Lyrically Speaking Of Course

[KingofHarts_OH]

I had an idea for this several days ago. It's simple, really. Choose a song from an album you like, then post the group/artist, name of the song, then the lyrics (lyrics within a spoiler). Then, the rest of us will vote on said lyrics by choosing the like = liked it or by choosing the confused = didn't like it.

Don't post videos. Only use the context of the lyrics, not the music.

I shall start with Phosphorescent's "Not a Heel".

Spoiler

I am not a heel

but I will turn turn turn

I am not a seal

but I will learn learn learn

I am not a lamb

but I will sweet sweet sweet

and curl and sleep at your feet

I am not a roof

but I will cave cave cave

I am not a brute

but I will take take take

I am not a child

but I am lost lost lost

and you'll become my place to lay the cost

I am not a monster

but I will eat your heart

 

[Rocky]

I have the confused look because these lyrics confuse me.

Stone Temple Pilots - "Wet My Bed"
 

Spoiler

 

Hey everybody, where did Mary go?
Where did Mary go?
And where's my only cigarette?
Please think for me, I can't bear to
I'll just lie here for a while

Wet myself, wet my bed
I've readied it all for her, you know
Clean sheets, incense and lots of fluffy pillows
now soiled
Hey, where's my cigarette?

Did you check the bathroom, the bathtub?
She sleeps there sometimes
Water cleanses you know,
Washes dirt away, makes new

Maybe she, maybe she, maybe she, maybe, maybe she swam away
Alright, now what?

 

 

[KingofHarts_OH]

1 minute ago, Rocky said:

I have the confused look because these lyrics confuse me.

Stone Temple Pilots - "Wet My Bed"
 

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Hey everybody, where did Mary go?
Where did Mary go?
And where's my only cigarette?
Please think for me, I can't bear to
I'll just lie here for a while

Wet myself, wet my bed
I've readied it all for her, you know
Clean sheets, incense and lots of fluffy pillows
now soiled
Hey, where's my cigarette?

Did you check the bathroom, the bathtub?
She sleeps there sometimes
Water cleanses you know,
Washes dirt away, makes new

Maybe she, maybe she, maybe she, maybe, maybe she swam away
Alright, now what?

 

 

Quick question, how do you single space? I only ever double space.

[Rocky]

1 minute ago, KingofHarts_OH said:

Quick question, how do you single space? I only ever double space.

That was a copy paste but usually I just use Shift+Enter. I'm pretty sure there's a setting somewhere on here that changes the double enter spacing feature.

[OctoberRaven]

Brentalfloss: Final Fantasy Victory Theme With Lyics

Spoiler

You just got pwned, FTW!

Now you're dead, you're dead 'cause we killed you
We took you by surprise (Hmm? Boo! Ahh!)
We just saw you roaming the forest
And said "Let's kill those guys" (Yeah! Good idea!)

You're a squirrel who somehow has money
And sometimes swords and shields
I don't care if you're a cute bunny
I'll kick your ass for reals!

Let's all dance right next to your corpses
We're happy that you're dead (Yay! Woo-hoo! Whee!)
Now we might play chess on your carcass
Or soccer with your head!

La la la, you're dead, la la la la
We killed you, la la la
No remorse, la la la la la la
La la la la la la!
Yeah!

 

[lari]

Skyclad - No Deposit, No Return

 

Spoiler

I remember my grandmother sat with her radio,
Tea cup and walking stick set by her side.
As her old fingers reached out to turn up the volume,
I learnt what it meant to be bursting with pride.

She told me some tales of wars great and last,
Black and white film stars sha'd liked in the past.
Taught me a few songs she'd learnt as a child,
Stunned by her wisdom I listened and smiled.

She said to me "Lad, if you'll be a musican,
Go out and be one - but one with conviction.
If there's just one lesson the young ought to learn,
It's pay no deposit and get no return."
Get no return.
Pay no deposit and get no return.

On time faded photographs I've seen an airman,
Stood next to the wings of a flying machine
And given the choice well I think I would rather
Have done what I've done than have seen what he's seen.

I think that the Old Man feels really quite proud,
When he sits at the wheel and turns it up loud,
But imagined his son a lawyer or broker,
Not sat on a bus full of drinkers and tokers.

He said to me "Son you can do as you please,
But always stand stright - never crawl on your knees.
If there's just one lesson the young ought to learn,
It's pay no deposit and get no return."

If there's just one lesson the young ought to learn,
It's pay no deposit and get no return.
Get no return.
Pay no deposit and get no return.

I've such a short time to tell you so much,
Words come second best to a kiss or a touch.
Far thicker than water this blood we all share,
So please don't think that for you I don't care.

Fate may have driven us all separate ways,
But can't sever ancestry - splice D. N. A.
If life seems a road that's uneven and long,
To know where you're going just look Who you came from.

Many have said I take after my mother,
For her '67 was not a good year.
Though often I make her annoyed like no other,
Through thick and through thin she has always been near.

Sometimes in the cold now I catch myself smiling,
'Bout some stupid joke or a christmas tree shining.
I stood there so small 'neath that glittering tower,
It's memory a beacon in my darkest hour.

She said to me "Martin, whatever you'll be,
There's no such thing as a meal that's for free.
If there's just one lesson the young ought to learn,
It's pay no deposit and get no return."

If there's just one lesson the young ought to learn,
It's pay no deposit and get no return.
Get no return.
Pay no deposit and get no return.

