And now it seems as if we're used to the shegree We made our beds and now we hate where these beds be Took nothing at all to part this Red Sea I'm a shackled child singing the good song of Freedom They've got no pride they interrupt our grieving Tear drop dropping for the pain of the world My best friend dies when she was just a young girl Left me here, to fend for myself Now the pain never leaves We just learn to cope so when the devil needs haning will you tie up the rope and shout PULL! Let's put an end to this bull zen thing How many years before we pratice what we preach How many years before we truly clinch the peak Only to find that there is no honey on the moon Official goon with the unofficial croon I'm All Things to All Men All of the Women All the Children Just say when and I'll take you to my Tardis Who's the Hardest Who's the Hardest 16 bar cycles heart felt recital from the wacky blacky man they should have called me Michael Look at the monster you make look at the monster you pay But you claim no responsibility cause it's each to his self in these times that we live Does God have a sense of humour then the joke's on us Cause we're chasing our tails for how long The tussle makes us how strong vintage poor people fun If we could ease up on these booze and fags then, just maybey life wouldn't be so mad Be a man my dad said but what the hell he know he lost his dreams he lost his flow And I don't wanna be alone I'm born King so where's my throne I'm too intense I'm too deep I'm too nice for life So what makes this place so nervous? I'm All Things to All Men All of the Women All the Children Just say when and I'll take you to my Tardis Who's the Hardest Who's the Hardest Look at the monster you make look at the monster you pay But you claim no responsibility but you claim not We're searching for Jezus but I'll be damned if I'll be crucified by 10,000 spies compulsive lies They Hate Me They Love Me They Hate Me Cause I'm All Things to All Men, All of the Women, All the Children Just say when and I'll take you to my Tardis Who's the Hardest, Who's the Hardest
Still I wonder how it is to be a stream, From a dark well constant flowing, Winding seawards over ancient mossy wheels Yet feel no need of knowing? Still I wonder how it is to be a tree, Circled servant to the seasons, Only drink on sky and rake the winter wind And need no seal of reasons? Still I wonder why I wonder why I'm here All my words just the shaft of my flail As I race o'er this beautiful sphere Like a dog who his chasing his . . . Tailors and tinkers, princes and Incas, Sailors and sinkers, before me and like me . . . Still I wonder how it is to be a bird, Singing each dawns sweet effusions; Flying far away when all the world has stirred Yet seek no vain conclusions . . . . . . Still I wonder if I passed some time ago As a bird, or a stream, or a tree? To mount up high you first must sink down low Like the changeable tides of the Caesars and Pharoahs, prophets and heroes, Poets and hobos, before me and after me all the Painters and dancers, mountainside chancers, Merchants and gamblers, bankers and ramblers, Winners and losers, angels and boozers, Beatles and Bolans, raindrops and oceans, Kings, pawns and deacons, fainthearts and beacons, Caesars and Pharoahs . . . . . .
How a Resurrection Really Feels-The Hold Steady her parents named her halleluiah, the kids all called her holly. if she scared you then she's sorry. she's been stranded at these parties. these parties they start lovely but they get druggy and they get ugly and they get bloody. the priest just kinda laughed. the deacon caught a draft. she crashed into the easter mass with her hair done up in broken glass. she was limping left on broken heels. when she said father can i tell yr congregation how a resurrection really feels? holly was a hoodrat. now you finally know that. she's been disappeared for years. today she finally came back. she said: st. louis had enslaved me. i guess santa ana saved me. st. peter had me on the queue. the st. paul saints they waved me thru. i was all wrapped up in some video booth. when i heard her say i love you too. she said i've laid beneath my lovers but i've never gotten laid. some nites she felt protected. some nites she felt afraid. she spent half last winter justa trying to get paid. from some guy she'd originally thought to be her saviour. they wrote her name in magic marks. on stopsigns and subway cars. they got a mural up on e.13th. that said halleluiah rest in peace. halleluiah was a hoodrat. and now you finally know that. she's been disappeared for years. today she finally came back. walk on back. walk on back. she said don't turn me on again. i'd probably just go and get myself all gone again. holly was a sexy mess. she looked strung out but experienced. so we all got kind of curious.
