Song Lyrics That Are Important To You

[LiveWire64]

"Comfortably Numb"

Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb.

 

[RUlookingup]

Us and Them

Us and Them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me, and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died
And the General sat, as the lines on the map
moved from side to side
Black and Blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and Down
And in the end it's only round and round and round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
the poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Down and Out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny that's what the fightings all about
Get out of the way, it's a busy day
And I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died


A little more Pink Floyd.....but a great tune.

 

[alt_ego]

Absinthe Father an Aquagirl ... I could have added either of those. This time I'll go with:

Sweet Lorraine was a fiery-haired, brown-eyed schemer
Who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers
Who knew that sunshine don't hold up to dark
Whose businesses fail

Who sleep in the park
Lorraine who spoke of paintings in Paris
And outlandish things to her family just to scare us
Whose heart went pokin' where it shouldn't ought

Whose mother could only spit at the thought of
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine

Her father would tear out like a page of the Bible
Then he'd burn down the house to announce his arrival
Her mother was working and never was home
Lorraine carved out a little life of her own

Lorraine started working, Lorraine went to school
Her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved
Now isn't that a very strange thing to do
For someone who never really wanted you

Lorraine, sweet Lorraine

Her daddy called her a slut and a whore
On the night before her wedding day
The very next morning at the church
Her daddy gave Lorraine away
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine

In the battle of time in the battle of will
It's only your hope and your heart that gets killed
And it gets harder and harder Lorraine, to believe in magic
Oh, when what came before you is so very tragic
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine

"Sweet Lorraine" - Patty Griffin

 

[DesEsseintes]

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
Anthony walked to his death because he thought he'd never feel this way again
If he goes back to the house then things would go from bad to worse, what could he do?
He wants to remember things exactly as he left them on that Wednesday
And if there is something else beyond, he isn't scared because
It's bound to be less boring than today
It's bound to be less boring than tomorrow
Hilary walked to her death because she couldn't think of anything to say.
Everybody thought that she was boring, so they never listened anyway.
Nobody was really saying anything of interest, she fell asleep.
She was into S&M and bible studies,
Not everyone's cup of tea she would admit to me.
Her cup of tea, she would admit to no one.
Her cup of tea, she would admit to me,
Oh but her cup of tea, she would admit to no one.

Hilary went to the Catholic Church because she wanted information.
The vicar, or whatever, took her to one side and gave her confirmation.
Saint Theresa's calling her, the church up on the hill is looking lovely.
But it doesn't interest, the only things she wants to know is
How and why and when and where to go.
How and why and when and where to follow.
How and why and when and where to go.
How and why and when and where to follow.

But if you are feeling sinister,
Go off and see a minister,
He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever.

When she got back, her spirituality was thrown into confusion.
So she got a special deal on renting
From the man at Rediffusion.
"Look at me! I'm on TV
It makes up for the shortcomings of being poor.
Now I'm in a million pieces", picked up for deliberation
By the people listening at home.
By the people watching on the telly.
By the people listening at home.
By the people watching on the telly,

But if you are feeling sinister,
Go off and see a minister,
Chances are you'll probably feel better
If you stayed and played with yourself.​

 

[LusterMunky]

Loggins and Messina - A Love Song

There's a wren in a willow wood
Flies so high and sings so good
And he brings to you what he sings to you
Like my brother, the wren and I
Well, he told me if I try, I could fly for you
And I wanna try for you 'cause
I wanna sing you a love song
I wanna rock you in my arms all night long
I wanna get to know you

I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home
Summer thunder on moon-bright days
Northern lights and skies ablaze
And I bring to you, lover, when I sing to you
Silver wings in a fiery sky
Show the trail of my love and I
Sing to you, love is what I bring to you
And I wanna sing to you, oh
I wanna sing you a love song

I wanna rock you in my arms all night long
I wanna get to know you
I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home
I wanna sing you a love song
I wanna rock you in my arms all night long
I wanna get to know you
I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home​

 

[Dianthus]

Stolen Moments
John Hiatt

...
Well some guy told you that you couldn't dance
And you been carrying that forever
I'm the kinda fella needs a, a second chance
C'mon baby let's boo-ga-loo together

I see you over there just clinging to the wall
Cause they told you like ivy, you were born to crawl
But you kept looking up, girl, and I know why
Cause you knew some day you were gonna touch the sky

Baby, you know we're living in stolen moments
You steal enough it feels like we're stopping time
These days are gold we're living in stolen moments
Just grab a hold and feel your way
These days are yours and mine

...

 

[Dianthus]

Time Warp
Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack

RiffRaff:
It's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes its toll.
But listen closely...

Magenta:
Not for very much longer.

RiffRaff:
I've got to keep control.

I remember doing the time-warp
Drinking those moments when
The Blackness would hit me

Magenta:
And the void would be calling...

Transylvanians:
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Narrator:
It's just a jump to the left.

All:
And then a step to the right.

