Most beautiful, most evocative, most touching - just your favourite song lyrics. My two would have to be VNV Nation's Joy and Placebo's Every You Every Me.

Have I no control, is my soul not mine?
Am I not just man, destiny defined?
Never to be ruled nor held to heel
Not heaven or hell just the land between
Am I not man, does my heart not bleed?
No lord, no God, no hate, no pity, no pain, just me
Comprehend and countermand
Synchronous guidance. I choose my way
Never to be ruled nor held to heel
No heaven or hell, just the land between

And am I not man?

So why do I love when I still feel pain?
When does it end, when is my work done?
Why am I lone and why do I feel that
I carry a sword through a battlefield?
So why do I love when I still feel pain?
When does it end, when is my work done?
Why do I fight and why do I feel that
I carry a sword, that I carry a sword?

Like the naked leads the blind
I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind
Sucker love I always find
Someone to bruise and leave behind

All alone in space and time
There's nothing here but what here's mine
Something borrowed, something blue
Every me and every you

-Placebo, Every You Every Me

well my favourite lyrics may not be inspiring and such.. but they are darn catchy.....

I like big butts and i cannot lie
you other brothers can't deny
when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face
you get sprung
wanna pull out tough cuz you noticed that butt was stuffed
i'm hooked in the g she's wearing, i'm hooked and i can't stop staring
oh baby i wanna get wit cha, and take ya picture
my home boys tried to warn me,
but that but you got mamamakes me so horny
ohh rummple smooth skin, you say you wannna my binns
well use me, use me cuz you ain't that average goove be
i see her dancin.. to hell with romancin
she's sweat, wet got it going like a turbo jet
i'm tired of magazines saying flat butts are the thing,
you take the average black man and ask what he wants
she gotta pack much back
so fellas YEAH fellas YEAH
does you girfriend got the but
HELL YEAH
tell em to turn around, stick it out, even white boys gotta shout
baby got back




yup best song ever

For the record, Commie, I've been listening to that song and My Sweet Prince a LOT lately. Especially once you posted that. It just got in me head and could not be shaken.

That's because PLACEBO OWN YOU ALL. Ever seen them live?

i have so many favourite Lyrics it's ridiculous. One of my favs is....

You think that i go home at night take off my clothes turn off the light but i burn letters that i write to you to make you love me
Yea i jog naked through the park and run the stop sign in the dark stand in the street yell in the street yell out my heart yell out to make you love me
I am ExtraOrdinary if you'd ever get to know me
I am Extraordinary if i'm just your ordinary Average every day sane psycho, super goddess, Average every day sane psycho, super goddess.
You may not believe in me but i believe in you so i still take out the trash does that make me to normal for you? So dig a little deeper 'cause you still don't get it yet. See me licking my lips in a primative fix and i'll make, i'll make you love me.
I am extraordinary if you'd ever get to know me i am extraordinary i'm just your ordinary Average every day sane psycho, super goddess, Average every day sane psycho, super goddess.

See me jumping hoops for you
you stand there watching me performing
What exactly do you do?
HAve you ever thought it's you thats boring?
Who the helk are you?

I am extraordinary if you'd ever get to know. I am just oyur ordinary Average every day sane psycho, Super goddess. Average every day sane psycho, super goddess. Average everyday sane psycho.



Extraordinary by Liz Phair

Currently this is my favourite song...

Its my life
Bon Jovi

This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud

Chorus:
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to make your own breaks

Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life

Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive

Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life!





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Say It Isn't So Lyrics
I just can't believe
It was all a lie
No man in the moon
Just a big light in the sky
I hear Disneyland
Might lose Mickey Mouse
In some giant hostile corporate shake-up
Tell me it's a nightmare
Please wake me up
(Say it isn't so)
I found a book of matches
From someplace we've never been
How come you hang the phone up
The minute I walk in
Last night I had this dream
That I was losing you
I woke up in a cold sweat shaking
Rescue me my heart is breaking

Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
Say everything's all right (couldn't be, not you)
Say it isn't so

Superman don't fly
They did it all with strings
Elvis Presley died
They deep fried the king
Like some tacky cheesy bathing beauty
Dancing on the beach in a bad b-movie

Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
Say everything's all right (couldn't be, not you)

Say it isn't so (don't give up on me)
Say it isn't so (don't give up on you)
Get me through the night (we'll make it through)
Make everything all right (couldn't be, not you)
Say it isn't so...

Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
Say everything's all right (couldn't be, not you)

Say it isn't so (don't give up on me)
Say it isn't so (don't give up on you)
Get me through the night (we'll make it through)
Make everything all right (couldn't be, not you)
Say it isn't so




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Bon Jovi are one of my guilty pleasures. Ever seen them live? They're great live, they played It's My Life.

yikes! bon jovi fans..... uh oh, they all hate me...



everclear, you make me feel like a whore


your word like it was gospal
I'm so eager to please
Yeh I like it when
You talk to me

It feels so good
Inside you shadow;
It's the place I need to be
Yeh you know
I need to climb you like a tree

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weezer, say it aint so

i cant confrony you
i never could do
that which might hurt you
so try and be cool
when i say;
this way is a waterslide away from me that takes you further everyday
so be cool

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they might be giants, ana ng


Make a hole with a gun perpendicular
To the name of this town in a desk-top globe
Exit wound in a foreign nation
Showing the home of the one this was written for
My apartment looks upside down from there
Water spirals the wrong way out the sink
And her voice is a backwards record
It's llike a whirlpool, it never ends

CHORUS
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you

All alone at the '64 World's Fair
Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all"
Who was at the Dupont Pavilion
Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?
Or the time when the storm tangled up the wires
To the horn on the pole at the bus depot
And in the back of the edge of hearing
these are the words the voice was repeating:

CHORUS

when I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
"I don't want the world, I just want your half"

They don't need me here, and I know you're there
Where the world goes by like the humid air
And it sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks until it goes away
And the truth is, we don't know anything

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mighty long post, aye?
kelly j.

oooo bon jovi....would kill to see them live (sooo jealous now)

i love muse though-micro cuts

i've seen what you're doing to me
destroying puppet strings
to our souls

...i can't write them all down! im just going to agree with everyone's else's.
and yes, cb, i HAVE seen them live and they own my very soul...sucker love...

heres a song that describes my situation to a tee; its called "i give up", and its by Quasi.

They say "hold on to your dreams"
that plays good on tv, but never worked for me.
so now i need to find a way to occupy my time.
until the day i die cuz i give up.
its gone so wrong so long, its gone so wrong.
so long: i give up.

i also find that alot of Sleater Kinny's lyrics are inpiring, and alot of Peal Jam's also hit home.

Well, apart from the lyrics to any AFI song since (and including) 'Black Sails At Sunset', I'd have to say a current favourite is Thursday's 'How Long Is The Night'. I can't be bothered to transcribe the whole thing, or find a site with the lyrics to C&P, but heres a little snippet to keep you happy:

I'm falling down, I'm falling down
And you're not here to catch my fall
I shut my eyes when you're around
I hold my breath to kill the sound

Oh so many lyrics that I relate to! There's 'With paper wings' by Sky Came Falling:

I'm afraid that I'm coming apart with each day's passing. I lost the air holding your hand burning up time breathing. My wrists so saddened by dull razorblades. And how brave I was staring into the sun wishing my heart was that strong. So don't say that it's all gone because there are many days I swore I lost. My wrists so saddened by dull razorblades. You'll pull through this. I wake, I try, with paper wings I fly. And I am clenching faith again, falling to my knees again. And for the first time in my life, I thought that maybe I'd be right. I'm afraid I am coming apart with each day's passing. Punching holes in the clouds, words gave way when whispers shatter the air. Sewing words together, to make them all fit right.

'Strawberry Gashes' by Jack off Jill:

Turn her over
A candle is lit, I see through her
Blow it out and save all her ashes for me
Curse me sold her
The poison that runs it's course through her
Pale white skin with strawberry gashes all over all over
Watch me fault her
You're living like a disaster
She said kill me faster
With strawberry gashes all over
Called her over
And asked her if she was improving
She said "feels fine" it's wonderful wonderful here
Hex me told her
I dreamt of a devil that knew her
Pale white skin with strawberry gashes all over all over
Watch me fault her
You're living like a disaster
She said kill me faster
With strawberry gashes all over
I lay quiet
Waiting for her voice to say
"Some things you lose and some things you just give away"
Scold me failed her
If only I'd held on tighter to her
Pale white skin that twisted and withered away from me away from me
Watch me lose her
It's almost like losing myself
Give her my soul
And let them take somebody else get away from me
Watch me fault her
You're living like a disaster
She said kill me faster
With strawberry gashes all over all over me

'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls:

And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
And you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

And 'Plainsong' by The Cure:

"i think it's dark and it looks like rain" you said
"and the wind is blowing like it's the end of the
world" you said "and it's so cold it's like the
cold if you were dead" and then you smiled for
a second.
"i think i'm old and i'm in pain" you said
"and it's all running out like it's the end of the
world" you said "and it's so cold it's like the
cold if you were dead" and then you smiled for
a second
sometimes you make me feel like i'm living at
the edge of the world like i'm living at the edge
of the world "it's just the way i smile" you said

to name but a few!!

Shoplifting

Put the cheddar in your pocket,
put the rest under your jacket,
I'll talk to the cashier,
he won't suspect
and if he does...

Do a runner, do a runner

Ten quid for the lot,
we pay f..... all
Mr. Packy won't lose much,
and we'll have dinner tonight.

Do a runner, do a runner

The bastard is trying to watch us,
through the mirror and TV
but they are not gonna catch us
because we are gonna run, run...

Do a runner, do a runner

Ten quid for the lot,
we pay f..... all
Mr. Packy won't lose much,
and we'll have dinner tonight.


This is by The Slits, who were around in the late seventies. think thes lyrics are so funny!

ironic - Alanis Morissette

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic... don't you think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
Well, isn't this nice
And Isn't this ironic ... don't you think?
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's oka and everythings going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think evertyhing's gone wrong and everthing blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic.. and yeah I really do think...
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny way of helping you out
Helping you out




i always sing this song, like ALL the time. i never really liked it till this girl at out school sang it at our talent contest. she got a record deal recently too she was really good.

