Song Lyrics

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 11:49 am

Originally posted by Chanak
Here's a favorite of mine by Metallica, back when I liked them in the early 80's...

Fade to Black

Its a great song, I concur.

Thats why I posted lyrics to it earlier.

But really, its worthy of being posted multiple times. Surprisingly, I liked the cover of the song by Apoptygma Berzerk a bit more. Apop did a great job covering "Fade to Black" and "Nothing Else Matters".

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:19 pm

Oooh - DK!

@Dottie: Actually, I rather prefer the version of "California Ueber Alles" which is called: "We've Got A Bigger Problem Now."

[spoken]Last call for alcohol.
Last call for your freedom of speech.
Drink up. Happy hour is now enforced by law.
Don't forget our house special, it's called a Trickie ****ie Screwdriver.
It's got one part Jack Daniels, two parts purple Kool-Aid,
and a jigger of formaldehyde
from the jar with Hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom.
Happy trails to you. Happy trails to you. [/spoken]

I am Emperor Ronald Reagan
Born again with fascist cravings
Still, you made me president

Human rights will soon go 'way
I am now your Shah today
Now I command all of you
Now you're going to pray in school
I'll make sure they're Christian too

California Uber alles
Uber alles California

Ku Klux Klan will control you
Still you think it's natural
N***** knockin' for the master race
Still you wear the happy face

You closed your eyes, can't happen here
Alexander Haig is near
Vietnam won't come back you say
Join the army or you will pay

California Uber alles
Uber alles California

Yeah, that's it. Just relax.
Have another drink, few more pretzels, little more MSG.
Turn on those Dallas Cowboys on your TV.
Lock your doors. Close your mind.
It's time for the two-minute warning.

Welcome to 1984
Are you ready for the third world war?!?
You too will meet the secret police
They'll draft you and they'll jail your niece

You'll go quitely to boot camp
They'll shoot you dead, make you a man
Don't you worry, it's for a cause
Feeding global corporations' claws

Die on our brand new poison gas
El Salvador or Afghanistan
Making money for President Reagan
And all the friends of President Reagan

California Uber alles
Uber alles California

EDIT: to censor a word which the auto-censor missed, but which may not be considered allowable under forum rules. Sorry. Funny - I somehow doubt that DK would take too kindly to the idea of censorship.

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:31 pm

lol, I must say I didnt expect this, I guess my mind needs to open up abit...

Just a small bit mind you.

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:45 pm

Multiclass: punk/capitalist

What? - you didn't suspect I had punk tendancies, Dottie?

I like DK quite a bit, and a number of other punk bands (Naked Raygun and The Offspring are up at the top of the list). Some of the punk bands (like DK) really had some great lyrics - they really did express a critique of the world they saw, and did so in a very, very creative and sprited manner. I guess I like that rebellious punkish attitude.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:18 pm

Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet yeah,

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change
I can't change

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the things meet yeah

You know I can change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

I can't change my mold
no, no, no, no, no,
I can't change
Can't change my body,
no, no, no

I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
Been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Have you ever been down?
Have you've ever been down?

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:26 pm

Crazy Town - Drowning

Everything is so complex
Everyday is like a test
For the obstacles that seem most impossible
And I'm thinking, Just another breath.
Not a minute left, how long have I been drifting!.
Pass the glass pipe, hit the flashlight, now I break it
People say I'm a star, but I still think I'll never make it
And I'm thinking, Just another prayer.
Not a second left. I feel there's something missing.

Sometimes I hate that chaos surrounds me
When all the answers that I seek are around me
Am I drowning, Am I fading away, Or am I living up to all your dreams that made me this way
Am I drowning, Am I drowning, Am I drowning, Am I drowning..

I've been to hell and back, looking for the answers to life.
Looking at myself trying to get things right
And I'm feeling, Just another breath.
Not a minute left, I feel the darkness lifting!
There was a time that I questioned if I'll ever be allright
Running getting high, staying tracked by sleepless nights
And I'm thinking, Just another breath.
Not a minute left. I feel there's something missing.
I'm running from myself and all the things I don't like.
Living everynight like it's the last night.
And I'm thinking. Just another prayer.
Not a second left. I need to stop resisting.

Sometimes I hate that chaos surrounds me
When all the answers that I seek are around me
Am I drowning, Am I fading away,
Or am I living up to all your dreams that made me this way
Am I drowning, Am I drowning, Am I drowning, Am I drowning..

Drowning in the drama, lost in the light
Trapped by the currents of life, caught in the riptide.

Sometimes I hate that chaos surrounds me
When all the answers that I seek are around me
Am I drowning, Am I fading away,
Or am I living up to all your dreams that made me this way
Am I drowning, Am I drowning, Am I drowning, Am I drowning..

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 11:25 pm

On the occassion of our 95th month together...

...that's roughly 5 years of boyfriend/girlfriend and three years of being married...

...this one goes out to you, Kathrina.

Mahal na mahal kita.

