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« on: December 24, 2009, 04:49:22 PM » |
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Lyrics are quite important when it comes to music and I just thought they deserved their own thread. One of my favourites is Boss' No Surrender, especially 'We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school'. So beautiful and true. Another one is 'We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong' from 11 O'Clock Tick Tock by U2. I think this quote is in all of my notebooks!  Any ideas? |
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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2009, 05:38:20 PM » |
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Very cool idea for a thread!  I like those you posted. Very true indeed. The first one reminds me of a Paul Simon one I like a lot..."When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all!" (Kodachrone) He's had so many great lyrics, one of my favorite songwriters. Another one I like a lot from him (with Garfunkel) is from Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall. The whole song is filled with great lines. I think it's brilliant. I can't really pick a favorite line so here's the whole thing. 'Through the corridors of sleep Past the shadows dark and deep My mind dances and leaps in confusion. I don't know what is real, I can't touch what I feel And I hide behind the shield of my illusion. and so I'll continue to continue to pretend that my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall. ~ chorus The mirror on my wall casts an image dark and small but I'm not sure at all it's my reflection. I am blinded by the light of God and truth and right, and I wander in the night without direction... chorus No matter if you're born to play the king or pawn the line is thinly drawn tween joy and sorrow, so my fantasy becomes reality and I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.' chorus |
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"Mind the gap -- it's the distance between life as you dream it...and life as it is." ~ Notes on A Scandal.
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tulipa
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« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2009, 04:28:48 AM » |
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... 'We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school'. So beautiful and true. Indeed! Powerful!  |
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« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2009, 06:07:14 AM » |
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For me, one of the best is Alanis's Everything, highlighted is my fav part:
I can be an asshole of the grandest kind
I can withhold like it's going out of style
I can be the moodiest baby and you've never met anyone
Who is as negative as I am sometimes
I am the wisest woman you've ever met.
I am the kindest soul with whom you've connected.
I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone
Who's as positive as I am sometimes.
You see everything, you see every part
You see all my light and you love my dark
You dig everything of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here
I blame everyone else, not my own partaking
My passive-aggressiveness can be devastating
I'm terrified and mistrusting
And you've never met anyone as,
As closed down as I am sometimes.
You see everything, you see every part
You see all my light and you love my dark
You dig everything of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here
What I resist, persists, and speaks louder than I know
What I resist, you love, no matter how low or high I go
I'm the funniest woman that you've ever known
I'm the dullest woman that you've ever known
I'm the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone
Who is as everything as I am sometimes
You see everything (you see everything), you see every part (you see every part )
You see all my light (you see all my light) and you love my dark (and you love my dark )
You dig everything (you dig everything) of which I'm ashamed (of which I'm ashamed)
There's not anything (there's not anything) to which you can't relate (to which you can't relate)
And you're still here
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rachel
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« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2009, 06:43:01 AM » |
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Love that song, Nick. I love the opposites, negative and positive, funny and dull. And when listening to those thingss I recognize all those features in myself. When performing the song she dedicates it to all the complicated people in the audience. Cute. There are a lot of lyrics I like and hold dear. My favorite Vanessa song is Pourtant. I think the lyrics are so beautiful. I'll post the translation here, and highlighted my favorite part.  Original Lyrics Pourtant English Translation Nevertheless You asked yesterday
My opinion of happiness
Without looking like it now you worry
Peace seems to frighten you I am firing up (teasing) this love The twigs flutter You are dazzled It's my secret life Nevertheless... Nevertheless... Nevertheless... The words are, the words do, the words say The words flow, the words roll on a string Me, I leave these microbes, these missiles For the talkative*, for the poets if possible Oh... I love you so when you explain yourself It's funny but... I put the fashions and the recipes away Put the box on fire, my heart This little sacrifice stays for me A dizziness, a warmth (heat) I am firering up (teasing) this love The twigs flutter You are dazzled It's my secret life Nevertheless... Nevertheless... Nevertheless... You know, you asked me yesterday My vision of happiness Eh well, each day it's clearer to me It won't frighten us anymore I am firering up (teasing) this love The twigs flutter You are dazzled It's my secret life Nevertheless... Nevertheless... Nevertheless... |
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tulipa
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« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2009, 07:00:31 AM » |
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U2 - With or Without YouSee the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side.
