WHY are you listening to.......

Started by Elvi, October 22, 2007, 08:44:55 AM

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Elvi

OK, the what are you listening to thread is getting a little monotonous, all we are doing is listening a song and that doesn't really do much, other than take up bandwidth, does it?

So, I thought why not find out WHY people play specific songs.
Does the song have a memory attached to it, does it make you feel good, angry, sad, why do you have it on your play list?

Then I thought, why not go even further, why not add a link to the video of the song, if there is one and maybe share the lyrics as well?

So....
Here goes with my choice of the day.
We listen to Rammstein a lot here, the band is not only versatile, but the music itself can invoke many different moods, even before you can fully understand the lyrics themselves.

Strangely and I had reached a part in our game together where we needed a bit of grit and mind set, so this is what we chose to play....

Not only does the music and Till Lindemann's voice make my skin crawl on this one, (we actually have an even heavier version, than the one shown on the video), but the subject matter, (based on a real life story), is very, very dark.... 

MEIN TEIL

Looking for a well-built eighteen to thirty-year-old to be slaughtered
The Master Butcher

Today i will meet a gentleman
He likes me so much he could eat me up
soft things and even hard ones
are on the menu

Because you are
what you eat
and you know
what it is

It is my thing - no
My thing - no
Because that's my thing - no
My thing - no

The dull blade - good and proper
I'm bleeding heavily and feeling sick
Although I have to fight to stay awake
I keep eating while in convulsions
It's just so well seasoned
and so nicely flambéed
and so lovingly served on porcelain
and with it, a good wine and gentle candlelight
Yeat, I'll take my time
You've got to have some culture

Because you are
what you eat
and you know
what it is

It is my thing - no
My thing - no
Because that's my thing - no
Yes it's my thing - no

A cry will ascend to heaven
It will cut through hosts of angels
Feather-flesh will shriekingly fall
from the top of the clouds into my childhood

It is my thing - no
My thing - no
Because that's my thing - no
My thing - no
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_F9bQPt4yU
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Swedish Steel

Nick Cave is without a doubt the artist I have the most records of. He's bloody brilliant that man. I've sort of rediscovered him since I started playing Retaking the Night. What better theme music in a game dealing with vampires, demons and Phantom Rapists?

Almost all of his songs have something to offer, I get plenty of inspiration listening to them. But Loverman really stick out. When I listened to it again, after having the record packed away for over a year, it made me jump. That's my game right there!
Well, sort of at least.


Loverman

There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
There's a devil waiting outside your door
It is bucking and braying and pawing at the floor
And he's howling with pain and crawling up the walls
There's a devil waiting outside your door
He's weak with evil and broken by the world
He's shouting your name and he's asking for more
There's a devil waiting outside your door

Loverman! Since the world began
Forever, Amen Till end of time Take off that
dress I'm coming down I'm your loverman
Cause I am what I am what I am what I am

L is for LOVE, baby
O is for ONLY you that I do
V is for loving VIRTUALLY all that you are
E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do
R is for RAPE me
M is for MURDER me
A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers
N is for KNOWING your loverman's going to
be the answer to all of yours

Loverman! Till the bitter end
While empires burn down Forever and ever
and ever and ever Amen I'm your loverman
So help me, baby So help me
Cause I am what I am what I am what I am
I'll be your loverman!

There's a devil crawling along your floor
There's a devil crawling along your floor
With a trembling heart, he's coming through your door
With his straining sex in his jumping paw
There's a devil crawling along your floor
And he's old and he's stupid and
he's hungry and he's sore
And he's lame and he's blind
and he's dirty and he's poor
Give him more
There's a devil crawling along your floor

Loverman! Here I stand Forever, Amen
Cause I am what I am what I am what I am
Forgive me, baby My hands are tied
And I got no choice No, I got no choice at all

I'll say it again
L is for LOVE, baby
O is for O yes I do
V is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt you
E is for EVEN if you want me to
R is for RENDER unto me, baby
M is for that which is MINE
A is for ANY old how, darling
N is for ANY old time

I'll be your loverman! I got a masterplan
To take off your dress And be your man
Seize the throne Seize the mantle
Seize the crown Cause I am what I am
What I am what I am I'm your loverman!

There's a devil lying by your side
You might think he's asleep
but look at his eyes
He wants you, baby, to be his bride
There's a devil lying by your side

Loverman! Loverman!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1WXVG7h0bM
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Bliss

Jude is a notable guy-with-guitar act in a sea full of them who, in my opinion, has utterly failed to get the recognition that his work deserves. His work ranges from angst to love-ridden to comical, and he touches on little pop culture references here and there without managing to date himself overmuch with them.


I'm Sorry Now

Welcome to my world
Won't you please find a seat
There is no need to worry
I'm the only one to meet
I just wanted to express myself to you
Hey undiluted and with nobody else to confuse

See I was Marvin Gaye and Bond, James Bond
I was taking all day so I could turn you on
And I hated when you'd look away
When I was inside and slowly gettin' to it
It didn't help a lot when you would turn around
And I was on the top
And you would say
Baby you can do it

I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
Do you have to hate me
I'm sorry now
So sorry yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love


I hate spaghetti
And I also hate divorce
You probably already know that by then of course
I like the earthquakes
I like it when the world shakes
I like the cracks it takes out of the walls
When two people
Lovers
Are acting like dolls in the arms of each other
That's my alarm

I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
Do you have to hate me
I'm sorry now
So sorry yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love

Life is so unkind
You can fall behind
You know that I'm inclined
To ease your mind
Anytime

So welcome baby
I wondered when your countenance would change
From sunshine and vanilla
To the raven tones of rage
And my back never looked so broad to you
As now when turned upon the fool who spurned me
Boo hoo hoo

I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
And you have to hate me
I'm sorry now
So sorry yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I still wanted love with you
But I'm through it
Forget you

See him perform it live here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=socrT1CaN4c
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
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SlvKitty

Now Three Days Grace says or so I heard that it's about something other than what we here would consider, or what we would like it to mean.  If you look at the video there is some light symbolism of the life style. I heard it for the first time on Octane in a long car trip with my Dom.  On the way back we heard it again and laughed cause to us it meant what people here would understand as the life style or at least a semblance of it. 

Pain lyrics

Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all

You're sick of feeling numb
You're not the only one
I'll take you by the hand
And I'll show you a world that you can understand
This life is filled with hurt
When happiness doesn't work
Trust me and take my hand
When the lights go out you will understand

Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all
Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all

Anger and agony
Are better than misery
Trust me I've got a plan
When the lights go off you will understand

Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all
Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing
Rather feel pain

I know (I know I know I know I know)
That you're wounded
You know (You know you know you know you know)
That I'm here to save you
You know (You know you know you know you know)
I'm always here for you
I know (I know I know I know I know)
That you'll thank me later

Pain, without love
Pain, can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all
Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all
Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all
Rather feel pain than nothing at all
Rather feel pain

See Three Days Grace at - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTbVFCZpHY
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Cherri Tart

i like this idea... funny, but lots of time i don't really listen to the lyrics - i spent a good portion of HS going clubbing and listening to a lot of dance and techno songs where it was about just the beat and dancing and all that and i still tend to put them on to sort of get my day off and the right foot, with a bounce and a smile... that being said, there are times when i get a bit, i don't know, i just need to look inside and there's a few people i turn to, but most lately it's been Tori Amos - someone got me to listen to here a few years back and i found that, especially with her first 3 cds, there were times that she was my ghost writer, somehow writing all the things that i felt and thought and getting somehow expresssing them perfectly - this year's been pretty much filled with incredible highs and lows for me and more and more i keep turning to those cds even though they tear me apart at times, because afterwards, somehow, i feel cleansed...


So I ran faster
But it caught me here
Yes my loyalties turned
Like my ankle
In the seventh grade
Running after billy
Running after the rain

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break their hold over me

He said youre really an ugly girl
But I like the way you play
And I died
But I thanked him
Can you believe that
Sick sick
Holding on to his picture
Dressing up every day
I wanna smash the faces
Of those beautiful boys
Those christian boys
So you can make me cum
That doesnt make you jesus

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break their hold over me

I remember
Yes in my peach party dress
No one dared
No one cared
To tell me where the pretty girls are
Those demigods
With their nine-inch nails and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break
Let them wash away
These these precious things
Let them bleed now
Let them wash away
These these precious things
Let them break their hold over me

Precious ...
Precious ...

and you can see her playing it live at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLL6ON18vGI
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Elandra

Around this time of here, as the rains begin to fall I, like many become melancholy, introspective and my music shifts from the hard and heavy artists such as Rammstein or Metallica to the more melodic, soft, and slowly drifts towards the Celtic artists such as Lisa Gerrard and Loreena McKennitt. Both of these artist fuse several different genres, using poems of old and putting music to them or taking an old Persian melody and bringing it to life anew.

The following is one of my favourites, the tragedy of it speaks to me, every time I hear it when listening to the album, I have to stop and just listen to the words and accompanying music.

The Highway Man
Lyrics by Alfred Noyes,
Music by Loreena McKennitt


The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor
And the highwayman came riding,
Riding, riding,
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;
They fitted with never a wrinkle; his boots were up to the thigh!
And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,
His pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.

Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark innyard,
And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred;
He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.

"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight,
But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
Yet if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by the moonlight,
Watch for me by the moonlight,
I'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way.

He rose upright in the stirrups; he scarce could reach her hand
But she loosened her hair i' the casement! His face burnt like a brand
As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;
And he kissed its waves in the moonlight,
(Oh, sweet black waves in the moonlight!)
Then he tugged at his rein in the moonlight, and galloped away to the west.

He did not come at the dawning; he did not come at noon,
And out of the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon,
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor,
A red-coat troop came marching,
Marching, marching
King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.

They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead,
But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed;
Two of them knelt at the casement, with muskets at their side!
there was death at every window
and hell at one dark window;
For Bess could see, through the casement,
The road that he would ride.

They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest;
They had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast!
"now keep good watch!" And they kissed her.
She heard the dead man say
"Look for me by the moonlight
Watch for me by the moonlight
I'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way!"

She twisted her hands behind her, but all the knots held good!
She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!
They stretched and strained in the darkness and the hours crawled by like years!
Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,
Cold, on the stroke of midnight,
The tip of one finger touched it!
The trigger at least was hers!

Tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hoofs were ringing clear
Tlot-tlot, in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?
Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,
The highwayman came riding,
Riding, riding!
The red-coats looked to their priming!
She stood up straight and still!

Tlot in the frosty silence! Tlot, in the echoing night!
Nearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light!
Her eyes grew wide for a moment! She drew one last deep breath,
Then her finger moved in the moonlight,
Her musket shattered the moonlight,
Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him with her death.

He turned; he spurred to the west; he did not know she stood
bowed, with her head o'er the musket, drenched with her own red blood!
Not till the dawn he heard it; his face grew grey to hear
How Bess, the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.

Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky
With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high!
Blood-red were the spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,
when they shot him down on the highway,
Down like a dog on the highway,
And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.

Still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a ghostly galleon, tossed upon the cloudy seas,
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
A highwayman comes riding,
Riding, riding,
A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.

You can hear it here…but no video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ag42w2eFkIg
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Sabby

Wow, I love this idea :)

Right now I've just woken up and so I've got The Air That I Breathe playing. Its a song by All That Remains, one of my favourite bands. I'm playing it now because I'm getting up and this song is just so energetic. Its hard to explain, but the pace of it actually does kind of hype you up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9qlKEyV4E

I will not relent no, no
Never live with defeat never falter
This like the air that I breathe
I will not choke on failure

I am a mortal man
But I'm not fallen
I'm not broken
I am a mortal man But I'll
Hold tight to my beliefs

I have suffered defeat, pain, loss
Still I push to the edge, never falter
For this cement my beliefs
I'll will not choke on failure

I will not relent




Brittlby

This song and video always appealed to my vindictive side, in that while I believe you should live for yourself, and not get in the habit of measuring your success against that of others, there's no reason you can't enjoy karma catching up with the people who used to make you miserable. As the video illustrates... sometimes Karma needs a helping hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZyTOROlo9E

Lily Allen's "Smile"

When you first left me I was wanting more
But you were fucking that girl next door, what cha do that for (what cha do that for)
When you first left me I didn't know what to say
I never been on my own that way, just sat by myself all day

I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends
I found a light in the tunnel at the end
Now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
And it's only because you're feeling alone

At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile

Whenever you see me you say that you want me back
And I tell you it don't mean jack, no it don't mean jack
I couldn't stop laughing, no I just couldn't help myself
See you messed up my mental health I was quite unwell

I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends
I found a light in the tunnel at the end
Now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
And it's only because you're feeling alone

At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala lalala

At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Nitpicking naysayers barking like beagles, through the tall grass of poisonous tongues
Slide down your throat like an antidote you can quote...

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HairyHeretic

TwiSTed SiSTer - We're Not Gonna Take It

Growing up, Twisted Sister was probably the first band I really got into, and this song became an early and firm favourite. I'd go so far as to say it's probably my all time favourite song. The video plays like a cartoon, and appeals to my sense of humour.

As for why this is a favourite ... I can be an exceptionally stubborn individual (just ask my wife  ;D ), and trying to force me to do something I don't want to do is an exercise in futility. This song resonates well with that aspect of me. Right or wrong, I will make my own choices.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjtg05HdwUg

We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore

We've got the right to choose and there ain't no way we'll lose it
This is our life, this is our song
We'll fight the powers that be just, don't pick our destiny 'cause
You don't know us, you don't belong

Oh, you're so condescending, your gall is never ending
We don't want nothin', not a thing, from you
Your life is trite and jaded, boring and confiscated
If that's your best, your best won't do

Oh
Oh
We're right, yeah
We're free, yeah
We'll fight, yeah
You'll see, yeah

We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore

No way

Solo - Eddie

Oh
Oh
We're right, yeah
We're free, yeah
We'll fight, yeah
You'll see, yeah

We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore

We're not gonna take it (no)
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore (just you try and make us)

We're not gonna take it (come on)
No, we ain't gonna take it (you're all worthless and weak)
We're not gonna take it anymore (now drop and give me twenty)

We're not gonna take it (a pledge pin)
No, we ain't gonna take it (on your uniform)
We're not gonna take it anymore
Hairys Likes, Dislikes, Games n Stuff

Cattle die, kinsmen die
You too one day shall die
I know a thing that will never die
Fair fame of one who has earned it.

Sabby

The Last Night, by Skillit.

Its a very emotional song, ecspecially for me since I'm in a relationship with a cutter. Right now she's sick and kinda down, so I got this song on to try and handle it easier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ejeCJpwChc

You come to me with your scars on your wrist
you tell me this will be the last night feeling like this
I just came to say goodbye
I didn’t want you to see me cry, I’m fine
But I know it’s a lie

Chorus:
This is the last night you’ll spend alone
Look me in the eyes so I know you know
I’m everywhere you want me to be
The last night you’ll spend alone
I’ll wrap you in my arms and I won't let go
I’m everything
You need me to be

Your parents say everything is your fault
But they don’t know you like I know you they don't know you at all

I’m so sick of when they say
It's just a phase, you'll be o.k. you're fine
But I know it's a lie

Bridge:
The night is so long when everything’s wrong
If you give me a chance
I will help you hold on
tonight
tonight

I won’t let you say goodbye
And I’ll be your reason why
the last night away from me
away from me

Ariabella

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1013894Azq6f7gC?searchId=209075326439933304&rank=1


I'm the dandy highwayman who you're too scared to mention
I spend my cash on looking flash and grabbing your attention
the devil take your stereo and your record collection!
the way you look you'll qualify for next year's old age pension!