Narrator:
Put your hands on your hips.

All:
You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Magenta:
It's so dreamy, oh fantasy free me.
So you can't see me, no, not at all.
In another dimension, with
voyeuristic intention,
Well secluded, I see all.

RiffRaff:
With a bit of a mind flip

Magenta:
You're into the time slip.

RiffRaff:
And nothing can ever be the same.

Magenta:
You're spaced out on sensation.

RiffRaff:
Like you're under sedation.

All:
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Columbia:
Well I was walking down the street
just a-having a think
When a snake of a guy gave me an
evil wink.
He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise.
He had a pickup truck, and the
devil's eyes.
He stared at me and I felt a change.
Time meant nothing, never would again.

All:
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Narrator:
It's just a jump to the left.

All:
And then a step to the right.

Narrator:
Put your hands on your hips.

All:
You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

 

[SamScribble]

So Sad the Song

I know that we both talked it over
And said it’s best to forget
We’ll leave all our memories behind us
It’s better ending and yet

So sad the song of two empty lives
When that moment of truth suddenly arrives
And so sad the song of what might have been
You see a lifetime of dreams scattered in the wind

Together
We belong together
And never was that one lovely word
Easier to say

And so sad the song of just remembering when
Knowing that the love of your life will never come again

So sad the song that says goodbye

Together
We belong together
And I’ll love you forever
On that you can rely

So would it be wrong
To give our love just one more try
So sad the song that says goodbye
That says goodbye

(You can't beat a good bit of Gladys Knight.)

 

[Suz_anne]

You're My Best Friend ~ Queen

Ooh, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live

You're the best friend that I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know that my feelings are true
I really love you
You're my best friend

Ooh, you make me live
I've been wandering 'round
But I still came back to you
In rain or shine you've stood by me girl
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend

Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you to help me forgive
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live

You're the first one when things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the things
I really love the things that you do
You're my best friend

Ooh, you make me live
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
You, you're my best friend


The first song we danced to at wedding.

 

[missgreekgeek]

Aerosmith- I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing.
I could stay awake just to hear you breathin'
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Cause every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wonderin' if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we're together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don't wannna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For the rest of time Yeah yeah yeah

I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

I Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
the sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
And I don't wanna miss a thing
​

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[PSKH]

Set the Fire to the Third Bar
by
Snow Patrol
(featuring Martha Wainwright)


I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from 'A' to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My fingers in creases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
​

 

[FantasyGir1]

Aerosmith- I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing ​

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This is my 2nd favorite song, Greek!

 

[missgreekgeek]

This is my 2nd favorite song, Greek!

I absolutely love that song, a song held close for my boyfriend and I. Pretty sure we have fucked to it once or twice in 5.5 years

 

[FantasyGir1]

I absolutely love that song, a song held close for my boyfriend and I. Pretty sure we have fucked to it once or twice in 5.5 years

I'm thinking Simpletimes and I have done that very same thing to the very same song! That song comes in a close second to our song "From This Moment" by Shania Twain. So perfect for us, because we both had the same "moment" where we just knew we'd be together forever!

 

[missgreekgeek]

I'm thinking Simpletimes and I have done that very same thing to the very same song! That song comes in a close second to our song "From This Moment" by Shania Twain. So perfect for us, because we both had the same "moment" where we just knew we'd be together forever!

Shania's Song was my cousin's wedding song. I've always had a soft spot for Shania.

 

[missgreekgeek]

Iris- The Goo Goo Dolls

My 2nd favourite song. I'm too lazy to post the lyrics.
But y'all should know 'em anyways

 

[rubydlite]

"Guaranteed"

On bended knee is no way to be free
Lifting up an empty cup, I ask silently
That all my destinations will accept the one that's me
So I can breathe

Circles they grow and they swallow people whole
Half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know
Got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul
And so it goes

Don't come closer or I'll have to go
Owning me like gravity are places that pull
If ever there was someone to keep me at home
It would be you

Everyone I come across in cages they bought
They think of me and my wandering but I'm never what they thought
Got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts
I'm alive

Wind in my hair I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees they're singing with the dead
Overhead

Leave it to me as I find a way to be*
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting
I know all the rules but the rules did not know me
Guaranteed

 

[ShyGuy1855]

I'm your worn in leather jacket
I'm the volume in your fucked up teenage band
A bag of smokes and a six pack
I'm the dreams you had walkin' down railroad tracks, you and me

I'm your first taste of romance
I'm your first broken heart on a Saturday night
Guys like us ain't got no chance
But I'm the thing that keeps you and me alive but not forever

So take me down the road, take me to the show
It's something to believe in that no one else knows
But don't take me for granted

I'm a blood on your guitar
I'm that wave you caught back in 1975
I'm as strong as a thousand armies
I'm as soft as a pedal on a long stem rose, I am love

So take me down the road, take me to the show
It's something to believe in that no one else knows
But don't take me for granted, I'm with you when you're born
You can take me when you die with all the reasons why
Don't take me for granted

So take me down the road, take me to the show
It's something to believe in that no one else knows
But don't take me for granted, I'm with you when you're born
You can take me when you die with all the reasons why
Don't take me for granted

 

[ElijaRDC]

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

from 'Run' by Snow Patrol

I'm normally such a troll, but this is legit.

