Music sets the sick ones free (original) (raw)

I'm certain I've posted this one before [12 Feb 2008|09:59pm]
But Life has made it the song that sums up how I feel perfectly right now. Again.Unless I am overreacting to some very bad secondhand info (very possible), but I'm bunkering in for the worst.Just in time for Valentine's Day, one of my favorite broke up/never were mopers..."I Know It's Over"[Morrissey/Marr]{Jeff Buckley had a really good live cover of this back in 95, too)Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head!And as I climb into an empty bedOh well, enough said.I know it's over, still I clingI don't know where else I can goOver, OverOh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head!See the sea, it wants to take meThe knife, it wants to slit medo you think you can help me?Sad, Veiled Bride, please be happyHandsome Groom, give her roomLoud, Loutish Lover, treat her kindly(for she needs you more than she loves you)I know it's over, still I clingI don't know where else I can goOver, OverI know it's over, and it never really beganbut in my heart it was so realAnd you even spoke to me, and said:"if you're so funny, why are you on your own tonight?and if you're so clever, why are you on your own tonight?if you're so very good looking, why do you sleep alone tonight?if you're so very entertaining, why are you on your own tonight?I know! Because tonight is just like any other nightThat's why you're on your own tonight!With your triumphs and your charmswhile they are in each other's arms!"It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hateit takes strength to be gentle and kindover, overIt's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hateit take guts to be gentle and kindover, overOh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head!Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head!Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head!Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head!
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Maynard rules becauses he knows who Orestes is [07 Jan 2008|03:50pm]
Orestes by A Perfect CircleMetaphor for a missing momentPull me in to your perfect circleOne wombOne shameOne resolveLiberate this willTo release us allGotta cut away, clear awaySnip away and sever thisUmbilical residue,Keeping me from killing youAnd from pulling you down with me here,I can almost hear you screamGive me one more medicated peaceful momentGive me one more medicated peaceful momentAnd I don't wanna feel thisOverwhelming hostilityI don't wanna feel thisOverwhelming hostilityGotta cut away, clear awaySnip away and sever thisUmbilical residueGotta cut away, clear awaySnip away and sever thisUmbilical residue,Keeping me from killing youSnip away and sever thisKeeping me from killing you
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[02 Jan 2008|10:48am]
because it was always my "warmup" song when practicing guitar, and so, years later, a song i can still remember how to play..."Nutshell"[Cantrell]WeChase misprinted liesWeFace the path of timeAnd yet I fightYet I fight this battle all aloneNo one to cry toNo place to go homeMyGift of self is rapedMyPrivacy is rakedAnd yet I findYet I find repeating in my head"If I can't be my own,I'd feel better dead."And also, just because I've always identified with its sentiment far far too much..."There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"[Morrissey/Marr]Take me out tonightWhere there's music and there's peopleAnd they're young and alive!Driving in your carI never never want to go homeBecause i haven't got oneanymore.Take me out tonightBecause i want to see people and I want to see life!Driving in your carOh, please don't drop me homeBecause it's not my home, it's their home, and I'm welcome no more.And if a double-decker busCrashes into usTo die by your side is such a heavenly way to die!And if a ten-ton truckKills the both of usTo die by your side, well, the pleasure and the privilege is mine.Take me out tonightTake me anywhere, i don't care, I don't care, i don't care!And in the darkened underpassI thought "Oh God, my chance has come at last!"(But then a strange fear gripped me and i just couldn't ask.)Take me out tonightOh, take me anywhere, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care!Driving in your carI never never want to go homeBecause i haven't got one.Oh, I haven't got one.And if a double-decker busCrashes into usTo die by your side is such a heavenly way to die!And if a ten-ton truckKills the both of usTo die by your side, well, the pleasure and the privilege is mine.Oh, there is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes outThere is a light and it never goes out
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The Warmth by Incubus [28 Nov 2007|07:23pm]