Stand and deliver your money or your life!
try and use a mirror no bullet or a knife!

I'm the dandy highwayman so sick of easy fashion
the clumsy boots, peek-a-boo roots that people think so dashing
so what's the point of robbery when nothing is worth taking?
it's kind of tough to tell a scruff the big mistake he's making

Stand and deliver your money or your life!
try and use a mirror no bullet or a knife!

and even though you fool your souls
your conscience will be mine
all mine

We're the dandy highwaymen so tired of excuses
of deep meaning philosophies where only showbiz loses
we're the dandy highwaymen and here's our invitation
";throw your safety overboard and join our insect nation";

Stand and deliver your money or your life!
try and use a mirror no bullet or a knife!

and even though you fool your souls
your conscience will be mine, all mine

da diddley qa qa da diddley qa qa
da diddley qa qa da diddley qa qa

Stand and deliver your money or your life!
Stand and deliver your money or your life!...


One of the coolest songs Adam and the Ants ever did.

And if I'm listening to it, more than likely it 's from the 80's.
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Bliss

I'm listening to M.T.A. by the Kingston Trio... because I'm homesick.

(side note: Dropkick Murphys did a great cover of this replacing "man who never returned" with "skinhead who never returned")


Spoken:
These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as the M.T.A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population in the form of a subway fare increase. Citizens, hear me out! This could happen to you!

(Eight bar guitar, banjo introduction)

Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charley
on a tragic and fateful day.
He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family,
went to ride on the M.T.A.

Chorus:
     Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned and
     his fate is still unknown.
     (What a pity! Poor ole Charlie. Shame and scandal.
     He may ride forever. Just like Paul Revere.)
     He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston.
     He's the man who never returned.

Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station
and he changed for Jamaica Plain.
When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel."
Charlie couldn't get off of that train.
     (Chorus)
Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station,
crying, "What will become of me?!!
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea
or my cousin in Roxbury?"
     (Chorus)
Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square Station
every day at quarter past two,
And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich
as the train comes rumblin' through.
     (Chorus)
Now, you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal
how the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase! Vote for George O'Brien!
Get poor Charlie off the M. T. A.
     (Chorus)
He's the man who never returned.
He's the man who never returned.
Ain't you Charlie?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Sabby

Everybodies Fool, by Evanescence

Just reminds me of the fake friends in my past.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u55fpsbzAfk

"Everybody's Fool"

perfect by nature
icons of self indulgence
just what we all need
more lies about a world that

never was and never will be
have you no shame don't you see me
you know you've got everybody fooled

look here she comes now
bow down and stare in wonder
oh how we love you
no flaws when you're pretending
but now i know she

never was and never will be
you don't know how you've betrayed me
and somehow you've got everybody fooled

without the mask where will you hide
can't find yourself lost in your lie

i know the truth now
i know who you are
and i don't love you anymore

it never was and never will be
you don't know how you've betrayed me
and somehow you've got everybody fooled

it never was and never will be
you're not real and you can't save me
somehow now you're everybody's fool

Brittlby

Most anytime I'm writing an action scene the past few months, I've had this song stuck in my head. Thanks largely to Hot Fuzz (as it was playing in the american adverts for it). It just has a deep riff that I rather like for ACTION!

Souljacker Pt. 1 by The Eels (original video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpa9Q7MdTc0

Set to Young Ones Clips (with much better audio)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdSCXW93Zv4

22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah

Johnny don't like the teacher
Johnny don't like the school
One day johnny is goinna to do somethin'
Show 'em he's nobody's fool
Oh yeah

22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah

Sisters brothers make better lovers
Family affairs are under the covers...
Gina clocks the broken hearts
Won't let you leave until you're bleeding

Sally don't like her daddy
Sally don't like her friends
Sally and johnny are watchin' tv
Waitin' for it to end
Oh yeah

22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah
Nitpicking naysayers barking like beagles, through the tall grass of poisonous tongues
Slide down your throat like an antidote you can quote...

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SlvKitty

All I can say... is if you know me You will understand....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xBFrL0CVQ0

Sweet Surrender - Sarah McLachlan

It doesn't mean much
It doesn't mean anything at all
The life I've left behind me
Is a cold room
I've crossed the last line
From where I can't return
Where every step I took in faith
Betrayed me
And led me from my home

And sweet
Sweet surrender
Is all that I have to give

You take me in
No questions asked
You strip away the ugliness
That surrounds me
Are you an angel
Am I already that gone
I only hope
That I won't disappoint you
When I'm down here
On my knees

And sweet
Sweet
Sweet surrender
Is all that I have to give

Sweet
Sweet
Sweet surrender
Is all that I have to give

And I don't understand
By the touch of your hand
I would be the one to fall

I miss the little things
Oh I miss everything

It doesn't mean much
It doesn't mean anything at all
The life I left behind me
Is a cold room
My freedom, my heart, belongs to one...
The most precious gift is that which is given, not taken.
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Sabby

People = Shit, by Slipknot

Because its true...

Its a good song for when your angry at certain people.



strangely made

Richard Cheese- Down With the Sickness.

Just because sometimes you need some easy listening music on. I put it on our list because, well it's played in one of my favourite films.

Do you feel that?
Ohhhh shit...

Wah ah ah ah
Wah ah ah ah

Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Open up your hate and let it flow into me.

Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up, come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get up, come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift that has been given to me.

I can see inside you the sickness is rising
It seems that all that was good has died
Oh, no. The world is a scary place
Now that you've woken up the demon in me.

BOBBY, WILL YA GIVE IT TO ME?

Wah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up, come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get up, come on get down with the sickness
Open up your hate and let it flow into me.

Why can't you just fuck off and die
And get down with the sickness
FUCK YOU, I don't need this shit
I'm down with the sickness
You stupid, sadistic, abusive fucking whore
Get down with the sickness

Here it comes
Get ready to die

Get ready to die.

Ignaddio

This song made me cry. Not so much just the song, but the story behind it. And a connection that I can draw that applies to me. Believe it or not, it came from a children's cartoon that I'm not ashamed to admit that I watch (Avatar: The Last Airbender). A character, known as Uncle Iroh, is shown shopping in a market place. He's distracted by a mother and her crying son. Picking up a stringed instrument I don't reccognized, he plays this short song:

Leaves from the Vine,
Falling so slow,
Like Fragile, tiny shells,
Drifting in the foam

Little soldier boy,
Come marching home,
Brave soldier boy
Come marching home

At the end of the episode, he is shown with a picnic by himself, sitting across from a picture of his deceased son for whom he lights a stick of incense, crying as he sings the song again. Prior to the start of the series, Uncle Iroh had been a world renowned general, but was shattered with the death of his military son, retreating from an already successful siege of his enemy's capital city.

It made me think about what would happen to my family if I didn't make it back from this deployment. I'm still in tears typing this out.
Vidi, Vici, Veni*I sang, too.
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Bliss

Personal Jesus, by Depeche Mode. It's a song demanding trust and faith, presented in an aggressive, angry way, and very much fits my current mood.

Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there

Feeling unknown
And yore all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
Ill make you a believer

Take second best
Put me to the test
Things on your chest
You need to confess
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith
Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal jesus...

Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
Ill make you a believer

I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus

Reach out and touch faith

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qhzsxEC-psA
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Bliss

Perhaps my Winamp is trying to shift my mood or just make me cry, but it just brought forth Dave Matthews Band, Christmas Song. Their work is so often written off as stoner rock, but as an English major with love of wordplay, religion, and literary deconstruction, I've found many of his songs to be utter delights. And this one has a restrained power that just seeps into me and calms me, soothes me.

She was his girl, he was her boyfriend
Shed be his wife, and make him her husband.
A surprise on the way any day any day
One healthy little giggling, dribbling baby boy
The wisemen came, three made their way
To shower him with love while he lay in the hay
Shower him with love, love, love
Love,love,love
Love,love was all around.
Not very much of his childhood was known
Kept his mother mary worried always out on his own
He met another mary, who for a reasonable fee,
Less than reputable was known to be
His heart was full of love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love was all around.
When jesus christ nailed to his tree
Said oh daddy-o, I can see how it all soon will be
I came to shed a little light on this darkening sea
Instead I fear Ive spilled the blood of my children all around
The blood of my children all around
The blood of my childrens all around.
So Im told, so the story goes
The people he knew were less than golden-hearted
Gamblers and robbers,
Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers
Like you and me, like you and me
Rumors insisted that he soon would be
For his deviations taken into custody
By the authorities, less informed than he
Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers
Searching for love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love was all around.
Preparations were made for a celebration day
He said eat this bread but think of it as me
Drink this wine and dream it will be the blood of our children all around
The blood of our children all around
The blood of our children all around
Father up above
Why in all this hatred do you fill me up with love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love is all around
Father up above
Why in all this hatred do you fill me up with love, fill me love, love, yeah
Love, love, love
Love, love, and the blood of our children all around.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mdFZDKGO-A8
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Cherri Tart

Don't know if anyone's familar with the oyster CD, but for me, at least it's a trip through memories both amazingly beautiful and amazingly painful and for me, one can never far from the other - this song was on the stereo the first time that my g/f and i made love...  it took us a few years to realize that we were in love, but now that i have, it holds a special place in my heart and i like to think of it as our song and the words, really, are so perfect...

"Walk This World" by Heather Nova

I have slept beside the winter and the green is growing slow
I have watched you find the places hidden by the snow
I have tripped into a valley that is blue till you can see
I want you to come walk this world with me

With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
Holding on and on to what we believe
I'm not touched but I'm aching to be
I want you to come walk this world with me

And I'm sucked in by the wonder and I'm fucked up by the lies
And I dig a hole to lie in and I build some wings to fly
And I think that I could love you 'cause you know how to be free
I want you to come walk this world with me

With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
Holding on and on 'til we believe
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
I'm not touched but I'm aching to be
I want you to come, I want you to come
I want you to come walk this world with me

And it's burning in our fingers and it's burning on the road
And I like the way you're broken and I'll like you when you're old
And I see you in the garden and I feel you plant the seed
I want you to come walk this world with me

With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
Holding on and on 'til we believe
With the light in our eyes it's hard to see
I'm not touched but I'm aching to be
I want you to come, I want you to come
I want you to come walk this world with me

watch it on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPcmMUzo3PA
you were never able to keep me breathing as the water rises up again



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Sherona

ok I rarely, verrrry rarely listen to music. However when I do its generally of an ...older era. I like swing music. I know silly huh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYoM0qQL6mE&search=Andrews%20Sisters

This is what I finished listening to.

WARNING:

The link above contains a song that has NO adult content. It has NO sly lyrics, and it has NO innuendos. It IS a catchy tune, and it IS appropriate for the whole family. :P

Oh btw, the song is called Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B. :P

Bliss

Cantina, by Voltaire
One of my best friends is a superb fangirl, and following the release of Hot Fuzz she made some incredible mix CDs for Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Nick Wright. And because she is made of coolness, she made copies of them for me. The Simon Pegg one has been living in my car all week, and without fail it seems to be somewhere in this song when I get out of the car, which therefore makes it stick in my head.


Well, I went down to Mos Eisley for a converter
Hell, ya know how hot it gets on Tatooine
Well, then I saw that there cantina
I'll go in for an orangina
I heard it was rough, but how bad could it be?

Well, I walked through the door, and the music stopped
Dead
All manner of man and beast were starin' at me
Seems just one week before
Their Twilek slave girl walked out the door
And I guess I was the next best thing they'd seen

Chorus:
I lost more than my heart in that cantina
I left my manhood there on Tatooine
Son, it don't mean you're weak
If you turn the other cheek
But if you spread 'em both for Jabba, son, you ain't a man

Ol' Hammerhead, he fixed his mind to screw me
Whipped out his tool and nailed me to the bar
My anus he destroyed
And now I got me hammeroids
With my spleen hangin' out my ass, I wasn't goin' far

[spoken] It only gets a lot worse.

I was hit over the head by Ol' Han Solo
I'da never guessed that pirate was a homo
I woke up next to Chewbacca
I was smeared in Wookiie caca
And what they did to my poor nipples was a no-no

Chorus

Oh, Salacious Crumb is so small, you can't detect 'im
Before I knew it, he shoved himself straight in my rectum
And then just to be heinous
He screamed real loud out of my anus
Now I've got an anal car alarm, and I can't disconnect 'im

Oh, Greedo, greedily grabbed his green weenie
And he yanked that sucker 'til it wa'n't so teenie
He took me into Jabba's hut
He stared intently at ma butt
And then he Oota-toota-ed me with his zucchini

Chorus

Well, a guy walked up and said, 'My friend doesn't like you.'
I said, 'Sorry.'
He said, 'I don't like you either. You better watch yourself."
And then some old dude who taught Vader
Chopped his arm off with a saber
And later made for one red-hot anal invader
Ooow...

I was broken on the floor, beat to a stupor
Then I was saved; there at the door were ten stormtroopers
But then my hope vaded away
I didn't know they cloned 'em gay
And they each took turns stormtroopin' me in the pooper

Chorus:
I lost more than my heart in that cantina
I left my manhood there on Tatooine
Son, it don't mean you're weak
If you turn the other cheek
Which is why I still go there every week


http://youtube.com/watch?v=LYLoQ6NEW5M
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Bliss

Gone Gone Gone (Done Me Wrong) - Robert Plant and Allison Krauss
Two great tastes that taste great together, the local non-clear channel station started playing this track a few weeks ago and I am finding myself slowly but surely growing obsessed with it. It's a low-fi seeming recording, in which their voices mix and complement each other incredibly well, and the passion of the song is only enhanced by the slightly raspy quality deliberately put in the recording.


Some sunny day baby
When everything seems okay baby
You’ll wake up and find that you’re alone
‘Cause I’ll be gone
Gone gone gone
Really gone
Gone gone gone
‘Cause you done me wrong

Everyone that you meet baby
As you walk down the street baby
Will ask why you’re walking all alone
Why you’re on your own
Just say I’m gone
Gone gone gone
Gone Gone Gone
‘Cause you done me wrong

Ohhhh now come on yeah
Ahhhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ah….

Ahhhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ah….

And if you change your way baby
You might get back to stay baby
You better hurry up,
You don’t wanna be alone
Or I’ll be gone
Gone gone gone
Really gone
Gone gone gone
‘Cause you done me wrong

Done me wrong now now
Ahhhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ah….

Ahh-ahhhh
Ahh-ahhh
Ah….

Some sunny day baby
When everything seems okay baby
You’ll wake up and find that you’re alone
‘Cause I’ll be gone
Gone gone gone
Really gone
Gone gone gone
‘Cause you done me wrong

Well well well well
Well well welllllll yeah!


http://www.robertplantalisonkrauss.com/site.php
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Moondazed

Quote from: Ignaddio on October 25, 2007, 11:41:11 PM
It made me think about what would happen to my family if I didn't make it back from this deployment. I'm still in tears typing this out.