I wait for you.
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you
With or without you
With or without you.
Through the storm, we reach the shore
You gave it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
With or without you
With or without you.
I can't live with or without you.
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away.
My hands are tied, my body bruised
She´s got me with nothing to win
And nothing left to lose.
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away.
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you.
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you. U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking forI have climbed highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like a fire
This burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
But yes I'm still running
You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Oh my shame
You know I believe it
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
Both are pure poetry, both about ever-lasting insatisfation. I'd highlight all of it, actually.
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Martyna
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« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2009, 07:01:56 AM » |
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I love you, Tulipa  |
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Martyna
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« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2009, 07:50:58 AM » |
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These are also great lines:
I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down ’til the pain would stop
from Moment of Surrender-U2
The same song again:
I’ve been in every black hole
At the altar of the dark star
My body’s now a begging bowl
That’s begging to get back, begging to get back
To my heart
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« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2009, 01:52:21 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2009, 03:48:10 PM » |
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If we're taking U2 lyrics. I think this is the most beautiful song. One of the best they have written.
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Tough, you think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough
You don't have to put up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of the punches
For you tonight
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
We fight all the time
You and I...that's alright
We're the same soul
I don't need...I don't need to hear you say
That if we weren't so alike
You'd like me a whole lot more
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
I know that we don't talk
I'm sick of it all
Can - you - hear - me - when - I -
Sing, you're the reason I sing
You're the reason why the opera is in me...
Where are we now?
I've got to let you know
A house still doesn't make a home
Don't leave me here alone...
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Sometimes you can't make it
The best you can do is to fake it
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
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tulipa
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« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2009, 08:05:30 AM » |
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Oh yes, rachel! Good choice!
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tulipa
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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2010, 05:08:20 AM » |
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It's no coincidence my favourite songs are always so depressive and melancholic...  This is to mother you by Sinéad O'Connor
This is to mother you
To comfort you and get you through
Through when your nights are lonely
Through when your dreams are only blue
This is to mother you
This is to be with you
To hold you and to kiss you too
For when you need me I will do
What your own mother didn't do
Which is to mother you
All the pain that you have known
All the violence in your soul
All the 'wrong' things you have done
I will take from you when I am come
All mistakes made in distress
All your unhappiness
I will take away with my kiss, yes
I will give you tenderness
For child I am so glad I've found you
Although my arms have always been around you
Sweet bird although you did not see me
I saw you
And I'm here to mother you
To comfort you and get you through
Through when your nights are lonely
Through when your dreams are only blue
This is to mother you
Father and Son by Cat Stevens
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them They know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?)
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Martyna
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« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2010, 12:08:20 PM » |
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The second lyrics are so true! So true that I don't quite know what to say. The song just perfectly captures the way things are in relationships between parents ans children.  |
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tulipa
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« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2010, 06:16:31 AM » |
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The glory of Alanis Morissette as a songwriter: Thank you
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how bout me not blaming you for everything
how bout me enjoying the moment for once
how bout how good it feels to finally forgive you
how bout grieving it all one at a time
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the moment I let go of it was the moment
I got more than I could handle
the moment I jumped off of it
was the moment I touched down
That I would be good
that I would be good even if I did nothing
that I would be good even if I got the thumbs down
that I would be good if I got and stayed sick
that I would be good even if I gained ten pounds
that I would be fine even if I went bankrupt
that I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth
that I would be great if I was no longer queen
that I would be grand if I was not all knowing
that I would be loved even when I numb myself
that I would be good even when I am overwhelmed
that I would be loved even when I was fuming
that I would be good even if I was clingy
that I would be good even if I lost sanity
that I would be good
whether with or without you |
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