Wisdom from the World of Rock

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A Man I'll Never Be- Boston


"Don't say I'm out of touch, with this rampant chaos your reality,
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge,
the nightmare I built my own world to escape!"- Evanescence

[Edited on 4-27-2006 by ServantofGod]
 
Probably not much of a lesson in this song but I like it anyways.

Sudbury Saturday Night

by Stompin' Tom Connors

The girls are out to Bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko,
And we think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.
The glasses they will tinkle when our eyes begin to twinkle,
And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.

With Irish Jim O'Connel there and Scotty Jack MacDonald,
There's honky Fredrick Hurchell gettin' tight, but that's alright,
There's happy German Fritzy there with Frenchy getting tipsy,
And even Joe the Gypsy knows it's Saturday tonight.

Now when Mary Ann and Mabel come to join us at the table,
And tell us how the Bingo went tonight, we'll look a fright.
But if they won the money, we'll be lappin' up the honey, boys,
'Cause everything is funny, for it's Saturday tonight

The girls are out to Bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko,
And we think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.
The glasses they will tinkle when our eyes begin to twinkle,
And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.

We'll drink the loot we borrowed and recuperate tomorrow,
'Cause everything is wonderful tonight, we had a good fight,
We ate the Dilly Pickle and we forgot about the Nickel,
And everybody's tickled, for it's Saturday tonight

The songs that we'll be singing, they might be wrong but they'll be ringing,
When the lights of town are shining bright, and we're all tight,
We'll get to work on Monday, but tomorrow's only Sunday,
And we're out to have a fun day for it's Saturday tonight. Yeah

The girls are out to Bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko,
And we think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.
The glasses they will tinkle when our eyes begin to twinkle,
And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.

We'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.
 
Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison, through the darkness of the night
Kyrie eleison, where I'm going will you follow
Kyrie eleison, on a highway in the light -- Mr. Mister
 
"Please, please forgive me, But I wont be home again,
maybe someday you'll look out, and barely consciesce you'll say to noone, Isn't something missing?

You wont cry for my absence I know, you forgot me long ago,
Am I that unimportant, am I so insignificant?
Isn't something missing? Isnt someone missing me?

(Chorus)
Even though I'm the sacrifice, you wont try for me no no!
Though I die to know you love me, I'm all alone.
Isnt something missing? Isnt someone missing me?

Please please forgive me, but I wont be home again.
I know what you do to yourself, I breathe deep and cry out...
Isnt someone missing me?

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
And if I bleed, I'll bleed, knowing you dont care!
And if I sleep just to dream of you, I wake without you there,
Isnt something missing? Isnt someone missing me?



Missing-Evanescence

:( Makes me cry...
 
Love waits for me 'round the bend
Leads me endlessly on
Surely sorrows shall find their end
and all our troubles will be gone
And I'll know what I've lost
and all that I've won
when the road finally takes me home -- Mary Fahl
 
Sunrise, Sunset ... The Association

Sunrise, sunset
What you're born with is what you get
Let your fear just pass away, then your love will fill your days
I know
I need so little, yet so much
Child's sweet laughter, woman's touch
I can't say just what is real, all I know is what I feel
I know
The time it is today, and we must find our way
My heart it clearly states, the answer's not in hate
I once believed that love was but a dream
But now I know that love's a flowing stream
They're lying, killing, they're pushing their rules
They tell you the prophets all are just fools
But I know different and I won't be used
It's they that are lost, it's they are confused
Sunrise, sunset
What you're born with is what you get
All your worries, all your fears
They don't change the passing years
I know

-- Russ Giguere
 
Time For Livin' ... The Association

I kicked off my shoes, and felt the good earth beneath my feet
I loosened my tie, and felt what it feels like to breathe
I found the secret to llife
I took some time for living

I took off my watch, and found I had all the time in the world
I opened up my arms, so I could hold life like a beautiful girl
I laid down all of my hang-ups forever
I looked around, and saw what sweet things can be found
Simply by taking some time for living
Grooving on little things life is giving
From now on I'm taking time out for life

