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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Skibas_clavicle on 13 Dec 2006, 03:49
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I know this thread's been done before but I was listening to the eels today and I heard the song Hey Man (Now You're Really Living).
Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor
And cry your guts out till you got no more
Hey man now you're really living
Have you ever made love to a beautiful girl
Made you feel like it's not such a bad world
Hey man now you're really living
Now you're really giving everything
And you're really getting all you gave
Now you're really living what
This life is all about
Well i just saw the sun rise over the hill
Never used to give me much of a thrill
But hey man now I'm really living
Do you know what it's like to care too much
'bout someone that you're never gonna get to touch
Hey man now you're really living
Have you ever sat down in the fresh cut grass
And thought about the moment and when it will pass
Hey man now you're really living
What I really like about these lyrics is they list both the good and bad things about being alive. Some are really shitty, some are pretty great. For me, that's what life's all about. And THAT is why it's my new personal theme song. List yours and give some explanation! Lyrics don't hurt either.
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N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
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Outkast - So Fresh And So Clean
it's true.
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N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Excellent choice, sir.
As for mine...
Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
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That's my favorite song by Weezer!
I think mine would probably be Iron & Wine - Upward Over the Mountain, for much the same reason as Skibas.
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Larry Arms - "The Revisionist"
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Jethro Tull- Locomotive Breath
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the last time i answered this i said i'm not sick but i'm not well by lit...i have no idea what it is nowadays
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Wait, do you mean "Flagpole Sitta"?
I have way too many theme songs. I'll get on my desktop computer later and narrow the field down.
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Yes, it's "Flagpole Sitta", and it's by Harvey Danger, not Lit (who are terrible). And Harvey Danger is actually a really good band beyond just that one song.
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I don't know if it's possible for me to pick just one, but one song that has always really affected me emotionally is Nevermore's Who Decides. I don't know if it describes me, per se, but I love it anyway.
And so we meet again
the dirt on our feet but then
Who knows who really decides?
In this spacial oddity, this viral commodity
The astronaut listens to voices that call
Won't you follow me down?
Breathe
As you suffer with existence
Rags and ruin of all that was human
Leeching the force of collective design
Heroes and rapists they all have nice faces
But who decides, who defines, who draws the lines?
In this wasted miracle, the outcome so terminal
Why do we waste time on hope?
In perfect execution, liquid and lucid
Born in the astromaut's eyes
Of hate, loathing, wonder, and fear
Breathe
As you suffer in denial
The lover and the blind man they sing their song
The pleasured and the pained pray their sins are gone
They can't reach heaven, the truth's brutal lesson
Forgive yourself, for no one else will die for your crimes
But who decides?
Who decides?
I don't know if it works as well without being able to hear Dane's voice in your head like I can when I read those lyrics.
There are probably some others that are less cynical and apply more to myself as an individual, but that was my gut reaction. I may post more if I think of them.
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Found it.
How I don't know how to sing.
I can barely play this thing.
But you never seem to mind,
and you tell me to fuck off
when I need somebody to.
How you make me laugh so hard.
How whole years refuse to stay
where we told them to, bad dog,
locked up whining in a word
or a misplaced souvenir.
How the past chews on your shoes,
and these memories lick my ear.
How we waste our precious time
marching in the picket lines
that surround those striking hearts.
How the time is never now,
and we know who we should love,
but we're never certain how.
I know you might roll your eyes at this,
but I'm so glad that you exist.
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"I Kill Children" - Dead Kennedys
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Found it.
Fuck yeah @ Weakerthans.
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TISM - 40 Years, then Death.
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theres a few, but the one in particular i can think of:
Measure me in metered lines
And one decisive stare
The time it takes to get from here to there
My ribs that show through t-shirts
And these shoes I got for free
I'm unconsoled
I'm lonely
I am so much better than I used to be
Terrified of telephones
And shopping malls and knives
Drowning in the pools of other lives
Rely a bit too heavily
On alcohol and irony
Get clobbered on by courtesy
In love with love and lousy poetry
And I'm leaning on this broken fence
Between past and present tense
And I'm losing all those stupid games
That I swore I'd never play
But it almost feels okay
Circumnavigate this body
Of wonder and uncertainty
Armed with every precious failure
And amature cartography
I'm breathing deep before
I spread those maps out on my bedroom floor
And I'm leaning on this broken fence
Between past and present tense
And I'm losing all those stupid games
That I swore I'd never play
But it feels okay
And I'm leaving with goodbye
And I'm losing but I'll try
With the last ways left
To remember sing
My imperfect offering
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You might enjoy this (http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/seconds/the-weakerthans-aside.htm) then.
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Our Time- Stephen Sondheim (from Merrily We Roll Along)
Something is stirring,
Shifting ground
It's just begun.
Edges are blurring
All around,
And yesterday is done.
Feel the flow,
Hear what's happening:
We're what's happening.
Don't you know?
We're the movers and we're the shapers.
We're the names in tomorrow's papers.
Up to us, man, to show 'em
It's our time, breathe it in:
Worlds to change and worlds to win.
Our turn coming through,
Me and you, man,
Me and you!
Feel how it quivers,
On the brink
Everything!
Gives you the shivers,
Makes you think
There's so much stuff to sing!
And you and me,
We'll be singing it like the birds,
Me with music and you the words,
Tell 'em things they don't know!
Up to us, pal, to show 'em
It's our time, breathe it in:
Worlds to change and worlds to win.
Our turn, we're what's new,
Me and you, pal,
Me and you!
Feel the flow,
Hear what's happening:
We're what's happening!
Long ago
All we had was that funny feeling,
Saying someday we'd send 'em reeling,
Now it looks like we can!
Someday just began
It's our heads on the block.
Give us room and start the clock.
Our time coming through,
Me and you, pal,
Me and you!
Me and you!
Me and you!
Me and you!
Me and you!
Me and you!
True... the people who sing this song end up jaded and no longer believe a word of it... but I love it.
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Jessies Girl by Rick Springfield.
I always fall in love with my best friends girlfriends. He knows this, so whenever there is karaoke (which is often) we'll sing it together.
