FAVORITE LYRICS

[rockysigman]

Well I'll tell you one thing that I know
You don't face your demons down
You gotta grapple 'em Jack and pin 'em to the ground
The devil may care, maybe god he won't
You better make sure you check on the do's and the don'ts

Crawl up a mountain
To reach where the eagles fly
To show you can glimpse from the mountian top where the soul of the muse might ride

And if you put it all together
You won't have to look around
You know you cast a long shadow on the ground

Then one day I could tell my tracks
About the holes in the soles of my shoes
And thats the day I said I'm gonna make the news

And fallen back in the garden
The days so long ago
Somewhere in the memory
The sun shines on you boy

And playing in the Arroyo's
where the American rivers flow
From the Appalachians
Down to the Delta Roads

A man can think so long
His brain could well explode
The strings runnin' through the junctions
A king comes down the road

And if you put it all together
You won't have to look around
You know you cast a long shadow on the ground

Listen to the country
The night jar and the bell
Listen to the night stream lineup
Soundin' like the wolves of hell

Head for the water
The waters of the cleansing spell
It was always our destination
On the express of the ne'er do wells

And we rocked through Madison city
And we didn't even know she was there
And when we hit the bumpers in Memphis
Beale Street didn't have no prayer

And I hear punks talk of anarchy
I hear hobos on the railroads
I hear mutterings on the chain gangs
It was those men who built the roads

And if you put it all together
You didn't even once relent
You cast a long shadow
And that is your testament

Somewhere in my soul
There's always rock and roll

[Paul]

Yes Sir, No Sir[/b] The Kinks

Yes Sir, no Sir
Where do I go Sir
What do I do Sir
What do I say

Yes Sir, no Sir
Where do I go Sir
What do I do Sir
How do I behave

Yes Sir, no Sir
Permission to speak Sir
Permission to breathe Sir
What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say

So you think that you've got ambition
Stop your dreaming and your idle wishing
You're outside and there ain't no admission
To our play
Pack up your ambition in your old kit bag
Soon you'll be happy with a packet of fags
Chest out stomach in
Do what I say, do what I say
Yes right away

Yes Sir, no Sir
Where do I go Sir
What do I do Sir
What do I say

Yes Sir, no Sir
Permission to speak Sir
Permission to breathe Sir
What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say

Doesn't matter who you are
You're there and there you are
Everything Is in its place
Authority must be maintained
And then we know exactly where we are
Let them feel that they're important to the cause
But let them know that they are fighting for their homes
Just be sure that they're contributing their all
Give the scum a gun and make the bugger fight
And be sure to have deserters shot on sight
If he dies we'll send a medal to his wife

Yes Sir, no Sir
Please let me die Sir
I think this life is affecting my brain
Yes Sir, no Sir
Three bags full Sir
What do I do Sir, what do I say
What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say

[fredrum]

tunnel vision is slowly setting in
im blocking out what i should be letting in
letting in

eleven years as seen through alcoholic eyes
nothing here at all but lows disguised as highs
days i dont remember now
fading in and filing out
falling off and spiraling down and down and then
its on again
and off again
ive mellowed but its taken so much time

you never needed the fake that i was then
and no way would i wish him on you now
im so fucked up

played out pacified and completely compromised
nothing left inside but memories of lies
days i dont remember now
fading in and filing out
falling off and spiraling down and down and then
its on again
and off again
im sorry but it doesnt matter now


local h-mellowed

[fredrum]

Those halcyon days are here
They went away but they're back again
This glow never ends
I'm numbed out on bliss
That comes on like a friend
And its great
A fantastic waste of time
Life is long but it all moves so fast
You're first and you're last
Afraid of the future but I'm bored with the past
And it's great,
Yeah its great
It's so great
Remember when you wanted it all to end.
My last will and testament was full of things that I didn't really mean
I wanna come clean
But these words are easier to write than to read
Or to say
My mood swings are severe
But halcyon days are here anyway
I'm held in your sway
The drug of your love has me slipping away
And its great
Yeah its great
It's so great
Remember when you wanted it all to end

local h-halcyon days (where were you then?)