I'd like to close my eyes and go numbBut there's a cold wind coming fromThe top of the highest high rise todayItÂ's not a breeze cuz it blows hardYes and it wants me to discardThe humanity I know, watched the warmth blow awaySo don't let the world bring you downNot everyone here is that fucked up and coldRemember why you came and while you're aliveExperience the warmth before you grow oldSo do you think I should adhereTo that pressing new frontierAnd leave in my wake, a trail of fearShould I hold my head up highAnd throw a wrench and spokes byI'm leaving the air behind me clearSo don't let the world bring you downNot everyone here is that fucked up and coldRemember why you came and while you're aliveExperience the warmth before you grow oldSo don't let the world bring you downNot everyone here is that fucked up and coldRemember why you came and while you're aliveExperience the warmth before you grow oldBefore you grow old
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6 underground by sneaker pimps [14 Nov 2007|12:54pm]
Take me down, 6 underground,The ground beneath your feet,Laid out low, nothing to goNowhere a way to meetI've got a head full of drought,Down here, so faroff losing outRound here,Overground, watch this space,I'm open to falling from graceCalm me down, bring it roundToo way high off your streetI can see like nothing elseIn me you're better than I wannabeDon't think 'cos I understand,I care, don't think 'cos I'm talking we're friends,Overground, watch this space,I'm open to falling from graceTalk me down, safe and soundToo strung up to sleepWear me out, scream and shoutSwear my time's never cheapI fake my life like I've livedToo much, I take whatever you're givenNot enough,Overground, watch this space,I'm openI fake my life like I've livedToo much, I take whatever you're givenNot enough,Overground, watch this space,I'm open to falling from grace
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Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel [30 Oct 2007|06:20pm]
sorry for not posting here in forever! I was watching the movie Watership Down and this song sequence was sad/pretty/slightly disturbing:Is it a kind of a dreamFloating out on the tideFollowing the river of death downstreamOh is it a dream?There's a fog along the horizonA strange glow in the skyAnd nobody seems to know where it goesAnd what does it mean?Oh is it a dream?Bright eyes, burning like fireBright eyes, how can you close and fail?How can the light that burned so brightly,Suddenly burn so pale?Bright eyesIs it a kind of a shadowReaching into the nightWandering over the hills unseenOh is it a dream?There's a high wind in the treesA cold sound in the airAnd nobody ever knows where you goAnd where do you start?Oh into the darkBright eyes, burning like fireBright eyes, how can you close and fail?How can the light that burned so brightly,Suddenly burn so pale?Bright eyesBright eyes, burning like fireBright eyes, how can you close and fail?How can the light that burned so brightly,Suddenly burn so pale?Bright eyes
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[23 Oct 2007|11:12am]
"Cold Cash And Colder Hearts"They are sick, they are poorAnd they die by the thousands and we look awayThey are wolves at the doorAnd they're not gonna move us or get in our way'Cause we don't have the timeHere at the top of the worldFeeling alrightHere at the top of the worldWe hold our own by keeping our hearts coldDifferent god, darker skinThey are just not a burden that we'd like to bearThey are living in "sin"There are so many reasons for us not to careBut I'm feeling alrightHere at the top of the worldDoing just fineHere at the top of the worldWe've learned money matters mostSo we keep our cards held closeHere at the top of the worldWe hold our own by keeping our hearts coldAnd we've learned what matters mostSo we keep our hearts coldThey are no oneThey are nowhereThey are not our problemNot worth savingNonexistent if we keep our hearts coldThey are no oneThey are nowhereI got these from http://www.plyrics.com and I might be going to see Thrice in November. Yes.
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Paper Wings by Rise Against [16 Aug 2007|10:58pm]
One last thing I beg you please just before you goI've watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the worldUntil they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling downlanding somewhere far from here with no one else aroundto catch you falling downand I'm looking at you nowand I can't tell if you're laughingbetween each smile there's a tear in your eyethere's a train leaving town in an hourit's not waiting for you, and neither am I"Swing for the fences, son" he must have told you oncebut that was a conversation you took nothing fromso raise your glass now, lets celebrate exactly what you've donejust put off another day of knowing where you're fromyou can catch up with yourself if you run...and I can't tell if you're laughingbetween each smile there's a tear in your eyethere's a train leaving town in an hourit's not waiting for you, and neither am Iis this the life that you lead,or the life that's lead for you?will you take the road that's been laid out before you?will we cross paths somewhere else tonight?somewhere else tonight...
