Favorite Lyrics Thread

Maurisaeth · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:05 pm

Post your favorite lyrics in this thread. :ugeek:

Let's see who has the coolest ones.

"Dancing With The Moonlit Knight"- Genesis

Can you tell me where my country lies?
Said the unifaun to his true love's eyes
It lies with me, cried the Queen of Maybe
For her merchandise, he traded in his prize

Paper late! cried a voice in the crowd
Old man dies, the note he left
Was signed old father Thames, it seems he's drowned
Selling England by the pound

Citizens of Hope and Glory
Time goes by, it's the time of your life
Easy now, sit ye down
Chewing through your Wimpey dreams
They eat without a sound
Digesting England by the pound

Young man says you are what you eat, eat well
Old man says you are what you wear, wear well
You know what you are, you don't give a damn
Bursting your belt that is your homemade sham

The captain leads his dance right on through the night
Join the dance, follow on!
Till the Grail sun sets in the mould
Follow on 'till the gold is cold
Dancing out with the moonlit knight
Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout

There's a fat old lady outside the saloon
Laying out the credit cards she plays fortune
The deck is uneven right from the start
All of their hands are playing apart

The captain leads his dance right on through the night
Join the dance, follow on!
A round Table-talking down we go
You're the show! Off we go with
You play the hobbyhorse, I'll play the fool
We'll tease the bull, ringing round and loud, loud and round
Follow on! With a twist of the world we go
Follow on 'till the gold is cold
Dancing out with the moonlit knight
Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout

"Thunder Road"- Bruce Springsteen

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision, she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me, and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
Darling, you know just what I'm here for

So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith. There's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey, what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair

Well, the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back. Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh-oh, come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to chase the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey, I know it's late. We can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold
Thunder Road

Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open, but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
But tonight, we'll be free. All the promises'll be broken

There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn, you hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch, they're gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
It's town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win

"The Ferryman"- Maudlin Of The Well

Watching over these waves and streams of terrible filth is the horrifying Charon
On whose chin countless unkempt grey hairs lie outspread
His eyes endure in flame, and a squalid cloak hang knotted from this shoulders.

Beneath lonely darkness, the gloomy travelers go through shadow
And through the deserted abodes and ghostly kingdom of Dis
Through uncertain moonlight, under tray of a spiteful sort
The way lies in the woods, where Jupiter hides the sky in shadow
And night steal color from the black heavens.

In this manner, you will at last behold the sacred grove of Styx and the kingdom pathless to the living
Child of Antares, most certain progeny of a God, you will see the deep mere of the mournful river of Hades
And the swamp of Styx, whose divine power the Gods fear to swear by and prove false.

Nothing more was said. Wondering at the venerable offering of the fated branch, seen after distant time,
he turned the vessel to the darkness and the shores approached.

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AbalidothAscendant · **Joined:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:25 pm **Posts:** 29

Barenaked Ladies- Pinch Me

It's the perfect time of year
Somewhere far away from here
I feel fine enough, I guess
Considering everything's a mess.
There's a restaurant down the street
Where hungry people like to eat
I could walk, but I'll just drive
It's colder than it looks outside.

It's like a dream - you try to remember but it's gone, then ya
Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn, when ya
Try to see the world beyond your front door.
Take your time cos the way I rhyme's gonna make you smile, when ya
Realise that a guy my size might take a while, just to
Try to figure out what all this is for.

It's the perfect time of day
To throw all your cares away
Put the sprinkler on the lawn
And run through with my gym shorts on.
Take a drink right from the hose
And change into some drier clothes
Climb the stairs up to my room
Sleep away the afternoon.

It's like a dream - you try to remember but it's gone, then ya
Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn, when ya
Try to see the world beyond your front door.
Take your time cos the way I rhyme's gonna make you smile, when ya
Realise that a guy my size might take a while, just to
Try to figure out what all this is for.
Pinch Me
Pinch Me
Cos I'm still asleep.
Please God
Tell Me
That I'm still asleep

On an evening such as this
It's hard to tell if I exist
If I Packed the car and leave this town
Who will notice that I'm not around?
I could hide out under there
I just made you say 'underwear'
I could leave but I'll just stay
All my stuff's here anyway.

It's like a dream - you try to remember but it's gone, then ya
Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn, when ya
Try to see the world beyond your front door.
Take your time cos the way I rhyme's gonna make you smile, when ya
Realise that a guy my size might take a while, just to
Try to figure out what all this is for.
Try to figure out what all this is for.
Try to see the world beyond your front door.
Try to figure out what all this is for

Frou Frou- Psychobabble

How did you get this number?
I can't get my head 'round you
Of course you're not coming over
Snap out of it
You're not making any sense

You couldn't be more wrong, darling
I never gave out these signs
You misunderstand all meaning
Snap out of it
I'm not falling for this one

If love is surrender
Then whose war is it anyway?

