lyrics thread ( not silly or trite)

[Millane]

i got really excited when i saw Tourniquet but then i saw Evanescence instead of Marilyn Manson and was sickened
and now for something older: My Monkey from portrait
i had a little monkey
i sent him to the country and i fed him on gingerbread
along came a choo-choo, knocked my monkey coo-coo
and now my monkey's dead
at least he looks that way, but then again don't we all?
(what i make is what i am, i can't be forever)
i had a little a monkey
i sent him to the country and i fed him on gingerbread
along came a choo-choo, knocked my monkey coo-coo
and now my monkey's dead
poor little monkey
"make you...break you...make you...break you...lookout"
(what i make is what i am, i can't live forever)
we are our own wicked gods
with little "g's" and big dicks
sadistic and constantly inflicting a slow demise
i had a little a monkey and i sent him to the country
and i fed him on gingerbread
along came a choo-choo, knocked my monkey coo-coo
and (k)now my monkey's dead
the primate's scream of consonance is a reflection
of his own mind's dissonance

[Ella Nyneve]

*Just Glares at Millane* I have no comment on Marilyn Manson.

FAÇADE from Jekyll &Hyde

[Bishop]
There's a face that we wear in the cold light of day
It's society's mask, It's society's way
And the truth is Ha! That it's all a facade
There's a face that we hide 'til the nighttime appears
And what's hiding inside behind all of our fears
Is our true self, locked inside a facade.

[Everyone]
Everyday
People in their own sweet way
Like to add a coat of paint, and be what they ain't
That's how our little game is played
Livin' out a masquerade
Actin' a bizzare charade
While playin' the saint!

[Stride]
But there's one thing I know and I know it for sure
This disease that we've got has got no ready cure
And I'm certain
Life is terribly hard!

[Everyone]
When your life's a facade.

Look around you
I have found you cannot tell by lookin' at the surface what is
lurkin' there beneath it!
See that face, now I'm prepared to bet you what you see's not what you get 'cause man's a master of deceit!
So what is this sinister secret?
The lie he will tell you is true!

[Utterson]
It's that each man you meet, in the street, isn't one man, but two!

[Everyone]
Nearly everyone you see like him and her and you and me
Pretends to be the pillar of society!
A model of propriety!
Sobriety!
And piety!
Who shudders at the thought of noteriety!
The ladies and gents here before you, which none of 'em ever admits!
May have saintly looks!
But they're sinners and crooks!
Hypocrites! Hypocrites!

There are preachers who kill!
There are killers who preach!
There are teachers who lie!
There are liars who teach!
Take your pick, dear!
Cause it's all a facade

[Danvers]
You must seem to be rich and have money to burn.

[A poor man]
Even though it's a bitch, spending more than you earn!

[Utterson and Danvers]
That's the game here!

[Everyone]
And the name is facade!

One or two, might look kinda well-to-do.
But I betcha precious few have paid for their boots.

[Utterson]
I'm inclined to think!

[Everyone]
Half man-kind, think the other half is blind
Wouldn't be surprised to find.

[All guys who could sing that high!]
They're all in cahoots!

[Everyone]
At the end of the day
They don't mean what they say!
They don't say what they mean!
They don't ever come clean!
And the answer, is it's all a facade.

Man is not one but two!
He is evil and good!
And he walks the fine line
We'd all cross if we could!
It's a nightmare
We can never discard (Look)
So we stay on our guard (Behind)
Though we love the facade (The Fa-cade!)
What's behind the facade?
Look behind......
The facade.

[Lady Ravyn]

lol; ella, give up- he just won't stop... lol

Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin

*spoken*: i'd like to do a song of great social and pollitical import

OH, Lord, won't you buy me
a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porches,
I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime,
No help from my friends.
So, oh, Lord, won't you but me
A Mercedes Benz?

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me
A color TV?
*i'm not sure about this line, but-*
Dialing for Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery
Each day until three.
So, oh, Lord, won't you buy me
A color TV?

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me
A night on the town?
I'm counting on you, Lord,
Please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me,
And buy the next round.
Oh, Lord, won't you buy me
A night on the town?

