| Input – Welcome Back Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Welcome back to the only thing that ever made your heart race Similar to running from the cops or a first date It took time for music to find it's right path Blinded by oppression now it's made the choice to fight back Living by the corporate code of corruption It takes one to teach one the layout of seduction Prosecute the perpetual predicaments Punishing the listener by handing out permission slips We've lost touch with the importance of feeling We've lost contact with our keen sense of hearing It's up to music to alter its appearance And reinvent itself instead of shopping for a clearance Go ahead and try to simplify the problem And you'll find yourself in El Segundo with an empty wallet Given the state of the modern individual It doesn't mean a thing if you don't understand this ritual Music is an open airway to ecstacy Let's play with fortune and fame along with destiny At the end of the tunnel there is a bold path That we'll explore so music will get its soul back Welcome back to the time and the place Where you first fell in love with the things you embrace Welcome back to the days of enchantment Attraction, delight, and a fascinating passion Welcome back to the pro's and the con's The albums, the fashion, the friendships, the songs It's nice to meet you, relax, and just sit tight This is the feeling that'll make you wanna live life Welcome back to your single inhibition Of letting everything go and striking the ignition I'm moving forward on a tedious adventure A meaningful selection of your favorites and the best hits Become one with your arrested development Change for the better 'cause the rest is irrelevant Remember how it felt to live spontaneous Inside yourself and outside of the radius Marvel at the magnificence of your first love Your first kiss, your first time, your first crush Does it not wanna make you travel back to that moment in your life Your life just felt right Turn on the radio and get the manual So the music and you become compatible And when it's over you'll know just what to do Welcome back to the best thing that happened to me and now to you Welcome back to the time and the place Where you first fell in love with the things you embrace Welcome back to the days of enchantment Attraction, delight, and a fascinating passion Welcome back to the pro's and the con's The albums, the fashions, the friendships, the songs It's nice to meet you relax and just sit tight This is the feeling that'll make you wanna live life |
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| Cartel – Wasted Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The core idea of the song (to me; it's message typically varies a little depending on the listener) is how easily our lives can become a huge waste. A baby dies in childbirth. A teenager dies because of reckless driving. A 32-year-old discovers he had cancer and the plans he had for his life are now obsolete because "he's sick in the morning and he dies in the night." A 7-year-old just wants to play with his dad, but his dad is too busy with work. A 32-year-old is depressed because he has lived his whole life based on meaningless principles (like the idea that everyone should get married and have kids). The 23-year-old is the person I relate to the most. He (presumably) just got out of college ("got his life in his hands"), but he doesn't understand what the next step in his life is supposed to be ("looking all around, but he doesnt understand"). Next you find out that when the 23-year-old turns 32 he will be miserable, and this is a reference to the 32-year-old previously mentioned. As you hear the song, it sounds like he is just singing about a bunch of different people whose lives have been wasted, but in the end it all comes together to show that it was the same person the whole time, and it is very easy to see how each stage of the persons life leads to the others and the many ways a person can waste their life. |
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