Favorite lyrics?

[Cagliostro]

Second favorite:

This Woman's Work

Pray God you can cope
I stand outside
This woman's work
This woman's world
Oooh, it's hard on the man
Now his part is over
Now starts the craft of the father

I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left

I should be crying
But I just can't let it show
I should be hoping
But I can’t stop thinking
All the things I should've said
That I never said
All the things we should of done
That we never did
All the things I should've given
But I didn't

Oh darling make it go
Make it go away

Give me these moments back
Give them back to me
Give me that little kiss
Give me your hand

I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left

I should be crying
But I just can't let it show
I should be hoping
But I can’t stop thinking
All the things I should've said
That I never said
All the things we should of done
That we never did
All the things that you needed from me
All the things that you wanted from me
All the things I should've given
But I didn't

Oh darling make it go away
Just make it go away

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Wow, this may be moving up to my top since I'll be a poppa soon.

[Cagliostro]

And for those of you who love Kate Bush, Jane Siberry is especially fantastic. Although she has a different name now. I hate to say it, but her best song rivals any Kate Bush songs in my heart, although I love Kate more.
I believe the difference in the font (this is how it was on the lyric sheet) is for different voices, at least that is my interpretation. I was going to tell you what I thought the different voices are, but it seems better to interpret how you see things.

Jane Siberry - Oh My My

EVERYTHING YOU SAY
EVERYTHING YOU DO
WILL COME BACK
TO STAND WITH YOU

EVERYTHING YOU TRUST
EVERYTHING YOU FEEL
WILL COME BACK
TO KNEEL WITH YOU

EVERYTHING YOU SAY
EVERYTHING YOU TRY
WILL COME OUT
SOUNDING LIKE A LIE

EVERYTHING YOU TRUST
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
WILL TURN TO DUST
WILL BLOW
AWAY

...Oh My My...

I`m cracking
I`m cracking
cracking
I`m cracking into a thousand pieces

OPEN UP YOUR EYES

mama mama please come quick
something`s wrong I`m feeling sick
mama mama I`m in a mess
I can`t lose this heaviness

oh my...oh my my my...oh my Mother

mary had a little lamb
little lamb
little lamb
mary had a little lamb
its fleece was...oh...

mama mama
I searched these hills for my sweet lamb
I carried myself up the mountain
And 5 men came out
And I laid myself down
And I looked around
And I couldn`t find my sweet lamb
I`m looking for my Bottom Line
And as soon as I find it
I`m gonna turn my life around

oh my...oh my my my...oh my Mother
oh my...oh my my my...oh my Brother

YOU`RE FLOATING IN A HARBOUR
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND YOU`RE LOOKING ALL AROUND YOU
AND YOU CAN`T SEE ANY LIGHT
AND THE BLACK AND STARLESS HEAVENS
WEIGH DOWN UPON YOUR SOUL
AND YOU FACE THE OPEN SEA
AND YOU`RE NOT SURE THAT YOU WANNA GO
AND YOU SCAN THE HORIZON
BUT THE ONLY LIGHT YOU FIND
IS IN THE PLACE YOU CAME FROM
THE PLACE YOU LEFT BEHIND
OH SO YOU`RE MOVING OUT
MOVING OUT
MOVING OUT
CUTTING THE CORDS
YOU DON`T KNOW WHERE YOU`RE GOING
AND YOU DON`T HAVE ANY MAPS
AND THE ONLY THING YOU`RE SURE OF
IS YOU AIN`T...GOING...BACK

1. YOU WILL BE BORN INTO A STRANGE AND DESOLATE PLACE.
2. IT WILL BE CALLED "THE AVERAGE HOME."
3. THE TIMES WILL BE RESTLESS AND FULL OF UNCERTAINTY.
4. YOU WILL SILENTLY QUESTION THIS OF YOUR MOTHER AS YOU WATCH HER MOVE AWAY.

Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
Is LIFE not Precious?...
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN

mama mama
please come quick
take me home from school
I feel so sick

mama mama
something`s wrong
my heart is breaking
but I don`t know why

oh my...oh my my my...oh my Mother
oh my...oh my my my...oh my Brother

5. THERE WILL BE NO ANSWER.
6. YOU WILL BEGIN THE LONG PROCESS OF SHUTTING DOWN.
7. YOUR COUNTENANCE WILL REFLECT LESS LIGHT AND LATER WHEN YOU LOOK
AT PICTURES OF YOURSELF YOU WILL WONDER.
8. YOU WILL GIVE UP YOUR BACKBONE TO THE T.V. AND ACCEPT A VALUE SYSTEM
9. PUTTING FORTH LIES, HATRED AND INTOLERANCE IN THE NAME OF LOVE AS
ACCEPTABLE.
10. NO ONE WILL STEP FORWARD FROM THE SHADOWS SAYING: "EXPECT THIS, IT IS PART
OF THE PATH."
11. YOU WILL DISCOVER DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
12. YOU WILL INSTINCTIVELY MOVE TOWARDS YOUR OWN BOTTOM LINE.

Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN

mama mama please come quick
hold my head I feel so sick
mama mama let me come home
wrap me up I can`t get warm

oh my...oh my my my...oh my Mother
oh my...oh my my my...oh my Brother

13. YOU WILL RUSH HEADLONG TOWARDS YOUR BOTTOM LINE IN AN INSTINCTIVE ATTEMPT
TO HEAL.
14. YOU WILL GO TO AA TO LEARN WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
15. AND THEN YOU WILL GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO CRY. AND YOU WILL CRY AND CRY
AND CRY.
16. AND YOUR FRIENDS WILL MOVE AWAY NERVOUSLY AND YOU`LL FEEL LIKE A FOOL.
17. AND NO ONE WILL STEP FORWARD FROM THE SHADOWS SAYING
18. "THE JOURNEY FORWARD INCLUDES MOVEMENT INTO DESPAIR."
19. AND YOU WILL BE GATHERING STRENGTH
20. EVEN AS YOU DON`T UNDERSTAND.
21. AND CERTAIN WORDS LIKE LOVE AND...
22. INTEGRITY WILL BE DRAWN INTO YOUR SPINE.
23. AND THEN ONE DAY...
24. YOU WILL TURN OFF THE T.V.

Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN

mama mama something`s wrong
there`s only silence where there once was song
I keep hearing all these bells
am I healing or dying? I can`t tell.

hey ho
sail on out
sail all night
sail on with all your might
land ahead
land ho
land ho
land ho

I sure miss that little lamb
that little lamb called Puff
or...was it...Poof? or...
well, anyways, I sure miss that sweet lamb

lay down upon your pillow...
just live all you can knowing that`s all
you have to give

mama mama I almost did it
I almost carried myself up the mountainside
In my own arms
And laid myself down

there a New Strength nearby, I know
And as soon as I find my Bottom Line
I`m gonna turn my life around

I sure miss that little lamb...

here I go

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Here's where you can get the song. Look for the album Maria, and you can get it and choose your pricing. It's an amazing song.

[Seareach]

My fav Kate:


It doesn't hurt me.
Do you want to feel how it feels?
Do you want to know that it doesn't hurt me?
Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making?
You, it's you and me.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
If I only could, oh...

You don't want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies.
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder.
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts.

Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?
You, it's you and me.
It's you and me won't be unhappy.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building,
Say, if I only could, oh...

You,
It's you and me,
It's you and me won't be unhappy.

"C'mon, baby, c'mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience, oh..."

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

If I only could
Be running up that hill
With no problems...

[Endymion9]

One of my Tori favs

A Sorta Fairytale

on my way up north
up on the ventura
i pulled back the hood
and i was talking to you
and i knew then it would be
a life long thing
but i didn't know that we
we could break a silver lining

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

things you said that day
up on the 101
the girl had come undone
i tried to downplay it
with a bet about us
you said that-
you'd take it
as long as i could
i could not erase it

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

and i ride along side
and i rode along side
you then
and i rode along side
till you lost me there
in the open road
and i rode along side
till the honey spread
itself so thin
for me to break your bread
for me to take your word
i had to steal it

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

i could pick back up
whenever i feel

down new mexico way
something about
the open road
i knew that he was
looking for some indian blood and
find a little in you find a little
in me we may be
on this road but
we're just
impostors
in this country you know
so we go along and we said
we'd fake it
feel better with
oliver stone
till i
almost smacked him -
seemed right that night and
i don't know what
takes hold
out there in the
desert cold
these guys think they must
try and just get over on us

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this
day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

and i was ridin' by
ridin' along side
for a while till you lost me
and i was ridin' by
ridin' along till you lost me
till you lost
me in
the rear
view
you lost me
i said

way up north i took my day
all in all was a pretty nice
day and i put the hood
right back where
you could taste heaven
perfectly
feel out the summer breeze
didn't know when we'd be back
and i, i don't
didn't think
we'd end up like
like this

[Endymion9]

And another Tori fav
I love the line
"But I believe I'm worth coming home to"


Sleeps With Butterflies

Airplanes
Take you away again
Are you flying
Above where we live
Then I look up a glare in my eyes
Are you having regrets about last night
I'm not but I like rivers that rush in
So then I dove in
Is there trouble ahead
For you the acrobat
I won't push you unless you have a net

You say the word
You know I will find you
Or if you need some time
I don't mind
I don't hold on
To the tail of your kite
I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly then boy

Balloons
Look good from on the ground
I fear with pins and needles around
We may fall then stumble
Upon a carousel
It could take us anywhere

I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly boy

[Endymion9]

And my favorite Kate, although I first heard it as the Pat Benatar cover.