[Millane]

*Just Glares at Millane* I have no comment on Marilyn Manson.

hahahaha steady on with the glaring whats with the no comment on MM, does that mean you cant think of anything to say, dont know anything about Marilyn Manson or you think your above him no comments fine but ill just comment on Evanescence, its not that i doubt their musical ability its just that there songs are so stupid and they dont deserve a position on the same stand as Marilyn Manson, NIN, Tool etc (i dont really listen to much Tool but still) and the way the wench craps on makes her sound like shes the Saviour for all the depressed people in the world

lol; ella, give up- he just won't stop... lol

me just wont stop???

[Insidious Rex]

Originally posted by Millane
its just that there songs are so stupid and they dont deserve a position on the same stand as Marilyn Manson

why is it your arguments FOR an artist are ALWAYS made at the expense OF an artist?: "Your band SUCKS because Manson ROCKS!!" Dont you realize that in the long run this just makes Manson look worse? Its as if you are saying well Im gonna attack all the other bands so that Manson looks that much better compared to them. Its pathetic in my opinion. Why not just talk about the artists you like? and i only say this because this has been your signature approach to music as long as ive been interacting with you here. even before the great RHCP/Manson battles. in a lyric thread, rather then criticizing another artist, simply promote your own. a lot of people could come up with a thousand reasons why manson is lame as well but this really isnt the place to say that so they dont.

[Ella Nyneve]

Thank you, Insidious! Now, for another song.

One Day by Simple Plan

Sometimes this house feels like a prison
that I just can't leave behind
there's so many rules I got to follow
'cuz you can't let go

I don't wanna hear it
And I just can't believe it
All the stupid things you say but

One day I won't take this anymore
One day I'll be old enough to do what I want to
I won't have to run away
And you won't be there to say I'm not allowed to
One day

Sometimes I wonder if you know me
Or if you just pretend to care
Tell me are you on a mission to bring me down?

Go away
Don't look at me
'cuz we're not the same
And you can't do nothing
You can say
That it's not ok
But I'm not afraid
And you can't do nothing

nanana...One day.

[Millane]

Originally posted by Insidious Rex
why is it your arguments FOR an artist are ALWAYS made at the expense OF an artist?: "Your band SUCKS because Manson ROCKS!!" Dont you realize that in the long run this just makes Manson look worse? Its as if you are saying well Im gonna attack all the other bands so that Manson looks that much better compared to them. Its pathetic in my opinion. Why not just talk about the artists you like? and i only say this because this has been your signature approach to music as long as ive been interacting with you here. even before the great RHCP/Manson battles. in a lyric thread, rather then criticizing another artist, simply promote your own. a lot of people could come up with a thousand reasons why manson is lame as well but this really isnt the place to say that so they dont.

well as ive explained before i find nothing wrong with evaluating an artist by comparing it with another artist, in fact i think its one of the best ways of doing it, the reason i like Marilyn Manson over oher artists is because of all the artists i have heard Manson is the best, maybe you just think its stupid because you want different things from music than i do. Ultimately i think everyone makes these judgements in there mind, so what if i dont try and make **** arguments to sugar coat the fact that i am only making these judgements because my mind makes comparisons?..
thats how i judge, you obviously dont, so

[Insidious Rex]

Stormfront

By Garnet Rodgers

As silent as the voice of God
these empty barren hills
they hover above the dry plain
they shimmer in the distance
I feel a sudden chill
The ground is dry and cracked like an old mans skin
stretched across the plain
Lightning flickering across the thunderhead
Empty promises of rain

Some kind of stormfront on the move tonight
Feel the tension in the air
Dust devils dance on the side of the highway
Leaves and garbage everywhere
Mothers call their kids from the door
"C'mon get inside, shut the windows, lock them tight"
The sun has burned its bridges
plunged into the mountains in a sea of steam
and poison light

I hear thunder bumping boxcars in the valley
the wind is laughing up my sleeve
the cars have turned their headlights on
It's way past time-- I should be gone

We've turned our towns into a filthy joke
like a theme park built for swine
We bulldoze farms, fields turn them into strip malls
Nobody seems to mind
Who elected these cheap hustlers anyway?
This worthless pack of pimps and whores
The developers come smiling with their pockets jingling full of change
We get down on all fours