EDIT the only thing i actually dont like about the lyrics is the fact she says it would be ironic if it rained on your wedding day, which i dont think id ironic at all cause i love the rain so it wouldnt ruin the happyest day of my life.

Has to be 'CKY - Close Yet Far' for me:

who said that I wasn't right?
I've lived for years without a life
don't have a soul on my side
still ridiculed despite how hard that I have tried
don't take me under your wing
I don't need a hand, don't need anything
I've got a roof over my head
as if I'd rather be alone with me instead

close yet far
drop me a line and tell me how the hell you are
and I'll tip my hat to those who can't believe it's me
and I never never never ever wanted this to be

I can hear the sounds of the city
sunrise and set are the same to me
a hesitating pulse is good company
and my reflection offers no apology
but who said that I wasn't right?
and I've lived for years without a life
don't have a soul on my side
still ridiculed despite how hard that I have tried

close yet far
drop me a line and tell me how the hell you are
and I'll tip my hat to those who can't believe it's me
and I never never never ever wanted this to be

close yet far
drop me a line and tell me how the hell you are
and I'll think of the days when there was something to believe
and I never never never ever wanted this to be.

Inkubus Sukkubus - The Rape of Maude Bowen

Lying in the brook she's naked
Cold and dead, raped and broken
Sweet Maude Bowen victim of a man
By her side does lie her rapist
Her mother's brother, cold as she is
An avenging angel's arrow in his heart
And the squire he does blame her
With his lies he does shame her
Sweet Maude Bowen shamed a suicide

At the cross-roads they impale her
With the elm they claim to save her
Save her soul from Satan's evil lair
Maude's sweet mother weeps in madness
At the tree, at the crossroads
The tree that grows from sweet Maude Bowen's heart
The squire's men do taunt and tease her
Drag her off the grave and jeer her
Then one more dies with an arrow in his heart

Up before the judge at Gloucester
Acused a witch now they will burn her
At the tree at the cross-roads will she die
Tied to the elm the faggots smoking
Maude's sweet mother crying, choking
Mother, daughter, victims of a man
And the squre he stands there laughing
With his men he's laughing, joking

Then he is dead with an arrow in his heart

i had a friend who died
for something he really loved
i had a friend who stood
for none of the above
i had a friend whose experience
was riddled with scars
who got drunk one night
in the trunk of louie p.'s car
i had a friend who'd love to scare you
as was his affection
and tremble you did
'cause you weren't worthy of his friendship
i had a friend, but now
he's stranded on the mesa street exit
and sometimes i'm jealous
'cause i'm still at the intersection
i had a friend whose heart was too heavy to hold
yes there's blood on the median
like a boat without oars

duct tape the cross on the brown colored box
single file line on the unpaved road
they tipped their hats, respect for the dead
in juarez, mexico is where they buried my friend

there are no words to express
the loss i feel since you've been away
you made this typical sad song
a physical classroom
where i learned nothing
just flashes of your face

it's all a facade and nothing really matters now
he's stranded somewhere on the mesa street exit
and sometimes i'm jealous waiting at the intersection

i had a friend whose heart was too heavy to hold
yes there's blood on the median like a boat without oars

it's all a facade, and nothing really matters now

''embroglio'' at the drive in


every sick, fickle fucker
childhood's what makes ya
till they treat ya like tundra
weigh those opinions
more like air than lead
every planned occupation
surefire disappointment up ahead
till they treat ya like desert
see mirages of friendship, face turns red
here's the soon to be anchor
build bridges to nothing, you'll get nowhere
every governor's mother knows
that their bread is buttered by sam
and what about science?
they find proof and let you make your own decisions
every childstar wonders
if they have a future up ahead
every kindhearted banker
i don't think there is one
every winning opinion
stand on platforms in water
filling jars full of silence you'll get nowhere

''tundra/desert'' modest mouse



you were right im hangin round because
light and sound wont seperate us from them
you were right im underground becuase
slight of hand can't seperate your body from the dirt your standing on today
you're the good things yeah thats you.....
you're the icing on the cake on the table at my wake
you're the flowers in my house when my allergies come out
you're the extra ton of cash on my sinking life raft
you're the loud sound of fun when im trying to sleep

''you're the good things (it's alright to die)'' modest mouse



we're in a great deal of trouble
for just a wee bit of fun.
upon kissing the princess
she turned into a stun gun.
the young ones wait in the feilds,
hoping that their detroit will heal.

it's amazing how sentimental they get
when they realize
we're taking it away.
god knows who build rome today.

seating ceaser in the mezzanine,
his cloak is soaked in methylene blue-
plate special in the red light district.

i went from post-modern protoge
to post modern passe.
wretched from the get go
passion's so retro.
big spenders stand down,
the fashion of forgo has taken the town.

we're in a great deal of trouble
for just a we bit of fun.
upon taking to the skies
we burnt up in the sun.

the standards at the office have been
changed;
a sneaky pack has been arranged.
if you prefer insurance to the plague
then take it out. put it away
born in a bang in a house up in flames.
the dead snake system remains.

