Song Lyrics

[Jos Nelsh]

That's indeed a song that will stick in your head! ;D

[Jos Nelsh]

Man - I saw AC/DC live yesterday. ;D
Freaking rocked my socks off.

Even though I'm mostly into underground indie rock these days, I have to say I still love AC/DC after all these years.

It's been 8 years since I last saw them and I have to say they were better than ever. I forgot how hard they rocked live. Of course I was right in the front rows, center stage near the big catwalk. ;D

For those of you who know AC/DC, they played all the (predictable) classic hits, but they also played five (!) songs off the new album. Best of all though ,they absolutely surprised by playing some really old material that I hadn't expected, like Shot Down in Flames and even Dog Eat Dog (one of my personal all-time favourites).

Anyway, they kicked off number two and a shiver rolled down my spine as Angus played the opening chords of

Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be - as performed by AC/DC

Sometimes I think
This woman is kinda hot
Sometimes I think
This woman is sometimes not
Puts me down, fools me around
Why does she do this to me
Out for satisfaction, any piece of action
That ain't the way it should be

She needs love, knows I'm the man
She's gotta see
Pours my beer, licks my ear
Brings out the devil in me...

Hell ain't a bad place to be

Spends my money, drinks my booze
Stays out every night
And I got to thinking, hey, just a minute
Something ain't right
Disillusion and confusion
Make me wanna cry
All the same, you're playin' your games
Tellin' me those lies

Don't mind you playing a demon baby
As long as it's with me
If this is hell then you could say
It's heavenly...

Hell ain't a bad place to be

Late at night, turns down the lights
Closes up on me
Opens my heart, tears it apart
Brings out the devil in me...

Hell, ain't no bad place to be
I said hell, ain't no bad place to be
Hell, ain't no bad place to be
You know that hell, ain't no bad place to be

[Hyde]

That sounds amazing! I didn't get to see an AC/DC concert yet. There are rumors all the time saying they will come play here, but for now I keep waiting... I hope they play old stuff when they come here too! I'd love to hear stuff from Bon Scott's times! hehe

[Mereel Ma'viin]

Bringin' On the Heartbreak - Def Leppard

Gypsy
Sittin' lookin' pretty
A broken rose with laughin' eyes
You're a mystery
Always runnin' wild
Like a child without a home
You're always searchin'
Searchin' for a feelin'
But it's easy come and easy go
Oh

I'm sorry, but it's true
You're bringin' on the heartache
Takin' all the best of me
Oh, can't you see
You got the best of me
Whoah, can't you see

You're bringin' on the heartbreak
Bringin' on the heartache
You're bringin' on the heartbreak
Bringin' on the heartache

You're such a secret
Misty eyed and shady
Lady, how you hold the key
Oh, you're like a candle
Your flame is slowly fadin'
Burnin' out and burnin' me
Can't you see

Just tryin' to say to you
You're bringin' on the heartache
Takin' all the best of me
Oh, can't you see
You got the best of me
Whoah, can't you see

You're bringin' on the heartbreak
Bringin' on the heartache
You're bringin' on the heartbreak
Bringin' on the heartache
Can't you see
Can't you see...
No!
No!
No


You got the best of me
Oh, can't you see
You got the best of me
Whoah, can't you see
You're bringin' on the heartbreak
Bringin' on the heartache
You're bringin' on the heartbreak
Bringin' on the heartache
You're bringin' on the heartbreak
Bringin' on the heartache
You're bringin' on the heartbreak

[Mereel Ma'viin]

*crickets*

Since things are so quiet around here, I figure I might as well jump in with some new song lyrics.

Ride Forever - Paul Gross

I was born north of Great Slave, 1898
And I rode near all my life on a ranch near Devil's Gate
And I've seen the world around me bend and flip and change
Hey, it feels like rain
That's a thundercloud
Well, I've been called a coward, but I've seen two world wars
And I lost my son Virgil, my Korean reward
And my Lucy died last summer, you ask me if I cry
Hell, I'll show you tears
They're all over this ground
Falling from these blue Alberta skies

We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call
Well, it's only then
We might pull in the reins

They tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind
They took my driver's license, this house ain't far behind
I said jump back all you big suits, you've got something wrong
'Cause I ain't gone
No, I ain't gone
I am still breathing, and I still have my pride
And I have my memories, your life it never dies
Like the wind that blows in thunder, like the stallion on the fly
I got it all
And I'm standing tall
Underneath these blue Alberta skies

We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call
Well, it's only then
We might pull in the reins

So I say to all you old men, don't let yourself get broke
If you think the world's gone crazy, and it's scratching at your throat
It's time to dust off that old saddle, get it on a horse
Kick up your spurs
We're gonna run like stink
We're gonna tear across these blue Alberta skies

We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call
Well, it's only then
We might pull in the reins
We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call
Well, it's only then
We might pull in the reins
We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call
Well, it's only then
We might pull in the reins

[Jos Nelsh]

Cool. A lot of those songs you're posting, I've never heard of.

Sorry for being so inactive, by the way. I've had to take care of my dad for some time... he had a heart attack sometime before Christmas. He's doing okay now though.

I'm hoping to pick up the RP soon.

