Lyrics That Have Special Meaning For You

[Lostforkate]

a simple sensual song, i like the subtly of the words, without complication

"One Life's Enough"

There's a scene
Indelible, it hangs before my eyes
In our teens, incredibly
Together with no ties.

That was a life enough for me
One life's enough for me.

Throw back your heard
Let yout body curve
Into the long grass of the bed
Pull me down into your hair
And I'll push and swerve
As we both gasp in the evening air

[Well Behaved Lady]

I've always loved this song by Tom Baxter

Our love has changed,
Its not the same,
And the only way to say it
Is say it Its better.

I cant concede,
This way I feel,
For all the time we spent, together,
Forever Just gets better .

See what Im trying to say is:
You make things - better
And no matter what the day is,
With you here - its better.

Ill stand by you,
If you stand by me.
I think time that I, reveal it,
Cos I believe it -
Its better.

See what Im trying to say is:
You make things - better
And no matter what the day is,
With you here - its better.

Ooooh the more I talk to you
The more in love with
Ev ry thing you do

Doo doo doo doo doo doo (hum chorus)

See what Im trying to say is:
You make things - better
And no matter what the day is,
With you here - its better.

Our love has changed
Its not the same
And the only way to say it
Is say it Its better

[GEMINIGUY]

"So long ago i don't remember when
That's when they said i lost my only friend
Well, they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
I listened through the cematary trees

I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn
I've long lookin' on with human awe
It always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
I wondered
Why she hung around this place

[CHORUS]
Hey
Come on drive a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be somethin' better than
In the middle
Me and Cinderella
Put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

She said it's cold
Feels like Independence Day
I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And i seen the sign up ahead
At the county line bridge
Sayin' all is good and nothingness is dead
We'll run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothin' left
She hit the end
It's just your window ledge

[CHORUS]

[GEMINIGUY]

"This place is old
Feels just like a beatup truck
I turn the engine but the engine doesn't turn
What smells of cheap wine and cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometime i think i'd like to watch it burn
So alone
I feel just like somebody else
Man, i ain't changed
But i know i ain't the same
There's somewhere here in between
The city walls of dying dreams
I think of death
It must be killin' me

Hey
Hey
[CHORUS]"

[Gina Marie]

Tesseract
Of Matter – Retrospect

Burning bridges as I cower beneath
Trying to salvage the debris
My devotion tied around your waist lest you fall
no one seems to sense the strain
No one seems to know

I don't begin to proclaim that I know
I can't continue down this road

Dwelling on what has come to pass
no force alive will bring it back
I would know
I can feel the pressure getting steeper with every life lost
You hope that I won't see the light of day in time to come
With no conviction founded
Just judgement contorted based on lust
Give me strength
Your assumption brings to a conclusion of no consequence
and I refuse to play into your hands for your appeal

Inadequate, Inadequate
I know
I know
I know
I know
I've hoped
I've hoped
you'll see me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9KI-3odwSc

[vinney]

"In Dreams" by Roy Orbison

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper:
"Go to sleep, everything is alright"

I close my eyes
Then I drift away
Into the magic night
I softly sway
Oh smile and pray
Like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep
To dream my dreams of you

In dreams...I walk with you
In dreams...I talk to you
In dreams...Your mine

All of the time
We're together
In dreams...In dreams

But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it...I can't help it
If I cry
I remember
That you said goodbye
To end all these things
And I'll be happy in my dreams
Only in dreams
In beautiful dreams

[Janus]

"The Living Years" - Mike and the Mechanics

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thoughts
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talkin' in defense

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So Don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

Say it loud, say it clear
Say it loud
Don't give up
Don't give in
And don't know what you can do next

[Well Behaved Lady]

How long will I love you - The Waterboys

How long will I love you
As long as there are stars above you
And longer if I can

How long will I need you
As long as the seasons need to
Follow their plan

How long will I be with you
As long as the sea is bound to
wash upon the sand

How long will I want you
As long as you want me to
And longer by far

How long will I hold you
As long as your father told you
As long as you are

How long will I give to you
As long as I live through you
However long you say

How long will I love you
As long as stars are above you
And longer if I may

[Well Behaved Lady]

Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You Robert Palmer

Oh, oh mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind
That blows from the north, west, south and east
Oh, oh mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Oil wasted on the oceans and our seas
Fish full of mercury
Oh, oh mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Radiation underground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh, oh mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
What about this over-crowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
I want you
The right way
I want you
But I want you to want me too
Said I want you to love me
Just like I want you
Oh, I'll give you all the love
You want in return sweet darlin'
Your happiness is all I crave
Ooh, it's too bad - it's just too sad
You don't want me now
But I'm gonna change
Your mind someway, somehow, baby
I want you
The right way
I want you
But I want you to want me too
Said I want you to love me
Just like I want you
A one way love is just fantasy
Oh, sugar
To share is precious pure and fair, ooh
Don't play with something
You should cherish for your life, baby
Don't you want to care?
Lonely?
I'm there

[Well Behaved Lady]

Listening to David Soul's Silverlady earlier, reminded me of this song, oh if only 


Going In With My Eyes Open ~ David Soul

You smiled that misty way
And something in me said
Remember the last time don't fall in love
I walked so blindy in
I fell and hurt my head
I can 't forget it but I won 't regret it
I couldn 't even stop it if I tried

Only this time I'm going in with my eyes open
I won 't make the same mistakes again
This time I'll see the signs and no hearts broken
Won't be so blind and loose my way

You 'd be so nice to love
Don't let it end the same
If you get uneasy, just let me know
Don 't lie or call me by
Somebody else's name
I couldn 't take it
I know it would break it
And I wanna give you everything I am.

