Song Lyrics Thread

[Blacksnake89]

Here's one from a band I've been listening too for a little while.

 

Breakdown

Seether

 

The sun is gone and the flowers rot

Words are spaces between us

And i should've been drown in the rivers i've found of token lost

And i should've been down when you made me insecure

 

So break me down if it makes you feel right

And hate me now if it keeps you alright

You can break me down if it takes all your might

'cause i'm so much more than meets the eye

 

And i'm the one you can never trust

'cause wounds are ways to reveal us

And yeah i could have tried and devoted my life to both of us

But what a waste of my time when the world we have is yours

 

So break me down if it makes you feel right

And hate me now if it keeps you alright

You can break me down if it takes all your might

'cause i'm so much more than all your lies

 

Hate me, break me down

So break me down

So break me down

So break me down if it makes you feel right

And hate me now if it keeps you alright

You can break me down if it takes all your might

'cause i'm so much more than meets the eye

 

 

You wrote that yourself? Not bad Almost.

[PureSnipe]

Chiron - All that Remains:

Have not the strongest

And closest ties been bound so long

I've called upon them

They remind me where I'm from

With deep conviction

I am connected cross the miles

With out them nothing worth relying on

 

It's been so long since I could say

I've needed anything stronger

We can't be wrong when we have ties that bind us

If I rely and I know the strength

In those who taught me of the

Power in the ties that bind

 

When I turn inward

And look for strength within my self

And demonstrations of courage

Are the result

If inspiration is wholly shared

Then more is the gain

Then I will follow

The selfless actions displayed

 

We are made powerful

 

Not Alone - All that Remains:

No more

 

No more are the days that I will

Fear for I have found a strength that

None can match and I'll push forward

 

Never has the blood in my veins

Flowed so fiercely as when I feel this around me

I am whole

 

I'm not alone

With the touch of your hand

I am whole again

I'm not alone

With the touch of your hand

I am whole again

 

Now I feel the passion burning

This what drives me further strengthens

My resolve to push me further

 

I'm not alone

With the touch of your hand

I am whole again

I'm not alone

With the touch of your hand

I am whole again

 

Give me hot steel

GO!

 

No more are the days that I will

Fear for I have found a strength that

None can match and I'll push further

 

Now I feel the passion burning

This what drives me further

Strengthens my resolve to push me further

 

I'm not alone

With the touch of your hand

I am whole again

I'm not alone

With the touch of your hand

I am whole again

[phforNZ]

A few songs that cut a little close to the bone for me. They're all from Papa Roach.

 

Last Resort

 

Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort

Suffocation, no breathing

Don't give a f*ck if I cut my arm bleeding

 

This is my last resort

Cut my life into pieces, I've reached my last resort

Suffocation, no breathing

Don't give a f*ck if I cut my arm bleeding

Do you even care if I die bleeding?

Would it be wrong? Would it be right?

If I took my life tonight? Chances are that I might

Mudilation out of sight, and I'm contimplating suicide

 

Cause I'm losing my sight, losing my mind

Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine

Losing my sight, losing my mind

Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine

 

I never realized I was spread too thin

Till it was too late and I was empty within

Hungry, feeding on my chaos and living in sin

Downward spiral, where do I begin?

It all started when I lost my mother

No love for myself and no love for another

Searching to find a love upon a higher level

Finding nothing but questions and devils

 

Cause I'm losing my sight, losing my mind

Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine

Losing my sight, losing my mind

Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine

 

Nothing's alright, nothing is fine

I'm running and I'm crying

I'm crying, I'm crying

I'm crying, I'm crying

 

I ... can't ... go ... on ... living ... this ... way

 

Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort

Suffocation, no breathing

Don't give a f*ck if I cut my arm bleeding

 

Would it be wrong? Would it be right?

If I took my life tonight? Chances are that I might

Mutilation out of sight, and I'm contemplating suicide

 

Cause I'm losing my sight, losing my mind

Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine

Losing my sight, losing my mind

Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine

 

Nothing's alright, nothing is fine

I'm running and I'm crying

 

I ... CAN'T ... GO ... ON ... LIVING ... THIS ... WAY

 

Can't go on ... living this way

Nothing's alright!