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Gallow's Pole by Demons & Wizards would be my theme song I think. Just for the lyrics at the end
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A shattered heart an empty soul
Just one false move and it took its toll
The rising of an evil seed
I can't describe the pain I feel
Outside it's dark inside it's cold
The sun still shines bright
But its time is short
Endless stairs
A guiding light
That once was warm
But now it's bitter cold
It's freezing hearts
It's freezing souls
Soon icy shades will cover all
It pretends to be alive
It pretends to be alive
Be alive
Be alive
Be alive
Collapse of the mother
All will die
The void it frightens me
I've faced the demon
And he dwells inside
And when I laugh it's tears I hide
And when I cry it's joy inside
A foul disease has stained the land
The bitter harvest of a dying bloom
And when I cry it's joy inside
A wicked smile for all the tears I hide
It hurts to hold all the pain I feel
The bitter harvest of a dying bloom...
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The end of Paper Thin Walls by Modest Mouse, off BVBRA, since I just tried Guitar Heroes 2 and Freebird raped me.
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Switchfoot - Life And Love And Why
First off the title says it all about life if you ask me. To live, love and try to understand the "why?"s.
Then it's a christian song and Can I be used is probably the most usual question in my life =) (and many other christians)
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Switchfoot is, and has always been, a great band in my opinion. I kinda miss the old days when they were the little guys (New Way To Be Human era) but I'm glad to see them finally get the recognition they deserve...anyway, end threadjack.
My theme song, at least right now, would probably be "Last Light" by Converge.
i need you to be the strength of widows and soul survivors
i need you to be as fearless as new mothers and new fathers
i need you to be the hope of hearts who lost true love
i need you to be the might of their first kiss
i need a purpose and i need a reason
i need to know that there is trophy and meaning
to all that we lose and all we fight for
to all our loves and our wars
keep breathing
keep living
keep searching
keep pushing on
keep bleeding
keep healing
keep fading
keep shining on
this is for the hearts still beating
I love the last section, the part that I emphasised...it's been a huge inspiration to me lately to keep fighting through whatever shit I'm going through in my life, and to not give up. I know that sounds pretty cliched, but I guess you sort of take whatever you can get wherever you can get it...
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The Lillingtons - Ramble on
i feel like i'm about to hurl
my head spins like a tiltawhirl
my heart is gonna beat out of my chest
my legs feel like a ton of bricks
my eyes lately been playing tricks
and i'm feeling all fucked up again
i've been staying up to late
and i think i've been losing weight
and i ramble on and on i'm feeling all fucked up again
(2nd verse same as the first)
simple ramonescore but very apt to how i feel now.
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"I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman" by The White Stripes
Well I'm finding it harder
to be a gentleman every day
all the manners that I've been taught
have slowly died away
but if I held the door open for you
It would make your day
You think that I care
about me and only me
when every single girl needs help
climbing up a tree
well I know it don't take much
to satisfy me
Maybe it's whatever's in my mind
that's distracting me
but if i could find emotion
to stimulate devotion
well then you'd see
Well I'm finding it hard to say
that I need you twenty times a day
I feel comfortable so baby why
don't you feel the same?
have a doctor come and visit us
and tell us which one is sane
Well I never said I wouldn't
Throw my jacket in the mud for you
but my father gave it to me so
maybe I should carry you
then you said
"You almost dropped me"
so then I did
and I got mud on my shoes
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Without doubt, it's 'The Wickedest Man in the World' by Skyclad. Yeah, my answer to all these types of questions involves Skyclad, and so what? This song is just an absolutely brilliant little bit of misanthropy, but also just so much fucking fun. It's a song that says 'fuck you, I don't care about you, your standards or your aims', which is how I feel a lot of the time, especially since very few people give me any reciprocal attention of that sort. It also gets me really pumped up. Another option might be 'Disco Hospital' by Coil, but only if I can also moonwalk everywhere dressed in a leopard print SS uniform.
I stand here before you
The way life has made me
Ill mannered, foul mouthed
Bad tempered and lazy
I stare at your world
Down the neck of a bottle
Every day is a death ride
When I hold the throttle.
To the drowning I am water
For your calm I am the storm
I'm the fiend who's with your daughter
In bed well before the dawn.
Was I the cat that got the bird?
They'll put the blame on me
Everything was grand in wonderland
Till Charles Manson came to tea.
Each moment's a game
And I must play it to win
And if you cannot bear it
Then you'll just have to grin
All the world is a stage
So I aim to upstage you
("By the pricking of my thumbs")
Kill me off - but like Banquo
I'll come back to plague you
("Something wicked this way comes")
All martyrs seek their cross and nails
The rebels grail his cause
So I'll just sign away my soul
And forget the buy-out clause.
The few who see me through my disguise
Abhore, deplore, hate and despise me
I care not what you perceive
Fall unto your knees!
(Jack the Ripper went to Sunday school
With his best friends Mack the Knife
And the blue eyed boy
Who lives next door
He's a junkie Jesus Christ).
Do you think I'll be sad
'cus you don't like me
Well I consider it highly unlikely
Spill the milk but I won't cry
My eyes are watertight
Like my alibi.
Yes I'll love you then leave you
For no apparent reason
My names are many
My friends call me "Legion"
The light that casts the shadows
Darker shades of black
That hide the drugged up mugger
Who will stab you in the back.
I'm not the type of angel
Who fell from divine grace
I'm the one who was so bad
He never got there in the first place
The vulture in the wings
As the battle flags unfurl
"Pleased to meet you,
I'm the wickedest man in the world."
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Those are actually some quite excellent lyrics. Well-chosen!
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I am going to go with "If She Wants Me" by Belle and Sebastian
I wrote a letter on a nothing day
I asked somebody "Could you send my letter away?"
"You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope"
I said goodbye to someone that I love
It's not just me, I tell you it's the both of us
And it was hard
Like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy
Someone above has seen me do alright
Someone above is looking with a tender eye
Upon her face, you may think you're alone but you may think again
If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy
They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes
On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend
If she wants me
And far away somebody read the letter
He condescends to read the words I wrote about him
And if he smiles, it's no more than a genius deserves
For all his curious nerve and his passion
I'm going deaf, you're growing melancholy
Things fall apart, I don't know why we bother at all
But life is good and "It's always worth living at least for a while"
If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy
They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes
On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend
If she wants me
If you think to yourself "What should I do now?"
