Song Lyrics

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:34 am

Heres a song that I relate to all the time. Really, if there was a song that I could point to to say how I feel, it would often be this one.

Saved by Zero -by The Fixx

Maybe, someday
Saved by zero
I'll be more together
stretched by fewer
Thoughts that leave me
Chasing utter
My dreams disown me
Loaded with danger
Maybe I'll win
Saved by Zero
Holding onto
Wends that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll win
Saved by zero
Maybe I'll win
Saved by zero

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:50 am

Wishful Thinking by China Crisis...

btw, Tammy, loved that song since highschool.

IT´S TIME WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT
THERE´S NO SECRET KEPT IN HERE
FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING
NOW WIPE AWAY YOUR TEARS

AND IF I WISH TO STOP IT ALL
AND IF I WISH TO COMFORT THE FALL
IT´S JUST WISHFUL THINKING

I SAT ON THE ROOF
AND WATCHED THE DAY GO BY
I SEE THE LIKENESS IN HIS SMILE AND THE WAY HE STANDS
MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE

AND IF I WISH TO STOP IT ALL
AND IF I WISH TO COMFORT THE FALL
IT´S JUST WISHFUL THINKING

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:57 am

Ooo! Ooo! Dont get me started on China Crisis.

Theyre one of my favorite yet unknown artists of the 80's...

Let me see if I can find lyrics to my favorite of their songs.

Working with Fire and Steel -by China Crisis

I could never keep a beat
too busy in my paradise
put a crocodile in high office
and something out of place inside

When all is said and all is done
my hands that work with a fire and steel

Fashion play your part
to be workers of red
fashion play your part
to be workers
While all the time you dance around
and things get ****ed and we're to blame
and I couldn't think political blue

When all is said and all is done
my hands that work with a fire and steel

Fashion play your part
to be workers of red
fashion play your part
to be workers
When all is said and all is done
my hands that work with a fire and steel
and motionless we'll slip away
images are my thoughts too real

Kind of a dark song, but in an upbeat manor

I hope I can find a best of album when I go to the comic/cd store tomorrow.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:23 pm

Another from China Crisis...

...Tybs, China Crisis was very popular in the Philippines during the 80's.

BLACK MAN RAY

Are we believing
Black man ray
are we not happy
in our own way
and we the people
who reason why
forever change
as time goes by

Yes, yes, I could be wrong
why, why, should I pretend
God only knows in the end

Are we believing
the heavenly survive
faith the future
big life on their side
and we the people
who can but try
forever learn
as time goes by

Yes, yes, I could be wrong
why, why, should I pretend
God only knows in the end

Are we believing
Black man ray
persuasive danger
in everything you say
and we the people
who answer you why
forever doubt
as time goes by

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:26 pm

My last song from China Crisis...

KING IN A CATHOLIC STYLE

WAKE UP, WAKE UP
KING IN A CATHOLIC STYLE
WITH YOUR MAN,
WITH YOUR MAN MAKE UP
AND YOUR BIG MONEY
BUSINESS SMILE

CUT ´EM UP, CUT ´EM UP
CRUCIAL TO EVERY CHILD
WITH A MIND,
WITH A MIND MADE UP
AND YOUR MAIN MAN
CONFIDENCE SMILE

THE RESIDENTIAL BLACK SEA BAND
THEY ROSE UP OUT OF A SINKING SAND
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECT MAN SAID
FOR WHAT YOU WANT TAKE ME INSTEAD

WAKE UP, WAKE UP
EXERCISE YOUR EVERY RIGHT
WITH YOUR PLAN
ON THE UP AND UP
AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY
STRUGGLE IN SIGHT

CUT ´EM UP, CUT ´EM UP
PHYSICAL IN EVERY WAY
TOUGH ENOUGH, TOUGH ENOUGH
FACE UP
AND BLOW YOUR BIG BODY
BLUES AWAY

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:33 pm

"In A World Called Catastrophe" - Matthew Good Band

Here it comes, and there it goes
another day of decomposing light
In a world called catastrophe
My native tongue is blasphemy
So its the one I'll write

Baby can you feel it?
Don't it make you wanna lay down and
Close your eyes?

