Share your greatest song or lyric???

[Xue Sheng]

Nothing like reviving an old post
This song just seems to apply to my way of thinking today

Cut To The Chase Lyrics
Rush

It is the fire that lights itself
But it burns with a restless flame
The arrow on a moving target
The archer must be sure of his aim

It is the engine that drives itself
But it chooses the uphill climb
A bearing on magnetic north
Growing farther away all the time

Can't stop moving
Can't stop moving
Can't stop...

You may be right
It's all a waste of time
I guess that's just a chance I'm prepared to take
A danger I'm prepared to face
Cut to the chase

It is the rocket that ignites itself
And launches its way to the stars
A driver on a busy freeway
Racing the oblivious cars

It's the motor of the western world
Spinning off to every extreme
Pure as a lover's desire
Evil as a murderer's dream

Young enough not to care too much
About the way things used to be
I'm young enough to remember the future
The past has no claim on me

I'm old enough not to care too much
About what you think of me
But I'm young enough to remember the future
And the way things ought to be

Cut
Cut...

Cut to the chase
You may be right
It's all a waste of time
I guess that's just a chance I'm prepared to take
A danger I'm prepared to face
Cut to the chase
What kind of difference can one person make?
Cut to the chase

 

[MA-Caver]

I was thinking (and listening to some old Supertramp music) about some of my friends in the past and present and this song played... had to share it.


Know Who You Are
Band: Supertramp, Album: Famous Last Words
Written by Davies/Hodgson

Know who you are
There's a world wants to know you
Know where to go...
There's a world wnats to touch you
Feel all you can...
Let your heart speak and guide yu
Don't be afraid...
Of the love deep inside you.

Bring it out for everyone
When you smile we can see the sun
Bring it out for all to hear
Because you've so much to give
And there's so much to know
But if you wait for your moment
Well, it may never show.

Know who you are...
There's a new song inside you.
Weep if you can...
Let the tears fall behind you.

Bring it out for everyone.
When you smile we can see the sun,
Sing it out for all to hear
Because you've so much to say
And you've so much to do
And everyone's waiting,

Yes, it's all up to you.

Know who you are...
There's a world deep inside you,
Trust me if you can...
There's a friend to guide you.

 

[qi-tah]

Yay, a music thread! This is one from my mix tape i used to play to get myself psyched up for rugby matches... "Grip" by Henry Rollins. (from "The End of Silence".. top album!)

See me - put yourself in my place
Be me - put my eyes in yr face
Maybe then you'll see why this place terrifies me
And why i've got to get myself away
So hard to deal with the ones who aren't real
They continually blow my mind

No need - i've been burned enough times myself
You're like me - sometimes you scare yourself
The things that you think
And the way that you feel
Makes you think yr all alone
When you go outside
And try to find yrslef a familiar mind
It really lets you know yr on yr own
So unknown

When those walls close in around you
When all those about you doubt you
When the world can live without you
Get a grip and keep it
You see how hard they shove you
Hate yr guts and tell you they love you
Get a grip right now
you see how far you get pushed
How long they'll hold you down
Feed you lies
Drive you insane
Give you poison to kill yr pain

Know me - i see the fear in yr eyes
Pull back - there are some things to realise
So hard to deal with the ones who aren't real
It's unbelievable what they'll put you through
Twist you up inside
Filthify and punish your mind
You don't have to live like that
You've got to get yr self respect
Jump back, get yr self respect
You've got to jump back
Keep yr self respect intact
You've got to keep it like that
Your self respect

On another tack, i've always liked Morrissey and The Smiths... good music to drive to. I'm not going to write out the whole lyric to "Frankly, Mr Shankley", just the words that i can never resist belting out at the top of my lungs:

"But sometimes i feel more fulfilled
Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill
I want to live and i want to love
I want to catch something that i might be ashamed of"

Stupid lyrics to make me feel so light and happy, no?

 

[MA-Caver]

I'm not often into country music but saw this and was really moved by it. Watching the (real life married) singers looking at each other... you can see/feel that it was real.
Enjoy...
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I Need You ~ Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
(Tim)
I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
I wanna smell that sweet addiction on my breathe
I wanna ride across West Virginia in the back seat of a Cadillac
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you
Like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs a rain
And I need you
Like a lighthouse on the coast
Like the father and the son need the Holy Ghost
I need you

(Faith)
I wanna get lost in some corner booth, Cantina Mexico
wanna dance to the static of an AM radio
wanna wrap the moon around us, lay beside you skin on skin
Make love til the sun comes up, til the sun goes down again
Cause I need you

Like a needle needs a vein
Like uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs a rain
I need you
Like a lighthouse needs a coast
Like the father and the son need the Holy Ghost
I need you, OOH I need you

(Tim)
I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you, whoa I need you
I need you I need you I need you, I need you

 

[Jenna]

There is always a song to fit like a glove. Here is mine for now. I could listen to this an hundred times and still not hear it enough knowing every listen will make me yearn the more.. "Monday Morning 5.19" - Rialto
Jenna

At eight o'clock we said goodbye, that's when I left her house for mine. She said that she'd be staying in - well she had to be at work by nine. So I get home and have a bath, and let an hour or two pass; drifting in front of my TV, when a film comes on that she wants to see.

