Lyrics

[Elizabeth]

Ok, I just had an uber retardo idea so here goes.


Post bits and pieces of lyrics or full song lyrics that mean something to you or you just particularly like. You don't necessarily have to tell why but of course, it could always be good board fodder if you do.


When I listen to music I either have to really dig the sound if it has lame lyrics OR the lyrics need to mean something. . .so anyway. . .let's see what everyone's got.

[2kbluer6]

Part of this song used to be my sig quote:

Sit Down Young Stranger - Gordon Lightfoot

I'm standin' in the doorway
My head bowed in my hands
Not knowin' where to sit
Not knowin' where to stand
My father looms above me
For him there is no rest
My mother's arms enfold me
And hold me to her breast
They say you been out wandrin'
They say you travelled far
Sit down young stranger
And tell us who you are

The room has all gone misty,
my thoughts are all in spin
Sit down young stranger
and tell us where you been

I've been up to the mountain
I've walked down by the sea
I never questioned no one
And no one questioned me
My love was given freely
And oftimes was returned
I never came to borrow
I only came to learn

Sometimes it would get lonely
But it taught me how to cry
And laughter came too easy
For life to pass me by
I never had a dollar
That I didn't earn with pride
Cause I had a million daydreams
To keep me satisfied

And will you gather daydreams
Or will you gather wealth
How can you find your fortune
When you cannot find yourself
My mother's eyes grow misty
There's a tremblin' in her hand
Sit down young stranger
I do not understand

Now will you try to tell us
You been too long at school
That knowledge is not needed
That power does not rule
That war is not the answer
That young men should not die
Sit down young stranger
I wait for your reply

The answer is not easy
For souls are not reborn
To wear the crown of peace
You must wear the crown of thorns
If Jesus had a reason
I'm sure he would not tell
We treated him so badly
How could he wish us well

The parlor now is empty
There's nothin' left to say
My father has departed
My mother's gone to pray
There's rockets in the meadows
And ships out on the sea
The answer's in the forest
Carved upon a tree

John loves Mary
Does anyone love me

[Elizabeth]

Thanks bluer - I'll have to check out that one.


After my seperation this I listened to this song A LOT.

You'll See - Madonna

You think that I can't live without your love
You'll see,
You think I can't go on another day.
You think I have nothing
Without you by my side,
You'll see
Somehow, some way

You think that I can never laugh again
You'll see,
You think that you destroyed my faith in love.
You think after all you've done
I'll never find my way back home,
You'll see
Somehow, someday

All by myself
I don't need anyone at all
I know I'll survive
I know I'll stay alive,
All on my own
I don't need anyone this time
It will be mine
No one can take it from me
You'll see

You think that you are strong, but you are weak
You'll see,
It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat.
I have truth on my side,
You only have deceit
You'll see, somehow, someday

All by myself
I don't need anyone at all
I know I'll survive
I know I'll stay alive,
I'll stand on my own
I won't need anyone this time
It will be mine
No one can take it from me
You'll see

You'll see, you'll see
You'll see, mmmm, mmmm

[lilyournamelil]

awesome song. John mayer - No Such Thing. One of the best guitarists alive...

"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
"Take a seat, take your life
Plot it out in black and white"
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve

They love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
But something's better On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take
the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits, maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't
Find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
aas the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above

I am invincible as long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
Aas the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

[Thrak]

check my quote in my sig.. that is how I try to live and race (on the track of course!!!)

[drunksteve]

well i could post hundreds of lyrics here... but i'll just keep it simple:

"there's a piece of maria in every song that i sing
the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings
there is always one last light to turn out one last bell to ring
the last one out of the circus has to lock up everything"
-counting crows, "mrs potter's lullaby"

"it's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
it's never over, all my riches for her smiles when i slept so soft against her
it's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
it's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever"
-jeff buckley, "lover, you should have come over"

"if there were no rewards to reap
no loving embrace to see me through
this tedious path i've chosen here
i certainly would have walked away by now
gonna wait it out"
-tool, "the patient"

and basically any radiohead song.

