Lyrics

[Asila]

And here are two more songs, because I really want Seven to hear them.

This song is "Wizards in Winter", by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It's entirely instrumental, without lyrics, but all it took for me to fall in love with this band is a ten second clip from this song in an advertisement for an upcoming concert in Madison, where they appear on a yearly basis. Their music is the only Christmas music that I listen to.



Another song of theirs that I love is "The World That She Sees", but it's really hard to find music videos for some of their stuff. I could find the lyrics though. At this site. www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-World-That-She-Sees-lyrics-Trans-Siberian-Orchestra/030BADA8F91FF0B948256E87002F862D Where you can also listen to the song, if you would like.


There in this night
There is a life
Someone who waits for me
Only a child
Dreams and a smile
Waiting to play


And now she's found
Snow on the ground
Magic has been set free
She's waited here
All of this year
Just for this day

And then the night comes alive
With lights to dazzle
And everything's extraordinary
Nothing is left ordinary

Christmas has come
With its long memory
And in my mind
It always will be
The world that she sees

Caught in this night
Pieces of light
Glitter and play for you
And made of glass
Dreams from the past
Wait for this day

And if you try
Look in the sky
One star is shining through
And on this eve
You can't believe
It's far away

And then the night comes alive
With lights to dazzle
And everything's extraordinary
Nothing is left ordinary

Christmas has come
With its long memory
And in my mind
It always will be
The world that she sees

There on this night
Pieces of light
There on this night
Pieces of light

Christmas has come
Christmas has come

The world that she sees
The world that she sees

On this night
On this night

The world that she sees

Then after he had thought awhile
The father recalled another child
Born in a time now far away
And how this child's dreams
Had reached this day

He wondered what that child had thought
And when he slept what dreams he sought
And did the shepherds understand
All the hopes in that child's hands?
And how those hopes would still survive
As dreams within each newborn's eyes

* * *

Then the child heard a clock tolling
From a distant city tower
And she gazed up at the starlight
On this Christmas midnight hour

And she wondered if these stars
Were all but bits of dreams
From somewhere in the distant past
That somehow, could still be seen

And she wondered if her candle
Upon this magic night

Could be seen by someone faraway
As their own starlight

That song is from "The Christmas Attic", if anyone wants to find some good holiday music. The song that I did post is from their newest album "The Lost Christmas Eve".(though I think they actually have another album coming out this holiday season, so it won't be the newest anymore)

Another song I love is Seether's remake, "Careless Whisper". There's just something about the guitar solo, and the bitter-sweet lyrics, that really endear this song to me.

[Asila]

Another bitter sweet rock song. Though this one is mostly bitter. And heart-brokenly lost. But I just love those sad rock ballads.

The song is Snuff by Slipknot, which was a shock to me because most of Slipknots stuff is just that hardcore, heavy metal that consists mostly of screaming and rebellious lyrics. But I already posted one of their typical songs, "Gematria", on here. "Dead Memories" was an atypical song by them, since it was more serious and focused less on screaming, but even it still felt angry. But "Snuff" is...different. It's pace is slower, and it's tone is matter-of-fact and absolutely without hope. I think it's beautiful.

But without further ado, here it is.

"Snuff"



Bury all your secrets in my skin
Come away with innocence and leave me with my sins
The air around me still feels like a cage
And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again

So if you love me let me go
And run away before I know
My heart is just too dark to care
I can't destroy what isn't there

Deliver me into my fate
If I'm alone I cannot hate
I don't deserve to have you
Ooh, my smile was taken long ago
If I can change I hope I never know

I still press your letters to my lips
And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss
I couldn't face a life without your lights
But all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight

So save your breath, I will not care
I think I made it very clear
You couldn't hate enough to love
Is that supposed to be enough?