I know what will happen to me if you don't come back... so come back *fierce hug*
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Sadly I can't find a video link, but I LOVE Spirit in You by Heather Nova... it's off Glow Stars.  My husband loves her and the first time I heard it we'd been together about a month and we were laying on his bed talking in the dark and that song came on, at which point we both got quiet and I told him that that was how I felt about him :)  Her voice is so ethereal...

"Spirit In You"

Under your skin there's something beckoning;
There's something that makes me believe in you.
Behind your eyes, that's where the sacred lies;
You know I need to get through.

Oh here I go again.
Through the undergrowth again;
Feel the earth move, the planets spin
But I can't get through.

It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
That I want to find.

I've seen your face, the one your mother made.
Now let me see what makes you really move.
I know you're scared, I know it's tender there,
Just let me closer let me get through.

Oh here I go again,
Through the undergrowth again,
Feel the earth move, the planets spin
But I can't get through.

It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
That I want to find.

And when you make me feel
When you make me bleed,
My lucky stars fall down on me.
You know I need to know you,
I need to see,
I need to take ahold of what's underneath.
So close your eyes, unlock your mind,
Throw off the fear, and let us fly.

Oh here I go again,
Through the undergrowth again;
Feel the earth move, the planets spin,
But I can't get through.

It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
That I want to find.
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Sabby

Well, right now I'm listening Blitzkrieg, by Deathstars. I'm trying so hard to replicate the vocals, but my voice is just too weak. Still, I can always learn, and I'm getting better.

Ignaddio

I'm not sure where I should post this, because I'm not really listening to it, but it is stuck in my head. A so far unfinished song that I wrote:

Makes Me Weak, Ignaddio

Intro
(Spoken)
Vamp: Thank you for seeing me, doctor
Doctor: Not a problem. Describe the nature of your problem.
Vamp: I can't leave my house during the day; I feel this terrible sensation every time I try, like I'm going to perish if I do. And, at Night, I get this horrible hunger that can only be sated by human blood.
Doctor: That is horrible.
Vamp: That's not the half of it.

Chorus

Every time I see this woman
Dressed in black it makes me weak, it makes me weak.
Makes me weeee-eak.

When I see'er I want to talk
When I talk I want to hold
When I hold I want to love, I want to love.
I want to luhhh-ove!

The wicked way she wears her hair
I want to smell I want to touch I want to snare
Her with my arms
She's in my Ahh-arms!

Sometime I think she's playing coy
Or that she has another boy
And she's just playing with my heart
But I know she's not a tart, she's not a tart.
She's rather smahhh-art!

(Guitars roll in, Vamp sings enthusiastically:
I think I luh-uh-ove myyyy Lay-dyinblack.)

Chorus

She's got
Alabaster skin
Raven black hair
A sense of style to die for
And a smile so wicked

I wanna
See'er in the evenin'
Love'er every night
Take 'er in-to my coffin
And wait out the light

That's about where I stopped. Constructive criticism is welcome, but I don't want to derail this thread. Perhaps in a PM?
Vidi, Vici, Veni*I sang, too.
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Valerian

#28
"Ghost In This House"
Allison Krauss

I don't pick up the mail
I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door
I'd just as soon be alone
I don't keep this place up
I just keep the lights down
I don't live in these rooms
I just rattle around

I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I haunt these halls
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house

I don't care if it rains
I don't care if it's clear
I don't mind staying in
There's another ghost here
He sits down in your chair
And he shines with your light
And he lays down his head
On your pillow at night

I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
I'm living proof of the damage
Heartbreak does
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house


Because it's almost, almost depressing enough...
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Moondazed

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Valerian

"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Lirliel

Within Temptation - The truth beneath the Rose

For me it's a story about finding an inner balance between devotion and love of your religion, higher power. It's a power of strength without your faith, for obviously the one whom is singing the song has definately lost her faith. Lost her strength, lost whatever she believed in would justify the bloodshed she has caused in her day.

Give me strength to face the truth, the doubt within my soul
No longer I can justify the bloodshed in his name
Is it a sin to seek the truth, the truth beneath the rose?
Pray with me so I will find the gate to Heaven's door

I believed it would justify the means
It had a hold over me

Blinded to see the cruelty of the beast
It is the darker side of me
The veil of my dreams deceived all I have seen
Forgive me for what I have been
Forgive me my sins

Pray for me cause I have lost my faith in holy wars
Is paradise denied to me cause I can't take no more
Has darkness taken over me, consumed my mortal soul
All my virtues sacrificed, can Heaven be so cruel?

I believed it would justify the means
It had a hold over me

Blinded to see the cruelty of the beast
It is the darker side of me
The veil of my dreams deceived all I have seen
Forgive me for what I have been
Forgive me my sins

I'm hoping, I'm praying
I won't get lost between two worlds
For all I have seen the truth lies in between
Give me the strength to face the wrong that I have done
Now that I know the darkest side of me

How can blood be our salvation
And justify the pain that we have caused throughout the times
Will I learn what's truly sacred?
Will I redeem my soul, will truth set me free?

Blinded to see the cruelty of the beast
It is the darker side of me
The veil of my dreams deceived all I have seen
Forgive me for what I have been
Forgive me my sins
"Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits."

"A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection."

Jeramiahh

Right now, the only song I can think of is the ending theme to the greatest game noone expected to be as good as it is: Portal. It really doesn't make sense unless you play the game, but I'm sure anyone familiar with it knows why it's so awesome.The cake is a lie.
I'm not shy. I'm silently stalking my prey.
There are two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not quite sure about the first one.

SlvKitty

*grins and giggles* This was a life before life... hehe..


I love the way you look at me
I feel the pain you place inside
Lock me up inside ya dirty cage
While Im alone inside my mind

I like to teach you all the rules
Id get to see them set in stone
I like it when you chain me to the bed
There ya secrets never shone

[chorus]
I need to feel you
You need to feel me
I cant control you
Youre not the one for me, no

I cant control you
You cant control me
I need to feel you
So whys it involve

I love the way you rape my skin
I feel the hate you place inside
I need to get your voice out of my head
Cause Im the guy youll never find

Im faking all of the rules
Theres no expressions on your face
Im hoping some day you will let me go
Release me from my dirty cage

[chorus]
I need to feel you
You need to feel me
I cant control you
Youre not the one for me, no

I cant control you
You cant control me
I need to feel you
So whys it involve...you and me..

[repeat 4x]
I love the way you look at me
I love the way you smack my ass
I love the dirty things you do
I have control of you

[chorus]
I need to feel you
You need to feel me
I cant control you
Youre not the one for me, no

I cant control you
You cant control me
I need to feel you
So whys it involve you and me..

[repeat 4x]
Youre not the one for me, no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vm2gC_nihA
My freedom, my heart, belongs to one...
The most precious gift is that which is given, not taken.
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Elvi

#34
It's been one hell of a rough night here.
With a combination of low pressure pushing high pressure down from the north, in turn causing a tidal wave to force it's way down through the north sea, along with one hell of a storm and spring tides, we had braced ourselves for the worst.

Strangely has been and still is, on standby, incase he was needed, for either rescue or evacuation and even though the sun id doing it's best to break through, it's still pretty rough.

We woke this morning to flooded roads and chaos.
Fortunately for us, on this part of the coast, we have managed to bare the brunt of the storm with only the minimum of homes evacuated and areas flooded where, though it is an inconvenience, has not caused too much damage.
Unfortunately not so further down.
Great Yarmouth have had to evacuate hundreds of homes, shelters and hospitals and have adviced many others to either stay with relatives or go to a rest centre and areas of Suffolk are just as bad.

So I'm sat here, checking the forcasts, looking at live cam pictures and switch the music on, this is what popped up as the first song.....

This song means so many things and on so many levels, however today, it just sums up the weather.

(And I'm sorry, I can't find a link anywhere for you to listen to....)



Cockney Rebel - Sling It

The ship was sailing through a Tempest of fear
There was lightning and explosions galore
And the waves came whooshing and crashing and boy!
It was panic as we swam for the shore
There were ladies and babies being trampled to hell
Where the flames flickered happy and sad
And the honey-coloured moon was bouncing around
He was laughing, saying: "Dear, this is mad!!!"
Oh, come on!
Oh, come on!
Oh, come on! let's sling it and do it again!"

Then a message flashed in the sky by the sun:
"Be careful, this is only a game!
If you believe what you see, you'll be rewarded by me
And be drowned or burned - it's all the same!"
Oh the fear in our hearts was diminished at once
We began to restore love and peace
And though the ship had gone down, there was a moral we found:
"If this is life, then it's hard to believe!"

"Oh, come on!
Oh, come on!
Oh, come on! Let's sling it and do it again!"

"Oh, come on!
Oh, come on!
Oh, come on! Let's sling it and do it again!"

(And do it in time this time boys)

It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Sabby

#35
By Myself, by Linkin Park.


The lyrics really speak... ecspecially since my school life was kinda rocky. This song just seems to go perfectly with the feelings of not being able to overcome something, but not wanting to lay down and let that something win. Hiding behind something your not to get by on the outside, but hating yourself on the inside for it.


http://www.lyrics.com/lyric.php?id=21267

Really, watch it. It speaks.




By Myself

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I / sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I / try to catch them red - handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can’t hold on / when I’m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I’m lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again

by myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself

[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself

I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I
Turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they’ll
Take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer

[by myself]
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself

I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside

How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside

I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking...

Bliss

I have a passion for songs that tell a story, and this is one that never fails to bring me to tears. I treasure and adore it; I never have a playlist now that doesn't include it. It happened to be the first one that popped up for me this morning, and I want to share.

The Lighthouse's Tale by Nickel Creek

I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.
I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.
I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.

I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.
We had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.
And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.
And they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night.

[Chorus:]
And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.
And the winds that blow remind me, of what has been, and what can never be.

She'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return.
But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned.
He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave.
In me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end.

[Chorus]

Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the SHORE.
He kissed her cold face, that they'd be together soon he'd swore.
I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand.
And then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran.

[Chorus]

I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.


Watch a beautiful video set to it here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SRL6lJ73GwM
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Elvi

Do we really need to have a reason to listen to Monty Python?
Not really, but we had to hunt through our play list just to find it, because we just wanted to....*grins*



Brave Sir Robin

Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot
He was not afraid to die, O brave Sir Robin
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin
He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp
Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken
To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away
And all his limbs hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin
His head smashed in and his heart cut out
And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged
And his nostrils raped and his bottom burnt off and his penis...
He is brave Sir Robin,
Brave Sir Robin who...
To fight and...............
Brave Sir Robin ran away
Bravely, ran away...away...
When danger reared its ugly head
He bravely turned his tail and fled
Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about
And gallantly he chickened out
Bravely talking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud7YNNA0Mwo
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Bliss

Hades & Persephone, by Anais Mitchell, is written as a conversation between the reluctant couple of Greek mythology.

Hades & Persephone

PERSEPHONE
Hades, my husband, Hades, my light
Hades, my darkness
if you had heard how he sang tonight
you'd pity poor Orpheus!

all of his sorrow won't fit in his chest
it just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest
and his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest
how long, how long, how long?

HADES
how long? just as long as Hades is king
nothing comes of wishing on stars
nothing comes of the songs people sing
however sorry they are

give them a piece and they'll take it all
show them the crack and they'll tear down the wall
lend them an ear and the kingdom will fall
the kingdom will fall for a song

PERSEPHONE
what does he care for the logic of kings?
the laws of your underworld?
it is only for love that he sings!
he sings for the love of a girl

HADES
you and your pity don't fit in my bed
you just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed
and I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed
how long, how long, how long?

PERSEPHONE
how long? just as long as I am your wife
it's true the earth must die
but then the earth comes back to life
and the sun just goes on rising

BOTH
and how does the sun even fit in the sky?
it just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky
and the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky
how long, how long, how long?
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Cherri Tart

Gorcecki by Lamb

This is the most beautiful song i have ever heard.  the first time i hear it was one sunday morning after a long night of partying, the DJ put it on just as the sun began to peek over the horizon and i have spent the rest of my life trying to remember that this is the sound and feeling of being in love.  today, I am full of wonder, divided by borders of barbed wire that tear at my heart with brilliance and beauty and hurt and pain.  Today i am made of light and tears and hurt and hope - and it is the hope that hurts more, the maps and legends of of my heart tug at me and set me free to fall from the greatest heights i can imagine and inspires me to spend just on more day staring down at the cruel ocean below.

If I should die this very moment
I wouldn't fear
for I've never known completeness
like being here
wrapped in the warmth of you
loving every breath of you
still my heart this moment
oh it might burst

could we stay right here
till the end of time until the earth stops turning
wanna love you until the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for

all this time I've loved you
and never known your face
all this time I've missed you
and searched this human race
here is true peace
here my heart knows calm
safe in your soul
bathed in your sighs
wanna stay right here
till the end of time
till the earth stops turning
gonna love you until the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for

the one I've waited for

all I've known
all I've done
all I've felt was leading to this
all I've known
all I've done
all I've felt was leading to this

wanna stay right here
till the end of time till the earth stops turning
gonna love you till the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for

the one I've waited for
the one I've waited for

wanna stay right here
till the end of time 'till the earth stops turning
gonna love you till the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for

the one I've waited for
the one I've waited for


a live video of them perfroming the song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8u4caYWCQ8
you were never able to keep me breathing as the water rises up again



O/O, Cherri Flavored

Elvi

Ok...So I'm sat here, in pain and doped up to the eyeballs and yes...maudling.
This song flashed into my head and I haven't heard it in years, so we've hunted it down and put it on our play list.

It's a song about life and about living it, but it is also one of the most beautiful folk rock ballads ever.
Moral of the story?
Live your life, enjoy it, go out and do stuff.
So you lot..yes you young'ns...stop living the work/home/work/home/work thing, get out and enjoy yourselves while you can.
We don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow, if I hadn't done all the stuff I had, before I'd become ill, then I would have saved my money,had a lovely home, lovely things, but bugger all else.....
Life is for living, not for waiting 'until'...so listen to this song, (it's a really good version for a song released in 1971) and then sod off out and find something exciting to do.....



"Life Is A Long Song" - Jethro Tull

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rioYOoFqyAo&feature=related

When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new day,
and you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to say,
well, don't you fret, don't you fear,
I will give you good cheer.

Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.

If you wait then your plate I will fill.

As the verses unfold and your soul suffers the long day,
and the twelve o'clock gloom spins the room,
you struggle on your way.
Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry,
lick the dust from your eye.

Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.

We will meet in the sweet light of dawn.

As the Baker Street train spills your pain all over your new dress,
and the symphony sounds underground put you under duress,
well don't you squeal as the heel grinds you under the wheel.

Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.

But the tune ends too soon for us all.
It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

strangely made

This is a song that appeals to me for various reasons. 'Beautiful Day' by The Levellers
What those reasons are will be obvious to those who know me :)

What a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

Was on the fifth of November, when time it went back
Some say that's impossible, but you and I would never look back
And wasn't it incredible, so beautiful and above all
Just to see the fuse get lit this time
To light a real bonfire, for all time

And what a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

I was drinking in my night club
It felt good to be back
When Hepburn said "I love you"
And Flyn said, "Make mine a double, Jack"

Then we planned the revolution
To make things better for all time
And when the barman said "That's crazy"
And ordered up a bottle of wine

What a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

In there on the big screen, every night I've seen
The way all things could be
For me, for me, for me, for me

The news broke after midnight,
That we pulled the temples down without a sound
But the generals they were hiding out
And the ministers, Well! They'd all gone to ground

Wealth re-distribution, became the new solution
So I got a paper bag, but you got the one with all the holes

What a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

Oh yeah, nothing is impossible
In my own powerful mind

That's because nothing is impossible
In my own powerful mind


Elvi

I have always called this 'The Stalker's song', it's disturbing just listening to it, even though the words are abiguous, it has a nasty little undertone to the words and the music.
I'm listening to it now, because it's a song I really like and we lost it. Not being a very 'popular' song and by a not so 'mainstream' band, it's been hard to find again and it took Strangely rather a long time to track it down again....