And I don't want your Black Hills gold
Not at any price
we built a trail of tears and broken trees through here
then swarmed the earth like lice
Townhouses, casinos and trailer parks
Cheap neon light up the falling night
I saw the Four Horsemen ride through here about an hour ago
They were sickened at the sight

These highway signs are full of bullet holes
Burnt rubber cross the road
Someone's angry about something somewhere here
They're just waiting to unload
We're putting bombs in buildings
Bombs in letters, bombs in trucks
We're drowning kids in the backs of cars
We're dressing killers in Armani suits
We turn them into TV stars
We become a race of leering voyeurs
We're big on progress sex and death
Something evil is lurking in the darkness here with me
and I can smell its stinking breath
It's in the blankness of our children's stares
It's in a courtroom in a suit
It's in the hand that holds gun that made these bullet holes
It's a secret pocket filled with loot

It's the soft white faces
of these soft white men
with their soft white grasping hand
who laugh and sneer at those who have to stand and wait in line
and never got their chance

[Insidious Rex]

Already Gone

Eagles

Well, I heard some people talkin' just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you'll soon find out it's true
And then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself

Cause I'm aaaalready gone
And I'm feeeeeeelin strong
I will siiiiiiiiing this vict'ry song
Woo hoo hoo!
Woo hoo hoo

The letter that you wrote me made me stop and wonder why
But I guess you felt like you had to set things right
Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky
You can see the stars and still not see the light (that's right)

And I'm aaaaaaalready gone
And I'm feeeeeeeeelin strong
I will siiiiiiiing this vict'ry song
Woo hoo hoo!
Woo hoo hoo

Well I know it wasn't you who held me down
Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key

But me, I'm aaaaaalready gone
And I'm feeeeeeeelin strong
I will siiiiiiing this vict'ry song
Cause I'm already gone

Yes, I'm aaaaaalready gone!
And I'm feeeeeelin' strong
I will siiiiiing this vict'ry song
Cause I'm already gone

Yes, I'm aaaaaaalready gone
Aaaaaaalready gone
All right. nighty-night

[Grey_Wolf]

Whiter shade of pale

We skipped the light Fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kind of seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
As the Miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said there is no reason

And the truth is plain to see
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well've been closed

And so it was that later
As the Miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

And so it was.... (fade)

[brownjenkins]

Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!

Preacherman, don't tell me,
Heaven is under the earth.
I know you don't know
What life is really worth.
It's not all that glitters is gold;
'Alf the story has never been told:
So now you see the light, eh!
Stand up for your rights. Come on!

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!

Most people think,
Great God will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth:
And now you see the light,
You stand up for your rights. Jah!

Get up, stand up! (Jah, Jah!)
Stand up for your rights! (Oh-hoo!)
Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!)
Don't give up the fight! (Life is your right!)
Get up, stand up! (So we can't give up the fight!)
Stand up for your rights! (Lord, Lord!)
Get up, stand up! (Keep on struggling on!)
Don't give up the fight! (Yeah!)

We sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game -
Dyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, Lord.
We know when we understand:
Almighty God is a living man.
You can fool some people sometimes,
But you can't fool all the people all the time.
So now we see the light (What you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

So you better:
Get up, stand up! (In the morning! Git it up!)
Stand up for your rights! (Stand up for our rights!)
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight! (Don't give it up, don't give it up!)
Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!)
Stand up for your rights! (Get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! (...)
Don't give up the fight! (Get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! (...)
Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight! [fadeout]

[Ragnarok]

Forest of October by Opeth

The memories that now rests in this forest
Forever shadowing the sunrise of my heart
Wings leave their nest at my coming
Swaying away unto the cold glowing sky

Dreaming away for a while
My spirit sighs in peace
Gazing unto the stars
Please, take me there

I am so alone, so cold
My heart is to scarred to glow
I wish the sunrise to come
Take my soul (away)
From this cold, lonely shell
I am free

From the eternal sea I rose
Veiled in darkness on either shore
Lost my pride, lost its glow
For me the sun rose no more

The forest of October
Sleeps silent when I depart
The web of time
Hides my last trace

My blaze travel the last universe
Like the sights of magic
Wrapped in aeons
My mind is one with my soul
I fall alone
While leaves fall from the weeping trees