[Mereel Ma'viin]

Hey, no worries. Family always comes first, at least in my opinion

[Jos Nelsh]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - How Near, How Far

Looking back in time
Through verses set in nursery rhyme
At oil painted eyes
Of muses left behind
I swear I know not why
Those eyes have always left me dry

She stands with arms stretched out
Towards the mountains & the clouds
Oil painted eyes
Blind yet hypnotized
I swear I know not why
Those eyes have always left me dry

(How near, how far, how lost they are)

I've rendered every line
Every contour of a muse's eye
Painted in my eyes mind
On canvases of time
I swear I know not why
Those eyes have always left me dry

How near, how far, how lost they are

[Mereel Ma'viin]

I found this song several months ago when I saw the movie Gods and Generals, which is about the early years of the American Civil War. The song has an unusually haunting quality that appealed to me, and I have since added it to my music collection.

I'm including a YouTube video of the song playing during the movie's opening credits. The effect of the music, played against a backdrop of regimental banners from both the Federal and Confederate armies, is quite remarkable.

Going Home - Mary Fahl

They say there's a place
Where dreams have all gone
They never said where
But I think I know
It's miles through the night
Just over the dawn
On the road that will take me home

I know in my bones
I've been here before
The ground feels the same
Though the land's been torn
I've a long way to go
The stars tell me so
On this road that will take me home

Love waits for me 'round the bend
Leads me endlessly on
Surely sorrows shall find their end
And all our troubles will be gone
And I'll know what I've lost
And all that I've won
When the road finally takes me home

And when I pass by
Don't lead me astray
Don't try to stop me
Don't stand in my way
I'm bound for the hills
Where cool waters flow
On this road that will take me home

Love waits for me 'round the bend
Leads me endlessly on
Surely sorrows shall find their end
And all our troubles will be gone
And we'll know what we've lost
And all that we've won
When this road finally takes me home

I'm going home
I'm going home
I'm going home

[Jos Nelsh]

Whoa sorry - I was in a hurry when I saw you posted this, and then forgot it was posted...

I like it. The singing reminds me a bit of Enya, who did some of the songs for the LotR movies. Despite the instrumentation, it's actually a pretty 'folky' piece in theme and words.

I like how your music and song lyrics always seem to have that 'romantic' (in the literary sense) feel to them, and a sense of 'adventure' and reflection. If that makes any sense.

I think I'll check out the movie. I've always liked the Civil War theme. Also used to watch 'North & South' when I was a kid.

[Mereel Ma'viin]

Gods and Generals, which is based on a book of the same name, is the prequel to the movie Gettysburg, which itself is based on a book called The Killer Angels. The third installment of the series, The Last Full Measure, has never been made into a movie, to the best of my knowledge.

Of the two that did make it to film, Gods and Generals is, in my opinion at least, the better of the two. The attention to detail on both is incredible, and the stories are both well told and relatively accurate both to the source material and to history, but I thought that the characterization was handled somewhat better in the prequel. Also, Robert Duvall (in Gods and Generals) makes a much better Robert E. Lee than Martin Sheen (Gettysburg).

Your observation does make perfect sense to me, by the way. I do tend to gravitate towards romantic adventure in my literary and musical preferences, as well as in my writing style (at least to a certain degree). Most people would be quite surprised to realise this , since in person I'm usually quiet to the point of being unnerving.

[Jos Nelsh]

Well, you know what they say about silent waters...

I'm much the same when it comes to books. And I love road movies. Also, (Spaghetti) westerns! ;D

I've always wanted to be a cowboy on the old frontier. I know it's a very romanticized image, but still, hehe. Imagine living in the times of the great discoveries...

[Mereel Ma'viin]

Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage

Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea

Westward from the Davis Strait, 'tis there 'twas said to lie
The sea route to the Orient, for which so many died
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones
And a long-forgotten, lonely cairn of stones

Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea

Three centuries thereafter, I take passage over land
In the footsteps of brave Kelso, where his sea of flowers began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain

Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea

Then through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest
Who cracked the mountain ramparts, and did show a path for me
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea

Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea

How, then, am I so different from the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men
To find there but the road back home again

Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea

[Mereel Ma'viin]

This one is quite a departure from the type of music that I normally prefer. I heard a co-worker blasting it at full volume in the parking lot at work one day, and for some reason it just stuck in my head.

Seasons After - 11:11

You taught me all you thought that
I'd need to know
And then you passed away
And then you passed away
What is my destination?
What will become of me
On that cold day?
On that cold day

Can't ignore these messages from voices in my head
Warning me I've much to do before I wake up dead

Stand for something now
Or fall for anything
The time has come to shout loud
I won't go quietly
Won't be a face in the crowd
I'll stand defiantly
Keep on beating me down
You can't beat me out of me

Tomorrow is promised to no man
When Death comes calling
We must take his hand
We must take his hand
Don't wait until the final hour
It may never arrive
If that's the plan
If that's the plan

Can't ignore these messages from voices in my head
Warning me I've much to do before I wake up dead

Stand for something now
Or fall for anything
The time has come to shout loud
I won't go quietly
Won't be a face in the crowd
I'll stand defiantly
Keep on beating me down
You can't beat me out of me

Come on
I hear a distant sound
I know we all fall down
And one day, I will return to the ground
I scream the truth that I have found:
The time is now

(You've got to)
Stand for something now
(Stand for something now)
Or fall for anything
The time has come to shout loud
(The time has come to shout loud)
I won't go quietly
Won't be a face in the crowd
(Won't be a face in the crowd)
I'll stand defiantly
Keep on beating me down
You can't beat me out of me

Stand for something now
(You can't beat me out of me)
Stand for something now
(You can't beat me out of me)

[Jos Nelsh]

Didn't know the song, looked it up on youtube.

It does rock.

My friend listens a lot to bands like this. So if you like the sound, there's a lot of music to find in that genre.