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[red_lenses]

The Final Cut (Waters)

Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall,
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall.

There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines.
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?

And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?

Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down.
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut.

"Hello? Listen, I think I've got it. Okay, listen its a HaHa!"

[firerat]

"Is this the place that I want to be?
Is it you I want to see?
Holding on, hold it high, show me everything
And you're leaving me, yeah you're leaving me
You're leaving me with a hated identity

But I keep on a-comin' here and standing in this state
And I'm never really sure if you'll take what I'm saying the right way
But I'm not appalled or afraid verbal pocket play
Is as discreet as I can muster up to be
Because the Cadillac that's sittin' in the back
It isn't me
Oh, no, no, no it isn't me
I'm more at home in my galaxie

Can I do the things I wanna do
That I don't do because of you?
And I'll take a left and I'll second guess
Into a total mess
And you're leaving me, yeah you're leaving me
You're leaving me with a hated identity

But I keep on a-comin' here and standing in this state
Oh and I'm always reassured the situation's getting carried away
But I'm not appalled or afraid verbal pocket play
Is as discreet as I can muster up to be
Because the Cadillac that's sittin' in the back
It isn't me
Oh, no, no, no it isn't me

Oh, no, no, no it isn't me
No it isn't me
No it isn't me
No it isn't me
No, no it isn't me
No it isn't me
In my galaxie"

Galaxie---Blind Melon

[TastyBeverage]

A lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade
Says something like, You and me babe, how about it?

Juliet says, Hey it's romeo! You nearly gimme a heart attack
He's underneath the window she's singing, Hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?

Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded into my heart
And I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

We both come up on different streets they were both streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

When you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin
Now you just say oh romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said, I love you like the stars above I'm gonna love you till I die
There's a place for us... you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

I can't do the talk like they talk on the TV
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
And all I do is keep the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of this rhyme
Julie I'd do the stars with you any time

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said, I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

A lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

[rambi]

nice one bev.
i've always loved those lyrics.

[TastyBeverage]

Well i have to confess i actually prefer the cover done by the Indigo Girls... much more raw emotion. But it is an amazing song... i get a little teary sometimes when i listen to it. And there's a guy out there somewhere who cries and thinks of me when he hears it too. oops.

[rambi]

sister... you know we'd like the same version.
i too, think the cover by the girls is better.

[farmerjohncc]

How'd we ever get so hip?
Why'd we ever take that trip, honey?
You look dumb in dungarees, and so do I.
Go put on your nicest dress
And I'll put on my tie, here's why....

I'm tired of rock n' rollin'
Let's get married honey, let's go bowlin'
Throw away our pot and acid
Spend the weekend at Lake Placid
It's too hard to live in this town if you're strange.
Let's say you and I get normal for a change.

Let's say you and I get normal,
It don't have to be that formal
We'll just sit and watch TV like others do.
We'll eat meat and mashed potatoes
Cut our hair so folks don't hate us
Life is nuts enough just livin' here with you.

Let's see who can be most boring
You do the dishes honey, I'll start snoring
Get a mower and do some mowing
Spend all mornin' gettin' it goin'
We'll show everyone in town we're not deranged
Let's say you and I get normal for a change

It's gonna change us honey, sexually.
From now on, we'll be just be once-a-weekers
It's gonna change us honey, even musically.
We'll get our records through the mail,
And buy a set of lousy speakers.

So, if you'll beg my pardon,
I'm goin' out and start a garden.
It'll just be small potatoes,
Just some lettuce and tomatoes.
And if either one comes up, we'll join the Grange.
Let's say you and I get normal for a change.

Let's say you and I get normal
It don't have to be that formal
We'll just sit and watch TV like others do.
We'll eat meat and mashed potatoes
Cut our hair so folks don't hate us,
Life is nuts enough just living here witchu
Livin' here witchu and Bobby McGoo.

