Meaningful Lyrics

[chuckbane]

I will post a daily (or when i get a chance) installment of meaningful lyrics and the respective song title and artist.

Feel free to post your fave meaningful lyrics or your own meaningful lyrics.

I discovered Flobots recently so I will be doing lots of theirs as they have some of the best lyrics ever.


"Listen
Consider this a distant early warning
The fires imminent
Pollution gathering dust particles
Funneling through smokestacks
Airwaves
Bandwidth
Disinformation tube fed
Check the label
Delete the virus
Alert the masses...

...New forms are beginning to take shape
Once-occupied minds are activating
People are waking up
The insurgency is alive and well...

...Rattle and shake the foundation of the world order
Assembly line consent
Resist
Refuse
Inform
Create...

...We are building up a new world
Do not sit idly by
Do not remain neutral
Do not rely on this broadcast alone
We are only as strong as our signal
There is a war going on for your mind
If you are thinking you are winning
Resistance is victory
Defeat is impossible
Your weapons are already in hand
Reach within you and find the means by which to gain your freedom
Fight with tools
Your fate and that of everyone you know depends on it"

- We Are Winning, Flobots

 

[ogrelung]

Sixty watt shaman "low earth orbit"

Out of low Earth gravity
We made our way to the tranquil sea
To strike our camps
Beside the ruined spires

Kicking dust from a weightless bed
Extracting frozen polar caps
Distant, distant
The life we left behind

And we ignite every night
When we ascend the spire
To get higher

Sweet sunshine on celestial vines
Come and solarize this sky
Novel eyes
Looking back on Earth

And we ignite every night
When we ascend the spire
To get higher
From here it looks so different
From here it looks alright
From here it looks so different
From here it looks so fine

And we ignite every night
When we ascend the spire
To get higher
From here it looks so different
From here it looks alright
From here it looks so different
From here it looks so fine






Sixty watt shaman "my ruin"

Wretched red tooth and the claw
The tables stick to the floor
Dirty flies and stale tobacco
And the price of my soul
So fuck it all what's in store
No remedy for the poor
Fill my glass
Against these ruins
My fragments are shorn
My lord...
Now pick me up should I fall
Careful I might spend it all
The bar is tapped into poison
For a fix and a brawl
So keep 'em coming I call
Beer is blood
Pour it all
Turn up that goddamned music
Till they show me the door
My lord...
Line 'em up
This ain't just pissin in the wind
A sty will blind you in the end
Believe there's wisdom in my plan
Another round...
My ruin



and once again sixty watt shaman, blind by morning

Listen to the grass grow
Lay me down
The eye of god upon us
Shake the very ground
Play for me the smoke rain
Grass will always grow
Ground beneath the mill wheel
The saddest song I know
Low and to the left
This soul hung by a chain
Wings of the lion
Rays of distant pain
The higher that I climb
The closer to the sun
Keys to the temple
Are buried in the ground
Winter lingers long
Solstice soon will come
Now I need your light
Come morning I'll be blind
If I receive your light
I'll be blind by morning


Sorry, one of the best stoner rock bands in existence and I met the bassist tonight who told me they have a new disc on the way which is great news when your favorite group is broken up.Always thought he wrote particularly good lyrics, especially for the genere and they mean alot to me.

 

[4cyl5spd]

Society lyrics

Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild) song lyrics



Oh it's a mystery to me.
We have a greed, with which we have agreed...
and you think you have to want more than you need...
until you have it all, you won't be free.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

When you want more than you have, you think you need...
and when you think more then you want, your thoughts begin to bleed.
I think I need to find a bigger place...
cause when you have more than you think, you need more space.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed...
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

There's those thinkin' more or less, less is more,
but if less is more, how you keepin' score?
It means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you're startin' from the top...
and you can't do that.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed...
I hope you're not lonely, without me
Society, have mercy on me.
I hope you're not angry, if I disagree.
Society, crazy indeed.
I hope you're not lonely...
without me.

 

[chuckbane]

"
A worried man with a worried mind
No one in front of me and nothing behind
There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne
Got white skin, got assassin's eyes
I'm looking up into the sapphire tinted skies
I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train
Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose
Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loose
People are crazy and times are strange
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
I used to care, but things have changed...


