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If you had to pick one (1) song that best describes your life at this moment in time or in general, whichever you perfer, which song would you pick?

I'm going with...

Artist: Faith No More
Album: The Real Thing
Year: 1989
Title: Falling To Pieces

Back and forth, I sway with the wind
Resolution slips away again
Right through my fingers, back into my heart
Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark
Sometimes I think I'm blind
Or I may be just paralyzed
Because the plot thickens every day
And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin' away
But I know, there's a picture beneath
Indecision clouds my vision
No one listens...
Because I'm somewhere in between
My love and my agony
You see, I'm somewhere in between
My life is falling to pieces
Somebody put me together
Layin' face down on the ground
My fingers in my ears to block the sound
My eyes shut tight to avoid the sight
Anticipating the end, losing the will to fight
Droplets of "yes" and "no"
In an ocean of "maybe"
From the bottom, it looks like a steep incline
From the top, another downhill slope of mine
But I know, the equilibrium's there
Indecision clouds my vision
No one listens
Because I'm somewhere in between
My love and my agony
You see, I'm somewhere in between
My life is falling to pieces
Somebody put me together

Depends on my mood, I'd say.

Right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ESD2ckbjM

Depends on my mood, I'd say.

Right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ESD2ckbjMWow, very pretty, without understanding a word.

Would a translation be too awkward?

Would a translation be too awkward?
Hmm, let me have a go...

Während sich andere plagen
und nichts passiert
sind wir zur rechten Zeit am rechten Ort
und alles ist arrangiert
ich bin dankbar dafür
weil ich jeden Tag mit meinen Brüdern und Schwestern
das echte Leben spür

Was wir alleine nicht schaffen
Das schaffen wir dann zusammen
Dazu bruachen wir keinerlei Waffen
Unsere Waffe nennt sich unser Verstand
Und was wir alleine nicht schaffen
Das schaffen wir dann zusammen
Nur wir müssen geduldig sein
Dann dauert es nicht mehr lang

Die anderen können lachen
Keiner lacht mehr als wir
Was soll´n sie auch machen
Wir sind Ritter mit rosarotem Visier
Ein Leben ohne Euch macht wenig Sinn
Kein Leben, kein Geräusch dann wäre ich wie blind

Was wir alleine nicht schaffen
Das schaffen wir dann zusammen
Dazu bruachen wir keinerlei Waffen
Unsere Waffe nennt sich unser Verstand
Und was wir alleine nicht schaffen
Das schaffen wir dann zusammen
Nur wir müssen geduldig sein
Dann dauert es nicht mehr lang

Es liegt noch was vor uns,
Das Leben liegt vor uns
Spürst du die Vorhut
aufkommenden Frohmut?

Was wir alleine nicht schaffen
Das schaffen wir dann zusammen
Dazu bruachen wir keinerlei Waffen
Unsere Waffe nennt sich unser Verstand
Und was wir alleine nicht schaffen
Das schaffen wir dann zusammen
Nur wir müssen geduldig sein
Dann dauert es nicht mehr lang

While others are toiling
And nothing happens
We are at the right place at the right time
And everything’s been arranged
I’m grateful for it
Because every day I feel the real life,
Together with my brothers and sisters.

What we can’t do alone
We can do together
We don’t need any weapons
Our mind is our weapon
And what we can’t do alone
We can do together
We just have to be patient
Then it won’t be much longer.

The others can laugh,
But no one laughs more than us
What can they do?
We’re knights with rose-coloured visors.
A life without you makes little sense
No life, no sound, I would be like blind.

What we can’t do alone
We can do together
We don’t need any weapons
Our mind is our weapon
And what we can’t do alone
We can do together
We just have to be patient
Then it won’t be much longer.

Something is still ahead
Life is still ahead
Do you feel the vanguard of
Arising happiness?

What we can’t do alone
We can do together
We don’t need any weapons
Our mind is our weapon
And what we can’t do alone
We can do together
We just have to be patient
Then it won’t be much longer.