---Martin Mull

[manjotar]

the best love song i know... by ween

In the sun I couldn't tell you
I couldn't tell you so many things
about how much I really love you
about how much you really mean
so far away but so easy to see you
when I'm away I wanna put my arms around you

And I wanna know do you feel the same way
cause if you do I wanna stay forever
And I wanna know do you feel the same way
cause if you do I wanna stay forever with you

So many colors that surround you
Some so bright I can hardly see
The light reflects on all the things that make you real
things that make you truly free
so far away but so easy to see you
when I'm away I wanna put my arms around you

And I wanna know do you feel the same way
cause if you do I wanna stay forever
And I wanna know do you feel the same way
cause if you do I wanna stay forever
And I wanna know do you feel the same way
cause if you do I wanna stay forever with you

[chimp]

Jim Croce

Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I've got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry
I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
Oh, I know I could share it if you want me to
If you're going my way, I'll go with you
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

To Rocket with Black..That was so me, back when...
Someone already listed a Dead, and I can't even Begin to choose...not enough space..
So here's a forgotton tune:

Where to Now, St. Peter??

I took myself a Blue Canoe, and I floated like a leaf...
Dazzling, Dancing,....Half-Enchanted...
In my Merlin sleep...

Crazy was the feeling,
Restless were my eyes,
Insane, they took the paddles,
My arms...they paralyzed...

Chorus:

So, where to, now, St. Peter?
If it's true, I'm in your hands..
I may not be a Christian,
But I've done all one man can...
I understand I'm on the road
Where all that was is gone..
So where to now, St. Peter?.
Show me the road I'm on..
The road I'm on...

It took a sweet young foriegn gun
This lazy life is short..
Somethin' for nothin' always ending,
With a bad report..

Dirty was the daybreak,
Sudden was the change..
In such a violent place as this,
Beyond the rifle range...

Chorus 2X..

I took myslef a Blue canoe....


From "TumbleWeed Connection"...

Bernie Tuapin/ Elton John


Peace

[chimp]

Feelin Groovey

Slow down, you movin' too fast
You gotta make the moment last
Just kickin' down the cobblestones
Lookin' for fun and
Feelin' groovy____________

Hello lampost
Whatcha knowin?
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain'tcha got no rhymes for me?
Doo Bee Doo Doo,
Feelin' groovy____________

Got no deeds to do
No promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all its petals on me...
Life, I love you,
All is groovy____________________

[WHITE RABBIT]

.Change

I don’t feel the sun's comin’ out todayits staying in,it's gonna find another way.As I sit here in this misery,I don’t think I’ll ever see the sun from here.And oh as I fade away,they’ll all look at me and say,and they’ll say,Hey look at him,I’ll never live that way,But that’s ok they're just afraid to change.When you feel your life ain’t worth living,you‘ve got to stand up and take a look around you then a look way up to the sky.And when your deepest thoughts are broken,keep on dreaming boy cause when you stop dreamin’ it’s time to die.And as we all play parts of tomorrow,some ways will work and other ways we’ll playBut I know we all can’t stay here forever,so I want to write my words on the face of today and then they’ll paint it.And oh as I fade away,they’ll all look at me and say,hey look at him and where he is these daysWhen life is hard you have to change.


Paper Scratcher

Shuffle can to can nobody really gives a damnFor every living day I give myself a handNow I’m scroungy as can beI got all you normals looking at meI’ll scratch a hole in my lifeSo everyone can seeMy mind is a mind that I have come to knowAnd my eyes can’t conceive a world that can not growAnd Fridays are always fresh daysScreamin’ at the sun, don’t reallyKnow what he has doneHe don’t believe in God and a world as oneSo he rambles through the weedsAnd he will sleep beneath the treesOn the day I die,Thank God my Soul will be releasedI’ve seen all your eyesAnd I’ve seen all your facesCan you tell me honestly that you wanna be freeThen look in my eyesI’ve been lots of placesCan you tell me honestly that you’d want to be meHonestly

[seedlessstinky1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe5p1BXNCQM

I came to the realization while on acid that this guy really is talking about mushroom trips.....his music is devine. I have not taken his CD out of my deck in my car for a good week now.......

[rambi]

it's a perfect day for letting go
for setting fire to bridges
boats
and other dreary worlds you know
let's get happy!
it's a perfect day for making out
to wake up with a smile
without a doubt
to burst grin giggle bliss skip jump sing and shout
let's get happy!

"but it's much too late" you say
"for doing this now
we should have done it then"
well it just goes to show
how wrong you can be
and how you really should know
that it's never too late
to get up and go...

it's a perfect day for kiss and swell
for rip-zipping button-popping kiss and well...
there's loads of other stuff can make you yell
let's get happy!
it's a perfect day for doing the unstuck
for dancing like you can't hear the beat
and you don't give a further thought
to things like feet
let's get happy!

