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Flux

Like torches in the aeon flow
even suns flick and die
forgotten as the ages grow
eternity is not for you

No haven will embrace you
no harbor keeps you safe
your comrades will desert you
no tower reaches heaven
no fortress stands to last
your design makes you weak

No science will be mastered
no truth is absolute
your children won't lament you
no wisdom can be trusted
no glory lasts forever
your wishes wont be granted

Like torches in the aeon flow
even suns flick and die
forgotten as the ages grow
eternity is not for you

These are the lyrics to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, one of my favourites.

Wish You Were Here
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blueskies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?


And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change?
And 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 you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

another one from the Easy Rider soundtrack...

Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me

Roll another one
Just like the other one
You've been holding on to it
And I sure will like a hit

Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me

Roooooooooooooooooooooooooll another one
Just like the other one
That one's burned to the end
Come on and be a real friend

Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me

Deltron Zero: Turbulence

It's 3030, yo, I get my hands dirty
They think they' the pure breed, medically insured weed
**** the system, non-conformist humans
Walk around because of their ordinance, just ornaments
Super-thugs use computer bugs, all ignoramuses
Reduced to savage half-beasts off a crack piece
Not me, I'm ****-faced, which way but loose
In a hovercraft, not no bubble-bath, turbo-boost
**** Earth, I want to live on Mars somewhat closer to the stars
And farther away from dumb civilization with no mental stimulation
They changed the constitution for your red white and blue friends
Exterminate nuisance, no one listens to what you said
The online is touching your head
Brainwashing, with propaganda about your fearless leader
Who got two hundred body guards so you can't touch him either
Bodies disappear, obviously you fear
Lobbyists can't get near ****
Everybody's spirits are under control
Computers run with the soul
Elitists defeatists, they live by the beaches
Bubbledome over the hemisphere, so you can't enter here
We live in the dumps with mutant rodents
With blood red eyes, saliva drips for opponents
Scratch your ID chip off cuz everybody owns it

I envision turbulence and murder since it's an everyday occurrence

They only teach high-tech in private portables
That float above commoners, they'd soon as bomb it first
Advanced safety features, from contact with creatures
Who either slave their lives away in outdated factories
Or may be bounty hunters in a land of apathy
I'm Butch Cassidy, style wild, uncontained
I steal computer disk files, drink water from drains
Metal detectors check ya: Reflectors in every sector
While I drink electric nectar
No one believes in specters and spooks
They just lecture the youth about having respect and couth
Toward the US, and you guessed it
The rest get imprisoned or incisions in their medulla
No president, we have a ruler
"You are to be inside by 9 o'clock or we will shoot ya"
Missile launchers haunt ya in your nightmares
It ain't quite fair, little tykes ain't prepared
They've got your wife naked bare in the subway
For some thug play, neo-punks with cerebral pumps
For enhanced recognition of politicians and witches
Senior citizens are disposed against their wishes
Aliens landed and said our planet wasn't worth invadin
Cuz all the natural resources are fadin....

by Peter Tosh

LEGALIZE IT
DON'T CRITICIZE IT
LEGALIZE IT YEA-AH YEA-AH
AND I WILL ADVERTIZE IT

SOME CALL IT TAMJEE
SOME CALL IT THE WEED
SOME CALL IT MARIJUANA
SOME OF THEM CALL IT GANJA
NEVER MIND, GOT TO...
LEGALIZE IT
DON'T CRITICIZE IT
LEGALIZE IT YEA-AH YEA-AH
AND I WILL ADVERTIZE IT

SINGERS SMOKE IT
AND PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENT, TOO
LEGALIZE IT, YEA-AH YEA-AH
THAT'S THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO

DOCTORS SMOKE IT
NURSES SMOKE IT
JUDGES SMOKE IT
EVEN LAWYERS, TOO
SO YOU'VE GOT TO...
LEGALIZE IT
DON'T CRITICIZE IT
LEGALIZE IT YEA-AH YEA-AH
AND I WILL ADVERTIZE IT