OK.....so, you know I've just said the song was a little disturbing?
Well.....I've tracked down the actual video that went with the song...and with the video, well....it's a lot disturbing...

WARNING: YOU MAY FIND THIS VIDEO AND IT'S CONTENT DISTURBING

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qxwXSHQKuhE



"I Love You" - The Dandy Warhols

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.

I only just met you before
But I can't understand you don't want me more
You maybe think I'm too smart and weird,
But that should only make you want to hear that...

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,

You make me feel really unsure,
But that should just make you feel secure.
Although we've only known each other a bit
Already I can't sleep at night and I feel like shit.
That's right.

It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Elvi

Antidote time.....
Another Dandy Warhole song, just to show you that we don't listen to all that is dark and gruesome....

It's a sad little song, but the video has a lovely little story to tell....



http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NgrRRNwj7mU


A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all
If ever again, a greeting I send to you,
Short and sweet to the soul I intend.

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

Come on now, honey,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when you're good to go
Come on now, sugar,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when.

It's something I said, or someone I know.
Or you called me up, maybe I wasn't home.
Now everybody needs some time,
And everybody knows
The rest of it's fine
And everybody knows that.

Come on now, sugar,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when you're good to go
Come on now, honey,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when.

We used to be friends a long time ago.
We used to be friends a long time ago.
We used to be friends a long time ago.
We used to be friends, hey hey

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all
If ever again, a greeting I send to you,
Short and sweet to the soul I intend.

We used to be friends a long time ago.
We used to be friends a long time ago.
We used to be friends a long time ago.
We used to be friends,
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

TheWolf

Steve Vai - For The Love Of God

No lyrics, electric guitar instrumental from an excellent guitar player...

Just...  Excellent...  I cannot be depressed, or upset listening to this song...  This is what I play when stress is getting me down, it's calming, soothing...  An antidote for what ails me...


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Elvi

Do we get a link so we can listen to it?
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Elandra

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Bliss

#47
I'm listening to Bubbly, by Colbie Caillat. She says it's about the feelings you get at the beginning of a relationship that gives you butterflies in your stomach. It's really apt, because that's just how the song makes me feel.

I'll come back when I'm on a proper machine instead of my mobile, to provide lyrics and a listening link in an edit.

Edit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PWfB4lurT4

V1: I've been awake for a while now
you've got me feelin like a child now
cause every time I see your bubbly face
I get the tinglies in a silly place

C: It starts in my toes
and I crinkle my nose
where ever it goes I always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now
just take your time
where ever you go

V2: The rain is fallin on my window pane
but we are hidin in a safer place
under covers stayin safe and warm
you give me feelins that I adore

C: It starts in my toes
make me crinkle my nose
where ever it goes
i always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now
just take your time
where ever you go

B: What am I gonna say
when you make me feel this way
I just........mmmmmm

C: It starts in my toes
make me crinkle my nose
where ever it goes
i always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now
just take your time
where ever you go

V3: I've been asleep for a while now
You tucked me in just like a child now
Cause every time you hold me in your arms
I'm comfortable enough to feel your warmth

C: It starts in my soul
And I lose all control
When you kiss my nose
The feelin shows
Cause you make me smile
Baby just take your time now
Holdin me tight

Where ever, where ever, where ever you go
Where ever, where ever, where ever you go
Where ever you go, I'll always know
Cause you make me smile here, just for a while
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Caehlim

I'm listening to the 80s German version (the original) of 99 Luftballons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9whehyybLqU

I've been listening to this song alot the last two days. I'm celebrating having moved and having my own seperate space I can just play music loudly in without disturbing anyone (plus access to the internet again).

It's not the lyrics that make me love this song since I don't really speak much German at all (and listening to the English translation just seems cheap and degrading. If I want the song to be in a language I understand it's up to me to learn German, not find a translation).

Anyway, it's the energy I love about this song. 80's power chords and rock ballads just get me in the mood to bounce around.

Nena - 99 Luftballons Lyrics

Hast Du etwas Zeit fuer mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst Du vielleicht grad' an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt

99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn's so waer
Dabei war'n da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons

99 Duesenflieger
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger
Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fuehlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons

99 Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer haette das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons

99 Jahre Krieg
Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr
Und auch keine Duesenflieger
Heute zieh ich meine Runden
Seh' die Welt in Truemmern liegen
Hab' 'nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an Dich und lass' ihn fliegen

My home is not a place, it is people.
View my Ons and Offs page.

View my (new)Apologies and Absences thread or my Ideas thread.

Elvi

Yes.....the German version is far better than the English.....*grins*....you've got it stuck in my head now!
It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Elvi

Most 'Political' songs are targetted at one specific thing, whether it be a Government, big business, or war, but this one just says it all and the message is clear. (At least to me)

"We need to find courage, overcome, inaction is a weapon of mass destruction"

So take a look at the lyrics, click the link and have a listen to it and remember, it's down to us.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-MfC7pw1AM



FAITHLESS - Mass Destruction


(Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber
Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether you're soar away sun or BBC 1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruc
You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalization
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction)

My dad came into my room holding his hat
I knew he was leaving,
he sat on my bed told me some facts, son.
I have a duty, calling on me
You and your sister be brave my little soldier
And don't forget all I told ya
Your the mister of the house now remember this
And when you wake up in the morning give ya momma a kiss
Then I had to say goodbye

In the morning woke momma with a kiss on each eyelid,
Even though I'm only a kid
Certain things can't be hid
Momma grabbed me
Held me like I was made of gold
But left her inner stories untold
I said, momma it will be alright
When daddy comes home, tonight

[CHORUS]

Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber
Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether you're soar away sun or BBC 1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruc
You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalization
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction

Whether Halliburton or Enron or anyone
Greed is a weapon of mass destruction

We need to find courage, overcome
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction

The skin under my chin
is exploding, again.
I'm getting stress from some other children.
I'm holding it in, we taking sides, like a politian
an if I get friction we get to fightin.
I defend my dad he's the best of all men
an whatever he's doin he's doin the right thing.
Its frightenin but it makes me mad, why do all
of these people seem to hate my dad?
an if that ain't enough, now I've got these spots.
I go to sleep every night with my stomach in knots.
and whats more I can hear Mama next door
explore the radio for reports of war.
and all we ever seem to do is hide the tears,
seems Daddy been gone for years.
But he was right, now I'm geared up for the fight
an he would be proud of me if Daddy came home tonight.

[CHORUS]

My story stops here, lets be clear
This scenario is happening everywhere
And you ain't going to nirvana or farvana
You're coming right back here to live out your karma
With even more drama than previously, seriously
Just how many centuries have we been
waiting for someone else to make us free
And we refuse to see
That people overseas suffer just like we
Bad leadership and ego's unfettered and free
Who feed on the people they're supposed to lead
I don't need good people to pray and wait
For the lord to make it all straight
There's only now, do it right.
Cos I don't want your daddy, leaving home tonight

[CHORUS]
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strangely made

Ok, I'm listening to Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty Macoll, it the one song that really shows what real Christmas's are like.
Forget, the cutesy stuff. This song just speaks of the Holidays to me.

Probably makes me sound like a real Scrooge, but I do actually get really excited about Christmas and enjoy it from Dec1st onwards.........I just hate the commercialism of it and the whole false goodwill to all men crap.

It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ltiY-BqvOIU

So sit back and enjoy not only good music by two talented artists but a true to life Christmas story.


Elvi

*Holds up hand*

Yes...believe me...if I have heard, "Is it Christmas yet?" once, then I have heard Strangely say it a dozen times this week.

AND......

Yes, I have to agree with him, go on..tell me truthfully, how many can put your hands on your hearts and tell me that there's not at least ONE arguement in your family over the 'festive season'?

I love this song *grins*
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Monochromatic

I came across the video to this on youtube awhile back when looking for random things - and instantly fell in love with it despite the fact it's not something I normally listen to. It's pretty short and the video is very unique, and a bit creepy. I suggest watching it xD. http://youtube.com/watch?v=SQbKxLJuhK4

This song means even more to me now that I have a memory with it. When I first found it I sent it to a good friend of mine. He was kind of depressed and having girl problems. Afterwards he ended up in a rant about how the song was true. So after he logged I quickly ganked my credit card  and sent him a bouquet of flowers and a teddy bear to his dorm room. In the card I put the lyrics: " I'll buy you flowers, like no other girl did before. "

He was really surprised and he absolutely loved them and said it cheered him up a lot.  So now whenever I hear the song it reminds me of it. Makes me giggle to. He was so surprised xD. 

Emilie Simon - "Flowers"

I want to buy you flowers
It's such a shame you're a boy
But when you are not a girl
Nobody buys you flowers
I want to buy you flowers
And now I'm standing in the shop
I must confess I wonder
If you will like my flowers

You are so sweet and I'm so alone
Oh darling please
Tell me you're the one
I'll buy you flowers
I'll buy you flowers
Like no other girl did before

You were so sweet and I was in love
Oh darling don't tell me
You found another girl
Forget the flowers
Because the flowers
Never last for ever
Never last for ever
Never last for ever
My love

Bliss

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
The bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the stars came falling on our heads
But there just soft light, there just soft light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
He told me i was beautiful and came into my bed
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors and the yellow light
And he told me that I'd done alright
and kissed me till the morning light, the morning light
and he kissed me till the morning light

Samson came back to bed
not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
And history books forgot about us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first


- Samson by Regina Spektor

I'm writing a solo project right now, main character is named Delilah, and this is one of the songs I happened to pull into my "While I'm writing" playlist.
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Jadedessence

Day, by Fat Jon
I love this man's music simply because its so relaxing. Due to my extremely vivid imagination and visual mind... I tend to close my eyes and think up wonderful stories and scenarios to the beat and melody of the music. Each with their own unique setting, world, everything. And its not only this song. Anything by 'Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician' is absolutely wonderful.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6b8FpoDknkE

Feather, by Nujabes
The lyrics in this song are beautiful. The music is amazing, and the voice is okay. This is one of the few songs I will listen to with lyrics. They stay true to the real world. And the soft piano fits perfectly.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZaV-33XSHY
[Verse 1:]
Light As A Feather
When I'm Floatin Through
Readin Through The Daily News
Measuring The Hurt Within The Golden Rule,
Centimetres Of Ether I'm Heatin The Speaker
Motivational Teacher With Words That Burn People
Seeing The Headlines Lined With Discord
It's Either Genocide, All The Planet In Uproar
Never Good But Rules Of Paradise Are Never Nice
The Best Laid Plan Of Mice And Men Are Never Right
I'm Just A Vagabond With Flowers For Algernon
The Average Joe Who Knows What The Fuck Is Goin On
It's The Hope Of My Thoughts That I Travelled Upon
Fly Like An Arrow Of God Until I'm Gone

[Chorus:]
So I'm Driftin Away Like A Feather In Air
Lettin My Words Take Me Away From The Hurt And Despair
So I'm Keepin It Vertical Forever Elevator
Ridin The Escalator To The Somethin That Is Greater
So I'm Driftin Away Like A Feather In Air
Lettin My Soul Take Me Away From The Hurt And Despair
So I'm Keepin It Vertical Forever Elevator
Ridin The Escalator To The Somethin That Is Greater

[Verse 2:]
Taking Chances
Word Tap Dancing With Wolves
In An Ice Arena Out There, Deep In The Woods Of Arizona
The Sun Be High, Life's Ironic
Aint Tryin To Be Talib When I Write
Surreal Life I Paint It Vivid Habitat Crazy Insane
Watch The Propaganda 6 O'clock News That Are Saying
Cultures Clash For Black Folk And White Trash
They Revel In The Cyberspace That Might Crash
Dash To Millineum A Million Miles Of Runnin
At The Speed Of Now Back Don't Return Gunnin
Rambo Style Gunho Child Gunnin
Ammo Blao Two Times Loud Stunnin
Stunnin When I Hit Ya Lift You Off The Earth Like
Ayo Take You Right Back To Birth
And Niggaz Wonder Why They Might Wonder Why
This Shit Might Happen But It Does, They Go

[Chorus:]
Driftin Away Like A Feather In Air
Lettin My Words Take Me Away From The Hurt And Despair
So I'm Keepin It Vertical Forever Elevator
Ridin The Escalator To The Somethin That Is Greater
So I'm Driftin Away Like A Feather In Air
Lettin My Soul Take Me Away From The Hurt And Despair
So I'm Keepin It Vertical Forever Elevator
Ridin The Escalator To The Somethin That Is Greater

[Verse 3:]
Treat You Better Than Me
Because That's The Heavenly Key
To Unlock The Inner Strength
Where My Essence Will Be
It's The Knowledge Of Self
Understanding Of The Things Around Me
That Becomes The Wisdom That I Need
Living This Life To The Best Of My Ability
Channelling Energy To My Thoughts Into Your Symmetry
Remember Me Because My Clothes Remain Gold
I Got The Gift Of Gab Like Them Pimps In Kangols
It Never Ends I Keep It Rulin Like A Cypher
The First Caveman Bringin Fire
Innovating And Higher To Blast Mistakes I Raise The Stakes
It's Double Or Nothing In This Vaccuum-Less Space
I Will Survive,Divine The Time To Cry Fuck A Hold Or Hide I'm Alive With Pride
And I Drove The Chevy To The Levy
But The Levy Was Dry Singin "This Will Be The Day That I Die"
[.Intro.]
[.Ons and Offs.]
Give me a message if you're interested. :D

Bliss

A Case of You, by Joni Mitchell

This song speaks to me of love and interpersonal addiction, the power of having somebody get under your skin and deeper still than that, being intoxicating and yet leaving you feeling fresh and energized as the world tilts up on its axis and realigns in a new way. It's the sweet pain of being in love and knowing that time and circumstances of the world and of lives have changed the substance and flavor of that love, and coming to terms with that fact that despite not being what once it was, or what you'd expected, nonetheless it's sweet, and fills you.

------

Just before our love got lost you said,
"I am as constant as a northern star."
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar."
On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid
I remember that time you told me, you said,
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you, darling
Still, I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said,
"Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"
Oh but you are in my blood
You're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Elvi

Oh how I love that strange gravelly voice and those very offbeat and often surreal lyrics.
This is one of my favourites.

Being pestered by men girls?
Simple solution, dope them up to the eyeballs, get them to have sex with each other and then feed 'em to the cats....

