11-30-2004, 05:10 PM | #41 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
Here's to a bored sister. This offering is more loud than good. Inspired somewhat by events.
Heaven Sent Heaven sent and sent for him, And a broken heart is all the prize you’ll win You don’t know how young you are But you’re old enough to lose everything Heaven sent and sent for him, And a broken heart is all the prize you’ll win Until you touched me I didn’t know you had a form But he knows and he’s known too long Heaven sent and sent for him, And a broken heart is all the prize you’ll win He sent you a burning red rose bouquet It should have been white lilies; he’d show he knew what he was doing that way…
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
11-30-2004, 05:11 PM | #42 |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
ooh, I like that. Especially the last line. Is it finished?
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
11-30-2004, 05:17 PM | #43 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
Yes... there a lot of repetition and guitar playing. I have a nice kind riff in there. Oh! 11th December! So soon!
I think actually the last line may have been a bit over egged.
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
11-30-2004, 05:21 PM | #44 | |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
It's a bit long, but good.
Also Quote:
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
|
11-30-2004, 05:29 PM | #45 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
*Doh*
Yes... the last lines of each verse kind of spill over into the guitar interlude. Find symbolism in that, Lady English.
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
11-30-2004, 05:34 PM | #46 | |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
Quote:
/Oxford academic voice
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
|
11-30-2004, 05:47 PM | #47 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
Well done. Funny how it's true, but is actually completely invalidated by the fact it wasn't intentional.
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
11-30-2004, 05:50 PM | #48 | |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
Quote:
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
|
01-30-2005, 04:34 PM | #49 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
The drought ends...
And the harvest is... erm...
Sarah Jane Blonde hair and a stripy scarf Blue jeans and a smile Such a pretty name - Sarah Jane And don’t you know how to be beautiful Wide eyed to your trouble Wide eyed to the truth You look back and sing ‘it brought me closer to Him’ And don’t you know that’s for the good And you’ll die Fighting in the corner of your noble cause I can see it now, Sarah Jane And why don’t you fly? What binds you to the earth? You try so hard, your place is in the stars And haven’t you earned it, Sarah Jane And you’ll die Fighting in the corner of your noble cause I can see it now, Sarah Jane ---------------------------------- New album's 'out' btw.
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
01-31-2005, 07:23 AM | #50 | |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
I'm imagining a very Dylanesque tune to this one... I like the religious theme. Are you deliberately trying not to write love songs?
Sarah Jane = real person? ('cos you do know that's your cousin's middle name too, right?) Quote:
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
|
01-31-2005, 04:39 PM | #51 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
You are my sister! :O
Yes, very Dylanesque. It is intentionally religious and there are a few other things in there - spot the corruption of a Latin motto. I forgot Sarah was Sarah Jane... but yes, it is a real NAGTY. I didn't want to know her too much before I wrote it. We had one of those 'get to know you' IM chats, but I didn't really want the idea clouded by a real person, so it's one a framework of facts. It has actually fulfilled my desire to write something honouring soldiers. I had found that difficult because everything seemed either pretentious or explpoitative.
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
02-01-2005, 01:19 PM | #52 |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
Per ardua ad astra...
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
02-01-2005, 04:44 PM | #53 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
Woo hoo hoo! You are sharp Miss Letters.
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
02-01-2005, 04:52 PM | #54 |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
That I am.
Though I also thought of Oscar Wilde - "we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars".
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
02-08-2005, 06:16 PM | #55 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
No, no. That would be a literary thing...
My tick list of song subjects is almost getting ticked off. Crikey. I'm inarticulate incarnate. Have I've given you the start of 'Satisfied Heart'? Somewhat unwritten. Tis about Alfie. Get that reference if you will. Out across the midnight floor Like a light stolen from the stars There's something in your whisper and your smile But something else steals my satisfied heart And I use a word like perfection for you And I know it can't be true But now walking on the frosty earth I think it fits best for you (Bridge.. somewhat cathartic - cruching Broken Angel-esq chords) And ohhh, you melt the snow Set the fire burning in the stars from bitter cold But ohhh, don't you know? Tomorrow I'll still have my pretty darling Out from the back of my mind You walk like guilt before my eyes... And here it goes... I'd like the last to emulate the first in form.
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. Last edited by Janny : 03-02-2005 at 06:52 PM. Reason: Janny can't spell |
02-09-2005, 05:10 AM | #56 |
Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
Posts: 2,476
|
I don't have a clue what it means, but I know who Alfie is
__________________
And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
03-02-2005, 06:26 PM | #57 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
Were we discussing this? (Not that I'm vaguely using this as a wordpad )
And I can hold you as the hurricane rolls in But you still think that summer breeze is cutting And I can hold you as the deluge falls But you don't think of me at all I hope I broke you heart You could have broken mine
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. |
03-02-2005, 06:43 PM | #58 |
The Lovely Hobbit-Lass
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Bounded in a nut-shell
Posts: 1,593
|
Janny, wow. I haven't read in here until now. These lyrics are great! I'll have to get a pair of headphones from somewhere and listen. If the music's as good as the words you must record!
p.s. Can I use a stanza in my sig??? Pweeeeeze? :really cute smiley:
__________________
It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! Last edited by Rosie Gamgee : 03-02-2005 at 06:53 PM. |
03-02-2005, 06:53 PM | #59 |
The Blobbit
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...)
Posts: 1,596
|
Thanks My voice leaves somewhat to be desired, but I'v kinda learnt how to play the guitar now :P
__________________
Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton. Last edited by Janny : 03-02-2005 at 06:55 PM. Reason: one day to spell will Janny, will Janny learn. |
03-02-2005, 07:00 PM | #60 |
The Lovely Hobbit-Lass
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Bounded in a nut-shell
Posts: 1,593
|
I really want to play the guitar, and I've tried... I got a bit uninspired, you might say. And my computer won't play your soundclips.
__________________
It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Duel of the Fates lyrics | afro-elf | The Star Wars Saga | 7 | 04-27-2010 12:27 AM |
lyrics thread ( not silly or trite) | afro-elf | Entertainment Forum | 511 | 03-19-2009 04:22 PM |
Song Lyrics | mike1811 | The One Ring Musical | 6 | 12-20-2008 12:03 PM |
Writing Lyrics | Agalayth | Writer's Workshop | 3 | 10-09-2003 10:30 PM |
Lyrics for silliness | Aeryn | Entertainment Forum | 17 | 11-08-2002 09:24 PM |