[GEMINIGUY]

"Something's missing and i don't know why
I always feel the need to hide my feelings
From you...

Is it me
Or you that i'm afraid of?
I tell myself
I'll show you what i'm made of
Can't
bring myself
to let you go...

Don't
Want
To
Cause you any pain
But i love you just the same
And you'll always be my ba - by

In my heart
I know we've come apart
And i don't know where to start
What can i do?
I don't wanna feel blue...

Bad girl
Drunk by six
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoke too many cigarettes a day
I'm not happy when i act this way

Bad girl
Drunk by six
Kissing some kinda stranger's lips
Smoke too many cigarettes a day
I'm not happy
I'm not happy

Something's happened and i can't go back
Every time you hand your heart out
To me...
What happens now?
I know i don't deserve you
I wonder how
I'm ever gonna hurt you
Can't
Bring myself
To let you go...

I
Don't
Want
To
Cause you any pain
But i love you just the same
And you'll always be my ba - by

 

[GEMINIGUY]

In my heart
I know we've come apart
And i don't know where to start
What can i do?
I don't wanna feel blue...

Bad Girl
Drunk by six
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoke too many cigarettes a day
I'm not happy when i act this way

Bad girl
Drunk by six
Kissing some kinda stranger's lips
Smoke too many cigarettes a day
I'm not happy
I'm not happy
This way..."

[GEMINIGUY]

"There was a time
You had no need for rhythm or rhyme
The world seemed so wild and so free
Just wrap yourself up in a dream

All you had to do was believe
And nothin' was out of your reach
So sure how it all falls in line
It's just a matter of time

It's just a matter of time

Then you wake up one day
All your dreams somehow faded away
The road that you followed
It turned
Can't find where the fire once burned

Can't look yourself straight in the eyes
In your heart of hearts
You've compromised
Baby, one day we all cross that line
It's just a matter of time

It's just a matter of time

All alone in the still of the night
You come face-to-face with your pride
And how much you wanted it all
Can't believe how you've taken the fall...

[GEMINIGUY]

Then you reach out one day
To the light of a new dawning day
You take just one small grain of sand
Right into the palm of your hand

And maybe you find in the end
You're able to dream once again
And baby, you fall back in line
It's just a matter of time

It's just a matter of time

It's just a matter of time

It's just a matter of time

It's just a matter of time..."

[Lostforkate]

I always liked the deep lyrics of Kansas, and find irony in the song below to the here and now

The sparks of the tempest rage a hundred years on
The voice of the dreamer screams, the cause of the pawn
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
The difference between us is a part of the game

Darkness is spreading like a spot on the sun
The dead are the living in the age of the gun
While everyone clamors for the justice they seek
The world is corrupted and the strong take the weak

They mold you and shape you, they watch what you do
The sparks of the tempest are burnin' you through
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain

The future is managed, and your freedom's a joke
You don't know the difference as you put on the yoke
The less that you know the more you fall into place
A cog in the wheel, there is no soul in your face

Run for the cover, Millennium's here
Bearing the standard of confusion and fear
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain

Blood in the sand, a cry in the street
Now the cycle is nearly complete
Ten thousand years, and nothing was learned
No turning back, now the wheel has turned

Big Brother is watching and he likes what he sees
A world for the taking, when he's ready to squeeze
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
The difference between us is a part of the game

Soothsayer saying now tell me no lies
What is this madness that is filling the skies
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain

[Katiebee]

Die Gedanken sind frei

Thoughts are free, who can guess them?
They fly by like nocturnal shadows.
No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them
with powder and lead: Thoughts are free!

I think what I want, and what delights me,
still always reticent, and as it is suitable.
My wish and desire, no one can deny me
and so it will always be: Thoughts are free!

And if I am thrown into the darkest dungeon,
all these are futile works,
because my thoughts tear all gates
and walls apart: Thoughts are free!

So I will renounce my sorrows forever,
and never again will torture myself with whimsies.
In one's heart, one can always laugh and joke
and think at the same time: Thoughts are free!

I love wine, and my girl even more,
Only her I like best of all.
I'm not alone with my glass of wine,
my girl is with me: Thoughts are free!

The original lyrics in German.

Die Gedanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten,
sie fliegen vorbei wie nächtliche Schatten.
Kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Jäger erschießen
mit Pulver und Blei: Die Gedanken sind frei!