"but it's much too late" you say
"for doing this now
we should have done it then"
well it just goes to show
how wrong you can be
and how you really should know
that it's never too late
to get up and go...

kick out the gloom
kick out the blues
tear out the pages with all the bad news
pull down the mirrors and pull down the walls
tear up the stairs and tear up the floors
oh just burn down the house!
burn down the street!
turn everything red and the beat is complete
with the sound of your world
going up in the fire
it's a perfect day to throw back your head
and kiss it all goodbye!

it's a perfect day for getting wild
forgetting all your worries
life
and everything that makes you cry
let's get happy!
it's a perfect day for dreams come true
for thinking big
and doing anything you want to do
let's get happy!

"but it's much too late" you say
"for doing this now
we should have done it then"
well it just goes to show
how wrong you can be
and how you really should know
that it's never too late
to get up and go...

kick out the gloom
kick out the blues
tear out the pages with all the bad news
pull down the mirrors and pull down the walls
tear up the stairs and tear up the floors
oh just burn down the house!
burn down the street!
turn everything red and the dream is complete
with the sound of your world
going up in the fire
it's a perfect day to throw back your head
and kiss it all goodbye!

[Mermaidia]

Ryan Shupe~~ Dream Big

When you cry be sure to dry your eyes
'Cause better days are sure to come
And when you smile be sure to smile wide
Don't let them know that they have won
And when you walk, walk with pride
Don't show the hurt inside
Because the pain will soon be gone

And when you dream, dream big
As big as the ocean blue
'Cause when you dream it might come true
When you dream, dream big

When you laugh be sure to laugh out loud
'Cause it will carry all your cares away
And when you see, see the beauty all around and in yourself
And it'll help you feel okay
And when you pray, pray for strength
To help you carry on
When the troubles come your way

And when you dream, dream big
As big as the ocean blue
'Cause when you dream it might come true
When you dream, dream big

When you laugh be sure to laugh out loud
'Cause it will carry all your cares away
And when you see, see the beauty all around and in yourself
And it'll help you feel okay
And when you pray, pray for strength
To help you carry on
When the troubles come your way

And when you dream, dream big
As big as the ocean blue
'Cause when you dream it might come true
When you dream, dream big

[boatsoup]

What an amazing collection of songs, seems the musical tastes of this forum are just as diverse as the forum itself.

and i.p.freely, the more i read your posts, the more i think you and i are the same person....perhaps a split personality?

anyways, here's a few of my personal favorites...a few being the key words

In Flames - Cloud Connected
I've come to realise,
With every little glimpse, you fade!
I was told that I could fly!
When least expected,
Cloud Connected!

VNV Nation - Illusion
I'll just give you this video, its an amazing song.


Tool - No Quarter
Great cover song, a real tribute to Led Zeppelin

Lock all the doors, kill the lights...
No one's coming home tonight...
The sun beats down, don't you know...
All our lives are growing cold, ohhhh...
But they bring news that must get through....
To build a dream for me and you, ohhhh...

Locked in a place where no one GOES!

They ask no quarter...
They have no quarter...

k one more
Depeche Mode - Mercy In You
You know what I need
When my heart bleeds
I suffer from greed
A longing to feed...
On the mercy in you...

I can't conceal
The way I'm healed
The pleasure I feel
When I have to deal...
With the mercy in you...

I would do it all again
Lose my way and fall again
Just so I could call again
On the mercy in you...

When here in my mind
I feel inclined
To wrongly treat you unkind
I have faith I will find
With the mercy in you...

I would lose my way again
Be led hopelessly astray again
Just so I could pray again
For the mercy in you...

When here in my mind
I have been blind
Emotionally behind
I'll have faith I will find
For the mercy in you...

[rocketman]

Old man lying
by the side of the road
With the lorries rolling by,
Blue moon sinking
from the weight of the load
And the building scrapes the sky,
Cold wind ripping
down the alley at dawn
And the morning paper flies,
Dead man lying
by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes.

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around.

Blind man running
through the light
of the night
With an answer in his hand,
Come on down
to the river of sight
And you can really understand,
Red lights flashing
through the window
in the rain,
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying
in a gutter in the lane,
If you're walking home alone.

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around.

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around.

N.Y. for sure !!!

Another song that was my fav...STYX man Tommy Shaw wrote this...

Crystal Ball...