That's nice. Hopeful mood then?

here's mine (actually, lets just call them "songs Ma'ayan likes", instead of anything awfully meaningful):

http://media.putfile.com/bottle-93
http://media.putfile.com/these-are-the-fables

"You Won't Change Me"

I'm just a man and I am what I am
Nobody will ever change my ways
I don't need money and I don't need no lies
I only need to live for today
But I'd like to talk things over with you
I want to hear the things you say, today
Although you won't change my anyway, no no way

I wish you'd come and see me, I'd like to hold you
I want to set my mind all free
You understand me woman, you give me time
But I don't need no sympathy
Still I wonder what it's like to be loved
Instead of hiding in myself
Nobody will change me anyway, no no way

Nobody's gonna change my world
That's something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

So listen to me now, hear what I say
Please give me time and maybe love
If there's a God up there, well I hope he helps me
I need him now to set me free
'Cause it may be that it's over for me
If you don't hear the things that I say, today
Nobody will change me anyway, no no way

Nobody's gonna change my world, that's something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

-Black Sabbath.

Or perhaps:

"You say the hill's too steep to climb,
Climb it!
You say you'd like to see me try,
Climbing.
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb
The hill in my own way
just wait a while, for the right day
And as I rise above the treeline in the clouds
I look down, hearing the sound of the things you said today
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning.
and who's the fool who wears the crown?
You go down in your own way
And everyday is the right day
And as you rise above the fearlines in his brow,
You look down
Hearing the sound of the faces in the crowd.

-"Fearless"
Pink Floyd.

Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
It's swell to have a stiffy.
It's divine to own a dick,
From the tiniest little tadger
To the world's biggest prick.
So, three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas.
Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake,
Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend,
Your Percy, or your cock.
You can wrap it up in ribbons.
You can slip it in your sock,
But don't take it out in public,
Or they will stick you in the dock,
And you won't come back.

The Penis Song -Monty Python.

:D

Sing by the Dresden Dolls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLyG0BJhJY

There is this thing that's like touching except you don't touch
Back in the day it just went without saying at all
All the world's history gradually dying of shock
There is thing that's like talking except you don't talk
You sing
You sing

Sing for the bartender sing for the janitor sing
Sing for the cameras sing for the animals sing
Sing for the children shooting the children sing
Sing for the teachers who told you that you couldn't sing
Just sing

There is thing keeping everyone's lungs and lips locked
It is called fear and it's seeing a great renaissance
After the show you can not sing wherever you want
But for now lets all pretend that we're gonna get bombed
So sing

Sing cause its obvious sing for the astronauts sing
Sing for the president sing for the terrorists sing
Sing for the soccer team sing for the janjaweed sing
Sing for the kid with the phone who refuses to sing
Just sing

Life is no cabaret
We don't care what you say
We're inviting you anyway
You motherfuckers you'll sing someday...

Depends on my mood, I'd say.

Right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ESD2ckbjM

I liked that, thanks (and for the translation too).

Well...after thinking long and heard about it...I've come up with two possibilities:

1. "Don't Stop Me Now!" by Queen
Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah!
I'm floating around in ecstasy
So don't stop me now don't stop me
'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go
There's no stopping me

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all

I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars
On a collision course
I am a satellite I'm out of control
I am a sex machine ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to
Oh oh oh oh oh explode

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman out of you

Don't stop me don't stop me don't stop me
Hey hey hey!
Don't stop me don't stop me
Ooh ooh ooh (I like it)
Don't stop me have a good time good time
Don't stop me don't stop me
Ooh ooh Alright
I'm burning through the skies Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)
I don't wanna stop at all

La la la la laaaa
La la la la
La la laa laa laa laaa
La la laa la la la la la laaa hey!!....