Baby can you feel it?
Don't it make you wanna lay down and
Close your eyes?

Remember how we started?
Cause since then I'm a waste
Since then I'm a fool
Since then I'm a dog
In a world called catastrophe
Since then I'm a waste

Here it comes and there it goes
Another day of getting up to fight
In a world called catastrophe
My native tongue is blasphemy
So that's the one I'll write

Baby can you hear it?
Don't it make you wanna wake up
And open your eyes?

Baby can you hear it?
Don't it make you wanna wake up
And open your eyes?

Remember how we started?
Cause since then I'm a waste

Remember how we started?
Cause since then I'm a waste

Remember how we started?
Cause since then I'm a waste
Since then I'm a fool
Since then I'm a dog
In a world called catastrophe
Since then I'm a waste

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:34 pm

Well China Crisis is not really known over here

I really like quite a few of their songs, but I only own 1 of them on a compilation, while the others live only in my memory. They have about 2 or 3 hits over here.

Heres what my favorite 80's website said about China Crisis

CHINA CRISIS
(UK, five Top 40 hits, three Top 40 albums)

Mournful MOR Scouse duo comprising of Eddie Lundon (piano, vocal) and Garry Daley (guitar, backing) plus two other unofficial members, who relaxed the ambience in the room with a short series of middling, less-than-upbeat themic ditties. High point was the melancholic understated synth-ballad "Wishful Thinking" ("It's time we should talk about it, there's no secrets kept in here") which gave them their (criminally) sole Top 10 experience. Previous single "Christian" ("I could lose myself in his honesty") was equally as doleful but also far less melodic, and the boys returned to form in '85 with the dapper, likeable "Black Man Ray" ("yes, yes, I could be wrong") which should have got much higher than its No.14 placing. Their one attempt at uplift was the next tune "King In A Catholic Style" ("with your man, with your man make-up") which Radio 1 luvvie DJ Simon Bates ALWAYS featured on an '85 reminiscing Golden Hour, but the brief C-list placing on the pop conscience was just about over. Penetrated the 40 one more time (just) in '87 with "Best Kept Secret", before packing up. Musos with an emotional streak keep a place in their hearts and LP racks for them.

Biggest Hit: "Wishful Thinking", No.9, 1984
Defining Moment: Lundon miming "Black Man Ray" on a full size grand piano on TOTP.

-essential eighties

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:39 pm

On China Crisis...

...as you can see, all three songs I posted were mentioned in that write up of yours.

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:44 pm

Re: On China Crisis...

Originally posted by Maharlika
...as you can see, all three songs I posted were mentioned in that write up of yours.

Right, because http://www.essential-eighties.net only focuses on songs that broke the top 40 in the 80's (and if the group got their first hit in the 80's and reached the top 40, they will be on the site), so you posted lyrics to the big songs.

"Working with Fire and Steel" only managed 48th in the charts, a real disappointing showing for a really cool song. It is one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time, and it only managed 48th? Its disappointing.

But I know *I* like it, so I dont need the critics to tell me that.

*points to sig "All the people tell me so, But what do all the people know?"-The Monroes*

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 4:21 am

Here's a Filipino song...

...by one of the most respected bands in my country. I would like to think that Askal here will agree with me too

...

The Eraserheads somehow captured the collective culture of our generation, with their down-to-earth and simple lyrics coupled with great instrumental accompaniment... and yes, proud to say they were my contemporaries at the university where we graduated from. I had the chance to hangout with them once because my brother's ex gf is the sister of one of the band member's gf

...

Anyway, here is the song with the corresponding translation.