Then take the baton, girl, you better run with it
There is no point in standing in the past cause it's over and done with
I took a book and went into the forest
I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you
But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home
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King Crimson - Thrak or Thrakkattakkkkffsdg or however you spell it
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Gotta agree with the first poster. Eels is the way to go. I'm gonna go for "Eyes Down" from the Holes Soundtrack.
Well, the sun is shinin' but it don't feel good,
It don't smile down on this neighborhood.
When I go walkin' through this stinkin' town,
Mister, I keep my eyes down.
The brotherhood of the misunderstood,
Live and die here in all likelihood.
You're livin' in this town but I pray for sundown,
And baby, when you go downtown...
You keep your eyes down.
You keep your eyes down.
You keep your eyes down.
You keep your eyes down.
Fair weather friends need not apply,
The man of the house is not inside.
Baby, I'm keepin' my eyes down.
Go with the flow, well, you gotta be sick,
Think I'd rather hear my heart not tick.
But if you don't want wear a hospital gown,
Better get out now, or keep your eyes down.
Fair weather friends need not apply,
The man of the house is not inside.
Baby, I'm keepin' my eyes down.
Well, the sun is shinin' but it don't feel good,
It don't smile down on this neighborhood.
When I go walkin' through this stinkn' town,
Mister, I keep my eyes down.
Well the sun is shinin' but it don't feel good,
(I keep my eyes down!)
It don't smile down on this neighborhood.
(I keep my eyes down!)
When i go walkin' through this stinkn' town,
(I keep my eyes down!)
Mister, I keep my eyes...
(I keep my eyes down!)
There are very few songs that fit me better than this one; I am utterly unable to not stare at the floor unless my girlfriend is around, who I will stare at instead. However, she's usually staring at the ground too. Alas! The curse of those who had no confidence during their childhood.
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Mastodon - Iron Tusk
Straight line
Feel it burst liver and lung
Long and strong
'Til she spills her black blood
Center down
Vast the head body and tail
Shatter life
Physeter catodon
Culture vulture
Elephant graveyard
Culture vulture
Engage monster
Wreaking vengeance
Assault with all martial rage
Sail on
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Switchfoot - Life And Love And Why
First off the title says it all about life if you ask me. To live, love and try to understand the "why?"s.
Then it's a christian song and Can I be used is probably the most usual question in my life =) (and many other christians)
I am against everything you stand for and I think that you worship at a false temple.
I'm referring to your liking Switchfoot. I mean, holy crap, man! That's pretty awful.
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This is complete nerdery and will probably get me lynched by the board full of people who love new Indie stuff, but my theme song is Desree's "You Gotta Be"
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry
You gotta be
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard
You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Herald what your mother said
Readin' the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My oh my heh, hey
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard
You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Don't ask no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning
You can't stop it, if you try to
This time it's danger staring you in the face
Oh oh oh Remember
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
My oh my heh, hey, hey
You gotta be
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard
You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
This song makes me feel like kicking ass and taking names--I miss the 90s sometimes!
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i've decided on you sound like louis burdett by the whitlams
most importantly all my frieds are fuck ups but they're fun to have around
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right now i'll go with Teenage Fanclub's "Born Under a Good Sign"
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I think the one that best fits would be Rush's New World Man
He's a rebel and a runner
He's a signal turning green
He's a restless young romantic
Wants to run the big machine
He's got a problem with his poisons
But you know he'll find a cure
He's cleaning up his systems
To keep his nature pure
Learning to match the beat of the Old World Man
Learning to catch the heat of the Third World Man
He's got to make his own mistakes
And learn to mend the mess he makes
He's old enough to know what's right
But young enough not to choose it
He's noble enough to win the world
But weak enough to lose it
He's a New World Man...
He's a radio receiver
Tuned to factories and farms
He's a writer and arranger
And a young boy bearing arms
He's got a problem with his power
With weapons on patrol
He's got to walk a fine line
And keep his self-control
Trying to save the day for the Old World Man
Trying to pave the way for the Third World Man
He's not concerned with yesterday
He knows constant change is here today
He's noble enough to know what's right
But weak enough not to choose it
He's wise enough to win the world
But fool enough to lose it
He's a New World Man...
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Not in a Slint way, but I miss you[/i]
I couldn't believe this was an actual lyric.
How meta.
I was basically going to make this exact post
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How did I miss that line? It's superb.
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Switchfoot - Life And Love And Why
First off the title says it all about life if you ask me. To live, love and try to understand the "why?"s.
Then it's a christian song and Can I be used is probably the most usual question in my life =) (and many other christians)
I am against everything you stand for and I think that you worship at a false temple.
I'm referring to your liking Switchfoot. I mean, holy crap, man! That's pretty awful.
=P
I must say that I most often listen to switchfoot's earliest stuff. All the new songs sounds the same to me.
But why the hat against switchfoot, to me they sound like no other band out there (which is good).
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Switchfoot is good, I think I've just grown away from them lately. I'll agree though, their earlier stuff was better. I think they were trying too hard to become popular once The Beautiful Letdown came out.
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Switchfoot - Life And Love And Why
First off the title says it all about life if you ask me. To live, love and try to understand the "why?"s.
Then it's a christian song and Can I be used is probably the most usual question in my life =) (and many other christians)
I am against everything you stand for and I think that you worship at a false temple.
I'm referring to your liking Switchfoot. I mean, holy crap, man! That's pretty awful.
=P
I must say that I most often listen to switchfoot's earliest stuff. All the new songs sounds the same to me.
But why the hat against switchfoot, to me they sound like no other band out there (which is good).
Where do you live? Because to me they sound like most American rock bands out there. I reviewed the 'Dare You To Move' single, and I was never less than scathing.
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Switchfoot - Life And Love And Why
First off the title says it all about life if you ask me. To live, love and try to understand the "why?"s.
Then it's a christian song and Can I be used is probably the most usual question in my life =) (and many other christians)
I am against everything you stand for and I think that you worship at a false temple.
I'm referring to your liking Switchfoot. I mean, holy crap, man! That's pretty awful.
=P
I must say that I most often listen to switchfoot's earliest stuff. All the new songs sounds the same to me.
