Favorite pieces of lyrics

[Kahalu'u_Chrome]

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I am trying to find a video/mp3 of this song....cruised youtube...off to metacafe and other sites to see if I might have better luck...

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[alohabear]

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I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.


I Am A Rock- Simon And Garfunkel


Here's a few facts on this song.

[YoungNeil]

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I Met A German Girl In England
Who Was Going To School In France
So We Danced The Mississippi
At An Alpha Kappa Dance


Chuck Berry
"It Wasn't Me"

[nachodaddy]

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Well, it is time to go "there"

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight.
My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right.
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day.
And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.

to everybody

[Cameron]

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And I begged, "Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams?" And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust." And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared, "Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!" Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus.

DAMN YOU! LET THE RABBITS WHERE GLASSES!

[scrivener]

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From David Buskin's "Heaven is Free Tonight:"

The present imperfect
Is making me tense

and later:

We're gonna
Drink a little wine
Laugh a little laugh
Gonna stop a little time
Like an old photograph
Forget about everything
Waiting in the morning light

Take a look at you
Take a look at me
Ain't it
Hard to take it that seriously
May be hell to pay tomorrow
But Heaven is free tonight.

*sigh*

It's such brilliant songwriting that I can't decide if it's a happy song or a sad song. I guess that's true of a lot of good ones.

[blueyecicle]

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All the wants you waste
All the things you've chased
Then it all crashes down
And you break your crown
And you point your finger, but there's no one around
Just want one thing
Just to play the King
But the castle's crumbled and you're left with just a
name
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
Where's your crown?

Metallica Load 1996
My favorite anyways.

[Keanu]

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A portion of Queensryche's "Silent Lucidity"

If you open your mind for me
You won't rely on open eyes to see
The walls you built within
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin
Living twice at once you learn
You're safe from the pain in the dream domain
A soul set free to fly
A round trip journey in your head
Master of illusion, can you realize
Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but...

I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help to see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you....

[U'ilani]

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Great topic, MadAzza! Oh my gosh, which set of lyrics to choose from...Can't choose just one...

Desperately sad lyrics:
So tired of the straight line, and everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
The storm keeps on twisting, you keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference, escaping one last time
It's easier to believe
In this sweet madness, oh this glorious sadness
That brings me to my knees

Flat out brilliant lyrics:
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

Oh so sexy lyrics:
Dancing shoes
On the wall above your bedside
Saw it all as we performed
our pirouette
Fleshes fused
As the flicker of the candles
Threw upon the wall a
single silhouette.
Tu es dans ma coeur et dans ma téte.

Not totally clear what it means but I like how it sounds:
Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof.
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the t.v. page.

Spiritually uplifting lyrics:
Through the years you made it clear,
That the time of Christ was near,
Though the people couldn't see
What Messiah ought to be.
Though Your Word contained the plan,
They just could not understand,
Your most awesome work was done
Though the frailty of Your Son.

Lyrics about Warren Beatty--I think:
You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner...

Lyrics with terrific rhythm:
In your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes

I adore these lyrics! Jonathan Mayer totally understands:
I know a girl
She puts the color inside of my world
But she's just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change
And I've done all I can
To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands
Now I'm starting to see
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me

Oh, you see that skin?
It's the same she's been standing in
Since the day she saw him walking away
Now she's left
Cleaning up the mess he made

On behalf of every man
Looking out for every girl
You are the god and the weight of her world

So fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too


OKAY, I'll turn off the computer and go to bed...

MadAzza:

snippets of songs, one- or two-line segments of songs

Oops, my bad! Ignore the other lines.

[Kahalu'u_Chrome]

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Great topic, MadAzza! Oh my gosh, which set of lyrics to choose from...Can't choose just one...



I adore these lyrics! Jonathan Mayer totally understands:
I know a girl
She puts the color inside of my world
But she's just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change
And I've done all I can
To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands
Now I'm starting to see
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me

Oh, you see that skin?
It's the same she's been standing in
Since the day she saw him walking away
Now she's left
Cleaning up the mess he made

On behalf of every man
Looking out for every girl
You are the god and the weight of her world

So fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too

Ahhhhh....! I like that! What is the name of that song, U'ilani?

[U'ilani]

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Glad you like it too. It is aptly titled "Daughters."

[Kahalu'u_Chrome]

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Alohas, U'i - just "snagged" a copy. As a father of three girls, it hits right home

Thanks!

[dick]

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From PJ's "In My Tree"

up here in my tree, yeah
newspapers matter not to me, yeah

... always had a love-hate relationship with that segment of a very good song...

[scrivener]

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Is that PJ Harvey?

[Tiabla]

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First one that came to mind is from Both Hands by Ani DiFranco:

I am watching your chest rise and fall
like the tides of my life,
and the rest of it all
and your bones have been my bedframe
and your flesh has been my pillow
I am waiting for sleep
to offer up the deep
with both hands