That Lyrics Thread

One more drink tonight as your gray stallion rests
Where he lays in the reins
For all of the speed and the strength he gave

One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl
She’s like grace from the earth
When you’re all tuckered out and tame

One more tired thing the gray moon on the rise
When your want from the day
Makes you to curse in your sleep at night

One more gift to bring we may well find you laid
Like your steed in his reins
Tangled too tight and too long to fight

you tell me that I'm falling down
a drifter with no role
you tell me that I need a friend
to help me take control
well let it be I'm not alone
I'm only lonely see
and you can't tell me where to go
or what or who to be

I am exactly what I am
and not the way you'd like to see me be
I look outside long as I can
then I close my eyes and watch
my world unfold before me

I may not live a simple life
I've no love of my own
if no one gives me all his heart
I'll manage with a loan
I'm very used to feeling sad
it doesen't make me cry
and yes I do know how to love
so what you say's a lie

What I have here in my hand
Is like faith but not faith
For those without faith also have
What I have here in my hand

What I have here in my hand
Is like feeling but deeper
It's why I am here

What I have here in my hand
Is knowledge without proof
What I have here in my hand
This is what I feel for you

It's why the earth is alive
It makes electricity work
And fire dance in the sky..

Feel it
Feel inside the atoms where the science breaks down
Feel inside the atoms where the science breaks down
If you don't believe in love
You'd have to make it up
You'd have to make it up
You'd have to make it up

What I have here in my hand
Is like faith but not faith
What I have here in my hand
This is what I feel for you

What I have here in my hand
Is like knowing but deeper
It's why I am here
It's why I am here

Faith by Marillion (from the album Somewhere Else)

Death has done her work this morning
Cutting me back down to size
Frozen in this winter warning
Gentle in it's own demise

Starving sun in deep November
It cannot feed us any more
Leaving us this dark reminder
Of things we should have done before


Even as our days are numbered
I can feel it getting near
Deafened by the sounds of others
Who only got as far as here

In the chilling of the evening
They find the ones that won't survive
Taken as the day surrenders
While we fight to stay alive

Can you feel the summer ending?
Will this be the end of me?
Afraid of all that might have happened
And all that never came to be

Will you tell me when it's gone?
Will you tell me when it's over?
Even though it's just begun
Even though I'm going over

Death has done her work this morning
Cutting me back down to size


Snowman by Frost* (from the album Milliontown)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by bobsticks

One more drink tonight as your gray stallion rests
Where he lays in the reins
For all of the speed and the strength he gave

One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl
She’s like grace from the earth
When you’re all tuckered out and tame

One more tired thing the gray moon on the rise
When your want from the day
Makes you to curse in your sleep at night

One more gift to bring we may well find you laid
Like your steed in his reins
Tangled too tight and too long to fight

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...the artist and song name, or are you just posting them because you like them? Inquiring minds want to know!

Swish

He Lays in the Reins - Iron and Wine (w/Calexico)

I just like 'em, do what you will...

...although I can see how my omission of title and artist to lead to yer querry.

I thought it was supposed to be a guessing game, though I too recognized the lyrics from Iron & Wine. I guess I could give names to my posts as well...

Father, you know where I have been
and you know what I have done
They say that you see everything
so you know I never hurt no one
What I have stolen won't be missed
by those who had so much, so long
We'll soon be laughing about this
They will never notice it was gone
And, I could bend the universe
If I can only get there first
There are some foolish fresh laid plans
My fate is firmly in your hands

Take If you must take me
But I can not go peacefully
I left someone waiting for me
I left things terribly…
undone

They say a man is just your seed
Spilled out on the thirsty earth
simple servant of your needs
from the moment of our birth
Tell me am I not your seed?
Tell me am I not your son?
Tell me have you just forgotten
All those years of devotion

Take
If you must take me
But I can not go peacefully
I left someone waiting for me
I left things so terribly...
Undone

Father, you know where I have been
and you know what I have done
They say that you see everything
so you know I never hurt no one
What I have stolen won't be missed
by those who had so much, so long
We'll soon be laughing about this
They will never notice we are gone

Take
If you must take me
But I can not go peacefully
I left someone waiting for me
I left things so terribly...
Undone

Quote:

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Originally Posted by noddin0ff

Father, you know where I have been
and you know what I have done
They say that you see everything
so you know I never hurt no one
What I have stolen won't be missed
by those who had so much, so long
We'll soon be laughing about this
They will never notice it was gone
And, I could bend the universe
If I can only get there first
There are some foolish fresh laid plans
My fate is firmly in your hands

