post some cool song lyrics...

[Mike70]

this is a tune by, maybe, aside from rush the greatest band ever from canada. the tragically hip.

Bobcaygeon.

I left your house this morning about a quarter after nine
coulda been the Willie Nelson coulda been the wine
when I left your house this morning
it was a little after nine
it was in Bobcaygeon I saw the constellations
reveal themselves one star at a time

Drove back to town this morning with working on my mind
I thought of maybe quitting
thought of leaving it behind
went back to bed this morning
and as I'm pulling down the blind
the sky was dull and hypothetical
and falling one cloud at a time

That night in Toronto with its checkerboard floors
riding on horseback and keeping order restored
til the men they couldn't hang
stepped to the mic and sang
and their voices rang with that Aryan twang

I got to your house this morning just a little after nine
in the middle of that riot
couldn't get you off my mind
so I'm at your house this morning
just a little after nine
cause it was in Bobcaygeon where I saw the constellations
reveal themselves one star at a time...



Bobcaygeon is a small town north of toronto.

[MissJacksonCA]

i'll post two...

"A Cross And A Girl Named Blessed"

She wears a butterfly on her wrist
But she might as well cut it's head off
She's holding out for weapons to kill the ghost inside
Or at least kill the thought she has of killing her mind
she says "I love you" with her hands, she says "I hate you" with her eyes

Theres a pretty girl somewhere, with a pretty name
But I could never let you know how much this means
I swear we'll end this war, cause we both know
It wasn't worth fighting for

I wear God's name up by my wrist but she might as well tear my skin off
She's letting go convictions, to release the ghost inside
To release all the suffering of a cross and a girl
I sing "I love you" way too much, so I'll say "I hate you" for tonight

Theres a pretty girl somewhere, with a pretty name
But I could never let you know how much this means
I swear we'll end this war, cause we both know
It wasn't worth fighting for

She, she said to me I will be driving in the wrong direction
Did you ever think, that maybe your life,
Is heading in the wrong direction, baby

There's a cross up on the wall
See from the corner of your eye
When you're down on your knees
And she's begging please
So go and lay back down tonight
Because you won't know who you are
Until you're down on your knees
And you're begging please

Theres a pretty girl somewhere, with a pretty name
But I could never let you know how much this means
I swear we'll end this war, cause we both know
It wasn't worth fighting for

that was by Canadien band Evans Blue...

And now for some Stabbing Westward...

"The Thing I Hate (P.O.M.F.)"

Lost in a world of doubt and insecurity
Nothing that you hold sacred, nothing you believe
Your life is a contradiction
While you thrive on manipulation
I fight to just hold on to what I believe
I won't become the thing I hate
I won't become the thing I hate
I won't become the thing I hate
I won't become you

You've treated me like I'm a worthless piece of ****
You think you're in control but you make me sick
I want to watch you suffer
The way that you've made me suffer
I want to **** up everything you've ever loved

I won't become the thing I hate
I won't become the thing I hate
I won't become the thing I hate
I won't become you

[kortick]

I think these are more appropriate for this site

I Love the Dead
Alice cooper


I love the dead before they're cold,
Their bluing flesh for me to hold.
Cadaver eyes upon me see...
nothing.

I love the dead before they rise.
No farewells, no goodbyes.
I never even knew your now rotting face.

While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave...
I have other uses for you darling.

I love the dead.
I love the dead so much.

[7734]

Join in my quest to leave life overturned
Spanning the world wave of doom
Spewing out death with the evil I've churned
Awaken the dead from their tomb
Love turns to lust the sensations I've felt
Exploring the pleasures of sin
Making the bast of the cards I've been dealt
Adjusting the odds so I win

Unleash all my burning wrath
Potential killing machine
Take down all who block my path
Enjoying all that's obscene... born of fire

Prince of all darkness initiation
Ritually baptized in flames
Next to the throne my abomination
Spreads terror throughout the domain
Master the art that controls the impure
Inherit the infamous keys
Thousands of centuries I will endure
Tyrant of all prophecies

Some have called me Satan's son
A name I cannot deny
Wielding fury that's second to none
Far to vile to confine... born of fire

All things dead must rise again
When twilight's blanket falls
Splattered red you'll find my den
Blood dripping from the walls

Dreams born of desire
Shaped and forged within the fire
Twisted, warped, deranged I see
The world's corrupt insanity

SLAYER - Born of Fire

[_liam_]

7734 is back!

how about this

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Up Jumped The Devil


O My O My
What a wretched life
I was born on the day
That my poor mother died
I was cut from her belly
With a stanley knife
My daddy did a jig
With the drunk midwife

