Song Lyrics Thread

[worm82075]

Rapture by Hurt

 

Good tune, the video reminds me of a cross between Tool and Pink Floyd's The Wall.

 

 

All Fall Down by One Republic

 

Yeah, I love classical instruments in modern music.

 

 

@Worm82: So you liked FFDP huh? I've seen them live at Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum in 07. One of the best shows I've seen although I've only been to 3 live shows though, I'm looking forward to seeing Kamelot this october 24 in portland. I'd go all the way to Europe to see them if I had to but no it's like BAM they'll right in my own backyard. I love intruducing people to new music and spreading bands names around.

 

Wow, got lucky on that one huh? Yeah, I like them. Back in the day I used to vent my anger and frustrations with Pantera, unfortunately Dime Bag is dead and Philup Alsemo could never perform their songs live(he is the Stephen Tyler of metal. :P ) but their first two albums got me through some trying teenage years none the less.

 

Pantera -

- Vulgar Display of Power

 

Almost every day

I see the same face

On broken picture tube

It fits the attitude

If you could see yourself

You put you on a shelf

Your verbal masturbate

Promise to nauseate

Today I'll play the part of non-parent

Not make a hundred rules

For you to know about yourself

Not lie and make you believe

What's evil is making love

and making friends

and meeting God you're own way

The right way

 

(Chorus)

To see

To bleed

Cannot be taught

In turn

You're making us

F*****g hostile

 

We stand alone

 

The truth in right and wrong

The boundaries of the law

You seem to miss the point

Arresting for a joint?

You seem to wonder why

Hundreds of people die

You're writing tickets man

My mom got jumped -- they ran!

Now I'll play a public servant

To serve and protect

By the law and the state

I'd bust the punks

That rape steal and murder

And leave you be

If you crossed me

I'd shake your hand like a man

Not a god

 

(Chorus)

 

Come meet your maker, boy

Some things you can't enjoy

Because of heaven/hell

A f*****g wives' tale

They put it in your head

Then put you in your bed

He's watching say your prayers

Cause God is everywhere

Now I'll play a man learning priesthood

Who's about to take the ultimate test in life

I'd question things because I am human

And call NO ONE my father who's no closer that a stranger

 

I won't listen

 

(Chorus)

 

And now for something completely different.

Since I took a shot at Aerosmith I think i should share their most meaningful song(to me anyway)

 

Aerosmith - Dream On

 

Every time that I look in the mirror

All these lines in my face gettin' clearer

The past is gone

It went by like dusk to dawn

Isn't that the way

Everybody's got their dues in life to pay

 

Yeah, I know nobody knows

Where it comes and where it goes

I know it's everybody's sin

You got to lose to know how to win

 

Half my life's in books' written pages

Live and learn from fools and from sages

You know it's true

All the things

Come back to you

 

Sing with me

Sing for the year

Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear

Sing it with me

If it's just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

 

Sing with me

Sing for the year

Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear

Sing it with me

If it's just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

 

Dream on, dream on, dream on

Dream yourself a dream come true

Dream on, dream on, dream on

Dream until your dream comes through

Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on

Dream on, dream on, dream on, ahh

 

Sing with me

Sing for the year

Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear

Sing it with me

If it's just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

 

Sing with me

Sing for the year

Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear

Sing it with me

If it's just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[dezdimona]

Everywhere is freaks and hairies

Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity

Tax the rich, feed the poor

Till there are no rich no more

 

I'd love to change the world

But I don't know what to do

So I'll leave it up to you

 

 

Population keeps on breeding

Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy

Life is funny, skies are sunny

Bees make honey, who needs money, No more for me

 

I'd love to change the world

But I don't know what to do

So I'll leave it up to you

 

o yah

 

World pollution, there's no solution

Institution, electrocution

Just black and white, rich or poor

Senators stop the war

 

 

I'd love to change the world

But I don't know what to do

So I'll leave it up to you

 

 

Alvin Lee & Ten Years After...still applies over 30 years later!

[humanbean234]

Todd Rundgren may be one of the top ten ugliest men in rock-n-roll, but he's also in the top ten most talented (in my book).

This one is both poignant and haunting.

 

From his album A Capella

 

Honest Work

 

I'm not afraid to bend my back

I'm not afraid of dirt

But how I fear the things I do

For lack of honest work

My family is lost to me

They could not bear the hurt

To see the state their boy is in

For lack of honest work

 

I hold no blame for anyone

'Twas I who did arrange

To pay my union dues so I'd

Not have to learn or change

And when I was replaced, 'twas I

Who started down the hill

And drank away my savings 'til

I couldn't stop myself

 

The prophets of a brave new world

Captains of industry

Have visions grand and great designs

But none have room for me

They see a world where everyone

Is rich and smart and young

But if I live to see such things

Too late for me they come

 

I know I'm not the only one

To fall beneath the wheel

Such company can not assuage

The loneliness I feel

So many are resigned to be

Society's debris

But I will be remembered for

The life life took from me

 

For I'm not afraid to bend my back

I'm not afraid of dirt

But how I fear the things I do

For lack of honest work

 

Live performance of it can be viewed here:

[dezdimona]

Pressed rat and warthog have closed down their shop.

They didnt want to; twas all they had got.

Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,

And pressed rats collection of dog legs and feet.

 

Sadly they left, telling no one goodbye.

Pressed rat wore red jodhpurs, warthog a striped tie.

Between them, they carried a three-legged sack,

Went straight round the corner and never came back.

 

Pressed rat and warthog have closed down their shop.

The bad captain madman had told them to stop

Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,

And pressed rats collection of dog legs and feet.

 

The bad captain madman had ordered their fate.

He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gate.

The gate turned into a deroga tree

And his pegleg got woodworm and broke into three.

 

Pressed rat and warthog have closed down their shop.

They didnt want to; twas all they had got.

Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,

And pressed rats collection of dog legs and feet.

 

Cream

[worm82075]

[snip]

 

That was indeed a soulful a cappella performance. It reminds me a very old tune popularized in the move Brother Where Art Thou?

 

Man Of Constant Sorrow - Make no mistake, this song was written in the early 20's and the author is an unknown. It has been performed by many a man from Jerry Garcia to Bob Dylan to Rod Stewart but IMHO no one does it better than Ralph Stanley although I do enjoy the Stanley Brothers version as well (still Ralph singing it but it's fully accompanied)- Fair warning though, this is bluegrass.

 

I am a man of constant sorrow

I've seen trouble all my days

I bid farewell to old Kentucky

The place where I was borned and raised

 

For six long years I've been in trouble

No pleasure here on earth I find

For in this world I'm bound to ramble

I have no friends to help me now

 

It's fare thee well my own true lover

I never expect to see you again

For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad

Perhaps I'll die upon this train

 

You can bury me in some deep valley

For many years where I may lay

Then you may learn to love another

While I am sleeping in my grave

 

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger

My face you'll never will see no more

But there is one promise that is given

I'll meet you on God's golden shore

 

 

[snip]

 

Your really bringing out the classics Dez, and I love it.

[dezdimona]

she's got a smile that it seems to me

Reminds me of childhood memories

Where everything

Was as fresh as the bright blue sky

Now and then when i see her face

She takes me away to that special place

And if i stared too long

I'd probably break down and cry

 

 

Sweet child o' mine

Sweet love of mine

 

 

She's got eyes of the bluest skies

As if they thought of rain

I hate to look into those eyes

And see an ounce of pain

Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place

Where as a child i'd hide

And pray for the thunder

And the rain

To quietly pass me by

 

 

Sweet child o' mine

Sweet love of mine

 

 

Where do we go

Where do we go now

Where do we go

Sweet child o' mine

 

She's got a smile that it seems to me

Reminds me of childhood memories

Where evrything

Was as fresh as the bright blue sky

Now and then when i see her face

She takes me away to that special place

And if i stared too long

I'd probably break down and cry

 

 

Sweet child o' mine

Sweet love of mine

 

 

She's got eyes of the bluest skies

As if they thought of rain

I hate to look into those eyes

And see an ounce of pain

Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place

Where as a child i'd hide

And pray for the thunder

And the rain

To quietly pass me by

 

 

Sweet child o' mine

Sweet love of mine

 

 

Where do we go

Where do we go now

Where do we go

Sweet child o' mine

 

Had to add this one,one of my favorites!!!

GNR

[Deleted269910User]

Mirror mirror,

How far will I go?

Despite the foundation,

I am falling.

Sweet reflection,

Will you save a place for me?

 

Where am I heading?

Could you grant me a haven?

For what I am punished,

Could I ever repent?

 

Mother Nature, I’m wide open,

Waiting for you to move me.

 

Don’t keep it from me!

This is the free fall!

This is the free fall!

 

I never seem to understand.

The time, the place, and who I am.

Define a way to stay alive,

It’s like I’m living a lie.

 

Father time, every time I stop and feel,

You’re there to tell me I’m already late.

Don’t keep it from me!

This is the free fall!

 

I never seem to understand.

The time, the place, and who I am.

It’s like I’m living a lie.

 

I never seem to understand.

The time, the place, and who I am.

Define a way to stay alive,

It’s like I’m living a lie.

 

I never seem to understand.

The time, the place, and who I am.

Define a way to stay alive,

It’s like I’m living a lie.

 

In Flames - Free Fall, just a personal favourite. :P

[myrmaad]

Alvin Lee & Ten Years After...still applies over 30 years later!

 

^Wow Great song I haven't heard in a while! :thumbsup:

 

 

...

Song Title: OH WELL

Artist:

can't say who it is, because it's not who you'll think it is.

 

 

 

Can't help it 'bout the shape I'm in

I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

Don't ask me what I think of you

I might not give the answer that you want me to

 

Oh well

 

Now, when I talked to God I knew he'd understand

He said, stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand

But dont ask me what I think of you

I might not give the answer that you want me to

 

Oh well

 

 

 

(yay)

[dezdimona]

Baby wont you let me rockn roll you

Baby wont you let me, let me stroll you

Baby wont you let me rockn roll you now

 

Baby wont you let me, let me shake you

Baby wont you let me, let me break you

Baby wont you let me really take you now

 

Well, you remember baby, how it used to be

I used to rockn roll you around my knee

Well, I tell you, honey, gonna be alright

Gonna rockn roll you all through the night

 

Baby wont you let me, let me shake you

Baby wont you let me, let me break you

Baby wont you let me really take you now

 

I tell you baby, gonna be alright

Im gonna rock you all through the night

Well, you remember how it used to be

I used to rockn roll you around my knee

 

Baby wont you let me sock it to you

Baby wont you let me rock it to you

Baby wont you let me rockn roll you now

Alvin Lee & Ten years After

[dezdimona]

"ä¸å¯æ²å"

 

Verse 1:

From the motions & potions & comotions I've been running from.

None of this reality & chastity will stop me from what I've done.

 

Chorus:

Can you feel the anger, can you feel the rage.

All through life I'm blindfolded, trapped inside a cage.

I'm running out of patience, running out of prayer.

The violence that you tought me, I never felt was fair.

 

Verse 2:

All the silence & violence & the crying has seemed to change.

All the youthless & ruthless & the unions finally seem deranged.

 

Chorus:

Can you really blame me, I'm afraid of all this change.

Do you think you own me, you're driving me insane.

I am running out of breath now, please don't let me die.

Even though you loath me, I'm still gonna see you cry.

 

Verse 3:

Let go all this pressure & tension & suspension which your holding me.

What I embarked on has darkened & shadowed me to death.

 

Chorus:

You cannot really help me, you've done everything you can.

I'm stretched upon the cross now, the poo has hit the fan.

Don't you even love me, I've been faithful everyday.

Betrayal now your motive, but soon you'll have to pay.

 

Why don't you even listen, why don't you even care.

The murder which you've commited, will put you in the chair.

 

SCREAM!!!!!

 

Song by Cream