Hype! Lyrics Thread

[Istari Wizard]

"Lateralus"-Tool

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
lets me see there is so much more
and beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.

Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
of our divinity and still be a human.

With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.

Spiral out. Keep going, going...

I believe thats my favorite song of theirs.

 

[ampersand]

Why I Don't Believe In God - Everclear

I heard the truth about you
And it really doesn't read at all
Like the whipping stick you raised me with
A scared woman in a private hell
Hushed voice like electric bell
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's

I heard the truth about you
Yeah you
Mama they woke me up
I was deep in an idiot sleep
I was just eight years old
Heard big words with a horrible sound
Why'd they have to call my school
Tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown

I wish I believed like you do
Yeah you
In the myth of a merciful god
In the myth of a heaven and hell
I hear the voices you hear sometimes
Sometimes it gets so much I feel like letting go
Sometimes it gets so much I feel like letting go
Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go

Letting it all go

I ran away, went looking for you
Back to Culver City and the old neighborhood
Need to know if you were really gone
Need to know if you were gone for good
I ran through the projects at night
Hide in the dark from my friends in the light
Hide from my brother-in-law
Hide from the things he'd say
Said you weren't losing your mind
He said you just needed a rest
He said you'd be coming home soon
He said the doctors there would know what's best
Said that maybe I could go live with them for a while

I know the truth about you
I know the truth
I know the truth
I know the truth about you

Mama they woke me up
I was just eight years old
Sometimes it gets so hard I feel like letting it go
Sometimes it gets so hard I feel like letting it go

Letting it all go

I love me some Everclear, but ever time I listen to them I get depressed

 

[Addendum]

In Held Twas In I by Procol Harum

1. Glimpses of Nirvana

In the darkness of the night, only occasionally relieved by glimpses of Nirvana as seen through other people's windows, wallowing in a morass of self-despair made only more painful by the knowledge that all I am is of my own making ...

When everything around me, even the kitchen ceiling, has collapsed and crumbled without warning. And I am left, standing alive and well, looking up and wondering why and wherefore.

At a time like this, which exists maybe only for me, but is nonetheless real, if I can communicate, and in the telling and the bearing of my soul anything is gained, even though the words which I use are pretentious and make you cringe with embarrassment, let me remind you of the pilgrim who asked for an audience with the Dalai Lama.

He was told he must first spend five years in contemplation. After the five years, he was ushered into the Dalai Lama's presence, who said, 'Well, my son, what do you wish to know?' So the pilgrim said, 'I wish to know the meaning of life, father.'

And the Dalai Lama smiled and said, 'Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?'

Held close by that which some despise
which some call fake, and others lies
And somewhat small
for one so tall
a doubting Thomas who would be?
It's written plain for all to see
for one who I am with no more
it's hard at times, it's awful raw

They say that Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor
and those unsure
believed his eyes
- a strange disguise
Still write it down, it might be read
nothing's better left unsaid
only sometimes, still no doubt
it's hard to see, it all works out

2. In the Autumn of My Madness

In the autumn of my madness when my hair is turning grey
for the milk has finally curdled and I've nothing left to say
When all my thoughts are spoken (save my last departing birds)
bring all my friends unto me and I'll strangle them with words

In the autumn of my madness which in coming won't be long
for the nights are now much darker and the daylight's not so strong
and the things which I believed in are no longer quite enough
for the knowing is much harder and the going's getting rough

3. Look to Your Soul

I know if I'd been wiser this would never have occurred
but I wallowed in my blindness so it's plain that I deserve
for the sin of self-indulgence when the truth was writ quite clear
I must spend my life amongst the dead who spend their lives in fear
of a death that they're not sure of, of a life they can't control
It's all so simple really if you just look to your soul

Some say that I'm a wise man, some think that I'm a fool
It doesn't matter either way: I'll be a wise man's fool
For the lesson lies in learning and by teaching I'll be taught
for there's nothing hidden anywhere, it's all there to be sought
And so if you know anything look closely at the time
at others who remain untrue and don't commit that crime

4. Grand Finale (intrumental)

 

[CConn]

I love me some Everclear, but ever time I listen to them I get depressed

Yep. I'm not a giant fan of lyrics (melody's always the most important thing to me), but they definitely the most truly emotional stuff I've seen.

 

[The Chairman]

"Nobody Told Me" - John Lennon

Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China so finish what you got

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed

Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama

Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama


Probably my favorite Lennon solo work.

 

[ThePenguin]

Johnny Cash- Hurt
(originally by NIN)

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hold
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My ssweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

 

[ampersand]

MY NAME IS SUE!

HOW DO YOU DO!