All I Want Is You
U2
You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want your story to remain untold
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you’ll give me a highway with no one on it
Treasure, just to look upon it
All the riches in the night

You say you’ll give me eyes in the mood of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbor in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you want your love to work out right
To last with me through the night

You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold
All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You
All I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 11:29 pm

Three years through marriage...

...a bumpy ride, I know.

But still, remember this...

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down
When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It ought to be

When a man loves a woman
I give you everything I've got (yeah)
Trying to hold on
To your precious love
Baby please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes can never see

Yes when a man loves a woman
I now exactly how he feels
cause baby, baby, baby
I am a man
When a man loves a woman

*When a Man Loves a Woman by Michael Bolton

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:44 am

Borrowing on Mahs love theme, I'll go with something that I actually know

This Is Love - PJ Harvey

I can't believe that life's so complex
When I just want to sit here and watch you undress
I can't believe that life's so complex
When I just want to sit here and watch you undress

This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love
That I'm feeling

Does it have to be a life full of dread
I wanna chase you round the table, I wanna touch your head
Does it have to be a life full of dread
I wanna chase you round the table, I wanna touch your head

This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love
That I'm feeling

I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
When you taste so good
I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
When my head burns

Love, love, love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling

Even in the summer
Even in the spring
You can never get too much of
A wonderful thing

You're the only story that I never told
You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so
You're the only story that never been told
You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so

Come on out, come on over, help me forget
Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in
Come on out, come on over, help me forget
Keep the walls from falling on me, tumbling in
Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in

This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
This is love, love, love
That I'm feeling

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:57 am

Something with a more punkish flavour.

Highly Evolved - The Vines

I'm feelin happy
So highly evolved
My times a riddle that'll never be solved
Dreamin for somethin
Reachin for somethin
Just waitin for the sun to carry me in

If you feel low
You can buy love
From a payphone
I don't feel low

My brother Bill
He work for the market
Life is an arrow now and he is the target
Dreamin for somethin
Reachin for somethin
Just waitin for the sun to carry me in

If you feel low
You can buy blow
From a payphone
I don't feel love

Highly evolved

I don't feel low
Highly evolved

Littiz · Post by **Littiz** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 8:22 am

A must hear! A song about rage... Be prepared to the voice

William Wallace (Braveheart)
Tunes of war - GRAVE DIGGER, 1996

[angry]
I don't wanna be a hero
But I'll stand and never kneel
Freedom is well worth a dying
Come we'll fight with heart and steel
Beat the English at Sterling brigde
I will guard the Scottish throne
I myself skinned Cressingham
In his own blood he did drown
Fight - Freedom we fight
Stand - Scotland's pride

["sweet"]
I am just a simple man
I'm afraid to meet my end
Braveheart they call me
If they knew if they could see

[angry]
Edward's out to seek revenge
His army's great his soldiers strong
Come with me to fight at Falkirk
Send them back where they belong
I don't have the blood of kings
But I'd die for Scotland's pride
Even nobles follow me
Into battle side by side

["sweet"]
Nightmares haunt my lonely nights
I must be strong and I must fight
Braveheart they call me
If they knew if they could see

[even angrier]
Vengeance burns a raging anger
I have lost the fear to die
Braveheart that's what I am
I kill until my blood runs dry
The lust for battle in my veins
inspires me to take your life
Braveheart that's what I am
I kill until my blood runs dry

[IMPOSSIBLY angrier]
VENGEANCE BURNS A RAGING ANGER
I HAVE LOST THE FEAR TO DIE
BRAVEHEART THAT'S WHAT I AM
I KILL UNTIL MY BLOOD RUNS DRY

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:35 pm

Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes

Fell in love with a girl
fell in love once and almost completely
she's in love with the world
but sometimes these feelings
can be so misleading
she turns and says "are you alright?"
I said "I must be fine cause my heart's still beating"
She says "come and kiss me by the riverside, bobby says it's fine he don't consider it cheating"

Red hair with a curl
mellow roll for the flavor
and the eyes for peeping
can't keep away from the girl
these two sides of my brain
need to have a meeting
can't think of anything to do
my left brain knows that
all love is fleeting
she's just looking for something new
and I said it once before
but it bears repeating

Fell in love with a girl
fell in love once and almost completely
she's in love with the world
but sometimes these feelings
can be so misleading
she turns and says "are you alright?"
I said "I must be fine cause my heart's still beating"
She says "come and kiss me by the riverside, bobby says it's fine he don't consider it cheating"

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 9:46 am

"Warning" - Green Day

[VERSE 1:]
This is a public service anouncement, this is only a test
Emergency evacuation process
May Impair your ability to operate machinery
Can't quite tell just what it means to me
Keep out of reach of children, don't you talk to strangers
Get your philoshophy from a bumper sticker

[CHORUS:]
Warning. Live without warning
Say warning. Live without warning
Without. Alright.

