Song Lyrics

[Lee]

Just thought I'd start up a new Song Lyrics thread! ^_^
Starting off with Metallica! ^_^

... (And the road becomes my bride)
And the road becomes my bride
I have stripped of all but pride
So in her I do confide
And she keeps me satisfied
Gives me all I need

... And with dust in throat I crave
Only knowledge will I save
To the game you stay as slave

Rover, wanderer
Nomad, vagabond
Call me what you will -- yeah!

No -- but I'll take my time anywhere
Free to speak my mind anywhere
And I'll redefine anywhere
Anywhere I roam
Where I lay my head is home - yeah!

... (And the earth becomes my throne)
And the earth becomes my throne
I adapt to the unknown
Under wandering stars I've grown
By myself but not alone
I ask no one

And my ties are severed clean
Less I have the more I gain
Off the beaten path I reign

Rover wanderer
Nomad vagabond
Call me what you will -- yea will!

But I'll take my time anywhere
I'm free to speak my mind anywhere
And I'll never mind anywhere
Anywhere I roam
Where I lay my head is home -- yeah-yeah!

guitar solo 1

But I'll take my time anywhere
I'm free to speak my mind
And I'll take my find anywhere
Anywhere I roam
Where I lay my head is home -- that's right!

guitar solo 2

But I'll take my time anywhere
I'm free to speak my mind anywhere
And I'll redefine anywhere
Anywhere I roam
Where I lay my head is home
Carved upon my stone
My body lie, but still I roam -- yeah yeah!
Wherever I may roam (3x)
Wherever I may roam - yeah!
Wherever I may wander wander wander
Wherever I may roam - yeah-yeah!
Wherever I may roam - yeah-yeah!
Wherever I may roam (3x)

[Mereel Ma'viin]

This song is a lament written by a Scottish woman, Annag Chaimbeul after her fiancée, Ailein Moireasdan, drowned at sea in 1788. I first heard a version of this song that was performed in the film Rob Roy, and I later acquired a slightly different version for my latest mix CD.

Capercaillie - Ailein Duinn (Dark-haired Alan)

Gura mise tha fo eislean
Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'eirigh
O hi shiubhlainn leat,
Hi ri bho, ho rinn o ho
Ailein Duinn, o hi shiubhlainn leat

Ma 's'en cluasag dhuit a ghaineanih
Ma 'se leabaidh dhut an gheamainn
O hi shiubhlainn leat,
Hi ri bho, ho rinn o ho
Ailein Duinn, o hi shiubhlainn leat

Ma 's en t-iasg do choinlean geala
Ma 's na Righ do luchd-faire
O hi shiubhlainn leat,
Hi ri bho, ho rinn o ho
Ailein Duinn, o hi shiubhlainn leat

Translation:

How sorrowful I am
Early in the morning rising
Ò hì, I would go with thee
Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì
Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho
Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with thee

If it is thy pillow the sand
If it is thy bed the seaweed
Ò hì, I would go with thee
Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì
Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho
Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with thee

If it is the fish thy candles bright
If it is the seals thy watchmen
Ò hì, I would go with thee
Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì
Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho
Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with thee

[Jos Nelsh]

Is that Gaelic by any chance?

[Mereel Ma'viin]

Yup, it is. I also have a phonetic version of the lyrics, if anyone's interested in pronunciation.

[Lee]

The End Of The Line - Metallica - Death Magnetic - Sept. 12, 2008
Need
More and more
Tainted misery

Bleed
Battle scars
Chemical affinity

Reign
Legacy
Innocence corrode

Stain
Rot away
Catatonic overload

Choke
Asphyxia
Snuff reality

Scorch
Kill the light
Incinerate celebrity

Reaper
Butchery
Karma amputee

Bloodline
Breeding fine
Death contagious deity

Hooked into this deceiver
Need more and more
Into the endless fever
Need more and more

New consequence machine
Burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime
Never mind
You reach the end of the line

Time
Choke the clock
Steal another day

Die
Faithfully
Narcissistic fade away

Twisted
Jump the rail
Shout at the crowd below

Breaker
Chase the ghost
The latest high to all time low

Hooked into this deceiver
Need more and more
Into the endless fever
Need more and more

New consequence machine
Burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime
Never mind
You reach the end of the line

Drop the hourglass of time
Spinning sand we will not find
As we gather here today
We bid farewell

The slave becomes the master
The slave becomes the master
The slave becomes the master
The slave becomes the master

Need more and more
Right now and ever after
Need more and more

New consequence machine
Burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime
Never mind

Dead hourglass of time
Sand we will not ever find
We gather here today
Say goodbye
'Cause you've reached the end of the line

The end of the line
The end of the line
The end of the line
You've reached the end of the line

[Mereel Ma'viin]

I'm inclined to agree with the sentiment in this song. Also, I really like that odd 'false start' with the piano at the very beginning ;D.

Bob Seger - Old Time Rock and Roll

Just take those old records off the shelf
I sit and listen to 'em by myself
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll
Don't try to take me to a disco
You'll never even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door
I like that old time rock and roll

Still like that old time rock and roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock and roll

Won't go to hear 'em play a tango
I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There's only one sure way to get me to go
Start playin' old time rock and roll
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll

Still like that old time rock and roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock and roll

Still like that old time rock and roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock and roll

Still like that old time rock and roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock and roll

Still like that old time rock and roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock and roll

Still like that old time rock and roll

[Jos Nelsh]

ROCK AND ROLL! \m/ ;D

[Lee]

Shoot Me Again - Metallica

I won't go away
Right, right here I stay
Stand silent in flames
Stand tall 'till it fades

Shoot me again, I aint dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I aint dead yet
I said shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I aint dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, shoot me again, shoot me
Shoot me again, shoot me again, come on
Shoot me again, shoot me again, shoot me
Shoot me again, shoot me again, come on

All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots, all the shots
All the shots I take
What difference did I make?
All the shots I take
I spit back at you

I won't go away, with a bullet in my back
Right here I stay, with a bullet in my back

Shoot me (Take a shot)
Shoot me (Take a shot)
Shoot me (Take a shot)
Shoot me (Take a shot)

I stand on my own, with a bullet in my back
I'm stranded and sold, with a bullet in my back

Shoot me again, I aint dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I aint dead yet
Yeah, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I aint dead yet
I said, shoot me again, shoot me again, come on
Shoot me again, shoot me again, come on
Shoot me again, shoot me again, shoot me
Shoot me again, shoot me again

All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots, all the shots
All the shots I take
What difference did I make?
All the shots I take
I spit back at you

I bite my tongue, tryin not to shoot back
No compromise, my heart won't pump the other way

Wake the sleeping giant, wake the beast
Wake the sleeping dog, no, let him sleep
Wake the sleeping giant, wake the beast
Wake the sleeping dog, no, let him sleep

I bite my tongue, tryin not to shoot back

All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots, all the shots
All the shots I take
What difference did I make?
All the shots I take
I spit back at you

[Mereel Ma'viin]

The Show Must Go On - Three Dog Night

Baby, although I chose this lonely life
It seems it's stranglin' me now
All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic car
They're all laughin' at the lie

Oh, I've been used
Ooo-oo-oo-oo used
I've been a fool
Oh, what a fool
I broke all the rules
Oh, yeah
But I must let the show go on

Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people
They're all after my blood
I wish maybe they'd tear down the walls of this theatre
Let me out, let me out

Oh, I'm so blind
Oh, I'm blind
I wasted time
Wasted, wasted, wasted time
Walkin' on the wire
High wire
But I must let the show go on

Oh, I'm so blind
Oh, I'm blind
I wasted time
Wasted, wasted, all too much time
Walkin' on the wire
High wire
But I must let the show go on

Baby, I wish you'd help me escape
Help me get away
Leave me outside my address
Far away from this masquerade

'Cause I've been blind
Oh, so blind
I wasted time
Wasted, wasted, all too much time
Walkin' on the wire
High wire
But I must let the show go
I must let the show go
I must let the show go on

[Jos Nelsh]

"The Postman" - as performed by The American Analog Set

I watch the sun come up while you're sleeping it off
When you go out for your news and curse your smoker's cough
I bring you bills to pay
And letters from the state
Then you go inside and I walk away
I'm the postman
I'm the postman

And I walk your street for hours like some kind of jerk
With my grey clip tie and my pressed blue shirt
And when you leave for work
I think you're turning to flirt
But you're turning away and it always hurts
I'm the postman
I'm the postman

I know why you stare East, it's where your man's run off
And I know why your trash bin is brimming with his art
'Cause when he was abroad
I read his last postcard
He met some brit named Cass and it broke your heart
I'm the postman
I'm the postman

[Lee]

Fade To Black - Metallica

Life it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free
Things aren't what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filing me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone

No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try

Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say good-bye

It's a pretty depressing song.

[Lee]

The Memory Remains - Metallica

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains

Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd
Cry the nowhere tears of honor

Like twisted vines that grow
Hide and swallow mansions whole
Dim the light of an already faded prima donna

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains

Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun sets
Behind your back

And can't the band play on
Just listen, they play my song
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Dance little tin goddess

Na-Na

Drift away
Fade away
Little tin goddess

Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains

Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black
But the memory remains
Yeah
Faded prima donna
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Dance little tin goddess dance

Na-Na

[Mereel Ma'viin]

Barrett's Privateers - Stan Rogers

Oh, the year was 1778
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
A letter of marque came from the King
To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

Well, Elcid Barrett cried the town
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
For twenty brave men, all fishermen, who
Would make for him the Antelope's crew
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
She'd a list to the port and her sails in rags
And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

On the King's birthday we put to sea
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
We were ninety-one days to Montego Bay
Pumping like madmen all the way
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

On the ninety-sixth day we sailed again
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight
With our cracked four-pounders we made to fight
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

The Yankee lay low down with gold
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
She was broad and fat and loose in stays
But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

Then at length we stood two cables away
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
Our cracked four-pounders made an awful din
But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

The Antelope shook and pitched on her side
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
Well, Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
And the maintruck carried off both me legs
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

So here I lay in me twenty-third year
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
It's been six years since we sailed away
And I just made Halifax yesterday
God d**n them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers

If you get the chance, look this one up on YouTube. The song is well worth listening to, if only for the sheer oddness of it

[Jos Nelsh]

Cacophony - as performed by Karate

Don't say a word
Not because I know what you mean
Not because I've heard you say this before
But in this semblance of Democracy
It's like a vacuum for what you overheard
Don't say a word
Don't call me back
Not because I didn't call
Because I'm busy watching TV on my day off
And you might startle me with rational words
Contradicting all the news I just heard
So don't call me back

Now a word is tense and bare
Like a trigger just a hair away from being pulled
You know I can't pretend to know how this is going to end
But don't you feel like you're being fooled?
But you don't say a word

Are you at work?
I called this morning but I guess I was late
Now we're both waiting for the day that the dreams wane
With possibilities permanently sealed
Atrophied after their purpose revealed:
To keep you at work
Have you gone out?
I called but the place was too loud
Cacophony, I couldn't make out
If you wanted me over tonight
Another private tease as sense comes by daylight?
Or we could go out

Nouns pass for narration and camp sights for nations
But you're just driving out of range
You struggle with the phone, but it doesn't matter, I'm not home
Besides, I've got nothing to say

Don't say a word

[Hyde]

Lately I can't take this song out of my mind, so I thought about putting it into yours

Chapel Hill by Sonic Youth

[Thurston]
A-back in the days when the battles raged,
And we thought it was nothing
A bookstore man meets the cia,
And we know
Throw me a cord and plug it in,
Get the cradle rocking
Ah, out with the redneck pig old men,
And its go

The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
Back in time again

Ah, I cant forget your terrorized face,
When you cried for the shameless
Wasted life ameri-k-k-kan,
And you smile
So why should we run when we cannot hide,
And my flag is burning?
We could be wrong but thats allright,
Well rise again

The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
Its back in town again

Lookin away its another day,
And of course we love you
Radical man is the cia,
And we say no
Well round up the durham h.c. kids,
And the char grill killers
Jesse h. come into our pit,
All ages show

The hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memories in the shadow
Its back in time again