I only wish you weren't my friend
Then I could hurt you in the end
I never claimed to be a saint
Ooh, my own was banished long ago
It took the death of hope to let you go

So break yourself against my stones
And spit your pity in my soul
You never needed any help
You sold me out to save yourself

And I won't listen to your shame
You ran away, you're all the same
Angels lie to keep control
Ooh, my love was punished long ago
If you still care don't ever let me know
If you still care don't ever let me know

[Asila]

This is the most amazing story-song I have ever encountered, and so I have to share it with everyone. It's from Sonata Arctica's newest album, "The Days of Grays", and I would have shared it earlier if I had known what was going on in it. But I eventually started picking out lines and stringing the pieces together, so I began to hear this story take form...

Well, tonight I finally looked up the lyrics. I'm glad I did, because they clarify things I couldn't hear in the song. Like quotations, and the implied meaning behind the instrumentals. Did I mention that those instrumentals are what make this song seem so amazing to me? Some of the story is unspoken! I've never seen anything like it!

Anyway, the story behind this song is kind of like The Crucible. It's about a frenzied witch hunt. The voice in the beginning is that of the first witch to be burned at the stake, and she's speaking to the one she loved (or she is in the beginning of her solo. Near the end of her lines, they seem to become a narrative...). Who was also a witch who she never had time to recognize him as such. It is his voice that picks up when her lines end. He wants to avenge her.

Many of the following lines that are quoted are the voices of the townspeople, with most of the lines of the remaining true witch appearing closer to the end. Actually, ignore that. Because everything that isn't in quotations seems to be narrated by him, while some of the stuff in quotations is spoken by him. *shakes her head* You'll see why it didn't make much sense to me when I didn't have the lyrics.

The segments are labeled like chapters in a book, and not all labeled segments have lyrics. ((This is just too cool...)) But that's enough background information. Just listen to the song, follow the lyrics, and prepare yourself for one hell of a ride.



Deathaura

"Remember when I told you how my

Kin is different in some ways?

And how you should not fall in love

With someone like me, anyway...

Between the lines, people see signs

When they feel the sear, every day's fear...

And one night their torches

Find the girl without a name...

And the one who has her

Love is no more safe..."



"And until I get my peace I'm but a shade..."



[The Witch-hunt]



The sun lit the White Mountain's snow covered peaks,

There I see you, amongst the good people, suffering...

"She is the One, the unwanted, decidedly so,

'Cause she makes our children cry.

It's a fact, she is exactly that!

A harbinger of death from the world of Witchcraft,

And she's feeding them cakes and her ale to this innocent boy,

And her magic brings dismay..."



[Exposing The Heathen]



"I hear her in the wind, the bane of our town

Come with me, father, I'm to expose a heathen"



In my home town

No one's safe now

Young love's been forbidden

For five-fold kisses, my only love had to die...



[Envy]



"Your crops are all flourishing, so what's the catch?

I know what you are, the new evil unhatched...

As sure as the dawn, they will hear what I know,

And recognize you, and you'll be cleansed too..."



[The Fear]



For the good, trusting people in town,

In their fear stricken hearts,

Seeing skyclad's a sign like the Deathaura,

Every night, so painful's the memory of love in the dark.

One wheel of the year ends their short lives in fear



"I hear her in the wind, the bane of our town.

Come with me, oh, father the heathen is exposed."



[The Grudge]



In the age of burning times, you saved my life

... The blaze grew ever higher.

I was your Cunning Man... hiding in the light,

Now your land shall go sour...



Your own fears will destroy everything

Envy consumes all, and "thou shall not..."

Though it hurts, I must tell you

"I am truly the One

... Behind it all..."



[The Curse]



In the hands of time we all will die

The dead of night will devour your child...

The creation o' beliefs you've been fed

The fear, the unknown, the poison loved by death.



[The Flames]



In the cool of the night air

Flames purify minds, where

Almost anyone could be the next...

"Unless morning finds all of them somehow hexed..."



[Endless Inquisition]



[Instrumental]



[... Together, Today, For All Eternity]



"I remember how you told me,

Your kin's different, on that sunny day?"

"You made me smile,

'Cause I was just about to say the same thing..."

So deeply entwined, love of a lifetime...



But they paid someone to say their torment has a name

And after all these years we get to be together for all eternity...

