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Erm… I have to say though, that the whole point of songs is the combination of lyrics and music. If you don’t like the music you are unlikely to bother to listen to the lyrics.
In some instances yes, maybe I should have been clearer. I meant folk who listen to a few seconds of a song and say ‘That’s rubbish, it’s too loud for me’ etc and dismiss the entire thing on that basis.
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that diedIt’s five and I’m driving home again
It’s hard to believe that it’s my last time
The man on the wireless cries again
It’s over, it’s overDancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that diedIt’s late and I’m with my love alone
We drink to forget the coming storm
We love to the sound of our favourite song
Over and overDancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that diedIt’s time and we’re in each other’s arms
It’s time but I don’t think we really careDancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that diedDancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyesUltravox
Scary stuff.
Prime example of what I was talking about:
Firefly by Breaking Benjamin
You my friend
You’re a lot like them
But I cut your line
And you know I did
Now I’m lost in you
Like I always do
And I’d die to win
’cause I’m born to loseChorus
Firefly
Could you shine your light
Now I know your ways
’cause they’re just like mine
Now I’m justified
As I fall in line
And it’s hard to try
When you’re open wide(End chorus)
Take my hand
We’ll be off and then
We’ll come back again
To a different land
Now I like this way
You could go away
If you guess the name
You could not replace(Chorus)
Bring me your enemies
Lay them before me
And walk away
Walk away
Walk away!(Chorus)
Fuck you firefly
Have you lost your light?
Now I hate your ways
’cause they’re just like mine
So you lost my friend
Such a sorry end
Now I don’t know why
So I choke and smile
Smile!Rain by Breaking Benjamin
Take a photograph
It’ll be the last
Not a dollar or a crowd could ever keep me here
I don’t have a past
I just have a chance
Not a family or honest plea remains to say(Chorus)
Rain, rain go away
Come again another day
All the world is waiting for the sun(End chorus)
Is it you I want
Or just the notion
Of a heart to wrap around so I can find my way around
Safe to say from here
You’re getting closer now
We are never sad cause we are not allowed to be(Chorus x 2)
To lie here under you
Is all that I could ever do
To lie here under you is all
To lie here under you
Is all that I could ever do
To lie here under you is all(Chorus)
Rain, rain go away
Come again another day
All the world is waiting for the sun
All the world is waiting for the sun
All the world is waiting for the sunI just love this…. Jeff Buckley, taken from us far too soon. Written by Dawn Olsen.
Lover you should have come over
Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
And maybe I’m too young to keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you’re on my mind so you never knowWhen I’m broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
Where are you tonight, child you know how much I need it
Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and runSometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And much too blind to see the damage hes done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-oneSo I’ll wait for you… and I’ll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learnOh lover, you should’ve come over
cause its not too lateLonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep that will never comeIt’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 foreverWell maybe I’m just too young
To keep good love from going wrongOh… lover, you should’ve come over
cause it’s not too lateWell I feel too young to hold on
And Im much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I’ve done
Sweet lover, you should’ve come over
Oh, love well I’m waiting for youLover, you should’ve come over
cause its not too lateMy kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder…. that whole verse is just beautiful.
If you’ve never heard it, have a listen.
And… another Jeff Buckley, sorry to put two together like this, but they are just beautiful songs. He was a beautiful man, with a fantastic voice.
Last Goodbyehttp://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Jeff+Buckley/track/Last+Goodbye?apv=1
This is our last goodbye
I hate to feel the love between us die
But its over
Just hear this and then I’ll go
You gave me more to live for
More than you’ll ever knowThis is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face
Why can’t we overcome this wall
Well, maybe it’s just because I didn’t know you at allKiss me, please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation
You know it makes me so angry cause I know that in time
I’ll only make you cry, this is our last goodbyeDid you say no, this can’t happen to me,
And did you rush to the phone to call
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind
Saying maybe you didn’t know him at all
You didn’t know him at all, oh, you didn’t knowWell, the bells out in the church tower chime
Burning clues into this heart of mine
Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memories
Offer signs that it’s over… its over.
