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Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:42 am**

This song is soooooo good.

Edge of Thorns - Savatage

An offering of reasons
We put them in play
A covering of treasons
That one by one we let slip away

A solitary dancer
So lost upon her stage

I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore

A study made of winter
Of summers long ago
And dreams that use to glitter
Safely now hidden under snow

And so we end this chapter
And let the stage lights fade

I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore.

R.I.P, Criss Oliva.

Posted: **Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:50 am**

Hawkwind lyrics

Choose Your Masques

They're handing out the weapons
And your armour's ready too
But the most important item
Has been left up to you
You must make a firm decision
And once it's made you'll find
That the form that you have chosen
Can entirely fill your mind

For the mask you have selected
Stands for Chaos or for Law
And you cannot take it off now
'til you're no longer in the War
And the Masks of War are grinning
And from under them you howl
Out the slogans of the part you play
for the Battle's starting now

Choose your Masks
The ranks are forming
Choose your Masks
The day is dawning
Choose your Masks
And choose the side that you'll be on
And learn the words of your new song
For the Battle will be long
So long........

Coded Languages

What do they want from you?

A rendezvous upon the sound
The cars rev up, the word goes round
The words are weapons of their will
Their words can hurt, their words can kill

A burning phrase can burn a town
A syllable can bring you down
Their languages are coded
Your image is eroded

Listen to the sound you heard
Learn to fight against their word
Vocabularies of death
Destruction in their breath
They use the lie, they use the myth
Seek only to confuse
And liberty abuse
The lies they tell are pretty
And blow up another city
They steal away your freedom and your love

Their sentimental calling signs
Are calculatingly designed
To rob you of your mind and time
And still you listen to
The lulling drone of reassuring voices
Tunes to take away your choices
Make you slaves to fancy words and phrases
Until you're pushing up the daisies

To rob you
Mind and time
Mind and time
Mind and time
Mind and time
To rob you
To rob you
To rob you
To rob you
To rob you
To rob you
They steal away your freedom and your love

Uncle Sam's On Mars

Shoals of dead fish float on the lakes,
but Uncle Sam's on Mars
And science is making the same mistakes,
but Uncle Sam's on Mars
No one down here knows how to work the brakes,
but Uncle Sam's on Mars

Uncle Sam's on Mars, Uncle Sam's on Mars, Uncle Sam's on
Mars, he's on Mars

Layers of smoke in the atmosphere have made the earth
too hot to bear
The Earth might be a desert soon, America has left
the Moon

Uncle Sam's on Mars, Uncle Sam's on Mars, Uncle Sam's on
Mars, he's on Mars

He's digging for dreams in the red sand
He's got his bucket and spade in his left hand
He's digging for dreams
He's looking for life

What's he doing out there?
He's looking for life
Looking for life
There may be life out there

(Nixon to Armstrong - July 21st 1969)
I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room in the White House.
And this certainly must be the most exciting telephone
call ever made here on Earth. I just can't tell
you how proud we all are. For every American this
has to be the proudest day of their lives. And
for people all over the world, I'm sure they too
join with us in recognising what a tremendous
achievement this is. For one priceless moment
in the whole history of Man......

MacDonalds Hamburger
Construction works
And he's looking for life
Looking for life to wind up
He's looking for life to stamp out
He's looking for life to grind out
He's looking for life, so mind out

I hope you brought your credit card with you, and I hope you know how to
drive on these long, lonely freeways and intersections we've got up
here. We've got two cars in the garage, two cars in the garage, and
drum-majorettes in white ankle socks and baton twirling on Sundays.
We've got stripes and the stars and Uncle Sam's on, Uncle Sam's on, Uncle
Sam's on, Mars....

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:03 am**

Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

Metal invasion that's all what we need
Metal dominion that's all what we want
We come to give you rules and principles
What you have to do
We come to shake your hands and legs
As fast as we can do

Heavy Metal Breakdown

Women and children want to hear the noise
Women and children want to feel the beat
Bang your heads as fast as you can
Until you're breaking down
The night is long, the show is right
Bang until you die

Heavey Metal Breakdown
Shake your legs and bang your heads
Heavey Metal Breakdown
Lamb of god - Black Label

The human condition is inherit claustrophobia.
Compression of my space made complete.
I would rip out my own entrails by hand just to be alone.
Inanity rolls total through this sphere.
Ostracized for clarity of vision.
A dream unrealized of solitudethat i should decend into autonomy
& know the pain of fellowship no more. I feel nothing but a lack of space.
Paradox of socialization results in duress.
Rife with hostility, what has caused me so much hate?
Humanity. Exterminate with extreme predjudice.
Finntroll - Trollhammaren

[Music: Tundra / Trollhorn, Lyrics: Wilska]

Bland skuggor rider en odjur.
Som en svarta träd.
Griper hård på en mäktig hammar.
Ut för svaga kristna blod.