But why the hat against switchfoot, to me they sound like no other band out there (which is good).
Where do you live? Because to me they sound like most American rock bands out there. I reviewed the 'Dare You To Move' single, and I was never less than scathing.
Only that single? Because then you missed something =)
Actually that song i my least favorite just because of the rock sound that made it become so popular.
But a classic like Chem 6A and Company Car is really good songs with a unique sound to me.
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Wow, tommy, that song does fit you. It's kind of scary, really.
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probably either Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing or Gorillaz - 19-2000. Happy Music!
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If I had to pick my theme song, it would be Holy Diver, by Dio. Hands down, one of my favorite songs.
Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh what's becoming of me
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh don't you see what I mean
Gotta get away
Holy Diver
Shiny diamonds
Like the eyes of a cat in the black and blue
Something is coming for you
Race for the morning
You can hide in the sun 'till you see the light
Oh we will pray it's all right
Gotta get away-get away
Between the velvet lies
There's a truth that's hard as steel
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel
Holy Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid
Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen
The video is even better. Dio is an ugly mutha, but he totally believes he is the Holy Diver. I LOVE that song!
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Oh man, that just got me thinking.
My theme song should totally be "Stand Up and Shout"
It's the same old song
You've gotta be somewhere at sometime
They never let you fly
It's like broken glass
You get cut before you see it
So open up your eyes
You've got desire
So let it out
You've got the fire
Stand up and shout-shout
You've got wings of steel
But they never really move you
You only seem to crawl
You've been nailed to the wheel
But never really turning
You know you've got to want it all
You've got desire
So let it out
You've got the fire
Stand up and shout
You are the strongest chain
And not just some reflection
So never hide again
You are the driver
You own the road
You are the fire go on explode
You've got desire
So let it out
You've got the power
Stand up and shout
God I have a massive boner for that album.
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If I was going to choose a Dio song, it would be Night People.
Do you like the dark?
Do you like the way it moves?
Do you come alive when neon kills the sun?
Are you hypnotized, part of the illusion?
Oh oh see how they run!
It's the mystery,
Poetry and passion,
Innocence and fashion,
Revolution, evolution ways
Night people...
Are you satisfied?
With the lessons that you're learning,
Is the fire really burning, do you know?
Hey dream child! Promises are spoken,
and promises are broken
Electric eyes that never let you
See them in the day
Night people...Night people
Do you like the dark?
Do you like the way it moves?
Do you come alive when neon kills the sunshine?
Are you hypnotized?
Innocence and fashion,
Promises and passion
Evolution revolution ways...and everybody stays!
Night people...Night people yeah!
Do you like the dark aah!
Do you like the way it moves?
Are you hypnotized, paralyzed, revolution oh!
Hey dream child...you got electric eyes
Hey dream child ooh
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Right now I'm thinking "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave . . . but that's probably mainly just wishful thinking.
Actually, on a more serious note: maybe "Merchant Navy" by David Beniuk. Which is incredibly obscure, for which I apologise, but it's basically a song about writing and travelling and daydreaming and at the end of the day being pretty much alone.
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Tommy actually modelled his entire persona on a replacements song. It's taken years to perfect.
My personal theme song right now is...
I can't do this...
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I'm sorry, but it was only a matter of time.
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Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive
Risin' up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive
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I wanna be the very best
Like noone ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Each Pokemon to understand
The power that's inside
Pokemon!
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
Pokemon!
Ooh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
Pokemon!
Our hearts so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
Pokemon
Gotta catch 'em all!
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Hakuna Matata
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It's all downhill from here until someone suggests the Katamari Damacy theme song, at which point thread over.
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KATAMARI DAMACY THEME SONG
okay p;eople lets all go home and have a nice wank
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Damn, I hadn't even seen the two posts above mine.
Anyway, "Hakuna Matata" is a way of life. Stressed? Sad? Pissed? Hakuna Matata! It's like if Junior Senior covered "Float On".
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It's all downhill from here until someone suggests the Katamari Damacy theme song, at which point thread over.
Holy shit. He was right. The Katamari Damacy thing might be the most catchy song ever...anything else flails in comparison.
Good Game No Rematch.
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I realized driving home the other day that for the last little while my other theme has been the Long Winters' "Prom Night At Hater High":
sitting there where you buried your pets
get up! we'll dig graves for your invisible friends
now i can't stand to hear another thing explained
your trip to spain, your childhood pain
so won't you quit talking down to your girlfriend?
oh, i see, you're not fighting, you're flirting
well, i hope it's exciting
these kids are my age, it's strange to say
look up! every star is singing in space
but i am motionless on this tiny strip
my conscience is clean, i can see everything
well, the girls meet to dish the dirt, but it's them!
i heard their conversation, it made me laugh
they talk about the magic man, like they ever had him
jet city won't let you go without a fight
see the pod people on prom night at hater high
so don't stay up late to cry
you've got a big trip to plan
say goodbye to your old friends
say goodbye, goodbye jet city
she showed up for our date five years late
she said, "you're so sexy and so great
aren't you gonna show me where you sing your downtown song?"
i said, 'downtown's gone! downtown's gone!'
now my only ties to that old scene
are the same mean people in pre-owned jeans
i used to love them all, but they burned me up
i used to love them all, but they burned me up
goodbye
gooodbye
goooodbye
jet city won't let you go without a fight
see the pod people on prom night at hater high
so don't stay up late to cry
you've got a big trip to plan
say goodbye to your old friends
say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye jet city!
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"Memo to Human Resources" by They Might Be Giants
I'll be in the back, and I don't need the help
I'm good here in the back
I'm good all by myself
I'm busy taking stock of all the things that I've forgot (5 4 3 2)
And making mental notes of just exactly where I lost the plot (2 2 2 2)
I stuck around too long feeling sorry for myself
A disinvited guest rifles through the bathroom shelf
I'm searching for some disbelief that I can still suspend (5 4 3 2)
But never mind the furthermore-the plea is self-defense again (2 2 2 2)
Then the people came to talk me down
And I got some advice
Then the people came to talk me down
But I don't need advice-I'm down
Later in my car I considered what you said
I'm good here in my car
I'm good with what you said
And I'd be shouting out to you but I was mighty hoarse
Talk you through the finer points and issues much too small to force
Then the people came to talk me down
And I got some advice
Then the people came to talk me down
But I don't need advice-I'm down
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My friend Doug and I have "our" theme song, which is We Laugh at Danger and Break All the Rules by Against Me!