Do just what I tell you
And no one will get hurt
Don't come any closer
'Cause I don't know how long I can hold my heart in two

If you think that it's so damn easy
Then what do you need me for?
Just look at the state of you, babe
Snap out of it
You're not listening to this

And just for once could you
Let me finish a sentence?

Do just what I tell you
And no one will get hurt
Don't come any closer
'Cause I don't know how long I can hold my heart in two

Make no sudden movements
And no one will get hurt
You're making me nervous
If you know what's good for me
Why would I be leaving you?

Now, I've had it up to here
Don't ever try that again
Why are you so quiet so suddenly?
Go on, have it
You're just dying to try me

Do just what I tell you
And no one will get hurt
Don't come any closer
'Cause I don't know how long I can hold my heart in two

Make no sudden movements
And no one will get hurt
You're making me nervous
If you know what's good for me
Why would I be leaving you?

So, what do we do now?
So, What do we do now
So, What do we do now
So, What do we do now

Imogen Heap- Hide and Seek

where are we?
what the hell is going on?
the dust has only just begun to form
crop circles in the carpet
sinking feeling

spin me round again
and rub my eyes,
this can't be happening
when busy streets a mess with people
would stop to hold their heads - heavy

hide and seek
trains and sewing machines
all those years
they were here first

oily marks appear on walls
where pleasure moments hung before the takeover,
the sweeping insensitivity of this still life

hide and seek
trains and sewing machines (oh, you won't catch me around here)
blood and tears (hearts)
they were here first

Mmmm whacha say,
Mmmm that you only meant well?
well of course you did
Mmmm whacha say,
Mmmm that its all for the best?
Because it is
Mmmm whacha say?
Mmmm that it's just what we need
you decided this
whacha say?
Mmmm what did she say?

ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs
speak no feeling no i don't believe you
you don't care a bit,
you don't care a bit

(hide and seek)
ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs

(hide and seek)
speak no feeling no i don't believe you
you don't care a bit,
you don't care a (you don't care a) bit

(hide and seek)
oh no, you don't care a bit
oh no, you don't care a bit

(hide and seek)
oh no, you don't care a bit
you don't care a bit
you don't care a bit

Yeah, I know, two Imogen Heap songs in a row. I'm kind of addicted right now, 'leemee 'lone.

zerokku · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:39 pm **Posts:** 18

Lateralus - Tool

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
lets me see there is so much more
and beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.

Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
of our divinity and still be a human.

With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.

Spiral out. Keep going, going...

My Sweet Shadow - In Flames

I'm selling heavenly sketches
A world out of my mind
Ready to explode in purity to fill the holes inside

An ever moving stream with glowing rays of light
Emotions tied to pass lies and I know I should let go

Tamed with confidence of a brighter future

I found a flame in the burnt out ashes... burn out, burn out!

Fueled, these new shores burn, dark past lies cold
Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more

Another dawn collapses
Do I need to be reminded
A glimpse of my safe home
A path to hide all anger

I found a flame in the burnt out ashes... burn out, burn out!

Fueled, these new shores burn, dark past lies cold
Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more

In circles I catch
A torch carried by the immortal
From depths that I created
In vain echoes fade

Burn out!

Fueled, these new shores burn, dark past lies cold
Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more

Fueled, these new shores burn, dark past lies cold
Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more

Fueled, Dark past lies cold
For you I look no more

AbalidothAscendant · **Joined:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:25 pm **Posts:** 29

Dr. Horrible-"Slipping"
Look at these People
Amazing how sheep'll
Show up for the slaughter

No one condemning
You lined up like lemmings
You led to the water

Why can’t they see what I see Why can’t they hear the lies
Maybe the fee’s too pricey for them to realize
Your disguise is slipping, I think you’re slipping

Now that your savior is
still as the grave you’re
beginning to fear me

Like cavemen fear thunder
I still have to wonder
Can you really hear me

I bring you pain, the kind you can’t suffer quietly
Fire up your brain remind you inside you’re rioting
Society is slipping, everythings slipping away, so

go ahead run away
say it was horrible
spread the word tell a friend
tell them the tale

get a pic do a blog
heroes are over with
look at him not a word
hammer meet nail

then I win then I get
everything I ever
all the cash all the fame
and social change

anarchy that I run
it’s Dr. Horrible’s turn
you people all have to learn
this world is going to burn <blast> burn <blast> (yeah it’s two R’s, h-o-r-r yeah right) burn!

no sign of penny good
I would give anything not to have her see

it’s gonna be bloody head up billy buddy
there’s no time for mercy

here goes no mercy–

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