Had a bit of a Jeff Buckley day, with plenty of time on my hands and an open road in front of me….. thought i’d share. :)
@minim wrote:
And… another Jeff Buckley, sorry to put two together like this, but they are just beautiful songs. He was a beautiful man, with a fantastic voice.
Last Goodbyehttp://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Jeff+Buckley/track/Last+Goodbye?apv=1
This is our last goodbye
I hate to feel the love between us die
But its over
Just hear this and then I’ll go
You gave me more to live for
More than you’ll ever knowThis is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face
Why can’t we overcome this wall
Well, maybe it’s just because I didn’t know you at allKiss me, please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation
You know it makes me so angry cause I know that in time
I’ll only make you cry, this is our last goodbyeDid you say no, this can’t happen to me,
And did you rush to the phone to call
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind
Saying maybe you didn’t know him at all
You didn’t know him at all, oh, you didn’t knowWell, the bells out in the church tower chime
Burning clues into this heart of mine
Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memories
Offer signs that it’s over… its over.
Had a bit of a Jeff Buckley day, with plenty of time on my hands and an open road in front of me….. thought i’d share. :)
Id not seen the onerepublic stripped version before = thanks! 8)
Asking Too Much
I want somebody who sees the pointlessness
and still keeps their purpose in mind
I want somebody who has a tortured soul
some of the time
I want somebody who will either put out for me
or put me out of misery
or maybe just put it all to words
and make me say, you know
I never heard it put that way
make me say, what did you just say?
I want somebody who can hold my interest
hold it and never let it fall
someone who can flatten me with a kiss
that hits like a fist
or a sentence, that stops me like a brick wall
because if you hear me talking
listen to what I’m not saying
if you hear me playing guitar
listen to what I’m not playing
and don’t ask me to put words
to all the spaces between notes
in fact if you have to ask, forget it
do and you’ll regret it
I’m tired of being the interesting one
I’m tired of having fun for two
just lay yourself on the line
and I might lay myself down by you
but don’t sit behind your eyes
and wait for me to surprise you
I want somebody who can make me
scream until it’s funny
give me a run for my money
I want someone who can
twist me up in knots
tell me, for the woman who has everything
what have you got?
I want someone who’s not afraid of me
or anyone else
in other words I want someone
who’s not afraid of themselfdo you think I’m asking too much?
Ani Difranco
also listened to a few Foo Fighters ones I hadn’t heard for a while……
Best of You
I’ve got another confession to make
I’m your fool
Everyone’s got their chains to break
Holdin’ youWere you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?Are you gone and onto someone new?
I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn’t have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose
My heart is under arrest again
But I break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can’t choose
I swear I’ll never give in
I refuseIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?Oh…
Oh…Oh…Oh…Oh…
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love you’d die to heal
The hope that starts the broken hearts
You trust, you must
ConfessIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?I’ve got another confession my friend
I’m no fool
I’m getting tired of starting again
Somewhere newWere you born to resist or be abused?
I swear I’ll never give in
I refuseIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?and this little one was a favourite of a mate of mine
Up in arms
The rain is here and you my dear
are still my friend
It’s true the two of us are back
as one againI was the one who left you
always coming back I could not forget you girl
now I am up in arms againTogether now I don’t know how
this love could end
My lonely heart it falls apart
for you to mendHe will be glad I am listening.
Got to put this one in…… :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRc_9wxniAY
Holiday
Say, hey!
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame
The ones who died without a nameHear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called “Faith and Misery” (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war todayI beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holidayHear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find, the money’s on the other sideCan I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There’s a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monumentI beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday(Hey!)
(Say, hey!)(3,4)
“The representative from California has the floor”
Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don’t agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that’s meant for me
Just cause, just cause, because we’re outlaws yeah!I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our livesThis is our lives on holiday
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