Who's that yonder all in flames
Dragging behind him a sack of chains
Who's that yonder all in flames
Up jumped the Devil and he staked his claim

O poor heart
I was doomed from the start
Doomed to play
The villians part
I was the baddest Johnny
In the apple cart
My blood was blacker
Than the chambers of a dead nun's heart

Who's that milling on the courthouse steps
Nailing my face to the hitching fence
Who's that milling on the courthouse steps
Up jumped the Devil and off he crept

O no O no
Where could I go
With my hump of trouble
And my sack of woe
To the digs and deserts of Mexico
Where my neck was safe from the lynching rope

Who's that yonder laughing at me
Like I was the brunt of some hilarity
Who's that yonder laughing at me
Up jumped the Devil 1, 2, 3

Ha-Ha Ha Ha
How lucky we were
We hit the cathouse
And sampled their whares
We got as drunk
As a couple of Czars
One night I spat out
My lucky stars

Who's that dancing on the jailhouse roof
Stamping on the ramping with a cloven hoof
Who's that dancing on the jailhouse roof
Up jumped the Devil and said "Here is your man and I got proof"

O no don't go O no
O slow down Joe
The righteous path
Is straight as an arrow
Take a walk
And you'll find it too narrow
Too narrow for the likes of me

Who's that hanging from the gallow tree
His eyes are hollow but he looks like me
Who's that swinging from the gallow tree
Up jumped the Devil and took my soul from me

Down we go Down we go Down we go
The Devil and me Down we go down down down
Hell fire and flames Down we go Down we go
To Eternity Down we go We go down down down
Down we go we go down down down
Down we go the Devil and me to Eternity
We go down down down down down ad inferno

[7734]

I was cut from her belly
With a stanley knife
My daddy did a jig
With the drunk midwife



:evil:

how about this (translated from Italian):

If I were fire I'd burn the world
If I were water I would drown it
If I were wind I would storm it
If I were God I would send it into the Abyss

If I were were pope
I'd happily chain up all the christians
If I were emporer
I would behead them all

If I were Death, i'd visit my Dad
If I were Life I would run away from him
Same damn thing with my Mom

If i were Cecco (as I am and was)
I'd keep all the young, sexy women
and leave the fat, old ugly ones for everyone else

Cecco Angiolieri

[DubiousComforts]

If I were Death, i'd visit my Dad
If I were Life I would run away from him
Same damn thing with my Mom

Cecco Angiolieri
Wow, that dude has some serious issues.


I've got my own spirit level for balance
To tell if my choice is leaning up or down
And all the shouting voices
Try to throw me off my course
Some by sermon, some by force
Fools and thieves are dangerous
In the temple and marketplace

Like a forest bows to winter
Beneath the deep white silence
I will quietly resist

Like a flower in the desert
That only blooms at night
I will quietly resist

I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in belief
You can call me faithless
I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me

[Danny]

; Two feet of mine
Have been mislead
Across this dirty street
By hanging heads
Get yourself together
Isnt that what they said
You should stop walking through the city
With the living dead
Its no use
Go run and hide
You cant escape this
Sea of sunken eyes
You know
We got the look
We got the push
We got the pull
Now
Who do you think
Is gonna rise when
Hell is full
Dont ask for trouble
Youll get double
Stop that shouting
Theres no use howling
Those good old days
Are dead and gone
If you dont know
whats going on
get with it man
get with it
heres some advise
dont loose your head
thats what you get for
sticken out your neck
you know
I got myself together
Just like you said
Im conquering this city
With the
Living dead
Stop that shouting
Theres no use howling
Those good old days
Are dead and gone
If you dont know
whats going on
get with it man
get with it
Stop that shouting
Theres no use howling
Those good old days
Are dead and gone
If you dont know
whats going on
get with it man
get with it

not as good without the beat

[MikePizzoff]

CARCASS - Buried Dreams

Welcome, to a world of hate
A life of buried dreams
Smothered, by the soils of fate
Welcome, to a world of pain
Bitterness your only wealth
The sand of time kicked in your face
Rubbed in your... face

When aspirations are squashed
When life's chances are lost
When all hope is gone
When expectations are quashed
When self esteem is lost
When ambition is mourned
...All you need is hate

In futility, for self preservation
We all need someone
Someone to... hate

[bassman]

There seems to be alot of hate and anger in the lyrics in this thread, so I thought I would do my part to brighten it up.:p

The Beatles - All You Need is Love

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.

There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.
There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be in time
It's easy.

All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy.

All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
All you need is love (all together now)
All you need is love (everybody)
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.