I used to like to walk the straight and narrow line
I used to think that everything was fine
Sometimes I'd like to sit and gaze for days through sleepless dreams
All alone and trapped in time
All alone and trapped in time

I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me
Or am I even in it's mind at all
Perhaps I'll get a chance to look ahead and see
Soon as I find myself a crystal ball
Soon as I find myself a crystal ball

Tell me, tell me where I'm going
I don't know where I've been
Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
And then tell me again
My heart is breaking, my body's aching
And I don't know where to go
Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
I've just got to know

Crystal ball
There's so many things I need to know
Crystal ball
There's so many things I've got to know
Crystal ball

["extra verse" used occasionally live]
If you should see me walking
Through your dreams at night
Would you please direct me
Where I ought to be
I've been looking for a crystal ball
To shed the light
To find a future in me...
To find a future in me...

Crystal ball
There's so many things I need to know
Crystal ball
There's so many things I've got to know
Crystal ball



Peace

[lunaticleigh]

So glad to see you well, overcome them
Completely silent now
With heaven's help
You've cast your demons out
And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you off your cloud
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're plannin' to go about makin' your amends
To the dead
To the dead

Recall the deeds as if they're all
Someone else's
Atrocious stories
Now you stand reborn
Before us all
So glad to see you well

And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you to the ground
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're plannin' to go about makin' your amends
To the dead
To the dead

With your halo slippin' down
Your halo slippin'
Your halo slippin' down
Your halo slippin' down

Your halo slippin' down
(I'm more than just a little curious
How you're plannin' to go about makin' your amends)
[repeated]

Your halo slippin' down
Your halo's slippin' down to choke you now

[boatsoup]

^^ yes...

[lunaticleigh]

Originally Posted by boatsoup

^^ yes...

such an incredibly moving, beautiful song. very dark...but amazing nonetheless.

[Skatterman420]

Originally Posted by seedlessstinky1-4u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe5p1BXNCQM

I came to the realization while on acid that this guy really is talking about mushroom trips.....his music is devine. I have not taken his CD out of my deck in my car for a good week now.......

Hes good man, i'll have to listen to that on mushrooms

[seedlessstinky1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67kmFzSh_o

This is a good old Bowie song.....Ground control to major tom!

[i.p.freely]

boatsoup,

ur video reminds me of Dante's parabel of the cave...how perceived reality is all we know, and yet isn't anywhere close to the entire truth. in Dante's tale: once the man chained to the wall of the cave for his entire life was removed from it; he thought that finally he was enlightened. that what was outside of the cave was "the real" world...

i hope ur video inspires everyone to break out of their caves, and respective cages @ least once in their lives. perhaps then they can glimpse another truth...and if they ever find the entire story...i hope that it is here, with us, that they share it...


thanks again for posting such a great video...

[seedlessstinky1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQnpQqJleE

Deftones: change.

[KingKanibalKiller]

Setting sun can't shine, now you're gone
Inside sleeping, my heart beating
You know that you tried to hide it
Couldn't you have said what you meant? Oh...
Time heals, time congeals around us
Endless hours of wasted moments
Understanding, not demanding
Your eyes tell what you feel inside
Setting sun can't shine, now you're gone
Inside sleeping, my heart beating
You know that you tried to hide it
Shouldn't you have said what you meant?
YOU LIED!



saw it live undescribeable

[Raziel]

There's a gap in between
There's a gap where we meet
Where I end and you begin
And I'm sorry for us
The dinosaurs roam the earth
The sky turns green
Where I end and you begin
I am up in the clouds
I am up in the clouds
And I can't and I can't come down
I can watch and cant take part
Where I end and where you start
Where you, you left me alone
You left me alone
X'll mark the place
Like the parting of the waves
Like a house falling in the sea
In the sea

[Dr_T]

Originally Posted by rocketman

Old man lying
by the side of the road

Oh, man- I figured Old Neil was included by default!
So, put me down for all of Decade, plus Unplugged.

Yes, that doubles me up on Needle and The Damage Done.
And Mr. Soul, too!