NOW YOU GUNNA DIE!

yeah, that's what I said...

 

[ThePenguin]

"Nobody Told Me" - John Lennon

Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China so finish what you got

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed

Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama

Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama


Probably my favorite Lennon solo work.

Great song. Lennon was way ahead of his time. The Beatles, Oasis, and The Who are my three favorite bands.

 

[The Chairman]

Great song. Lennon was way ahead of his time. The Beatles, Oasis, and The Who are my three favorite bands.

I actually like a lot of Lennon's solo work more than some of The Beatles' stuff. But I adore The Beatles. My TOP 10 favorite bands/artists are:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Queen
3. The Who
4. Black Sabbath
5. Def Leppard
6. The Beatles
7. John Lennon
8. Heart
9. Guns 'N' Roses
10. Def Leppard

 

[The Chairman]

"Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

 

[ampersand]

I actually like a lot of Lennon's solo work more than some of The Beatles' stuff. But I adore The Beatles. My TOP 10 favorite bands/artists are:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Queen
3. The Who
4. Black Sabbath
5. Def Leppard
6. The Beatles
7. John Lennon
8. Heart
9. Guns 'N' Roses
10. Heart

Why is Heart numbers 8 and 10?

 

[The Chairman]

Why is Heart numbers 8 and 10?

I must have been typing too fast. Just a careless mistake.

My real Top 10 is:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Queen
3. The Who
4. Black Sabbath
5. Def Leppard
6. The Beatles
7. John Lennon
8. Heart
9. Guns 'N' Roses
10. Def Leppard

 

[ampersand]

I must have been typing too fast. Just a careless mistake.

My real Top 10 is:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Queen
3. The Who
4. Black Sabbath
5. Def Leppard
6. The Beatles
7. John Lennon
8. Heart
9. Guns 'N' Roses
10. Def Leppard

This is quickly becoming a three stooges skit...

 

[The Chairman]

This is quickly becoming a three stooges skit...

Holy crap, I'm really out of it tonight.

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Queen
3. The Who
4. Black Sabbath
5. Def Leppard
6. The Beatles
7. John Lennon
8. Heart
9. Guns 'N' Roses
10. AC/DC

Double checks list...no, no duplicates this time.

 

[oakzap425]

Blow my whistle baby
Blow my whistle baby
Open up and put it in
Let's begin

Let's begin

Blow it like you mean it blow

Yes, yes let me hear you say
(Woo woo)
Louder
(Woo woo)
Let me hear you say
(Woo woo)
Louder
(Woo woo)
Is that what you call loud

C'mon
Let me hear you say
(Woo woo)
Let me hear you say
(Woo woo)
Louder
(Woo woo)
I said louder
Blow my whistle baby

Man are you crazy
You must be out of your mind

You need to bring the beat back
Blow my whistle baby
Blow it like you mean it
I said blow

Yes, yes, let me hear you say
(Woo woo)
Louder
(Woo woo)
Let me hear you say
(Woo woo)
Louder
(Woo woo)
Is that what you call loud

C'mon
Now you're doin' it
Now you're doin' it
Like you're supposed to
Now you're doin' it
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit louder now

Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow the engine like a laser guided missile
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow your whistle
Blow it like you mean it now

I like your level
I like your level
Blow my whistle baby




Now, find the meaning in that...

 

[The Chairman]

"Ripple" - The Grateful Dead

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
Would you hear my voice come thru the music,
Would you hold it near as it were your own?

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken,
Perhaps they're better left unsung.
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air.

Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty,
If your cup is full may it be again,
Let it be known there is a fountain,
That was not made by the hands of men.

There is a road, no simple highway,
Between the dawn and the dark of night,
And if you go no one may follow,
That path is for your steps alone.

Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.

But if you fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home.

La dee da da da, La da da da da, Da da da, Da da, Da da da da da
La da da da, La da da, Da da, La da da da, La da, Da da.


This is such a beautiful, beautiful song. Best song by the band.

 

[DBella]

I love the lyrics to this song. It's like a fantasy epic.

LED ZEPPELIN LYRICS

"The Battle Of Evermore"

Queen of Light took her bow, And then she turned to go,
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone.

Oh, dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The dark Lord rides in force tonight, And time will tell us all.

Oh, throw down your plow and hoe, Rest not to lock your homes.

Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all.

I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley blow,
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow.

The apples of the valley hold, The seeds of happiness,
The ground is rich from tender care, Repay, do not forget, no, no.
Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light.

The apples turn to brown and black, The tyrant's face is red.

Oh the war is common cry, Pick up you swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know.

Oh, well, the night is long the beads of time pass slow,
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.

