| iamamiwhoami – Clump Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I would like to suggest changing the lines "Someone to pick you up when you needed to / be getting through" to "Someone to pick you up when you needed to / be *carried* through." That's what I hear - I think she pretty clearly says "carried," and that makes more grammatical sense. | |
| Jonna Lee – And Your Love Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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There's a light outside the house It lights up even the darkest night Blinding my car There's a mood inside your heart That breaks through buildings and concrete walls I drove this too far And your love, and your love And your love finds its way to me And your love, and your love And your love finds its way to me There's a silence in your eyes That wears and tears without making sound Yeah, all that you are Makes the weak and fragile mind Forget the pain on the inside Waiting to fall And your love, and your love And your love finds its way to me And your love, and your love And your love finds its way to me And your love, and your love And your love finds its way And your love, and your love And your love finds its way to me |
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| In Flames – Borders and Shading Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Take a knife and carve it in Want to see your faults As a part of your pretty skin Everyone has a tragedy I want you to wear yours in pain Oblivion can no longer shade you Reminded by the tattered tissue Bleak silence Errors stigmatized in you A weak, worn-out friend There's nothing left for me Again and again Your face reminds me of a bleak future Despite the absence of hope I give you this sacrifice You're so far behind, be my hero Drift away Save yourself, don't end up zero Cause I'll look the other way I will crawl into your vault Past snakes and old rotten thoughts Leaving a hotbed of virulence Your world inside slowly redesigned Again and again Your face reminds me of a bleak future Despite the the absence of hope I give you this sacrifice You're so far behind, be my hero Drift away Save yourself, don't end up zero Cause I'll look the other way Again and again Your face reminds me of a bleak future Despite the the absence of hope I give you this sacrifice You're so far behind, be my hero Drift away Save yourself, don't end up zero Cause I'll look the other way You're so far behind, be my hero Save yourself (Drift away) Save yourself, don't end up zero 'Cause I'll look the other way (Save yourself) |
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| In Flames – Evil In A Closet Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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We were one in words You finished my sentences I can never attract tomorrow It pushes me aside I sink in waters deep Your presence kept me floating far from depths where secrets lie Maybe in another lifetime I could be the first you meet I once read a poem Held my breath, but that moment's gone First time I felt life somewhat hurts I need an option, a reason and some hope Yell at me, I want to be your light that shines But my ground is shaking and I might fall I wish that I could say I wish that I could be your Evil, evil in a closet Yell at me, I want to be your light that shines But my ground is shaking and I might fall I wish that I could say I wish that I could be your Evil, evil in a closet |
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| In Flames – My Sweet Shadow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I'm selling heavenly sketches A world out of my mind Ready to explode in purity To fill the holes inside An ever-moving stream With glowing rays of light Emotions tied to past lies And I know I should let go Tamed with confidence of a brighter future I found a flame in the burnt-out ashes... Burned out, burn out Fueled, these new shores burn Dark past lies cold Shadow, my sweet shadow To you I look no.... Another dawn collapses Do I need to be reminded? A glimpse of my safe home A path to hide all anger I found a flame in the burnt-out ashes Burned out, burn out Fueled, these new shores burn Dark past lies cold Shadow, my sweet shadow To you I look no more In circles I catch A torch carried by the immortal From depths that I created In vain, echoes fade Burn out Fueled, these new shores burn Dark past lies cold Shadow, my sweet shadow To you I look no... Fueled, these new shores burn Dark past lies cold Shadow, my sweet shadow To you I look no more Fueled Dark past lies cold To you I look no... |
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| My Brightest Diamond – Magic Rabbit Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I had a magic that would sing Maybe I took her from her mother too early She never came out of recovery Even on summer days she'd complain She couldn't take the chill out of her bones Maybe I took her from her mother too early I put her outside in the sunshine All the rabbits died for supper tonight All the rabbits died in the spotlight I had a magic that would sing And boy oh boy was she a pretty thing By some great mystery She looked to me like she was wearing thin Are you fading away, magic...? Are you fading away? Are you fading away? (All the rabbits died) Are you fading in the spotlight? Are you fading away, magic...? Are you fading away? All the rabbits died Are you fading away in the spotlight? Are you fading, my magic rabbit? Magic, oh... Are you fading away, magic? Are you fading away? Rabbit, rabbit Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit |
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| My Brightest Diamond – The Robin's Jar Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Once we found a robin In our backyard It was already dead But we were so sure That things weren't gone too far So we prayed to God above That He'd bring it back to us And we put it in a jar And waited And waited But Mama made us bury it Mama made us bury it in the backyard I wished to be just like my best friend She was the brightest star in the room Yeah, but we didn't know what we had With the world pressing in On her backyard She fell in backwards She fell in backwards With the world pressing in On her backyard She fell in backwards We prayed to God above That He'd bring her back to us So we put her in a box We put her in a box And waited For something to happen But nothing happened And Mama made me bury her Mama made me bury her Mama made be bury her in the backyard |
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| My Brightest Diamond – Ice and the Storm Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Open up your heart to me darling You're resisting this bliss You've been dreaming only of it It's just like ice building up inside darling We've accumulated too much miscommunication In a beginning everything is soft Not defensive Perhaps we begin again, shyly I want to love you loosely I want to love you loosely So nothing is stopping me from receiving From giving out I want a storm to blow it out I want to shake myself and turn my heart inside out I want a storm to blow it out I want to shake myself and turn my heart inside out Open up your heart to me now Open Darling you're resisting this bliss You've been dreaming only of it I want a storm to blow it out I want to shake myself and turn my heart inside out I want a storm to blow it out I want to shake myself and turn my heart inside out Don't you want to let it go? Ohhh, (I want to love you loosely) Ohhh, let it go. Let it go Let it let it let it go Let it go Let it let it let it go Let it go Let it let it let it go Let it go Let it let it let it go Let it go Let it let it let it go Let it let it go Let it go Let it let it let it go |
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| Amanda Palmer – Vegemite Love Song Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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On the album Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under, this song is called "Vegemite (The Black Death)." The lyrics on the album version's of the song are also very different than the ones posted, so here are the lyrics I've corrected. - - - You tell me that you love me when I'm lying by your side. You tell me that I am the only one who understands your troubled mind. That I am blind to any evil you can do, And that I love you more than any other girl could ever do. You love the things that I love; you love art and you love books, And you love love as much as I do and you love my dirty looks. And you love me right now, So, how can you love... Vegemite? It tastes like sadness. It tastes like batteries. It tastes like asses. I cannot hold a man so close who spreads this cancer on his toast. It is the Vegemite, my darling, or it's me. You have to make a fucking choice. I cannot sit with you at breakfast, The very smell of it obliterates my senses. And if that weren't bad enough you also eat the shit for lunch, Which means we can't spend any time together, What kind of relationship is that? The choice is yours, my heart is in your hands... Please wash your hands, You just ate Vegemite for lunch you selfish bastard. (Shouting:) It's all about you, isn't it? It's just take, take, take, take! What about me, what about my feelings? .... I'm sorry. (Spoken:) "I had this really awful experience when I was six years old, and our British next door neighbor [Christopher Gill?], he was babysitting us, and, he made me eat an entire spoonful of marmite... Which is just like Vegemite, pretty much, except it's even grosser. And, but he told me, he made me eat it by telling me it was chocolate fudge, and so I swallowed the whole thing, and then I had to go to the bathroom and throw up, and... it really traumatized me. And I'm sorry I got so emotional, I just... (Sung) I love you, and no matter what you eat, I'll always love you completely, I might just always leave the room at meal times, Or refuse to kiss or touch you for a week, If you insist on putting that foul death paste in your mouth. You're in my heart, but put yourself inside my shoes, I have to know, it shouldn't be too hard to choose. I know it's tearing you apart, but it's the way it has to be. It is the Vegemite, my darling... It is the Vegemite, my darling... Put down the Vegemite, you fucker, or I'll leave. |
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| Amanda Palmer – Australia Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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These are the corrected lyrics for the track on Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under. I listened to the song on the album and the lyrics are quite different than what is posted. - - - - - I can do the dishes while talking on the phone I could ask you for an answer but you want to be alone I can never do the dishes a single dish at a time It's too much of a commitment so I line them up and fire I could calamine your insides I could wind them all around me I could Tiptoe on a tightrope made of fear and looking down see All the people do they see me I can wave or I could carry all the dishes that they gave me that are keeping me steady Or I could go to Australia And carry a bowie knife and wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side And learn card tricks and buy Everyone drinks and take boxing and write Songs about my bowie knife I could do these dishes I could try to do these dishes I could try I could bake a cake My kitchen is small but I could clear the space I could write my name Because practice makes perfect yes that's what they say I could make a button out of plaster That said 'finished' I could hang it in