[dice]

Circling colors surround my face
I see the brightness of you
Try to spend my pain in you
It's all I've wanted, All this time
To travel the world with you
Is god up there watching you?
To spend a life with you
But the end is so much nearer
I go to the place where the ocean meets the river
The sky goes on forever in my mind and I can see it's gray
If all the reasons could be shown, and I could see you in the light
The flower in the pouring rain, would not be crushed beneath the rock
I'd die for you
Why do the seasons change, and why must it ever rain?
Why must the weekends end, and why must the sunset ever turn to night?
I don't know, why this all happens to me
Still I go on, I travel always towards the sea
I'd die for you
All's I ever wanted was for you to see
Before you my life was misery
As the river flows to the sea
I hear you calling back for me
I'd die for you



Lyrics from Downface's song Ocean

[mushmind]

The powers that be
They like a tough game
No rules
Some you win
Some you lose
Competition's good for you
They're dying to be free
They're the powers that be
They like a bomb proof cadillac
Air conditioned
Gold taps
Back seat gun rack
Platinum hub caps
They pick horses for courses
They're the market forces
(background : Nice car Jack)
They like order
Make-up
Lime light power
Game shows
Rodeos
Star wars
TV
They're the powers that be
If you see them come
You better run
Run
You better run on home
Sisters of mercy better join your brothers
Put a stop to the soap opera right now
They say the toothless get ruthless
You better run on home
You better run
Run
You better run on home
The powers that be
They like treats
Tricks
Carrots
And sticks
They like fear and loathing
They like sheep's clothing
And blacked-out vans
Blacked-out vans
Contingency plans
They like death or glory
They love a good story
They love a good story
Sisters of mercy better join with your brothers
Put a stop to the soap opera state
They say the toothless get ruthless
Run home before its too late
You better run
Run
You better run on home
You better run
[Billy:] "Goodnight, Jim."
[Jim:] "Goodnight, Billy."

[jmtx]

i love tom petty i have his cd and havnt tooken it out of my truck in a year this song is amazing

girl on lsd


i was in love with a girl on marjuana
she said if "i'm that stoned i don't wana"
but she got so paranoid
her place i would avoid
i was in love with a girl on marjuana

i was in love with a girl on cocaine
she had everything going but a brain
we'd talk endlessly for hours
but by morning it goes sour
i was in love with a girl on cocaine

through exctasy, crystel meth and glue
i found no drug that compares to you
all these pills, all this weed
i dunno just what i need

i was in love with a girl on lsd
she'd see things i'd never see
she brightened her perspective
then i got more selective
i was in love with a girl on lsd

through exctasy, crystal meth and glue
i found no drug that compares to you
all these pills, all this weed
i dunno just what i need

i was in love with a girl who drank beer
till bad breath and all she disapeared
she was blowing up real bad
but when she left i was still sad
i was in love with a girl who drank beer

i was in love with a girl on china white
we were married for a year one day
her memory still lingers
cus i burned all my fingers
i was in love with a girl on chennaway

i was in love with a girl who drank coffee
there was times when i couldn't keep her off me
that caffine got her going
but her ugly side was showing
i was in love with a girl who drank coffee

i was in love with a girl who was a dealer
i was afraid somebody would come and steal her
we never used to fight
but the phone rang day and night
i was in love with a girl who was a dealer

sure as hell
she got popped by the big guys

[chimp]

Moving in silent desperation
Keeping an eye on the holy land
A hypothetical destination
Say, who is this waliking man?

Well, the leaves have come to turning
And the goose has gone to fly
And bridges are for buning
So dont you let that yearning
Pass you by
Walking man, walking man walks
Well, any other man stops and talks
But the walking man walks

Well the frost is on the pumpkin
And the hay is in the barn
An pappys come to rambling on
Stumbling around drunk
Down on the farm

And the walking man walks
Doesnt know nothing at all
Any other man stops and talks
But the walking man walks on by
Walk on by

Most everybodys got seed to sow
It aint always easy for a weed to grow, oh no
So he dont hoe the row for no one
Oh for sure hes always missing
And something is never quite right
Ah, but who would want to listen to you
Kissing his existence good night

Walking man walk on by my door
Well, any other man stops and talks
But not the walking man
Hes the walking man
Born to walk
Walk on walking man
Well now, would he have wings to fly
Would he be free
Golden wings against the sky
Walking man, walk on by
So long, walking man, so long

[boatsoup]

thanks for the comment i.p., and i agree with you, we all need to realize that there is more to our existance than the trivial things that we see every day. learn to experience every moment of life as if it were the most important, and you'll be a more fulfilled person for it.