In highschool, for our "senior slide show" everyone could pick 30 seconds of a song to put during their part of the show, and mine was a bit from I Am a Scientist by Guided by Voices.
I am a scientist - I seek to understand me
I am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me
Everything is right
Everything works out right
Everything fades from sight
Because thats alright with me
I guess that's pretty much it. There's never been a song where I went "Whoa, I really relate to this."
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i'm only being half-ironic here. "If you hold on to a chorus you can make it through the night" sums up my last few months, really. Pretend I said something by Springsteen or The Hold Steady or My Chemical Romance or whatever....
Is this 'theme song' or 'song that describes your life'? 'cause there are a few Belle & Sebestian songs that nail me down to a T, and a few Dylan songs that always stick by
anyway, Meat Loaf:
You cant run away forever
But theres nothing wrong with getting a good head start
You want to shut out the night
You want to shut down the sun
You want to shut away the pieces of a broken heart
Thing of how wed lay down together
Wed be listening to the radio so loud and so strong
Every golden nugget coming like a gift of the gods
Someone must have blessed us when he gave us those songs
I treasure your love
I never want to lose it
Youve been through the fires of hell
And I know youve got the ashes to prove it
I treasure your love
I want to show you how to use it
Youve been through a lot of pain in the dirt
And I know youve got the scars to prove it
Remember everything that I told you
Well Im telling you again that its true
When youre alone and afraid
And youre completely amazed
To find theres nothing anybody can do
Keep on believing
And youll discover baby
Theres always something magic
Theres always something new
And when you really, really need it the most
Thats when rock and roll dreams come through
The beat is yours forever
The beat is always true
And when you really, really need it the most
Thats when rock and roll dreams come through...for you...
Once upon a time was a backbeat
Once upon a time all the chords came to life
And the angels had guitars even before they had wings
If you hang on to a chorus you get through the night
I treasure your love
I never want to lose it
Youve been through the fires of hell
And I know youve got the ashes to prove it
I treasure your love
I want to show you how to use it
Youve been through a lot of pain in the dirt
And I know youve got the scars to prove it
Remember everything that I told you
Well Im telling you again that its true
Youre never alone cause you can put on the phones
And let the drummer tell your heart ehat to do
Keep on believing
And youll discover baby
Theres always something magic
Theres always something new
And when you really, really need it the most
Thats when rock and roll dreams come through
The beat is yours forever
The beat is always true
And when you really, really need it the most
Thats when rock and roll dreams come through...for you...
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I've been saying it for at least ten years, and will say it for plenty of tens more...(Someone might have already said this, but I'm feeling lazy.)
I want this to be possible... I want "The Imperial March" from Star Wars to play upon my entering a room, at a volume of my choosing. And not having the music coming from me or speakers anywhere... I just want the music to be.
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Small Man, Big Mouth - Minor Threat
And..
What Do You Want Me to Say? - The Dismemberment Plan
I lost my membership card
to the human race, so don't forget the face.
'Cause I know that I do belong here..
And..last but not least.
Jackolantern's Weather - 311
The Kid is smart, the Kid is clever,
Stompin in Jackolantern's Weather.
Backpack strapped cause the world is cold
Headphone's pumpin' don't ya know.
The Kid is smart, the Kid is clever
Stompin in Jackolantern's Weather.
Rocks his hood and playes it mellow,
While maple leaves change into yellow.
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Wilco - Misunderstood
When you're back in your old neighborhood
The cigarettes taste so good
But you're so misunderstood
You're so misunderstood
There's something there that you can't find
You look honest when you're telling a lie
You hurt her but you don't know why
You love her but you don't know why
Short on long term goals
There's a party there that we ought to go to
If you still love rock and roll
You still love rock and roll?
It's only a quarter to three
Reflecting off of your CD
You're looking at a picture of me
You're staring at a picture of me
Take the guitar player for a ride
'Cause he ain't never been satisfied
He thinks he owes some kind of debt
It'll be years before he gets over it
There's a fortune inside your head
When all you touch turns to lead
You think you might just crawl back in bed
With the fortune inside your head
I know you're just a mama's boy
You're positively unemployed
So misunderstood
So misunderstood
I know you've got a god-shaped hole
You're bleeding out your heart full of soul
You're so misunderstood
You're so misunderstood
You're so misunderstood
You're so misunderstood
I'd like to thank you all for nothing
I'd like to thank you all for nothing at all
I'd like to thank you all for nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing at all
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing at all
Of course, no one looks at a picture of me and I don't smoke, but the overall feeling of the song strikes a chord with me, especially the end, which makes for some tasty catharsis.
Another choice would be...
Weezer - Pink Triangle
When I'm stable long enough
I start to look around for love
See a sweet and floral print
My mind begins the arrangements
But when I start to feel that pull
Turns out I just pulled myself
She would never go with me
Were I the last girl on earth
I'm dumb she's a lesbian
I thought I had found the one
We were good as married in my mind
But married in my mind's no good
A pink triangle on her sleeve
Let me know the truth
Let me know the truth
Might have smoked a few in my time
But never thought it was a crime
Knew the day would surely come
When I'd chill and settle down
When I think I've found a good old fashioned girl
Then she put me in my place
If everyones a little queer
Cant she be a little straight
Chorus, chorus, chorus
Let me know the truth
Again, I'm not in love with a lesbian, but I tend to be attracted to women who either like someone else or are already taken. I kind of respond to the entirety of Pinkerton, but this song in particular.
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That only gets to be your theme song if you consistantly crush on lesbians and smoke pot. It was like 100% true for me
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For my overall life, I would probably go with "Smash" by the Offspring.
For where I am at right now, "Mellowed" by Local H pretty much has me nailed to a "t"
Tunnel vision is slowly setting in.
Blocking out what should be letting in,
Letting in.
11 years of seeing through alcoholic eyes.
Nothing here at all but lows disguised as highs.