my closet To the left side of the lightswitch I could walk down to Columbus and try drinking to forget it And then come home less afraid and then press it and press it Or I could go to Australia Carry a bowie knife And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side And learn card tricks and buy Everyone drinks and take boxing and try Eating things only with chopsticks and write Songs about my bowie knife I could do these dishes I could try to do these dishes I could decide to do these dishes I could decide Or I could go to Australia Carry a bowie knife And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side And learn card tricks and physics and buy Everyone drinks and take boxing and try Eating things only with chopsticks and finally Be like a person I think you might like I could do these dishes I could try to do these dishes I could decide to do these dishes I could decide to do these dishes Time to decide Fuck it! I'm gonna go to Australia I'm gonna go to Australia I'm gonna go to Australia She's gonna go to Australia Bye-bye |
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| The Knife – The Cop Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I believe c0intelpr0 is spot-on. This piece struck me right away as having a sarcastic, satirical edge. | |
| The Knife – Neon Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I've always imagined this song as being sung from the perspective of a moth. You know how moths are attracted to light, always flying around them and bumping into them, yet they continue to "come back for more?" :) Just a neat way of thinking about it. I think it suits the kind of dazed, dreamy atmosphere of the song. |
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| The Knife – Neon Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I've always imagined this song as being sung from the perspective of a moth. You know how moths are attracted to light, always flying around them and bumping into them, yet they continue to "come back for more?" :) Just a neat way of thinking about it. I think it suits the kind of dazed, dreamy atmosphere of the song. |
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| The Knife – Neon Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Lyrics with corrections: Something's got a hold of my head And it won't leave me alone (Neon when you come on) Something's got a hold of my head And it won't let me go (Neon when you come on) Something's got a hold of my head And I didn't know (Neon when you come on) Something's got a hold of my head And I didn't know Neon when you come on (And you come on) It brings a new type of grace And I keep coming back for more And it leaves me with a shimmering face And I keep coming back For more And it brings a new type of grace And I keep coming back for more And it leaves me with a shimmering face And I keep coming back For more Neon when you come on home Neon when you come on home Neon when you come on home Neon when you come on home Neon when you come on home Neon when you come on home And it brings a new type of grace (Neon when you come on home) And I keep coming back for more And it leaves me with a shimmering face (Neon when you come on home) And I keep coming back Back for more.. |
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| iamamiwhoami – Y Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| They "would" never stop hunting you > "They will never stop hunting you" | |
| iamamiwhoami – B Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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There it was, the land of decay We should pack our things and run away Rest in the quicksand Shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand Sink slowly now, take flight Let silence take us at daylight Take a deep breath as we go, as we go Wanting higher Wanting higher up Wanting higher... 'Till morning forces us to climb back down I'd rather stay I'd rather let us drown Wanting higher Wanting higher up Wanting higher... What a harsh, unpleasant hello The paranoia I've learned to live with, although I will never shape what's there behind Your songs are still playing in my mind All that white only turns to blue Look after me, I'll look after you Take a deep breath as we go, as we go... |
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| iamamiwhoami – U-1 Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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You gave me life In return I'll torch Britain You can watch it burn In the ashes of your town In the ashes of your town We will build it back down You gave me life We will build it back down In the ashes of your town In the ashes of your town We will build it back down You gave me life We will build it back down In the ashes of your town In the ashes of your town We will build it back down |
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| iamamiwhoami – T Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't really hear "We raise our children to the bee / Oh, there's comfort in pollen." Those lyrics don't make much sense. I hear her sing at least three distinct syllables at the end of that second line, pollen just doesn't fit. Watch her mouth as she sings the line at the beginning of the "t" video.... I think it's "We raise our children to the beat / Of its comforting pounding [or bounding?] love" The lyrics I feel are closest to correct: - - - A backwards march My back against Meadows of fear Where it all began And there's a hunt For the sake of whom [For the seeker whom?] And the purest of hearts Let their spirits be consumed There's a new world laid at your feet We build an army from nothing We raise our children to the beat Of its comforting pounding [bounding?] love A forward talk Solely against Old ways and means We're not like them I'm on a hunt To find the cure And before I depart Into the