Wuthering Heights

Out On the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too

Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window

Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine alot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window

Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold

[Vraith]

Hah, Endymion, that's the one I posted a snippet from...and in fact, I heard the Benatar one...then noticed it was a cover, and that's how I first discovered Kate Bush. Kate also did a song with another of my faves...this one male...Peter Gabriel. Non-fans never heard his really good stuff...And he put on the absolute BEST concert I have EVER seen, bar none. You could hate every song and still just gape in awe at the show. This is one of his 'simpler' ones (as opposed to silly, or scary, or bizzare, which he also does)

Something in me, dark and sticky
All the time, it's getting strong
No way of dealing with this feeling
Can't go on like this too long.

This time you've gone too far,
This time you've gone too far,
This time you've gone too far
I told you , I told you, I told you I told you

Don't talk back---drive the car
Shut your mouth--I know what you are
Don't say nothing--keep your hands on the wheel
Don't turn around--this is for real
Digging in the dirt
Stare at my I need support
I'm digging in the dirt, find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt.

The more I look, the more I find
As I close in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, cuz that's the place it goes.

[Ki]

I love that song.

[Seareach]

One of my Tori favs: A Sorta Fairytale

OOOH! That's my favorite one! That one and this one:

Winter


Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose
Get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
When I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
I run off
Where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice
"Your must learn to stand up for yourself
Cause I can't always be around"
He says
When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Boys get discovered as winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by and I'm here still waiting Withering where some snowman was
Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace
But I only can see myself
Skating around the truth who I am
But I know dad the ice is getting thin

When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Hair is grey
And the fires are burning
So many dreams
On the shelf
You say I wanted you to be proud of me
I always wanted that myself

He says
When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses have gone ahead
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change
My dear

[Infelice]

Kate is great.... The Man With The Child In His Eyes .... strikes a deep chord with me.

I hear him, before I go to sleep
And focus on the day thats been.
I realise hes there,
When I turn the light off and turn over.

Nobody knows about my man.
They think hes lost on some horizon.
And suddenly I find myself
Listening to a man Ive never known before,

Telling me about the sea,
All his love, til eternity.

Ooh, hes here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.
Ooh, hes here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.

Hes very understanding,
And hes so aware of all my situations.
And when I stay up late,
Hes always waiting, but I feel him hesitate.

Oh, Im so worried about my love.
They say, no, no, it wont last forever.
And here I am again, my girl,
Wondering what on earth Im doing here.
Maybe he doesnt love me.
I just took a trip on my love for him.

Ooh, hes here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.
Ooh, hes here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.

[Endymion9]

Hah, Endymion, that's the one I posted a snippet from...and in fact, I heard the Benatar one...then noticed it was a cover, and that's how I first discovered Kate Bush. Kate also did a song with another of my faves...this one male...Peter Gabriel.

Although I love Kate and Tori, I have to confess I don't know their lyrics that well. They both kind of just lull me into a peacful mood where I enjoy their voices, the music and catch a phrase here and there. So I didn't recognize your line. Had never read the lyrics to Wuthering Heights until just now.

Don't Give Up...is that the Peter Gabriel coloboration? I like that one.

[Endymion9]

Seareach,

Another song I've heard for years but never read the lyrics or caught them all as I listened. Wow, powerful lyrics.

[Cagliostro]

OOOH! That's my favorite one! That one and this one:

Winter
(snipped)

I was going to post this yesterday but I ran out of time at work. Yep, my favorite Tori song still.

[Vraith]

Don't Give Up...is that the Peter Gabriel coloboration? I like that one.

Yea, it is. If anyones a fan of strangeness that somehow makes sense after a while, Genesis did an album when Gabriel was still with them called "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"...it's double length, tells a story, and if you get the full notes, there's another story in there, and a pictorial story as well. Anyway, the only one I can recall completely:
"There is lamb's wool under my naked feet
the wool is soft and warm, gives off some kind of heat
a salamander scurries into flame to be destoyed
imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid
The fleas cling to the golden fleece hoping they'll find peace
each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid
there's no hiding in memory, there's no hope to void.
The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before
They're moving in time towards a heavy wooden door
where the needles eye is winking closing on the poor.
[chorus]
The carpet crawlers heed their callers: you've gotta get in to get out
you've gotta get in to get out
you've gotta get in...to get out
There's only one direction in the faces that I see
it's upwards to the cieling, where the chamber's said to be
like a forest fighting for sunlight that takes root in every tree
they're pulled up by the magnet believing they're free
[chorus]
Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
and the wise and foolish virgins giggle, their bodies glowing bright.
Through the door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight
[chorus]
The porcelain mannequin with shattered skin fears attack
(can't recall this line)
the liquid has congealed which had seeped into the crack,
and the tickler takes his stickle back.