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Dancing round the burning fire
Calling out the names of the dead
Chanting all your dark desires
As you stick your pins in my head

Painted faces all around me
Speak of things I don't understand
Somebody's blood is on the ground
My time is here, it is at hand

Why do you use the old juju?
Why do you rattle all them bones?
I'm telling you I'm not the one for you
but still you throw the stones

In the middle of a circle
Sits the one to fear
Maker of all miracles
The one I won't go near

It's the doctor that is blind
but still he'll cast the spell
Don't ever look into his evil mind
Unless you want to see his hell

Why do you use the old juju?
Why do you rattle all them bones?
I'm telling you I'm not the one for you
but still you throw the stones

Then you put a hex on me
Then you put a hex on me
Then you put a hex on me
You put a hex on me

Wicked laughter fills the air
Everyone is laughing at me
Can't escape his trancelike stare
He wants me to be blind like he

Needles, nails and broken glass
Incantations from the past
I'm just a toy in this unholy mask
Not the first nor will I be the last

Why do you use the old juju?
Why do you rattle all them bones?
I'm telling you I'm not the one for you
but still you throw the stones

Then you put a hex on me
Then you put a hex on me
Then you put a hex on me
You put a hex on me

[Ragnarok]

band: Pain of Salvation
song: Ropes End

She is still young...

Another day of emptiness
This life is wearing her down
The room around her is a mess
Her children safe with her mom

She is still young but feeling old
Two children with different fathers
She sits on the bathroom floor alone
The shower chain broke
Her neck hurts

Then another night of emptiness to wear her down
Naked to the world she wraps her sadness in a gown
Her children fast asleep she sears the dark with glassy eyes
Choosing carefully among her husband's business ties

"Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties
Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes
But life holds her hand, refusing to let go
Leaving her breathing on the floor

They're still asleep don't hear her cry
And she's still obsessed with rope ends
This time she picks a stronger tie
With Winnie the Pooh and friends

She is still young but feeling old
A child dying to be a mother
Now she hangs from the ceiling all alone
All pressure is falling from her

Seeing guilt has taught her guilt she's raised on disbelief
Merely twenty beautiful but with a taste for grief
She has learnt all that there is to know about hopelessness
Seeing that no effort in this world can stand her test

"Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties
Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes
And Winnie is strong, would never let her fall
Prevents her from breathing till she's not there at all
But life holds her hands, refusing to let go
Leaving her breathing on the floor

Seeing guilt has taught her guilt she's raised on disbelief
Merely twenty beautiful but with a taste for grief
She has learnt all that there is to know about helplessness
Seeing that no caring in this world can ease her stress

Helpless she lies in rope ends and undies
Unseeing eyes fixating Eeyore's smile
"Over!" she cries as she's going unblind
Still in this life
Still in this troubled mind
The ceiling let go, the old house let her fall
Dropping her breathing to the hard cold floor
Hitting her head - a broken china soul
Red stains on porcelain and she's not there at all

Breathing she cries for rope ends and silk ties
Beautiful eyes Piglet stands shy behind
Broken she lies undead and unblind
Beautiful life
Beautiful crying young eyes
Blackened and bruised, learning how to see
Staring at her tooth - crimsoned ivory
Hours they pass this broken china soul
Red stains on porcelain
And she's not there at all...

[Insidious Rex]

This ones for Jersey

oh and for Dick Cheney, George Bush, Dan Quail, etc...


Fortunate Son

Creedance Clearwater Revival

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they’re red, white and blue.
And when the band plays hail to the chief,
Ooh, they point the cannon at you,

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no senator’s son, son.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, no,

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don’t they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale,

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no millionaire’s son, no.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, no.

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, lord,
And when you ask them, how much should we give?
Ooh, they only answer more! more! more! yeah,

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no military son, son.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, one.

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no fortunate son, no no no,

[Lady Ravyn]

i love this song; my favorite line in almost any song is "i'd trade all my tomorrows/for a single yesterday" from this song

Me and Bobby McGee

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And I's feelin' nearly as faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
It rode us all the way to New Orleans.