deepest blue Behind all insecurity There is a wall of assurance She is her own worst enemy She fights her battles for no one There's a new world laid at your feet We build an army from nothing We raise our children to the beat Of its comforting pounding love Let us sing here for a new beginning You know better now Water fills her lungs as she's inhaling You feel better now Underneath the stars her body's sinking You do better now A heavy sigh then not a sound We have no lives To sacrifice She amazes.. [unintelligible] If there's a want for something new You might find me at the start Or where the.. [unintelligible] Let us sing here for a new beginning You know better now Water fills her lungs as she's inhaling You feel better now Underneath the stars her body's sinking You do better now A heavy sigh then not a sound - - - There are a few words/lines in there I'd really love to have figured out. I wish they'd release the official lyrics. |
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| Rasputina – My Orphanage Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I believe she is using an orphanage as a metaphor for her heart. Thus, "my orphanage, my heart." She presents the orphanage to be a tangible thing or something she is experiencing (where she lives) until the very end, where she tosses out "my heart" and makes you rethink your perception of the meaning of the lyrics. | |
| The Mars Volta – Cavalettas Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Instead of "a deaf con of angora goats", which doesn't make much sense, maybe it's "A DEFCON of angora goats"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEF_CON |
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| The Mars Volta – Meccamputechture Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Strangely enough, either these lyrics or the lyrics on TMV's website seem to be very wrong... http://www.thebedlam.net/song/show/25 |
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| The Mars Volta – Meccamputechture Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Well said, eyevan.vega. Thank you. | |
| The Mars Volta – Tetragrammaton Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Given the religious themes in the song, is it possible that the line "Palms speak through eyes" Could be written as "Psalms speak through eyes"? Just a thought. |
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| The Mars Volta – Miranda, That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm going to go on hoping/praying/believing EddieBukowski is trolling, and applaud ShesmyAlcatraz for an intelligent post. :) "Rolling or tripping or whatever", I lol'd. |
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| Anouk – Girl Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Everyone commenting seems to be stepping deliberately around the possibility of the song's subject being a lesbian relationship.. Technically, a confused girl coming to her close female friend, confiding in her about her confusion (liking a certain man, and also liking the woman) and asking if they could be together. That possibility why I like the song, actually. | |
| Anouk – Jerusalem Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think her use of "Jerusalem" is a reference to what Jerusalem symbolizes in religion - a holy place, or "Promised Land"... A place which represents sanctuary, eternity, and life without sin. Perhaps the song is about seeking a "Jerusalem" for the mind and spirit, a place of contentment with oneself. The lyrics in the song sound to me like the thoughts of someone very discontent with themselves, very listless and almost depressed, lacking zest for life. Realizing this and wanting to get better, to find their own "Jerusalem", and become comfortable with who they are and accept their life, perhaps even learning to love life again. | |
| Kate Bush – Waking the Witch Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is one of only two songs that have ever actually frightened me the first time I heard them (the other being Tori Amos' cover of "'97 Bonnie and Clyde"). I had fallen asleep listening to Kate's songs and this is the song that woke me up. I woke to the sound of the different voices calling "wake up!" and this part of the song: 'Listen to me, listen to me, baby. Listen, baby, help me, baby! Help me, help me! Listen to me, talk to me!' 'You won't burn.' 'Red, red roses.' 'You won't bleed.' 'Pinks and posies.' 'Confess to me, girl.' 'Red, red roses,'* 'Go down!' Before the chanting of "Spiritus sanctus in nomine.." It was pure terror, fumbling in the half-consciousness between sleep and awake, trying to figure out where I was, where the voices were coming from, what was going on... I was frantic for a good twn or twenty seconds before coming fully awake and realizing I only needed to take the headphones from my ears. This song is more powerful to me now because of that experience, I feel almost as if I came close to feeling how our heroine in the song must have felt while that was going on. Lost, frantic, panicked and confused... terrified. |
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| Tori Amos – '97 Bonnie and Clyde (Eminem cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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stardustgammaray; I find your attempt at playing the internet tough-guy hilarious. (: |
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| Tori Amos – '97 Bonnie and Clyde (Eminem cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Creepy, haunting, disturbing... Everyone who's described the song this way is absolutely right. Marie-p and AliceInVelvet specifically did a wonderful job of explaining how I feel about the song, and much more eloquently than I could have, so I'll let their statements do the talking. (: | |
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