MAGASIN by Eraserheads

Kita kita sa isang magasin (I saw you in a magazine)
Dilaw ang iyong suot at, buhok mo'y green (You’re wearing yellow and your hair is green)
Sa isang tindahan (In a store)
Sa may Baclaran (Somewhere in Baclaran)
Napatingin, natulala sa iyong kagandahan (Your beauty caught my attention and I was dumbfounded)
Naalala mo pa ba noong tayo pang dalawa (Do you remember way back when we were a couple)
'Di ko inakalang sisikat ka (I never knew you’d be famous)
Tinawanan pa kita (I even laughed at you)
Tinawag mo 'kong walang hiya (You called me “shameless” --- but “jerk” would do – Mah)
Medyo pangit ka pa noon (You were ugly then)
Ngunit ngayon... Hey (But now… Hey!)
CHORUS:
Iba na ang iyong ngiti (Your smile has changed)
Iba na ang iyong tingin (Your look has changed)
Nagbago nang lahat sayo (Everything about you has changed)
Sana'y hindi nakita (Wished I didn’t see)
Sana'y walang problema pagka't kulang ang dala kong perang (Wished there wouldn’t be any problem because I don’t have the money right now)
Pambili.... oooh..... pambili sa mukha mong maganda (To buy…oooh… to buy your beautiful face)
Siguro ay may kotse ka na ngayon (Maybe right now you’ve got a car of your own)
Rumarampa sa entablado (Walking on the catwalk)
Damit na gawa ni Sotto (Wearing clothes made by Sotto --- Inno Sotto is a famous Filipino designer)
Siguro'y malapit ka na ring sumali (Maybe you will be soon joining)
Sa Supermodel of the Whole Wide Universe.... kasi… (“self explanatory”… because…)
CHORUS
Kita kita sa isang magasin (I saw you in a magazine)
At sa sobrang gulat hindi ko napansin (I was so surprised I didn’t notice)
Bastos pala ang pamagat (The title (of the mag) is vulgar)
Dalidaliang binuklat (I quickly opened the pages)
At ako'y namulat sa hubad na katotohanan.... hey (And I was enlightened by the naked truth)
CHORUS
Saan ka na kaya (I wonder where you are now)
Sana ay masaya (I wish you are happy)
Sana sa susunod na isyu (I hope that in the next issue)
Ay centerfold ka na (You will be on the centerfold)

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 4:33 am

Another song by the E-heads...

...this one is really in English.

I really like this one.

With A Smile Lyrics by Eraserheads

lift yer head
baby don't be scared
of the things that could go wrong
along the way

you'll get by with a smile
u can't win at everything but u can try

and baby u don't have to worry
coz there ain't no need to hurry
no one ever said that there's no easy way

and when they're closing all their doors
and they don't want u anymore
this sounds funny but i'll say it anyway

girl i'll stay
through the bad times
even if i have to fetch u everyday

i'll get by
if u smile
u can never be too happy in this life

coz in a world where everybody hates
a happy ending story
it's a wonder love can make the world go round

but don't let it bring u down
and turn ur face into a frown
u'll get along with a little prayer and a song

lift yer head
baby don't be scared
of the things that could go wrong along the way

we'll get by with a smile
now it's time to kiss away
those tears goodbye

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 4:43 pm

Well time for the ORIGINAL song by this name, and much better too...

Its My Life -by Talk Talk

Funny how I find myself in love with you
If I could buy my reasoning I'd pay to lose
One half won't do
I've asked myself
How much do you commit yourself?

It's my life (Don't you forget)

Funny how I blind myself
I never knew if I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose, I'd tell myself what good you do
Convince myself

It's my life

How much do you commit yourself?