Too busy to stop and notice the things that are real
Embarrassed to talk about all things that I feel
It's so strange, never noticed the world all around me
Hey, look I've changed, my attitude's been rearranged
From now on I'm taking some time for living
Grooving on everything life is giving
I'm gonna be taking time for life

Lifetime for living
Grooving on everything life is giving
Lifetime for living
Grooving on everything life is giving
Lifetime for living

-- Don Addrisi/Dick Addrisi
 
I hold my breath as this life starts to take its toll
I hide behind a smile as this perfect plan unfolds
But oh, God, I feel I've been lied to
Lost all faith in the things I have achieved
And I

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all that I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
(away from this place I have made)
Won't you take me away from me

Crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins
I look into myself, but my own heart has been changed
I can't go on like this
I loathe all I've become

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all that I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
(away from this place I have made)
Won't you take me away from me

Lost in a dying world I reach for something more
I have grown so weary of this lie I live

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all that I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
I
I've woken now to find myself
I've been lost in shadows of my own
I'm longing to be lost in you
Away from me

From me (x7)


Away From Me-Evanescence

It's a song about total depravity from a non-christian.
 
From Sufjan Steven's "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.":

He dressed up like a clown for them
With his face paint white and red
And on his best behavior
In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all
He'd kill ten thousand people
With a sleight of his hand
Running far, running fast to the dead
He took of all their clothes for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands, quiet kiss
On the mouth

And in my best behavior
I am really just like him
Look beneath the floorboards
For the secrets I have hid
 
Shower the People

You can play the game and you can act out the part,
even though you know it wasn't written for you.
Tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart ashamed of playing the fool?
One thing can lead to another; it doesn't take any sacrifice.
Oh, father and mother, sister and brother, if it feels nice, don't think twice,
just shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
Things are gonna work out fine if you only will do as I say, just
shower the people you love with love, show them the way you feel.
Things are gonna be much better if you only will.

You can run but you cannot hide, this is widely known.
Tell me, what you plan to do with your foolish pride when you're all by yourself, alone.
Once you tell somebody the way that you feel, you can feel it beginning to ease.
I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel always getting the grease.
Better to shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
Things are gonna be just fine if you only will what I´d like to do to you.
Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
Things are gonna be much better if you only will.

Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
You'll feel better right away.
Don't take much to do, sell you pride.
They say in every life, they say the rain must fall, just like pouring rain, make it rain.
Make it rain, love, love, love is sunshine, oh yes,
Make it rain, love, love, love is sunshine. Everybody, everybody.

-- James Taylor
 
Is there someone you know,
Youre loving them so,
But taking them all for granted.
You may lose them one day,
Someone takes them away,
And they dont hear the words you long to say -- Bread
 
Blood of Eden - Peter Gabriel

I caught sight of my reflection
I caught it in the window
I saw the darkness in my heart
I saw the signs of my undoing
They had been there from the start
And the darkness still has work to do
The knotted chord's untying
They're heated and they're holy
Oh they're sitting there on high
So secure with everything they're buying

I can hear the distant thunder
Of a million unheard souls
Of a million unheard souls
Watch each one reach for creature comfort
For the filling of their holes
 
But what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
Theres nothing at all
But what a fool believes he sees...
 
Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see your ship go sailing
When you feel your heart is breaking
Hold tight to your dream.

Its a long time to be gone
Time just rolls on and on
When you need a shoulder to cry on
When you get so sick of trying
Just hold tight to your dream
...
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Quand tu vois ton bateau partir
Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser
Accroches-toi a ton reve. -- Electric Light Orchestra
 
Wisdom from the world of Megadeth: :P

He who lives in sin will surely live the lie Five Magics

Tribulation strikes and we're hit hard
Still you just go on your way
Head in the sand, ignoring the rain
Just like the flood in Noah's day
In his day--Truth Be Told

[Edited on 8-30-2006 by Pilgrim]
 
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced

When Sunday mornings rolled around
We dressed up in hand-me-downs
Just in time, together with the church
Sometimes I think how long it's been
And how it impressed me then
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work

We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced -- Alabama
 
Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight


All your spirit rack abuses
Come to haunt you back by day
All your Byzantine excuses
Given time, given you away

So don't be surprised when daylight comes
To find that memory prick your thumbs
You'll tell them where we run to hide
I'm already dead
It's a matter of time

You can only run from judgment for so long...
 
