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[[Lo...]]

I love the paradox of him seemingly observing "someone else", yet the music itself is so self-reflective, that it makes me think if he's thinking of himself....

 

For Against - Why are you so angry?

 

 

Why are you so angry?

You used to be such fun

You seem so hungry

But somehow dinner is never done

Look at what you become

You look as if you're haunted

Spirits holding you at will

Just what you never wanted

Spirits that are distilled

Have a pain, take a pill

You look as if you're haunted

Spirits holding you at will

Just what you never wanted

Spirits that are distilled

Have a pain, take a pill

 

Why are you so angry?

You used to be such fun

Why are you so angry?

You used to be such fun (x6)

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Oh, good one, LF!  :'(

[[Lo...]]

Oh, good one, LF!  :'(

 

Yes, I love the conflict between the lyrics and the melody. It's much more of a self-reflective song than most people think.

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"I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine"

 

Beth Orton

 

The Ronettes

 

Baby do you know what you did today

Baby do you know what you took away

You took the blue out of the sky

My whole life changed

When you said goodbye

And I keep crying

Crying

 

Oh, baby, Oh, baby

I wish I never saw the sunshine

I wish I never saw the sunshine

And if I never saw the sunshine baby

Then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain

 

Every day is just like the day before

All alone a million miles from shore

All of my dreams I dreamed with you

Now they will die and never come true

And I keep crying

Crying

 

Oh, baby, Oh, baby

I wish I never saw the sunshine

I wish I never saw the sunshine

And if I never saw the sunshine baby

Then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain

 

Oh, this pain

 

And I know there would not be

This cloud that's over me

Everywhere I go

 

Oh, baby, Oh, baby

I wish I never saw the sunshine

I wish I never saw the sunshine

And if I never saw the sunshine baby

Then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain

 

Oh, this pain 

 

I wouldn't mind the rain

There wouldn't be this pain

I wouldn't mind the rain

I wouldn't mind the rain

 

:'(

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Oh, good one, LF!  :'(

 

Yes, I love the conflict between the lyrics and the melody. It's much more of a self-reflective song than most people think.

 

Self-reflective for us, me, for sure.  Sad indeed how this experience changes us so drastically, how can it not. 

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"Fly" - Maddie & Tae

 

Baby blue staring in the window pane

Just counting drops of rain

Wondering if she's got the guts to take it

Running down her dreams in a dirty dress

Now her heart's a mess

Praying she will find a way to make it

 

[CHORUS:]

So keep on climbing

Though the ground might shake

Just keep on reaching

Though the limb might break

We've come this far

Don't you be scared now

Cause you can learn to fly

On the way down

 

Searching for a sign in the night

Even like a lonely string of lights

That'll burn just long enough for you to see it

The road's been long and lonely

And you feel like giving up

There's more to this

Than just the breath you're breathing

 

[CHORUS]

 

On the way down

 

You won't forget the heavy steps

It took to let it go

Close your eyes, count to ten

Hold your breath and fly

 

So keep on climbing

Though the ground might shake

Just keep on reaching

Though the limb might break

We've come this far

Don't you be scared now

Cause you can learn to fly

On the way down

 

Fly

Fly

 

 

   

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"The Walls Of The World"

 

Katie Melua

 

Mike Batt

 

 

The sun is only shining like it always does

But I never noticed it in the sky before

And you don't need to worry

Cause I need your love, my friend

 

There's a strong kind of feeling

When I know you're near

Nobody alive can take it away from me

And I feel like I've known you

For a thousand years

Bring it out into the light

 

Cause I think I'm gonna write it

On the walls of the world

So everyone will know today

The love I hold for you

I will write it on the walls of the world

So that the sun won't fade away

The words I say to you

I love you 

 

And I know I'm not a loser

When I'm on my own

I could be miles away in another land

And it keeps me together

When I'm far from home

I won't keep it out of sight

 

And I think I'm gonna write it

On the walls of the world

So everyone will know today

The love I hold for you

I will write it on the walls of the world

So that the sun won't fade away

The words I say to you

I love you

 

 

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[[Sa...]]