...Lot of water under the bridge, Lot of other stuff too
Don't get up gentlemen, I'm only passing through...


...I've been walking forty miles of bad road
If the bible is right, the world will explode
I've been trying to get as far away from myself as I can
Some things are too hot to touch
The human mind can only stand so much
You can't win with a losing hand...


...I hurt easy, I just don't show it
You can hurt someone and not even know it
The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
Gonna get low down, gonna fly high
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie..."


Things have changed - Bob Dylan

 

[chuckbane]

Sixty watt shaman "low earth orbit"

Out of low Earth gravity
We made our way to the tranquil sea
To strike our camps
Beside the ruined spires

Kicking dust from a weightless bed
Extracting frozen polar caps
Distant, distant
The life we left behind

And we ignite every night
When we ascend the spire
To get higher

Sweet sunshine on celestial vines
Come and solarize this sky
Novel eyes
Looking back on Earth

And we ignite every night
When we ascend the spire
To get higher
From here it looks so different
From here it looks alright
From here it looks so different
From here it looks so fine

And we ignite every night
When we ascend the spire
To get higher
From here it looks so different
From here it looks alright
From here it looks so different
From here it looks so fine...
...

Sweet lyrics, i tried to rep you but aparently i have given you some recently. I dont remember it but obviously you are a cool cat. thx for the lyrics man, im gonna check them out, btw, the first song was my fave only judging by the lyrics

Oh it's a mystery to me.
We have a greed, with which we have agreed...
and you think you have to want more than you need...
until you have it all, you won't be free.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

When you want more than you have, you think you need...
and when you think more then you want, your thoughts begin to bleed.
I think I need to find a bigger place...
cause when you have more than you think, you need more space.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed...
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

There's those thinkin' more or less, less is more,
but if less is more, how you keepin' score?
It means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you're startin' from the top...
and you can't do that.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed...
I hope you're not lonely, without me
Society, have mercy on me.
I hope you're not angry, if I disagree.
Society, crazy indeed.
I hope you're not lonely...
without me.

sweet lyrics, +rep 4 u. Was it Pearl Jam that Eddie Vedder used to be with?

 

[chuckbane]

another installment

"The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’...

...
Don’t you understand what I’m tryin’ to say
Can’t you feel the fears I’m feelin’ today?
If the button is pushed, there’s no runnin’ away
There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave...

...
Yeah, my blood’s so mad feels like coagulatin’
I’m sitting here just contemplatin’
I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of senators don’t pass legislation
And marches alone can’t bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin’
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’...

...
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The poundin’ of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don’t leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace..."

Eve of destruction - Barry McGuire

 

[4cyl5spd]

yup, eddie vedder was from pearl jam and still is. for the soundtrack he did a solo dealie

 

[4cyl5spd]

this ones meaningful to me

YouTube - David Usher - St-Lawrence River Music Video

Smells on the air
See there it's crushing the final impression
The stains on the paper
Where words fell like water
Unearth all the changes that never did matter
I think it's beginning to freeze here

Caught in the rage and the fire of things
All the brightness that burns me
I'm fumbling through like a child in the dark
When the nakedness comes
I am shocked by the colour the glorious weight of your skin
Comes alive
And I never thought we'd make it back so soon
Might be nice
But I knew you'd be your own destroyer
Comes a time
And I always thought I'd make it up to you

Here please forgive me
Could we escape all the bitterness piled upon bitterness
Held in the face of the things that I don't understand
Intellectualize over and over
This helplessness suits us
Funny how quiet has slipped to our corners
Worn all our edges away
You are watching breathing and baiting
Wanting and warming and cautiously waiting
For some simple signal to creep cross your conscience
Uncover redemption and oh did I mention
I carried you down to the St. Lawrence River
The banks running dirty the water's beginning to freeze here
Solid by morning
And I'll freeze here
Winter by morning

Comes a lie
And I never thought you'd get me back so soon
Might be nice
But it's only if my own destroyer
Comes alive
And I always knew I'd make it up to you