Wolves Behind Me - Lifestory:Monologue I was in the sun, so proud and strong It didn't take long for the clouds to grey And the rain to break my shield Oh help me stand! It was the lightning that cut my heal Hold me in the wind, my friend It's time to let my hair down again I've been the prisoner of winter I've never made a sound But I'm not Holding my breath now I will lift my head, to the early sun. I will stand on edge and I will shout "I am a (wo)man of faith, love and hate! Try and break me, try and break me now!" I'll be where you can't find me Standing still in a field, wolves behind me Oh! Please just leave me be I have a feeling I won't be seen Quiet just for a little bit more We'll be the stones on the shore Calm and silent, so proud and strong Silent and calm, oh, so proud and strong Let's go home today Back to where the wind, will always sway our way I will lift my head, to the early sun I will stand on edge and I will shout "I am a (wo)man of faith, love and hate! Try and break me, try and break me now!" Quiet just for a little bit more…
Easy Star All-Stars - Climbing Up The Walls I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement, And if you get too far inside You'll only see my reflection. It's always best with the covers up I am the pick in the ice, Do not cry out or hit the alarm, You know we're friends till we die. And either way you turn I'll be there, Open up your skull, I'll be there Climbing up the walls. It's always best when the light is off, it's always better on the outside, Fifteen blows to the back of your head Fifteen blows to the skull. So lock the kids up safe tonight, And shut the eyes in the cupboard I've got the smile of a local man Who's got the loneliest feeling. That either way you turn, I'll be there Open up your skull and I'll be there Climbing up the walls Climbing up the walls.
THE RAIN SONG - Zeppelin This is the springtime of my loving- The second season I am to know You are the sunlight in my growing- So little warmth Ive felt before. It isnt hard to feel me glowing- I watched the fire that grew so low. It is the summer of my smiles- Flee from me keepers of the gloom. Speak to me only with your eyes It is to you I give this tune. Aint so hard to recognize- These things are clear to all from Time to time. Talk talk- Ive felt the coldness of my winter I never thought it would ever go I cursed the gloom that set upon us... But I know that I love you so But I know that I love you so. These are the seasons of emotion And like the winds they rise and fall This is the wonder of devotion- I see the torch we all must hold. This is the mystery of the quotient- Upon us all a little rain Must fall. Just a little rain? Ooh, yeah yeah yeah...
dedicate dedicate, hu this one right here, goes out to my homie with a dream, naw mean He said, "I write what i see write to make it right don't like where i be i'd like to make it like the sites on TV quite the great life so nice and easy". see, now you can still die from that but it's better than not being alive from straps, agreed. A Mead notebook and a Bic that clicked when it's pushed in a wack ass beat. thats a track that's week that he got last week cause everybody in the Stu was like thats that heat. A bass heavy melody with a sample from the 70's with a screwed up hook that went "Stack that cheese". something, something, something "stack that cheese" mother, sister, cousin "Stack that cheese" he couldn't think of nothing "Stack that cheese" he turns down the beat writers block impedes. crying from the next room a baby in need of some pampers and some food and a place to sleep that plus a black cadillac on D's is what keeps them on track to be a great M.C. yea yea (echoes) one you've never heard of, I push it hard to further, the grind life feel like murder, but hip hop has saved me. one you've never heard of, I push it hard to further, the grind life feel like murder, but hip hop has saved my life. reps north side so he rocks them braids eleven hundred friends on his myspace page "Stack that cheese" got 700 plays producer made him take it down said he had to pay. open mic champ two weeks and a row ex D boy with a B boy flow glow like LeRoy you should see boy go got a daddy surving life and a brother on the road. best homie in the grave tatted up while in the cage Minute Maid got his mamma working like a slave. down baby mamma who he really had to honor cause she was his biggest fan even let him use the Honda to, drive up to Dallas with and open up for amauters let him keep a debit card so he could put gas in it told her when he get on he gon' take her to the gallery and buy everything but the manicans. ya digg (echoes) one you've never heard of, I push it hard to further, the grind life feel like murder, but hip hop has saved me. one you've never heard of, I push it hard to further, the grind life feel like murder, but hip hop has saved my life. his man called said "your time might be now,\t they played your freestyle over 'Wipe me Down' they played it two times said it might be crowned as the best thing out of H town in a while". he picked up his son with a great big smile rapped every single word to the new born child then he put him down and went back to the kitchen and then put on another beat and got back to the mission to get his momma out the hood put her somewhere in the woods keep his lady looking good have her rolling like she should. show his homies there's a way other than that flippin yay bail his homie out of jail put a lawyer on his case. throw a concert for the schools show to shoulder cause that is cool. throw some candy on the cadi chunk the duce and act a fool. man it feels good when it happens like that two days from going back to selling crack yesssirr (echoes) one you've never heard of, I push it hard to further, the grind life feel like murder, but hip hop has saved me. one you've never heard of, I push it hard to further, the grind life feel like murder, but hip hop has saved my life.
rjd2 - 1976 the lack of lyrics opens up a free avenue into oneself. when there are lyrics i feel it goes into a specific idea the artist wants to speak about.