Take If you must take me
But I can not go peacefully
I left someone waiting for me
I left things terribly…
undone

They say a man is just your seed
Spilled out on the thirsty earth
simple servant of your needs
from the moment of our birth
Tell me am I not your seed?
Tell me am I not your son?
Tell me have you just forgotten
All those years of devotion

Take
If you must take me
But I can not go peacefully
I left someone waiting for me
I left things so terribly...
Undone

Father, you know where I have been
and you know what I have done
They say that you see everything
so you know I never hurt no one
What I have stolen won't be missed
by those who had so much, so long
We'll soon be laughing about this
They will never notice we are gone

Take
If you must take me
But I can not go peacefully
I left someone waiting for me
I left things so terribly...
Undone

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...Devotchka isn't discussed much here. I find them very interesting with all the unique instrumentation, well constructed songs, and, obviously, some solid lyrics. So many of us have heard them, and not necessarily by choice as they did many of the songs on the "Little Miss Sunshine' soundtrack, along with Sufjan Stevens.

Good one.

I would rather suffer in sweet silent solitude
Deathly defiant from drowning out
Filthy sounds stumbling ugly and crude
Between the lips of your beautiful mouth

Deep down within me words move in phrases
Frozen and still ‘til they decide
To melt and drip over the pages
Until that moment they live inside

My words enjoy the feel of the paper
Better than mingling with your consonants
Once they get going they never waver
And they slip in between your if, ands, and buts

When my words are hiding between the lines
Then I’m afraid they won’t hear me call
What if they fail me without a sign
What if they hardly surface at all

Screaming and throwing your weight around
My words choose knowledge over politics
You can’t kill my words, they know no bounds
My words are strong and they don’t make me sick

They still remain my only companion
Loyal and true to the very end
They’ll never ever completely abandon
Ever give up the paper and the pen

I didn't know what love meant before
I didnt know what you had waiting for me in store
I didnt know that I'd be finding out so much more
about the knowing and the knowing is all there is
about yes and yes, this is it
I didnt know

I didn't know what precious time would make
I didnt know how fragile a kiss could seem
I didnt know that finally all of dawn is trained
about the knowing and the knowing is all there is
about yes,and yes, this is it
I didn't know

I didn't know I'd never look at life the same
I didn't know until i walked with you in the rain
I didn't know until i found out you felt the same
about the knowing and the knowing is all there is
about yes and yes, this is it
I didn't know

I....didn't know until together we lay
I didn't know until you touched my soul that day
I didn't know that you would teach me in your own way
about the knowing and the knowing is all there is
about yes and yes, this is it
i didnt know

i didnt know

And her hallway
Moves
Like the ocean
Moves

At the head of the river
At the source of the sea

Sitting here now in this bar for hours
Trying to write it down
Fitting in hard with harder to come
Trying to fight it
Down the river there's a
ship will carry you
Down river down stream
Down the river there's a
ship will carry the
Dream
Dream of the flood
Down the river there's a
ship will carry the
Dream of the flood

And her hallway...
As the water come rushing over
As the water come rushing in
As the water come rushing over
Flood...Flood...

Push the glass, stain the glass
Push the writer to the wall
It may come but it will pass
Some say we will fall
Dream of the flood...
Flood...

And her hallway...


Oh, maybe, in terms of surrender,
On a backcloth of lashes and eyes
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes and ashes and
ashes and ashes
And ashes and ashes and lies...

And her hallway...
Like...
As the water come rushing in
As the water come rushing over

Sitting here now in this bar for hours
While these strange men
rent strange flowers
I'll be picking up your petals
in another few hours
In the metal and blood, in
the scent and mascara
On a backcloth of lashes and stars
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes and ashes and
secondhand passion
And stolen guitars

And her hallway...
As the water come rushing in
(Like the sea)
As the water come rushing over
(Dream of the flood)
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes and ashes
And ashes and ashes
And ashes and ashes
And ashes and ashes and lies...

As the water come
rushing in, rushing in

At the head of the river
At the source of the sea

And her hallway...
Like...

Flood...