[VERSE 2:]
Better homes and safety self communities.
Did you remember to the pay the utility?
Caution Police Line You Better Not Cross!
Is it the cop, or am I the one thats really dangerous?
Sanitation, expiration date, question everything.
Or shut up and be a victim of authority

[CHORUS:]
Warning. Live without warning
Say warning. Live without warning
Say warning. Live without warning
Say warning. Live without warning
Without. Alright.

[VERSE 3:]
Better homes and saftey shelf communities.
Did you remember to pay the pay the utility?
Caution Police Line You Better Not Cross!
Is it the cop, or am I the one that's really dangerous
Sanitation, expiration date, question everything.
Or shut up and be a victim of authority

[CHORUS:]
Warning. Live without warning
Say warning. Live without warning
Say warning. Live without warning
Say warning. Live without warning
This is a public service anouncement, this is only a test

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 6:47 am

Envy - Ash

Here’s a taste of the seven sins

Driven to distraction, waiting on your call
I am getting trigger happy but it doesn’t help at all
No, and I can’t even think, with you still in my head
No, and I cannot do anything, I want you in my head

Envy, envy, envy
Envy, envy, envy

Breathless, weak I’m distracted, I wanna get under your skin
Like a fever, you leave my mouth dry, but I can’t do anything
Can’t stop this burning from within

C’mon baby, c’mon baby, c’mon baby, c’mon

Fingertips in the honey dipped, you know it set my soul on fire
From her sultry hips to her velvet lips
You know I couldn’t get much higher
I lose my concentration, walk around in a dream
So come on give me some of your reaction, I wanna know explicitly
How it feels, so dirty sweet

Envy, envy, envy
Envy, envy, envy

C’mon baby, c’mon baby, c’mon baby, c’mon
Too much! Too much!

Got struck by a lightning bolt
Between the eyes, got paralysed
Way before I realised, hypnotised
Conspiracy, mystery, the air she breathes
Controversy, I’m heading for the deep freeze

Envy, envy, envy
Envy, envy, envy
From the east to the west
The north to the south
I want you so bad
Wanna turn you inside out
I wanna all night long
Feel the sweet sensations
Sassy temptations
Of her hot vibrations.

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 6:53 am

I've probably posted these already, but...

Offspring
"The Kids Aren't Alright"

When we were young the future was so bright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole damn street
Was gonna make it big and not be beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives

Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams

Jamie had a chance, well she really did
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

Jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on
The cruelest dream, reality

Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams.

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 6:55 am

The minstrel boy to the war is gone,
In the ranks of death you'll find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;
"Land of Song!" cried the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy right shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"

The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's steel
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free
They shall never sound in slavery!

Thomas Moore, 1779-1852

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 9:49 pm

"Seein' Red" - Unwritten Law

I'm seein red
Don't think you'll have to see my face again
don't have much time for sympathy
Cuz it never happened to me
You feelin blue now
I think you bit off more than you could chew
And now it's time to make a choice
And all I wanna hear is your...
So follow the leader down
And swallow your pride and drown
When there's no place left to go
Maybe thats when you will know
Follow the leader down
And swallow your pride and drown
When theres no place left to go
Maybe thats when you will know
And foolish lies well can't you see
I tried to compromise
Cuz what you say ain't always true
And I can see the tears in your eyes
And what you said now
Can't stop the words from running through my head
And what I do to get through to you
But you'd only do it again
So follow the leader down
And swallow your pride and drown
When there's no place left to go
Maybe that's when you will know
Follow the leader down
And swallow your pride and drown
When there's no place left to go
Maybe that's when you will know
Well I confess, I don't know what to make from all this mess
Don't have much time for sympathy
But it never happened to me
You Feelin down I don't know where i'll be when you come around
And now it's time to make a choice,
And all I wanna hear is your voice...

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 11:34 am

"Is Anybody Home?" - Our Lady Peace

Goodbye, the future's sold out
There's no use screaming
Who thought we'd ever get this far
Tonight, your faith has come down

To money & a TV
Psychics who've never been to Mars
And nazis breast feeding
I know you must be upset

I can't find meaning
I'm sorry, we're sorry
We're all scared, all scared

Hey, is anybody home
Has anybody wasted tears on
The loneliness
That everyone becomes

Goodnight, the truth has come out
Everyone's needy
White teeth, a ticket to meet God

Be all that you envy
The shotgun under your bed has
Started breathing
You shot it, you shot it
I'm bare, I'm bare

Hey, is anybody home
Has anybody painted fear
On the bedroom walls that save us from . . .

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 11:45 am

Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple eater to me

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One eye?)

Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One horn?)

I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line
He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land

Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
(We wear short shorts)
Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me

And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground
He started to rock, really rockin' around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune

Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater

Flyin' little people eater
Sure looks strange to me (Purple People?)

And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' em dead
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 12:03 pm

"99 Red Balloons" - Goldfinger

You and I in a little toy shop
buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, "Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by.

99 red balloons floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
As 99 red balloons go by.

99 Decision Street, 99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call out the troops now in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by.

99 Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer haette das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In the dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here...
And here it is, a red balloon
I think of you and let it go.