''rome'' les savy fav

if youve heard the song before, you might be able understand.


THE STROKES LYRICS

"Trying Your Luck"

You said you couldn't stay
You've seen it all before, I know
And sold you on their way
Oh honey that's ok

No harm, he's armed
Settin' off all your alarms
When I find out
I hope it's you who set this trap

And stuffers rarely change
At least I'm on my own again instead of
Anywhere with you
Oh tell me it's all the same

And I've lost my place again
I know this is surreal
But I'll try my luck with you
This life is on my side
Oh I am your one
Believe me, this is a chance
Oh, oh

Let's see what is for sale
He's trying not to give his job a chance
It's never gonna be
It's sad, but I agree
The signals don't seem right
It lasts for just one night, and then
I'm sorry that I said
That we were just good friends

No harm, he's armed
Set it off all your alarms
Entranced, I can't
Be here in time I'll think about that

And I've lost my page again

Die Laughing: In Chimera's shadow

How can I agree to this conspiracy of silence?
Knowing that soon you will fall from my arms
Beyond the fear of losing you
I know I cannot save you.
All plans laid and promises made.
There's nothing I can do.

How can I dream
When no dreams is real
Truth's bittersweet kiss is all I feel,
In Chimera's shadow,

These days my emotions change from
Laughter to tears like rain.
I can't remember yesterday,
when nothing will remain the same.
Yet within you shines a strength
This curse can never darken.
I would give my soul to take away this pain

How can I dream.
When no dream is real
Truth's bittersweet kiss is all I feel
In chimera's shadow.

Looking in from the outside,
Behind precious eyes hide,
The knowledge of all things yet to come
Who will catch me when you fall?
Who will know to search when I'm lost?

There is no mercy here.

How can I dream
When no dreams is real
Truth's bittersweet kiss is all I feel,
In chimera's shadow.
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Three Days Grace:Everything about you

Every time we lie awake
After every hit we take
Every feeling that I get
But I haven't missed you yet
Every room I get awake
Every sigh and scream we make
All the feelings that I get
But I still don't miss you yet

Only when I start to think about it...
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
Every time I lie awake
After every hit we take
Every feeling that I get
But I haven't missed you yet
Only when I start to think about it...
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
Only when I start to think about you I know
Only when you start to think about me do you know
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
You hate everything about me
Why do you love me
I hate
You hate
I hate
You love me
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
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The white stripes: seven nation army

I'm gonna fight 'em off
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back
And I'm talkin' to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette

And the message comin' from my eyes says leave it alone...

Don't wanna hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the Hounds of Hell
And if I catch you comin' back my way
I'm gonna serve it to you!
And that ain't what you want to hear
But that's what I'll do

And the feeling coming from my bones says find a home...!

I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera forevermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding
Right before the Lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me
And I will think no more

And the stains comin' from my blood tell me "Go back home"...
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Like a stone...

On a cold wet
afternoon
in a room full of emptiness
by a freeway
I confess I was lost in the pages
of a book
full of death
reading how we'll die alone
and if a god will lay to rest
anywhere we want to go
in your house
I long to be
room by room
patiently
I'll wait for you there
like a stone
I'll wait for you there
alone

And on my death bed
I will pray
to the gods and the angels
like a pagan
to anyone who will take me to heaven
to a place
I recall
I was there so long ago
the sky was bruised
the ground was bled
and there you led me on

In your house
I long to be
room by room
patiently
I'll wait for you there
like a stone
I'll wait for you there
alone
alone

And on I read
untill the day was gone
and I sat in regret
of all the things I've done
for all that I've blessed
and all that I've wronged
in dreams till my death
I will wonder on

In your house
I long to be
room by room
patiently
I'll wait for you there
like a stone
I'll wait for you there
alone
alone
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oh and who could forget these lyrics?

Baby you look at me
And tell me what you see
You ain't seen the best of me yet
Give me time I'll make you forget the rest
I got more then you
And you can set it free
I can catch the moon in my hand

Don't you know who I am
Remember my name
Fame
I'm gonna live for ever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
I'm gonna live forever
Baby remember my name

Baby you hold me tight
Cause you can make it right
You can shoot me stright to the top
Give me love and take all I got

Baby I'll return
To much is not enough
I can ride your heart till it breaks
Oh I got what it takes

Fame
I'm gonna live for ever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
I'm gonna live forever
Baby remember my name

Fame
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
I'm gonna live forever
Baby remember my name

Fame
I'm gonna live for ever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
I'm gonna live forever
Baby remember my name

i really am posting too mcuh in here. heres a song that sums me up and stuff
I am
little bit of loneliness
a little bit of disregard
a handful of complaints
but i can't help the fact
that everyone can see these scars
i am
what i want you to want
what i want you to feel
but it's like
no matter what i do
i can't convince you
to just believe this is real
so i let go
watching you
turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that i'm not
but i'll be here
cause you're all i got
i am
a little bit insecure
a little unconfident
cause you don't understand
i do what i can
but sometimes i don't make sense
i am
what you never want to say
but i've never had a doubt
it's like no matter what i do
i can't convince you
for once just to hear me out
so i let go
watching you
turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that i'm not
but i'll be here
cause you're all i got

i can't feel
the way i did before
don't turn your back on me
i won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me
i won't be ignored


no
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now

The sun was born so it shall die
until all these shadows comfort me
I know in darkness I will find you
giving up inside like me
Each day shall end as it begins
and though you're far away from me
I know in darkness I will find you
giving up inside like me


-snippet from "Further" by VNV Nation...kind of another personal theme song of mine.