IT'S GOOD FOR THE FLU
GOOD FOR ASTHMA
GOOD FOR TUBERCULOSIS
EVEN NUMARA THROMBOSIS

GO TO...
LEGALIZE IT
DON'T CRITICIZE IT
LEGALIZE IT YEA-AH YEA-AH
AND I WILL ADVERTIZE IT

BIRDS EAT IT
ANTS LOVE IT
FOWLS EAT IT
GOATS LOVE TO PLAY WITH IT

SO YOU'VE GOT TO
LEGALIZE IT
DON'T CRITICIZE IT
LEGALIZE IT YEA-AH YEA-AH
AND I WILL ADVERTIZE IT

*Bump-a-rino*

I thought I'd nudge this up a bit, as I've had something in my heart lately that has been clamoring for release...

I'd like to dedicate this song to my fellow SYMers of the younger persuasion who are still in school...*sigh* My heart goes out to you.

My Hair Had a Party Last Night
(by Trout Fishing in America)

My hair had a party last night
It must have got into a terrible fight;
‘Cause when my head hit the pillow it was lookin’ alright
My hair had a party last night.

My hair had a party last night
When I laid down everything was alright;
It started out friendly, but there must have been a fight
My hair had a party last night.

Early in the morning I get out of my bed,
The birdies are singing outside;
There’s waffles on the table and a cold glass of milk,
I got a warm happy feeling inside.

I can’t wait to go to school and I love myself,
I’m the captain of the football team;
The alarm goes off and I hear mom yellin’,
And I realize it must have been a dream.

My hair had a party last night,
It must have got into a terrible fight;
‘Cause when my head hit the pillow it was lookin’ alright,
My hair had a party last night.

My hair had a party last night,
When I laid down everything was alright;
It started out friendly, but there must have been a fight,
My hair had a party last night.

I pick up a brush, I pick up a comb,
I look at the scissors, but I leave them alone;
There’s a lizard that sits on a shelf by the sink,
This mornin’ that lizard looks a lot like me.

I try to weight it down, but it only makes it worse,
That cowlic in the back is a family curse;
I pick up a cap and I put it on my head,
I wish I was dreamin’ back in my warm bed.

My hair had a party last night,
It must have got into a terrible fight;
‘Cause when my head hit the pillow it was lookin’ alright,
My hair had a party last night.

My hair had a party last night,
When I laid down everything was alright;
It started out friendly, but there must have been a fight,
My hair had a party last night.

Someone did mention Velvet underground a few days ago...


And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
To all tomorrow's parties
And where will she go, and what shall she do
When midnight comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown and cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns
To all tomorrow's parties
And what will she do with Thursday's rags
When Monday comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown and cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown
For whom none will go mourning

A blackened shroud
A hand-me-down gown
Of rags and silks - a costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
For all tomorrow's parties

At My Most Beautiful - REM

I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
A way to make you smile

I read bad poetry
Into your machine
I save your messages
Just to hear your voice
You always listen carefully
To awkwards rhymes
You always say your name
Like I wouldn't know it's you
At your most beautiful

I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
A way to make you smile

At my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes secretly
With every one, whisper I love you
I let you sleep
I know you're closed eye watching me
Listening
I thought I saw a smile

I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
A way to make you smile

The World I Know - Collective Soul [1995]

Has our conscience shown?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all the kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.
I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why.

Are we listening
To hymns of offering?
Have we eyes to see
That love is gathering?
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
Into one.

So I walk up on high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
As the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.

Originally posted by humanflyz
"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd:

I am so into this band right now. I just started listening to them, and I like them a lot. Can anyone recommend other good Pink Floyd songs?

Whoops, I posted this one too. Ah, well, the song's good enough that posting it twice is nary a problem. I love Pink Floyd, and Wish Yiou Were Here is my favourite song from my favourite CD of theirs. This is Radiohead's High and Dry, probably my favourite Radiohead song so far.
EDIT-@Kam-Go Radiohead!