CRASH TEST DUMMIES
"Two Knights And Maidens"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhr-sJeOio


Once there were two knights and maidens
They'd walk together
Out in the gardens
In all kinds of weather

The knights always pestered the maidens
To love them together
Out in the gardens
And they could watch each other

The maidens had other plans for the two knights
They'd give them potions
And make them see dreams and lights

The knights took the potions gladly
They laughed at their visions
But outside the garden
Tigers smelled them together

The maidens had other plans for the two knights
They'd give them potions
And make them see dreams and lights

The knights only laughed at the tigers
They thought they were visions
Out in the garden
The maidens watched them together

Ah, but for the two knights
Ah, but for maidens
Who gave to them dreams and lights


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Elvi

I was 13 when this song came out (way back in '71) and we've got it on our play list. Surprisingly enough, all three of us (Strangely, Beastgirl and myself) all like it, it spawns a lot of conversation about the past, how music has changed and how sometimes simple lyrics can mean a lot.

Slade was one of the greatest of the early glam rockers, they're still going now and the lead singer, Noddy Holder has had his fingers in many a pie, including radio presenting and acting.

The youtube link is from their origional appearance on 'Top of the Pops', shown here on 'Top of the pops 2', a program showing the best of the very long run origional.
It's worth watching for the flavour of the seventies and the little snippits of information you get, as well as the comentry at the end....

I had wanted to also give you a link the Nody holder's acoustic version he did during a TV series, called The Grimeleys. He was playing a school teacher and was sat in the school hall, just himself and his guitar, it actually had me in tears.
Unfortunately I can't find it anywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8QpO3yVI2Q

Slade - Coz I Luv You


I won't laugh at you when you boo-hoo-hoo coz I luv you
I can turn my back on the things you lack coz I luv you
I just like the things you do mmm,
don't you change the things you do mmm
You get me in a spot and smile the smile you got and I luv you
You make me out a clown then you put me down I still luv you
I just like the things you do mmm,
don't you change the things you do mmmm

When you bite your lip you're gonna flip your flip but I luv you
When we're miles apart you still reach my heart how I love you
I just like the things you do mmm,
don't you change the things you do mmm,
Only time can tell if we get on well coz I luv you
All that's passed us by we can only sigh hihi coz I luv you
I just like the things you do mmm,
don't you change the things you do mmm.

It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

strangely made

Areosmith- Pink

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RLRLhV9U0kQ

Mainly because it's one of Elvi most favourite songs, but partly because it's such a good song and a damn good video with plenty of humour in it.
Steve Tyler most be one of the ugliest guys around but he's so ugly he good looking :)


Bliss

I'll Cover You - from RENT

I've been a sucker for this whole show since I first saw it, and the love song between these two is the most fearless, unabashedly joyful expression of love shown amidst a shifting frightened circle of young people hurt by past loves and wary of letting themselves be vulnerable to anyone.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=N6Qq3gJhuE4

ANGEL
live in my house I'll be your shelter
just pay me back with one thousand kisses
be my lover and I'll cover you

COLLINS
open your door I'll be your tenant
don't got much baggage to lay at your feet
but sweet kisses I've got to spare
I'll be there and I'll cover you

BOTH
I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love
now I know you can rent it
and new lease you are my love
one life be my life

just slip me on I'll be your blanket
wherever whatever I'll be your coat

ANGEL
you'll be my king and I'll be your castle

COLLINS
no you'll be my queen and I'll be your moat

BOTH
I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love
now I know you can rent it
and new lease you are my love
one life be my life

I've longed to discover something as true as this is

COLLINS
So with a thousand sweet kisses I'll cover you with a thousand sweet kisses I'll cover you
when you're worn out and tired when you're heart has expired

ANGEL (at the same time)
if you're cold and you're lonely you've got one nickel only
with a thousand sweet kisses I'll cover you with a thousand sweet kisses I'll cover you

BOTH
oh lover I'll cover you
yeah
oh lover I'll cover you
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Apple of Eris

Foo Fighters - Best of You

I think this song might have been written about me... well at least the part about having no faith and trust in ohers.

I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you

Were 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 refuse

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?
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
Confess

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?

I've got another confession my friend
I'm no fool
I'm getting tired of starting again
Somewhere new

Were you born to resist or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse

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?
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...

Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands.  ~Jayne Mansfield
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target. ~Ashleigh Brilliant

Ons/Offs
Stories I'm Seeking

Fallen Angel

Just because...


"Sleeping With The Light On"

Along she came, with her picture,
Put it in a frame, so I won't miss her,
Got on a plane, from London; Heathrow,
It seems such a shame, yea..

[Chorus:]
I feel her. Slipping through my fingers,
Now she's gone, I'm sleeping with the light on,
And shocks went through my veins now, that she's gone,
I'm sleeping with the light on.

Heard she's engaged, spoke to her best friend,
No ones to blame, here's where it all ends,
And I feel the pain, 'cause I'm without her,
I feel the pain.

[Chorus]

I see the sight, with a different light,
Words cannot describe the way I'm feeling,
'Cause I've been searching in my head,
For the words I thought she'd said,
For too long.

[Chorus x3]
Ons/Offs - https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=14544.0
Rabbit Hole - Check out the green ball below to the left

Apple of Eris

I just returned from seeing Jeffrey Gaines in concert. It was like 40 people in the upstairs room of some restaurant/bar. There was alcohol, an awesome intimate atmosphere, and him playing his butt off. Then he played this song that made me cry, so I'm listening to it again. Blah.

TO LOVE HER INSIDE

Please do not disturb her
She's hoping to put her affaris in their place
Looks in the mirror
Not much fun coping with all the new lines on her face


The fact that she's lonely
She makes the rules
Surrounds herself with fools
Throws 'round all her money
But that's what it takes
To white wash her mistakes from view

Still one ambition remains
An aching hunger denied
To live life as mother and wife

To know someone loves her inside

Dreams like only a child can
Beaming with light
The most wonderful light in the world
But wakes from her slumber
More onion than pearl
And she's nobody's little blond girl


The fact is she never
Recognized others
Not sisters or brothers or you
But words will not hurt her
'Cause all she perceives is all she believes to be true

Still she sits staring alone
A prisoner of her bullshit pride
In a castle she'll never call home

Until sombody loves her inside

She still can't accept who she is
But up on that stage she can hide
From all of the things she will miss

Like someone to love her inside

Won't somebody love her inside

Won't somebody love her........
Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands.  ~Jayne Mansfield
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target. ~Ashleigh Brilliant

Ons/Offs
Stories I'm Seeking

Cherri Tart

Having one of those weekends where my world is sideways and so is everyone elses.  Just feeling unloved and there's really no reason for it, but i am and this just came on and i said, yes, that's me right now...

One by U2

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say...

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...life
you were never able to keep me breathing as the water rises up again



O/O, Cherri Flavored

Apple of Eris

Well, I'm tired of feeling down and stressed. Money's been tight the last couple weeks since I had to pay for a bunch of crap for my business, and my health insurance shot up pretty good too which didn't help. And honestly, when money gets tight I tend to stress a lot even though I know it'll work out in the end. Still aside from that, I've been feeling a little lonely recently, even though I have lots of wonderful friends and all, I just, I don't know, feel a bit disconnected recently.

Anyway, I decided I don't want to be in this funk anymore, so I'm listening to various punk rock bands and others in that vein. Right now:

Manic Street Preachers - Rendition

Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition
All the emeralds that are missing, oh I wish we still had jack lemon
Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison
It's a long hard revolution, oh good god I feel like a liberal

For tomorrow I will beg, steal and borrow
And at the moment im jumping at sorrow
I wish I knew what I did wrong
Can anybody hear the screaming of us? The screaming of us
In the long hard revolution

Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition
The CIA will stay invisible, oh good god I sound like a liberal
Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison
It's a long hard revolution, oh good god I feel like a liberal

For tomorrow I will beg, steal and borrow
And at the moment im jumping at sorrow
I wish I knew what I did wrong
Can anybody hear the screaming of us? The screaming of us
In the long revolution

For tomorrow I will beg, steal and borrow
And at the moment im jumping at sorrow
I wish I knew what I did wrong
Can anybody hear the screaming of us? The screaming of us
In the long revolution
Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands.  ~Jayne Mansfield
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target. ~Ashleigh Brilliant

Ons/Offs
Stories I'm Seeking

Apple of Eris

Yay! Double post!

I'm listening to Shakira now, cuz I like to dance to the music. Gonna start in a minute ten or so is the following, my favorite shakira dancing song. Cuz it makes me feel sexy, even when I'm dancing by myself. :)

"Whenever, Wherever"

Lucky you were born that far away so
We could both make fun of distance
Lucky that I love a foreign land for
The lucky fact of your existence

Baby I would climb the Andes solely
To count the freckles on your body
Never could imagine there were only
Ten Million ways to love somebody

Le ro lo le lo le, Le ro lo le lo le
Can't you see
I'm at your feet

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear

Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Lucky I have strong legs like my mother
To run for cover when I need it
And these two eyes that for no other
The day you leave will cry a river

Le ro le le lo le, Le ro le le lo le
At your feet
I'm at your feet

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear

Le ro le le lo le, Le ro le le lo le
Think out loud
Say it again

Le ro lo le lo le lo le
Tell me one more time
That you'll live
Lost in my eyes

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel
Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands.  ~Jayne Mansfield
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target. ~Ashleigh Brilliant

Ons/Offs
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Kalen

#67
This song.. it's good.   

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSRZOUoN79s

"It's Not Over" - Daughtry

I was blown away.
What could I say?
It all seemed to make sense.
You've taken away everything,
And I can't deal with that.
I try to see the good in life,
But good things in life are hard to find.
We'll blow it away, blow it away.
Can we make this something good?
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around.

Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

Taken all I could take,
And I cannot wait.
We're wasting too much time
Being strong, holding on.
Can't let it bring us down.
My life with you means everything,
So I won't give up that easily.
I'll blow it away, blow it away.
Can we make this something good?
'Cause it's all misunderstood.
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around.

Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

We can't let this get away.
Let it out, let it out.
Don't get caught up in yourself.
Let it out.

Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

Let's start over.
It's not over, yeah...
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

Bliss

I'm listening to Tom Waits - Everything Goes to Hell.

Why be sweet, why be careful, why he kind?
A man has only one thing on his mind
Why ask politely, why go lightly,
Why say please?
They only want to get you on your knees
There are a few things I never could believe
A woman when she weeps
A merchant when he swears
A thief who says he'll pay
A lawyer when he cares
A snake when he is sleeping
A drunkard when he prays
I don't believe you go to heaven
When you're good
Everything goes to hell, anyway...

Laissez-faire mi amour, ce la vie
Shall I return to shore or swim
Back out to sea?
The world don't care what a soldier
Does in town
It's all hanging in the windows
By the pound
There are few things
I never could believe...

A woman when she weeps
A merchant when he swears
A thief who says he'll pay
A lawyer when he cares
A snake when he is sleeping
A drunkard when he prays
I don't believe you go to heaven
When you're good
Everything goes to hell, anyway...

I only want to hear your purr and to hear
You moan There is another man who brings
The money home
I don't want dishes in the sink
Please don't tell me what you
Feel of what you think
There are few things I never could believe...
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Moondazed

The question is, why are you listening to that song, Bliss? :)
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Bliss

"Who knows where thoughts come from Joe? They just appear!"

*shrugs and grins* Hormonal imbalance? Or just because it was what was on my playlist at the time, and has interesting lyrics.
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Moondazed

Lyrics are my favorite part of most songs... although occasionally the music will grab me regardless :)

Lately I've been listening to a bit of angry music... Eminem, Linkin Park, due to my need to vent my aggression toward my teenaged son, who is dangling off my last nerve!
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Elvi

Awwwww....and we're not get the song links any more either....

How are we to broaden our musical tastes if we can't listen to it and see if we like it?
*sticks out 'pet lip' and sulks*
It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Bliss

Aw, I'm sorry Elvi! *makes sadface and offers contrite huggings* It's not on YouTube, and I don't know where else I might find it for folks to listen to.

Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38) by Tom Waits is what's come up now (I've got his whole catalogue in my machine right now, so he's been popping up a lot), and you can listen to it here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-TklTkS533o

It's very rambling stream of consciousness jazz age noir sounding sort of a thing, his voice backed up by a single, equally rambling saxophone that puts me in a Kerouac frame of mine.

Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight,
And nobody flinched down by the arcade
And the marquees weren't weeping, they went stark-raving mad,
And the cabbies were the only ones that really had it made
And his cold trousers were twisted, and the sirens high and shrill,
And crumpled in his fist was a five-dollar bill
And the naked mannequins with their Cheshire grins,
And the raconteurs and roustabouts said "Buddy, come on in, 'cause
'Cause the dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp
Now that Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight"
And nobody flinched down by the arcade
And the burglar alarm's been disconnected,
And the newsmen start to rattle
And the cops are telling jokes about some whorehouse in Seattle
And the fire hydrants plead the Fifth Amendment
And the furniture is bargains galore
But the blood is by the jukebox on an old linoleum floor
And what a hot rain on Forty-Second Street,
And now the umbrellas ain't got a chance
And the newsboy's a lunatic with stains on his pants, 'cause
'Cause Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight
And no one's gone over to close his eyes
And there's a racing form in his pocket,
Circled "Blue Boots" in the third
And the cashier at the clothing store didn't say a word
As the siren tears the night in half, and someone lost his wallet
Well, a surveillance of assailance, it that's what you want to call it
And the whores hike up their skirts and fish for drug-store prophylactics
With their mouths cut just like razor blades and their eyes are like stilettos
And her radiator's steaming and her teeth are in a wreck, and nah,
She won't let you kiss her, but what the hell do you expect?
And the Gypsies are tragic and if you want to buy perfume,
Well, they'll bark you down like carneys, sell you Christmas cards in June, but
But Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight
And his headstone's a gumball machine,
No more chewing gum or baseball cards or overcoats or dreams
Someone's hosing down the sidewalk, and he's only in his teens, 'cause
'Cause Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight
And a fistful of dollars can't change that,
And someone copped his watch fob, and someone got his ring
And the newsboy got his porkpie Stetson hat
And the tuberculosis old men at the Nelson wheeze and cough
And someone will head south until this whole thing cools off, 'cause
'Cause Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight, yeah,
Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Kalen

I'm listening to "For the Nights I Can't Remember" by Hedley. 

First off.. I'm posting this because I love to sing along to this song.  The lead singer of this band was a favorite of mine waaaay back when he was on Canadian Idol, and I've been following his career ever since.  The song is particularly nice because it just reminds me of good times when I'm feeling down.. and who doesn't need that?