[August West]

Originally Posted by i.p.freely

boatsoup,

ur video reminds me of Dante's parabel of the cave...how perceived reality is all we know, and yet isn't anywhere close to the entire truth. in Dante's tale: once the man chained to the wall of the cave for his entire life was removed from it; he thought that finally he was enlightened. that what was outside of the cave was "the real" world...

i hope ur video inspires everyone to break out of their caves, and respective cages @ least once in their lives. perhaps then they can glimpse another truth...and if they ever find the entire story...i hope that it is here, with us, that they share it...

not to hijack this thread or shit on your sentiment ('cause i dig it) but it was Plato's allegory of the cave and has some interesting ideas attached to it.

i guess since I'm here: could fill this thread with 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.

[deepdeltablues]

But Im a Child that grew up on Dead Tour.. so I have to sa Tennesee Jedd.. ( GD ) and Neil Young Cowgirl in the Sand, or Castles Burning...

Luv Ya'll!!

[i.p.freely]

Originally Posted by August West

not to hijack this thread or shit on your sentiment ('cause i dig it) but it was Plato's allegory of the cave and has some interesting ideas attached to it.

i guess since I'm here: could fill this thread with 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.

i am forever getting them confused...i have read so many of both of their philosophies...thank you for the clarification...

[boatsoup]

When I grow old...
And my memory
Leads me deep into the fog where it abandons me
Will you remind me
Of who I used to be
When I was younger?

When I am old...
And the hands of time
Have ravaged all the remnants of my fragile mind
Will you still tell me
Of how it used to be
When I was stronger?

If time is cruel
And it takes away
All the recollections of my younger days
Please help me reminisce
Of all these past events
When days were brighter...

And years from now
When I can't recall
The faces and the names I used to know so well
Promise you'll help me
Regain those memories
When my load was lighter...

When we were young
And the world seemed
Full of nothing else but possibility...
I still remember
Blankets and whispers
That said 'Forever'...

But if autumn comes
And your love for me
Has withered like the leaves that fall from every tree...
Will you lie to me
So I can still believe
That you still love me?
That you still love me...

[deepdeltablues]

Originally Posted by Dr_T

Oh, man- I figured Old Neil was included by default!
So, put me down for all of Decade, plus Unplugged.

Yes, that doubles me up on Needle and The Damage Done.
And Mr. Soul, too!

You Can't Forget after the GoldRush ...like dont let it bringyou down!! its only castles burning....

[i.p.freely]

Step out the front door like a ghost
Into the fog where no one notices
The contrast of white on white.
And in between the moon and you
The angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.
I walk in the air between the rain
Through myself and back again
Where? I don't know
Maria says she's dying
Through the door I hear her crying
Why? I don't know
Round here we always stand up straight
Round here something radiates
Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
And she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside of my house
Takes her clothes off
Says she's close to understanding Jesus
She knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous
Round here we're carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she's slipping through my hands
Sleeping children better run like the wind
out of the lightning dream
Mama's little baby better get herself in
out of the lightning
She says "it's only in my head"
She says "Shhhhh I know it's only in my head"
But the girl on the car in the parking lot
Says "Man you should try to take a shot
Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
Then she looks up at the building
Says she's thinking of jumping
She says she's tired of life
She must be tired of something
Round here she's always on my mind
Round here hey man got lots of time
Round here we're never sent to bed early
and nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
I can't see nothing.. nothing round here
Will you catch if I'm falling
Will you catch me if I'm falling
Will you catch me cause I'm falling down on you
I said I'm under the gun around here
I'm innocent I'm under the gun around here
And I can't see nothing
Nothing round here
counting crows
_____________________________


the clock chimes hour long minutes away as i sit here festering in a body full of jiitters and sweat. as a child they never told me about this...how the body is only allowed a certain amount of pleassure before it must again endure pain. this cycle is forever perpetuated by my own hand, and in the end, it will be by that same hand that i will die.


i dreamnt a man's entire mundane, and tragic life last night. this night marked the end of my ever plentiful supply of tiny pills that blotch the world away into pretty pieces i glance over - as i stew inside their confortable boil. i followed the man through his life from childhood, to adulthood, and to the enivitable dieing that he did alone...
just as he was about to expire from what had been a life of constant battles; he leaned forward from an old broken brown recliner. he flicked long unkempt gray hair from one side of his face to another. staring out into a beige and dirty room, and the complete emptiness it offered, he let out a long breath, and leaned back into that recliner he had set in night after night alone for what would be his last time. as all of the air left his lungs...he died, and a giant white tattered book slid from his lap onto the floor. i picked it up and read what was written in long faded black ink across it's cover. it read: the simple life of a man left alone. the author was jesus christ...i dropped the book. it hit the old man's dusty green carpet with a slap that shook me awake to my own fathers second hand couch...


this is my life right now. every plan i have seems like a joke, and all i want is to live better than that man did, and die with somone other than a phantom from a dream standing beside me...
don't ask me what it means...just give me ur songs for now...