 

 

(This was from a few years ago, reminds me how close to suicide I got - after my Grandfather passed away, everything fell apart. I still haven't completely shaken the urges, but my friends keep me with my feet firmly in the land of the living.)

 

 

Blood (Empty Promises)

 

I will forgive but I won't forget

And I hope you know you've lost my respect

 

You better watch out cause you don't know what's going on around you

You better think twice before you fly off the handle and lose it

You better join us before you get lost in the shuffle

You gotta rise against the demons that are gonna try and hold you down

 

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love? (x2)

 

The ones you love .. (x3)

 

Cause I'm not a pawn for you to play in your f*cking game

I've got dignity and a dream that I want to achieve

Under pressure you crumbled and you let me down

But I'm not deaf, and all I hear are your empty promises

 

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love? (x4)

 

(Blood) The ones you love .. (x4)

 

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?

 

Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love (x4)

 

I will forgive but I won't forget

And I hope you know you've lost my respect

 

Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love (x2)

 

 

(A particular part of my family aren't the nicest people on the planet.)

 

Not Listening

 

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I learn, the more I ignore

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I hear, the more I ignore

I'm not listening, not anymore, no ..

 

Cause you gotta be bigger, and be faster, and be stronger

If you're gonna survive any longer

In this lifetime it better be the right time

Cause your first time might be your last time

Am I a failure if I got nothing to lose?

No I'm not a failure, I've got something to prove

 

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I learn, the more I ignore

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I hear, the more I ignore

 

The more I ignore ..

 

Cause I've lost my innocence

And I'm a stranger, a life changer

I'm a man that's not afraid of danger

I walk my own path, and blaze my own trail

Because I'm not afraid to derail

I won't get in line, or be a middle man

So f*ck you, I've made my own plans

And I got respect, and I don't neglect the people that I really care to protect

Am I a failure if I got nothing to lose?

No I'm not a failure, I got something to prove

 

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I learn, the more I ignore

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I hear, the more I ignore

 

I told you before I won't listen no more

I told you before let's settle the score

I told you before I won't listen no more

I told you before let's settle the score

 

If not me, then who? If not now, then when? (x2)

 

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I learn, the more I ignore

I'm not listening, not anymore

The more I hear, the more I ignore

 

I told you before I won't listen no more

I told you before let's settle the score

I told you before I won't listen no more

I told you before let's settle the score

 

Shut it up, burn it out

Blow it up, set it off

F*ck it up, check it out

Burn it up, blow it up

Right now!

 

(Overcoming said family members hurtful behaviour towards me... they tried to run & ruin my life)

 

 

Quite honestly, I don't know what I'd do without music. It's the only way I've found to deal with all the s**t that crops up in everyday life.

[PureSnipe]

Quite honestly, I don't know what I'd do without music. It's the only way I've found to deal with all the s**t that crops up in everyday life.

 

Oh, I've got a few more... creative... ways of dealing with people and things that become a problem.

 

I try not to get too connected to music, if something mirrors my life, I acknowledge it. I attempt to not dwell on it, as it tends to aggravate the problem even more.

[Deleted269910User]

Ever since I was 10(Due to not so happy incidents back then.), listening to music has been a way of life and a method of dealing with the crap I see/is poured on me daily, with the second method of mine being Photoshop and image editing/drawing in general. I contain my outbursts no matter how much of an ass someone can be or how annoying the thing I have to do next is, still continue to act nice towards others, bottle it all up and release it into music or drawing.(I >never< leave my house without my mp3 player.) If I hadn't found music when I did(And later on drawing/image editing.) I would quite likely have killed myself a long time ago. For me music was a way of dealing with the severe problems and losses I had/felt when I was younger. Dealt with the main issues now, but I still suffer from mild depression, even if I'm getting better slowly, music will likely always be one of the main things in my life.

 

Anyway, back to the main topic:

 

Within Temptation - Stand My Ground

 

I can see

when you stay low nothing happens

Does it feel right ?