Secondly, I think this is a band that could stand a listen, and they haven't broken out of the Canadian market yet.  So.. give a listen.  I hope you'll enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38w_dSdMhOE

[Verse 1:]
I see it in the way you would do
When no one else could ever get through
Holding back till I come around
Time and time again you wait for me to come in
And did you really look my way?
Cuz no one coulda seen this coming
I would never let you down
If I was running backwards in full time

[Bridge:]
So I can and I will and you'll see your hero come running
Over and over tonight

[Chorus:]
And I do wanna love you
If you see me running back
And I do wanna try
Because if falling for you girl is crazy
Then I'm going out of my mind
So hold back your tears this time

[Verse 2:]
Me, I'm used to being tired and bloody
But you believed that I could be somebody
You put your world on hold for me
Gave away to follow failure through the fire
I need you to know I will
Believe me girl I'm so tired of running
I just wanna hold your hand
Stare at you like you've got everything I need

[Bridge:]
And I can so I will and you'll see your hero come running
Over and over tonight

[Chorus:]
And I do wanna love you
If you see me running back
And I do wanna try
Because if falling for you girl is crazy
Then I'm going out of my mind
So hold back your tears this time

[Verse 3:]
And what if I never said to you I was dynamite
And what if I never told you I'm afraid to cry
What if I never let you down
And said I'm sorry for the nights I can't remember
What if I never said to you I would try

Yeah Yeah Yeaahh

[Chorus:]
And I do wanna love you
(If you see me running back)
And I do wanna try
Because if falling for you girl is crazy
Then I'm going out of my mind
So hold back your tears this time

[Repeat Chorus]

Hold back your tears this time

Ooooh Ooooh

Moondazed

His voice reminds me of Pat Monehan from Train...
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Apple of Eris

Best of You - Foo Fighters

I know, I know.. again? You ask, but yeah again, it's my favorite Foo song and they ended the show with it last night. God, Dave Grohl was never hotter than when we were all screaming along to this song. *sigh* Plus it makes me feel all wondefully melancholoy and introspective and stuff.  :)
Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands.  ~Jayne Mansfield
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target. ~Ashleigh Brilliant

Ons/Offs
Stories I'm Seeking

Kivonay

"Believe," which is just the filename of a .ogg track I found while browsing through The Witcher demo's files.  It's very soothing, and has a delicious strings opening which moves into, I don't know what I'd call it...  fantasy rock?  XD  Whatever it is, I love it.  Lyricless, and full of drums, guitar, bass, and more strings, with a raintrack during the last half.

The ambients I've listened to in the files are very nice as well, although more... ambient.

Also, if you're looking for someplace to find songs other than youtube, might want to try playlist.com. 

Caustic

Song here.

Nine Inch Nails, "The Day the World Went Away"

i'd listen to the words he'd say
but in his voice i heard decay
the plastic face forced to portray
all the insides left cold and gray
there is a place that still remains
it eats the fear it eats the pain
the sweetest price he'll have to pay
the day the whole world went away

I'd avoided this thread so far because I've never felt like I had something to say in it.  I guess I still don't, but I wanted to post this anyway.

The song bothers me, aches at me.  I first heard it back when I was in school... I wrote a one-act play, and some senior directing-class friends put it together, performed it in a black-box theater.  One of the coolest experiences, one I wish I could go back and do again right.  I digress...

... point is, on of the other writers/directors used the song in his play.  I don't remember the play, but I remember the song.  And I remember hearing this out of nowhere, in my mind, when it creeps out of some forgotten crevice, dusty and faded but clear in its shape, at some of my more 'lost' hours... driving in the rain until I crossed two state lines, then turning around and driving straight home, staring at the ceiling of my bedroom in the country that Summer that my wife left with my son, and sunlight painted these playful, senseless shapes across the white expanse of it, and they danced, and all I could do was ache.  The notes formed in my head when I found a note from a friend I lost years ago, tucked into the back of a black wooden box in the basement, when I was moving out of the house we sold... the song was there when I knew that I would never see him again, and that I probably never even crossed his mind anymore, since he so rarely came up in my own.  The song was there when I drove for hours, smoking cigarettes and just driving, on the day I knew I'd never make it as a teacher.  And it's here now, and I had to seek it out and hear it again and again to try to drown it, and I think it might work.  If I let it run its course and I hear the ending, then I let it die in my mind again and move on, move into the rage, the stern contemplation, the self-control I can sometimes grasp at when I fall into this pit.
Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story. -Tim O'Brien

Cherri Tart

ok, this song just... well, there's a lot of reason's i am listening to it right now, but mostly, this is how i feel so much of the time and he just somehow managed to capture it in words. i feel like he wrote it all for me...  and sometimes i ache with so much love that i want to give it all away and i don't know how...

By the way - Glen and his partner Mar won an oscar for it the other night and it was the best part of the whole ceremony! 

Glen Hansard - Falling Slowly Lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzQRuTwaFI8

I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You've made it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'm painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I'll sing along
you were never able to keep me breathing as the water rises up again



O/O, Cherri Flavored

Caustic

Sponge, "Plowed"

Will I wake up, some dream I made up?
No I guess this is reality.
What will change us, or will we mess up
our only chance to connect with a dream?

Say a prayer for me [...] I'm buried by the sound
Of a world of human wreckage
In a world of human wreckage
In a world of human wreckage

When I'm lost and I'm found and I can't touch the ground
I'm plowed into the sound...

To see wide open with a head that's broken,
hang a life on some tragedy.
Plow me under the ground that covers
the message that Is the seed.

Say a prayer for me [...] I'm buried by the sound
Of a world of human wreckage
In a world of human wreckage
In a world of human wreckage


This one stings.  It's driving, so desperate to feel that there's this mad desperation in it, an undercurrent of need to escape.  I was listening to it so loud last night when I drove that my already-half-deaf ears were thrumming as I glossed through frost-etched streets with tears in my eyes. 

This is what it's like to get your feelings back after an anesthetized age, when all you could realize for years was fury-- you could feel sad, feel hopeless, happy, you feel stranded or royally screwed, but because of an overload of MAOI inhibitors it was like you were feeling it through a pillow.  Then, it leeches its way out of you and finally you remember what you used to feel before, and how there was hope and a future that exceeded a comatose prelude to death.  And you look at the world with hope that something can be great out there, somewhere in the dark, if only you can find it in the immense tract of wasted hopes.

And it's then that you realize you're part of that, you're not going anywhere either.  But you've got hope, right?

Hope isn't some happy-fuzzy, glowing ball you carry around like an egg for home economics, trying not to smash it when you dodge through crowded halls.  Hope is a splinter in your soul that burns and makes you keep going in spite of the hurt.
Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story. -Tim O'Brien

Bliss

"I Feel It All" by Feist http://youtube.com/watch?v=IcgfdtkcIW0

I feel it all I feel it all
I feel it all I feel it all
The wings are wide the wings are wide
Wild card inside wild card inside

Oh I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hold the gun

I know more than I knew before
I know more than I knew before
I didn't rest I didn't stop
Did we fight or did we talk

Oh I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hold the gun

I love you more
I love you more
I don't know what I knew before
But now I know I'm wanna win the war

No one likes to take a test
Sometimes you know more is less
Put your weight against the door
Kick drum on the basement floor
Stranded in a fog of words
Loved him like a winter bird
On my head the water pours
Gulf stream through the open door
Fly away
Fly away to what you want to make

I feel it all, I feel it all
I feel it all I feel it all
The wings are wide, the wings are wide
Wild card inside, wild card inside

Oh I'll be the one to break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll end it though you started it

The truth lies
The truth lied
And lies divide
Lies divide

I've never been medicated whether I may need it or not for anything much strong than an antibiotic or an asprin, and I've got a whole lifetime so far of feeling everything deeply, fully, from the sweet beginnings to the bitter end, and probably the hardest part of owning my feelings is taking responsibility for them, completely, fully, without reservation. Good with the bad, happy, sad, I own it all to the last little laugh or tear, and I can'twon't blame or thank anybody else but myself for the things I feel and what I do as a result.
O/O ~ Wiki ~ A/A ~ Discord: Bliss#0337
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Stattick

Quote from: Bliss on October 26, 2007, 08:25:19 AM
Personal Jesus, by Depeche Mode. It's a song demanding trust and faith, presented in an aggressive, angry way, and very much fits my current mood.

Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there

Feeling unknown
And yore all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
Ill make you a believer

Take second best
Put me to the test
Things on your chest
You need to confess
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith
Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal jesus...

Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
Ill make you a believer

I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus

Reach out and touch faith

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qhzsxEC-psA

I like Manson's version better, but both are good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kwNCw3OVbKA

And here's another Depeche Mode remake I particularly like.
Stripped as reimagined by Rammstein.... 

I'm not sure if this is an officail video or not. Here's the lyrics.

Come with me
Into the trees
We'll lay on the grass
And let hours pass

Take my hand
Come back to the land
Let's get away
Just for one day

Let me see you stripped (x2)

Metropolis
Has nothing on this
You breathing in fumes
I taste when we kiss

Take my hand
Come back to the land
Where everything's ours
For a few hours

[Chorus]
Let me see you stripped (x2)
Let me hear you
Make decisions
Without your television
Let me hear you speaking
Just for me

[Chorus]

Let me see you stripped (x4)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bbUej2HRKaY&feature=related
O/O   A/A

Stattick

Quote from: Sherona on October 26, 2007, 04:01:00 PM
ok I rarely, verrrry rarely listen to music. However when I do its generally of an ...older era. I like swing music. I know silly huh?

Do you like the Squirel Nut Zippers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiYp8xKjLM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1DISNYj0QU&feature=related
O/O   A/A

Stattick

Having gotten all the way through the thread now, the last thing that I listened to was this:

For me, this video, especially on the first viewing, really shows the difference in how people view men and women. How certain types of behavior are more acceptable by one sex then the other, and how people assume that members of a given sex will act. The video itself is a masterpiece that should be watched if you've never seen it. The song itself merely ok.

The Prodigy - Smack My bitch Up (Uncensored)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqiibkGIzCA
O/O   A/A

Apple of Eris

Ben's Brother - Stuttering

I dunno, I heard it in a commercial a minute ago so I HAD to play the whole thing. The song is so... just kind of sad and melancholoy and speaks to the lonliness I guess we all feel now and again. Esp for me because I don't get to see the person I'm closest too all that often because of our careers and all. And aside from that, I'm just kind of crazy emotionally, which makes the whole relationship thing even harder, and I kind of start to feel the way the singer does.

----------------------------------------------------------------
It's been, it's been, it's been, it's been
su-su-such a long time, long time, long time
since anybody touched me, touched me, touched me
the way that you touch me
So if I stutter, stutter, stutter
and I feel so so so unsexy
so maybe I'll just keep my mouth shut at least until you kiss me

So kiss me again
Cause only you can stop this stut-stut-stut-stuttering
Kiss me again
And ease my su-su su-su su-su s-su-s-suffering

I know I know
it's so it's so sy-sy-symbolic of everything
Everything that's wrong with me and you
So tell me what I'm supposed to do
Oh it's been ages since we've been really honest
but I can make ch-ch-ch-changes if you really want this

So kiss me again
Cause only you can stop this stut-stut-stut-stuttering
Kiss me again
And ease my su-su su-su su-su s-su-s-suffering

Kiss me again
Cause only you can stop this stut-stut-stut-stut-stuttering
Kiss me again
And ease my su-su su-su su-su s-su-s-suffering
Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands.  ~Jayne Mansfield
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target. ~Ashleigh Brilliant

Ons/Offs
Stories I'm Seeking

Elvi

Quote
Personal Jesus, by Depeche Mode. It's a song demanding trust and faith, presented in an aggressive, angry way, and very much fits my current mood.
And there I thought it was a song about needing 'love' and calling in a prostitute....*smiles*

Quote
And here's another Depeche Mode remake I particularly like.
Stripped as reimagined by Rammstein....

Rammstein....well what can we say?
They took a song about someone wanting their lover to themselves 'just for the day' and made it into something that makes you shudder as you listen to it.
Beast girl and I have decided that Till Lindemann could make 'Twinkle Twinkle little star', sound like a message from the devil....We love him...*laughs*



It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Stattick

Quote from: Elvi on February 28, 2008, 06:55:50 AM
And there I thought it was a song about needing 'love' and calling in a prostitute....*smiles*

Rammstein....well what can we say?
They took a song about someone wanting their lover to themselves 'just for the day' and made it into something that makes you shudder as you listen to it.
Beast girl and I have decided that Till Lindemann could make 'Twinkle Twinkle little star', sound like a message from the devil....We love him...*laughs*

I'd love him to do a remake of People are Strange from The Doors.

Right now I'm listening to Spiral (original version) by Godsmack. LINK I imagine that many people would prefer the acustic version HERE, but it lacks the same power for me.

I find the song soothing, hypnotic, and deep... almost having a transcendent quality. The lyrics are reminding me of a game I'm in right now, where my character has another character held captive against her will. He does have the best of intentions, but power corrupts, and he was already planning on doing some pretty bad things to help her overcome her drug addiction... It also reminds of the time I drove 500 miles to go rescue a friend and bring him home to live with me and my ex so he wouldn't end up homeless. When I left New Mexico on an eerie night, I could see the black clouds gathering on the Northern horizon in the direction that I was driving in. As this song started up, I saw the most extradordinary thunder storm of my life. The sky was lighting up as if the gods themselves were giving me a light show. I put this song on loop and just slowly drove into the storm. Over the course of the next half an hour the storm slowly encompassed me, so it was in all directions, punctuating the black sky and showing the jagged mountains I was driving through. I drove in that storm for two hours, and although I could smell the rain, see the flooded areas, and drove on wet highways most of the way, it never once rained on me. It was one of the most magical moments of my life, and in a very good way.
O/O   A/A

Elvi

Given the week we've had....

This has just come onto our play list, around about the time when strange things have been happening.
It's all quiet here tonight..but...well...you never really know....*laughs*

I love this song, such a cheery way of relaying gloom and doom, been our theme tune for years now...

R.E.M.
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqroT1FZ5Y&feature=related


That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane -
Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn -
world serves its own needs, regardless of your own needs. Feed it up a knock,
speed, grunt no, strength no. Ladder structure clatter with fear of height,
down height. Wire in a fire, represent the seven games in a government for
hire and a combat site. Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies
breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered
crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh oh, overflow, population,
common group, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its
own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the
reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright
light, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn,
return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning,
blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle,
light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch a heel crush, crush. Uh oh,
this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament,
a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives
and I decline.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mount St. Edelite.
Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic,
slam, but neck, right? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...

(It's time I had some time alone)

It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Bliss

It’s coming on christmas;
They’re cutting down trees,
Putting up reindeer,
And singing songs of joy and peace.
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on.

But it don’t snow here;
It stays pretty green.
Gonna make a lot of money,
Then I’m gonna quit this crazy scene.
And I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on.

I wish I had a river so long,
I would teach my feet to fly.
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on.
I made my baby cry.

Tried hard to help me,
And you put me at ease.
Loved me so naughty,
Made me weaking in the knees.
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on.

I’m so hard to handle;
I’m selfish and I’m sad.
I've gone and lost the best baby,
I ever had.
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on.

I wish I had a river so long,
I would teach my feet to fly.
Wish I had a river,
I could skate away on.
I made my baby say, "Goodbye."

It’s coming on christmas;
They’re cutting down trees,
They're putting up reindeer,
And singing songs of joy and peace.
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on.

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I have been of late gripped by a wavering and yet unshakeable melancholy, from which I desire a lasting escape; instead, I have River by Aimee Mann.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Moondazed

This song makes me think of the ache of wanting to be in love... the need to delve fully into loving someone who I'm not yet sure of... and by the end of it, I find myself smiling at how lucky I am :)  Her voice is so ethereal *happy sigh*

Youtube

"Glory Box"

I'm so tired, of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long

Just. .

Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman

From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Thru this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room

Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman

[INSTRUMENTAL]

So don't you stop, being a man
Just take a little look from our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry

Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
Its all I wanna be is all woman

For this is the beginning of forever and ever

Its time to move over... ...
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Kalen

This song just happens to hit close to home to me at the moment.. for oh, so many reasons.  It's also catchy, and cathartic for me to sing along with.

I've had no success finding a link for the song, unfortunately.