I saw on your face such a curious grin
As I let go your hand
I was desperate to hold you again
But you're sinking so deep in the water
Outsmarted myself and so easily gave up what I wanted
Solid by morning
What I wanted
Winter by morning

Comes alive
And I never thought you'd make it up so soon
Night be nice
But I always knew you're my destroyer
Comes a time
And I always thought I'd make it up to you

Solid by morning
And I'll freeze here
Winter by morning

 

[4cyl5spd]

always liked this one too

YouTube - The Grace

In better days I've been known to listen
I go to waste all my time is missing

I'm mapping out my ending,
it's never gonna happen now
These things are condescending
with everybody backing down

You pray to stars that can help you get by
And all at once you forget to try

I'd go there if you let me,
they're never gonna find me now
My life is always empty
and in and out of doubt

Your not coming back for me, these things they will never be
I'm so used to being wrong, so put me where I belong

I'll get back to you,
God knows I try,
but I still lose
And I get back to you,
these days run by,
but I still lose


Angels say they can make you suffer
They give and take like a vicious lover

When all this loses meaning,
You'll never want it back somehow
Awake but still I'm dreaming
And never waking up

Alone...Where I'm not alone

 

[4cyl5spd]

kinda upbeat for any meaningful lyrics to be heard but the message is there

YouTube - Triumph - Follow Your Heart

People say
Don't ever look behind
Happiness is just a state of mind
Rock and Roll lives and breathes in the hearts of the young
So carry on
You're runnin' on borrowed time
Tryin' hard to survive
Keep on runnin'
Your time in comin'
Keep your dreams alive
CHORUS:
Follow Your Heart (You got to Follow Your Heart)
Living for the day, forget about tomorrow
Follow Your Heart (You got to Follow Your Heart)
Any other way can only lead to sorrow
Don't wait any longer
Follow Your Heart
Plays for keeps
And try to never lose
Live it fast but live the life you choose
Rock and Roll lives and breathes in the hearts of the young
So let it ride
Each time you roll the dice
Luck will finally arrive
Keep on runnin'
Your time is comin'
Keep your dreams alive
CHORUS
Oh, listen to the rhythm
Your heart won't lie
Rock and Roll hearts
Just never die, never die
CHORUS

 

[4cyl5spd]

YouTube - Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Gimme Danger

gimme danger, little stranger
and I'll give you a piece
gimme danger, little stranger
and I'll feel your disease

there's nothing in my dreams
Just some ugly memories
kiss me like the ocean breeze

(hey!)

Now if you will be my lover
i will shiver insane
but if you can be my master
i will do anything

there's nothing left to life
but a pair glassy eyes
raze my feelings one more time

(yeah!)

find a little strip and find a little stranger
yeah you're gonna feel my hand

said:
I got a little angel, want a little danger
honey you're gonna feel my hand
swear you're gonna feel my hand
swear you're gonna feel my hand

gimme danger
little stranger
gimme danger
little stranger
gimme danger
little stranger

gimme danger
little stranger

gimme danger
little stranger

can you feel me?
you gotta feel me!
you gotta feel this

little stranger...

 

[chuckbane]

lol, Iggy, ohhhhh Iggy

lol

i dont know what it is about him but that dude creeps me out

 

[ogrelung]

He's like the weird uncle you don't leave entirely alone with the kids

 

[chuckbane]

He's like the weird uncle you don't leave entirely alone with the kids

hahahaa,, i wish i could give this dude even more rep,, funny shit man,, its so funny because its soo true

 

[chuckbane]

another installment

So much pain we
Dont know how to be but angry
Feel infected like weve got gangrene
Please dont let anybody try to change me
Me
Just me
In the middle of a sea full of faces
Full of faces
Some laugh some salivate
Whats in your alleyway
Recycling bins or bullet cases
Its not equal
Its not fair
Were different people
But were not scared
We aint never scared
To pave a new path
Make a new street
Build a new bridge
Say can you see by the dawns early light
Free slaves running
Songs words werent right
Now a new days coming
The few stay stunning while the many are handsome
Your soul is alive but they want it for ransom
The base drumming is the anthem
We step to the heartbeats of our granddaughters and grandsons
And