Days I don't remember now,
fitting in and blacking out,
falling up and spiraling down and down and then
It's down again, and up again.
I've mellowed but it's taken so much time.
Never needed to think that I was thin.
(Anyway) would I wish it on you now.
I'm so fucked up.
Lay down pacified and completely compromised.
Nothing left inside but memories of lies.
Days I don't remember now,
of fitting in and falling out
falling up and spiraling down and down and then
It's down again, but up again.
I'm sorry but it doesn't matter now.
11 years of seeing through alcoholic eyes
Nothing here at all but lows disguised as highs
Days I don't remember now
fitting in and falling out
falling up and spiraling down and down and then
I've mellowed but it's taken so much time
so much time, so much time, so much time...
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I'm surprised no one has gone with "Can't Decide" by Black Flag
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I might go with "I Fucked Your Dad" by Bear vs. Shark
These problems I'm having all
Of structure and dreaming of
Of humans and animals and beautiful people
The grass that we nurtured all
When thoughts equal dreams and still
These conflicts directed to the conquering people
To be in a garden with a skyline perverted by
You were my first day, my first day of silence
We're marching a rat race all through the day
Our hands on the home, head for home
The science of driveways to captives.
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Mine switches between The Beatles' "Nowhere Man" and "Fool On The Hill"
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It's not my theme song, but it's been in my head all day.
Tool - Right In Two
Angels on the sideline,
Puzzled and amused.
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they're all confused.
Don't these talking monkeys know that
Eden has enough to go around?
Plenty in this holy garden, silly old monkeys,
Wonders when you're bound to divide it
Right in two
Angels on the sideline,
Baffled and confused.
Father blessed them all with reason.
And this is what they choose.
(and this is what they choose)
Monkey killing monkey killing monkey
Over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys given thumbs,
They forge a blade,
And brothers wonder
bound to divide it,
Right in two.
Right in two.
Monkey killing monkey killing monkey
Over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs,
They make a club
And beat their brother... down.
How they survive so misguided is a mystery.
Repugnant is the creature
who would squander
the ability to lift an eye
to heaven conscious of his fleeting time
here...
Cutting it all right in two
Cutting it all right in two
Cutting it all right in two
Cutting it all right in two
Fight over the clouds, over wind, over sky
Fight over life, over blood, over prayer, overhead and light
Fight over love, over sun, over another
Fight...
Angels on the sideline again
been so long with patience and reason
Angels on the sideline again
Wondering when this tug of war will end
Cutting it all right in two
Cutting it all right in two
Cutting it all right in two
Right in two
Right in two...
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Daniel Johnston- Good Morning You
Good Morning You
You?ve got the world, what?s in your way
Good Morning You
Had to stop to think of something to say
You sat in the chair and your were there
You looked at the wall and started to stare
Good Morning You
What do you plan to do?
Good Morning You
Though you can hardly move
You sat in a chair and you were scared
There?s so much you could do if you dared
Good Morning You
You?ve got the world, what?s in your way?
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Green Day - Longview.
When masturbation's lost its fun,
you're fuckin' lazy...
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Oh, I dunno, I'd need an entire soundtrack. But it'd include:
Jessica Numbers - The New Pornographers
The Art Teacher - Rufus Wainwright
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
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For my overall life, I would probably go with "Smash" by the Offspring.
That song was definitely my theme song in high school... head over heels I fit in before, now I don't want to do it no more... fuck I can't sing at the office
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probably either:
Instant Pleasure - Rufus Wainwright
...or any song from the first Guitar Hero. :-D
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Pearl Jam - Present Tense
"You can spend your time alone, redigisting past events, oh
Or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
Makes much more sense to live in the present tense"
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Reel Big Fish - Dateless losers.
We are all on our own with no one by our side
You are so lucky, beautiful and bright
All the cool kids go steady they're making out at 12-
we sit in our rooms alone
by ourselves it's Friday- no phone call, nobody asked us out
We are the dateless losers- lonely until we die!
So unappreciated, why, why, why, why?
We?re not so bad you know, but you won?t give us a chance
Take us to the movies, to dinner, or to dance
Not perfect, not too hip- but we need lovin? too
We are the dateless losers- lonely until we die!
So unappreciated why, why, why, why?
bam that's me right there
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for me it'd either be... "Get Comfortble" by The Junior Varsity or "A Barrel Tapped At Both Ends" by The Morning Of
and i'll add one really sappy one for how i am currently: "I'll Follow You Into The Dark" by Death Cab
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Reading a little i just was remembered of Misunderstood by Dream Theater. I often feel just like the song sais, misunderstood and lonely (even though the world sorround me)
Waiting
In the calm of desolation
Wanting to break
From this circle of confusion
Sleeping
In the depths of isolation
Trying to wake
From this daydream of illusion
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me
How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me
How can I know so many
Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman
I have been
Misunderstood
It challenges the essence of my soul
And leaves me in a state of disconnection
As I navigate the maze of self control
Playing a lion being led to a cage
I turn from a thief to a beggar
From a god to God save me
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me
How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me
How can I know so many
Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman
I have been
Misunderstood
Playing a lion being led to a cage
I turn from surreal to seclusion
From love to disdain
From belief to delusion
From a thief to a beggar
From a god to God save me
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me
How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me
How can I know so many
Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman
I have been
Misunderstood
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Every time I see this thread I want to sing the title like it's Johnny Cash's cover of Personal Jesus.
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Khar: YES. I have sort of been humming the intro chords to that song the whole time I've been reading this.
Both of the songs I was originally thinking of were already mentioned on the first page (both of the Weakerthans ones). But even though I rarely listen to dance/electronic lyrically (Far From) Home - Tiga is the song that describes me more often than not, so there it goes.
Hard not to be so hard on myself
I'm trying to learn to keep my mind in check
I listen to my friends when they say
It's destiny, it's meant to be this way.
I've found that they're right,
And now I see
That all this time
And I've had the key.
So now I'm on a roll and I've got nothing but luck
With a spring in my step as I strut down the block
I see the boys stare and I hear them talk.
As far as I go
As far as I know
I've always got a place called home.
I cross all the seas
It's fine by me
'Cause I'll never be
Far from home.
My heart takes a hit
And then my heart hits back
And each day I find comfort in the fact
I listen to my friends when they say
Man just relax, 'cause it's all a game.
I've found they're right
And now I see
I'm going to have my fun and what will be will be.
Now I'm walking up the street,
And whistling this.
Everything's in place
'Cause I can't miss.
I smile at my girls
And blow them a kiss.
As far as I go
As far as I know
I've always got a place called home.
I cross all the seas
It's fine by me
'Cause I'll never be
Far from home.
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My own personal theme song? There are too many to count. One that springs to mind is The Format - Dog Problems.
Don't you dare speak someone you don't know.
They'll feel it in the back of their throat.
We know I can't construct a poem,
Cause words like girls get bored and run
C'est la vie, I say "I've got so many better things"
I've got nothing, you should see me,
I smoke myself to sleep.
And blame postmodern things I can't relate,
Like summer camp and coastal states.
Like alcohol and coffee beans.
Dance floors and magazines.
I think its safe to say I've only got myself to blame
But boys in swooping haircuts are bringing me down,
Taking pictures of themselves.
And so I walk the web in search of love,
But always seem to end up stuck.
I'm finding flaws in everyone.
I've reached the point where all I want,
Is to sleep around in hopes that I will catch back up.
We are parallel lines we?re running in circles,
We're never meant to cross.
I'm at a loss, you were my tangerine,
My pussycat, my trampoline.
Now alls I get are wincing cheeks,
And dog problems, I signed a lease.
Thinking my heart belonged at 93rd and park.
Instead I broke a girl?s heart,
And flew back to Phoenix to finish the year as it started.
Can you hear me?
Are you listening?
This is the sound of my heart breaking.
And I hope it's entertaining,
Cause for me it?s a bitch.
Was it worth it?
When you slept with him?
Did you get it all out of your system?
I am a man
Holding it all
I couldn?t breath
Comming across
I didn?t know
I couldn?t give up
B is for believing you'd always be here for me.
E is for everything, even when we see it though.
C, c is for seeing through you, you are a fake, which brings me to
A because, because, you always run away.
I never finish phrases, I misspell.
Open arms are prison cells.
When I said, "I hate what I've become"
I lied, I hated who I was.
So when you start to wonder 'bout the pain in my throat,
Then don't you ever, no never, ever, speak for someone you don't know.
Another would probably be Butch Walker - Best Thing You Never Had.
Hello how you doing?
What's it like to ruin all my self esteem
Let me blow off some steam
For 5 years I've waited,
So why am I jaded to get back at you
What makes it cool
When you act like nothing ever happened
I feel like I should feel bad
But I can't like someone who thought
They're the only one that mattered
I hope that you're flattered
Cause you broke this down
The best thing that you never had
And it seems like a loss somehow
My heart got lost on the way to my head
And my brain cells are dead
And the craziness shows
Now I start to go when the green turns to red
And I should be dead
When you act like nothing ever happened
I feel like I should feel bad
But I can't like someone who thought
They're the only one that mattered
While my heart got shattered like romantic roadkill
My heart is all splattered your ego got fatter
And I hope that you're flattered
Cause you broke this down
The best thing that you never had
Like the toilet seat never got lifted
And I pissed on your confidence
When you weren't around, how can that be?
Don't turn this around
You were the one
Who drove my ass right to the ground
When you act like nothing ever happened
I feel like I should feel bad, and I can't like
Someone who thought
They're the only one that mattered
While my heart got shattered like romantic roadkill
My heart is all splattered your ego got fatter
And I hope that you're flattered
Cause you broke this down
You broke this down
The best thing, the best thing,
The best thing that you never had
You never had...
I don't particularly identify with any song, it's just that these two songs strike out with me more than others.
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Faithless - Insomnia
I have a fever right now. Couldn't sleep last night because of it...
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Okay, I didn't really post my theme song before. I just posted a song I really really like. That doesn't work. Here, this one's better.
Added bonus: these here are, empyrically speaking, the best lyrics ever written.
Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding
Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.
Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you'd just be
One more person crying.
So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.
As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.
Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.
While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.
An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge
And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.
Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.
You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.
A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not fergit
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.
Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.
While some on principles baptized
To strict party platform ties
Social clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders they can freely criticize
Tell nothing except who to idolize
And then say God bless him.
While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent out of shape from society's pliers
Cares not to come up any higher
But rather get you down in the hole
That he's in.
But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.
Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.
While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer's pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death's honesty
Won't fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes
Must get lonely.
My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
What else can you show me?
And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.
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Hmmm... "Girl Next Door" by Saving Jane (Marti Dobson...delicious), or..."Blowin' In the Wind" by Bob Dylan.
Only not.
Because I am not cool enough to have either of those songs as my theme song. ::sigh::
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I'd have to choose Champaign Supernova by Oasis and Song 2 by Blur.
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Another perhaps better theme song of mine is "Porcelina of The Vast Oceans" by the Smashing Pumpkins, I actually covered this song once. I think lyrics sum me up pretty well.
As far as you take me, thats where I believe
The realm of soft delusions, floating on the leaves
On a distant shoreline, she waves her arms to me
As all the thought police, are closing in for sleep
The dilly dally, of my bright lit stay
The steam of my misfortunes
Has given me the power to be afraid
And in my mind Im everyone
And in my mind...
Without a care in this whole world
Without a care in this life
Its what you take that makes it right
Porcelina of the oceans blue
In the slipstream, of thoughtless thoughts
The light of all thats good, the light of all thats true
To the fringes gladly, I walk unadorned
With gods and their creations
With filth and disease
Porcelina, she waits for me there
With seashell hissing lullabyes
And whispers fathomed deep inside my own
Hidden thoughts and alibis
My secret thoughts come alive
Without a care in this whole world
Without a care in this life
Its what you take that makes it right
And in my mind Im everyone
In my mind Im everyone of you
You make it right
Its all allright
You make it right
Porcelina of the oceans blue
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Um, excuse me? Why has no one done Sex Machine (is that the title?) yet?
Voisins - Clogs, 'cause I'm dissonant and AWESOME at the same time.
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clogs!!
awesomeness exudes.
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Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Yay! I'm not ill anymore, but i'm getting my ass kicked by my studies at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (or Polytechnic if you prefer that). So very very tired...