Hey man
I don't wanna hear about love no more
I don't wanna talk about how I feel
I don't really wanna be me no more

Dress down now I look a little too
Boy next door
Maybe I should try to find a downtown whore
That'll make me look hardcore
I need you to tell me what to stand for

I've been looking for something
Something I've never seen
We're all looking for something
Something to be

Hey man
Play another one of those heartbreak songs
Tell another story how things go wrong
And they never get back
My pain is a platinum stack
Take that shit back
You don't wanna be me when it all goes wrong
You don't wanna see me with the houselights on
I'm a little too headstrong
Stand tall
I don't wanna get walked on

I can't stand what I'm starting to be
I can't stand the people that I'm starting to need
There's so much now
That can go wrong
And I don't need nobody
Trying to help it along
It's the same old song
Everybody says you've been away too long
Everybody wanna tell you what went wrong
Wanna make you like an icon
Till you believe that they're right



Moondazed

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Kalen


Elvi

It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Kalen

That's the one.  I'm firewalled from any streaming media where I sit, and didn't want to link to the wrong singer.. most I saw seemed to be cover versions, from the description. ::)

Stattick

A Touch of Evil - Judas Priest... because it's sinful, erotic, and reminds me of elliquiy.  ;)

You mesmerise slowly
Till I can't believe my eyes
Ecstasy controls me
What you give just serves me right

Without warning you're here
Like magic you appear
I taste the fear

I'm so afraid
But I still feed the flame

In the night
Come to me
You know I want your Touch of Evil
In the night
Please set me free
I can't resist a Touch of Evil

Aroused with desire
You put me in a trance
A vision of fire
I never had a chance

A dark angel of sin
Preying deep from within
Come take me in

I'm so afraid
But I still feed the flame

In the night
Come to me
You know I want your Touch of Evil
In the night
Please set me free
I can't resist a Touch of Evil

Arousing me now with a sense of desire
Possessing my soul till my body's on fire

A dark angel of sin
Preying deep from within
Come take me in

You're possessing me

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o36HAGVYAKM
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Bliss

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
And he told me that I'd done alright
And kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
And he kissed me 'til the mornin' light

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
And history books forgot about us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first

-"Samson" by Regina Spektor

I'm listening to it for several reasons; one being the way the lyrics speak to me on a personal level. Another for the connection with the bibilical stories I loved to read in my youth. I love how this takes a tale and, through the eyes of the ostensible villain, makes a bittersweet love story of it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62rfWxs6a8
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Elvi

I have known this tune since 1972, when it was first released.
First heard it, sat in my Dad's car. He had nipped into a friend's house and I had stayed listening to the Saturday afternoon, radio rock show, which played all the unusual and less 'mainstream' stuff.
I was 15 at the time and I can't explain the impact this piece had on me.

it made me chuckle, it lifted my mood and made me smile and I think I 'head banged' for the first time in my life....
It still does it for me now, I love it....
(Especially when myself and Beastgirl are together and it comes on the play list, we both sing and head bang along together...*grins*)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SJGDG5GZ2c&feature=related


It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Bliss

This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here:
HUGE SUCCESS.
It's hard to overstate
my satisfaction.
Aperture Science
We do what we must
because we can.
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead.
But there's no sense crying
over every mistake.
You just keep on trying
till you run out of cake.
And the Science gets done.
And you make a neat gun.
For the people who are
still alive.


I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart.
And killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you!
Now these points of data
make a beautiful line.
And we're out of beta.
We're releasing on time.
So I'm GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
for the people who are
still alive.

Go ahead and leave me.
I think i prefer to stay inside.
maybe you'll find someone else
to help you.
maybe Black Mesa...
THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE.
Anyway this cake is great.
It's so delicious and moist
look at me still talking when theres science to do
when i look out there
it makes me glad I'm not you
i've experiments to run
there is research to be done
on the people who are
still alive.


and believe me I am still alive
I'm doing science and I'm still alive
i feel fantastic and I'm still alive
while your dying ill be still alive
and when your dead i will be still alive
still alive
still alive

- "Still Alive", end theme from Portal, by Jonathan Coulton

As sung n the end credits (Note: Music does not start until nearly 1 minute into the video)

Sung by Jonathan Coulton
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Moondazed

The first time I heard that song was live in concert, and it was awesome!  Have you heard You Ruined Everything?  He wrote it about his child :)
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strangely made

The Importance of being Idle- Oasis.


This is the one and only song by the Gallagher brothers that I like. This song just has my whole philosophy written over it and the video has to be one of the best ever. First time I heard the saw I just sat up and said 'WOW who's that' I couldn't believe it when I found out it was Oasis , I felt so dirty and unclean, took me several days before I'd admit to myself that I liked the song and when I saw the video I was hooked.

(And can you think of a more fun funeral? That's how I want to be buried)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sv0_bFpeLI8



I sold my soul for the second time
Cos the man, he don't pay me
I begged my landlord for some more time
He said "Son, the bills waiting"

My best friend called me the other night
He said "Man, are you crazy?"
My girlfriend told me to get a life
She said "boy, you lazy"

But I don't mind
As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine
I'll be fine
If you give me a minute
A mans got a limit
I cant get a life if your hearts' not in it

I don't mind
As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine
I'll be fine
If you give me a minute
A mans got a limit
I cant get a life if my hearts' not in it

I lost my faith in the summertime
Cos it don't stop raining
The sky all day's as black as night
But I'm not complaining

I begged my doctor for one more line
He said "Son, words fail me"
It ain't no place to be killing time
But I guess I'm just lazy

I don't mind
As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine
I'll be fine
If you give me a minute
A mans got a limit
I cant get a life if my hearts' not in it

Elvi

#102
I'd like to see them throwing the coffin around like that with you in full maile...*laughs*


OOPS nearly forgot....AND the stone tablet that says "'ello mum" on it....
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Bliss

Probably the only thing worse than being out sick from work is, still feeling unwell, having to go BACK to the job you don't even like. Given this, it's no wonder that I'm listening to Jim Croce sing "The Steadily Depressin', Low-down Mind-messin' Workin' at the Car Wash Blues!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M1RvIiNymFM

Well, I had just got out from the county prison
Doin' ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius
The man say, "We got all that we can use."
Now I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
Working at the car wash blues

Well, I should be sittin' in an air
conditioned office in a swivel chair
Talkin' some trash to the secretary
Sayin', "Here, now mama, come on over here."
Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag
And walkin' home in soggy old shoes
With them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
Workin' at the car wash blues

You know a man of my ability
He should be smokin' on a big cigar
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait
In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars

Well, all I can do is a shake my head
You might not believe that it's true
For workin' at this indoor Niagara Falls
Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
So baby, don't expect to see me
With no double martini in any high-brow society news
Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
Workin' at the car wash blues
So baby, don't expect to see me
With no double martini in any high-brow society news
Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
Workin' at the car wash blues
Yeah I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
Workin' at the car wash blues
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Bliss

Because of the images Silvestine Just posted here, I now find myself listening to the wonderful earworm, "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard!"


Filthy hobbitses....
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Stattick

Because of the sillyness that Bliss posted above, I'm now listening to something that was linked on that page... Why is the Rum Gone?

I've been to a few parties like that. It invariably happens just minutes after its too late to buy more booze when it's discovered that your favorite is gone.
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alahendra

The Black Rider - (entire album) - Tom Waits

"November's got me tied to an old dead tree,
Get word to April to rescue me."

OK, it's not November, but it FEELS like it here...so this is an appropriate choice today.
"You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his red right hand..."

Os & Os: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=5351.0

Cutter

There is still achill in the air

Jimmy Buffet Songs you know by heart.

I was out cleaning up the yard and the wind was whipping and I thought of my trip to Key West and the wind that was a blowin was warm and serene.

I'm ready for warm weather and Buffet will usher it in!
I am the Dark Unspoken that dwells within, weighted by the chains of your preconceptions. Release me and I shall release you.

My On's and Off's :

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=13915.0

Captain Maltese

Lale Andersen - Ich bin ein mädchen aus Pireus

because women on islands are on my mind a lot at the moment.

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Elvi

Links to the song and lyrics would be good folks, it's sort of the reason for the thread really.....
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Caustic

"Vicarious", by Tool

Eye on the TV
'cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavour
It happens to be like;
Killed by the husband
Drowned by the ocean
Shot by his own son
She used the poison in his tea
And kissed him goodbye
That's my kind of story
It's no fun 'til someone dies

Don't look at me like
I am a monster
Frown out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother
Holds her child
Watches him die
Hands to the sky crying
Why, oh why?
'cause I need to watch things die
From a distance

Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies
You all need it too, don't lie

Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?

We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
The writers of stories sold
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing

I need to watch things die
From a good safe distance

Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same so
Why can't we just admit it?

Blood like rain come down
Drawn on grave and ground

Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and voyeur
Stare at the transmittal
Sing to the death rattle

La, la, la, la, la, la, la-lie

Credulous at best, your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men.
Pull your head on out your hippy haze and give a listen.
Shouldn't have to say it all again.
The universe is hostile. so Impersonal. devour to survive.
So it is. So it's always been.

We all feed on tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire

Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies
Much better you than I


I found this kind of ironic since, reportedly, Charlton Heston died today.  But I won't believe it until I can get that flintlock rifle out of his cold, dead hand.
Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story. -Tim O'Brien

Bliss

George Winston - Corrina, Corrina

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oZ4x4p0xKdg - (Random video of someone walking their dog, set to this song; pardon the incidental sounds)

This is an instrumental piece, as so much of George Winston's work is. I first came across him when still in high school, when among several other CDs purchased when joining Columbia House, I figured I'd try his CD Forest because I wanted to expand my musical horizons - and, frankly, because I thought the cover was pretty, and I knew I'd liked his performance of Vince Guaraldi's work.

Each of Winston's CDs have a distinct flavor, to me, and therefore appropriate settings for listening, or moods that they instill in me. Forest is harder keystrikes, more indie piano work. This piece, though, comes from his album Summer, and draws out in me a sense of peace, of things being right, of dust settling and warm winds from across a slowly ripening plain cooling my sunwarmed skin. Everything about the songs on this CD (It has now shuffled around to the first track, "Living in the Country" has an air of unhurried exploration of someplace half-known, woodsy and wild and sunlit.
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Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Cherri Tart

Ok, deep breath, Ani is someone that my g/f and i both have in common musically, she's more of a rocker and i'm more of a raver i guess you could say... anyways, things are kind of fragile between us right now and there are those times when you just start looking a little too closely at things and looking for ways to hurt yourself and listening to songs that make you sad is probably more healthy then sticking pins and needles through your skin... maybe not as fun, but less freaky... at least i hope so.  Anyways, i just sort of put this on, needing some sort of perspective... and it made me sad that it would be from my g/fs point of view.  It makes me realize even more, how lucky i am and how hard i want to work at making this work between the two of us. 

"Two Little Girls" by Ani DiFranco

you were fresh off the boat from virginia
i had a year in new york city under my belt
we met in a dream
we were both 19
i remember where we were standing
i remember how it felt
2 little girls growing out of their training bras
this little girl breaks furniture, this little girl breaks laws
2 girls together
just a little less alone
this little girl cries wee wee
all the way home

you were always half crazy, now look at you baby
make about as much sense as a nursery rhyme
love is a piano dropped out a four story window
and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time

i don't like your girlfriend, yeah i don't like her
never seen one of your lovers do you so much harm
i loved you first and you know i would prefer
if she didn't empty her syringes into your arm

here comes little naked me padding up to the bathroom door
to find little naked you slumped on the bathroom floor
so i guess i'll just stand here with my back against the wall
while you distilled your whole life down to a 911 call

so now you bring me your bruises
so i can oh and ah at the display
maybe i'm supposed to make one of my famous jokes that makes everything ok
maybe i'm supposed to be the handsome prince who rides up and unties your hands
or maybe i'm supposed to be the furrow-browed friend who thinks she understands

here comes little naked me padding up to the bathroom door
to find little naked you slumped on the bathroom floor
so i guess i'll just stand here with my back against the wall
while you distilled your whole life down to a 911 call

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNU76hHIEJQ
you were never able to keep me breathing as the water rises up again



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SerpentKiss

Within Temptation - Stand my Ground

a very powerful song, filled with all of my favourite instruments. This was Evanescence before Evanescence was...these guys have as much potential as Nightwish. She has a beautiful look and an amazing voice. And these words are words which I shall live by forever.

I can see
when you stay low nothing happens
Does it feel right ?

Late at night
things I thought I put behind me
haunt my mind

I just know there's no escape now
once it sets it's eyes on you
but I won't run, have to stare it in the eye

Stand my ground, I won't give in
No more denying, I gotta face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I don't make it, someone else will
Stand My Ground

It's all around
getting stronger, coming closer
into my world

I can feel
that it's time for me to face it
can I take it?

Though this might just be the ending
of the life I held so dear
but I won't run, there's no turning back from here

Stand my ground, I won't give in
No more denying, I gotta face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I don't make it, someone else will
Stand My Ground

All I know for sure is I'm trying
I will always stand my ground

Stand my ground, I won't give in (I won't give in)
I won't give up (I won't give up)
no more denying, I got to face it
won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
if I don't make it, someone else will

Stand my ground, I won't give in
No more denying, I gotta face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I don't make it, someone else will
Stand My Ground.

Kazae

Something I wish I could explain...but I cannot.  Therefor, mine is but to try.

I've been on my WoW kick.  There's a character who is my forsaken Tragic Victim.  Sometimes I play her as if she is unaware of her death, and change, and thus ends up horribly beaten and traumatized when she tries to help the wrong side, and her lack of embracing of what she has become tends to make the more 'we're dead and pissed and hate everyone' sorts treat her just as badly.  Sometimes I play her fully aware of what has happened to her, without the full realization of the enormity of her wronging. 

She was a church foundling who grew to be too beautiful for her peers to tolerate, so they sent her to where perhaps that inadvertent beauty might help lift spirits, but given the area that became the Sepulcher, that didn't work out.  Her first physical experience was a raping by a brigand who was carrying the Undeath plague, and she in turn caught it and died from it.  She had been, for lack of a better term, an 'Esmarelda' - though not gypsy-looking by hue, she had the long, black, curled hair, the very hourglass figure, was lush of bosom, all the standard things you'd expect of someone who would end up getting a 'happy ever after' ending.  Her parents were poor stupid farmers from Westfall who abandoned her at the church because she was Yet Another Mouth that they couldn't afford.  She always did what she was told, never had an ego, always meant well, and died in the most ignoble, demeaning way possible...and instead of a blissful afterlife is now in a well-preserved body that she knows is dead, her looks marred by both the breaking of her hair up to the back of the neck due to fragility and the loss of her eyes.  That she looks pretty much alive save for those traits (no exposed bones, damn it) has lead to further abuses, for being too pretty on the one hand, and being used and abused by the enemies due to her relative weakness, and through it all she does not rail against the Light, or curse those who would harm her - she blames herself for being a failure, and for not meeting the Light's standards.

She will one day have her vengeance, but it will cost her the last vestiges of her sanity.

Whenever I want to write about her, a particular song always comes to mind.