 

Late at night

things I thought I put behind me

haunt my mind

 

I just know there's no escape now

once it sets it's eyes on you

but I won't run, have to stare it in the eye

 

Stand my ground, I won't give in

No more denying, I gotta face it

Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside

If I don't make it, someone else will

Stand My Ground

 

It's all around

getting stronger, coming closer

into my world

 

I can feel

that it's time for me to face it

can I take it?

 

Though this might just be the ending

of the life I held so dear

but I won't run, there's no turning back from here

 

Stand my ground, I won't give in

No more denying, I gotta face it

Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside

If I don't make it, someone else will

Stand My Ground

 

All I know for sure is I'm trying

I will always stand my ground

 

Stand my ground, I won't give in (I won't give in)

I won't give up (I won't give up)

no more denying, I got to face it

won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside

if I don't make it, someone else will

 

Stand my ground, I won't give in

No more denying, I gotta face it

Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside

If I don't make it, someone else will

Stand My Ground.

 

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[Sniperwhere]

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

 

So... So you think you can tell

Heaven from hell

Blue sky's from pain

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail

A smile from a veil

So you think you can tell

 

Did they get you to trade

Your hero's for goals

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in a cage

 

How I wish... How I wish you were here

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

What have we found?

The same old fears

Wish you were here

 

 

I love that song.

[katklaw]

“When the Levee Breaks” is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

 

Led Zeppelin’s version

“When the Levee Breaks”

 

Album Led Zeppelin IV

Released November 8, 1971

Recorded December 1970 – March 1971

Length 7:08

Label Atlantic

Writer Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/Memphis Minnie

Producer Jimmy Page

 

If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break

If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break

When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan

Lord mean old levee taught me to weep and moan

Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home

Oh well oh well oh well.

Don't it make you feel bad

When you're tryin' to find your way home

You don't know which way to go?

If you're goin' down South

They go no work to do,

If you don't know about Chicago.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,

Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,

When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,

Thinkin' 'bout me baby and my happy home.

Going, go'n' to Chicago,

Go'n' to Chicago,

Sorry but I can't take you.

Going down, going down now, going down.

 

One of My favorate Led Zep songs

[katklaw]

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floydd

 

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,

blown on the steel breeze.

Come on you target for faraway laughter,

come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,

rode on the steel breeze.

Come on you raver, you seer of visions,

come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

[dezdimona]

Ten Years After- Sugar on the Road

 

Having a good time, baby

You're having a ball

Your daddy don't dig what you look like

Don't dig it at all

Don't understand

What you're going through

No, no, no, no, no, no, he don't

 

He says there's only one way that you stay alive

Keep working for your pension till you're sixty five

Hey, no, no, don't dig it at all

 

 

You've grown up a big girl, baby

You're doing all right

You sleep in the daytime, baby now

You're leaping all night

Got your own scene

Said you're doing fine

My, my, my, doing fine, girl

 

 

Live like you want, let them call you a freak

You'll be a baby factory when you're married a week

Oh, no, no, no, can you live in a box? get out, get out...

 

 

You're having a good time, baby

You're loving your life

There's more things ahead now, baby

Than being a wife

Well, I love your mind

'cause you know it's free

Little darlin

 

 

Don't worry about the people who scream and shout

Just give them fifty years and they might forget it out

Hey, yeah, I've gotta have me a good time

Darling, let it all hang out

[Blacksnake89]

Another of my favorite bands from the late 90's early 2000's Rage Against The Machine

Their music is pretty political so I'm not sure if it's the best to post on the nexus but it's pretty good sounding music regardless.

 

Sleep now in the fire

 

YAAAAAAAAA

The world is my expense

The cost of my desire

Jesus blessed me with its future

And I protect it with fire

So raise your fists

And march around

Just don't take what you need

I'll jail and bury those committed

And smother the rest in greed

Crawl with me into tomorrow

Or I'll drag you to your grave

I'm deep inside your children

They'll betray you in my name

 

Hey, hey

Sleep now in the fire

 

Hey, hey

Sleep now in the fire

 

The lie is my expense

The scope of my desire

The party blessed me with its future

And I protect it with fire

I am the Nina The Pinta The Santa Maria

The noose and the rapist

The fields overseer

The agent of orange

The priests of Hiroshima

The cost of my desire

Sleep now in the fire

 