It's Monday Morning 5:19, and I'm still wondering where she's been, 'cos every time I try to call I just get her machine. And now it's almost six am, and I don't want to try again, 'cos if she's still not back then this must be the end.

.At first I guess she's gone to get herself a pack of cigarettes, a pint of milk, food for the cat, but it's midnight now and she's still not back.

It's Monday Morning 5:19, and I'm still wondering where she's been, 'cos every time I try to call I just get her machine. And now it's almost six am, and I don't want to try again, 'cos if she's still not back then heaven knows, what then, is this the end?

At half past two I picture her in the back of someone else's car - he runs his fingers through her hair... Oh you shouldn't let him touch you there!
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[Sukerkin]

LOL.. that sounds about right!! I wonder is Terry Pratchett still alive.. I remember the sleeve notes on one of the DiscWorld books reading "Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 and is STILL NOT DEAD" ..ha! well *I* thought it was funny.. ya had to be there I guess .. Cheers
Yr most obdt hmble srvt,
Jenna

Quick aside from the core to answer the above question. He is still alive, Jenna but sadly he is not destined for happy times ahead. The poor man has developed Alzheimer's .

As to lyrics, there are a few snatches of song and verse that are like touchstones to me at specific emotional times. The tone for me might not necessarily be the message the songsmith had in mind but that is the beauty of all art, after all, it's capacity for reinterpretation.

For me, when depression is snarling at my heels and the world seems a dark, dangerous place, nothing works better at sparking a light in the black than "It's Easy" by Boston. It might have been intended as a song about a specific 'love' but that chorus got me through more 'bad' days than any other:

Hey
I've got no place to be
And no one I'd rather see
I won't mind if you can find
The time to stay with me
Oh I've got no time for wastin'
Gotta live a life when I can
I won't hide if you decide
To let me be your man

When I get close to you, not much to say
I get that same old feeling I had in my younger days

And I can show you the way
It's just a game we play
It's easy, takin' it day by day

Hey
You know I would concede
And I think we both agree
You and I can testify
That love is what we need
Just take a look around you, livin' for the future is blind
I believe what we can achieve will soon be left behind

The things I try to say are so hard to find
If you doubt what your love is about it can ease you mind

And I can show you the way
It's just a game we play
It's easy, takin' it day by day

Hey
I've got no place to be
And no one I'd rather see
I won't mind if you find
That you're in love with me
Well we got no time to worry
Gotta live a life when I can
I won't hide if you decide
To let me be your man

And I can show you the way
It's just a game we play
It's easy, takin' it day by day

 

[Jenna]

Quick aside from the core to answer the above question. He is still alive, Jenna but sadly he is not destined for happy times ahead. The poor man has developed Alzheimer's .

Yes, I was aware. I find Alzheimer's a loathsome affliction. I am tired of hearing of good people falling to it *sighs*

As to lyrics, there are a few snatches of song and verse that are like touchstones to me at specific emotional times. The tone for me might not necessarily be the message the songsmith had in mind but that is the beauty of all art, after all, it's capacity for reinterpretation.

Absolutely, it can feel as though the songwriter is right there with us in the midst of it in our manic depression and we turn around and there they are off being a voodoo chil' or lost in their purple haze or..

For me, when depression is snarling at my heels and the world seems a dark, dangerous place, nothing works better at sparking a light in the black than "It's Easy" by Boston. It might have been intended as a song about a specific 'love' but that chorus got me through more 'bad' days than any other:

Hey
I've got no place to be
And no one I'd rather see
I won't mind if you can find
The time to stay with me
Oh I've got no time for wastin'
Gotta live a life when I can
I won't hide if you decide
To let me be your man..

