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SILVERCHAIR - From left Ben Gilles, Daniel Johns, and Chris Joannou... Daniel is unconventionally sexy. He gives me chills... 
ALICIA KEYS 
THE MONKEES - From top, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, and Mike Nesmith (saved the best for last :D) 
FIONA APPLE - She almost looks exotic. I think she's beautiful. 
ADMIRAL TWIN - TA DA! These are my boys... From left to right, Brad Becker, Jarrod Gollihare, Mark Carr, and John Russell. Tulsa's own... PLEASE give them a listen! It won't KILL you! 
HANSON - Self-proclaimed dorks. They're amazing and I think if people would actually LISTEN to them and forget their hangups about what people think and what category their music gets shoved into, they might actually see a little bit of what I see in them. Open your mind and listen. 
GORILLAZ - Murdoc, 2-D, Noodle, and Russell 
JEWEL - Modern hippie chick. 
SINEAD O'CONNOR - Tragically misunderstood and underappreciated... People think she's crazy, but I wish we all had a little more of that kind of craziness in us. The world would be a better place. |
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| These are songs I love for the lyrics mostly. I'm gonna put tiny clips, whole songs, and maybe even entire albums, lol. They're just here to show you things you might not have noticed if you know the song, or to expose you to something new if you haven't. *smile* Have fun. (side note: I didn't edit the lyrics on this page because I refuse to alter other people's art. I choose to edit my journal and other areas of the site that are my original concepts and words out of courtesy for friends, but this page is not, should not, and WILL not be edited.) "Dust In The Wind" by Kansas
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind
Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind "Strong Enough To Break" (acoustic version)
(I.Hanson, T.Hanson, Z.Hanson)
Well I haven't been myself today
just to figure in a big likely gain
Sugar is the price you pay
You get just enough just to give it away
They're sinking more, they're floating away
Just throw me a line so I can lengthen my pain
The fabric is about to fray
The fabric is about to fray
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Things keep coming and I keep wondering
And I start feeling the walls close in
Things keep coming and I keep stumbling
I start feeling strong enough to break
I start feeling strong enough to break
I've Been running through my mind today
scenarios to catch your hypocrisy
no one ever takes the blame
but everyone's searching for a cure to the pain
nothing ever seems to change
oh nothing ever seems to change
we just play broken records in a deaf man's charade
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Things keep coming and I keep wondering
And I start feeling the walls close in
Things keep coming and I keep stumbling
I start feeling strong enough to break
I start feeling strong enough to break
I start feeling strong enough...
Oh yeah
Strong enough to break
Strong enough to break
"I may be soft in your palm but I will not let you win. My pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will disprove your faith in man. So if you catch me trying to find my way into your heart from under your skin. Fast as you can baby, scratch me out, free yourself, fast as you can."
- Fiona Apple
"Fast As You Can" "When you live in a cookie cutter world, being different is a sin, so you don't stand out, but you don't fit in... Weird..."
- Hanson
"Weird" "Randy Scouse Git"
By Micky Dolenz (one of the Monkees, YES, this particular song WAS written AND played by the Monkees themselves)
She's a wonderful lady
And she's mine all mine
And there doesn't seem a way
That she won't come and lose my mind.
It's too easy humming songs
To a girl in yellow dress
It's been a long time since the party
And the room is in a mess.
The four kings of E.M.I.
Are sitting stately on the floor
There are birds out on the sidewalk
And a valet at the door.
He reminds me of a penguin
With few and plastered hair,
There's talcum powder on the letter
And the birthday boy is there.
Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?
Now they've darkened all the windows
And the seats are naugh-a-hyde.
I've been waiting for an hour,
I can't find a place to hide.
The being known as Wonder Girl
Is speaking I believe.
It's not easy tryin' to tell her
That I shortly have to leave.
Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free.
[Progressive scat vocals]
Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?
Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free. "And if you wanna make sense, whatcha lookin at me for? I'm no good at math." Fiona Apple "A Mistake" "I heard them say that dreams should stay in your head. Well I feel ashamed of the things that I've said. Put on these chains and you can live a free life. Well I'd rather bleed just to know why I died." Hanson "This Time Around" "A Woman's Worth" by Alicia Keys
You could buy me diamonds
You could buy me pearls
Take me on a cruise around the world
Baby you know I'm worth it
Dinner lit by candles
Run my bubble bath
Make love tenderly to last a lifetime
Baby you know I'm worth it
Wanna please, wanna keep, wanna treat, your woman right
Now just don't, better show that she is worth your time
You will lose if you choose to refuse to put her first
She will if she can't find a man who knows her worth
'Cause a real man knows a real woman when he sees her
And a real woman knows a real man ain't afraid to please her
A real woman knows a real man always comes first
A real man just can't deny a woman's worth
Mmmmhmmmm...