TROLLHAMMAREN!
TROLLHAMMAREN!

Trollhammaren sveper igen!
Hugga ned, broder igen!
Hör det sista ropet -
Trollhammaren är här!

TROLLHAMMAREN!

Han är inte en människa.
Inte bräcklig och svag som dig.
Du ska vara maktlös.
Inga ögon ser din änd.

TROLLHAMMAREN!
TROLLHAMMAREN!

Sedan mörkret övertog.
Räds den frostens kalla fingrar.
Som griper tag och förlever.
Under kommande vinternatt.

TROLLHAMMAREN!
TROLLHAMMAREN!
TROLLHAMMAREN!

[English translation:]

The Troll Hammer

Amongst the shadows rides a beast
Like a black tree
Gripping hard a mighty hammer
Looking for weak Christian blood

The Troll Hammer!
The Troll Hammer!

The Troll Hammer, swoops again!
Strike down, brother again!
Hear the last howl -
The Troll Hammer is here!

He is not human
Not fragile and weak like you
You will be helpless
No eyes see your end

The Troll Hammer!
The Troll Hammer!

Then the darkness took control
Fearing the cold fingers of frost
That take hold and persist
During coming winter night
The Troll Hammer!
The Troll Hammer!
The Troll Hammer!

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:57 am**

Interesting that Andurbal posted lyrics from Lemmy Kilmister's previous band before he formed Motorhead.

Motorhead - Overkill

Only way to feel the noise is when it´s good and loud,
So good you can´t believe it´s screaming with the crowd,
Don´t sweat it, get it back to you,
Don´t sweat it, get it back to you,
Overkill, Overkill, Overkill, Overkill

On your feet you feel the beat, it goes straight to your spine,
Shake your head you must be dead if it don´t make you fly,
Don´t sweat it, get it back to you,
Don´t sweat it, get it back to you,
Overkill, Overkill, Overkill, Overkill

*instrumental*

Know your body´s made to move, feel it in your guts
Rock ´n´ roll ain´t worth the name if it don´t make you strut,
Don´t sweat it, get it back to you,
Don't sweat it, get it back to you,
Overkill, Overkill, Overkill, Overkill

Posted: **Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:02 pm**

A song from one of the best bands to come out of the NWOBHM:

And the Bands Played on - Saxon

Just before dawn in the cold light
We came out of the night
A great expectation from the man who ran the show
Will it rain, will it snow, will it shine, we don't know
Are there clouds up in the sky

We sat in the sun, woah-oh-oh
And the bands played on
And the bands played on
And the bands played on

See the people, feel the power
There was sixty thousand there
Just like thunder the crowds began to roar
Where you there, did ya know, did ya see all the show
There was magic in the air

We sat in the sun woah-oh-oh
And the bands played on
And the bands played on
And the bands played on

See the rainbow shining brightly
Shooting rockets to the sky
Making music and it rolled on through the night
You could hear on the air rock n' roll everywhere
We were strangers in the night

We sat in the sun woah-oh-oh
And the bands played on
And the bands played on
And the bands played on
And the bands played on
And the bands played on

Posted: **Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:08 pm**

Andurbal wrote:
"Little Wing"

Well, she's walking through the clouds
with a circus mind
that's running ‘round
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams
and fairy tales

That's all she ever thinks about...
Riding with the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
with a thousand smiles
she gives to me free

It's alright, she says
Take anything you want from me,
Anything...

Fly on, little wing

-Sting-

This is actually a Jimi Hendrix song, covered beautifully as an instrumental later by Stevie Ray Vaughn

But no matter who did it, it is a beautiful song.

Little Wing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

here's a pretty good history, been covered by more than I thought!

Posted: **Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:38 am**

I had an impulse to post something in the poetry thread that was bumped just now, but since these are actually song lyrics.. well, that is to say I'm biased because it is a song. It's arguably about a whorehouse but ultimately about losing yourself into someone.
------
"A poetic retelling of an unfortunate seduction." (Letting Off The Happiness - 1998)

The language in the dimmer rooms
Seems to represent the light source well
How soft they speak and seem to be at peace
With the movement of the music and the madness
That’s pulling me into this

And the shades of the lamps are woven red
The light, it stains and consecrates
Anointing all forgotten forms
That swirl and smoke and haunt this place
The girls in gowns all nurse the dark
Pulling it near to their swelling breasts
And watch as it seeps to their hearts
And beats within their virgin chests
And here I know seduction breeds
From wanton hearts that would seduce
And grows and spreads its vines and leaves
Embracing those who might have moved
But now remain to drink the night
From vials black and thick with steam
Such intoxicating delights
Would leave you drunk inside this dream
And you watch them take the light from you

And you find yourself on a velvet couch,
Tasting the skin of a foreign girl
Her eyes are black and wet like oil
And she ties your hands with a string of pearls
And you tremble like a frightened bird
As she closes in and captures you
To place you in a silver cage
Deep within her poisoned womb
So once you’re safe inside, she might let you out
To fly in circles around the room
But its always night and there is no moon
And you wonder if you are alive
And you’re not sure if you want to be
But you drink her sweat like it was wine
And you lay with her
On a bed of blue
And it’s awful sweet
Like the fruit she cuts and feeds to you
-------------

I love the song, although I always thought Bright Eyes' lyrics made better poetry than music. Listen to it when you have the chance, it might entangle you as it did me.

Posted: **Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:38 am**

The Warriors - Scandal (1984)

You run, run, run away
It's your heart, that you betray
Feeding on, your hungry eyes
I bet you're not so civilized

Well, isn't love, primitive
A wild gift, that you wanna give
Break out of captivity
And follow me, stereo jungle child
Love is the kill, your heart's still wild.... (Go to chorus)

Chorus:
Shootin' at the walls of heartache, bang, bang. I am the warrior
Well I am the warrior, and heart to heart you'll win, if you survive
The warrior....The warrior

You talk, talk, you talk to me
Your eyes touch me physically
Stay with me, we'll take the night
As passion takes another bite

Who's the hunter, who's the game?
I feel the beat, call your name
I hold you close, in victory
I don't wanna tame your animal style
you won't be caged, in the call of the wild.... (Go to Chorus)

Shootin' at the walls of heartache (Background: shootin' at the walls of heartache)
The warrior.....
I am the warrior, and heart to heart you'll win,
heart to heart you'll win, if you survive
The warrior...The warrior

Shootin' at the walls of heartache, bang, bang. I am the warrior
yes I am the warrior and victory is mine....
The warrior... I am The warrior (Repeat Chorus and fade)

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:56 am**

BlueSky wrote:This is actually a Jimi Hendrix song, covered beautifully as an instrumental later by Stevie Ray Vaughn

But no matter who did it, it is a beautiful song.

Little Wing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

here's a pretty good history, been covered by more than I thought!

It has to be Hendrix for me, although admit not heard the SR Vaughn version.

Anyway, this has the virtue, of also being short, and if you know it, you can have Grace Slick singing in your head!

White Rabbit
by Jefferson Airplane

One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small,
And the ones that Mother gives you don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall.
And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call.
Call Alice when she was just small.
When the men on the chess board get up and tell you where to go,
And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low,
Go ask Alice. I think she'll know.
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead,
And the white knight is talking backward, and the red queen's off with her head,
Remember what the doormouse said: "Feed your head! Feed your head!"

I am sure that Lews Carroll would have approved.

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:52 am**

well, read the dragonwench post and I cannot say if this brakes the rules but here we go:

As Flittermice As Satans Spys

Flittermice of Eld unveiled at the plenilune
Fordone by mournful rest now seeking to be fed again
Rising terrestrial power umbraged by celestial light
That shineth forth from the palace of god - the palace of no return

Flittermice of Eld they peer into the morrows
They peer the yesteryears as thoose are coming back
Beholding the son recrucified, beholding gods race browbeaten
Beholding the Devastation of all mortals built by them

Flittermice of Eld they fly to blaspheme yehova
and to build thei temple (of the) damned on once holy pleasure ground
A fare to rise the flag (of Satan), to desseminate the races
To build the hall of battle and to live in eternal strife

Flittermice come forth from the land beyond the forest
Maltifarious winged black creatures slew the angels (up so) high
Devestation, blasphemy, desecration, unholy he
Who burned the face of god with the eye of our master

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:14 am**

@Wargoath,
those lyrics, while somewhat provocative in their own way, essentially seem fine.
It's a question of using a bit of common sense and understanding where the line is.