Ich denke was ich will und was mich beglücket,
doch alles in der Still', und wie es sich schicket.
Mein Wunsch und Begehren kann niemand verwehren,
es bleibet dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei!

Und sperrt man mich ein im finsteren Kerker,
das alles sind rein vergebliche Werke.
Denn meine Gedanken zerreißen die Schranken
und Mauern entzwei: Die Gedanken sind frei!

Drum will ich auf immer den Sorgen absagen
und will mich auch nimmer mit Grillen mehr plagen.
Man kann ja im Herzen stets lachen und scherzen
und denken dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei!

Ich liebe den Wein, mein Mädchen vor allen,
sie tut mir allein am besten gefallen.
Ich sitz nicht alleine bei einem Glas Weine,
mein Mädchen dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei!

[TinyDancer]

And it starts...
Sometime around midnight
Or at least that's when
You lose yourself
For a minute or two

As you stand...
Under the barlights
And the band plays some song
About forgetting yourself for a while
And the piano's this melancholy soundcheck
To her smile
And that white dress she's wearing
You haven't seen her
For a while

But you know...
That she's watching
She's laughing, she's turning
She's holding her tonic like a cross
The room suddenly spinning
She walks up and asks how you are
So you can smell her perfume
You can see her lying naked in your arms

And so there's a change...
In your emotions
And all of these memories come rushing
Like feral waves to your mind
Of the curl of your bodies
Like two perfect circles entwined
And you feel hopeless, and homeless
And lost in the haze
Of the wine

And she leaves...
With someone you don't know
But she makes sure you saw her
She looks right at you and bolts
As she walks out the door
Your blood boiling
Your stomach in ropes
And when your friends say what is it
You look like you've seen a ghost

And you walk...
Under the streetlights
And you're too drunk to notice
That everyone is staring at you
And you so care what you look like
The world is falling
Around you

You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her

And you know that she'll break you
In two

[TinyDancer]

I think this song is about a woman suffering from Alzheimer's....those two grey rooms in our brain....and when they appear, she can recall how it use to be. 

This is always the first song I add to any playlist.

Tomorrow is Sunday
Now there's only one day left to go
Till you walk by
Below my window
The weekends drive me mad
Holidays are oh too sad
'Cause you don't go
Below my window
No one knows I'm here
One day I just disappeared
And I took these two grey rooms up here
With a view
When you walk by
Below my window
You look so youthful
Time has been untruthful
Heaven knows I loved you
30 years ago
Hot days your shirt's undone
Rainy days you run
Oh and then you fade so fast
Below my window
No one knows I'm here
One day I just disappeared
And I took these two grey rooms up here
With a view
Only when you walk by
Below my window
When you walk by
Below my window
Below my window
Hey hey
Below my window
Below my window
Below my window

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TXn9TH5TdlQ

[Katiebee]

I don't know if I posted this before. At the risk of repeating myself, I post it again.

The Shield-maiden, by Karin Boye

THE SHIELD-MAIDEN*


I dreamed about swords last night.
I dreamed about battle last night.
I dreamed I fought by your side
armoured and strong, last night.

Lightning flashed harsh from your hand,
and the giants fell at your feet.
Our ranks closed lightly and sang
in silent darkness' threat.

I dreamed about blood last night.
I dreamed about death last night.
I dreamed I fell by your side
with a mortal wound, last night.

You marked not at all that I fell.
Earnest was your mouth.
With steady hand the shield you held,
and went your way straight forth.

I dreamed about fire last night.
I dreamed about roses last night.
I dreamed my death was fair and good.
So did I dream last night.

*In Norse, skjaldmey (Swedish skjöldmö), an 'Amazon', a female warrior who fought alongside men [tr.]

[azuroge]

This song is sung in Korean, so I'll just post a translation of what the song means.

This song reminded me of my ex, a Korean. We're good friends now, and i sang this to her once on her birthday. Made us both cry.

TOY - That, I Was Once By Your Side

Thought I’d deleted them, memories of you
When I hang out with friends and get drunk
I keep thinking of you, it wears me out

I used to live such a life, always by myself
I once believed that you were my savior
Before drifting away

Can you please remember just this?
That I was once by your side
Once in a while, thinking I might bump into you on the street
I look at my shabby self in the mirror and make myself over

You aren’t sick, are you? I’m very worried
Though you must be happy, I will pray for you
Remember, even when you meet someone else
That I was once by your side

I was able to smile, when I was looking at you
You had became my little shelter
Before drifting away

Can you please remember just this?
That I was once by your side
Once in a while, thinking I might bump into you on the street
I look at my shabby self in the mirror and make myself over

You aren’t sick, are you? I’m very worried
Though you must be happy, I will pray for you
Remember, even when you meet someone else
That I was once by your side

You aren’t sick, are you? I’m very worried
Though you must be happy, I will pray for you
Remember, even when you meet someone else
That I was once by your side