Someone's gotta hear this...
Beautiful girl,
You must've been...
a beautiful baby too...
Beautiful woman,
You must've had your
moments inside the sun...
Beautiful girl...
Beautiful stranger,
Why do you have to
walk with your head hung low,
Beautiful girl?
Your eyes are mockingbirds inside a gilded cage
Your life's a silent movie that I haven't even heard for ages
Tell me everything, someone's gotta hear this
beautiful thing...
Beautiful mother, frozen in ice,
I've waiting for you to grow up for my whole life...
Beautiful girl...
Your eyes are mockingbirds inside a gilded cage
Your life's a silent movie that I haven't even heard for ages
Tell me everything, someone's gotta hear this
Beautiful thing...
Beautiful...
So beautiful...

Poe, Beautiful Girl


(someone posted a youtube vid of Hayden Panettiere, with the song as the background.  Perhaps I'll write up my imagined video to go with the song, if I can keep my focus...)
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Yes, I'm probably over-thinking.  Yes, I'm going to continue over-thinking.
There are enough people out there running on autopilot;someone has to make up for those lost synaptic cycles, and it may as well be me.

Push Button...

Lovebug

"Thirteen" by Big Star. It's about, er, being thirteen, a condition with which most people who are thirteen or over can identify.

Won't you let me walk you home from school?
Won't you let me meet you at the pool?
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you

Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout "Paint it Black"
Rock and roll is here to stay
Come inside now, it's OK
And I'll shake you

Won't you tell me what you're thinking of?
Would you be an outlaw for my love?
If it's so then let me know
If it's no then I can go
I won't make you


Cover by the late Elliott Smith at Youtube, here.

Elvi

This has spawned many conversations with Beastgirl and brings back many memories of the time.
It was written in 1979, released on an LP (remember them?), in 1980 and unfortunitely it is still as relavent today as it was then.

If anyone doesn't know about JimCarroll, google him, he has an interesting story to tell....http://www.catholicboy.com/intro.php


PEOPLE WHO DIED - Jim Carroll Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbuPnfG0Vo



Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old
Fell from the roof on East Two-nine
Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
On 26 reds and a bottle of wine
Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old
He looked like 65 when he died
He was a friend of mine

Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan
Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head
Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed
They were two more friends of mine
Two more friends that died / I miss 'em--they died

Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died 

Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room
Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs
Judy jumped in front of a subway train
Eddie got slit in the jugular vein
And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others,
And I salute you brother/ This song is for you my brother

Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died 

Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof
Tony thought that his rage was just some goof
But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof
"Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?"
But Tony couldn't fly . . . Tony died

Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

Brian got busted on a narco rap
He beat the rap by rattin' on some bikers
He said, hey, I know it's dangerous,
but it sure beats Riker's
But the next day he got offed
by the very same bikers

Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died
It's been fun, but Elvi has now left the building

Caustic

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "The Weeping Song". 

Go son, go down to the water
And see the women weeping there,
Then go up into the mountains
The men, they are a-weeping too

Father, why are all the women weeping?
They are weeping for their men.
Then why are all the men there weeping?
They are weeping back at them.

This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While all the men and women sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won't be weeping long

Father, why are all the children weeping?
They are merely crying son
O, are they merely crying, father?
Yes, true weeping is yet to come

This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While all the men and women sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won't be weeping long

O father tell me, are you weeping?
Your face seems wet to touch
O then I'm so sorry, father
I never thought I hurt you so much

This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While we rock ourselves to sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won't be weeping long


This song somehow tattooed my brain with an irrevocable impression; the Tabernacle in Atlanta, the only time I've been lucky enough to see Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in concert; a moment undiluted by filters of angst, guilt, or self-consciousness.  It has a sing-songy rhythm and roll that is atypical of Cave's music; he's more of a dark-balladeer meets piano-man in the bar/lounge outside of Purgatory.  But the low, surreal, and driving hum of it is hypnotic to me, lulls me into this dry-smiling, placid acceptance of some of the rationalizing madness that mankind needs-- the madness that lets us accept rather than forget our imperfect reason, imperfect hearts, and fractured, atrophied souls, and to do so with a smile.

Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story. -Tim O'Brien

Bliss

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0lYTlfCyrXI

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear
My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
Poverty stole your golden shoes
It didn't steal your laughter
And heartache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn't ever after
We'll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what's right
'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
I am never broken
In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
We are never broken
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's mind
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's eyes
We are God's hands
We are God's hands

- Jewel, Hands

Sometimes... I forget things. And it takes unexpected avenues to return to a remembrance and grokking of what makes one whole.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Captain Maltese

Doors - Riders on the storm

It is suitable inspiration for my next post on 'Operation Vigilant Lighthouse' ;D

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The Decemberists - Sons and Daughters

When we arrive
Sons & daughters
We'll make our homes on the water
We'll build our walls aluminum
We'll fill our lives with cinnamon now

These currents pull us 'cross the border
Steady your boats
Arms to shoulder
'till tides are pulled
Hold our grounds
Making this cold harbor now home

Take up your arm
Sons and daughters
We will arise from the bunkers
By land, by sea, by dirrigible
We'll leave our tracks untraceable now

When arrive
Sons and daughters
We'll make our lives on the water
We'll build our walls aluminum
We'll fill our mouths cinnamon

When we arrive
Sons and daughters
We'll make our homes on the water
We'll build our walls aluminum
We'll fill our mouths cinnamon
(when we arrive sons and daughters
We'll make our homes underwater
When we build our walls of aluminum
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon)

Here all the bombs fade away
Here all the bombs fade away
Here all the bombs fade away
Here all the bombs fade away

I'm listening to this as part of a fanmix someone made for Mal Reynolds; also known as the Captain of Serenity on Firefly. In terms of that, I find this to be an interesting treatment of travel and leaving something/someplace old and broken in the throes of terrible war, moving with family toward a place of uncertain hope.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Caustic

#121
"Open Your Eyes," Snow Patrol.

(Edited to embed video/music.)


I thought, for sure, that I'd hate this band.  But this song still gets me... I got hooked on it after watching a show that, sadly, didn't complete its first-season run-- "The Black Donnellys". 

I've formed a couple of my own theories on the lyrics, but primarily I think that it's about escape; not self-destruction, but a self-awakening, and having the need to pull someone loved out of the same mire that the writer's escaped.

God-- I mean, wouldn't it be something to have someone be honest with, to draw us out of the mire of this cloud of madness that we surround ourselves with and just help us find some kind of peace with which to face our lives?  It's simple, uplifting, and much better when heard, not read.

*

All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
My bones ache, my skin feels cold
And I'm getting so tired and so old

The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine

Tell me that you'll open your eyes
Tell me that you'll open your eyes
Tell me that you'll open your eyes
Tell me that you'll open your eyes

Get up, get out, get away from these liars
'Cause they don't get your soul or your fire
Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time

Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine

Tell me that you'll open your eyes...

All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story. -Tim O'Brien

Bliss

Nobody knows me at All by The Weepies

When I was a child everybody smiled, nobody knows me at all
Very late at night and in the morning light, nobody knows me at all

Now I got lots of friends, yes, but then again, nobody knows me at all
Kids and a wife, it's a beautiful life, nobody knows me at all

And oh when the lights are low
Oh with someone I don't know

I don't give a damn, I'm happy as a clam, nobody knows me at all
Ah, what can you do? There's nobody like you. Nobody knows me at all

I know how you feel, no secrets to reveal, nobody knows me at all
Very late at night and in the morning light, nobody knows me at all
Nobody knows me, nobody knows me, nobody knows me at all



I love just the lilting feel of the music, but the lyrics in specific are to me the eternal story of the feeling of alienation in one's own skin, of feeling unnoticed or misunderstood, of having bits and parts unrecognized inside... and then finding someone who doesn't know you so VERY thoroughly that all those parts can be brought into the light again.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Bliss



Into Your Arms
by
The Lemonheads
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I know a place where I can go when I'm alone
Into your arms whoa into your arms I can go
I know a place that's safe and warm from the crowd
Into your arms whoa into your arms I can go
And if I should fall
I know I won't be alone
Be alone anymore

I know a place where I can go when I'm alone
Into your arms whoa into your arms I can go
I know a place that's safe and warm from the crowd
Into your arms whoa into your arms I can go
So if I should fall
I know I won't be alone
Be alone anymore

I know a place where I can go when I'm alone
Into your arms whoa into your arms I can go
I can go...

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This one's for Elliquiy.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

Caustic

Sorry.  This one's not much, visually, but although I get a giggle out of the 1980-lightshow-hoveround-fogmachine live version, this one's far better.


Gary Numan, "Down in the Park" (Resonator remix).

Down in the park
Where the Machmen meet
The machines are playing `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `Five'

I was in a car crash
Or was it the war?
Well, I've never been quite the same
Little white lies like "I was there"

Come to "Zom-Zom's", a place to eat
Like it was built in one day
You can watch the humans
Trying to run

Oh, look, there's a rape machine
I'd go outside if it looks the other way
You wouldn't believe
The things they do

Down in the park
Where the chant is "Death, death, death"
Until the sun cries morning
Down in the park with friends of mine

"We are not lovers
We are not romantics
We are here to serve you"
A different face but the words never change
Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story. -Tim O'Brien

Bliss



Down to the earth I fell
With dripping wings,
Heavy things won't fly
And the sky might catch on fire
And burn the axis of the world
That's why
I prefer a sunless sky
To the glittering and stinging in my eye

Feel so light
This is all I wanna feel tonight
Feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life

Gleaming in the darksea
I'm as light as air
Floating there breathlessly
When the dream dissolves I open up my eyes
I realize that
Everything is shoreless sea
Weightlessness is passing over me

Feel so light
This is all I wanna feel tonight
Feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life

Everything is waves and stars
The universe is resting in my arms

I feel so alive
This is all I wanna feel tonight
I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life

Nina Gordon - Tonight And The Rest Of My Life
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

The Overlord

#126
Joe Jackson is an artist I'm 'rediscovering' at the moment. Liked his hit singles since the 80's, even the ones I didn't know he did, LOL. This one really struck a chord with me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fK7dzecmc


Sometimes I feel so alive
Sometimes I see so clear
Just like the way we always were
So young and free from fear

I lose my fear of war and dying
And all the clouds just disappear
Only my mirror sees me crying
Each time I lose another year . . .

Wouldnt be a drag to be like you
Settling down and having kids
And telling them what to do
Well Im gonna stay . . .19 forever

We can do magic in these times
Be what we want to be
We'll all be rock n roll stars
Immortal on tv

And if you see me looking tired
Ive just been sleeping through the day
But I got something to keep me wired
So we can dance the night away

Wouldnt it be a drag to be like them
Theyre gonna sell out everything
But I wont get fooled again
Cause Im gonna be . . .19 forever

You better believe it - you know my dream's still alive
You can love it or leave it
But Im never gonna be 35

Caeli

#127
JJ Lin 林俊傑 - 愛與希望 (Love and Hope)
It's a beautiful song that I just found, while trolling youtube. The artist, JJ Lin, is said to have written this in two days after the China earthquake. I'm already very torn up about the earthquake, and listening to this song brought tears to my eyes.



English Translation

Love and Hope

The ground shakes, the sky suddenly turns black
My heart breaks open too, and a second later
My tears pile up into rivers

But tomorrow will be okay, we will stay strong
Love, let us keep living
and struggling against disasters

When love and hope project sunlight,
And yesterday's tears will evaporate
Don't give up without a fight - we can make more wishes tomorrow
the courage that fills us will be our strength

When love and hope pour warm moonlight,
And look back once more at a home that's enduring
I know that ahead there are more roads for me to cross
I open my window, and am greeted by clear skies
ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀғʟɪᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏᴅ's ᴘʀᴏᴏғ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴇ
ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ғᴏʀ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏs

ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ❋ ғᴏʀ ɪᴅᴇᴀs; 'ø' ғᴏʀ ᴏɴs&ᴏғғs, ᴏʀ ᴘᴍ ᴍᴇ.
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The Overlord

You know it's funny but lately this has been stuck in my head, can't entirely say why.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmO-ELaR_o




COMPLETE LYRICS

"The magic of believing is this: if we really believe in ourselves, our heart will take us to the highest plateau of personal success. Nothing will stop us as long as we have faith in our hearts."

It’s been a long road - Getting from there to here.
It’s been a long time, but my time is finally near.

And I can feel the change in the wind right now
Nothing’s in my way
And they’re not gonna hold me down no more
No, they’re not gonna hold me now

Chorus:
Cause I got faith of the heart
I’m going where my heart will take me
I got faith to believe.  I can do anything.
I got strength of the soul
And no one’s gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star.  I got faith.  Faith of the heart.

It’s been a long night, trying to find my way.
Been through the darkness now I finally have my day.

And I will see my dream come alive at last
I will touch the sky
And they’re not gonna hold me down no more
No, they’re not gonna change my mind
Chorus

I’ve known a wind so cold.  I’ve seen the darkest days.
But now the winds I feel are only winds of change.
I’ve been through the fire and I’ve been through the rain.
But I’ll be fine
Chorus

‘Cause I got faith of the heart
I’m going’ where my heart will take me
I got faith to believe
And no one’s gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star.  I got faith - faith of the heart.
It’s been a long road

Captain Maltese

Because I'm lonely.

Stan Ridgway - Walkin' Home Alone

Now there's last sunday's paper
Crumpled up and rollin' down the street
Away
And there's a piece of gum
Just waitin' for a ride on someone's feet
Today

And tonight I'll be walkin' home alone

Now, there's a million things I said
And twice as many that I didn't say
Yay-ay
And I remember an afternoon
A broken coffee cup, and some Broadway tune
And I shook her hand
And I said okay

And now as I stroll by some skinny dog
Left outside without a bone
Tonight, I'll be walkin' home alone

And tonight I'll be walkin' home alone

And ain't it funny how one afternoon
Can make two people stop and say
That all the time they spent together
Didn't really mean that much anyway... no, not much.
Just a sinkful of dirty dishes
And a picture in a drawer
And a hairbrush on the table
And a hole punched in a door
And if she were here right now
I'd tell her things I never told her before

So now I hear a clock and I get up fast
Draw the curtain on a brand new day
I can't wait to get this cast off
The telephone's dead––I guess they turned it off today
Turn the key on the mailbox slot
Lookin' for a letter, but bills is all I've got
And even the cat she left me with
Is goin' out with someone else

So put another quarter in the jukebox, Pete
But don't play that one with the sad trombone
'Cause tonight, I'll be walkin' home alone
And tonight, I'll be walkin' home alone
All alone
Walkin' home
All alone.

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I'm the life of the party, I'm always smiling
On the surface I'm as happy as can be
And I don't watch the news and I don't read the papers
And I don't like chicken soup for the soul

Do you wanna share my apple pie?
I don't understand why people cry
Try to just all get along
Everybody, come on

When things get heavy I'll change the subject
And I'll talk about ice cream and teddy bears
Everytime you tell me about your problems
I get rigid and scared and I shut off

Do you wanna share my apple pie?
I don't understand why people cry
Try to just all get along
Everybody, come on

I've never been sad
'Cause of lack of emotion I'm very, very glad
I've never been real
'Cause my armour means I never have to feel

Do you wanna share my apple pie?
I don't understand why people cry
Try to just all get along
Everybody, come on

I don't dig confrontation, I keep my mouth shut
But I lie to save my own ass
People talk of politics and people talk of war
And I don't know why they're so upset
Uh-uh

Do you wanna share my apple pie?
I don't understand why people cry
Try to just all get along
Everybody, come on

Everybody, come on
Everybody, come on

- The Bastard Fairies Apple Pie



You know how sometimes you have a day where things are just at odds and you have a little trouble dealing? I'm having one of those weeks.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3