Anyway, carry on.

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:42 am**

Montana by Frank Zappa

I might be movin' to Montana soon,
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss.

Raisin' it up,
Waxen it down,
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown.

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss!

Well, I just might grow me some bees,
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
To somebody else . . . but then, on the other hand, I would

Keep the wax
N' melt it down,
Pluck some Floss
N' swish it aroun'.

I'd have me a crop,
An' it'd be on top
(that's why I'm movin' to Montana).

Movin' to Montana soon,
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am).
Movin' to Montana soon,
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune!

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dennil Floss
That's growin' on the prairie,
Pluckin' the floss!
I plucked all day an' all nite an' all
Afternoon . . .

I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
(His name is MIGHTY LITTLE).
He's a good hoss,
Even though
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway.
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway.
Any way...

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dennil Floss--
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks,
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks,
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks.

I'm gonna find me a horse,
Just about this big,
An' ride him all along the border line.

With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand,
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand!

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss!

Well, I might
Ride along the border,
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night,

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
N' give my foot a push . . .
Just me 'n the pygmy pony
Over the Dennil Floss Bush!

N' then I might just
Jump back on
An' ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana.

Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)...

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:17 am**

Zappa, of course!

I have been able to sing this song since I have been 'knee high to a grasshopper' ...panchromatic resonance was a bit of a mouthfull, but y'know, you try. The Mothers of Invention rule.

Evelyn, a modified dog
Viewed the quivering fringe of a special doily
Draped across the piano, with some surprise

In the darkened room
Where the chairs dismayed
And the horrible curtains
Muffled the rain
She could hardly believe her eyes

A curious breeze
A garlic breath
Which sounded like a snore
Somewhere near the Steinway (or even from within)
Had caused the doily fringe to waft & tremble in the gloom

Evelyn, a dog, having undergone
Further modification
Pondered the significance of short-person behavior
In pedal-depressed panchromatic resonance
And other highly ambient domains...

Arf she said

Always wanted, Evelyn as my dog. That gloomy room was not for her.
Segue's nicely into San Berdino if I remember rightly.

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:58 pm**

Just to bend the rules:

The Slums of Jerusalem

Ashes... Ashes... We all fall down,
In ruins lies the Yahweh's Crown...
In Flames!

Unto the winds my hecatomb
A seed to be sown;
The scrap memories of Jerusalem
A reverie of shallow pith
Insipid wretched law;
Mindless relics poison the Judaist corpse heads!

Into this breeze a foulest smell
Rotting pride and greed;
A garbage pile in splendrous disease
With God above, Satan below
No mortals live in the battlezone!

Destroyed by might from the devil's whip
The feign didst die by death's ill grip!
Hebrew prayers burned in fires high
A savage fate gleemed in Old Nick's eye!

Wicked goats pissed to groom the blaze
Fuel to a fire in which Hell was praised!
The urine of goats flood the slums of Jerusalem

Ashes... Ashes... All gods fall down,
In urine bathes their holy crowns!

Destroyed by might from the devil's whip
The feign didst die by death's ill grip
Hebrew prayers burned in fires high
A savage fate gleemed in Old Nick's eye!

Wicked goats pissed to groom the blaze
Fuel to a fire in which Hell was praised
Daughter Jerusalem is fallen!
I am one with her destruction...
In burning forever!!

Ashes... Ashes... All gods fall down
In urine bathes their holy crowns!

On thy knees pious ones; Kiss on my vile hind
Beg for the sword of vicious the pain will be!
On thy feet pious one; Suckle my vile horns
Beg for the pain or vicious the sword will be!

Daughter Jerusalem is fallen!
I am one with her destruction...
In burning forever!!

The Lord's supper has been mocked
His birth is no longer celebrated
Eunuchs feast on the bestial flesh
Drink his wine and pillage the nunery

The urine of goats flood the slums of Jerusalem!

The branch no longer bears its fruits
Nor flourishes its fable upon mankind
Children masticate the sacred vulva
And cast fire across the holy garlands!

note: this is from Grand Belial's key album Mocking The Philanthropist which got boikoted due the contents of their lyrics..