Yep.. I get it.. I made the point of listening too. I always do The lyric makes sense.. Hey I would give you another and which was the idea at the beginning and but I do not think anyone reads these lyrics, only me! Boston, eh? Who'd of thought

Yr most obdt hmble srvt,
Jenna

 

[JadecloudAlchemist]

Life is tough, can drive you out of your mind.
Don't give up, things are gonna be just fine. I
may not be the smartest. I may not be the
strongest. I'm happy just to be me, yeh, yeh, yeh,
yeh. Don't be afraid of missing the bus. You will
catch your bus. Don't be afraid of missing the
bus. You will catch your bus, catch your bus,
catch your bus, catch your bus. Find your dreams,
all you gotta do is try. Take a chance, why don't
you come out and play. I may not be the smartest.
I may not be the strongest. I'm happy just to be
me, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh. Life's too short, so don't
waste another day. Have some fun, come on, let's
have a good time! I may not be the smartest. I may
not be the strongest. I'm happy just to be with
you, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh. Don't be afraid of
missing the bus. You will catch your bus. Don't be
afraid of missing the bus. You will catch your
bus. Don't be afraid of missing the bus. You will
catch your bus. Don't be afraid of missing the
bus. You will catch your bus, catch

-By Shonen Knife

 

[Hyper_Shadow]

'Adrenaline, keeps me in the game,
adrenaline you don't even feel the pain,
wilder than your wildest dreams,
when you're going to extremes,
you taste adrenaline.'

Chorus from adrenaline by Gavin Rossdale. Kinda relevant to a martial artist wouldn't ya think? Makes me feel like training.

 

[Jenna]

Hey there JadecloudAlchemist Thank you for this! I like any kind of mighty uplifting lyrics. Those there fit the bill for sure! The "catching the bus" motif reminds me of the Waterboys - This is the Sea..

Now I hear there's a train
It's coming on down the line
It's yours if you hurry
You've got still enough time
And you don't need no ticket
And you don't pay no fee
No you don't need no ticket
You don't pay no fee
Because that was the river..
And this is the sea.
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Hey HyperShadow Thank you for this! A lyric to train by? That is an interesting concept. Of course as an Aikikai student, I am thinking more "Imagine all the people, living life in peace" ha! Only jokin'

Yr most obdt hmble srvt,
Jenna

 

[Live True]

Wow, I’m glad someone resurrected this thread, because it’s been a great read and some great songs for me to check out later! Like everyone here, I’ve got a wide taste in music (Beethoven to Black 47 to Muddy Waters), but I’m really a jazz and blues girl at heart, can’t get enough of the slide guitar and melancholy groove of Bonnie Raitt. So on this rainy/grey day. Two of hers:

Cry Like a Rainstorm

Life isn't easy
Love never lasts
You just carry on
And keep moving fast
I turned off the highway
Pulled into town
I'm fancy free darlin'
And I've travelled round
Sometimes I'm up
Sometimes I'm down
Tell me where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm
And howl like the wind
So who shall I start with
Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm
And howl like the wind
My thoughts are lost in memories
That keep me free
Know if all the stars were shining
They would not help me see
Don't you know that
Sometimes I'm up
Most times down
Where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
You cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind
Well my life isn't easy
And my love never seems to last
So I'll keep on carrying on darlin'
I'll just keep moving fast
I turned off the highway
Pulled into town
And I'm still fancy free
And I keep travellin' round
Sometimes I'm up
Most times I'm down
Where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind
So who shall I start with
Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind
Cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind





I will not be broken


That was then this is now
Found my way back here somehow
Knew you'd have to let me go
Told you once I told you so

Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...

Someone other than who I am
I will fight to make my stand
Cause what is livin' if I can't live free
What is freedom if I can't be me

Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...

I won't let you near it
I will let my spirit fly
Fly
High
Oh take me down

Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...

 

[celtic_crippler]

So many...here's a fav though by Clutch called "careful with that mic"