[Dr_T]

Originally Posted by deepdeltablues

You Can't Forget after the GoldRush

Most-covered Neil Young song, probably- I love every version of it.

Note that if you can play it on guitar or piano, you can sing "The Walrus and the Carpenter" with it instead of the usual words.

[rocketman]

August: Dylan was tapped into the divine when he wrote that song, i am ashamed of myself for not mentioning it sooner, although i did in the what music are you listening too thread.

ip: I love that Crows song. I found this version and it really makes me smile inside. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDg4kUs6O3k

I also found this article on the lead singer and found it very interesting:

Adam Duritz recently revealed that during the peak of his fame as lead singer for the group Counting Crows he suffered from mental illness, including severe depression.

He was quoted by OK! Magazine as saying, "I've been dealing with mental illness, but I didn't want to say anything for a long time. I went crazy. It was scary."Duritz said he went through years of not knowing what was wrong with him, but was recently diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.

Dissociative disorders, which involve some sort of alteration in identity or sense of self, are thought to be developed as a coping mechanism for trauma. The most well-known dissociative disorder is dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder. Other types are dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue and depersonalization disorder.

"Being crazy is bad," said Duritz. "It's scary when the world isn't real to you. You come untethered. Everything seems imaginary. You look around the room and nothing seems real. You don't feel pain. I stopped letting myself feel."

The Counting Crows just released a new album called Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, a double album inspired by Duritz's experiences with mental illness. "The album is about a downward spiral, losing my mind and about trying to get it back," he said, "not about getting it back but trying to get it back."

just a nod to another tortured genius out there. i think for songs to be "real" the writer has to feel the pain or joy like its as much a part of them as thier internal voice.


For the Neil Young references: I have every cd/album ever made by Young. He has a lot of great songs and music, but he has some shit too. I think to fully appreciate the guy you need to listen to all of it. I could never find a video on youtube of him doing the song Dangerbird, but there are some covers. Dangerbird is up there with Cortez the Killer, Like a Hurricaine, After the goldrush, Old man, etc. I recommend you getting the Zuma cd if youre a fan.

This one slipped by the masses, but is one of the best Neil Songs imho. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpbDFTdL0-s

[dice]

Everyone laughed at her joke
As if they'd never even heard it before
And maybe they were truly amused
But every word that she spoke was a bore
And maybe it's because they had seen
The previews on the TV screen
Well this part is good and that's well understood
So you should laugh if you know what I mean

But it's all relative
Even if you don't understand
Well it's all understood
Especially when you don't understand
Then it's all just because
Even if we don't understand
Then lets all just believe

Everyone knows what went down
Because the news was spread all over town
And fact is only what you believe
And fact and fiction work as a team
It's almost always fiction in the end
That content begins to bend
When context is never the same

And it's all relative
Even if we don't understand
And that's well understood
Especially when we don't understand
Then it's all just because
Even if we don't understand
Then lets all just believe

I was reading a book
Or maybe it was a magazine
Suggestions on where to place faith
Suggestions on what to believe
But I read somewhere
That you've got to beware
You can't believe anything you read
But the good Book is good
And that's well understood
So don't even question
If you know what I mean

But it's all relative
Even if you don't understand
Well it's all understood
Especially when you don't understand
And it's all just because
Even if we don't understand
Then lets all just believe

But there you go once again
You missed the point and then you point
Your fingers at me
And say that I said not to believe
I believe
I guess
I guess it's all relative

Lyrics from Jack Johnson's "Its all Understood"

[Mermaidia]

The Black Crows~~ She talks to angels

She never mentions the word addiction
In certain company
Yes, shell tell you shes an orphan
After you meet her family

She paints her eyes as black as night, now
Pulls those shades down tight
Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes,
The pains gonna make everything alright

Says she talks to angels,
They call her out by her name
She talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name

She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
She wears a cross around her neck
Yes, the hair is from a little boy
And the cross is someone she has not met, not yet

Says she talks to angels,
Says they all know her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name

She dont know no lover,
None that I ever seen
Yes, to her that aint nothing
But to me, yeah me,
Its everything

She paints her eyes as black as night now
She pulls those shades down tight
Oh yeah, theres a smile when the pain comes,
The pains gonna make everything alright, alright yeah

She talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
Oh yeah, yeah, angels
Call her out by her name
Oh, angels
They call her out by her name
Oh, she talks to angels
They call her out
Yeah, they call her out
Dont you know that they call her out by her name?