My favourite lyrics are in my siggy
They're from crawling can be beautiful by les savy fav

one night upon my motorcycle
through the desert sped
and smashed my body so bad
all my friends thought i was dead
my sister held me close and whispered to my bleeding head,
"you are the son of a motherf--ker"
one, two, three, four

i shook all night and held her hand
chocolate people well i'll be damned
land of plenty, land of fun
to find out i'm nimrod's son

oh bury me, far away please, bury me

ahhh
the joke has come upon me

in my motorcycle mirror i think about the life i've led
and how my soul's been aching all the holes where i have bled
my image spoke to me, yes to me and often said,
"you are the son of incestuous union"
one, two, three

now my head is clear
my luke hands washed
my daughter's pure
my son is whole

land of plenty, land of fun
to find out i'm nimrod's son

oh bury me, far away please, bury me

ahhh
ahhh
ahhh
the joke has come upon me

pixies - nimrod's son

hey, at least it wasn't the get up kids.

...after that deeply stupid post, here's something serious...

You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You could be the one I'll always love
You could be the one who listens to my deepest inquisitions
You could be the one I'll always love

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before

First there was the one who challenged
All my dreams and all my balance
She could never be as good as you

You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You should be the one I'll always love

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before

Before you

muse - unintended

x_x

My current song obsessions are "Livin' on a prayer" by bon jovi, "call me" by blondie, "hit me with your best shot" by pat benatar, "used cars" by bruce springsteen, "summer of '69" by bryan adams and "fire and rain" by james taylor.

I thought i would list - because i sure as h*LL am not gonna post ALL those lyrics!
ok well what are some of your guys favorite songs

a quick quote from satvesacre's "colt .45"

vanity of vanities - this life, love art and sex
each breath you breathe is a grasping at the wind

I dont know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I dont know why i instagate
And say what I dont mean
I dont know how i got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
Breaking the habit
Tonight

Linkin Park- Breaking the habit

Boy do i know how that feels
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I also like the lyrics from Faint - someone already posted them though

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And just to make me seem like a complete psycho:

There's something inside me that pulls beneah the surface
Confusing
Consuming
This lack of self control i fear is never ending
Controlling
I cant seem
To find myself again,
My walls are closing in
[lack a sense of confidence/im convinced that theres just too much pressure to take]
Ive felt this way before
So insecure

Linkin Park- Crawling

I dont know how i relate to these but i went through a really bad phase a few years ago, listened o a lot of LP and it all seemed to make sense. And listening to music sure as hell beats self harm etc.

*giggles*

Rape me, my friend
Rape me again

I'm not the only one
Do it and do it Again

Waste me
Taste me, my friend

My favorite inside source
I'll kiss your open sores
Appreciate your concern
You'll always stink and burn


Nirvana - Rape Me

pleasure burning out
and i catch her deep inside
what would my life
be without pain in me in me
rely on what you need
devour what you feed
cause boy im trying to breed
is me and you
there no one else to blame
this is my favorite pain
and all i want to gain
is myself and you
life is going out
threw my sunken life
pain is growing now
jaded from your lies
rely on what you need
devour what you feed
cause boy im trying to breed
is me and you
there no one else to blaim
this is my favorit pain
and all i want to gain
is myself and you
i dont know why
but its the best way to die
you are the drinker
and my deepest desire
im losing you
but you will always be mine
promis me now
that you will enter my mind
rely on what you need
devour what you feed
cause boy im trying to breed
is me and you
there no one else to blaim
this is my favorit pain
and all im trying to gain
is myself and you

{First Verse}
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey...[for about 30 seconds]

{Repeat verse 1, faster and in a lower key}

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

(Spoken:) [In what I would call a Richard "I am not a crook' Nixon voice]
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey

"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and said "I feel fine"

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead...

(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians...


Boney M- Rasputin I love this song!! Oh, those Russians...

One two three
She's a real left winger 'cause she's been down south
And held peasants in her arms
She said "I could tell you stories that could make you cry"
"What about you?"
I said "Me too"
"I could tell you a story that would make you cry"
And she sighed "Aaahh"
I said "I wanna be a singer like Lou Reed"
"I like Lou Reed" she said sticking her tongue in my ear
"Let's go, let's sit, let's talk"
"Politics go so good with beer"
"And while we're at it baby, why don't you tell me one of your biggest fears?"
I said "Loosing my penis to a whore with disease"
"Just kidding" "I said "Loosing my life to a whore with disease"
She said "Excuse me please"
I said "Loosing my life to a whore with disease"
I said "Please... I'm a humble guy with a healthy desire"
"Don't give me no [*cough*-Mata] because..."

I've been tired I've been tired

I tell a tale of a girl, but I call her a woman
She's a little bit older than me
Strong legs, strong fase, voice like milk, breasts like a cluster of grapes
I can't escape the ways she raise me
She'll make you feel like Solomon be one of your babies even if you had no one
(And while we're at it baby, why don't you tell me one of your biggest fears?)
I don't wanna sleep after setting my loins on fire
But that's OK because...

pixies - i've been tired

JIMMY EAT WORLD LYRICS

"Caveman"

A monster lives in your backyard.
the 2x4's are making their way around.
the big get bigger when the fight's done.
i found that secret door.
a man with a shovel's gonna dig deep down to find out where it feeds.
a house.
a catalog full of nothing good.
the white house ponders no remourse.
the big get bigger when the fight's done.
i found that secret door.
a man with a shovel's gonna dig deep down to find out where it feeds.
a house.
it seems like a drag to be torn apart by unexpected hands.
it's in your name it's in your face i'm wrong again.

mehi dont feel right today. heres a song for it.


Kosheen - hungry

You’re like a child with old eyes,
Cynical and sensible, always full of surprises.
You travel far and wide, looking for the feeling, lost inside you.
They don’t understand you, no, until it’s too late,
With everything they’ve handed you on a silver plate.

Are you hungry for a little more than what you’ve had before?
Are you hungry for a taste of life? Wet your appetite, are you hungry?

Now give me this mountainside, cool waters to lie beside,
Give me these two strong eyes to see the difference between truth and lies.
Ah, give me this feeling when you kiss me baby, every day and every night,
That’s all I need, yes, everything is gonna be all right.

Are you hungry for a little more than what you’ve had before?
Are you hungry for a taste of life? Wet your appetite, are you hungry?

You’re like a sight for sore eyes, lyrical and gentle,
Borderlining sentimental, you’re like a dream realised.
So why do I keep falling back to sleep, I’m so serious and deep.

Are you hungry for a little more than what you’ve had before?
Are you hungry for a taste of life? Wet your appetite, are you hungry?

Are you hungry for a little more than what you’ve had before?
Are you hungry for a taste of life? Wet your appetite, are you hungry?

Meat Beat Manifesto - Cancer (Just a part of it really)

I only wanted to touch you
And I thought that you wanted to feel
But I don't know your name


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One of the few things I can actually be caught singing to myself

where si the love - black eyed peas.


What’s wrong with the world, mama
People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that’ll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin’
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you’re bound to get irate, yeah
Badness is what you demonstrate
And that’s exactly how a n**** works and operates
N**, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y’all, y’all


People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek


Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
‘Cause people got me, got me questionin’
Where is the love (Love)


Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love


It just ain’t the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don’t belong
Nations droppin’ bombs
Chemical gasses fillin’ lungs of little ones
With the ongoin’ sufferin’ as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin’ really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin’ wrong
In this world that we livin’ in people keep on givin’
in
Makin’ wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin’ each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin’ on but the reason’s undercover
The truth is kept secret, it’s swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where’s the love, y’all, come on (I don’t know)
Where’s the truth, y’all, come on (I don’t know)
Where’s the love, y’all


People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek


Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
‘Cause people got me, got me questionin’
Where is the love (Love)


Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love


I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I’m gettin’ older, y’all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin’
Selfishness got us followin’ our own direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids act like what they see in the cinema
Yo’, whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That’s the reason why sometimes I’m feelin’ under
That’s the reason why sometimes I’m feelin’ down
There’s no wonder why sometimes I’m feelin’ under
Gotta keep my faith alive to lovers bound


People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek


Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
‘Cause people got me, got me questionin’
Where is the love (Love)


Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)


Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)


i love this song, hazza!

the violent femmes

kiss off

(only a part just incase you wouldnt notice)




i take one one one cause you left me and
two two two for my family and
three three three for my heartache and
four four four for my headaches and
five five five for my lonely and
six six six for my sorrow and
seven seven n-no tomorrow and
eight eight i forget what eight was for and
nine nine nine for a lost god
ten ten ten ten for everything everything everything

I've heard this song three times.

I don't know the title. I don't know who sings it.

But I love it.

Tell me that you love me--
I love the way you make it sound.
Do I try too hard to make you smile...
To make a smile?

And I will be calling you to see--
Are you sleeping?
If you're sleeping are you dreaming--
Are you dreaming of me?
I can't believe you actually kissed me...

(Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, du du, doo da doo da da da...)

If you know about this song pu-leez be so kind as to tell me LoL. ((PMing works ))

Ah...

Tis called "Calling You" by Blue October.