The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.

Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before.
No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold.

Oh dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back. Bring it back.

At last the sun is shining, The clouds of blue roll by,
With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes.

 

[Danger Mouse]

"They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum, and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see'em"

That line is from "Big Yellow Taxi". I just love it, always makes me chuckle.

Counting Crows, right?

 

[The Chairman]

I love the lyrics to this song. It's like a fantasy epic.

LED ZEPPELIN LYRICS

"The Battle Of Evermore"

Queen of Light took her bow, And then she turned to go,
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone.

Oh, dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The dark Lord rides in force tonight, And time will tell us all.

Oh, throw down your plow and hoe, Rest not to lock your homes.

Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all.

I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley blow,
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow.

The apples of the valley hold, The seeds of happiness,
The ground is rich from tender care, Repay, do not forget, no, no.
Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light.

The apples turn to brown and black, The tyrant's face is red.

Oh the war is common cry, Pick up you swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know.

Oh, well, the night is long the beads of time pass slow,
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.

The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.

Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before.
No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold.

Oh dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back. Bring it back.

At last the sun is shining, The clouds of blue roll by,
With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes.

Amazing, amazing song.

Zeppelin is the greatest.

 

[C.F. Kane]

They're selling postcards of the hanging
They're painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row.

Cinderella, she seems so easy
"It takes one to know one," she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning
"You belong to Me I Believe"
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend
You better leave"
And the only sound that's left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row.

Now the moon is almost hidden
The stars are beginning to hide
The fortunetelling lady
Has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing
He's getting ready for the show
He's going to the carnival tonight
On Desolation Row.
Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the window
For her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday
She already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic
She wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion
Her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon
Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking
Into Desolation Row.

Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago
With his friend, a jealous monk
He looked so immaculately frightful
As he bummed a cigarette
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
And reciting the alphabet
You would not think to look at him
But he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row.

Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
Inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients
They're trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser
She's in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read
"Have Mercy on His Soul"
They all play on penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
From Desolation Row.
Across the street they've nailed the curtains
They're getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera
In a perfect image of a priest
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls
"Get outa here if you don't know"
Casanova is just being punished for going
To Desolation Row.

At midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row.

They be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
Everybody's shouting
"Which side are you on ?"
And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
Fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them
And fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much
About Desolation Row.

Yes, I received your letter yesterday
About the time the door knob broke
When you asked me how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke ?
All these people that you mention
Yes, I know them, they're quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name
Right now I can't read too good
Dont send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row.

 

[Hades]

Spicy Marmalade jidai wa marude
Ui himeta kao de madowaseru

Nani furueteru kairaku shugisha ga warau
Sameta REERU no ue kizu kazu ni shiku mareta mirai

Kibasa ga jama suru jounetsu ga douka ****eru
Kanari akumu janai? taikutsu ga shouwa ****eru

Spicy Marmalade hajiketa mama de
Kon yori no CHANSU o tsukame
Vanish into the night jidai wa maru de
Ui himeta kao de madowaseru

Aoi tsuki no SUTEGI naki da****e hiru ga sakebu
Amai BIN no naka jya chimeiteki jijitsu wa kanchigai

ikazura ni hoshi gari hayari o jibun ni hameru
Kanari mondai janai? kyoe ni sae kizukenai

Spicy Marmalade jibun no mama de
Sabita kusari nara hazuse
Vanish into the night mitsumeta mama de
Kon yori mo yubisaki de maboroshi ni

Spicy Marmalade hajikete mama de
Kon yori no CHANSU o tsukame
Vanish into the night kiwadatsu Marmalade
Kakugo kimeta naraba isso

Spicy Marmalade jibun no mama de
Sabita kusari nara hazuse
Vanish into the night jidai wa maru de
Ui himeta kao de madowaseru

"Spicy Marmalade" performed by Kotani Kinya as Bad Luck for the Gravitation OST

Ugh..why does that not suprise me.

 

[DBella]

Amazing, amazing song.

Zeppelin is the greatest.

Oh, most definitely!
I think Heart did a cover of this song. Am I right?

 

[oakzap425]

Counting Crows, right?

Um, no.

How about Joni Mitchell, for 300, sir.


Janet Jackson also sampled this particular song for tune "Got til it's gone".


Geez, you 'young' folk and your lack of appreciation for originals.


Damn that Puff Daddy...!! Sampling bastard!

 

[DBella]

Dbella you rule.

Don't encourage me as I might turn this into a Led Zep lyrics thread.

 

[oakzap425]

Ugh..why does that not suprise me.

What is that supposed to mean?!