Good Song Lyrics?

Right now I'm listening to the old Weezer cd Pinkerton. Which is my favorite cd of all time so I figured I'd share a song,

"Across the Sea"
You are 18 year old girl who live in small city of Japan
and you heard me on the radio about one year ago
and you're wanting to know all about me and my hobbies
my favorite food and my birthday

Why are you so far away from me?
I need help and you're way across the seaI could never touch you - I think it would be wrong
But I've got your letter and you've got my song

They don't make stationery like this where I'm from - so fragile, so refined
So I sniff and I lick your envelope and fall to little pieces every time
I wonder what clothes you wear to school; I wonder how you decorate your room
I wonder how you touch yourself and curse myself for being across the sea

Why are you so far away from me?
I need help and you're way across the seaI could never touch you - I think it would be wrong
But I've got your letter and you've got my song

At 10 I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
I thought the older women would like me if I did
You see, ma, I'm a good little boy
It's all your fault, momma, it's all your fault

goddamn, this business is really lame
I gotta live on an island to find the juice
So you send me your love from all around the world
As if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams
oh, how I need a hand in mine to feel.

Why are you so far away from me?
Why are you so far away from me?
I need help and you're way across the seaI could never touch you - I think it would be wrong
But I've got your letter and you've got my song
But I've got your letter and you've got my song

That is one of my favorite songs of all time so I figured what the hell. If you have heard it any thoughts? If not go buy it, this was when Weezer was absolutely amazing. Blue album and Pinkerton two of the best cds of all time. best line in the song

"As if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams
oh, how I need a hand in mine to feel."

Post a song that you love?

[Liam]

I'm listening to "God Hates Us All" by Slayer at the moment. I'm getting wierd looks from the people around me, but they can go and stick their faces in an oil sump.

"Cast Down"
Despair, emptiness
See the hatred wasted on yourself
Face down taste the dust; it's getting harder everyday
Just to find a reason not to end it all yourself
Suicide on the street
Everywhere around you watch it breed
It begins to bury you in self-induced rejection

So now you're wasted, broken down
I see through your ignorance
Penetrate the surface of your insecure inside
Next fix, shoot it up
Looking for the place where god speaks
Every time you find him he just stabs you in the back
again

No one hears you
You're society's infection
I won't judge you
When the blood steals life from you

Cast down and thrown away
You are the living dead
The needle numbs the pain
Of all your suffering
This is where the world of money changes nothing

Just a statistic in the shadows of the real world
The system's failing you just the way it failed me
Hell is home on the concrete where the city bleeds
America - home of the free - land of fucking
disenchantment

Despair, emptiness
Isolation rapes you everyday
Face down taste the dust, digging deeper in your grave
Haven't found a reason
Haven't found a thing to fucking live for
Godless he doesn't care
How you choose to destroy yourself
In a world that feeds on hate
You're left here just to waste away
In your cardboard prison, asphalt wasteland

No one hears you
You're society's infection
I won't judge you
When the blood steals life from you
No one sees you
You're society's infection
I won't judge you
When the blood steals life from you

Cast down and thrown away
You are the living dead
The needle numbs the pain
Of all your suffering
This is where the world of money changes nothing


Depressing, but it rocks.

[Hazzle]

Don't know many Harvey Danger fans...but this is a great song...the lyrics are excellent too...

"Pike St/Park Slope"

Drive across the country, tell your story walking.
No one’s keeping you captive in the town that let you down (so sorry).

Blame it on the television, blame it on the company;
Don’t blame it on the fundamental fact that no one owes you something.

"I’ve come about my share, i only want what’s fair.
Anyone who knows me knows that i’m not greedy.
Like everybody else, i wanna pay my dues.
(I only want someone to tell me who to make the check out to.)

Maybe we could run away and start a little repertory moviehouse or something."
she said, "sorry but i think you might be just projecting
(but here’s the dough)."

Pike street to park slope, Brooklyn.

"A community of dabblers who are vain and fond of biting backs
('we hate it when our friends become successful')
And a different school whose energies are spent evading income tax...
And silicone enhancements by the breastful.

Maybe we could run away and start a little repertory moviehouse or something."
she said, "sorry but i think you might be just projecting on to me.
Why don’t you try LA?"

"Well when you like something, it’s an opinion
But when i like something, it’s a manifesto."
(pomposity is when you always think you’re right arrogance is when you know.)

"Maybe we could start a little independent repertory moviehouse or something." she said,
"Sorry but I think you might be just protecting your investment or else assigning blame."