Hold up
'Cause if you treat me fairly I'll give you all my goods
Treat you like a real woman should
Baby I know you're worth it
If you never play me promise not to blow off
I'll hold you down when shit gets rough
'Cause baby I know you're worth it
She walks the mile, makes you smile, all the while being true
Dont take for granted the passion she has for you
You will lose if you choose to refuse to put her first
She will if she can't find a man who knows her worth
'Cause a real man knows a real woman when he sees her
And a real woman knows a real man ain't afraid to please her
A real woman knows a real man always comes first
A real man just can't deny a woman's worth
No need to read between the lines, spelled out for you
Just hear this song cause you can't go wrong with your values
A woman, woman, woman, woman's worth
'Cause a real man knows a real woman when he sees her
And a real woman knows a real man ain't afraid to please her
A real woman knows a real man always comes first
A real man just can't deny a woman's worth
Mmmmhmmmm...
"Piano Man" by Billy Joel
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a melody?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
Chorus
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Chorus "Imagine" by John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one. "Paint Pastel Princess" by Silverchair
It's only self rejection
With a mean left
Cold carbon copied coping
And it's mean theft
That's been left behind
Paint pastel princess
Bo and arapax
The shelves when they're broken
I beg you...
Waste life when youth is sweeter
Neater content with contents
Cultures cringing at accents
And it's too tense
Camp out
She tastes the candy
Sugarless - cancerous
Crave cocaine cop shows
I'll beg you...
But it's all the same to me
Paint pastel princess
Bo and arapax
The shelves when they're broken
I beg you... "A Song to Sing" by Hanson
Good-bye four leaf clovers
Hello gone awry
Don't cry the fight ain't over
Unless you let it pass you by
chorus
I'm looking for a song to sing
Looking for a friend to borrow
I'm looking for my radio
So I might find a heart to follow
I've never been just longing for your loving
I've never been just wearing down to nothing
I've never been just looking for a reason
So that maybe you'll be thinking of me
Oh...
You'll be thinking of me
All that I have found in reason
Is reason just to not believe
When all that you're left is treason
Is treason just to let it be
I'm looking for a song to sing
Looking for a friend to borrow
I'm looking for my radio
So that I might find a heart to follow
I've never been just longing for your loving
I've never been just wearing down to nothing
I've never been just looking for a reason
So that maybe you'll be thinking of...
The blue yonder dreams and second hand shoes
You're so far gone that you live to lose
And it's too late to go home all alone
Your the tar in that old cigar
And the worn out cable on a cable car
And you're too tired to admit you've got to choose
I'm looking for a song to sing
Looking for a friend to borrow
I'm looking for my radio
So I might find a heart to follow
I've never been just longing for your loving
I've never been just wearing down to nothing
I've never been just looking for a reason
So that maybe you'll be thinking of me
Oh...
You'll be thinking of me
Don't wander through this glassy surface
Expecting to find more than me
'Cause what am I without a purpose
But a lone mirage to see
I'm looking for a song to sing
Looking for a friend to borrow
I'm looking for my radio
So I might find a heart to follow
I've never been just longing for your loving
I've never been just wearing down to nothing
I've never been just looking for a reason
So that maybe you'll be thinking of me
Oh...
You'll be thinking of me
You'll be thinking of me "Never Let Go" by Hanson
Just lay down
And let your worries sleep
Don't think now
The water is dark and deep
'Cause you know that I love you
And never let go
And you know
That I'll love you forever
I'll love you and never let go
Yes I'll love you and never let go
Just cry out
Yeah I've cried those tears before
I can feel it now
As your teardrops hit the floor
'Cause you know
That I love you and never let go
And you know
That I'll love you forever
I'll love you and never let go
Yes I love you and never let go
You don't have to ask me do I love you
As I hold you it shows how much I do
I'm yours until forever is through
Anytime I stand for you
I know I'd lay my life down for you
I'll never let
Not ever let go "Did you see the man with the cocaine load, it's on sale for the price of your soul and a man with a long trench coat, wish I could hide in a big black hole sell all your pain, ten fold and you're crawling down a long, wrong road, fitted for a box they mold. All you're mixing is a heart they stole. Now they're looking at me to know. My heart is pumping and my feet got cold. I'm sure about it. I'm definitely sure that I do surely doubt it. Wish that I could say that I was sure about it, but I'm definitely sure that I'm not sure." - Hanson "Sure About It" "Love ridden I've looked at you with the focus I gave to my birthday candles. I've wished on the lidded blue flames under your brow, and baby I wished for you. Nobody sees when you are lyin in your bed, and I wanna crawl in with you, but I cry instead. I want your warm but it will only make me colder when it's over, so I can't tonight baby. No, not baby anymore. If I need you, I'll just use your simple name. Only kisses on the cheek from now on, and in a little while we'll only have to wave." - Fiona Apple "Love Ridden" "Never Is a Promise" by Fiona Apple
You'll never see - the courage I know
Its colors' richness won't appear within your view
I'll never glow - the way that you glow
Your presence dominates the judgements made on you
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights
I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you
You'll say you understand, but you don't understand
You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye
But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie
You'll never touch - these things that I hold
The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own
You'll never feel the heat of this soul
My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you