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Because I FINALLY figured out what the chorus to this actually is... [13 Jun 2007|04:23pm]
"About A Girl"[K. Cobain]I need an easy friend, I doWith an ear to lend, I doThink you fit this shoe, I doHope you have a clueI take advantage whileYou hang me out to dry*But I can't see you every nightFor Free[I do]I'm standing in your line, I doHope you have the time, I doPick a number too, I doKeep a date with youI take advantage whileYou hang me out to dry*But I can't see you every nightFor FreeI need an easy friend, I doWith an ear to lend, I doThink you fit this shoe, I doHope you have a clueI take advantage whileYou hang me out to dry*But I can't see you every nightI can't see you every nightFor FreeI doI doI doI do*I had it wrong for so many years. Thought it was something about a trial, even though that made no sense.
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[16 May 2007|08:29pm]
"Censorshit"[Joey Ramone]Tipper, what's that sticker sticking on my CD?Is that some kind of warning to protect me?Freedom of Choice needs a stronger stronger voiceYou can stamp out the source but you can't stop creative thoughtsOh Tipper come onAin't you been getting it on?Ask Ozzy, Zappa, or meWe'll show you what it's like to be freeOh Tipper come onIt's just a smokescreen for the real problemsS & L defecitThe homeless, the environmentHey hey all you senators' wivesBetter take a good look at your own livesBefore you go preaching to meyour definition of obscenityOh Tipper come onAin't you been getting it on?Ask Ozzy, Zappa, or meWe'll show you what it's like to be freeOh Tipper come onIt's just a smokescreen for the real problemsS & L defecitThe homeless, the environmentThe irony, it seems to meIt's Un-American policyWe've come so far but only to findPeople like you with ignorant mindsOh Tipper come onAin't you been getting it on?Ask Ozzy, Zappa, or meWe'll show you what it's like to be freeOh Tipper come onIt's just a smokescreen for the real problemsS & L defecitThe homeless, the environment[Because apparently I guess in addition to being one of my favorite punk bands, The Ramones without even really trying to be were one of my favorite Protest-Song Bands. :)][And yes those stickers were/are a horrible thing to happen to music.]
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[15 May 2007|02:46pm]
"Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio"[The RAMONES]Do you remember Hullabaloo,Upbeat, Shindig and Ed Sullivan too?.Do You Remember Rock'N'Roll radio?Do You Remember Rock'N'Roll radio?Do you remember Murray the K, Alan Freed, and high energy?It's the end, the end of the 70's.It's the end, the end of the century.Do you remember lying in bed with your covers Pulled up over your head? Radio playin' so one can see.We need change, we need it fast before rock's just part Of the past. 'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me.Will you remember Jerry Lee, John Lennon, T. Rex and Ol' Moulty?It's the end, the end of the 70's.It's the end, the end of the century.Do you remember lying in bed with your covers Pulled up over your head? Radio playin' so one can see.We need change, we need it fast before rock's just part Of the past. 'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me.