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It's my life

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:31 pm

"8 Mile" - Eminem

[Eminem]
Sometimes I just feel like, quittin I still might
Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write
Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin with real life
Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics
And show these people what my level of skill's like
But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate life
Somethin ain't right, hit the brake lights
Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank like
Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my fault
Great then I falls, my insides crawl
and I clam up (wham) I just slam shut
I just can't do it, my whole manhood's
just been stripped, I have just been vicked
So I must then get, off the bus then slip
Man f*** this s*** yo, I'm goin the f*** home
World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road

[Chorus]
I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Time to really just take matters into my own hands
Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back
(8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin
Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone
And go follow the footsteps I'm makin my own
Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road

[Eminem]
I'm walkin these train tracks, tryin to regain back
the spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same crap
To the same plant, and the same pants
Tryin to chase rap, gotta move ASAP
And get a new plan, momma's got a new man
Poor little baby sister, she don't understand
Sits in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad
And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand
While she colors her big brother and mother and dad
Ain't no tellin what really goes on in her little head
Wish I could be the daddy that neither one of us had
But I keep runnin from somethin I never wanted so bad!
Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet
It's like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet
Don't gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep
The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin to do what's best
And I try, sit alone and I cry
Yo I won't tell no lie, not a moment goes by
That I don't pray to the sky, please I'm beggin you God
Please don't let me be bit***n holdin no regular job
Yo I hope you can hear me homey wherever you are
Yo I'm tellin you dawg I'm bailin this trailer tomorrow
Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye
Say whenever you need me baby, I'm never too far
But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I know
And I'ma be back for you, the second that I blow
On everything I own, I'll make it on my own
Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile Road

[Chorus]

[Eminem]
You gotta live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it
Or see what the big deal is, why it wasn't the skillest
To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city limits
It's different, it's a certain significance, a certificate
of authenticity, you'd never even see
But it's everything to me, it's my credibility
You never seen heard smelled or met a real MC
who's incredible upon the same pedestal as me
But yet I'm still unsigned, havin a rough time
Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes
Go to work and serve MC's in the lunchline
But when it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go
Who must I show, to bust my flow
Where must I go, who must I know
Or am I just another crab in the bucket
Cause I ain't havin no luck with this little Rabbit so f*** it
Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt s***
I'm feelin a little skeptical who I hang out with
I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about s***
if the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an outfit
And it's cold, tryin to travel this road
Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode
My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't want
is pity from no one, the city is no fun
There is no sun, and it's so dark
Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein pulled apart
I'm torn in my limbs, by each one of my friends
It's enough to make me just wanna jump out of my skin
Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just know not
what I'm doin I just blow, my head is a stove top
I just explode, the kettle gets so hot
Sometimes my mouth just overloads the a$$ that I don't got
But I've learned, it's time for me to U-turn
Yo it only takes one time for me to get burned
Ain't no fallin no next time I meet a new girl
I can no longer play stupid or be immature
I got every ingredient, all I need is the courage
Like I already got the beat, all I need is the words
Got the urge, suddenly it's a surge
Suddenly a new burst of energy is occured
Time to show these free world leaders the three and a third
I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a bird
Then I turn and cross over the median curb
Hit the verbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road

[Chorus]

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 7:38 pm

I really don't like this guy, but this is a wonderful song. Naturally any song that mentions Jeff Buckley would be great IMO

You Were Right - Badly Drawn Boy

And you,
Were right to bide your time and not buy into my misery
Well the good things are never free
Do the colours of the rainbow look the same to everyone?

And I,
Was rushing round in circles for a reason to believe
Wipe the slime from off your sleeve
You could follow me for weeks
And I'm not going anywhere
Sometimes it's hard to love someone
Till the day that they are gone

And I,
Just had a dream the other night
I was married to the Queen
And Madonna lived next door
I think she took a shine to me
And the kids were all grown up
But I had to turn her down
'Cos I was still in love with you

I'm turning Madonna down
I'm calling it my best move
I'll get her tickets to what she needs

I remember doing nothing on the night Sinatra died
And the night Jeff Buckley died
And the night Kurt Cobain died
And the night John Lennon died
I remember I stayed up to watch the news with everyone
And that was a lot of nights
And that was a lot of lives
Who lost the tickets to what they need?

