damn_skippy

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

isamu

That's pretty good. What band is that?

Betcha can't guess these:

"Grow up children, don't you suffer
At the hands of one another
It be like a sleeping demon
Listen can you hear him weeping?
Tears of joy and tears of sorrow
He buys love to sell tomorrow

My life ain't no holiday
I've been through the point of no return
I've seen what a man can do
I've seen all the hate of a woman too

Feel your heartbeat lose the rhythm
He can't touch the world we live in
Life is short but love is strong
There lies a hope that I have found
And if you try you'll find it too
Remember why I'm telling you

My life ain't no holiday
I've been through the point of no return
I've seen what a man can do
I've seen all the hate of a woman too

And they gave him away
Like in "Whistle Down The Wind"
By the look on his face
He never gave in"

fallow

My favorite lyrics, as of now, go like this:

"there's a saltwater film on the jar of your ashes: i
threw them to sea but a gust blew them backwards
and the sting in my eyes that you then inflicted
was par for the course just as when you were living.

it's no stretch to say you were not quite a father
but a donor of seeds to a poor single mother
that would raise us alone,
we'd never see the money
that went down your throat through the hole in your belly.

thirteen years old in the suburbs of denver
standing in line for Thanksgiving dinner
at the catholic chuch. the servers wore crosses
to shield from the sufferance plaguing the others.
styrofoam plates, cafateria tables
charity reeks of cheap wine and pity and i'm thinking of you. i do every year when we count all our blessings
and wonder what we're doing here.

you're a disgrace to the concept of family
the priest won't divulge that fact in his homily
and i'll stand up and scream
if the mourning remain quiet,
you can deck out a lie in a suit but i won't buy it.
i won't join in the procession that's speaking their peace.
using five dollar words
while praising his integrity.
and just cause he's gone it doesn't change the fact:
he was a bastard in life thus a bastard in death."

Very intense, and very well crafted.

remjim

Pulp - Bad Cover Version

The word's on the street: you've found someone new.
If he looks nothing like me I'm so happy for you.
I heard an old girlfriend has turned to the church
She's trying to replace me, but it'll never work.

'Cos every touch reminds you of just how sweet it could have been
& every time he kisses you it leaves behind the bitter taste of saccharine.

A bad cover version of love is not the real thing.
Bikini-clad girl on the front who invited you in.
Such great disappointment when you got him home
The original was so good; the one you no longer own.

& every touch reminds you of just how sweet it could have been & every time he kisses you, you get the taste of saccharine.
It's not easy to forget me, it's so hard to disconnect
When it's electronically reprocessed to give a more life-like effect.

Aah, sing your song about all the sad imitations that got it so wrong:
It's like a later "Tom & Jerry" when the two of them could talk,
Like the Stones since the Eighties, like the last days of Southfork. Like "Planet of the Apes" on TV.,
The second side of "'Til the Band Comes in",
Like an own-brand box of cornflakes: he's going to let you down my friend.

Aghama

have you heard a single word ive said?
time to brush the crumbs out of your bed
do i want a life of leisure?
what the hell is wrong with me?
first a tremor,then a seizure
middle aged lobotomy
unrepentant scofflaw on the lam
layin waste to all the best laid plans
i swear the gingko’s working in reverse

c is for the casanova
u’s unglued and never over
n is for the noose you knotted
t is for the tears i blotted

c is carbon tetrachloride
u stands for im standing upright
n is not for non infectious
t’s translating little lectures

erect the barricade - and call off the crusade

dont you point that thing at me
there’s no such thing as gravity

i gave you a mountain
you gave me pain,but...
why are the pretty ones always insane?

c is for contamination
undergoing litigation
n is never never land and
t is for the tramp i am

c’s committing cunnilingus
u unless the odor lingers
n is no assembly needed
t is for the truth mistreated

look at all the ugly people
diggin holes to pass the time
semi spastic weak and feeble
never ending pantomime

you come equipped and be prepared
a roll of duct tape,a cattle prod and a polygraph machine

c is for the crumbs you throw me
u is you dont even know me
n is not for understanding
t is trust thats too demanding

c is for the country teaser
u is upright in your freezer
n is for the end of meaning
t is in the tower leaning

c is on the couch recliner
u is under ursa minor
n is for no way of no-ing
t is for your trip is showing

~judge me not lest ye be judged thineself

raithen

The anti-thesis song of the original post, and a very poignant set of lyrics:

Carbon

"A million points of light
Ascending to the sky
Monuments in darkness
Standing watch
Until the sun will rise
Screaming to an emptiness
Of how we once defined ourselves
With our hands over our eyes
Claiming all of creation

What inspires in us this madness
That out existence should be defined
By a light that can't be seen by anyone
What inspires in us this madness
That out existence should be defined
By a light that we can't see
By a light that can't be seen

A million points of light
Ascending to the sky
Monuments in darkness
Standing watch
Until the sun will rise
I can't see this all as progress
How did we come this far?
When we see ourselves as deities
Claiming Nature for ourselves
By our actions we betray
The instincts in our race
By our blindness and stupidity
We kill everything
We kill... everything

Can someone see our self destruction?
Are we reminding ourselves
That our existance is
So delicate
That without this light we are no more
That without this light we've made we are no more

A million points of light
Ascending to the sky
Monuments in darkness
Standing watch
Until the sun will rise
We torch this earth until it bleeds
Rain ashes from the sky
Just to make a light that no one can see
We cut this earth until it bleeds
Rain ashes from the sky
Just to make a light that no one can see
Just to make a light
Just to make a light
We kill everything
By our blindness and stupidity
We kill... everything

In 1000 years what will be our legacy
a million lights that no one can see
a million points of light"



-matt

joefrog91

I never felt like this with anyone before
you only have to smile and I'm dizzy
you make the world go round
a thousand times an hour
just touch my head
and send me spinning
I never felt like this with anyone before
you show me colours and I'm crying
you hold my eyes in yours
and open up the world
i can't believe all of this

i want to keep this feeling
deep inside of me
i want you always in my heart
you are everything

i never felt like this with anyone before
you fill my head full of rainbows
and all the rainbows end
is every step you take
just to be with you forever

i want to keep this feeling
deep inside of me
i want you always in my heart
you are everything

isamu

Aww, this one is easy joe