 

[outlawxtorn]

"Wolf And Raven"

Grant me a wish, my master
Take heed of me
I have been loyal servant
Heartfelt, humble

Gave up what belongs to me
Gave up my greed
My self-examination
Made me see, to be me

I am now like Judas, done
Ashamed of what I've become
Fear for life I wear as a ring
To bask in your favor, I will kill the king

You say, I am invincible
I cannot die
I know, but anyway
The words, they maim me

Grant me a wish, my master
Compassion, please
I'd like be a human
Maybe one day

I am now like Judas, done
Ashamed of what I've become
Fear of life I wear as a ring
To bask in your favor, I will kill the king

Let me go
Master, I hate you so
How can I sleep my nights
When my whole being cries

I tried to be like everyone
Open my soul
But what I had to give
Resulted loathing

Enchanted by the power
Licked by the grace
One beautiful black flower
The end of the human race

I will with pride now face my faith
King and Queen now lie in state
This fear of life I wear as a ring
I bask in your favor, I have killed the king

Let me go
Master, I hate you so
How can I sleep my nights
When my whole being cries

I had a nightmare
The wolf eating the raven
Entrails of life on my plate
And I ate 'em

Interested in what I see
Try that Rorcharch test on me
Have you seen the beauty of the
Enticing beast

Let me go
Master, I hate you so
I cannot sleep my nights
When my whole being cries

Let me go
Master, I hate you so
I cannot sleep my nights
When my whole being cries

 

[luscious pearl]

EMPTY-RAY LAMONTAGNE

She lifts her skirt up to her knees
Walks through the garden rows
With her bare feet laughing

I never learned to count my blessings
I choose instead to dwell
In my disasters

I walk on down the hill
Through grass grown tall
And brown and still
It's hard somehow
To let go of my pain

On past the busted back
Of that old and rusted Cadillac
That sinks into this field
Collecting rain

Will I always feel this way
So empty
And estranged?

And of these cut throat busted sunsets
These cold and damp white mornings
I have grown weary

If through my cracked and dusty
Dime store lips
I spoke these words out loud
Would no one hear me?

Lay your blouse across the chair
Let fall the flowers
From your hair
And kiss me
With that country mouth
So plain

Outside the rain is tapping
On the leaves
To me it sounds like
They're applauding us
The quiet love
We've made

Will it always feel this way
So empty
So estranged?

Well I looked my demons in the eyes
Lay bare my chest
Said do your best
To destroy me

I've been to hell and back
So many times
I must admit
You kinda bore me

There's a lot of things
That can kill a man
There's a lot of ways
To die
Yes, and some already did
And walk beside me

There's a lot of things
I don't understand
So many people lie
It's the hurt I hide that fuels
The fire inside me

Will I always feel this way
So empty
So estranged?

 

[Wolfias]

The Allman Brothers

"Soulshine"

When you can't find the light,
That guides you on the cloudy days,
When the stars ain't shinin' bright,
You feel like you've lost you're way,
When those candle lights of home,
Burn so very far away,
Well you got to let your soul shine,
Just like my daddy used to say.

He used to say soulshine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Hey now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometime,
Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

I grew up thinkin' that I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so alone.
Now and then I feel a cold wind,
Blowin' through my achin' bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said "Boy, in the darkness before the dawn

Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your world seems cold, you got to let your spirit take control.

Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

Oh, it's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

 

[jameslewis]

"Like A Hurricane"
Neil Young

Once I thought I saw you
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer,
but you are just a dream,
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

You are just a dreamer,
and I am just a dream.
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

 

[AbsintheFather]

Stolen Moments
John Hiatt

...
Well some guy told you that you couldn't dance
......
These days are yours and mine

...

John Hiatt is one of my favorite songwriters. His skills are overlooked because it's other artists who have the bigger hits with the songs he wrote.

For example he wrote 'A Thing Called Love' which was a big hit for Bonnie Raitt and 'Riding With The King' which BB King and Eric Clapton made popular.

 

[AbsintheFather]

Absinthe Father an Aquagirl ... I could have added either of those. This time I'll go with:

Sweet Lorraine was a fiery-haired, brown-eyed schemer
......
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine

"Sweet Lorraine" - Patti Griffith

Patty also wrote 'Long Ride Home' which is a great song. Although it's about a wife burying her husband. It came out and I listened to it a lot around the time my own father died.

Long black limousine
Shiniest car I've ever seen
The back seat is nice and clean
She rides as quiet as a dream
Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down
Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
With me riding in this car, and you flying through the clouds

I've had some time to think about you
And watch the sun sink like a stone
I've had some time to think about you
On the long ride home
. . . .