2. "Go the Distance" by Michael Bolton(Featured in Disney's "Hercules")
I have often dreamed
Of a far-off place
Where a hero's welcome
Will be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer
When they see my face
And a voice keeps saying
This is where I'm meant to be

I'll be there someday
I can go the distance
I will find my way
If I can be strong
I know ev'ry mile
Will be worth my while
When I go the distance
I'll be right where I belong

Down an unknown road
To embrace my fate
Though that road may wander
It will lead me to you
And a thousand years
Would be worth the wait
It might take a lifetime
But, somehow, I'll see it through

And I won't look back
I can go the distance
And I'll stay on track
No, I won't accept defeat
It's an uphill slope
But I won't lose hope
'Til I go the distance
And my journey is complete

But to look beyond the glory
Is the hardest part
For a hero's strength
Is measured by his heart

Like a shooting star
I will go the distance
I will search the world
I will face its harms
I don't care how far
I can go the distance
'Til I find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms

I will search the world
I will face its harms
'Til I find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms
(Yes, I did copy the lyrics of both songs from those scores upon scores of lyric websites--what's with those, anyway?--so that's why they're not fantastically done.)

Choose whichever you feel probably suits better.

I like this song. It doesn't say anything about my life, I just like it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0aarzs6mHw


The lyrics are pretty simple so I can understand them. The bloke tries growing all sorts of fruit & vegies on his plantation & nothing works, until he tries growing dope....


J'ai des petits problèmes dans ma plantation
Pourquoi ca pousse pas....

Moi j'ai planté bananes, bananes ca pousse pas
Moi j'ai planté cocos, cocos ca pousse pas

Moi j'ai planté légumes, légumes toujours pas poussés
Moi j'ai planté agrumes, agrumes toujours pas poussés

Moi j'ai planté tomates et concombres, concombres ca poussent pas
Alors moi j'ai planté bien à l'ombre, à l'ombre ca poussent toujours pas

Moi j'ai planté manioc, manioc toujours pas poussé[toujours pas poussé]
Moi j'ai planté tapioc, tapioc toujours pas poussé [toujours pas poussé]

Moi j'ai planté des fleurs, et les fleurs ca pousse pas
Moi j'y ai mis tout mon c^Üur, meme le c^Üur ca pousse pas

Moi j'ai planté Kana, Kana ca pousse comme ca....

Hmmm...Let's see...

Sun is Shining - Bob Marley

*nodnod* That's the closest I can get.

Currently, 3rd movement of Shostakovich's 5th Symphony.

Right at this moment?

Komm, süsser Tod
I know, I know I've let you down
I've been a fool to myself
I thought that I could live for no one else
But now through all the hurt & pain
It's time for me to respect the ones you love
mean more than anything

So with sadness in my heart
(I) feel the best thing I could do
is end it all and leave forever

what's done is done it feels so bad
what once was happy now is sad
I'll never love again
my world is ending

I wish that I could turn back time
cos now the guilt is all mine
can't live without the trust from those you love
I know we can't forget the past
you can't forget love & pride
because of that, it's kill'in me inside

It all returns to nothing, it all comes
tumbling down, tumbling down,
tumbling down
It all returns to nothing, I just keep
letting me down, letting me down,
letting me down

In my heart of hearts
I know that I can never love again
I've lost everything
everything
everything that matters to me,
matters in this world

I wish that I could turn back time
cos now the guilt is all mine
can't live without
the trust from those you love
I know we can't forget the past
you can't forget love & pride
because of that, it's kill'in me inside

It all returns to nothing, it just keeps
tumbling down, tumbling down,
tumbling down
It all returns to nothing, I just keep
letting me down, letting me down,
letting me down
It all returns to nothing, it just keeps
tumbling down, tumbling down,
tumbling down
It all returns to nothing, I just keep
letting me down, letting me down,
letting me down

I guess it's still in some way this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

Even though I feel a lot better now than I have lately.

Depends on my mood, I'd say.

Right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ESD2ckbjMWow, very pretty, without understanding a word.I liked that, thanks (and for the translation too).
Hmm, this is the second time Neu Leonstein posted a song (the same one, I think) by that singer and people here have said they liked it. Maybe Xavier Naidoo should consider going international - seems he'd be a hit. :p

here's mine (actually, lets just them it "songs Ma'ayan likes", instead of anything awfully meaningful) :eek: Is that your name? Pretty!

