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Iron Maiden - Blood Brothers

And if youre taking a walk through the garden of life
What do you think youd expect you would see?
Just like a mirror reflecting the moves of your life
And in the river reflections of me

Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see
And in a movement he beckons to me
And in a moment the memories are all that remain
And all the wounds are reopening again


Were blood brothers, were blood brothers
Were blood brothers, were blood brothers

And as you look all around at the world in dismay
What do you see, do you think we have learned
Not if youre taking a look at the war-torn affray
Out in the streets where the babies are burned


Were blood brothers, were blood brothers
Were blood brothers, were blood brothers

There are time when I feel Im afraid for the world
There are times Im ashamed of us all
When youre floating on all the emotion you feel
And reflecting the good and the bad

Will we ever know what the answer to life really is?
Can you really tell me what life is?
Maybe all the things that you know that are precious to you
Could be swept away by fates own hand


Were blood brothers, were blood brothers
Were blood brothers, were blood brothers

When you think that weve used all our chances
And the chance to make everything right
Keep on making the same old mistakes
Makes untipping the balance so easy
When were living our lives on the edge
Say a prayer on the book of the dead


Were blood brothers, were blood brothers
Were blood brothers, were blood brothers

And if youre taking a walk through the garden of life....

"Let me take you down cuz i'm going to, strawberry feilds nothing is real, and nothing hung about, cuz i'm going to stawberry feilds forever."-john lennon

This is one of my favorite performers at the moment - Josh Pyke, an Australian musical genius, and one of the best lyricists around.

CHIMNEYS AFIRE
The guilt they feel for killing that whale
Her chimney's afire
Her eyes
The ire
And with Bible leaf
She fuels her own fire
Her eyes
The ire, the ire
And with that sin
Sinking into their skin
The sin now a slick on the sea
Now she's bound to the land
By the lance of a man
And her fire's trapped in the street lights
Oh no
What you've gone and done with a life
Now she's bound to the land
By the lance of a man
And her fire's trapped in the street lights

btw, the songs about whaling in the yesteryear - Whalers would shout "chimneys afire" when they had harpooned a whale - a plume of blood and water would spurt from their blowholes. If you get a chance check it out on youtube
one more from Josh...

VIBRATIONS IN AIR


Thinking 'bout the times I know I should have taken photographs
Something to rely on, sharper than a memory.
'Cause chemistry dictates them, they're not coloured by emotion,
They're coloured by the shades of how things used to be.
And nothing breaks the heart much more than looking at old photographs
When you can taste the moment, and worse still, if it's passed
They're gone now to the future, but you still can't deny them,
like a song that's sung.
Regret, is like a filter,
that colours all of your endeavours
And once put on becomes a feature of your current works
What i fear,
is that all of these things I hold dear,
never become more than vibrations in air.
Vibrations in Air.
Voices in the air, they echo in my head like radios,
scratchy frequencies and static in between words
They're all on the wind now, but I bet I never told you,
I missed you when you were gone.
Regret, is like a filter,
that colours all of your endeavours,
and once put on becomes a feature of your current works
You gotta change your focus, turn your eye to something else
'Cause once put on becomes a feature of your current works
What i fear
is that all of these things I hold dear
never become more than vibrations in air.

What I get from this is that life is too short to have regrets and we should make the most of everyone and everything we have before its too late, and we live in a world of shoulda coulda woulda.
I LOVE Josh Pyke!


THE WRETCHED - NINE INCH NAILS
"...the clouds will part and the sky cracks open
and god himself will reach his f**king arm through
just to push you down
just to hold you down
stuck in this hole with the sh*t and the p*ss
and it's hard to believe it could come down to this back at the beginning
sinking
spinning...."

CAPITAL G - NINE INCH NAILS
(any guesses who this little gem is about? Sorry if you are a fan.)
I pushed the button and elected him to office
He pushed the button and he dropped the bomb
You pushed the button and could watch in on the television
Those motherf*****s didn't last too long
I'm sick of hearing about the have and have not's
Have some personal accountability
The biggest problem with the way that we are doing things is
The more we let you have the less that I'll be keeping for me
Well I use to stand for something
Now I'm on my hands and knees
Turning in the god of this war
And he signs his name with a capital G
Don't give a sh*t about the temperature in Guatemala
Don't really see what all the fuss is about
Ain't gonna worry about no future generations
And I'm sure somebody's gonna figure it out
Don't try to tell me that some power can corrupt a person
You hadn't had enough to know what its like
Your only angry cause you wish you were in my position
Now nod your head cause you know that I'm right..alright!
Well I use to stand for something
But forgot what that could be
Theres a lot of me inside you
Maybe your afraid to see
Well I use to stand for something
Well I'm on my hands and knees
Turning in the god of this war
And he signs his name with a capital G

Trent Reznor is amazing, an absolute Maestro!

ORESTES - A PERFECT CIRCLE
".....One more medicated peaceful moment....."

Sorry it was such a long post folks, I got a bit carried away!