[Asila]

Molly's song.



Shadows

Sunset, I close my eyes
I pretend everything's alright
Drowning in anger from all these lies
I can't pretend everything's alright
Please don't let me fall forever
Can you tell me it's over?

There's a hate inside of me like some kind of master
I tried to save you, but I can't find the answer
I'm holding onto you, I'll never let go
I need you with me as I enter the shadows

Caught in the darkness, I go blind
But can you help me find my way out?
Nobody hears me, I suffer the silence
Can you tell me it's over now?

There's a hate inside of me like some kind of master
I tried to save you, but I can't find the answer
I'm holding onto you, I'll never let go
I need you with me as I enter the shadows

I'm holding onto you [x2]
There's a hate inside of me like some kind of master
I tried to save you, but I can't find the answer
I'm holding onto you, I'll never let go
I need you with me as I enter the shadows

[Asila]

This is a song by Sonata Arctica that I think is absolutely adorable. In a creepy stalker sort of way.

Really, though, it's very sweet.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxZcFArCeKs

Shy

I can see how you are beautiful, can you feel my eyes on you,
I'm shy and turn my head away
Working late in diner Citylight, I see that you get home alright
Make sure that you can't see me, hoping you will see me

Sometimes I'm wondering why you look me and you blink your eye
You can't be acting like my Dana (can you)
I see you in Citylight diner serving all those meals and then
I see reflections of me in your eye, oh please

Talk to me, show some pity
You touch me in many, many ways
But I'm shy can't you see

Obsessed by you, your looks, well, anyway "I would any day die for you",
I write on paper erased away
Still I sit in diner Citylight, drinking coffee or reading lies
Turn my head and I can see you, could that really be you

Sometimes I'm wondering why you look me and you blink your eye
You can't be acting like my Dana?
I see your beautiful smile and I would like to run away from
Reflections of me in your eyes, oh please

Talk to me, show some pity
You touch me in many, many ways
But I'm shy can't you see

I see, can't have you, can't leave you, there 'cause I must sometimes see you
And I don't understand how you can keep me in chains
And every waking hour, I feel you taking power From me and I can't live
Repeating the scenery over again

Sometimes I'm wondering why you look me and you blink your eye
You can't be acting like my Dana?
I see your beautiful smile and I would like to run away from
Reflections of me in your eyes, oh please

Talk to me, show some pity
You touch me in many, many ways
But I'm shy can't you see,

Oh baby, Talk to me, show some pity
You touch me in many, many ways
But I'm shy can't you, I'm shy can't you, I'm shy can't you see

[Asila]

A couple of my favorite Nine Inch Nails songs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFCNEfd9mQ8&feature=fvw

The Fragile

She shines
In a world full of ugliness
She matters when everything is meaningless

Fragile
She doesn't see her beauty
She tries to get away
Sometimes
It's just that nothing seems worth saving
I can't watch her slip away

I won't let you fall apart

She reads the minds of all the people as they pass her by
Hoping someone can see
If i could fix myseld i'd-
But it's too late for me

I wont let you fall apart

We'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide
I'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side
...but they keep waiting
...and picking...

It's something i have to do
I was there, too
Before everyhting else
I was like you



Into the Void

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4lTMOmH8Dw

tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away

talking to myself all the way to the station
pictures in my head of the final destination all lined up
(all the one's that aren't allowed to stay)
tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away

tried to save a place from the cuts and the scratches
tried to overcome the complications and the catches
nothing ever grows and the sun doesn't shine all day
tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away

tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away

[Asila]

More lyrics for the lyrics page! ...I think someone else needs to post lyrics. I have completely taken over this thread.

A song by The Cure

One Hundred Years

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-9cH4sA9FA

It doesn't matter if we all die
Ambition in the back of a black car
In a high building there is so much to do
Going home time
A story on the radio

Something small falls out of your mouth
And we laugh
A prayer for something better
A prayer
For something better

Please love me
Meet my mother
But the fear takes hold
Creeping up the stairs in the dark
Waiting for the death blow
Waiting for the death blow
Waiting for the death blow

Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot
Fighting for freedom on television
Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs
Have we got everything?
She struggles to get away . . .