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[15 May 2007|02:39pm]
"Bonzo Goes To Bitburg"[The RAMONES]You've got to pick up the pieces C'mon, sort your trashYou better pull yourself back together Maybe you've got too much cashBetter call, call the law When you gonna turn yourself in? Yeah You're a politician Don't become one of Hitler's childrenBonzo goes to bitburg then goes out for a cup of teaAs I watched it on TV somehow it really bothered meDrank in all the bars in town for an extended foreign policyPick up the piecesMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downShouldn't wish you happiness, wish her the very best Fifty thousand dollar dressShaking hands with your highness See through you like cellophaneYou watch the world complain, but you do it anyway Who am I, am I to sayBonzo goes to bitburg then goes out for a cup of teaAs I watched it on TV somehow it really bothered meDrank in all the bars in town for an extended foreign policyPick up the piecesMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downIf there's one thing that makes me sick It's when someone tries to hide behind politicsI wish that time could go by fast Somehow they manage to make it lastMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downMy brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me downBecause I still love The Ramones and I still hate Reagan... :)
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Everybody's Changing by Keene [04 May 2007|07:55pm]
You say you wonder your own landBut when I think about itI don't see how you canYou're aching, you're breakingAnd I can see the pain in your eyesSays everybody's changingAnd I don't know why. So little timeTry to understand that I'mTrying to make a move just to stay in the gameI try to stay awake and remember my nameBut everybody's changingAnd I don't feel the same.You're gone from hereSoon you will disappearFading into beautiful light'cause everybody's changingAnd I don't feel right. So little timeTry to understand that I'mTrying to make a move just to stay in the game I try to stay awake and remember my nameBut everybody's changingAnd I don't feel the same. So little timeTry to understand that I'mTrying to make a move just to stay in the game I try to stay awake and remember my nameBut everybody's changingAnd I don't feel the same.Ooo...Everybody's changingAnd I don't feel the same.
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Adrenaline by Gavin Rossdale [15 Apr 2007|09:46pm]
You don't feel the pain Too much is not enoughNobody said this stuff makes any senseWe're hooked againPoint of no returnSee how the buildings burnLight up the nightSuch pretty sightAdrenaline keeps me in the gameAdrenaline you don't even feel the painWilder than your wildest dreamsWhen you're going to extremesIt takes adrenaline(You don't feel the pain)Sail through an empty night It's only you and I who understandThere is no planGet closer to the thrillOnly time will killWhat's in your eyesIs so aliveAdrenaline keeps me in the gameAdrenaline you don't even feel the painWilder than your wildest dreamsWhen you're going to extremesIt takes adrenalineRun through the speed of soundEvery thing slows you downAnd all color that surrounds youAre bleeding to the wallsAll the things you really needJust wait to find the speedThen you will achieve Escape velocityToo much is not enoughNobody gave it upIm not the kindTo lay down and dieAdrenaline keeps me in the gameAdrenaline you don't even feel the painWilder than your wildest dreamsWhen you're going to extremesIt takes adrenalineAdrenalineScreaming out your nameAdrenaline you don't even feel the painWilder than your wildest dreamsWhen you're going to extremesIt takes adrenaline(Adrenaline)You don't even feel the painYou don't even feel the painI'm going to extremesThere is nothing in betweenYou don't even feel the painYou don't even feel the painYou don't even feel the painYou don't even feel the pain
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Mayonaise by the Smashing Pumpkins [11 Apr 2007|12:28pm]
*last one today, I promise*Fool enough to almost be itCool enough to not quite see itDoomedPick your pockets full of sorrowAnd run away with me tomorrowJune We'll try and ease the painBut somehow we'll feel the sameWell, no one knowsWhere our secrets goI send a heart to all my deariesWhen your life is so, so drearyDreamI'm rumored to the straight and narrowWhile the harlots of my perilsScreamAnd I failBut when I can, I willTry to understandThat when I can, I willMother weep the years I'm missingAll our time can't be givenBackShut my mouth and strike the demonsThat cursed you and your reasonsOut of hand and out of seasonOut of love and out of feelingSo badWhen I can, I willWords defy the planWhen I can, I willFool enough to almost be itAnd cool enough to not quite see itAnd old enough to always feel thisAlways old, I'll always feel thisNo more promise no more sorrowNo longer will I followCan anybody hear meI just want to be meWhen I can, I willTry to understandThat when I can, I will
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So Far Away by Stabbing Westward [11 Apr 2007|08:21am]