[EseLoco]

Pat, that sounds like a good song, I like the lyrics.

This is one of my favorites from Slightly Stoopid, who have many a great song. Always puts me in the right mood for sure.

Slightly Stoopid - Mellow Mood (feat. G-Love)

Hello little darling
ain't no need to worry
feels right in my arms now
why go home, be all alone?
but if the sun shines know thats because of you
just know thats true.
when all your moneys gone
where will you be?
if your love is strong
thats all you need.

(G-Love)
one time you know i love you
with your funky ass style
i love you twice a month since you had our first child
our love runs deep like the blood in my veins
i love you always, and always the same
love remains.
love your every change
love your every phase
the passing of the day, plus when your away
oh darling darling if you stay my love will never change
feel the power when our 2 hearts will combine
the power is yours and the power is mine
when love is born you know the sky must cry
write you love letters till my pen runs dry
if you stay, good lovin make me wanna fly
if you go, rise and fall-dip and dive
you who I'm with so i shine so bright
I love you darling till the day that i die.

Darling darling I said now where'd you go?
I said I'll never know, the way you come and go.
when all your moneys gone
where will you be?
if your love is strong
thats all you need

Call a 911 and its emergency
but even in the 912 do you feel the urgent see
to people all around the world who never heard of me
just leave another message please
Lord please guide and protect me
i got the love in my heart
i got fire in my soul
this no type of fire that nobody can control
but when I'm up on the mic
I got the mind overload
they never test me just because they dont rock and roll
I'm singing oh my God Lord have mercy
thought fools were gettin bad
but now they're even gettin worse see
somethings cant be healed up by no doctors or no nurses
it's time to stop the fussin' and the fightin' and the cursin'
this world is hopeless,
but i love it anyway
thats why they givin all the good love for free
and if u need love, with your lovin are you brave?
come on and give a little good love to me
thats what they want.

Darling darling i said now whered you go?
I said I'll never know, the way you come and go.
when all your moneys gone
where will you be?
if your love is strong,
thats all you need.

It's a long long way from home but hold on.
It's a long it's a long long way but hold on.
It's a long it's a long long way but hold on.
It's a long it's a long long way but hold on.

(fadeing out)
call a 911 and it's emergency
Lord please guide and protect me
call a 911 and it's emergency
Lord please guide and protect me

[danj1111]

drunk steve. good taste.

allthough I'm really hating the counting crows lately.


lilyournamelil, john mayer the best guitarist ever???
okay. but I was thinking he would get more praise for his songwriting and phrasing, as opposed to his technical guitar ability. but I guess it's all a matter of opinion. he does use complicated chords in simple structures, which I think is cool. but best guitarist ever? that's maybe going a little too far.

I hate that I always want to be right. sorry.

[danj1111]

Oh I'm sailin' away my own true love
I'm sailin' away in the morning
Is there something I can send you from across the sea
From the place that I'll be landing ?

No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
From across that lonesome ocean.

Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Made of silver or of golden
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Or from the coast of Barcelona ?

Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.

That I might be gone a long time
And it's only that I'm askin'
Is there something I can send you to remember me by
To make your time more easy passin' ?

Oh, how can, how can you ask me again
It only brings me sorrow
The same thing I want from you today
I would want again tomorrow.

I got a letter on a lonesome day
It was from her ship a-sailin'
Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again
It depends on how I'm a-feelin'.

Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way
I'm sure your mind is roarmin'
I'm sure your thoughts are not with me
But with the country to where you're goin'.

So take heed, take heed of the western wind
Take heed of the stormy weather
And yes, there's something you can send back to me
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.


anyone know who??

[danj1111]

One more and I'm done. these are some of my favorite lyrics of all time.

guess who again. I hate to use someone so typical, but it is really good.


Come you masters of war
You that build the big guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead