Favorite Song Lyrics: Dark Side Edition!

[SorryIsGoodEnough]

Go Away - Oingo Boingo


Every time I see you now it makes me feel so bad
Reminds me of the memories I wish I never had
Standing in a crowded room too dark for me to see
Someone's pushing from behind, just leave me room to breathe

And go away from me, just go away
To another time, another place
To another world, another dream
Go away from me...

Walking down the sidewalk in a crowd that doesn't care
Bumping into shoulders every eye is on the street
There's a man with tattered clothes who's cursing at the air
Everyone is slowing down to catch a little peak

Just go away from me, just go away
To another time, another place
To another world, another dream
Go away from me...

Every time I wake up and I see myself again
Staring in the mirror like a burnt out piece of wood
Searching every feature for a single trace of life
Couldn't find the answer 'cause the mirror never lies

Just go away from me, just go away
To another time, another place
To another world, another dream
Go away from me, just go away...

Go away from me, just go away
To another time, another place
To another world, another dream
Go away from me...

Go away from me, just go away...


Insanity - Oingo Boingo


Im so sorry, please forgive me
Who do I pray to to straighten out this problem?
Straighten out this problem, straighten out my mind.
Straighten out this crooked toungue...
My mind has wandered, from the straight and narrow.
My mind has wandered from the flock you see.
My mind has wandered, the man just said so.
My mind has wandered, I heard it on tv.
And the flock has wandered away from me.

-chorus-
All around the world now
Like a big bright cherry cloud
Traveling from home to home
Tv sets and telephones
Here it comes just like a storm
Bathe in it and be reborn
Time to let the world know
Welcome madness, say hello
Like a wave we cannot see
Washing over you and me
Hiding here and hiding there
Madness hiding everywhere
Such a curiosity
Here it comes to set us free
Plenty left for you and me
Say hello insanity

I am the virus, are you the cure?
I am morally, Im morally impure
I am a disease and I am unclean
I am not part of gods well oiled machine
Christian nation, assimilate me
Take me in your arms and set me free
I am part of a degenerate elite
Dragging our society into the streeet
Into the abyss and to the sewer dont you see
The man just told me, he told me on tv

Do you think youre better than me
Do you want to kill me or befriend me

And the alchoholic bastard waved his finger at me
His voice was filled with evanglical glee
Sipping down his gin and tonics
While preaching about the evils of narcotics
And the evils of sex, and the wages of sin
While he mental fondles his next of kin
My mind has wandered from the flock you see
And the flock has wandered away from me
And he waved his hypnotizing finger at me

Lets imitate reality
Lets strive for mediocrity
Lets make believe were all the same
Lets sanitize our little brains
Id love to take you home with me and tuck you into bed
Id love to see what makes you tick inside your pretty head
Id love to hear you laugh tonight, Id love to hear you weep
Id love to listen to you while youre screaming in your sleep

Christian sons, christian daughters
Lead me along like a lamb to the slaughter
Purify my brain and hose down my soul
White perfection, perfection is my goal

Do you think youre better than me
Do you want to kill me or befriend me

Christian nation, make us alright
Put us through the filter and make us pure and white
My mind has wandered from the flock you see
And the flock has wandered away from me
Lets talk of family falues while we sit and watch the slaughter
Hypothetical abortions on imaginary daughters
The white folks think theyre on the top ask any proud white male
A million years of evolution, we get danny quayle

(chorus)

Id love to take you home with me, Id love to tuck you in
I wish I could protect you from the wages of our sin
Id love to hear you scream tonight, Id love to hear you cry
Protect you from the madness that is raining from the sky

(chorus)

Id love to take you home with me and tuck you into bed
Id love to see what makes you tick inside your pretty head
I wish that I could keep you in a precious chinese box
On sundays I would pray for you so it would never stop
Id love to hear you laugh tonight, Id love to hear you weep
Id love to listen to you while youre screaming in your sleep
Id love to soothe you with my voice and take your hand in mine
Id love to take you past the stars and out of reach of time
Id love to see inside your mind, to tear it all apart
To cut you open with a knife and find your sacred heart
Id love to take your satin dolls and tear them all to shreds
Id love to mess your pretty hair, Id love to see you dead.

[Jack T. Chance]

Today, I got in the mood to pull out 2 of my favorite metal albums, the only 2 ever recorded by 1 of my favorite metal bands of this decade, a band that sadly called it quits in September 2003, only 6 months or so after I discovered their music. A little band from Texas called Ünloco who were a rarity on the metal scene, for the fact that their band was comprised completely of hispanic/latino members. And they were damn good, too.

So, here's a few of my favorites from their second (and sadly FINAL) album, Becoming I:

"Watching Me Slip" by Ünloco

So I sit here alone,
trying to find my own
way to cope with everything
that I've done wrong
So I try real hard not to see
what you've done to me
But I couldn't find my heart

And there won't be any silence till it's gone
There won't be any silence till I'm…
Look away, you're watching me
as I slip away
'Cause everything I know just falls apart
Now it's me, as I slip away
'Cause everything that I know,
it just falls apart

So I try real hard not to see
what you've done to me
But I couldn't find a way
Then I'll see my own
way to cope with everything
that I've done wrong

And there won't be any silence till it's gone
There won't be any silence till I'm…
Look away, you're watching me
as I slip away
'Cause everything I know just falls apart
Now it's me, as I slip away
'Cause everything I know,
it just falls, it, it just,
it just falls apart, yes
'Cause I'm not enough to bring you down
I'm not enough to bring you down
I'm not enough to make you happy
I'm not enough to make you stay

"Texas" by Ünloco

Sometimes I lie awake in bed
thinking about the things you said
So lost for words,
so lost to tell you how I feel
So terrified of changing
what I thought was real

It's too bad you're gone
It's too bad you're not alone
And I know that you couldn't see
that it's just too bad that you're gone
and not here with me

Standing here,
trying to make some sense of this
There's nothing between us,
still I can feel your awkwardness
You're so lost for words,
so you just tell me I'm your friend
There must be one reason,
only one reason, in the end
'Cause it's…

It's too bad you're gone
It's too bad you're not alone
And I know that you couldn't see
that it's just too bad that you're gone
and not here with me

So why are you pulling away?
And it must be from things that I say
And I'm thinking you're thinking of him
So why do I even care at all?

And this last one is the song that made me an instant fan when I heard it performed in concert, and it's one EVERY guy should have available to him for when he's in a relationship that he wants to take to a higher level! Why? Because this song asks a very important question, one that should be asked of ANY significant other that you're thinking about making long-term plans with:

"Failure" by Ünloco

Maybe I,
I didn't seem to have a thing left to say
I bottled it far away
Maybe I,
I tried too hard to find someone to blame,
or maybe it's me who changed
And now,
I'm left with nothing again

So what if I lost everything?
Would you want me if I was a failure?
So what if I lost everything?
Would you be there even when I am gone?

Maybe I,
I didn't seem to give everything away
Not because I needed you to stay
And I,
I couldn't face the fears I left far behind
I try to answer every question to why
I'm left with nothing again

So what if I lost everything?
Would you want me if I was a failure?
So what if I lost everything?
Would you be there even when I am gone?

Maybe you couldn't see
all the pain inside of me
And now I feel like this was all for nothing
'Cuz I'm left with nothing,
I'm left with nothing again

So what if I lost everything?
Would you want me if I was a failure?

So what if I lost everything?
Would you want me if I was a failure?
So what if I lost everything?
Would you be there even when I am gone?

So what if I lost everything?
Would you want me if I,
if I was a failure?

If your significant other can't truthfully answer "yes" to the questions asked in this song, throw her back, 'cuz she's not The One!

Sadly, no one has uploaded "Failure" to YouTube... NOT counting the lame cover that some dude recorded in his mom's basement, that is!

EDIT: Found the video for "Failure" on Yahoo Video, link inserted.

RE-EDIT: A decent Ünloco tribute site can be found HERE.

[Jack T. Chance]

Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath! \m/ ^_^

Time now for some classics, from the ORIGINAL metal band!

"You Won’t Change Me" by Black Sabbath

I'm just a man and I
am what I am, yeah
Nobody will ever change my ways
I don't need money and I
don't need your lies, yeah
I only need to live for today

But I'd like to talk things over with you
I wanna hear the things you say, today
Although you won't change me, anyway
Oh, no way

I wish you'd come and see me
I'd like to hold you
I wanna set my mind all free
You understand me woman
You give me time, yeah
But I don't need no sympathy

Still, I wonder what it's like to be loved
instead of hiding in myself
Nobody will change me, anyway
Oh, no way

Nobody's gonna change my world
That's something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

So listen to me now
Hear what I say, yeah
Please give me time and maybe love
If there's a god up there, well,
I hope he helps me
I need him now to set me free

'Cause it may be that it's over for me
if you don't hear the things that I say, today
Nobody will change me, anyway
Oh, no way

Nobody's gonna change my world
That's something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

"Killing Yourself to Live" by Black Sabbath

Well people look and people stare
Well I don't think that I even care
You work your life away and what do they give?
You're only killing yourself to live

Killing yourself to live
Killing yourself to live

Just take a look around you, what do you see?
Pain, suffering, and misery
It's not the way that the world was meant
It's a pity you don't understand

Killing yourself to live
Killing yourself to live

I'm telling you
believe in me
Nobody else will tell you
Open your eyes
and see the lies
oh yeah

(*lyrics intentionally omitted*)

You think that I'm crazy,
and baby I know that it's true
Before that you know it,
I think that you'll go crazy too

I don't know if I'm up or down,
whether black is white or blue is brown
The colors in my life are all different somehow
Little Boy Blue's a big girl now!

So you think it's me who's strange,
but you've never had to make the change
Never give your trust away
You'll end up paying 'til your dying day!

[Jack T. Chance]

Can't believe we're 4 pages into this thread, and I haven't posted anything by Disturbed yet!

That ends now, with a few songs that remind me of some of my past... entanglements with the opposite sex:

"Numb" by Disturbed

Bleeding, I’m
crying, I’m
falling, I’m
bleeding now
Bleeding, I’m
crying, I’m
falling, I’m
bleeding now

Bleeding now, I’m
crying out, I’m
falling down and I’m
feeling nothing like
laughing now, I’m
stopping now, I’m,
ooh, reaching out and I’m
feeling nothing

Yeah!
You created a rift within me!
Now there have been several complications
that have left me feeling nothing
I might say
you were wrong to take it from me
Left me feeling nothing

Crawling now, I’m
beaten down, I’m
tortured now and I’m
feeling nothing like
hunting now, I’m
stalking now, I’m
reaching out and I’m
killing nothing!

You created a rift within me!
Now there have been several complications
that have left me feeling nothing
I might say
you were wrong to take it from me
Left me feeling nothing

Ooh, I can feel you
ripping and tearing and feeding and growing inside of me,
ripping and tearing and feeding and growing inside of me

I want this
more than you know!
I need this
Give it back to me!

You created a rift within me!
You are the cause of these horrid complications that are
ripping and tearing and feeding and growing inside of me,
yeah
You created a rift within me
Now there have been several complications that are
ripping, tearing,
feeding, growing,
ripping, tearing
ripping and tearing and feeding and growing inside of me!

I want this
more than you know!
I need this
Give it back to me!

"Want" by Disturbed

She want me, no!

Your mind won’t let you say that you want me
Your mind won’t ever,
never let you say what you want
You howl and wail like a banshee,
still your mind won’t ever let you say
Your mind won’t let you say that you want me
Your mind won’t ever,
never let you say what you want
My little tired devotee,
your mind don’t even let you feel!

Quivering now, shivering now, withering
Your mind won’t let you say that you’re
wondering now, pondering now, hungering
Won’t let you say that you’re
questioning, wavering, weakening!
Your mind won’t let you say that you’re
hearkening, listening, heeding me now
Won’t let you say that you want!

Your mind won’t let you say that you want me
Your mind won’t ever,
never let you have what you want
I feel your hunger to taste me,
still your mind won’t ever let you say!
Your kind is just the type that should use me,
but your mind won’t seem to let you have
the opportunity to abuse me, abuse me
Your mind won’t even let you feel!

Quivering now, shivering now, withering
Your mind won’t let you say that you’re
wondering now, pondering now, hungering
Won’t let you say that you’re
questioning, wavering, weakening!
Your mind won’t let you say that you’re
hearkening, listening, heeding me now
Won’t let you say that you want…
me!

(Savor the addiction,
savor the affliction,
savor me
Savor the addiction,
savor the affliction,
no
Savor the addiction,
savor the affliction,
savor me
Savor the addiction,
savor the affliction!)