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Um, excuse me? Why has no one done Sex Machine (is that the title?) yet?
As in, by James Brown?
Oh, I was planning on claiming that one sooner or later. I just done get enough of TEH SECKS to do it, methinks.
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Some days, "Brilliant Mistake" by Elvis, other days "Animals" by Talking Heads.
Yeah, I'm pretty old.
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Every time I see this thread I want to sing the title like it's Johnny Cash's cover of Personal Jesus.
didn't Maralyn Manson do that song? or a cover of it anyways?
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Every time I see this thread I want to sing the title like it's Johnny Cash's cover of Personal Jesus.
didn't Maralyn Manson do that song? or a cover of it anyways?
It's a Depeche Mode song covered by both Marilyn Manson and Johnny Cash.
When I first heard Manson's cover of it, I thought 'Jesus, he's made it sound exactly like all his other songs.' Then I heard the original; turns out he's just been ripping Depeche Mode off for about fifteen years.
As for Cash's cover...dammit, I love that song, and I don't even like the original.
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After, really, hours of tought I decided to choose Vond's "Selvmord".
La ikke livet ta din sjel,
sjelen tilhorer doden.
Finn ingen glede i livet,
for der er ingen.
vi har intet sikkert,
bare doden.
Livet holder oss borte,
fra det eneste vi har.
Doden er ver egen,
la oss finne ver dod.
Selvmord...
Selvmord...
...which translates as:
Don't let life take your soul
the soul belongs to death.
Don't find any joy in life
because there is none.
We have nothing granted
only death.
Life keeps us from
the only thing we have.
Death is our own,
let us find our death.
Suicide...
Suicide...
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The Indiana Jones theme song, hands down.
But as for a lyrical song that isn't already somebody else's theme.....Khar got me thinkin' about Skyclad, and The Wrong Song gets me everytime, I can think of no song with vocals that sound more acidic and venomous. Plus it also seems like everybody in the world is completely dense and can't see things right in front of their noses.
Another bad break - burst another bubble
Another lost cause - here's another trouble
Another heart ache - one more chance gone
Another lost chord in yet another wrong song.
Sometimes I feel like I'm standing on a hillside -
Screaming at the world (only wishing it would hear).
I can't deny that I'm tired of your lies
but I hope if I hide that you'll all disappear.
Can a fat man squeeze a camel through a needles eye? -
As hell freezes over the little pigs fly.
Just when things seemed better than before,
Listen there's a "black dog" howling at my back door.
You say I took it all the wrong way,
and got the wrong end of the stick.
Proceed to water down the truth,
then make me drink it 'til I'm sick.
It's a monkey shine - a mare's nest,
a cock and bull story.
You're talking through your hat,
you're full of sound and fury.
You're wide of the mark, on the wrong scent, barking up
the wrong tree, out of it, not a leg to stand on.
Dignity is one thing that you can't preserve in alcohol,
here's a drug to blow your mind - it's called sodium pentothal.
I've smelt more rats in my time than a sanitary inspector,
so every word you start to speak sets off my lie detector.
Another bad break - burst another bubble
Another lost cause - here's another trouble
Another heart ache - one more chance gone
Another lost chord in yet another wrong song.
Truth often hurts - but it hit me like a hammer,
I've been sweating blood for "product" - I thought it was my art.
Would it have made it tougher (all I've had to suffer)
if you'd come clean and told me the score from the start?
Stop treating everybody like a charity
I may have sold my soul - but I won't part with my sanity.
I was a schizophrenic - my better half left home,
The Samaritans don't answer when I call them on the telephone.
You say the cheque is in the post,
and it'll sound great at the mix.
But we have heard them all before,
have we the memory span of fish?
It's a monkey shine - a mare's nest,
a cock and bull story.
You're talking through your hat,
you're full of sound and fury.
You're wide of the mark, on the wrong scent, barking up
the wrong tree, out of it, not a leg to stand on.
Dignity is one thing that you can't preserve in alcohol,
here's a drug to blow your mind - it's called sodium pentothal.
I've smelt more rats in my time than a sanitary inspector,
so every word you start to speak sets off my lie detector.
The wrong song.
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To be honest, there's so many Skyclad songs that could apply to me at one time or another. I had a pretty bad break-up recently, and it put me on to the sitting despondently smoking and drinking for a bit, and, well, what other song could I think of but 'Building a Ruin'? If I had to choose another Skyclad song, though, it would be Something to Cling To. The only time I got so low as to seriously consider suicide, it saved me. I, obviously, think its one of the truest and most hopeful things ever written.
Sometimes life feels like an ocean,
cruel and far too cold to mention.
Though you raise a great commotion - still no-one pays you attention
There's no sail on the horizon,
when the shark-fins gather near,
you watch your chances of surviving scuppered -
(sink, then disappear),
All I need, all you need, all we need, is something to cling to.
(Watch your chances disappear when the shark-fins gather near),
All I need, all you need, all we need, is something to cling to.
As your 'fair-weather-friends' stand waving,
from the comfort of their yacht,
(it's strange how when you needed saving
they conveniently forgot).
The countless times you've stopped them sinking,
fought to keep their lives afloat,
and hauled them upwards, (without thinking).
to the safety of your boat.
AIl I need, all you need, all we need, is something to cling to
(Fight to keep your life afloat - far from the safety of your boat)
All I need, all you need, all we need, is something to cling to
So tired and numb - your limbs now weaken
and you slowly start to wonder;
Should I not admit I`m beaten,
let these waters drag me under?
Feel a peace and calm descending,
ceasing fears, and cares, and crying.
Knowing that your life is ending,
reconcile yourself to dying.
Then as if from out of nowhere.
(and just when you least expected).
floats a single piece of driftwood - by some unseen force directed
It's a gift life often brings you.
when you thought all hope long gone.
sometimes a single dream to cling to.
gives you strength to carry on.
It seems the wisest words that I know,
(three which some dead scholar wrote)
are simply these: - "Dum spiro spero"
meaning; "WHILE I BREATHE I HOPE".
All I need. all you need, all we need, is something to cling to,
(The wisest words man ever wrote are simply "While I breathe I hope").
All i need, all you need, all we need, is something to cling to.