New Found Glory - Forget My Name

Tell all my friends I'm dead
I'm leaving you, this time its for good
Tell all my friends that I'm dead
It won't be long before you forget my name

Can you tell
That I'm losing myself
I think I'm trying too hard to
Let it show
To let you know
To trace your footsteps back to me

Cusp I've been gone for a long time
Waiting on the sidelines
Hoping for a chance to play
Well I thought I would never leave anything behind
I also never thought I'd say

Tell all my friends I'm dead
I'm leaving you, this time its for good
Tell all my friends that I'm dead
It won't be long before you forget my name

Can you tell
That I don't know myself
I need someone to remind me
To let it go
Please let me know
To trace your footsteps back to me

Cusp I've been gone for a long time
Waiting on the sidelines
Hoping for a chance to play
Well I thought I would never leave anything behind
I also never thought I'd say

Tell all my friends I'm dead
I'm leaving you, this time its for good
Tell all my friends that I'm dead
It won't be long before you forget my name

And if I had the chance
To do it all again
I wouldn't expect anything less
And if I had the chance
To do it all again
I wouldn't expect
I wouldn't expect anything less

Tell all my friends I'm dead
I'm leaving you, this time its for good
Tell all my friends that I'm dead
It won't be long before you forget my name

Forget my name

Mine is just a lyric from a song I just love the irony of. It's David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars. What you need to take in to consideration is the songs about a charator he's playing (it's all quite shallow really but it amuses me)

Well hung with a snow white tan,

"My Sweet Prince" by Placebo
---------------------------------------------------
Never thought you'd make me perspire.
Never thought I'd do you the same.
Never thought I'd fill with desire.
Never thought I'd feel so ashamed.

Me and the dragon can chase all the pain away.
So before I end my day, remember..
My sweet prince, you are the one
My sweet prince
you are the one

Never thought I'd have to retire
Never thought I'd have to abstain
Never thought all this could back fire
Close up the hole in my vain

Me and my valuable friend
can fix all the pain away
So before I end my day
remember
My sweet prince
you are the one
My sweet prince
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one

Never thought I'd get any higher
Never thought you'd fuck with my brain
Never thought all this could expire
Never thought you'd go break the chain

Me and you baby,
still flush all the pain away
So before I end my day
remember
My sweet prince
you are the one
My sweet prince
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
you are the one
My sweet prince
My sweet prince

"Lamb of God" by Marilyn Manson
------------------------------------------
there was christ in the metal shell, there was blood on the pavement
the camera will make you god, that's how jack became sainted
if you die when there's no one watching, and your ratings drop and you're forgotten
if they kill you on their tv, you're a martyr and a lamb of god
nothing's going to change, nothing's going to change the world
there was lennon and a happy gun, there were words on the pavement
we were looking for the lamb of god, we were looking for mark david
if you die when there's no one watching, and your ratings drop and you're forgotten
if they kill you on their tv, you're a martyr and a lamb of god

nothing's going to change the world, nothing's going to change
nothing's going to change the world, nothing's going to change
the world

it took three days for him to die, the born again could buy the serial rights
lamb of god have mercy on us, lamb of god won't you grant us

nothing's going to change the world, nothing's going to change
nothing's going to change the world, nothing's going to change
the world

if you die when there's no one watching, and your ratings drop and you're forgotten
if they kill you on their tv, you're a martyr and a lamb of god
nothing's going to change the world

Does anyone know where I can find lyrics by Kiss?

Slayer
South Of Heaven < one of my fav bands

An unforeseen future nestled somewhere in time
unsuspecting victims, no warnings, no signs
Judgement day the second coming arrives
before you see the light you must die

Forgotten children, conform a new faith
Avidity and lust controlled by hate
neverending search for your shattered sanity
Souls of damnation in their own sanity

Chaos rampant
an age of distrust
confrontations
impulsive habitat

Bastard sons begat your cunting daughters
promiscuous mothers with your incestuous fathers
engreat souls condemned for enternity
sustained by an immoral obsevance of a domineering deity

Chaos rampant
an age of distrust
confrontations
impulsive habitat

On and on, South of Heaven

The root of all evil is the heart of a black soul
A fore that has lived all enterity
A neverending search for a truth never told
The loss of all hope and your dignity

Choas rampant
An age of distrust
confrontations
impulsive habitat

On and on, South of Heaven

plz excuse me for any spelling mistakes my computers not letting me copy and paste the damn lyrics

hallelujah. its a really beautiful song. i have heard different versions of it though. i love this song.


I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe I've been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you'd let me know
What's real and going on below
but now you never show it tome do you?
Remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
Its not a cry you can hear at night
Its not somebody who's seen the light
Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah



kelly j.

The Sisters Of Mercy - Floorshow

The bodies on the naked on the low damp ground in the
Violet hour to the violent sound and the
Darkness the blinding the eyes that shine and the
Voices singing line on line:
This is floorshow the clapping hands
Animal flow from the animal glands in the
Violet hour to the violent sound going
Round and around and around and a...

I feel the bite I feel the beat I see the dancing feet
I feel the light I feel the heat I see the new elite
I see the final floorshow I see the western dream
I see the faces glow and I see the bodies steam...

See them shimmy see them go
See their painted faces glow
Slow slow quick quick slow
See those pagans go go go go go...

This is the floorshow the last ideal its
Populist got mass appeal the
Old religion redefined for the
Facile futile totally blind...

Mundane by day inane at night
Pagan playing in the flashing light in the
Violet hour to the violent sound going
Round and around and around and around and...