Also, I really like your songs. :) What bands are that?

Right at this moment?

Komm, süsser Tod
http://www.smiliemania.de/smilie132/00001599.gif

This is just a general life song I like (despite it being somewhat depressing). I find it kinda coincides with not just my life, but everyone elses too:

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought Id something more to say

Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

Viola, by Lisa Nilsson. (http://www.last.fm/music/Lisa+Nilsson/_/Viola)

Se på Viola, hon darrar
Hon darrar som det sista lövet i ett träd
Se på Viola, hon sörjer
Hon sörjer som om livet brunnit upp

Så, gråt nu Viola, kom vila i min famn,
Du kan luta din panna mot min skuldra
Berätta, Viola om allt som döljer sig i dig
Jag ska höra dina ord tills de tar slut och du kan somna in

Se på Viola, hon sover
Under ögonlocken krigar världen
Se på Viola, hon drömmer
Åh-om, om det som aldrig blev

Så, sov nu Viola, kom vila i min famn
Du kan luta din panna mot min skuldra
Glöm bort allt, Viola
Jag är starkare än du,
Jag ska bära dina sorger tills de inte längre väger någonting

Och imorgon ska du vakna, du ska resa dig och märka
Att gången känns lätt och dina ögon tål ljus
Och att luften som du andas är vänligare nu och doftar av hopp
Åh, Viola stig upp

Se på Viola, hon andas
Hon andas in den klara luften
Kom ta min hand nu, Viola
Vi ska springa över berg och ängar

Och nu flyger Viola som en fågel sorgefri
Och med nya ögon får hon skåda världen
Och nu är hon vacker och har himlen i sitt hår
Hennes vingar, de ska bära henne bort dit inga sorger nånsin når

Hör på Viola, hon skrattar
Fjärilarna dansar genom hennes mun
Hör på viola, hon sjunger
Hon sjunger för hela livet

Och se på Viola, hon flyger
Hon flyger genom molnen, hon flyger in i solen

Se på Viola, hon dansar
Hon dansar med hela himlen
Hon dansar med hela himlen,
Hela himlen

"Englishman in New York" by Sting.


I don't drink coffee, I take tea my dear,
I like my toast done on one side,
You can hear it in my accent when I talk,
I'm an Englishman in New York.

See me walking down fifth avenue,
Walking cane here at my side,
Take it everywhere I walk,
I'm an Englishman in New York.

Ohoh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.
Ohoh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.

If manners maketh man as some would say,
He's the hero of the day.
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile,
Be yourself, no matter what they say.

Ohoh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.
Ohoh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.

Modesty, propriety, believes in notoriety,
You can end up as the only one,
Cleanliness, sobriety, awareness of society,
Can light up candles brighter than the sun.

Takes more than combat gear to make a man,
Takes more than a licence for a gun.
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run.

If manners maketh man as some would say,
He's the hero of the day.
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile,
Be yourself, no matter what they say.
Be yourself, no matter what they say.
Be yourself, no matter what they say.
Be yourself, no matter what they say.

Ohoh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.
Ohoh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York.



I've seen too much to be American. I've been too much to be Australian. All I can be...is Myself.

At the moment, it's either Right Here, Right Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So63IT29HUQ) or Neongelb (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhKoItZs_T8) - feeling like a steam-roller. :cool:

here's mine


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_oY6kDWj4

here's mine


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_oY6kDWj4

Rockin'


Here's mine, ATM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGvOqIgJqg0

Primus, Spaghetti Western

I'm not unemployed, but I'm about as bored as Les sounds in the song.