Rise together we

Lost hope and found need
Grounded by our surroundings
Did the walls scream universities
Or you and i verse the tees
React automatic and we burst when squeezed
And make 9-11 each emergency
Urgency amber to red like the turning leaves
Oh please let the hurting cease
Don't let apathy police the populace
We will march across
Those stereotypes that were marked for us
The answers obvious
We switch the consonants
Change the sword to words and lift continents

If you believe in redemption
I'm calling to you from another dimension

rise - flobots

 

[chuckbane]

some more flobots

"...occupied minds
unemployed skills
desolation
worn out
torn down
just for now thrill seekers
slanging
test tube babies in beakers
where gun blasts pump straight from the speakers
the system where the
poor get poorly paid
to hold the ladder
where the rich get ricocheted
into the stratosphere
and in between people are rushin' like vladimir
with metals to make their status clear
get us out of here

we need heroes
build them
don't put your fist up
fill them
Fight with our hopes and our hearts and our hands
we're the architects of our last stand


there's a war going on for your mind
those who seek to occupy it will stop at nothing
the battlefield is everywhere
there is no sanctuary
there are no civilians
you have two choices
surrender or enlist...

...the propaganda's stuck on us like sock pajamas
spread like a virus
through accepted thoughts and proper manners
but off the cameras
somethings simmering across the land
about to bubble up
and knock the lids off of the pots and pans...

...all free minds to the front
all free minds to the front
we call upon women
we call upon children
we call upon the handicapped
the infirmed
the weak of heart
we need your courage
your dedication
your passion
your conviction..."

- Fight with tools

 

[chuckbane]

another installment

"...Love hurts
But sometimes it's a good hurt
And it feels like I'm alive
Love sings
When it transcends the bad things
Have a heart and try me
'cause without love I won't survive

I'm fettered and abused
Stand naked and accused
Should I surface, this one-man submarine?
I only want the truth!
So tonight we drink to youth..."

Love Hurts - Incubus

 

[HoppusTheCaveman]

When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fucking special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to nitcie
When i'm not around
You're so fucking special
I wish Iw as special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here
I don't belong here, ohhh, ohhh

She's, running, out the door
She's, running, out
Run, run, ruuun
Ruuun....

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here
I don't belong here
I don't belong here....

Creep-Radiohead

sorry for the mushiness haha

 

[diggitydank420]

Nine Inch Nails - The Great Destroyer

Say your name.
Try to speak as clearly as you can.
You know everything gets written down.
Nod your head.
Just in case they could be watching.
With their shiny satellite. I hope they cannot see.
The limitless potential.
Building inside of me.
To mirror everything.
I hope they cannot see.
I am the great destroyer.
Turn it up.
Listen to the shit they pump into your head.
Filling you with apathy.
Hold your breath.
Wait until you know the time is right on time.
The end is near.
I hope they cannot see.
The limitless potential
Building inside of me.
To mirror everything.
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer


Hear it here:
YouTube - NIN - The Great Destroyer live in Europe, Aug 2007

Even better remix here:
Remix - remix.nin.com

 

[erockolm]

(reminds me of a real good friend and drunken times hits me somewhere deep)

Bonnie "Prince" Billy- I see a darkness

Well, you're my friend, (that's what you told me)
And can you see (what's inside of me)
Many times we've been out drinking
And many times we've shared our thoughts
But did you ever, ever notice, the kind of thoughts I got
Well you know I have a love, a love for everyone I know
And you know I have a drive to live I won't let go
But can you see it's opposition, comes arising up sometimes
That it's dreadful antiposition, comes blacking in my mind

And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
And did you know how much I love you
Is a hope that somehow you, you
Can save me from this darkness

Well I hope that someday buddy
We have peace in our lives
Together or apart
Alone or with our wives
And we can stop our whoring
And pull the smiles inside
And light it up forever
And never go to sleep
My best unbeaten brother
This isn't all I see

Oh no, I see a darkness
Oh no, I see a darkness
Oh no, I see a darkness
Oh no, I see a darkness
And did you know how much I love you
Is a hope that somehow you, you
Can save me from this darkness

YouTube - I See A Darkness (slowly builds up to greatness)