Quote:

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Originally Posted by bobsticks

Sitting here now in this bar for hours...
And ashes and ashes and
secondhand passion
And stolen guitars

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Yea, I think Eldritch and his Sisters were probably Bowie fans, huh :)

The bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar
you're the blessed, we're the Spiders From Mars

:)

Been listening to a lot of Andrew Bird the last few days, may be my favorite lyrics guy these days, there will be snacks, there will, but I do like this guy a lot too, specially when it gets a little bleak out ...

put Ariel on
and smoke away the night
and do the white net crawl
until the hammers fall

I kept your poem here
with all my other gear
but in the end
I missed what it meant

oh where you lay
your head tonight
I'll roll away alone
and close on down

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Davey

there will be snacks, there will

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I love that line.

Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we dont discriminate
Discovery is to be disowned
Our currency is flesh and bone
Hell opened up and put on sale
Gather round and haggle
For hard cash, we will lie and deceive
Even our masters dont know the web we weave

One world, its a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... one world

Invisible transfers, long distance calls,
Hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent uproar
Has unleashed the dogs of war
You cant stop what has begun
Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion
We all have a dark side, to say the least
And dealing in death is the nature of the beast

One world, its a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... one world

The dogs of war dont negotiate
The dogs of war wont capitulate,
They will take and you will give,
And you must die so that they may live
You can knock at any door,
But wherever you go, you know theyve been there before
Well winners can lose and things can get strained
But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain.

One world, its a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
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Still night, nothing for miles
White curtain come down
Kill the lights in the middle of the road
And take a look around...
It don't help to be one of the chosen
One of the few, to be sure
When the wheels are spinning around
And the ground is frozen through, and you're
Driven like the snow
Pure in heart
Driven together
And given
Away to the west
A white dress
'Til the river don't run
A black dress
Looking like mine
'Til the sun don't shine no more
Where the sky meets the ground
Where the street fold round
Where the voice you hold don't
make no sound, look
Snow on the river and two by two
Took a lot to live a lot like you, I don't
Go there now, but I hear they sung
Their "F**k me and marry me young"
Some wild idea and a big white bed, now
You know better than that, I said
Like a voice in the wind blows little crystals down
Like brittle things will break before they turn
Like lipstick on my cigarette
And the ice get harder overhead
Like think it twice but never never learn...

And the mist will wrap around us
And the crystal, if you touch it...

And the cars
Lost in the drift
Are there
And the people that drive
Lost in the drift
Are there
And the cares I've
Lost in the drift
Are there
Theirs, ours
Lost in the drift
Are...
Driven
Driven together
And driven
Apart

It's just a feeling
I get sometimes
A feeling
Sometimes
And I get frightened
Just like you
I get frightened too
but it's...

(no no no) No time for heartache
(no no no) No time to run and hide
(no no no) No time for breaking down
(no no no) No time to cry

Sometimes in the world as is you've
Got to shake the hand that feeds you
It's just like Adam says
It's not so hard to understand
It's just like always coming down on
Just like Jesus never came and
What did you expect to find
It's just like always here again it's...

(no no no) No time for heartache
(no no no) No time to run and hide
(no no no) No time for breaking down
(no no no) No time to cry

Everything will be alright
Everything will turn out fine
Some nights I still can't sleep
And the voices pass with time
And I keep
[repeat]
No time for tears
No time to run and hide
No time to be afraid of fear
I keep no time to cry

(no no no) No time for heartache
(no no no) No time to run and hide
(no no no) No time for breaking down
(no no no) No time to cry

Told you baby one more time
Don't make me sit all alone and cry
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go
I'm like a fish out of water
A cat in a tree

You don't even want to talk to me
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go
He won't take me back when I come around

Says he's sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I'm broken down like a train wreck
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go
See I got a candle and it burns so bright

In my window every night
Well it's over I know but I can't let go
You don't like to see me standing around

Feel like I been shot and didn't fall down
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go
He won't take me back when I come around

Says he's sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I'm broken down like a train wreck
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go

Turn off trouble like you turn off a light

Went off and left me it just ain't right
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go
Rounds every corner something I see

Bring me right back how it used to be
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go
He won't take me back when I come around

Says he's sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I'm broken down like a train wreck
Well it's over I know it but I can't let go

In heavy consternation I move across the hall
I pictured this so many times
I wasn’t scared at all
but every time I got this far I never felt so small

My mind was full of questions
of arguments and lies
but every word was melted down
when I looked in your eyes
and I don’t need these memories
for now I’m mesmerized
and I’m staring down the barrel of my life

Now I’m entranced, you possess my full attention
how my thoughts dance freely on the journey
you intended all along, to somewhere I belong
like a pilot in the sky of dreams

Can you promise me the world
and everything I need
Can you promise me the world.