[DefyingGravity]

The boy was in the hallway drinking a glass of tea
From the other end of the hallway a rhythm was generating
Another boy was sliding up the hallway
He merged perfectly with the hallway,
He merged perfectly, the mirror in the hallway

The boy looked at Johnny, Johnny wanted to run,
but the movie kept moving as planned
The boy took Johnny, he pushed him against the locker,
He drove it in, he drove it home, he drove it deep in Johnny
The boy disappeared, Johnny fell on his knees,
started crashing his head against the locker,
started crashing his head against the locker,
started laughing hysterically

When suddenly Johnny gets the feeling he's being surrounded by
horses, horses, horses, horses
coming in in all directions
white shining silver studs with their nose in flames,
He saw horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses.
Do you know how to pony like bony maroney
Do you know how to twist, well it goes like this, it goes like this
Baby mash potato, do the alligator, do the alligator
And you twist the twister like your baby sister
I want your baby sister, give me your baby sister, dig your baby sister
Rise up on her knees, do the sweet pea, do the sweet pee pee,
Roll down on her back, got to lose control, got to lose control,
Got to lose control and then you take control,
Then you're rolled down on your back and you like it like that,
Like it like that, like it like that, like it like that,
Then you do the watusi, yeah do the watusi
Life is filled with holes, Johnny's laying there, his sperm coffin
Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy,
Can't you show me nothing but surrender ?â€
Johnny gets up, takes off his leather jacket,
Taped to his chest there's the answer,
You got pen knives and jack knives and
Switchblades preferred, switchblades preferred
Then he cries, then he screams, saying
Life is full of pain, I'm cruisin' through my brain
And I fill my nose with snow and go Rimbaud,
Go Rimbaud, go Rimbaud,
And go Johnny go, and do the watusi, oh do the watusi

There's a little place, a place called space
It's a pretty little place, it's across the tracks,
Across the tracks and the name of the place is you like it like that,
You like it like that, you like it like that, you like it like that,
And the name of the band is the
Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes,
Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes

Baby calm down, better calm down,
In the night, in the eye of the forest
There's a mare black and shining with yellow hair,
I put my fingers through her silken hair and found a stair,
I didn't waste time, I just walked right up and saw that
up there -- there is a sea
up there -- there is a sea
up there -- there is a sea
the sea's the possibility
There is no land but the land


(up there is just a sea of possibilities)
There is no sea but the sea

(up there is a wall of possibilities)
There is no keeper but the key

(up there there are several walls of possibilities)
Except for one who seizes possibilities, one who seizes possibilities.

(up there)
I seize the first possibility, is the sea around me
I was standing there with my legs spread like a sailor

(in a sea of possibilities) I felt his hand on my knee

(on the screen)
And I looked at Johnny and handed him a branch of cold flame

(in the heart of man)
The waves were coming in like Arabian stallions
Gradually lapping into sea horses
He picked up the blade and he pressed it against his smooth throat

(the spoon)
And let it deep in

(the veins)
Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities
It started hardening
Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities
It started hardening in my hand
And I felt the arrows of desire

I put my hand inside his cranium, oh we had such a brainiac-amour
But no more, no more, I gotta move from my mind to the area


(go Rimbaud go Rimbaud go Rimbaud)
And go Johnny go and do the watusi,
Yeah do the watusi, do the watusi ...
Shined open coiled snakes white and shiny twirling and encircling
Our lives are now entwined, we will fall yes we're together twining
Your nerves, your mane of the black shining horse
And my fingers all entwined through the air,
I could feel it, it was the hair going through my fingers,

(I feel it I feel it I feel it I feel it)
The hairs were like wires going through my body
I I that's how I
that's how I
I died

(at that Tower of Babel they knew what they were after)

(they knew what they were after)
[Everything on the current] moved up
I tried to stop it, but it was too warm, too unbelievably smooth,
Like playing in the sea, in the sea of possibility, the possibility
Was a blade, a shiny blade, I hold the key to the sea of possibilities
There's no land but the land

looked at my hands, and there's a red stream
that went streaming through the sands like fingers,
like arteries, like fingers

(how much fits between the eyes of a horse?)
He lay, pressing it against his throat (your eyes)
He opened his throat (your eyes)
His vocal chords started shooting like (of a horse) mad pituitary glands
The scream he made (and my heart) was so high (my heart) pitched that nobody heard,
No one heard that cry,
No one heard (Johnny) the butterfly flapping in his throat,

(His fingers)
Nobody heard, he was on that bed, it was like a sea of jelly,
And so he seized the first

(his vocal chords shot up)

(possibility)

(like mad pituitary glands)
It was a black tube, he felt himself disintegrate

(there is nothing happening at all)
and go inside the black tube, so when he looked out into the steep
saw this sweet young thing (Fender one)
Humping on the parking meter, leaning on the parking meter

In the sheets
there was a man
dancing around
to the simple
Rock & roll
song

-"Land," Patti Smith

[Jacoby]

Look at my signature. The first part is from The Shins' song 'Pink Bullets'. The second part is from the Death Cab for Cutie song 'Sound of Settling'. I'd post the whole song, but whatever, no one would take the time to read it all.

[DragonRat]

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river, and it made me complete

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in?
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in?
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it, somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know?

Somewhere only we know

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in?
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it, somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go, so why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know?

Somewhere only we know

[Hazzle]

Arrrr...Keane...see DR just has EXCELLENT taste in all regards

[Richard]

It's a classic, what can I say.