Uh ha ha, ha ha
Uh mmm mmm, mmm mmm
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Uh mmm mmm, mmm mmm
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Uh mmm mmm, mmm mmm
Uh ha ha, ha ha
So tell me
When you took the Practice Scholastic Aptitude Test did you know the answers or did you
guess?
You rely on gimmicks to amuse your fans and act all urban to jack up your soundscan,
what's the matter with you?
How come you rhyme monosyllabically, is atrophy shrinking your entire vocabulary?
Your style's like garbage cans, meant to be taken out on a weekly basis
Ever since your first record you've been in a state of suspended animation
You look like Snuffalupagous and australopithecus, me, cray, you, abacus
But enough about you, let's talk about me and how single-handedly I redefined the
science of radio astronomy
Making Noble Prize winners question their notions of reality
Oh but I digress, you play Sorry and I play chess
Queen's pawn to E3, checkmate
go get some percosets
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Careful with that mic Weezie
Do you really think it's that easy?
Mmm, this is really good ice cream, you want some of it?
Oh my bad, I didn't know you were lactose intolerant
Makes you pass gas, frightens all the girls away
The only friends you keep are those you pay
Always on the ready for the whack snack attack I carry sandwiches around in a
straight-edge style Jansport backpack
Got the gadget Q gave Bond, control your mind, make you jump in a pond
Quack quack, flap your arms leave you confused but completely unharmed
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Careful with that mic Weezie
Do you really think it's that easy?
Do you really think it's true?
That up above they can't hear you
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Now look here
Both you and I know the past ten years have been rather intense
I'm ashamed to admit that I've been fooled by the seductions of violence
People walkin around with ugly auras and at times I'm even tempted to seek the advice of
Dr. Laura
But I ignore her
And I take a deep breath and count to ten
Ain't gonna let it get under my skin
Take a deep breath and count to ten
Think of all the nice places that I have been
Like back when I was waging peace against the visigoths I was tutored in the ancient
mysteries by a wisened philosoph
Learned the polyrhythm of celestial time, and wait for the one to come and get it done,
to finish the rhyme
Uh ha ha
Careful with that mic Weezie
Do you really think it's that easy?
Do you really think it's true?
That up above they can't hear you
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Mmm hmm
Uh ha ha, ha ha
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm
Uh ha ha, ha ha

 

[naneek]

If you wanna hang out youve got to take her out; cocaine.
If you wanna get down, down on the ground; cocaine.
She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine.

If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine.
She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine.

If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine.
Dont forget this fact, you cant get it back; cocaine.
She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine.

She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine.

 

[naneek]

She grew up in an indiana town
Had a good lookin momma who never was around
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
With them indiana boys on an indiana night

Well she moved down here at the age of 18
She blew the boys away, it was more than theyd se en
I was introduced and we both started groovin
She said, I dig you baby but I got to keep movin
...on, keep movin on

Last dance with mary jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin in and im
Tired of this town again

Well I dont know what Ive been told
You never slow down, you never grow old
Im tired of screwing up, Im tired of goin down
Im tire of myself, Im tired of this town
Oh my my, oh hell yes
Honey put on that party dress
Buy me a drink, sing me a song,
Take me as I come cause I cant stay long

Last dance with mary jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin in and im
Tired of this town again

T heres pidgeons down in market square
Shes standin in her underwear
Lookin down from a hotel room
Nightfall will be comin soon
Oh my my, oh hell yes
Youve got to put on that party dress
It was too cold to cry when I woke up al one
I hit the last number, I walked to the road

Last dance with mary jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin in and im
Tired of this town again

 

[lemon_meringue]

This is one of my absolute favourite songs, Dream On by Aerosmith:

Everytime that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face gettin clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dusk to dawn
Isnt that the way
Everybodys got their dues in life to pay

Well I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know its everybodys sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life's in books written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know its true
All the things come back to you

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, if its just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away

Dream on, dream on, dream on,
Dream until your dream come true...

Also, anyone who hasn't already should check out The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Listen to Face Down, Damn Regret and Your Guardian Angel.

 

[celtic_crippler]

Always thought "Drive" by Incubus was a good one...

Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear
And I can't help but ask myself how much I let the fear
Take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before
And it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal
But lately I'm beginning to find that I
Should be the one behind the wheel

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there

So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive?
It's driven me before
And it seems to be the way that everyone else gets around
But lately I'm beginning to find that
When I drive myself my light is found

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there

Would you choose the water over wine
Hold the wheel and drive

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there

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[Jenna]

She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine.

Hey there Who did that choon??? That just reminds me of QOTSA..

Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol..
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All nasty stuff of course.. And did you know they only stopped putting cocaine in Coca Cola in 1908.. Ahh for a swizz of Vin Mariani, ha! I would rather have a WKD.. J

 

[Jenna]

Always thought "Drive" by Incubus was a good one...

Hey there my crippling friend whatever happened to Incubus?? After ..Crow I never heard from them again.. Are they still around?? For me, they would never better the sweetness of Wish You Were Here.. reminds me of lost friends..

The world's a roller coaster. And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care. But my hands are busy in the air saying: I wish you were here..
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Yr most obdt hmble srvt,
Jenna

 

[Live True]

Hey there Who did that choon??? That just reminds me of QOTSA..

I'm thinking Eric Clapton, but not sure if he redid it or it was his...and the other was Tom Petty (last dance with Mary Jane), right?
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[Sukerkin]

Jenna, "Cocaine" was performed by Eric Clapton but was written by J.J. Cale, if I recall correctly.