Savor the addiction,
savor the affliction,
savor me!
Savor her mind, yeah!

Idiot!
Your mind won’t let you say that you want me!
Idiot!
Your mind won’t let you say that you want me!
Idiot!
Your mind won’t let you say that you want me!
Because,
your mind won’t let you say that you want me, then want me!
Your mind won’t let you say that you want me, then want me!
Your mind won’t let you say that you want me, then want me!
Your mind won’t let you say that you want me, then want me!
What do you want?!
What do you want?!
What do you want?!
What do you want?!

"Pain Redefined" by Disturbed

Nuh-hah-hah!

Nuh-hah-hah!

Fading, falling, lost in forever
Will I find a way to keep it together?
Am I strong enough to last through the weather
in the hurricane of my life?
Can it be a conscious decision
that I look for ways to alter my vision?
Am I speeding towards another collision
in the alleyways of my life?

Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
those who have fallen in
Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
those who have fallen in

Please believe me
that my eyes deceive me
Don't stand me up, just leave me
I have fallen again, this is the end
Pain redefined!

Shaking, burning up with the fever
In the realm of pain, I am the deceiver
Now I lie to myself, so I can believe her
as she disassembles my life
I cannot dispel the illusion
All my hopes and dreams are drowned by confusion
Can I find a way to make a solution
that will reconfigure my life?

Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
those who have fallen in
Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
Memories don't lie, you know better than
those who have fallen in

Please believe me
that my ears deceive me
Don't stand me up, just leave me
I have fallen again, this is the end
Pain redefined!

And I know that stillness shatters
We have all been frightened by the sound
of footsteps on the pavement of our lives

I stand and fight!
I'm not afraid to die!
Elochai!
Bury me tonight!

Please believe me
that the world deceives me
Don't stand me up, just leave me
I have fallen again, this is the end
Pain redefined!

Nuh-hah-hah!

Nuh-hah-hah!

[Jack T. Chance]

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again,
falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again,
becoming who we are

As my memory rests,
but never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again,
like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again,
falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again,
becoming who we are

As my memory rests,
but never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends

"Whatsername" by Green Day

Thought I ran into you down on the street
Then it turned out to only be a dream
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face, but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatsername has been

Seems that she disappeared without a trace
Did she ever marry old what's his face?
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face, but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatsername has been

Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
The regrets are useless,
in my mind
She's in my head,
I must confess
The regrets are useless,
in my mind
She's in my head
from so long ago

(Go, Go, Go, Go)

(Go, Go, Go, Go)

And in the darkest night,
if my memory serves me right,
I'll never turn back time
Forgetting you, but not the time

.................................................

[Jack T. Chance]

"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" + "The Curse" \m/ ^_^

I can't believe I haven't posted this one yet... one of the all-time great heavy metal songs...

"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by Blue Öyster Cult

You see me now, a veteran
of a thousand psychic wars
I've been livin' on the edge so long,
where the winds of limbo roar
And I'm young enough to look at
and far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside…
and I'm not sure that there's anything left of me!

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave!
We've been livin' in the flames,
we've been eatin' up our brains
Oh please, don't let these shakes go on

You ask me why I'm weary,
why I can't speak to you
You blame me for my silence,
say it's time I changed and grew
But the war's still goin' on dear
and there's no end that I know
And I can't say if we're ever…
I can't say if we're ever gonna be free!

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave!
We've been livin' in the flames,
we've been eatin' out our brains
Oh please, don't let these shakes go on

You see me now, a veteran
of a thousand psychic wars
My energy is spent at last
and my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons
and I'm helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all I'm made of…
and did I hear you say that this is victory?

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it!
Send me to the rear!
Where the tides of madness swell,
and been slidin' into Hell
Oh please, don't let these shakes go on
Don't let these shakes go on!
Don't let these shakes go on!

I love this song because it works on so many levels:

1. As a science fiction tale about a psychic warrior in the future.
2. As a commentary on war in general.
3. As a powerful metaphor for the mental struggles we all face in our everyday lives.

And now, one of my favorite songs from the latest album by Disturbed...

"The Curse" by Disturbed

Nuh-hah-hah!