Bodies on the naked on the low damp ground
In the violet hour to the violent sound and the
Darkness the blinding the eyes that shine and the
Voices singing line on line
See them shimmy see them go
See their painted faces glow
Slow slow quick quick slow
See those pagans go go go go go...

'Epitaph' and 'I talk to the wind' by King Crimson

The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams.

Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules.
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools.

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back
And laugh.
But I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Said the straight man to the late man
Where have you been
I’ve been here and I’ve been there
And I’ve been in between.

I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear.

I’m on the outside looking inside
What do I see
Much confusion, disillusion
All around me.

You don’t possess me
Don’t impress me
Just upset my mind
Can’t instruct me or conduct me
Just use up my time

I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear.

I feel these to be appropriate considering current events...Iron Maiden - Two Minutes To Midnight

Kill for gain or shoot to maim
But we don't need a reason
The Golden Goose is on the loose
And never out of season
Blackened pride still burns inside
This shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun
For the love of living death.

CHORUS
The killer's breed or the demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain,
But don't you pray for my soul anymore.
2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom.
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb.

The blind men shout let the creatures out
We'll show the unbelievers
The napalm screams of human flames
Of a prime time Belsen feast...YEAH!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy,
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies.

CHORUS

The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you.
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song,
To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun.

CHORUS

I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon. City and sky become one, merging
into a single plane, a vast sea of unbroken grey. The Twin Moons, just two pale orbs as
they trace their way across the steely sky. I used to think I had a pretty good life here,
just plugging into my machine for the day, then watching Templevision or reading a Temple
Paper in the evening.
My friend Jon always said it was nicer here than under the atmospheric domes of the Outer Planets. We have had peace since 2062, when the surviving planets were banded together under the Red Star of the Solar Federation. The less fortunate gave us a few new moons.
I believed what I was told. I thought it was a good life, I thought I was happy. Then I found something that changed it all...

I. Overture

And the meek shall inherit the earth...

II. Temples of Syrinx

... The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests...

We've taken care of everything
The words you hear, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes.
It's one for all and all for one
We work together, common sons
Never need to wonder how or why.

We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.
We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

Look around at this world we've made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the Brotherhood of Man
Oh, what a nice, contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand.

We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.
We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

3. Discovery

... Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath the cave, I found it. I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in my hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was beautiful...

... I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make them sound differently. As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious sounds, and soon my own music! How different it could be from the music of the Temples! I can't wait to tell the priests about it!...

What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?

See how it sings like a sad heart
And joyously screams out its pain
Sounds that build high like a mountain
Or notes that fall gently like rain.

I can't wait to share this new wonder
The people will all see its light
Let them all make their own music
The Priests praise my name on this night.

IV. Presentation

... In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up to a circle of grim, expressionless faces. Father Brown rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed throughout the silent Temple Hall...

... Instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were words of quiet rejection! Instead of praise, sullen dismissal. I watched in shock and horror as Father Brown ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his feet...

I know it's most unusual
To come before you so
But I've found an ancient miracle
I thought that you should know
Listen to my music
And hear what it can do
There's something here as strong as life
I know that it will reach you.

Yes, we know, it's nothing new
It's just a waste of time
We have no need for ancient ways
The world is doing fine
Another toy will help destroy
The elder race of man
Forget about your silly whim
It doesn't fit the plan.

I can't believe you're saying
These things just can't be true
Our world could use this beauty
Just think what we might do.
Listen to my music
And hear what it can do
There's something here as strong as life
I know that it will reach you.

Don't annoy us further!
We have our work to do.
Just think about the average
What use have they for you?
Another toy will help destroy
The elder race of man
Forget about your silly whim
It doesn't fit the Plan!

V. Oracle: The Dream

... I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so vivid to me. Clearly yet I see the beckoning hand of the oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase...

... I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities and the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works of this world. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and understanding as I saw a completely different way to life, a way that had been crushed by the Federation long ago. I saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss of all these things...

I wandered home though the silent streets
And fell into a fitful sleep
Escape to realms beyond the night
Dream can't you show me the light?

I stand atop a spiral stair
An oracle confronts me there
He leads me on light years away
Through astral nights, galactic days
I see the works of gifted hands
That grace this strange and wondrous land
I see the hand of man arise
With hungry mind and open eyes

They left the planet long ago
The elder race still learn and grow
Their power grows with purpose strong
To claim the home where they belong
Home to tear the Temples down...
Home to change!

VI. Soliloquy

... I have not left this cave for days now, it has become my last refuge in my total despair. I have only the music of the waterfall to comfort me now. I can no longer live under the control of the Federation, but there is no other place to go. My last hope is that with my death I may pass into the world of my dream, and know peace at last.

The sleep is still in my eyes
The dream is still in my head
I heave a sigh and sadly smile
And lie a while in bed
I wish that it might come to pass
Not fade like all my dreams...

Just think of what my life might be
In a world like I have seen!
I don't think I can carry on
Carry on this cold and empty life

My spirits are low in the depths of despair
My lifeblood...
... spills over...

VII. The Grand Finale

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation
Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation
Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.