 

[Lint]

Bad Religion - Beyond Electric Dreams

Here we go now

No one here can show you where it is but I can point to a sign
On the roof of the world without apparent design
The frozen definition of a lunatic ambition to rise
The air is thin, the future dim, dimension hard to find

Up on a mountain encased in solar rays
Beyond electric dreams of inarticulate passion plays
Coming down a mountain, eons have a human ring
The conversation of impassive planets
Intercepted by a human being

Ratiocination is a practicable way to derive
An attitude of altitude and probity by which to abide
Or maybe of the a theophany of flaming creosote in disguise
The air is thin, the future dim, dimension undefined

Up on a mountain encased in solar rays
Beyond electric dreams of inarticulate passion plays
Coming down a mountain, eons have a human ring
The conversation of impassive planets
Intercepted by a human being

Here glaring cold in the crystalline geometry of night,
Obscuring form and tracing faceless fears
Of a suprahuman immensity in a patch of sand
Or a raptors guileless shivering intensity,
I'm only a visitor, 
And atom of atoms on a jutting red splattered synagogue of granite
As it crouches literally in space,
A frozen amoral giant gazing heavenward forever

Let's go where the raptor goes to the mountain in a cosmic glow
We'll have a genuine terrestrial show on a mountain - on a mountain
Let's scan the horizon clean for any trace of human schemes
And try to touch upon immortal themes on a mountain - on a mountain

The italicized portion is spoken rather then sung 

[Sousa]

They Might Be Giants - Minimum Wage

Spoiler

Minimum wage!
YAAAAH!

 

[GoGo Yubari]

The Beatles - "Wild Honey Pie"

Spoiler

Honey pie
Honey pie

Honey pie
Honey pie

Honey pie
Honey pie
Honey pie
Honey pie
I love you. honey pie

(assorted wailing noises)

 

[Benji]

I thought about sharing lyrics, but then I thought about the fact lyrics are a pretty personal thing, and I wouldn't like something I have a positive association with tainted by being disappointed others don't like them. It's weird, cause I like the idea of the thread, but I'm a selfish prick who doesn't want to share

[METALMAN]

Ave verum corpus - various

Spoiler

Ave verum corpus, natum
de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine
cuius latus perforatum
fluxit aqua et sanguine:
esto nobis praegustatum
in mortis examine.

O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie,
O Iesu, fili Mariae.
Miserere mei. Amen

 

[=BK=]

Seventeen by Winger.

Spoiler

Yeah, I saw sparks fly
From the corner of my eye
When I turned
It was love at first sight

I said, "Please excuse me
I didn't catch your name
Oh, it'd be a shame
Not to see you again"

And just when I thought she was comin' to my door
She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor
She said

I'm only seventeen (Seventeen)
But I'll show you love like you've never seen
She's only seventeen (Seventeen)
Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me

Mmm, come to my place
We can talk it over
Oh, everything
Going down in your head

She said, "Take it easy
I need some time
Time to work it out
To make you mine"

And just when I thought she was comin' to my door
She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor
She said

I'm only seventeen (Seventeen)
You ain't seen love, ain't seen nothing like me
She's only seventeen
Seventeen

Such a bad girl
Loves to work me overtime
Feels good, ha
Dancing close to the borderline

She's a magic mountain
She's a leather glove
Oh, she's my soul
It must be love

She's only seventeen (Seventeen)
Girl, she gives me love like I've never seen
She's only seventeen (Seventeen)
Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me (Seventeen)
She's everything I need (Seventeen)
Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough, old enough for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Seventeen)
(Seventeen)
(Seventeen)

 

[lari]

Won me at the "she's a leather glove". 

[GhostMachine]

Winger is still around, too. Kip Winger's voice has gotten a bit scratchier, but still sounds good.

 

[KingofHarts_OH]

I have a new song for everyone.

"Picture That" - Roger Waters (I tried changing the font size, but it won't work...)

[Verse 1]
Picture yourself as you lean on the port rail
Tossing away your last cigarette
Picture your finger pushing the doorbell
Picture the skull and crossbones on the doormat
Picture yourself on the streets of Laredo
Picture the casbah, picture Japan
Picture your kid with his hand on the trigger
Picture prosthetics in Afghanistan
Picture a courthouse with no fucking laws
Picture a cathouse with no fucking whores
Picture a shithouse with no fucking drains
Picture a leader with no fucking brains
No fucking brains, no fucking brains
No fucking brains, no fucking brains
No fucking brains, no fucking brains
No fucking brains, no fucking brains

[Verse 2]
Follow me filming myself at the show
On a phone from a seat in the very front row
Follow Miss Universe catching some rays
Wish You Were Here in Guantanamo Bay
Picture a seat on a private plane
Picture your feet nailed to the floor
Picture a crew who are clearly insane
Picture no windows, picture no doors
Glued to a screen in the state of Nevada
To follow the dream gets harder and harder

 

 

[Verse 3]
Picture her wrapping a gift for the wedding
Picture her boiling the water for tea
Picture the kids climbing into the backseat
Picture my hand turning the key
Oh, picture that
Picture the dog in the pickup ahead
Picture the tree at the side of the road
Picture my hands growing steadily colder
Colder, colder
Colder, colder
Colder, colder
Colder, colder

[Verse 4]
Follow me down to a place by the river
Sold for my kidneys, sold for my liver
Why so weedy, so fucking needy
There’s no such thing as being too greedy

[Instrumental]