High and Dry

Two jumps in a week,
I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy?
Flying on your motorcycle,
watching all the ground beneath you drop
You'd kill yourself for recognition,
kill yourself to never, ever stop
You broke another mirror,
you're turning into something you are not

Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry

Drying up in conversation,
you'll be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces,
you just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you
when you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit on you,
you'll be the one screaming out

Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry

Oh, it's the best thing that you ever had,
the best thing that you ever, ever had.
It's the best thing that you ever had,
the best thing you have had has gone away.

Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high,
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry

I Think I'm In Love - Spiritualized

Sun's so bright that I'm nearly blind
Cool 'cause I'm wired and I'm out of my mind
Warm as the dope running down my spine
But I don't care 'bout you
And I got nothing to do

Free as water and the air that I breath
Even freer than DMT
Feel the warmth of the sun in me
But I don't care 'bout you
And I got nothing to do

Love in the middle of the afternoon
Just me and a spike in my arm and my spoon
Feel the warmth of the sun in the room
But I don't care 'bout you
And I got nothing

I think I'm in love
Probably just hungry
I think I'm your friend
Probably just lonely
I think you got me in a spin now
Probably just turning
I think I'm a fool for you babe
Probably just yearning
I think I can rock and roll
Probably just twisting
I think I wanna tell the world
Probably ain't listening
Come on

I think I can fly
Probably just falling
I think I'm the life and soul
Probably just snorting
I think I can hit the mark
Probably just aiming
I think my name is on your lips
Probably complaining
I think I have caught it bad
Probably contagious
I think that I'm a winner babe yeah
Probably Las Vegas
Come on

I think I'm alive
Probably just breathing
I think you stole my heart now baby
Probably just thieving
I think I'm on fire
Probably just smoking
I think that you're my dream girl
Probably just dreaming
I think I'm the best babe, come on
Probably like all the rest
I think that I could be your man, oh
Probably just think I can
Come on

my favourite song about peadophilic abduction....The Night that Minnie Timperley Died

"There's a light that shines on everything & everyone.
And it shines so bright - brighter even than the sun".

That's what Minnie thinks as she walks to meet her brother,
who is nearly two years older, on a Saturday night.
He's DJ-ing at some do on the edge of town on the night
that Minnie Timperley died.

It's such a beautiful world, you're such a beautiful girl.
So much that you want to try, the world wants to sleep with you tonight.
But Minnie, Minnie if I could I would give you the rest of my life.

How can a girl have sex with these pathetic teenage wrecks?
Football scarves, the girls drink halves & her brother's crying 'cos he has lost his decks.
Outside the air was cool, an older guy sitting in his car asked if Minnie needed a ride.
He thought he was still dangerous - paunchy, but dangerous -
on the night that Minnie Timperley died.

It's such a beautiful world, you're such a beautiful girl.
And he only did what he did 'cos you looked like one of his kids.
But Minnie, Minnie if I could I would give you the rest of my life.
Minnie. Oh, Minnie I can feel the pain....

-Pulp

The greatest rock song- Kashmir

Whoa, let the sun beat down upon my face
And stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been
T' sit with elders of a gentle race
This world is seldom seen
Th' talk of days for which they sit and wait;
All will be revealed

Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace
Whose sounds caress my ear
But not a word I heard could I relate
The story was quite clear
Whoa-hoh, whoa-wa-oh

Oooh, oh baby, I been flyin'
Lord, yeah, mama, there ain't no denyin'
Oh, oooh yes, I've been flying
Mama, mama, ain't no denyin', no denyin'

Oh, all I see turns to brown
As the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand
As I scan this wasted land
Tryin' to find, tryin' to find where I belong

Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace
Like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place
Yellow desert scream

My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon;
I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high in June
When movin' through Kashmir...

Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails
Across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face
Long the straits of fear
Whaoh, whaoh
Whaoh-oh, oh
Ohhhh

Well, when I want, when I'm on my way, yeah
When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, yes
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down
Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there
Oh, oh, come on, come on
Oh, let me take you there
Let me take you there
Whoo-ooh, yeah-yeah, whoo-ooh, yeah-yeah, let me take you

Rage Against The Machine - War Within A Breath

Every official that comes in
Cripples us leaves us maimed
Silent and tamed
And with our flesh and bones
He builds his homes

Southern fist
Rise through tha jungle mist
Clenched to smash power so cancerous
A black flag and a red star
A rising sun loomin' over Los Angeles
'Cause for Raza livin in La La
Is like Gaza on to tha dawn of Intifada
Reach for tha lessons tha masked pass on
And seize tha metropolis
It's you that it's built on

Everything can change on a new years day
As everything changed on new years day

Everything can change on a new years day
As everything changed on new years day

War within a breath
It's land or death
Their existence is a crime
Their seat their robe their tie
Their land deeds
Their hired guns
They're tha crime
Shots heard underground round tha rapture
Tha world's eye captured
At last in a Mexican pasture
Tha masked screaming land or death
Within a breath
A war from tha depth of time
Who shot four puppet governors in a line
Who shook all tha world bankers
Who think they can rhyme
Shot tha landlords who knew it was mine
Yes a war from tha depth of time

Everything can change on a new years day
As everything changed on new years day

Everything can change on a new years day
As everything changed on new years day

War within a breath
It's land or death

What's 'Intifada'? @Bloodmist?

Intifada is arabic for uprising.
This is what the palestinians call their struggle in Israel.

Ok, surely not the best lyrics ever...
But this is the most damn_trascinating_classic_heavy_metal
song, and when they played it two weeks ago at the Gods of Metal
I got mad and started jumping on people!!! And they did the same..
Couldn't really control myself!

RIDING THE STORM -Running Wild (1989)

Breaking the waves, a ride on the wild raging sea
Playing with fortune, oh, what a lust to be free
Flashlights and thunder, the pattering rain on the hull
From a stormy horizon we get our course
The cry of freedom

Face in the wind , we're riding the storm
We'll stay our course whatever will come
Wandering souls in the sea of the damned
Death or glory, oh, oh we're riding the storm

Cracks in the planks, the rigging upwards and down
Staggering masts, the pounding splash of the prow
The wind in our sails, our flag flies high on the top
From a stormy horizon we get our course
The cry of freedom

Face in the wind , we're riding the storm
We'll stay our course whatever will come
Wandering souls in the sea of the damned
Death or glory, oh, oh we're riding the storm

Now this is one of the great ones!

Rammstein - Sonne


Alle warten auf das Licht
Fürchtet euch fürchtet euch nicht
Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Augen
sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen
und die Welt zählt laut bis zehn

Hier kommt die Sonne
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Hier kommt die Sonne

Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Händen
kann verbrennen kann euch blenden
wenn sie aus den Fäusten bricht
legt sich heiss auf das Gesicht
sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen
und die Welt zählt laut bis zehn

Hier kommt die Sonne
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Hier kommt die Sonne

Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Händen
kann verbrennen kann dich blenden
wenn sie aus den Fäusten bricht
legt sich heiss auf dein Gesicht
legt sich schmerzend auf die Brust
das Gleichgewicht wird zum Verlust
lässt dich hart zu Boden gehen
und die Welt zählt laut bis zehn

Hier kommt die Sonne
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
und wird nie vom Himmel fallen

Raglan Road

On Raglan Road of an Autumn day
I saw her first and knew,
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might someday rue.
I saw the danger and I passed
Along the enchanted way.
And I said,"Let grief be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the day."
On Grafton Street in November, we
Tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The worth of passion play.
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay;
Oh, I loved too much and by such and such
Is happiness thrown away.
I gave her gifts of the mind,
I gave her the secret signs,
That's known to the artists who have known
The true gods of sound and stone.
And her words and tint without stint
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of May.
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
I see her walking now,
And away from me so hurriedly
My reason must allow.
That I had loved, not as I should
A creature made of clay,
When the angel woos the clay, he'll lose
His wings at the dawn of day.


Traditional folk song

maybe my favourite radiohead song...

While you make pretty speeches,
I'm being cut to shreds.
You feed me to the lions,
a delicate balance.

When this just feels like spinning plates.
I'm living in cloud cuckoo land.
And this just feels like spinning plates.
Our bodies floating down the muddy river.

'Like Spinning Plates' - Radiohead