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:00 am**

Eva - Nightwish

6:30 winter morn
Snow keeps falling, silent dawn
A rose by any other name
Eva leaves her Swanbrook home
A kindest heart which always made
Me ashamed of my own
She walks alone but not without her name

Eva flies away
Dreams the world far away
In this cruel children's game
There's no friend to call her name
Eva sails away
Dreams the world far away
The Good in her will be my sunflower field

Mocked by man to depths of shame
Little girl with life ahead
For a memory of one kind word
She would stay among the beasts
Time for one more daring dream
Before her escape, edenbeam
We kill with her own loving heart

Eva flies away
Dreams the world far away
In this cruel children's game
There's no friend to call her name
Eva sails away
Dreams the world far away
The Good in her will be my sunflower field

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:00 am**

More Zappa!

Dumb All Over

Whoever we are
Wherever we're from
We shoulda noticed by now
Our behavior is dumb
And if our chances
Expect to improve
It's gonna take a lot more
Than tryin' to remove
The other race
Or the other whatever
From the face
Of the planet altogether

They call it THE EARTH
Which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right
'Cause we behave the same . . .
We are dumb all over
Dumb all over,
Yes we are
Dumb all over,
Near 'n far
Dumb all over,
Black 'n white
People, we is not wrapped tight

Nurds on the left
Nurds on the right
Religious fanatics
On the air every night
Sayin' the Bible
Tells the story
'N makes the details
Sound real gory
'Bout what to do
If the geeks over there
Don't believe in the book
We got over here

You can't run a race
Without no feet
'N pretty soon
There won't be no street
For dummies to jog on
Or doggies to dog on
Religious fanatics
Can make it be all gone
(I mean it won't blow up
'N disappear
It'll just look ugly
For a thousand years . . . )

You can't run a country
By a book of religion
Not by a heap
Or a lump or a smidgeon
Of foolish rules
Of ancient date
Designed to make
You all feel great
While you fold, spindle
And mutilate
Those unbelievers
From a neighboring state

TO ARMS! TO ARMS!
Hooray! That's great
Two legs ain't bad
Unless there's a crate
They ship the parts
To mama in
For souvenirs: two ears (Get Down!)
Not his, not hers (but what the hey?)
The Good Book says:
"It gotta be that way!"
But their book says:
"REVENGE THE CRUSADES . . .
With whips 'n chains
'N hand grenades . . . "
TWO ARMS? TWO ARMS?
Have another and another
Our God says:
"There ain't no other!"
Our God says
"It's all okay!"
Our God says
"This is the way!"

It says in the book:
"Burn 'n destroy . . .
'N repent, 'n redeem
'N revenge, 'n deploy
'N rumble thee forth
To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side
'Cause they don't go for what's in the book
'N that makes 'em BAD
So verily we must choppeth them up
And stompeth them down
Or rent a nice French bomb
To poof them out of existance
While leaving their real estate just where we need it
To use again
For temples in which to praise
OUR GOD
("Cause he can really take care of business!")

And when his humble TV servant
With humble white hair
And humble glasses
And a nice brown suit
And maybe a blonde wife who takes phone calls
Tells us our God says
It's okay to do this stuff
Then we gotta do it,
'Cause if we don't do it,
We ain't gwine up to hebbin!
(Depending on which book you're using at the time . . . Can't use theirs . . . it don't work . . . it's all lies . . . Gotta use mine . . . )
Ain't that right?
That's what they say
Every night . . .
Every day . . .
Hey, we can't really be dumb
If we're just following God's Orders
Hey, Let's get serious . . .
God knows what he's doin' . . .
He wrote this book here
An' the book says:
"He made us all to be just like Him," so . . .
If we're dumb . . .
Then God is dumb . . .
(An' maybe even a little ugly on the side)

DUMB ALL OVER
A LITTLE UGLY ON THE SIDE

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:19 am**

Two songs from The Dio Years by Black Sabbath. They're previously unreleased (along with The Devil Cried)

Shadow Of The Wind

Oh it's night again
And the dark just killed the sun
If the light must end
You've got time to run away

There's a door to dreams
And it always lets you in
But with a silent scream
All the nightmares must begin

Still you chase what you can't see
Like death and pain and sin
And the Shadow of The Wind
The Shadow of The Wind

You'll remember me
I could make you disappear
Be where you want to be
Just as long as it's not here

Well I'm back and stronger
And the first one's always free
And it lasts much longer

You can bet your sanity

Never more the victim the cries
As I slip beneath the skin
And the Shadow of The Wind
The Shadow of The Wind

If words had names like red and green
And two for sympathy
Black and white and in between
Then you'd paint misery

Every day is an inquisition
Who are you? What are you? Why?
I'm alive, I belong, I'll be back
It's a half truth, still a whole lie

In the garden of good and evil
You'll come, but you know
The spider only spins
The Shadow of The Wind
The Shadow of The Wind

Ear In The Wall

Hello can you hear me
I might not be alone
Don't see anyone near me
But I just might go home again
Lets meet in the morning
I just can't speak tonight
This is more than a warning
Be silent till its light and then

You know I'll be there
Waiting for someone to believe me
Remembering it all
Make my flesh start to crawl
I've seen an ear in the wall

This time it could prove it
But you've heard this all before
Cry wolf and you're moving
To a special kind of danger zone
I need a witness
Somebody just like you
So bring an exorcist
A wizard and the Holy Ghost

You know I'll be there

Waiting for someone to believe me
Remembering it all
Make my flesh creep and crawl
I've seen an ear in the wall

One more reason one more time
Someone's walking through my mind
Now where am I suppose to go
Its not who you are its who you know
What's it gonna be
I knew you would answer
I'm the curiosity
You could miss a chance because
The fool might see reality
There it is in the corner
You must be going blind
What's wrong were you born before
Your god invented eyes
It's got to be there
Grinding away at my secrets
It's going so dark
And you can't see it all
I'll turn on some lights
So you're sure not to fall
It's next to the eye in the wall

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:13 pm**

A seemingly simple song by Tracy Chapman... but underneath it, there's quite a lot being said, IMO.

BABY CAN I HOLD YOU

Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry

Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine

I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you

Posted: **Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:24 am**

Tool - Right in Two

Angels on the sideline,
Puzzled and amused.
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they're all confused.

Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?
Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys,
Where there's one you're bound to divide it.
Right in two.

Angels on the sideline,
Baffled and confused.
Father blessed them all with reason.
And this is what they choose.
And this is what they choose...

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey
Over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs,
They forge a blade,
And where there's one
they're bound to divide it,
Right in two.
Right in two.

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey.
Over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs.
They make a club.
And beat their brother, down.
How they survive so misguided is a mystery.

Repugnant is a creature who would squander
the ability to lift an eye to heaven,
conscious of his fleeting time here.

Cut it all right in two
Cut it all right in two
Cut it all right in two
Cut it all right in two

Fight over the clouds, over wind, over sky
They fight over lies, over blood, over anger and rage,
Fight over love, over sun,
over night, they fight till they die,
over one, for their lives beginning.

Angels on the sideline again.
Been so long with patience and reason.
Angels on the sideline again
Wondering when this tug of war will end.

Cut it all right in two
Cut it all right in two
Cut it all right in two

RIGHT IN TWO!

Right in two...

I hate doubleposting, therefore I shall... EDIT!

Tool - Reflection

I have come curiously close to the end, down
beneath my self-indulging and pitiful hole
Defeated, I concede and move closer
I may find comfort here
I may find peace within the emptiness
How pitiful

It's calling me...

And in my darkest moments, fetal and weeping
the moon tells me a secret, a confidant
as full and bright as I am this light is not my own and
a million light reflections pass over me
The source is bright and endless, she resuscitates the hopeless
Without her we are lifeless satellites drifting

And as I pull my head out, I am without one doubt
Don't wanna stay down here serving my narcissism
I must crucify the ego before it's far too late
I pray the light lifts me out
Before I pine away

So crucify the ego before it's far too late
and leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical
And you will come to find we are all one mind
Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
So let the light touch you and let the words spill through
and let them pass right through bringing out our hope and reason

Before we pine away

Posted: **Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:44 am**

Never heard of this band 'til recently, decent song with a good point.

Social Distortion - Reach for the Sky

When I was young I was invincible
I found myself not thinking twice
I never thought about no future
It's just a roll of the dice

But the day may come when you got something to lose
And just when you think you're done paying dues
You say to yourself "Dear, God What have I Done?"
And hope its not to late cause tomorrow may never come

Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery
But baby right now,
It's just about you and me

You can run you can hide
Just like Bonnie and Clyde
Reach for the sky
ain't never gonna die
And I thank the Lord for the love that I have found
And hold you tight cause tomorrow may never come

Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come

So if you please take this moment
Try if you can to make it last
Don't think about no future
And just forget about the past
And make it last

Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
(reach for the sky I ain't never going down)
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
(reach for the sky I ain't never coming down)
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come
(reach for the sky I ain't never going down)
Reach for the sky cause tomorrow may never come

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