[fredrum]

Drawing a collective breath
I could cry myself to death
And wash this all away
In a flash you were gone
Leaving me a couple of songs
That I listen to everyday


And I don't even care
That you were so unfair
I worshipped one time at your feet
Save up our tears
Catalogue all our fears
Give into the stretching years


Your words hit me just last night
When I saw it with the after sight
What was on your mind
It's too late to ever change
Things got a little bit strange
You were too far behind


And the reasons I have to live
Are the reasons that you would give
To throw it all away
Save and freeze up our tears
Catalogue all our fears
Give into the stretching years
But that's O.K.


And I don't even care
That you were so unfair
I worshipped one time at your feet
Never heard what was said
All nerve ends are dead
Tonight is ringing in my head


Save and freeze up our tears
Catalogue all our fears
Give into the stretching years
Drown in my tears
Succumb to my fears
Give into the stretching years


But that's O.K.
I'm not O.K.

local h-o.k.

[fredrum]

I think of P.J. Soles
And wonder where you are
I'll never see you anymore

Where do you think they go?
All the Fallen Stars
Heaven doesnt know you like I do

see you- bleed through
the gauzey haze I sink into
I think of you like P.J. Soles

I was your biggest fan
You seemed to understand
They'll never see you like I do

I guess it's like they said
That it was all just built up in my head
But you're still so real to me

Im fine- this time
To me it makes no nevermind

But you know I keep you close
Yearbook- it took
Just one thousand tearstained looks
I think of you like P.J. Soles

And if I do think of you
It's only in the darkest place inside of me
You should know- I think of you like P.J. Soles

See you- bleed through
The gauzey haze I sink into
Phone call- fuck all
You'r just one part of my free fall
This part of me will never close

And when I do think of you
It's only in the darkest place inside of me
You should know- I think of you like P.J. Soles

P.J. Soles



local h-p. j. soles

[fredrum]

i have not been home since you left long ago
i'm thumbing my way back to heaven
counting steps, walking backwards on the road
i'm counting my way back to heaven
i can't be free with what's locked inside of me
if there was a key, you took it in your hand
there's no wrong or right, but i'm sure there's good and bad
the questions linger overhead
no matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
i'm thumbing my way back to heaven
i wish that i could hold you
i wish that i had
thinking 'bout heaven
i let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back
and in time i've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
i can't see what's next, from this lonely overpass
hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
all the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
choosing the shiny ones instead
i turned my back, now there's no turning back
no matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
i smile, but who am i kidding?
i'm just walking the miles, every once in a while i'll get a ride
i'm thumbing my way back to heaven
thumbing my way back to heaven
i'm thumbing my way back to heaven...


pearl jam-thumbing my way

[fredrum]

Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream

And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad

When I can, I will
Words defy the plan
When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

smashing pumpkins-mayonaise

[fredrum]

sorry.....got a bit carried away there.

[Thorngrub]

Flowing Glower

Now you know
Places where I live
When I couldn't grow
Downward you'll soon drift
On the sailless boat
Nothing left to give
All I see is throat

Flowing glower
Witless knower
Seedless sower

If it's all a lie
Will you realise?

Right before we die
My soul leads to the wrong
Changeling of the night
Now that I bleed a song
Purely based on fright
Sad with my face so long
I have this new sight

Flowing glower
Witless knower
Five steps lower

If I tell a lie
Will you realise?

Numb the pain
Way high and real low
Now it feels the same
Have love or feel so
Hollowed out with shame
Hoping to see the day
With my brand new name

Flowing glower
Seedless sower
I'm bipolar

If I die tonight
Will you be alright?

Then in time you'll find
Thirst becomes boring
Quest your heart and mind
Now that we're soaring
Over space and time
Done with exploring
All you are is mine

Flowing glower
Ruthless flower
Breathless blower

If it's all a lie
Will you realise?

Seek and you shall find
Everything inside
Read between the lines
I'll show you the light
Here in the afterlife ...

