Most the time I kinda ignore lyrics…but sometimes they catch my attention. Sometimes they strike a chord and make me feel way more than the rest of the music does. Sometimes they can be so damn beautiful on their own. Here are my favorites.
Streetlight Manifesto – Somewhere in the Between
“You were gone when we found you
You were practically surrounded, you were trapped
But the opposition stalled, their blood ran cold
When they saw the look of love in your eyes
Maybe the times we had, they weren’t that bad
And everything else was part of the plan
We sang: “I don’t know where we go from here”
This is the alpha, omega, beginning and the end
And we all just idolize the dead
So you were born, and that was a good day
Someday you’ll die, and that is a shame
But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream
And nothing and no one will ever take that away
You had a love and that love had you
And nothing mattered, you were fine
And some will complain, they’re just bitter, what a shame
They know that loving and losing is better than nothing at all
Maybe the times we had, they weren’t that bad
And everything else was part of our path
We sang: “I don’t know where we go from here”
This is the anthem, the slogan, the summary of events
And we all just idealize the past
So you were born, and that was a good day
Someday you’ll die, and that is a shame
But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream
And nothing and no one will ever take that away
Yea the times we had, they were not that bad
And everything else was part of our plan
We sang: “I don’t know where we go from here”
This is the alpha, omega, beginning and the end
And we all just idolize the dead
So you were born, and that was a good day
Someday you’ll die, and that is a shame
But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream
And nothing and no one will ever take that away
And someday soon my friends, this ride will come to an end
But we can’t just get in line again ”
The King Blues – My Boulder
“ou can lean on me,
Cry on my shouder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder,
Well I ain’t never seen such a big hard bastard cry like I did that day,
He said “I lost everything that ever meant anything and I can’t go on living this way”,
He slammed his pint down on the table and said “I ain’t never drinking again”,
I put my hand on his shoulder, looked him square in the eye and I said “listen my friend,
You can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder
You can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder
I said “If you need a place to stay you can always come over,
I’ll clean out the front room and you can sleep on my sofa”,
He said “I can only apologise if I seem out of touch,
The only reason I scream and shout is cos I care so much”,
So you can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder.
You can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder
(Rats!
They fought the dogs, and killed the cats,
And bit the babies in the cradles,
And ate the cheeses out of the vats,
And licked the soup from the cook’s own ladles,
Split open the kegs of salted sprats,
Made nests inside men’s Sunday hats,)
You can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder
You can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder
You can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder
You can lean on me,
Cry on my shoulder,
If I’m Obelix,
You are my boulder”
Sonic Boom Six – A People’s History of the Future
“The future’s here!
F. U. T. U. R. E.
Future, never fear
Now we’re here for the future.
Compare how the time is mine now,
So you’ve done that and been there.
Grandfather why you talking to me
About this population of a nation? You know I weren’t there.
So I hate to say
But I don’t care.
That stuff’s in the past, we can’t go back,
A people’s history is of no use to me.
A broken radio transmits how life used to be.
No tuning in the F. U. T. U. R. E.
F. U. T. U. R. E.
Back then never a lock on our door,
Not back in the war.
The kids weren’t scared, the Bobbies cared,
The criminals were fair and the beans got shared.
But then they came from across the sea,
Single-mothers suddenly got houses free
With Turkey-Twizzlers and homosexuality.
Well things ain’t what they should be.
That’s in the past, we can’t go back,
A people’s history is of no use to me.
A broken radio transmits how life used to be.
No tuning in the F. U. T. U. R. E.
That’s in the past, we can’t go back,
A people’s history is of no use to me.
Grandmother, won’t you tell another story?
Grandfather gave the best years of his life to this country
So that we could all be free from a fascist tyranny
Now he only goes and votes for BNP.
So now let’s meet it. Take stock of the past and we’ll beat it
Or otherwise we’ll just repeat it.
Woah. I said we’re the future and I meant it.
Woah. Best way to predict is invent it.
A point so simple to see. F. U. T. U. R. E.
That’s in the past, we can’t go back,
A people’s history is of no use to me.
A broken radio transmits how life used to be.
We can’t go back, a people’s history of how life used to be,
The Golden Age of life is just a story to me,
I’m looking to the F. U. T. U. R. E.”
The Starting Line – Stay Where I Can See You (yeah, lame; I know)
“For months you’ve been away,
You’re here a couple days,
I’ve got all of the time in the world,
To do with what we please,
If it were up to me,
We’d have all of the time in the world,
Just stay right where I can see you,
When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they’re at their coldest,
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I’m stranded by the side of the bed,
I can name all fifty states,
Fourty-eight get in the way,
From me being next to you (From me being next to you)
If it were up to me,
We’d have everything we need,
You’d have me, and I’d have you,
Just stay right where I could be…
Anyone you want,
I’m glad I got the job,
We’ve got something in mind,
And I’ve got all this time,
When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they’re at their coldest,
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I’m stranded by the side of the bed,
Just stay right where I can see you,
Just stay right where I can,
Where I can see you,
When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they’re at their coldest,
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I’m stranded by the,
1! 2!
When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they’re at their coldest,
Once you go away I get so lonely,
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I’m stranded by the side of the bed”
Sick Puppies – Anywhere but Here
“I held onto you
For as long as I could
But today, you fell away
Now what I hold
Are the memories we barely made
I stood on the edge of your bridge
Until I felt the rain, push me away
My confusion left me fast as the vertigo came
What I believed to be true
It was only a dream
That lived in me
I just projected it
Over your beautiful screen
I self medicated my way
Through this mess that we made
So I could stay
There was nothing, but I waited
I waited
This was my mistake
Broken are plans we made
So I will be traveling any place
Cause anywhere’s better than
Here we rest in peace
Rubble beneath my feet
I shouldn’t have followed you anywhere
Cause anywhere’s better than here
Where is the space I could move
Where could I rest my head
There’s nothing left for me here
It’s hard to leave behind
The one thing that made me feel alive
So I slide, from paranoid to paradise
This was my mistake
Broken are plans we made
So I will be traveling any place
Cause anywhere’s better than here
This was my mistake
Broken are plans we made
Here we rest in peace
Rubble beneath the feet
I shouldn’t have followed you anywhere
Cause anywhere’s better than here”
That’s enough for now. No one’s gonna read this. -_-