[AcesandEights]

There seems to be alot of hate and anger in the lyrics in this thread, so I thought I would do my part to brighten it up.:p

The Beatles - All You Need is Love



Well, facetious choice or not, that is a great song. Cheers :thumbsup:

[bassman]

Well, facetious choice or not, that is a great song. Cheers :thumbsup:

Oh, I was serious. I love The Beatles....

[_liam_]

CARCASS - Buried Dreams

Welcome, to a world of hate
A life of buried dreams
Smothered, by the soils of fate
Welcome, to a world of pain
Bitterness your only wealth
The sand of time kicked in your face
Rubbed in your... face

When aspirations are squashed
When life's chances are lost
When all hope is gone
When expectations are quashed
When self esteem is lost
When ambition is mourned
...All you need is hate

In futility, for self preservation
We all need someone
Someone to... hate

i suppose you heard about carcass and at the gates getting back together then :evil:

[DubiousComforts]

There seems to be alot of hate and anger in the lyrics in this thread,
Nope, just a lot of bad lyrics. As Harlan Ellison would agree, along with sex and driving a car, everyone believes that they can write great song lyrics. There's nothing to it! In reality, it takes great skill to be able to write good lyrics, and very few people are actually any good at it. Just turn on the radio if you need any proof.

[mista_mo]

barenaked ladies- the flag

The phone rings, it's early, it's seven o'clock
He says 'Sorry I woke you, but I just had to talk
You know, last night remember when I tried to choke you
I didn't mean it - I was drunk, it was only a joke.
You should know that by now
When the checkered flag comes down
No one, no one, no one has
Won the race'

The next he's over and over and under
And after he's finished she lies there and wonders
Just why does she need him and why does she stay here
And then in the darkness she'll quietly say, 'Dear
You've never really known
That when the white flag is flown
No one, no one, no one has
Won the war'

They're complicated people living complicated lives
And he complicates their problems
Telling complicated lies
He tells her he's sorry
She tells him it's over
She says over and over
'You've never really known
That when the white flag is flown
No one, no one, no one has
Won the war'

There goes a forest and there goes a bluebird
There goes a partridge and there goes a Go-Train
There goes an angel and there goes a steeple
There goes a cop car and there goes an eagle
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
The ribbons, the ribbons, the ribbons,
The ribbons of the flag

[Danny]

somethig a little less angry then, you dont own me by rasputina

You don't own me, no
I'm not one of your little toys
You don't own me, no
You can't keep me from those other boys

Don't tell me what to do and
Don't tell me what to say
When I go out with you
Don't put me on display

You don't own me, no
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me, no
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
Just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you

You don't own me, no
I'm not one of your little toys
You don't own me, no
You can't keep me from those other boys

Don't tell me what to do and
Don't tell me what to say
When I go out with you
Don't put me on display

I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
Just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you

I'm young, and I love to be young
I'm free, and I love to be free
Free to do whatever I want
To live my life the way that I please

[MikePizzoff]

Nope, just a lot of bad lyrics.

Why is it that it seems like every post by you that I read you're just being really negative? Or are those the only ones that stand out. The title of the thread isn't "Post lyrics DoubiousComforts would think are good," it's "post some cool song lyrics..."

I sneak in my own house,
It's four in the morning,
I had too much to drink,
Said I was out with the boys,
I creep in my bedroom,
I slip into bed,
I know if I wake her,
I'll wake up dead,

I wonder, will she find out,
About the other, other lover,
Diana.

Wake up dead, you die,
Wake up dead.
Wake up dead, you die,
Wake up dead.

[DubiousComforts]

Why is it that it seems like every post by you that I read you're just being really negative? Or are those the only ones that stand out. The title of the thread isn't "Post lyrics DoubiousComforts would think are good," it's "post some cool song lyrics..."
I never said this thread was "post lyrics DoubiousComforts would think are good," only that most song lyrics do indeed suck because they are poorly written. What someone had mentioned was "hate" and "anger," I'm pointing out as ineptitude and stupidity. Many artists think they are being "edgy" or "cool" by writing dark stuff; in reality, it just comes off as silly and asinine.

Who actually believes, for example, they are "hardcore" because they enjoy the retarded lyrics to Down with the Sickness? Song lyrics don't make you "hardcore." Surely Disturbed is not the only band so lame in their material that they have to inform the audience that they are "disturbed" ...not by a long shot.

So if my low tolerance level for b.s. comes across as being negative... well, I'm just one person, and you'll certainly to get over it. :D

Sometimes the spirit is too strong
Or the flesh is too weak
Sometimes the need is just too great
For the solace we seek
The suit of shining armor
Becomes a keen and bloody sword

No one gets to their heaven without a fight
A refuge for the coming night
A future of eternal light
No one gets to their heaven without a fight