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Dont Worry Be Happy - Bobby Mc Ferrin   

[[Lo...]]

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy

 

 

Feeling so frustrated

Even antiquated

'Cause you can't update me

If I'm overrated

 

You fly off the handle

Wait till I'm not there

If you will fly off the handle

Wait till I'm not there

 

'Cause I will talk

Maybe you will listen

But you won't hear a single

Word I say

 

I will talk

You will listen

We have a house where

I'm in your hair

I'll go spare

And leave you happy

There

 

 

[[Lo...]]

Here's a new upbeat gospel song I love! "Work it out!"

 

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  LM   

 

Fiona and you were the first two to ever visit my thread.

Which is how I made my way to CCC.

And the rest is history, as they say.

Awwww!

 

So good to see you drop in every so often.

Onward and upward to you, LM,

Keep doing what you're doing, my friend, you're just so awesome!

 

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"Keep the Dream Alive" - Oasis

 

Four Seasons

Seconds flicker and flash

I'm alone

A lonely scream provides the scene

It's no home

 

Every night I hear you scream

But you don't say what you mean

This was my dream

But now my dream has flown

 

I'm at the crossroads

Waiting for a sign

My life is standing still

But I'm still alive

 

Every night I think I know

In the morning where did he go

The answers disappear

When I open my eyes

 

I'm no stranger to this place

Where real life and dreams collide

And even though I fall from grace

I will keep the dream alive

 

Four Seasons

Seconds flicker and flash

I'm alone

A lonely scream provides the scene

It's no home

 

Every night I hear you scream

But you don't say what you mean

This was my dream

But now my dream has flown

 

I'm no stranger to this place

Where real life and dreams collide

And even though I fall from grace

I will keep the dream alive

 

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"Sunlight" - Natalie Imbruglia

https://youtu.be/2Q5XDVOYruc

 

Today we don't know who we are

Ashamed hiding behind the scars

Too many times

We let the things we feel

Get in the way

Of letting us heal the wounds

That open in the dark

 

Did you ever feel

Sunlight on your face

Did you ever taste clouds

Did you ever touch space

Did you ever feel

Sunlight on your face

Did you ever truly live

 

So walk in time to life's refrain

Relax don't do it to yourself again

Decaying yourself with

All the love you won't give

Killing yourself about the way

You don't live now

Cause you're not

Gonna live forever

 

Did you ever feel

Sunlight on your face

Did you ever taste clouds

Did you ever touch space

Did you ever feel

Sunlight on your face

Did you ever just live

Just live

(x2)

 

Did you ever feel

Sunlight on your face

Did you ever breathe hope

Did you ever

Dance with grace

Did you ever feel

Sunlight on your face

Did you ever truly live

[[Lo...]]

 

Left of the Middle - Natalie Imbruglia

 

End of the third round

as I put the phone down

chasing the same lines

over the old ground

I'm pushing zero

where s my hero

he's out there somewhere

left of the middle

and your world falls down

and you're there calling out

but it's something I can't say

though it seems the only way

but it's a game that I can't play - not today

 

I got my ticket

find I got a straight road

but I'm passing the same signs

over and over

and my world falls down

and I'm there calling out

but it's something I cant say

though it's the only way

but it's a game that I can't play - not today

 

I need to tell you

trying to get through

it's not always easy

left of the middle

[[Lo...]]