Hey, hey

Sleep now in the fire

 

Hey, hey

Sleep now in the fire

 

For it's the end of history

It's caged and frozen still

There is no other pill to take

So swallow the one

That made you ill

The Nina The Pinta The Santa Maria

The noose and the rapist

The fields overseer

The agent of orange

The priests of Hiroshima

The cost of my desire

To Sleep now in the fire

 

Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu67yo-3jfw

 

Renegades of Funk

 

No matter how hard you try, you can't stop us now

No matter how hard you try, you can't stop us now

 

 

Since the Prehistoric ages and the days of ancient Greece

Right down through the Middle Ages

Planet earth kept going through changes

And then the renaissance came, the times continued to change

Nothing stayed the same, but there were always renegades

Like Chief Sitting Bull, Tom Paine

Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X

They were renegades of their time and age

The mighty Renegades

 

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

 

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

 

From a different solar system many many galaxies away

We are the force of another creation

A new musical revelation

And we're on this musical mission to help the others listen

And groove from land to land singin' electronic chants like

Zulu nation

Revelations

Destroy all nations(x2)

 

 

Now renegades are the people with their own philosophies

They change the course of history

Everyday people like you and me

We're the renegades, we're the people

With our own philosophies

We change the course of history

Everyday people like you and me

C'mon!

 

 

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

 

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

 

 

We're poppin', shockin', rockin', put a side of hip-hop

Because where we're goin' there ain't no stop

Poppin', shockin', rockin', put' a side of hip-hop

Because where we're goin' there ain't no stop

We Poppin',and shockin',and rockin', and put a side of hip-hop!

'Cause we're poppin', shockin', rockin' put a side of hip-hop

Poppin', shockin', rockin', put a side of hip-hop!

 

 

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

 

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

We're the renegades of funk

(funk!)

 

 

We're teachers of the funk

And not of empty popping

We're blessed with the force and the sight of electronics

With the bass, and the treble the horns and our vocals

'Cause everytime I pop into the beat we get fresh!

 

There was a time when our music

Was something called a Big Street beat

People would gather from all around

To get down to the big sound

You had to be a renegade in those days

To take a man to the dance floor

 

Say jam sucka!(JAM SUCKA)

Say jam sucka!(JAM SUCKA)

Say groove sucka (GROOVE SUCKA)

Now groove sucka (GROOVE SUCKA)

Say dance sucka (DANCE SUCKA)

Say dance sucka (DANCE SUCKA)

Say move sucka (MOVE SUCKA)

Now move sucka (MOVE SUCKA)

(x2)

 

 

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

 

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

 

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

 

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the renegades of funk (funk)

 

 

Testify

 

The movie ran through me

The glamour subdued me

The tabloid untied me

I'm empty please fill me

Mister anchor assure me

That Baghdad is burning

Your voice it is so soothing

That cunning mantra of killing

I need you my witness

To dress this up so bloodless

To numb me and purge me now

Of thoughts of blaming you

Yes the car is our wheelchair

My witness your coughing

Oily silence mocks the legless boys

Who travel now in coffins

On the corner

The jury's sleepless

We found your weakness

And it's right outside your door

 

Now testify

Now testify

It's right outside your door

Now testify

Yes testify

Its right outside your door

 

With precision you feed me

My witness I'm hungry

Your temple it calms me

So I can carry on

My slaving sweating the skin right off my bones

On a bed of fire I'm choking on the smoke that fills my home

The wrecking ball is rushing

Witness your blushing

The pipeline is gushing

While here we lie in tombs

While on the corner

The jury's sleepless

We found your weakness

And it's right outside your door

 

Now testify

Yeah testify

It's right outside your door

Now testify

Now testify

It's right outside your door

 

Mass graves for the pump and the price is set

And the price is set

Mass graves for the pump and the price is set

And the price is set

Mass graves for the pump and the price is set

And the price is set

Mass graves for the pump and the price is set

And the price is set

 

Who controls the past now controls the future

Who controls the present now controls the past

Who controls the past now controls the future

Who controls the present now?

 

Now testify

Testify

It's right outside your door

Now testify

Testify

The war is right outside your door

 

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