[Thorngrub]

Cruella

How the story rolls
Magic's taught and history's told
A glory hole
Which through gazed her eyes of gold
Those veins run cold
Mystery's wife evades her soul
Scaring to and fro

Tearing through the snow
As she makes her darling coat
Hoarding all the shawls
Now her evil highness rose

Kind of like Shakespearean prose
Without the rose
Avid as she sows
Cruella grows
Horace and Jasper stole
So let the horror flow

Black and white in hair
Elegantly gaunt in frame
A boney flare
Which christened Cruel with creepy grace
Always smokey air
Circling one lurch, Hepburn face
In her head which filled the space
Was the one hellacious taste
As she aims her fate
Nothing flees her sore embrace

As the biggest mistake that Cruel ever made
Was when she left her cave and started to reign
As the love for her fades
Our feelings won't change
So my darling Cruella
We see through the grey

In her cold glare
Loveliest and rare
Frightened you'll soon wear
And this elegantly haunting is so fair
Theres no reason to part from her cold lair
She has all of the loveliest and rare
Things which frighten at first
But she'll soon wear

She's a regional spark from this nowhere
And this elegant loveliness so fair
Taking strolls through the dark by the moon's glare
As she listens for barks in the night air
Always searching for marks on the white hair

Cruel, you're so fair

[Thorngrub]

Sleepy Hollow

Came to see him
For you only might find
Gone take my lay
For you and I will find
Form to see my fates
I cannot ever find
Places I care for
Nothing in my mind
Bring me not far enough
All lurking you'll find
Placing not far
You're every single mind
So fine can only
For you and me will find
Basis all for me
Can you leave my mind
Bracing my fall
My every single place
Your love travelled far
Some laying with my fates
Place some never far
You're everything around
You say I'm a love
And be mine every way

(Inside)

Under the sand
Through the land
Find all I can
And form a clan
That teaches to laugh
Tears the past
Laughs at the rest
Teach the best
Defeats the rest
Forms the test
We passed all the tests

Evil in my mind

[fredrum]

in the middle of a house
in the middle of nowhere
bodies glide from room to room
i hate these walls
they speak to me
hey skin like a doll youre no friend
of the family

catch that light
it falls in subtle patterns
crawls in and tells them when their time is up
and when its over

he takes her hand
and he kisses her cheek
shes a doll oh yeah shes his
spittin image
whereve you gone?
youre still a part of me
hey skin like a doll youre no friend
of the family

catch that light
it falls in subtle patterns
crawls in and tells them when their time is up
and when its over

now its over

the toadies-dollskin

[phil]

NEVER ANY GOOD (Leonard Cohen)

I was never any good at loving you
I was never any good at coming
through for you
You're going to feel much better
When you cut me loose forever
I was never any good
Never any good
I was never any good at loving you

I was dying when we met
I bet my life on you
But you called me and I folded
like you knew I'd do
You called my ace, my king, my bluff
Okay, you win, enough's enough
I was never any good
Never any good
I was never any good at loving you

I was pretty good at taking out
the garbage
Pretty good at holding up the wall
Dealing with the fire and the earthquake
But that don't count
That don't count
That don't count for nothing much at all

I was never any good at loving you
I was just a tourist in your bed looking
at the view
But I can't forget where my lips
have been
Those holy hills, that deep ravine
I was never any good
Never any good
I was never any good at loving you

I was pretty good at taking out the garbage
Pretty good at holding up the wall
I'm sorry for my crimes against
the moonlight
I didn't think
I didn't think
I didn't think the moon would mind at all

I was never any good at loving you
At doing what a woman really wants
a man to do
You're going to feel much better
When you cut me loose forever
I was never any good
Never any good
I was never any good at loving you

[JesusLooksLikeMe]

Just about any lyric by Morrissey, obviously. Especially Smiths-era Morrisey.

I don't think there's been a great English lyricist since Jarvis Cocker.
This part of Arctic Monkey's "Fake Tales of San Francisco" strikes a chord with me though:

There's a super cool band yeah
With their trilbys and their glasses of white wine
And all the weekend rockstars in the toilets
Practicing their lines

(I don't want to hear your)
Fake Tales of San Fransisco
Echo through the air
And there's a few bored faces in the back
All wishing they weren't there
And as the microphone squeaks
A young girl's telephone beeps
Yeah she's dashing for the exit
And she's running to the streets outside
"Oh you've saved me," she screams down the line
"The band are fucking wank
And I'm not having a nice time"

Yeah but his bird thinks it's amazing, though
So all that's left
Is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf

He talks of San Francisco, he's from Hunter's Bar
I don't quite know the distance
But I'm sure that's far

And yeah, I'd love to tell you all my problems
You're not from New York City, you're from Rotherham
So get off the bandwagon, and put down the handbook

Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook...

After they finish this song live the crowd tend to do a soccer chant that basically goes (um, unimaginatively enough) "Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook".

It's a unifying anti-Pitchfork moment.