The Church - Secret Corners

 

 

Lying alone, isn't that you

Drifting away

Is the only thing left to do

Such a sad place, such a lost world

But nothing is sadder

Than the tears of a make-believe girl

 

Who is this child, who is this man

Only two people

Who are doing all they can

Frost on the ground, the cruel winds of fate

Blow us forever

And I know there's just no escape

 

Run to the secret corners of your room

I'll still be waiting

I'll still be waiting

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"Weeping" -Josh Groban

(With Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Vusi Mahlasela)

 

I knew a man who lived in fear

It was huge, it was angry

It was drawing near

Behind his house a secret place

Was the shadow of a demon

He could never face

 

He built a wall of steel and flame

And men with guns to keep it tame

Then standing back he made it plain

That the nightmare would never ever rise again

But the fear and the fire and the guns remain

 

It doesn't matter now

It's over anyhow

He tells the world that it's sleeping

But as the night came round

I heard it slowly sound

It wasn't roaring, it was weeping

It wasn't roaring, it was weeping

 

And then one day the neighbors came

They were curious to know

About the smoke and flame

They stood around outside the wall

But of course there was nothing to be heard at all

 

"My friends, " he said

"We've reached our goal

The threat is under firm control

As long as peace and order reign

I'll be damned if I can see a reason to explain

Why the fear and the fire and the guns remain"

 

It doesn't matter now

It's over anyhow

He tells the world that it's sleeping

But as the night came round

I heard it slowly sound

It wasn't roaring, it was weeping

It wasn't roaring, it was weeping

 

It doesn't matter now

It's over anyhow

It doesn't matter now

It's over anyhow

 

It doesn't matter now

It's over anyhow

He tells the world that it's sleeping

But as the night came round

I heard it slowly sound

It wasn't roaring, it was weeping

It wasn't roaring, it was weeping

[[Lo...]]

The Weeping Song

 

 

"The Weeping Song"

 

Go son, go down to the water

And see the women weeping there

Then go up into the mountains

The men, they are weeping too

 

Father, why are all the women weeping?

They are all weeping for their men

Then why are all the men there weeping?

They are weeping back at them

 

This is a weeping song

A song in which to weep

While all the men and women sleep

This is a weeping song

But I won't be weeping long

 

Father, why are all the children weeping?

They are merely crying son

O, are they merely crying, father?

Yes, true weeping is yet to come

 

This is a weeping song

A song in which to weep

While all the little children sleep

This is a weeping song

But I won't be weeping long

 

O father tell me, are you weeping?

Your face seems wet to touch

O then I'm so sorry, father

I never thought I hurt you so much

 

This is a weeping song

A song in which to weep

While we rock ourselves to sleep

This is a weeping song

But I won't be weeping long

But I won't be weeping long

But I won't be weeping long

But I won't be weeping long

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"Walking in the Air" - Chloe Agnew

 

We're walking in the air

We're floating in the moonlit sky

The people far below are sleeping as we fly

 

We're holding very tight

I'm riding in the midnight blue

I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

 

All across the world

The villages go by like trees

The rivers and the hills

The forest and the streams

 

Children gaze open mouthed

Taken by surprise

Nobody down below believes their eyes

 

We're surfing in the air

We're swimming in the frozen sky

We're drifting over icy mountains floating by

 

Suddenly swooping low

On an ocean deep

Rising up a mighty monster from its sleep

 

We're walking in the air

We're dancing in the midnight sky

And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly

 

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"Run To Me" - Bee Gees

https://youtu.be/5Njp-NeuZ6M

 

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If ever you got rain in your heart

Someone has hurt you

And torn you apart

Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me

 

And let it be like they said it would be

Me loving you girl

And you loving me

Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me

 

Run to me

Whenever you're lonely

Run to me

If you need a shoulder

Now and then

You need someone older 

So darling, you run to me

 

And when you're out in the cold

No one beside you

And no one to hold

Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me

 

And when you've got nothing to lose

Nothing to pay for

And nothing to choose

Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me

 

Run to me

Whenever you're lonely

Run to me

If you need a shoulder

Now and then

You need someone older 

So darling, you run to me

 

 

         

[[Lo...]]