Each night I feel the distance that has grown between usOpen up as lonely as the space between the starsI wish that I could find a wayTo smash my fist right through these wallsOf ugliness and emptinessAnd gently touch your faceBut every time that I touch youYou feel so far awayAnd every time that you need meI feel so far awayAs you lie silently beside me choking back your tearsI wonder if you recognizeThat silence now defines usDesperately I try to fight this overwhelming senseThat I may never findThe strength to changeHow hopeless we've becomeWe need to find a way to break this silenceWe need to find a way to break this silence that's between usSo I scream your nameBut every time that I touch youYou feel so far awayAnd every time that you need meI feel so far awayAnd every time that you reach outYou feel me pull awayAnd every time that I touch you, I touch you, I touch youYou feel so far away
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The Bird and the Worm by the Used [11 Apr 2007|08:18am]
He wears his heart safety pinned to his backpackHis backpack is all that he knowsShot down by strangerswhose glances can cripplethe heart and devour the soulAll alone he turns to scoldwhile holding his breath after deathTerrified of whats insideto save his life he crawlslike a worm from a birdcrawls like a worm from a birdOut of his mind the waypushes him whisperingmust have been out of his mindnew day dillusions arepushing this out of his headmaybe out of his mindAll alone he turns to scoldwhile holding his breath after deathTerrified of whats insideto save his life hecrawls like a worm from a birdcrawls like a worm from a birdAll he knowsIs he cant belive that it growsand so it goeshe crawls like a wormcrawls like a worm from the birdOut of his mind the waypushes him whisperingmust have been out of his mindAll alone he turns to scoldwhile holding his breath after deathTerrified of whats insideto save his life he crawlslike a worm from a birdcrawls like a worm from a birdAll alonehe's holding his breath after deathTerrified to save his lifehe crawls like a wormCrawls like a worm from a birdcrawls like a worm from a birdcrawls like a worm from a birdcrawls like a wormcrawls like a wormcrawls like a worm from a bird
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[02 Apr 2007|04:52pm]
"Those Dumb Punk Kids Will Buy Anything"[The Melvins feat. Jello Biafra]1.Punk's been dumbed down to just another form of TVMarketed to shoppers, spoonfed cartoon rebellion like sheepFlock to worship any old-school band!Who cares if they still care, or if they're bad?Something new in town? Who wants to know?2.And look at all the whores, reunions for all the wrong reasonsPlaying only songs from the good old days about how bad the good old days wereSo why not us?We don't even like our stuff no more!But look at all that retro-racket cash!Those dumb punk kids will buy anythingBRIDGE:We'll sue the guy who wrote the songs so we can sell them into commercialsSteal the name and hit the road, trashing all our band stood forWe won't rehearse, sound worse, dig up some old child star who never learns the wordsHey, we're back!Show us how much you care!The merch booth's right over there!BUY!! BUY!!3.And if this scam works, what a bandwagon it will be!Malcom in the Middle in the Misfits, or Mary-Kate and Ashley!Gary Coleman in Black Flag, Courtney in Nirvana at last!And Emmanuel Lewis, back in action singing for The GermsWhen will it end?When people see this for what it isRock and Roll Swindle Pistols backed a thiefSo how bout Martha Stewart in Dead Kennedys?OUTRO:Kuz those dumb punk kids will buy anythingDumb punk kids will buy anything
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[29 Mar 2007|11:27pm]
"Indifference"[Vedder]I will light the match this morning so I won't be aloneWatch as she lies silent, for soon I will be goneI will stand arms outstreched, pretend I'm free to roamI will make my way through one more day...How much difference does it make?How much difference does it make?I will hold the candle until it burns up my armI'll keep taking punches until their will grows tiredI will stare the sun down until my eyes go blindI won't change direction, and I won't change my mindHow much difference does it make?How much difference does it make?I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune!I will scream my lungs out until it fills this room!How much differenceHow much differenceHow much difference does it make?How much difference does it make?
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Lady Picture Show by Stone Temple Pilots [28 Mar 2007|10:52am]
Lady picture show, she hides behind the bedroom doorLady picture show she hides behind the bedroom wallhe hides because she don't know nothin', don't know nothin' anymoreShe keeps a funny face it's locked and bagged it's just outside the doorShe doesn't know her nameShe doesn't know her faceShe doesn't know her nameShe doesn't know her face anymoreAnd don't believeLady picture girl, I think them boys don't like your showLady picture show them boys are gone, should just say noYour wedding presents' not so daisy picture perfect anymoreLady funny face it's locked and bagged it's just outside the oorDon't know nothin' anymore
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