Papa Roach- "Last Resort" and "Scars"

Falling For The First Time - Barenaked Ladies

I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby
I'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so green, it's really amazing
I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me.
I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy
It's so strange, I can't believe it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so chill, no wonder it's freezing
I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything
I'm so thrilled to finally be failing
I'm so done, turn me over cause it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
-
Dance of Death- Iron Maiden

Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
About a thing that I saw
One night wondering in the everglades
I'd one drink but no more
I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware of a presence so near to me
Watching my every move
Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace
Then they summoned me over to join in with them
To the dance of the death
Into the circle of fire I followed them
Into the middle I was led
As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals
And I felt I was in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone had the chance
To witness what happened to me
And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them
All had death in their eyes
Lifeless figures they were undead all of them
They had ascended from hell
As I danced with the dead
My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
Below my undead body
Just danced the circle of dead
Until the time came to reunite us both
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was alive or dead
As the others all joined in with me
By luck then a skirmish started
And took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze from me
Was the moment that I fled
I ran like hell faster than the wind
But behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
Was to look just straight ahead
When you know that your time has come around
You know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to everyone
Drink and say a prayer for it
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
To this day I guess I'll never know
Just why they let me go
But I'll never go dancing no more
'Till I dance with the dead
-
and finally I'm no Superman- Lazlo Bane

Out the door just in time
Head down the 405
Gotta meet the new boss by 8 a.m.
The phone rings in the car
The wife is workin' hard
She's running late tonight again
Well
I know what I've been told,
You got to work to feed the soul
But I can't do this all on my own
No, I know, I'm no Superman
I'm no Superman
You've got your love online
You think you're doing fine
But you're just plugged into the wall
And that deck of tarot cards
Won't get you very far
There ain't no hand to break your fall
Well
I know what I've been told
You gotta know just when to fold
But I can't do this all on my own
No, I know, I'm no Superman
I'm no Superman
That's right
You've crossed the finish line
Won the race but lost your mind
Was it worth it after all
I need you here with me
Cause love is all we need
Just take a hold of the hand that breaks the fall
Well I know what I've been told
Gotta break free to break the mold
But I can't do this all on my own
No I can't do this all on my own
I know that I'm no Superman
I'm no Superman
I'm no Superman
Someday we'll be together
I'm no Superman
Someday
Someday we'll be together
Someday
I'm no Superman

whoa man, blast from the past i used to rock that song when i was in high school!!!

i love this sing. i love the arcade fire.

Somethin’ filled up

my heart with nothin’,

someone told me not to cry.



But now that I’m older,

my heart’s colder,

and I can see that it’s a lie.



Children wake up,

hold your mistake up,

before they turn the summer into dust.



If the children don’t grow up,

our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.

We’re just a million little god’s causin rain storms turnin’ every good thing to rust.



I guess we’ll just have to adjust.



With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’

I can see where I am goin’ to be

when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.



With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’

I can see where I am goin’

With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’

I can see where I am go-goin’



You better look out below! 

Alias - Inflames

Don't believe the mask

It adapts to any lie

a perfect ten

When reality caves in



Don't tell me,

Tell my ghost

Cause I blame him

For all I don't want to know

"He said, 'I think I'm cured
No, in fact I'm sure of it
Thank you stranger
For your theraputic smile'"
Bowl of Oranges - Bright Eyes

and then well drink and drink and drink and drink
and then well drink some more
then well throw up,pass out, wake up, then go drinkin once more


(the chorus from davinci's notebook-another irish drinking song)

to have and to have not - billy bragg

Up in the morning and out to school
Mother says there'll be no work next year
Qualifications once the Golden Rule
Are now just pieces of paper

Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

If you look the part you'll get the job
In last year's trousers and your old school shoes
The truth is son, it's a buyer's market
They can afford to pick and choose

Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because I dress like this
Doesn't mean I'm a communist

The factories are closing and the army's full -
I don't know what I'm going to do
But I've come to see in the Land of the Free
There's only a future for the Chosen Few

Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

At twenty one you're on top of the scrapheap
At sixteen you were top of the class
All they taught you at school
Was how to be a good worker
The system has failed you, don't fail yourself

Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

Crazy/forever Japandroids

We'll stick together forever
Stay sick together
Be crazy forever

AND FINALLY landlocked blues by bright eyes

If you walk away I walk away
first tell me which road you will take
I don't want to risk our paths crossing someday
so you walk that way I'll walk this way

and the future hangs over our heads
and it moves with each current event
until it falls all around like a cold steady rain
just stay in when it's lookin' this way

and the moon's laying low in the sky
forcing everything metal to shine
and the sidewalk holds diamonds like a jewelry store case
they argue "walk this way," "no walk this way"

and laura's asleep in my bed
as I'm leaving she wakes up and says
"I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave
baby don't go away, come here"

and there's kids playing guns in the street
and one's pointing his tree branch at me
So I put my hands up I say:
"Enough is enough,
If you walk away I walk away."
(and he shot me dead)

I found a liquid cure
for my landlocked blues
it will pass away
like a slow parade
it's leaving but I don't know how soon

and the world's got me dizzy again
you'd think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin
and it only feels worse when I stay in one place
so I'm always pacing around or walking away
I keep drinking the ink from my pen
and I'm balancing history books up on my head
but it all boils down to one quotable phrase
"If you love something give it away"
A good woman will pick you apart
a box full of suggestions for your possible heart
But you may be offended, and you may be afraid
but don't walk away, don't walk away

We made love on the living room floor
with the noise in the background from a televised war
And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say
"If we walk away,they’ll walk away"
But greed is a bottomless pit
And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display
If you're still free start runnin' away
'cause we're comin' for ya!

I've grown tired of holding this pose
I feel more like a stranger each time I come home
So I'm making a deal with the devils of fame
Sayin' let me walk away, please
You'll be free child once you have died
from the shackles of language and measurable time
And then we can trade places, play musical graves
till then walk away walk away walk away walk away
So I'm up at dawn, putting on my shoes
I just want to make a clean escape
I'm leaving but I don't know where to
I know I'm leaving but I don't know where to