Why do we do this c.g. and i?
Every night vegetables,
Minds numbed up by thc.
Ive got my pen, c.g. the remote.
Laurel and hardys the best bet at four a.m. on a friday
No dreads about the working day after though.
Funny thing about weekends when youre unemployed.
They dont quite mean so much,
Except you get to hang out with all youur working friends.
Well we got us a spegetti western on 36.
I like spegetti westerns
I like the way the boots are all reverbed out
Walking across the hardwood floors.
In fact, everythings got
That big reverb sound.
Well whatll I do now?
Go to sleep.
Pull the pud.
We need new pornos.
Well, I guess Im still writing...

It's a tie between Take On Me and 99 Luftballoons.

Rockin'


Here's mine, ATM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGvOqIgJqg0

Tiger Army! I'm rather obsessive about some of their more country-esque stuff with twangy dobro - like this one (sorry about the shit recording - couldn't find any others) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvyEV9cZuW4
awesome.

Is that your name? Pretty!

Also, I really like your songs. What bands are that?It is my name! The first one is Eliot Smith and the second is The New Pornographers.

my personal athem for awhile has been keep on rockin' in the free world, neil young.

Tiger Army! I'm rather obsessive about some of their more country-esque stuff with twangy dobro - like this one (sorry about the shit recording - couldn't find any others) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvyEV9cZuW4
awesome.

Awesome. I mostly listen to their more punk stuff, but I love the guitar in that song...

Awesome. I mostly listen to their more punk stuff, but I love the guitar in that song...
Here one that's sort of a combination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1HNRO8MN3k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCNrMC7DhBI

We are the Champions, Queen. Back to back first place finishes for my soccer team. Just played my last game today. I'm the captain. :D

The original is Jehst - Adventures in New Bohemia but I much prefer my friends cover of it.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=55430804

Who's a loveable rogue known to compose colourful prose?
I'm on the road 'til my foot prints cover the globe,
I speak low with a lump in my throat, and a lung full a smoke,
bunnin' dope in my humble abode, it's bohemia,
sepia tone memorabilia, soak up the media,
day time TV's gettin' kinda tedious,
trapped with the social deviants,
in the confines of my immediate,
future is fruitless,
I'm through duckin' shooters,
dust so thick it dates back to the Tudors,
livin' in student digs on tins of tuna,
who spent the rent down the boozer?
We sip beers and split hairs over current-affairs,
any unwelcome guests get chucked down the stairs,
the place where I pedal my wares,
all the fun of the fair,
b-boys hold down the square,
it goes;

adventures in new bohemia,
spark it everyday,
adventures in new bohemia,
cuz that's the place we stay,
adventures in new bohemia,
we got to pay the rent,
adventures in new bohemia,
that's what we represent,
adventures in new bohemia,
adventures in new bohemia,
adventures in new bohemia,

Call me the counterfeit Big Lebowski,
part-time alchy,
scramblin' around for his house key,
knee deep in debris,
sippin' on PG Tips like a chimpanzee,
I'm the one-man jamboree,
I won't ram out ya jam for free,
I perform for a standard fee,
cuz I'm freezin' cold, sleepin'
with no central heatin',
I can even see mould growin' on the ceilin',
from my neighbours pipes that keep leakin',
in need of some herbal healin',
I search and rummage,
eyes light up like rubies in a world of rubbish,
lookin' bummy like Wurzel Gummage,
drunk and undernourished,
run ya gums and get rushed by the scrummage,
the man with the dish-pan hands,
big band bustin' up ya tin pan jams.

adventures in new bohemia,
spark it everyday,
adventures in new bohemia,
cuz that's the place we stay,
adventures in new bohemia,
got to pay the rent,
adventures in new bohemia,
that's what we represent,

This one sums me up nicely, except I don't know a girl named Janey.

Against the Wind - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was lovely she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio, playin' low
The secrets that we shared
Mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
'Til there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove

And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me, oh so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then

Against the wind
We were running against the wind
We were young and strong and we were running
Against the wind

The years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
Found myself further and further from my home
I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worrying about paying or even how much I owed

Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that we bent
Began to find myself searching
Searching for shelter again and again

Against the wind
I was running against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter
Against the wind

But those drifter's days are past me now
I've got so much more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out

Against the wind
I'm still running against the wind
Well I'm older now but still running
Against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind....