[Lazlo]

Here's 2 songs from Third Eye Blind that are really well written. That album was actually pretty good, but damned if the rest of their stuff didn't blow after this album.



I Want You


The suckers loose themselves
In the games they learn to play
Children love to sing but
Then their voices slowly fade away
People always take a step away
From what is true
That's why I like you around
I want you
Oh you do you do...
You make me want you
An open invitation to the dance
Happenstance set the vibe that we are in
No apology because my urge is genuine
And the mystery of your rhythm is so feminine
Here I am and I want to take a hit
Of your scent cause it bit so deep into my soul
I want you
Yeah, you do you do...
You make me want you
Oh you do you do...
Send me all your vampires
I want you
And I can't get enough, oh I can't get enough
And I can't get enough
The village church yard is filled with
Bones weeping in the grave
The silver lining of clouds
Shines on people Jesus couldn't save
You want to know how deeply my soul goes
Deeper than bones
Deeper than bones
And I can't get enough
Oh, I can't get enough
Oh, I can't get enough
Oh, I can't get enough
After we did it by the window sill
Smoke rings drift into the midnight sky
Presently in the quilt that your mother made
A candle burns to fight off the gloom
I said to live in this way is not for the meek
And like a jazz DJ you talk me into sleep
I said there'll be no regrets when the worms come
And they will surely come
You do you do...
Make me want you
Send me all your vampires
Yeah you do...
Make me want you
Send me all your vampires
I want you
Send me all your vampires
I want you
Send me all your vampires
Send me all your vampires
There will be no regrets when the worms come
Send me all your vampires


How's it gonna Be-

I'm only pretty sure that I can't take anymore
Before you take a swing
I wonder
What are we fighting for
When I say out loud
I want to get out of this
I wonder
Is there anything I'm going to miss
I wonder How it's going to be
When you don't know me
How's it going to be
When you're sure I'm not there
How's it going to be
When there is no one to talk to, between you and me
'Cause I don't care
How's it going to be
How's it going to be
Where we used to laugh
There's a shouting match
Sharp as a thumbnail scratch
A silence I can't ignore
Like...
The hammocks by the doorway we spent time in
Swings empty, don't see lightning like last fall when it was always
about to hit
me
I wonder how's it going to be when it goes down
Hows it going to be
When your not around
Hows it going to be
When you found out there was nothing
Between you and me
'Cause I don't care
How's it going to be.
Hows it going to be
When you don't know me any more
And how's it going to be
Want to get myself back in again
The soft dive of oblivian
Wanna taste the soul of your skin
The soft dive of oblivian
Oblivian
How's it going to be
When you don't know me any more
How's it going to be
How's it going to be

[Psoulocybe]

THE DOORS lyrics - Alabama Song

Well show me the way
To the next whisky bar
Oh, don't ask why
Oh, don't ask why

Show me the way
To the next whisky bar
Oh, don't ask why
Oh, don't ask why

For if we don't find
The next whisky bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you
I tell you we must die

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whisky, oh, you know why

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whisky, oh, you know why

Well, show me the way
To the next little girl
Oh, don't ask why
Oh, don't ask why

Show me the way
To the next little girl
Oh, don't ask why
Oh, don't ask why

For if we don't find
The next little girl
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you
I tell you we must die

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whisky, oh, you know why

[dead_diver]

TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES by Cream: You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.

And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave ulysses:
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.

And you see a girls brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

Her name is aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing.

The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter

[i.p.freely]

When you were young you were the king of carrot
flowers and how you built a tower tumbling thru the
trees in holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your
feet and your mom would stick a fork right into
daddys shoulder and your dad would throw the
garbage all across the floor as we would lay and
learn what each others bodies were for and this is
the room one afternoon I knew I could love you and
from above you how I sank into your soul into that
secret place where noone dares to go and your
mom would drink until she was no longer speaking
and dad would dream about the different ways to
die each one a little more than he could dare to try

[i.p.freely]

[dice]

lmfao
Oh man that was great

[i.p.freely]