Muse: Thoughts of a Dying Atheist

I know the moment’s near
And there’s nothing we can do
Look through a faithless eye
Are you afraid to die?

It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
 
And we like to wear a badge and uniform,
and we love to fly a flag, but I wont let others live in hell!
as we fight against each other! and fight amongst ourselves!
too set in our ways to try to rearrange!
too right to be wrong in this rebel song!


Like a song U2
 
MrMerlin777 said:
And we like to wear a badge and uniform,
and we love to fly a flag, but I wont let others live in hell!
as we fight against each other! and fight amongst ourselves!
too set in our ways to try to rearrange!
too right to be wrong in this rebel song!


Like a song U2
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I haven't listened to War in a long time.
 
Counting Crows - Perfect Blue Buildings

I got bones beneath my skin, and mister
There's a skeleton in every man's house
Beneath the dust and love
and sweat that hangs on everybody
There's a dead man trying to get out
Please help me stay awake, I'm falling

Asleep in perfect blue buildings
Beside the green apple sea
Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby
Try to keep myself away from me

Very true.
 
I wonder if they'll ever understand
The trials of a freedom seeking man
So have a round on me my friend
What else can we do
You know I always love ya
But I think it's time that we flew -- Lindsey Buckingham
 
King's X - Dream in My Life
I know this is the way it has to be
But it doesn't make it easier, I can't just pay a fee
That will make pain go away
So I accept it for another day
Our hope is deeper than the pain we often feel
So we take these steps together as the hurt begins to heal
And we know it is for real
So we accept it for another day

King's X - Everywhere I Go
I read your story said you died
I turned the page, you were alive
With hope and love and mostly faith
One day I'll see you face to face

King's X - Life Going By
I've stood on the mountain and drank from the fountain
And poured it all out on the floor
Turned my back to the glory and walked the tenth story
And come back to knock on your door
On my life going by
 
Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...too late, tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other -- U2
 
If you wanna be happy
For the rest of your life,
Never make a [ungodly] woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an [godly] girl to marry you. -- Jimmy Soul
 
Love lifts us up where we belong
Where the eagles fly on the mountain high
-Joe Cocker 1981

Baby tonight, baby tonight by the fire all alone you and I
Nothing around but the sound of my heart by your side

Money talks but it can't sing and dance
and it won't walk
As long as I can have you here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans, babe
Forever in blue jeans
-Neil Diamond 1980

The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change your heart for another wind up
More than a feelin'
That's the power of love

Tougher than diamonds
Rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
Make a bad one good
Ohhhhhhh, make her all right
Power of love will keep you home at night

You don't need money
Don't take fame
Don't need a credit card to ride this train
Its strong and its sudden
It can be cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love

First time you feel it might make you sad
But the next time you feel it it might make you mad
Do becareful with who you've found
That's the power that makes the world go 'round

(Repeat Chorus)

They say that all in love is fair but you don't care
You'll know what to do if it gets over you
And with a little help from above
You'll feel the power of love

(Awesome solo)

You don't need money
You don't need fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
Its strong and its sudden
It can be cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
Tougher than diamonds
Stronger than steel
You won't feel nothin' 'till you feel
Just feel the power
Thats the power of love
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
-Huey Lewis and the News 1985
 
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So much style without substance
So much stuff without style
It's hard to recognize the real thing
It comes along once in a while
Like a rare and precious metal
Beneath a ton of rock
It takes some time and trouble
To separate from the stock
You sometimes have to listen to
A lot of useless talk

So much poison in power
The principles get left out
So much mind on the matter
The spirit gets forgotten about
Like a righteous inspiration
Overlooked in haste
Like a teardrop in the ocean
A diamond in the waste
Some world-views are spacious
And some are merely spaced

Rush - Grand Designs
 
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