And I,
Was busy finding answers while you just got on with real life
Always hoped you'd be my wife
But I never found the time
For the question to arrive
I just disguised it in a song

And songs are never quite the answer
Just a soundtrack to a life
That is over all too soon
Helps to turn the days to night
While I was wrong and you were right

And this was a lesson learned
I'm happy to be your fool
And get you tickets to what you need

I'm turning the lights down low
I'm ready to make my move
I'll get you tickets to what you need…

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 5:41 pm

Living in Another World -Talk Talk

Better Parted
I see people crying
Truth gets harder
Theres no sense in lying
Help me find a way from this maze
I can`t help myself

When I see tenderness before you left
That even breaking up was never meant
But only angels look before they tread

Better Parted
I see people hiding
Speech gets started
There's no sense in writing
Help me find a way through this maze
I'm living in another world with you
And I can't help myself
Did I see tenderness where you saw hell
Did I see angels in the hand I held
God only knows what kind of tale you'd tell

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 8:14 pm

Endless Summer - Zwan

There used to be a time that I believed
The soft pouring rain was just the pouring rain, it wasn't me
But every new light that wasn't shiny and bright
We'll suspend the storms and the clouds in sight

Of an endless summer
An endless summer
An endless summer to be home

Let me go, wasting time
Let me go waste my time

Once there was a chance that I believed you
A kiss was just a kiss
No matter how I missed you
Shine a light on me
Say a prayer for the relief

From an endless summer
An endless summer
An endless summer to be home

Did we go on too long
Did we listen too close
To a youth built strong
With things children shouldn't know

And the fall out from your third degrees
Of broken chairs and of pedigrees
Where the sons kill sons, and the daughters stay wise
'Cause when we rule, everybody dies

In an endless summer
An endless summer
An endless summer to be home

Let me go, wasting time
Let me go waste my time
Let me go, wasting time
Let me go waste my time

Now you can disagree
With how I choose to live
But freedom isn't free
Unless you learn how to give

To the summer, summer, summer, yeah
Summer, summer, summer, yeah
Summer, summer, summer, yeah
Summer, summer, summer, yeah

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 1:27 pm

*well, inspired by the translations thread (and mucking about in college), I have decided to run songs through babel fish. because I can. here is 'the ace of spades' from english, to japanese, and back to english*

Ace of Spade

If the fact that you bet is liked, I call the fact that I am your person to you
You to several, how many it loses, all same win to my
The difference where the joy causes what which you say we should not play
I your avarice namely has me do not share the only card which is needed
Ace of Spade

Demon it dances, you play because of one it is high
Going with the flow, that is game everything to me
The eye of the snake which looks at you of 7 or 11
The rising of time it is stopped, the double stick or the crack
Ace of Spade

You know, bet the fact that it withstands because I lose for the idiot
But that me the baby that is the method of liking
I would not like to live for the sake of
And the joker does not have to be forgotten,!

The ante pushing up the fact that it has because you meet to me, I have known
Read those, the hand of the person who dies cry for the second time
I look at that of your eye, take one glance, and die
The only thing which you see, as for you doing a certain thing which has been known
Ace of Spade

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 1:45 pm

So I tried to think of the weirdest lyrics, and since I haven't slept for 36 hours or so I picked Smells Like Teen Spirit to kill with babelfish...

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Cool...

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 12:41 pm

A Depeche Mode Double

People are People -by Depeche Mode

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I never even met you
So what could I have done

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

Help me understand

Now you're punching and you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man

Help me understand

Nothing -by Depeche Mode

Sitting target
Sitting waiting
Anticipating
Nothing
Nothing

Life
Is full of surprises
It advertises
Nothing
Nothing

What am I trying to do
What am I trying to say
I'm not trying to tell you anything
You didn't know
When you woke up today

Sitting target
Sitting praying
God is saying
Nothing
Nothing

Always
Knows the prospects
Learnt to expect
Nothing
Nothing

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:26 am

A little dedication to a friend of mine

Yesterday - The Beatles

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, I yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm