Song Lyrics Thread

[Timihendrix91]

The breath of the morning

I keep forgetting

The smell of the warm summer air

 

I live in a town

Where you can't smell a thing

You watch your feet

For cracks in the pavement

 

Up above

Aliens hover

Making home movies

For the folks back home

 

Of all these weird creatures

Who lock up their spirits

Drill holes in themselves

And live for their secrets

 

They're all uptight

Uptight.. (x7)

 

I wish that they'd swoop down in a country lane

Late at night when I'm driving

Take me on board their beautiful ship

Show me the world as I'd love to see it

 

I'd tell all my friends

But they'd never believe

They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely

 

I'd show them the stars

And the meaning of life

They'd shut me away

But I'd be all right

All right..

 

I'm just uptight

Uptight.. (x7)

 

Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead

[dezdimona]

I see you had your mind all made up you group of

Pitiful liars. before I woke to face the day, your master

Plan transpired. -something told me- this job had more to

Meet the eye. my song is not believed? my words some-

What deceiving? now Im unwhole.

Youve waged a war of nerves

But you cant crush the kingdom

Cant be what your idols are. cant leave the scar.

You cry for compensation. I ask you please just give us...

5 minutes alone

I read your eyes, your mind was made up. you took me for

A fool. you used complexion of my skin for a counter

Rascist tool. -you cant burn me- Ive spilled my guts out

In the past. taken advantage of because you know where

Ive come [from]. my past.

Youve waged a war of nerves

But you cant crush the kingdom

Cant be what your idols are. cant leave the scar.

You cry for compensation. I ask you please just give us...

5 minutes alone

 

Pantera

[Lisnpuppy]

MADE OF SCARS by STONE SOUR

 

This One Came From Looking

This One Opened Twice

These Two Seem As Smooth As Silk, Flush Against My Eyes

This One Needed Stitches And

This One Came From Rings

This One Isn't Even There, But I Feel It More Because You Don't Care

 

Yeah, Cut Right Into Me

Yeah, Cause I Am Made Of Scars

Yes I Am Made Of Scars

 

This One Had It Coming

This One Found A Vein

This One Was An Accident, But Never Gave Me Pain

This One Was My Fathers And

This One You Can't See

This One Had Me Scared To Death,

But I Guess I Should Be Glad I'm Not Dead!!

 

Yeah, Cut Right Into Me

Yeah, I Am Made Of Scars

Yes, I Am Made Of Scars

 

God, Don't You Believe The Hype?

 

And I Will Find A Way

Everything You Are I Will Betray

Oh, I Swear That I Will Find A Way

Everything You Are's Inside Me

 

This One Was The First One

This One Had A Vice

This One Here I Like To Rub On Dark And Stormy Nights

This One Was The Last One,

I Don't Remember How

But I Remember Blood And Rain

And I Never Saw It Coming Again

 

Yeah, Cut Right Into Me

Yeah, Cause I Am Made Of Scars

Yes, I Am Made Of Scars

 

That's What I'm Made Of!!!

[humanbean234]

Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts - Bob Dylan

 

 

The festival was over, the boys were all plannin' for a fall,

The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin' in the wall.

The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin' wheel shut down,

Anyone with any sense had already left town.

He was standin' in the doorway lookin' like the Jack of Hearts.

 

He moved across the mirrored room, "Set it up for everyone," he said,

Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he turned their heads.

Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin,

"Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins?"

Then he moved into the corner, face down like the Jack of Hearts.

 

Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs,

Lily had two queens, she was hopin' for a third to match her pair.

Outside the streets were fillin' up, the window was open wide,

A gentle breeze was blowin', you could feel it from inside.

Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts.

 

Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine,

He made his usual entrance lookin' so dandy and so fine.

With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place,

He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste.

But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts.

 

Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town,

She slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown.

She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear,

"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late," but he didn't seem to hear.

He was starin' into space over at the Jack of Hearts.

 

"I know I've seen that face before," Big Jim was thinkin' to himself,

"Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf."

But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim

And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him,

Starin' at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts.

 

Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and precious as a child,

She did whatever she had to do, she had that certain flash every time she smiled.

She'd come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs

With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere.

But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.

 

The hangin' judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined,

The drillin' in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind.

It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring

And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king.

No, nothin' ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts.

 

Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife,

She was tired of the attention, tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife.

She had done a lot of bad things, even once tried suicide,

Was lookin' to do just one good deed before she died.

She was gazin' to the future, riding on the Jack of Hearts.

 

Lily washed her face, took her dress off and buried it away.

"Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him, "Well, I guess you must

have known it would someday.

Be careful not to touch the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint,

I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint."

Down the hallway footsteps were comin' for the Jack of Hearts.

 

The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair.

"There's something funny going on," he said, "I can just feel it in the air."

He went to get the hangin' judge, but the hangin' judge was drunk,

As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk.

There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts.

 

Lily's arms were locked around the man that she dearly loved to touch,

She forgot all about the man she couldn't stand who hounded her so much.

"I've missed you so," she said to him, and he felt she was sincere,

But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear.

Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts.

 

No one knew the circumstance but they say that it happened pretty quick,

The door to the dressing room burst open and a cold revolver clicked.

And Big Jim was standin' there, ya couldn't say surprised,

Rosemary right beside him, steady in her eyes.

She was with Big Jim but she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts.

 

Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall

And cleaned out the bank safe, it's said that they got off with quite a haul.

In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground

For one more member who had business back in town.

But they couldn't go no further without the Jack of Hearts.

 

The next day was hangin' day, the sky was overcast and black,

Big Jim lay covered up, killed by a penknife in the back.

And Rosemary on the gallows, she didn't even blink,

The hangin' judge was sober, he hadn't had a drink.

The only person on the scene missin' was the Jack of Hearts.

 

The cabaret was empty now, a sign said, "Closed for repair,"

Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair.

She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely saw,

Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary and thinkin' about the law.

But, most of all she was thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts.

[dezdimona]

Otherside

Chorus:

How long how long will I slide

Separate my side I don’t

I don’t believe it’s bad

Slit my throat

It’s all I ever

 

I heard your voice through a photograph

I thought it up it brought up the past

Once you know you can never go back

I’ve got to take it on the otherside

 

Centuries are what it meant to me

A cemetery where I marry the sea

Stranger things could never change my mind

I’ve got to take it on the otherside

Take it on the otherside

Take it on

Take it on

 

Chorus

 

Pour my life into a paper cup

The ashtray’s full and I’m spillin’ my guts

She wants to know am I still a girlfriend

I’ve got to take it on the otherside

 

Scarlet starlet and she’s in my bed

A candidate for my soul mate bled

Push the trigger and pull the thread

I’ve got to take it on the otherside

Take it on the otherside

Take it on

Take it on

 

Chorus

 

Turn me on take me for a hard ride

Burn me out leave me on the otherside

I yell and tell it that

It’s not my friend

I tear it down I tear it down

And then it’s born again

 

Chorus

 

How long I don’t believe it’s bad

Slit my throat

It’s all I ever

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Red Hot Chile Peppers

[Jntk]

This is one of my favourite songs to cheer me up on a bad day

 

Can't stop addicted to the shin dig

Cop top he says I'm gonna win big

Choose not a life of imitation

Distant cousin to the reservation

Defunkt the pistol that you pay for

This punk the feeling that you stay for

In time I want to be your best friend

Eastside love is living on the westend

Knock out but boy you better come to

Don't die you know the truth is some do

Go write your message on the pavement

Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant

White heat is screaming in the jungle

Complete the motion if you stumble

Go ask the dust for any answers

Come back strong with 50 belly dancers

 

[Chorus:]

The world I love

The tears I drop

To be part of

The wave can't stop

Ever wonder if it's all for you

The world I love

The trains I hop

To be part of

The wave can't stop

Come and tell me when it's time to

 

Sweetheart is bleeding in the snowcone

So smart she's leading me to ozone

Music the great communicator

Use two sticks to make it in the nature

I'll get you into penetration

The gender of a generation

The birth of every other nation

Worth your weight the gold of meditation

This chapter's going to be a close one

Smoke rings I know your going to blow one

All on a spaceship persevering

Use my hands for everything but steering

Can't stop the spirits when they need you

Mop tops are happy when they feed you

J. Butterfly is in the treetop

Birds that blow the meaning into bebop

 

[Repeat Chorus]

 

Wait a minute I'm passing out

Win or lose just like you

Far more shocking

Than anything i ever knew

How about you

10 more reasons

Why i need somebody new just like you

Far more shocking than anything I ever knew

Right on cue

 

Can't stop addicted to the shin dig

Cop top he says I'm gonna win big

Choose not a life of imitation

Distant cousin to the reservation

Defunkt the pistol that you pay for

This punk the feeling that you stay for

In time I want to be your best friend

Eastside love is living on the westend

Knock out but boy you better come to

Don't die you know the truth is some do

Go write your message on the pavement

Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant

 

Kick start the golden generator

Sweet talk but don't intimidate her

Can't stop the gods from engineering

Feel no need for any interfering

Your image in the dictionary

This life is more than ordinary

Can I get 2 maybe even 3 of these

Come from space

To teach you of the pliedes

Can't stop the spirits when they need you

This life is more than just a read thru

 

~ Red hot chilli Peppers; cant stop

[Deleted269910User]

Don't know why really, but this song is simply one of my favourites;

 

Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you've seen

So unsure but it seems, ’cause we’ve been waiting for you

Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste

Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

 

I see a distant light, but girl this can't be right

Such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be

Arrived too early

 

And when I think of all the places I just don't belong

I've come to grips with life and realize this is going too far

 

I don't belong here, we gotta move on dear

Escape from this afterlife

’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on

Far away from here

 

A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain

Can leave this place but refrain, ’cause we've been waiting for you

Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste

Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

 

This peace on earth's not right (with my back against the wall)

No pain or sign of time (I’m much too young to fall)

So out of place don't wanna stay, I feel wrong and that's my sign

I've made up my mind

 

Give me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye

Please understand I have to leave and carry on my own life

 

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear

escape from this afterlife

’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,

far away from here

 

 

Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you

This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might

Take me back inside when the time is right

 

Loved ones back home all crying ’cause they're already missing me

I pray by the grace of God that there's somebody listening

Give me a chance to be that person I wanna be

(I am unbroken; I’m choking on this ecstasy)

Oh Lord I'll try so hard but you gotta let go of me

(Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live)

 

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear

escape from this afterlife

’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,

far away from here

 

 

Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you

This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might

Take me back inside when the time is right

 

 

~~Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife~~

[myrmaad]

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

Well, take me back down where cool water flows, yall.

Let me remember things I love,

Stoppin at the log where catfish bite,

Walkin along the river road at night,

Barefoot girls dancin in the moonlight.

 

I can hear the bullfrog callin me.

Wonder if my ropes still hangin to the tree.

Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water.

Shoefly, dragonfly, get back t'your mother.

Pick up a flat rock, skip it across green river.

Welllllll!

 

Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, oh,

With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers

old Cody Junior took me over,

Said, you're gonna find the world is colder.

And if you get lost -- come on home to green river.

 

[dezdimona]

Cryin' on the corner, waitin' in the rain

I swear I'll never, ever wait again

You gave me your word..but words for you are lies

 

Darlin' in my wildest dreams, I never thought I'd go

But it's time to let you know....oh...

 

Chorus:

I'm gonna harden my heart

I'm gonna swallow my tears

I'm gonna turn...and...leave you here.....

 

All of my life I've been waitin' in the rain

I've been waiting for a feeling...that never, ever came

It feels so close, but always disappears....

 

Darlin', in your wildest dreams, you never had a clue...

But it's time you got the news......oooo....

 

Repeat Chorus

 

I'm gonna harden my heart

I'm gonna swallow my tears

I'm gonna harden my heart

I'm gonna swallow my tears

Harden my heart...harden my heart...

swallow my tears

I'm gonna harden my heart....

 

Quarterflash: Harden my Heart

[Lisnpuppy]

Now maybe

I didn't mean to treat you bad

But I did anyway

 

Now maybe

Some would say your life was sad

But you lived it anyway

 

And so maybe

Your friends they stand around

They watch you crumble

As you fall onto the ground

 

And then someday

Your friends they stand beside

As you were flying

Oh you were flying oh so high

 

But then some day people look at you

For what they call their own

They watch you suffer

Yeah, they hear you calling home

 

And then some day we could take our time

To brush the leaves aside

So you can reach us

Hey, but you left me far behind

 

Now maybe

I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad

But I did it anyway

 

Now say, but maybe some would say

You're left with what you had

But you couldn't share the pain

No, no, no

 

Couldn't share the pain

They watch you suffer, mmm hmmm

 

Now maybe

I could have made my own mistakes

But I live with what I've known

 

And then maybe

We might share in something great

But won't you look at where we've grown?

Won't you look at where we've gone?

 

But then someday comes

Tomorrow holds a sense of what I fear for you

In my mind

As you trip the final line

 

And that cold day when you lost control

Shame you left my life so soon

You should have told me

Hey, but you left me far behind

 

Now maybe

I didn't meant to treat you oh so bad

Oh, but I did anyway

 

Now maybe

Some would say you're left with what you had

Oh, but you couldn't share the pain

No, no, no

 

(Solo)

 

But maybe

I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad

Oh, but I did anyway

 

No maybe

Some would say you're left with what you had

But you couldn't share the pain

 

I said, now times have changed your friends

Have come and watch you crumble to the ground

They watch you suffer

Yeah, they hold you down

Hold you down

 

Maybe brother, maybe love

I didn't mean to treat you bad

But you left me far behind

 

Left me far behind

Left me far behind

 

 

 

FAR BEHIND--CandleBox