"Nothingness" Living Colour

I suppose letdown by radiohead

Maybe Xavier Naidoo should consider going international - seems he'd be a hit. :p
Word.

Well, he made one song with RZA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJp6qv2A-Y

Probably "Hooray For Me...":

I can see my teenage father standing straight on a desolate corner,
in the shadow of tentacled towers by the red light of America,
I imagine how his mother felt when she heard that her husband was dying,
and that underground heroes of the tarmac shooting smack were blowing up worlds

and Damned out loud,
he, can you tell me how does it feel?

yeah, tell me, can you imagine, for a second,
doing anything that you don't have to?
well that's what I'm accustomed to so hooray for me

when I slept with stony faces on the riverbank,
my angeldevil reveller shook me desperately in dying,
I don't exactly want to apologize for anything, and now
we're all mad and tangled in secret rooms with roman candles,
on an endless graveyard train

yeah, tell me, can you imagine, for a second, doing
anything just 'cuz you want to?
well, that's just what I do so hooray for me

yeah, I was dreaming through the "howzlife", yawning,
car black, when she told me "mad and meaningless as ever..",
and a song came on my radio like a cemetery rhyme,
for a million crying corpses in their tragedy of respectable existence

oh, yeah, I'm not respectable, and never sensible,
I've been incredible so damned irascible
and I like the things I do so hooray for me


Or at least that's as close as anyone has ever gotten.

Some Canadian stuff people might like.
Gentleman Reg -the boyfriend song. (http://media.putfile.com/boyfriend-94)
Great Aunt Ida - Every bone and muscle (http://media.putfile.com/Every-bone-and-muscle)

Folks should post some more songs, or, bump.

OK, here you go:


Look around me
I can see my life before me
Running rings around the way
It used to be
I am older now
I have more than what I wanted
But I wish that I had started
Long before I did
Chorus
And there's so much time to make up
Everywhere you turn
Time we have wasted on the way
So much water moving
Underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away
Oh when you were young
Did you question all the answers
Did you envy all the dancers
Who had all the nerve
Look round you know
You must go for what you wanted
Look at all my friends who did and got what they deserved
Chorus
And there's so much time to make up
Everywhere you turn
Time we have wasted on the way
So much water moving
Underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away
And there's so much love to make up
Everywhere you turn
Love we have wasted on the way
So much water moving
Underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away
Let the water come and carry us away

Without question, this.
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange
a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year,
running over the same old ground. What have we found?
The same old fears,
wish you were here.

Machine Head
"Wipe the Tears"
From the album Through the Ashes of Empires

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Ask me how it feels
To feel like you're a failure
When everything that's real
Burns the flame in anger
I've heard it all before
I've felt some pain and more
More than you could ever dream
More than it probably seems
I've sat with head in hand
Stressed by my demands
Stomach tied in knots
Alone I've sat and rot
'Cause the pain from all these fears
Has built up all these years
I'll wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears

Don't give in
Don't give up

Walk the streets dejected
Alone and left rejected
Time does not care
And sometimes life ain't fair
My head begins to pound
Smashing bottles on the ground
I have lived amongst the garbage
With those who rape and carnage
Had many a promise broken
And broken some myself
The promise I have kept alive
Is keep my inner wealth
With my heart aimed at the world
Destiny I watch unfurl
As I wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears

Don't give in
Don't give up

Opportunities
Wasting life away
Choked upon it's dust
Puked out in disgust

Let me tell you how it feels
To feel like you're a failure
Been climbing out this gutter
For what seems like it's forever
But one thing I must make clear
The struggle of these years
Has made every scar the stronger
My lust for life the longer
I will fight for what I love
And I will fight for those I care
I will fight at any time
And I will fight anywhere
With my heart aimed at this world
Destiny I watch unfurl
As I'll wipe away the tears
Wipe away the tears

Don't give in
Don't give up