Oh, Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison

Pretty woman, walkin' down the street
Pretty woman the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you---mercy

Pretty woman won't you pardon me
Pretty woman I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman that you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me

Pretty woman stop awhile
Pretty woman talk awhile
Pretty woman give your smile to me
Pretty woman yeah, yeah, yeah
Pretty woman look my way
Pretty woman say you'll stay with me-ee
Cuz I need you, I'll treat you right
Come with me baby, be mine toni-i-ght

Pretty woman don't walk on by
Pretty woman don't make me cry
Pretty woman don't walk away, hey----OK
If that's the way it must be---OK
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see? <drums>
Is she walkin' back to me?
Yeah, she's walkin' back to me
Oh, oh, pretty woman

[ryan]

pretty woman makes me gag

[Richard]

Originally Posted by ryan

pretty woman makes me gag

I don't care too much for the movie, if that's what you meant.

[ryan]

i refer to the song, not the movie.

[Kelsey]

I love that movie

Here's a song I've always really liked. I don't know what it's called but it's by SheDaisy, and it's perfect. Every guy should know this song.

I wont be your dirty secret
I wont be your cure or pill
I wont run to fetch the water; just to tumble down the hill
I wont be your friday paycheck
I wont be the prize you flaunt
And I wont be your Martha Stewert, baby
Or your all night restaurant
(Chorus) But I will, I will, I will be your everything
I will, I will, I will be the whole shebang
You know I will, but
I wont be your crutch to lean on
I wont wear stilleto heels
I wont walk a mile in your shoes; Just so I know how it feels
I wont be your obligation
I wont be your Barbie doll
I wont be the portrait of perfection; to adorn your wall
(Chorus)
I wont be your lifetime girlfriend
I wont be just one of the guys
I wont be your mama's favorite
I refuse to be the last in line
(chorus)
I will, I will be your everything
I will, I will be the whole shebang
You know I will...

Says it all.

[Pygmalion]

I'm listening to Radiohead "Like Spinning Plates"

"While you make pretty speeches,
I'm being cut to shreds.
You feed me to the lions,
A delicate balance.

And this just feels like
Spinning plates
I'm living in cloud cockoo
Land
And this just feels like
Spinning plates
Our bodies floating down a muddy river"

Cheerful isn't it?

[DragonRat]

This year's love, it better last
Heaven knows it's high time
I've been waiting on my own too long
And when you hold me like you do
Feels so right, oh now
Start to forget how my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on

Turning circles and time again
Cuts like a knife, oh now
If you love me, got to know for sure
'Cause it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies, oh now
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul

When you kiss me on that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing, "Ain't this life so sweet?"

This year's love, it better last (x2)

'Cause who's to worry if our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on?

Won't you kiss me on that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing, "Ain't this life so sweet?"

This year's love, it better last (x6)

[deviljet88]

Originally Posted by DragonRat

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river, and it made me complete

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in?
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in?
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it, somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know?

Somewhere only we know

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in?
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it, somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go, so why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know?

Somewhere only we know

Damn it mate, I wanted to post that knowing you would (and its a great song obviously) :P If you're on irc when DR is, you will notice he tends to sing it a lot

There's a little child
Running round this house
And he never leaves
He will never leave
And the fog comes up from the sewers
And glows in the dark

Baby alligators in the sewers grow up fast
Grow up fast
Anything you want it can be done
How did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
Somethings will never wash away
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?

That was radiohead's fog. Live version beats the real one by heaps.

[DragonRat]

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she got me with
Nothing to win and nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you

[ryan]

with or without you is a bit cliche, imo.
good, but too well known/overplayed.

[acliff]

Originally Posted by ryan

with or without you is a bit cliche, imo.
good, but too well known/overplayed.

The thread is about good song lyrics, not about how overplayed they are. The quality of lyrics do not diminish with multiple listening.

One of my favourites:

You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You could be the one I'll always love
You could be the one who listens
To my deepest inquisitions
You could be the one I'll always love


I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken
Pieces of the life I had before


First there was the one who challenged
All my dreams and all my balance
She could never be as good as you
You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You should be the one I'll always love


I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken
Pieces of the life I had before


I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken
Pieces of the life I had before


Before you

[DragonRat]

(I noticed I've been posting melancholy lyrics, but they are usually the best ones to use. Unrequited - or just melancholic in general - love is often the greatest Muse.)

Come up to meet you
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I'll set you apart
Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles
Coming up tails
Heads on a silence apart

(Chorus)
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
Then tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start
Running in circles
Chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

(Chorus)
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start

no one is reading these lyrics so ill just put the songs

At the drive in-Invalid litter dept.
Alkaline Trio-Emma
Weezer-Only In dreams
Ozma-Battlescars
meWithoutyou-Bullets to binary
Radiohead-Paranoid Android
Weezer-El Scorcho
At The Drive In-Anything off the cd VaYa

I'm bored so thats enough, if anyone cares enough look up the words, do it your own damn self, or download the songs or whatever. Go nuts