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana,
I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues.
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine,
We sang every song that driver knew.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.
Nothin' don't mean nothin, honey, if it ain't free, now now.
And feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues.
You know feelin' good was good enough for me;
Good enough for and my Bobby McGee.

From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
Hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that we done,
Hey, Bobby baby kept me from the cold.

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away,
He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it.
But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday,
To be holding Bobby's body next to mine.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.
Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me, yeah.
But feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
Hye, feelin' good was good enough for me, hmm hmm,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee......

[Rían]

"Big Enough", by Chris Rice


None of us knows, and this makes it a mystery;
If life is a comedy,
then why all the tragedy?

Three and a half pounds of brain try to figure out
What this world is all about;
And is there an eternity?
Is there an eternity?


chorus
God if You're there, I wish You'd show me,
And God if You care, then I need you to know me.
I hope You don't mind me asking the questions,
But I figure You're big enough;
I figure You're big enough.


Lying on pillows we're haunted and half-awake
Does anyone hear us pray
"If I die before I wake"?

Then the morning comes, and the mirror's another place
Where we wrestle face-to-face
With the image of deity;
The image of deity.

(repeat chorus)

When I imagine the size of the universe
And I wonder what's out past the edges,
Then I discover inside me a space as big,
And believe that I'm meant to be filled up
With more than just questions.

(repeat chorus)

[Rían]

Here's another by Chris Rice, with Ran and Ricky Jackson. It's subtitled "a conversation with the stars" - the bits in parenthesis are the words sung by the stars. It's based on the Bible verse that talks about how during creation, the "morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy".


"Wonder", by Chris Rice and Ran and Ricky Jackson


I could stand here looking at you for a thousand years
And if I could I'd fly to the heavens and meet you there
But this gravity keeps holding me down.

So I'll just keep watching you slide through the summer sky
It makes me smile while you mingle your lights with the fireflies
And I don't want to stop this spinning around.

chorus 1
Hey, I'm getting dizzy now
I'm falling to the ground
Hey, I'm getting teary-eyed
My mouth is open wide
in wonder, in wonder.

Shall we dance, from opposite sides of the universe?
And we'll shine the Glory behind all our spins and turns
As we orbit our way through the sky

Is it true you sang with the angels when earth was made?
And now I sing along with your song while The Music plays
And the harmony is building
Cause the chorus can't be too far away ...

chorus 2
Hey, I'm getting dizzy now
(Hey you, looking at me)
I'm falling to the ground
(Tell me what do you see from down there?)
Hey, I'm getting teary-eyed
(Hey, if you could)
My mouth is open wide
(tell me how do we look from down there?)
in wonder, in wonder.

(Hey you, looking at me)
(Tell me what do you see from down there?)
(Hey, if you could)
(tell me how do we look from down there?

[repeat chorus 2]

But this gravity keeps holding me down ...

[Grey_Wolf]

Dire Straights: Brothers in arms

these mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me

My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

[Falagar]

Used to be my favorite song.

The Curse Of Feanor

Taken the long way
Dark realms I went through
I arrived
My vision's so clear
In anger and pain
I left deep wounds behind
But I arrived
Truth might be changed by victory

Beyond the void but deep within me
A swamp of filth exists
A lake it was of crystal beauty
But Arda's spring went by
I've heard the warning
Well curse my name
I'll keep on laughing
No regret
No regret

Don't fear the eyes of the dark lord
Morgoth I cried
All hope is gone but I swear revenge
Hear my oath
I will take part in your damned fate

I will always remember their cries
Like a shadow which covers the light
I will always remember the time
But it's past
I cannot turn back the time
(I) don't look back
There's still smoke near the shore
But I arrived
Revenge be mine

I will take part in your damned fate
Morgoth I cried
It's my oath
So don't fear the eyes
Of the dark lord

Soon you will be free
Set your spirit free
"Suddenly I realized
The prophecies
I've never believed in
My deeds were wrong
I've stained the land
And slain my kin
(Burning Soul)
There's no release from my sins
It hurts
The Curse of Fëanor runs long
Time and only time will tell us
Tell: was I right or wrong?
When anger breaks through
I'll leave mercy behind"

I will always remember their cries
Like a shadow they'll cover my life
But I'll also remember mine
(And) after all I'm still alive