You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems
You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high
But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie
You'll never live the life that I live
I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night
You'll never hear the message I give
You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights
I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you
You'll say you understand, you'll never understand
I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why
I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am
You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry
But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie "Shadowboxer" by Fiona Apple
Once my lover, now my friend
What a cruel thing to pretend
What a cunning way to condescend
Once my lover, and now my friend
Oh, you creep up like the clouds
And you set my soul at ease
Then you let your love abound
And you bring me to my knees
Oh, it's evil, babe, the way you let your grace enrapture me
When well you know, I'd be insane - to ever let that dirty game recapture me
You made me a shadowboxer, baby
I wanna be ready for what you do
I been swinging all around me
'Cause I don't know when you're gonna make your move
Oh, your gaze is dangerous
And you fill your space so sweet
If I let you get too close
You'll set your spell on me
So darlin' I just wanna say
Just in case I don't come through
I was on to every play
I just wanted you
But, oh, it's so evil, my love, the way you've no reverence to my concern
So I'll be sure to stay wary of you, love, to save the pain of
Once my flame and twice my burn
You made me a shadowboxer, baby
I wanna be ready for what you do
I been swinging all around me
'Cause I don't know when you're gonna make your move "Get Gone" by Fiona Apple
How many times do I have to say
To get away-get gone
Flip your shit past another lasses
Humble dwelling
You got your game, made your shot, and you got away
With a lot, but I'm not turned-on
So put away that meat you're selling
Cuz I do know what's good for me-
And I've done what I could for you
But you're not benefiting, and yet I'm sitting
Singing again, sing, sing again
How can I deal with this, if he won't get with this
M'I gonna heal from this; he won't admit to it
Nothing to figure out; I gotta get him out
It's time the truth was out that he don't give a
Shit about me
How many times can it escalate
Till it elevates to a place I can't breathe?
And I must decide, if you must deride
That I'm much obliged to up and go
I'll idealize, then realize that it's no
Sacrifice, because the price is paid, and
There's nothing left to grieve
Fuckin go-
Cuz I've done what I could for you, and I do know what's
Good for me and I'm not benefiting, instead
I'm sitting singing again, singing again, singing again,
Sing, sing, sing again
How can I deal with this, if he won't get with this
M'I gonna heal from this; he won't admit to it
Nothing to figure out; I gotta get him out
It's time the truth was out that he don't give a
Shit about me "I Know" by Fiona Apple
So be it, I'm your crowbar
If that's what I am so far
Until you get out of this mess
And I will pretend
That I don't know of your sins
Until you are ready to confess
But all the time, all the time
I'll know, I'll know
And you can use my skin
To bury secrets in
And I will settle you down
And at my own suggestion,
I will ask no questions
While I do my thing in the background
But all the time, all the time
I'll know, I'll know
Baby-I can't help you out, while she's still around
So for the time being, I'm being patient
And amidst this bitterness
If you'll just consider this-even if it don't make sense
All the time-give it time
And when the crowd becomes your burden
And you've early closed your curtains,
I'll wait by the backstage door
While you try to find the lines to speak your mind
And pry it open, hoping for an encore
And if it gets too late, for me to wait
For you to find you love me, and tell me so
It's ok, don't need to say it. "Giant" by Mathew Good Band
Shake me, i'm waiting
in your new arc they're saying
i'm the creature in your sick thing
everybody sees a giant
when the bad moon in your heart sings
and your wind up gears start grinding
your teeth feel you smiling
a better, happier you
the better happier you
when you blow out like a dead star
it reminds me how uniform your beautiful is
we carry on like it's easy
like you're all out and i'm your man
hit me, i'm bleeding
in your lounger, on your grooming
it's the future that's whoring
the better, happier you
a better happier you
when you blow out like a dead star
it reminds me how uniform your beautiful is
we carry on like it's easy
like you're all out
and i'm your man
baby i'm your man "Failing The Roscharch Test" by Mathew Good Band
Hey alice
i'm caving in
i know it's not allowed
but sometimes i fantasize
i'm peeling off my skin
enough to fill it up again
hey rabbit
into the pavement
i'm caving in
mother told me to be something
so i'm afraid enough to stay wide awake
hey rabbit
i came to win
i know it's not allowed
but sometimes you might find
it feels like nothing is
and it's everything you've been
hey alice
into the pavement
i'm caving in
mother told me to be something
so i'm afraid enough to stay wide awake
this ain't real baby, i've got a better excuse for myself
i'm always here. "Strange Days" by Mathew Good Band
Good morning
don't cop out
you crawled from the cancer to land on your feet
are you crazy to want this
even for a while?
we're making this shit up
the reasons for being are easy to pay
you can't remember the others
they just kind of went away
so you're driving, it's rush hour
the cars on the freeway are moving like slugs
when you drift off to wake up
do you always hit the brakes?
we're done lying for a living
the strange days have come and you're gone
either dead or dying
either dad or trying to go
it's evening, you're tired
you sleep walk, a robot out on the street
are you crazy to want this, even for a while? you're driving, it's rush hour
the cars on the freeway are moving backwards
into a wall of fire
we're done lying for a living
the strange days have come and you're gone
either dead or dying
either dead or trying to go
good morning
don't cop out |
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