Marked for demolition, I'm
just a time bomb, ticking inside
No hope for the hopeless,
I can see the pieces, all laid out in front of me
No point even asking why
Couldn't help, even if you tried
Step aside, or you might just be
the next contestant to feel the brutality!

Devastation, obliteration,
all to the point of exacerbation
There's no explaining my situation now
Why does this shit keep happening to me?

I've held on too long just to let it go now!
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow?
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender, I'll never be overcome

Too dark for forgiveness, I
can't seem to do anything right
When I try to rebuild,
I see my humble shelter just fall to the ground again!
Object of an evil eye
No point to let anyone try
Take heed, my friend,
lest you be torn asunder like all that's become of me!

Decimation, disintegration,
now beyond the point of imagination!
There's no explaining my situation now
Why does this shit keep happening to me?

I've held on too long just to let it go now!
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow?
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender, I'll never be overcome!

I've held on too long just to let it go now!
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow?
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender, I'll never be overcome!

I've held on too long just to let it go now!
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow?
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender, I'll never be overcome

[Jack T. Chance]

We need some more posts in this thread! Why am I the only one posting lately?

Anyway, more Sonata Arctica...

"My Dream's But a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare" by Sonata Arctica

My painted face, I'm the clown,
and I'm laughing while my dream turns into a nightmare
Fade away, I'm asleep,
not too deep...

The walls of night have left me scarred,
the broken glass I stepped on twice
The ardent spirits' rusty edge, decapitate me...

I can't sleep, fear darkness
Go through the motions, did I fall asleep?
I'm bowling, the old nine pin, a sign unwanted...

Now I'm a target, I'm hot and frozen,
stormy rain, I'm stuck in an elevator,
wet from the muddy water,
breathing hot air, winds convey me...

bababababaaaa...
The number talks and I cry in my own Hell....
bababababaaaa...
Wide awake, I'm asleep, see a friend as a ghost

I'm skating with a seal,
the tarantula, the fly, the broken ring,
the dusty little flea,
an ugly giant, a disappointed child

Here comes a rabid snake,
the broken violin, a wild ballet
Shakespeare and company
refuse to kill the kitten scratching me...

I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling... awake

You know, if you believe the dreams,
the nightly visions, worlds entwined,
then you also fear your shadow,
paranoia, part two...

All the good things in my life dwell in my mind
Took a wrong lane, every day, I hear myself say
Sickening's this feeling, my life, my hopes,
my dream's but a drop of fuel for a nightmare

They all turn out the same
My destiny, my flame
Believing is control? No!
The painting comes alive,
takes me inside a world without a name,
a place beyond compare

Believe the dreams that let you sleep,
the broken glass you need to sweep
The book you read;
If you found an explanation to help you in any way,
you are your own prison!

Woke up today,
the good and the bad and the ugly dreams are gone
Jumped off the carousel

"For the Sake of Revenge" by Sonata Arctica

We have been stuck in here a day,
seeking answers for all eternity,
or something
Hear the meaning speaking in me
Have faith in me, have faith in me
I cannot say that I am fine and
take all you say at face value
I talk to you more than I have
Have faith in me, have faith in me

I've talked too much today,
you don't trust me
So I keep on talking in every way

Across the sea, I hear you calling me
For the sake of revenge, you command me
This ain't over, it's never over
'til the fat lady sings you love me
I am tired, yet I am swimming
You will not let go of me, you are drowning
as you're quietly pulling me under
We will never make it unless you let go!

There's no crime,
yet I stand accused
and I see the solution naked before me
You reduced me to a weapon, unlike you
Have faith in me, have faith in me

I cannot hear, though I incline my ear
Why do I even try?
I've told you all 'bout what I am
Have faith in me, have faith in me

I'm feeling weak today
Please don't crush me
I keep on walking far away
I keep on crawling, all in vain
I'm feeling slow today,
so don't rush me
We live this wretched serenade
You keep me playing anyway

Across the sea, I hear you calling me
For the sake of revenge, you will command me
This ain't over, it's never over
'til the fat lady sings you love me
I'm so tired, yet keep on swimming
You will not let go of me, you are drowning
Now you're quietly pulling me under
Oh, so quietly pulling me under

Now come on, ya poozers! Let's make with the postin'!