This singer/ guitarist died shortly after the release of this album, it's from the 70's. I remembered it in a dream, and looked on youtube and behold, it lives! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poaCoVxNmq4&NR=1 Armageddon- Silver Tightrope I close my eyes to worldly skies, I leave behind the day And deep within me I shall begin to chase my thoughts away... As loved ones call me to their side, their strength flows into me To cast me out of sorrows blindness into eternity... I thought I heard them softly crying, The voices of the sphere's As light years flash, forever falling Away from waking fears I reach out, try to touch the passing Of beings bathed in light But they just smile, their eyes not asking To see beyond their sight I thought I saw the candle bearers On their way to the beyond Beckon to me from the future To come and join the throng I stepped upon the silver tightrope Balancing beliefs And wings unfurling with a new hope I left behind my grief
I have come curiously close to the end, down Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole, Defeated, I concede and Move closer I may find comfort here I may find peace within the emptiness How pitiful It's calling me... And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping The moon tells me a secret - my confidant As full and bright as I am This light is not my own and A million light reflections pass over me Its source is bright and endless She resuscitates the hopeless Without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt Don't wanna be down here feeding my narcissism. I must crucify the ego before it's far too late I pray the light lifts me out Before I pine away. So crucify the ego, before it's far too late To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical, And you will come to find that we are all one mind Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable. Just let the light touch you And let the words spill through And let them pass right through Bringing out our hope and reason ... before we pine away.
Hypnotize Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen square? Was Fashion the reason why they were there? They disguise it, Hypnotize it Television made you buy it I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my.. She's scared that I will take her away from there Her dreams that her country left with no one there Mezmerize the simple minded Propaganda leaves us blinded I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my girl I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my girl I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my girl I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my.. Girl Here's the link for the video..(embedding's disabled) ---> http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=cTtuNseSjuo EDIT: wanted to add another.. Gorillaz - Kids With Guns Kids with guns Kids with guns Taking over But it won't be long They're mesmerized Skeletons Kids with guns Kids with guns Easy does it, easy does it, they've got something to say mental Drinking out (is she real, is she) Pacifier (is she real, is she) Vitamin soul (is she real, is she) Street desire (is she real, is she) Doesn't make sense to (is she real, is she) But it won't be long (is she real, is she) Kids with guns Kids with guns Easy does it, easy does it, they've got something to say mental And they're turning us into monsters Turning us into fire Turning us into monsters It's all desire It's all desire It's all desire Drinking out Pacifier Sinking soul There you are Doesn't make sense to But it won't be long Cause kids with guns Kids with guns Easy does it, easy does it, they've got something to say mental And they're turning us into monsters Turning us into fire Turning us into monsters It's all desire It's all desire It's all desire Is she, is she real, is she Is she real, is she (it's real) Is she, is she real, is she Is she real, is she (it's real) [etc] Is she is she real
"Love is the Answer" Name your price A ticket to paradise I can't stay here any more And I've looked high and low I've been from shore, to shore, to shore If there's a short cut I'd have found it But there is no easy way around it Light of the world, shine on me Love is the answer Shine on us all Set us free Love is the answer Who knows why Someday we all must die We're all homeless boys and girls And we are never heard It's such a lonely, lonely, lonely world People turn their heads And walk on by Tell me is it worth just another try Light of the world, shine on me Love is the answer Shine on us all Set us free Love is the answer Tell me, are we alive Or just a dying planet (What are the chances) Ask the man in your heart For the answer And when you feel afraid (Love one another) When you've lost your way (Love one another) And when you're all alone (Love one another) And when you're far from home (Love one another) And when you're down and out (Love one another) And when your hopes run out (Love one another) And when you need a friend (Love one another) And when you're near the end (Love) (We've got to love) (We've got to love one another) Light of the world, shine on me Love is the answer Shine on us all Set us free Love is the answer Light of the world, shine on me Love is the answer Shine on us all Set us free Love is the answer... by Todd Rundgren Performed by England Dan and John Ford
God Module - Sections Take off your head to let me in so I can understand you take off your hands so I can feel if there is anything left inside of you Remember to smile while I cut out what's bad inside of you remember to cry to pretend you're alive while I hide inside of you Sections of life reflections of pain in this mirror we all look the same How can I see what you are when your not anything that I am? how could you be what I was when it's something you could never understand?
