they had me puttin wheels on Caddillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
and sometimes id hang my head and cry
Cause i always wanted me one that was long and black.

One day I devised myself a plan that should be the envy of most any man
Id sneak it out of there in a lunch box in my hand
Now, gettin caught meant gettin fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
And I'd have me a car worth at least a hundered grand

(CHORUS)
I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldnt cost me a dime
You'll know it's me whe I come throught your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
Cause I'll have the only one ther is around

So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunch box and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
I've never considered myself a thief
But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then i got me a transmission and all the chrome

The little things I could get in my big lunch box
Like nuts and bolts and all 4 shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddies mobile home

Now, up to now, my plan went all right
Till we tried to put it all together one night
And thats when we noticed that somethin was definitely wrong
The transmission was a 53
And the motor turned out to be a 73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help from an adapter kit
We had that engine runnin just like a song

Now the headlights they was another sight
We had 2 on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of em come on

The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got through
Well thats when we noticed that we only had one tail fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."

So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed right on down main drag
And I could hear everybody laughing for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed 60 pounds

(CHORUS)

Uh,yeah,Red-rider,this is the Cottonmouth in the sycho-billy-Cadillac,come on
This is the Cottonmouth and negatory on the cost on this machine here
Red-rider
You might say I right up to the factory and picked it up, it was chaper
that way
What model is it?
It's a 49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59 automobile
It's a 60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70 automobile

Post by **CovenantJr** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:58 pm

An excerpt from REM's Try Not to Breathe - my favourite of all their songs.

I will try not to burden you
I can hold these inside
I will hold my breath until these shivers subside
Just look in my eyes

I will try not to worry you
I have seen things that you will never see

I forget how it goes after that

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 10:55 am

I gotta download this song right now . . .

Tears In Heaven
Eric Clapton

Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong
here in heaven.

Would you hold my hand if I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand if I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day,
'Cause I know I just can't stay
here in heaven.

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart, have you begging please,
begging please.

Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure,
And I know there'll be no more
tears in heaven.

Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong
here in heaven.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 11:35 am

So I found out your reasons for the phone calls and smiles
And it hurts and I'm lonely, and I should never have tried
And I missed you tonight, so it's time to leave
You see this meant everything to me

That's Are Friends Electric? by Gary Numan, although I prefer the Information Society cover of it. I just find those lyrics touching when I'm in the right mood

Post by **Landwaster** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:51 am

"Can't get a laugh out of Steffi Graf
when you tell her, her friends are a bunch of backstabbers.
Kurt Cobain couldn't deal with fame
but at least he didn't score an own goal against Columbia."

Play Mistral For Me - TISM

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:41 pm

I heard this and have been searching for it, cause it's kinda obscure, but it's an awesome song.

Things We Said Today
by The Beatles

You say you will love me
If I have to go.
You'll be thinking of me,
Somehow I will know.
Someday when I'm lonely,
Wishing you weren't so far away,
Then I will remember
The things we said today.

You say you'll be mine, girl,
Until the end of time.
These days such a kind girl
Seems so hard to find.
Someday when we're dreaming,
Deep in love, not a lot to say.
Then we will remember
The things we said today.

Me, I'm just the lucky kind.
Love to hear you say that love is luck.
And, though we may be blind,
Love is here to stay. And that's enough
To make you mine, girl,
Be the only one.
Love me all the time, girl.
We'll go on and on.
Someday when we're dreaming,
Deep in love, not a lot to say.
Then we will remember
The things we said today.

Me, I'm just the lucky kind.
Love to hear you say that love is luck.
And, though we may be blind,
Love is here to stay. And that's enough
To make you mine, girl,
Be the only one.
Love me all the time, girl.
We'll go on and on.

Someday when we're dreaming,
Deep in love, not a lot to say.
Then we will remember
The things we said today.

Post by **danlo** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:41 am

One Slip
Pink Floyd
Momentary Lapse of Reason:

A restless eye across a weary room
A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin
The music played and played as we whirled without end
No hint, no word her honour to defend

I will, I will she sighed to my request
And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test
Then drowned in desire, our souls on fire
I lead the way to the funeral pyre
And without a thought of the consequence
I gave in to my decadence

One slip, and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you won't forget,
There'll be no sleep in here tonight

Was it love, or was it the idea of being in love?
Or was it the hand of fate, that seemed to fit just like a glove?
The moment slipped by and soon the seeds were sown
The year grew late and neither one wanted to remain alone

One slip, and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you will never forget,
There'll be no sleep in here tonight

Post by **Landwaster** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:36 pm

From TISM's "If you're ugly, forget it" :

The worst bands are most popular
****holes make the most money
Insecure ***** are famous
Lunatics embrace religion
Incompetent people, incompetent people are the loudest

Stands on principle is genuine
Government funding means people don't like it
Well read people don't known anything
The avant garde are deeply conservative
Saving the world is a waste of resources
Throw out what's useful and recycle your garbage
Nothing happens to ambulance subscribers

Post by **danlo** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:16 pm

What does TISM stand 4?

Post by **Furls Fire** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:18 pm

STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA

I was bruised and battered
I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me
wasting away
On the streets of Philadelphia

I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
just to slip this skin

Night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia

This is in loving memory of my dear brother Stephen, who passed away Sept 25, 2001 from AIDS. Wish you all could have known him. He was light and laughter and a blessing to our lives.

Post by **danlo** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:58 pm

Stephen, mi alashari la shanith.

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Favorite lyrics?