[Jack T. Chance]

"Wicked Game"

"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't want to fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
with you
With you
(This world is only gonna break your heart)

What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you

And, I don't want to fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
with you

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't want to fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
with you
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No I.........
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
Nobody loves no one

..........

[Jack T. Chance]

More Disturbed...

More Disturbed, just 'cuz...

"Stupify" by Disturbed

Yeah,
bringing you another disturbing creation,
from the mind of one sick animal who can't tell the difference,
and gets stupified!

Well I've been waiting my whole life for just one FUCK!
And all I needed was just one FUCK!
How can you say that you don't give a FUCK?
I find myself stupified,
coming back again
All I wanted was just one FUCK!
One tiny little innocent FUCK!
And when I feel like I'm shit out of LUCK,
I find myself stupified,
coming back again

Why do you like playing around with
my narrow scope of reality?
I can feel it all start slipping,
I think I'm breaking down
Why do you like playing around with
my narrow scope of reality?
I can feel it all start slipping away

You see but I don't get it
Don't you think
maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think
it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified!
It's all the same,
you say "live with it",
but I don't get it
Don't you think
maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think
it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified!
I get stupified!

And all the people in the left-wing FUCK!
And all the people in the right-wing FUCK!
And all the people in the underground FUCK!
I find myself stupified,
coming back again
All the people in the high-rise FUCK!
And all the people in the projects FUCK!
And all the henté in the barrio FUCK!
I find myself stupified,
coming back again

Why do you like playing around with
my narrow scope of reality?
I can feel it all start slipping,
I think I'm breaking down
Why do you like playing around with
my narrow scope of reality?
I can feel it all start slipping away

You see but I don't get it
Don't you think
maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think
it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified!
It's all the same,
you say "live with it",
but I don't get it
Don't you think
maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think
it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified!
I get stupified!

If I fail
If I fail

And don't deny me!
No baby now,
don't deny me!
And darling,
don't be afraid!

But I don't get it
Don't you think
maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think
it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified!
Look in my face,
stare in my soul,
I begin to stupify!
Rah!
Look in my face,
stare in my soul,
I begin to stupify!
Rah!
Look in my face,
stare in my soul,
I begin to stupify!
Rah!
Look in my face,
stare in my soul,
I begin to stupify!
Rah!
Look in my face,
stare in my soul
Look in my face,
stare in my soul
Look in my face,
stare in my soul
Look in my face,
stare in my soul
Look in my face!
Look in my face!
Look in my face!
I begin to stupify!
Rah!

And yes, I realize that "stupify" is a misspelling, but that's the way Disturbed spelled it in all the liner notes, so that's the way it's staying. Don't like it? Tough.

"Mistress" by Disturbed

(My mistress)

I stand on the brink of your mind
Living inside a nightmare from which
I just cannot awaken
Stand on the edge of your life
Just give me another moment
from which I will never awaken!

Stand on the brink of my own demise
Fallen again for another
mistress of burden to idolize
Hoping that one of them will decide
to let me in!

(My mistress)

To stand on the edge of the knife
Cutting through the nightmare from which
I just cannot awaken
Stand on the edge of the night
Living inside a moment
from which I will never awaken!

Stand on the brink of my own demise
Fallen again for another
mistress of burden to idolize
Hoping that one of them will decide
to let me in

Look at what you've done to me
You've become my enemy
Poisoning the world for me
Take away my everything
Weakened as I am!

(Never)
Awaken!

Stand on the brink of my own demise
Fallen again for another
mistress of burden to idolize
Hoping that one of them will decide
to let me in!

(My mistress)
Decide to let me in!
(My mistress)
Decide to let me in!

"Guarded" by Disturbed

Guarding yourself from the love of another
left you with nothing tonight
Why does it sound like the devil is laughing,
leaving me haunted tonight?
You did decide!

Now I want you, when you're gone, and now it's like
you're holding something just in front of me
Well then, I can't allow this to become another
one of those times that I'm left in the cold, dead
There's no compromise!
Just another tie
I know I need to sever

Guarding yourself from the love of another
left you with nothing tonight
Why does it sound like the devil is laughing,
leaving me haunted tonight?
You did decide!