The pain
And the creeping feeling
A little black haired girl
Waiting for Saturday
The death of her father pushing her
Pushing her white face into the mirror
Aching inside me
And turn me round
Just like the old days
Just like the old days
Just like the old days
Just like the old days

Caressing an old man
And painting a lifeless face
Just a piece of new meat in a clean room
The soldiers close in under a yellow moon
All shadows and deliverance
Under a black flag
A hundred years of blood
Crimson
The ribbon tightens round my throat
I open my mouth
And my head bursts open
A sound like a tiger thrashing in the water
Thrashing in the water
Over and over
We die one after the other
Over and over
We die one after the other
One after the other
One after the other
One after the other
One after the other

It feels like a hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
One hundred years


And a song by The Sisters Of Mercy. One of two that's beginning to lead toward an obsession with the band on my part.

A Rock and a Hard Place

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgkbzJoewP4

And she came to look for me
Sold me name and innocence
Took my key
And told me to follow her
Down from igor with her bangles and her reference
One from the church from the valley of the
Well she wanted a haven and a place to hide
So I gave her an alibi took her inside but

A rock and a hard place await for for me
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Everything I ever did right or wrong
Hid out of sight where I belong, belong

And I didn't have the heart to tell her
Why
And there wasn't a part of me that
Didn't want to say goodbye but

Cause and effect go hand in hand with
The devil may care but I don't mind and I
Thought she'd never quite understand so I
Left her there that night but will she
Find me? I don't think so, no
When you go, you go alone
And I'm gone.............
far away [x4]

And I didn't have the heart to tell
Why
And there wasn't a part of me that
Didn't want to say goodbye but...

CHORUS [to fade]

[Asila]

This song represents America's safety net, which provides for the poor, the infirm, the hard-up, the children, and the every member of America's desperately struggling working class. You know, the very same people conservative politicians in this country are trying to blame for the deficit so that they can remove the safety net entirely and give all of the proceeds to highly profitable corporations that just don't need the money. What people who are swayed by the Republican argument don't understand is that the poor are not the cause, but the symptom of the deficit.

But I rant enough about politics elsewhere. I just wanted to post this Rise Against song. I want to learn how to play it on my guitar so that I can play and sing the lyrics as I'm patrolling the capitol square. Thought I'd try and put some pizazz into my protesting and that would be the perfect way to go. Music moves people, and the lyrics definitely apply.

Disparity by Design


All the way at the bottom
Of these barrels we cry out
So ashamed of our tears that
We blame only ourselves
That's when they win
They keep us convinced
To lift up our chins
These playing fields are level
We all have a chance
With that they dismiss
The fast lanes they rode
In which access depends on who you know
Or where you came from
Whose daughter are you?
Whose fortunate son?
We're told
To stick out our thumbs
They feast from the linens
while we settle for crumbs


Is this an over-reaching arm
Or is this compassion?
Is this a handout undeserved
Or a just reparation?
(a just reparation)

Away from the towers
High above the ceiling tombs
Tell themselves
That they've earned this
By working hard
Or playing by the rules
But this is only part true
A dangerous trick
Played on me and you
And so like a practical joke
We pulled on these bootstraps
So hard that they broke

Is this an over-reaching arm
Or is this compassion?
Is this a handout undeserved
Or a just reparation?

And like a single domino
That falls while the rest stay vertical
We're fed these empty fairy tales
Or will you believe them?

And if there's a God
You better pray
That this sleeping giant never wakes

If we just take a step back
A bigger picture we might view
Perhaps the man in the gutter
Is not so different from you

Come in out of the cold
Forget all that you know
Because there's always been room
By the fire for you, oh
Come in out of the cold

Will you believe them?
Is this an over-reaching arm
Or is this compassion?
Is this a handout undeserved
Or a just reparation?
And like a single domino
That falls while the rest stay vertical
We're fed these empty fairy tales
And I'm through believing