Can you promise me a sky
that’s trouble free and clear
so it’s safe for me to fly

But who can stop my plane (stop my plane)
from drifting out of range (far away)

Will this sky be precious to defend?
Will my sights go dark before the end?
Will I see the landing lights again?

Can you offer me the speed
to travel like the wind
if I ever feel the need?

Can you guarantee the sun
won’t melt away my wings
way before my journey’s done?

And who can stop my plane (stop my plane)
from drifting out of range? (far away)

Will this sky be precious to defend?
Will my sights go dark before the end?
Will I see the landing lights again?

drifting away out of the grey and out of control
such a nice day for drifting away

What became of the blue horizon?
Are you sure I was flying blind?
Never saw that the plane was diving
Never thought I was out of time
And now I’m disenchanted
You endure my disaffection
All my systems running red
The radio is down and there’s trouble ahead

Get me back down
I lost my way and I want to be grounded
Get me back down
I lost my way coming out of the storm

Did I promise you a sky
where rain would never fall
or did you listen to a lie?

Did you radio to base?
I waited for your call
but you left without a trace.

But I could stop your plane (stop your plane)
from drifting out of range! (far away)

Still this sky is precious to defend
Still your sights will last until the end
You will see the landing lights again

Now I’m entranced, you possess my full attention
how my thoughts dance freely on the journey
you intended all along, to somewhere I belong
like a pilot in the sky of dreams.

Just to sit and talk
The way we used to do
It just breaks my heart
That I can't get close to you

If our eyes should meet
Somewhere down the road
Will you stop and be sweet
Or will you just walk on

I thought things would stay the same
I thought things were right on
In our sunny days
How could we go wrong

Now these days have found us
Right here where we stand
We thought we were so tough
But nothing worked out like we planned

Of everything in this world
I guess I'll never know why
Something as good as this could
Flower up and die

When you lose your happiness
When no one's standing by
When nothing makes any sense
You got a reason to cry
When nothing makes any sense
You got a reason to cry

I lost my lover,
come set me free,
come fill me up,
with extacy,
surround my heartbeat,
with your fingertips
unbound my feet,
untie my wrists,
come into my world,
of lonelyness,
and wickedness,
and biterness,
i lost my love.

i'm suffering,
take away the pain,
unbruise my body,
wash away the stains.
annoint my head,
with your sweet kiss,
my joy is dead,
i long for bliss,
i long for knowledge,
within my fear,
undue my locker,
undue my fear,
i'm suffering.

I lost my lover,
set me free,
come fill me up,
with extacy,
surround my heartbeat,
with your fingertips,
unbound my feet,
untie my wrists,
come into my world,
of lonelyness,
and wickedness,
and biterness,
anoint my head,
with your sweet kiss,
my joy is dead,
i long for bliss
i long for knowledge,
within my fear,
undue my locker,
undue my fear,
i'm suffering.

I'm suffering.

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Originally Posted by Davey

there will be snacks, there will,

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And pony rides and dancing bears.

Funny, I just listened to that this morning and it's been months since I've spun it.

Youre not shy, you get around
You wanna fly, dont want your feet on the ground
You stay up, you wont come down
You wanna live, you wanna move to the sound

Got fire in your veins
Burnin hot but you dont feel the pain
Your desire is insane
You cant stop until you do it again

But sometimes I wonder as I look in your eyes
Maybe youre thinking of some other guy
But I know, yes I know, how to treat you right
Thats why you call me in the middle of the night

You say its urgent
So urgent, so oh oh urgent
Just wait and see
How urgent my love can be
Its urgent

You play tricks on my mind
Youre everywhere but youre so hard to find
Youre not warm or sentimental
Youre so extreme, you can be so temperamental

But Im not looking for a love that will last
I know what I need and I need it fast
Yeah, theres one thing in common that we both share
Thats a need for for each other anytime, anywhere

It gets so urgent
So urgent
You know its urgent
I wanna tell you its the same for me
So oh oh urgent
Just you wait and see
How urgent our love can be
Its urgent

You say its urgent
Make it fast, make it urgent
Do it quick, do it urgent
Gotta rush, make it urgent
Want it quick
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency

Worst thread evar. I mean, Foreigner? :rolleyes5:

Rats, he beat me to it. I was having problems spelling Foreigner.