[Menolly]

Carpet Crawlers is classic.
As is pretty much all of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway...

[Vraith]

Carpet Crawlers is classic.
As is pretty much all of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway...

Wow! you're only the third person I've ever known that's heard this [assuming recognizing you as also a watcher counts as 'knowing']. We all love it.
Let's go a completely different direction [except it's also a story album]
Queensryche: 'Operation: Mindcrime' [I have my problems with them...but his album: true, and LOUD brilliance. And MY GOD, his VOICE!]

All alone now, except for the memories
of what we had, and what we knew.
Every time I try and leave it behind me,
I see something that reminds me of you...
Every night the dreams return to haunt me
the rosary wrapped around your throat
I lie awake and sweat, afraid to fall asleep.
I see your face looking back at me.....looking back at me...
And I raise my head and stare
[chorus]
into the eyes of a stranger..I've always known that the mirror never lies..
people always turn away from the
eyes of a stranger
afraid to know what lies behind the stare.

Is this all that's left of my life before me?
Straight jacket memories, sedative highs.
No happy ending like they always promised?
There's got to be something left for me.
And I raise my head and stare
[chorus]
How many times must I live this tragedy?
How many more lies will they tell me?
All I want is the same as everyone....
why am I here, and for how long...
And I raise my head and stare
[chorus]

[Menolly]

Carpet Crawlers is classic.
As is pretty much all of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway...

Wow! you're only the third person I've ever known that's heard this [assuming recognizing you as also a watcher counts as 'knowing']. We all love it.

You need to come on into the Prog thread. You'll find a bunch of us there.

And this isn't bad for as old as the footage is...

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Live (Counting Out Time/Carpet Crawlers)
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Live (actual song with better footage from a few years later)

[Endymion9]

The 77s
This Is The Way Love Is


When I gave up, you held up
When I ran out, you filled me up
When I kept runnin', you kept up
When I let you down you lifted me up

This is the way love is

When I couldn't find the words, you understood
When I didn't find the time, you were in no hurry
When I wouldn't make ends meet, you tied them together
When I cheated you kept to the rules

Well, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection

When I was keepin' it in, you were givin' out
When I was losin' out, you'd let me come back
When I was holdin' back, you were holdin' on
When I was losin' my cool you were keepin' your love warm

Well, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection

When I kept it all to myself like a
miser holds on to his last dime
When I closed up myself like a desperate hand on a lifeline
Well I was bled, I was dried, all wrapped up in my pride
This is the way it is when you're on the wrong side

Well, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection

[Seareach]

Reign of love
I can’t let go
To the sea I offer
This heavy load

Locusts will
Lift me up
I’m just a prisoner
In a reign of love

Locusts will
Let us stop
I wish I’d spoken
To the reign of love

Reign of love
By the church, we’re waiting
Reign of love
My knees go praying

How I wish
I’d spoken up
Or we’d be carried
In the reign of love

[lucimay]

and speaking of jane siberry, here's one of my favorites of hers:



it's clear to me now
I understand
a jump of cards
in an idle man's hand
ohhh...you're sleeping
this is the story
of your leaving

I can't win you with reason
I can't make you agree
the way that I love you
it only makes sense
that you love me
but down through the sad facts I'm sifting
you did not think this
without help from me

I've called a taxi
it's coming at dawn
I said send the best one
it's a long, long, lonely ride
to find the perfect lover for your lover
and the morning light is breaking

I thought I heard someone screaming outside
but it was just a bus pulling away

love is a strange thing
it depends what one gives
and sometimes to give means
give someone away
ohhh ... you're sleeping
the same sad pillow
said you're leaving

I move with your breathing
I breathe with your beauty
your sweet heaviness
your deep voice your soft neck
I press my face
...did you call me?...
it's only the trees outside flailing
it's only the sirens that are wailing

hurry up driver
you're going too slow
can't you go faster
it's a long, long, lonely ride
to find the perfect lover
for your lover
and the morning light is breaking

and then you realize you are alone
and your skin against the cold
metal of awareness you fall into
a deeper dreamless slumber and
a stranger enters the room and
is struck by the transparency of
your cheeks and then your arms
and hands and wonders at the
waxen figure and walks out again
the stranger walks out into the
street watching cars pass and
people cross and scenery change
he sees a palm frond thinks how
ugly - is surprised by the violence
of the thought looks again at it
feels nothing and walks on

a deep and dreamless slumber
where only the slow pulse
in the waxen temples keeps vigil