Sebadoh - Ocean

 

So you think you're in the middle of the ocean

Stranded on an island of your own

Or stuck in the top of a mountain

Either way you're gonna say you're all alone

And I hesitate to say that you're a liar

I never tell the truth myself

But I tried to chase you down and I got tired

So I'm leaving you to you or someone else

'Cause you never want to hook up in the middle

And I'd meet you there to talk if you would show

But you answer every question with a riddle

And refuse to even choose to let me go

It used to be I'd tell you all my secrets

Giving you the credit you deserve

I guess you didn't care to lose or keep it

And we never quite connected from the first

And I wish I had a way to make it better

To rearrange the world and make you smile

But it's dumb to even think I had that power

And we haven't been that close in a while

And I don't even want to try to name it

Explain it for the one who couldn't care

'Cause all that matters is the way you choose to frame it

And I hesitate to say that you're a liar

I never tell the truth myself

But I tried to chase you down and I got tired

So I'm leaving you to you or someone else

'Cause you never want to hook up in the middle

And I'd meet you there to talk if you would show

But you answer every question with a riddle

And refuse to even choose to let me go

 

 

[[Sa...]]

" That I Would Be Good"

Alanis Morrisette

 

 

"That I Would Be Good"

 

that I would be good even if I did nothing

that I would be good even if I got the thumbs down

that I would be good if I got and stayed sick

that I would be good even if I gained ten pounds

 

that I would be fine even if I went bankrupt

that I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth

that I would be great if I was no longer queen

that I would be grand if I was not all knowing

 

that I would be loved even when I numb myself

that I would be good even when I am overwhelmed

that I would be loved even when I was fuming

that I would be good even if I was clingy

 

that I would be good even if I lost sanity

that I would be good

whether with or without you

 

 

 

 

 

 

[[Sa...]]

" Rise"

Katy Perry

 

 

"Rise"

 

I won't just survive

Oh, you will see me thrive

Can't write my story

I'm beyond the archetype

 

I won't just conform

No matter how you shake my core

'Cause my roots—they run deep, oh

 

Oh, ye of so little faith

Don't doubt it, don't doubt it

Victory is in my veins

I know it, I know it

And I will not negotiate

I'll fight it, I'll fight it

I will transform

 

When, when the fire's at my feet again

And the vultures all start circling

They're whispering, "You're out of time,"

But still I rise

 

This is no mistake, no accident

When you think the final nail is in

Think again

Don't be surprised

I will still rise

 

I must stay conscious

Through the madness and chaos

So I call on my angels

They say

 

Oh, ye of so little faith

Don't doubt it, don't doubt it

Victory is in your veins

You know it, you know it

And you will not negotiate

Just fight it, just fight it

And be transformed

 

'Cause when, when the fire's at my feet again

And the vultures all start circling

They're whispering, "You're out of time,"

But still I rise

 

This is no mistake, no accident

When you think the final nail is in

Think again

Don't be surprised

I will still rise

 

Don't doubt it, don't doubt it

Oh, oh, oh, oh

You know it, you know it

Still rise

Just fight it, just fight it

Don't be surprised

I will still rise

 

 

 

 

 

[[Sa...]]

"Never Give Up"

Sia

 

https://youtu.be/tN9NNSwm9J0

 

 

"Never Give Up"

 

I've battled demons that won't let me sleep

Called to the sea but she abandoned me

 

But I won't never give up, no, never give up, no, no

No, I won't never give up, no, never give up, no, no

 

And I won't let you get me down

I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground

Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh

I won't let you get me down

I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground

Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh

 

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

 

Oh yeah, I'm haunted by the distant past

Called to the skies but she was overcast

 

But I won't never give up, no, never give up, no, no

No, I won't never give up, no, never give up, no, no

 

And I won't let you get me down

I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground

Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh

I won't let you get me down

I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground

Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh

 

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

 

Never give up, never give up

Never give up, never give up

No, no, oooh

 

And I won't let you get me down

I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground

Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh

I won't let you get me down

I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground

Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh

 

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

 

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