Well, I heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? Well it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, 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 her kitchen chair She broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Baby I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor You know, I used to live alone before I knew you I've seen your flag on the marble arch And love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well there was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me, do you? But remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Maybe there is a god above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you And it's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah In my opinion, the song is about finding faith. Beautiful imagery. No matter what I say, deep down I envy those bible thumpers
Conviction of the Heart One with the earth, with the sky, one with everything in life... Where are the dreams that we once had? This is the time to bring them back. What were the promises caught on the tips of our tongues? Do we forget or forgive? There's a whole other life waiting to be lived when... One day we're brave enough To talk with Conviction of the Heart. And down your streets I've walked alone, As if my feet were not my own Such is the path I chose, doors I have opened and closed I'm tired of living this life, Fooling myself, believing we're right, when... I've never given love With any Conviction of the Heart One with the earth, with the sky One with everything in life I believe we'll survive If we only try... How long must we all wait to change This world bound in chains that we live in To know what it is to forgive, And be forgiven? Too many years of taking now. Isn't it time to stop somehow? Air that's too angry to breathe, water our children can't drink You've heard it hundreds of times You say your aware, believe, and you care, but... Do you care enough Where's your conviction of the Heart? One with the earth, with the sky, one with everything in life. I believe it will start with conviction of the heart. With the earth, with the sky, one with everything in life. I believe it will start with conviction of the heart. One earth,one sky, only one world, only one chance for one life. When will we live? One child, one dream, only one life. You've but one chance for one life. When will we live? Only one earth, and only one sky, and only one world. We've only got one chance to live in one life. I believe, it's only gonna start when we begin with some conviction of the heart. By Kenny Loggins
Theres a shadow just behind me. shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty. pointing every finger at me. Waiting like a stalking butler, who upon the finger rests. Murder now the path of must we, just because the son has come. Jesus, wont you fucking whistle. something but the past and done. Why cant we not be sober? I just want to start this over. Why cant we drink forever? I just want to start this over. I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecile. I will only complicate you. trust in me and fall as well. I will find a center in you. I will chew it up and leave. I will work to elevate you, just enough to bring you down. Mother mary, wont you whisper. something but the past is done. Why cant we not be sober? I just want to start this over. Why cant we sleep forever? I just want to start this over. I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecile. I will only complicate you. trust in me and fall as well. I will find a center in you. I will chew it up and leave. Trust me. trust me. trust me. trust me. trust me. Why cant we not be sober. I just want to start things over. Why cant we sleep forever. I just want to start this over. I want what I want... I want what I want... I want what I want... I want what I want... <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zw3FTiWRXF8&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zw3FTiWRXF8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Sunless Saturday- Fishbone I see the pestilence outside my window I see the dung heaps piled at least a mile high I see the shards of shattered dreams in the street I face the morning with my customary sigh I hear the sounds of children laughing aloud A stumbling wino has attracted quite a crowd My breakfast finished now I brave the outside But clouds have hidden all the warmth inside Chase these clouds away I hate this sunless Saturday Freedom come For us now Light our sky Burn away these clouds Perhaps the charcoal grey and brown around me Is just the mirror image of tainted soul I think the sun will never visit my sky Until the truth is seen by each and every eye I see the helpless and I see the insane I see a pauper singing in the pouring rain I see the means of help elude us again I think the sun will never visit me again Chase these clouds away I hate this sunless Saturday http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5TBF4uloY
The Beatles- Within you Without you We were talking-about the love that's gone so cold and the people, Who gain the world and lose their soul- They don't know-they can't see-are you one of them? When you've seen beyond yourself-then you may find, peace of mind, Is waiting there- And the time will come when you see we're all one, and life flows on within you and without you.
Bone Thugs N Harmony - The Crossroads It's steadily creeping up on the family Exactly how many days we got lasting While you laughin we're passing, passing away So y'all go rest y'all souls Cause I know I'ma meet you up at the crossroads ..... Hey and we pray, and we pray, and we pray, and we pray everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday and we pray, and we pray, and we pray, and we pray everday, everyday, everyday, everyday .... And I'm gonna miss everybody And I'm gonna miss everybody when I'm gone ....... Living in a hateful world sending me straight to Heaven That's how we roll .... See you at the crossroads
Zion I - Birds Eye View From the first time I saw you, infatuation Pulled to the side to provide conversation Wild reputation but you were so cool Any old fool knew that you was a jewel Ghetto to ghetto, your influence settled More hardcore than r&b but not metal Blacker than a kennel, you made me feel mellow Introduction to my life, I said "hello" Meet me in a minute 'cause I gotta finish school Some of my homies, they never finished puffin' woo's Stayin' up late, always studying the tapes The world watched you fall in love, I guess fate had a, Grip on my mind state, I wanna rhyme, wait I fell in line, getting signed at the wrong gates And so my heart braced at first for real But I would still be lovin' you 'cause deep is what I feel [Chorus] I got a bird's eye view (hip hop...the realness) I be wit'chu, I be there wit'chu I be wit'chu, I be there wit'chu 2x [Verse 2] She's the one I always count on, one that wouldn't leave me One that's in the city always written in graffiti One that keeps me company, when I'm all alone She's my heart, my mind, my spirit and my bones She's the only one I know that would go across the globe Meet me in a foreign land, treat me like I'm home Everything I own, give to her, she deserves it Treats me like a king, every syllable is perfect Searched through the earth for a reason just to be here And since I met her every moment's like a leap year Baby you can sleep here, you can stay with me Anywhere you go, know I'm probably gon' be Full of energy, and you never acting tired You're everything I need, when I prayed, God supplied You my chunky fire, blessings you provide Always in my life 'til the day that I die