Ever haunted by the trappings of this life
Sweet redemption just in front of me
Well now, it seems once again that I've lost another
one of the ones that have broke through the wall, damned
Fate won't compromise!
I have sold my soul
and now the devil's laughing
You did decide!

You were bold and strong, and ready to begin your life
All for nothing, you were sacrificed
You began alone, and so it will be when you die
All for nothing, will you be remembered?
You did decide!

Guarding yourself from the love of another
left you with nothing tonight
So now you know why the devil is laughing
He left you with nothing tonight
You did decide!

"Overburdened" by Disturbed

(Fate is so unkind
Now I should have known
Blind leading the blind
Reaping what I've sown
If it all amounts to nothing, why,
why am I standing in this line?)

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
I may never know for certain
when will be my time
How was I considered evil?
Pleasures taken in this life?
Someone granted me reprieval
Decades spent in strife…

led to nothing
Repeated in my mind
Led to nothing
If only I was born another time

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
How have I been so determined malign?

It's the closing of the curtain
in the play that was my life
Countless chapters left unopened,
tragedies inside
I was fighting for a reason,
holy blessed homicide
Seems I have committed treason
All I've sacrificed…

led to nothing
Repeated in my mind
Led to nothing
If only I was born another time

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
How have I been so determined malign?
Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
How have I been so determined malign?

Fate is so unkind
Now I should have known
Blind leading the blind
Reaping what I've sown
If it all amounts to nothing,
why, then, am I standing in this line?

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
How have I been so determined malign?
Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
How have I been so determined malign?

"Haunted" by Disturbed

You're broken, so am I
I'm better off alone
No one to turn to
and nothing to call my own
Outspoken, so am I
Explosive words,
that your world wouldn't understand
Turn away again
You're beaten, so am I
I've got a heart of stone
No medication can cure what has taken hold
You're hurting, so will I
When I awake and remember why I've been
running from your…

world,
dishonored by your world
Your world,
I'm haunted by your world

My blood is cold as ice
Or so I have been told
Show no emotion
and it can destroy your soul
Another sacrifice,
to a tormentor
your world wouldn't understand
Turn away again
You're angered, so am I
A thousand fires burn
A land of darkness,
from which I cannot return
You're aching, so will I
When I awake and discover that I've been
damaged by your…

world,
dishonored by your world
Your world,
I'm haunted by your world

(Never will I be welcome amongst
the heartless monsters you surround yourself with
Feeding off the pain and misfortune of others
A maniacal breed of sub-human parasites,
thrown into a feeding frenzy with the smell of fresh blood
Open your eyes and see the creatures for what they are
A swirling mess of hatred and envy
Don't be naïve enough to think you're unaffected
The conversion has already begun)

You're frightened, so am I
A world of demons wait
Watching our movements
and filling my heart with hate
You're burning, so will I
When I awake and discover how I've been
ravaged by your…

world,
dishonored by your world
Your world,
I'm haunted by your world

Guess which band I've been heavily listening to all night? Go on, guess!

[Jack T. Chance]

"This Time"...

"This Time" by 3 Doors Down

Unsure of yourself
You stand divided now
Reach over, lead you there
Last time
you fell and you hit hard
Your wounds have healed by now,
but you still see your scars, yeah

But it's not
the way it used to be right now
You've come so far
to just let this go, my friend
Don't go out the same way
you did the last time, you'll break
When you fall, don't make the same mistakes
you did all over
You've got to believe in yourself
this time

Live on,
live it up today
This life's your cup,
so drink it up I say, yeah

Say it's mine
so give it all up to me now
And walk that line,
don't let this go, my friend
Don't go out the same way
you did the last time, you'll break
When you fall, don't make the same mistakes
you did all over
You've got to believe in yourself
this time
This time

Life's your cup,
life's your cup
Drink it up
Life's your cup, yeah
Life's your cup,
Whoa-oh-oh

The same way
you did the last time, you'll break
When you fall, don't make the same mistakes
you did all over
You've got to believe in yourself
The same way
you did the last time, you'll break
When you fall, don't make the same mistakes
you did all over
You've got to believe in yourself
this time

..........

[Red_Dazes]

When I am Queen - Jack off Jill

When I am queen I will insist, with perfect scars upon my wrists
That everything you once held dear is taken away from you

When I am queen sweet Girl Scout's face, and not a one will fall from grace
If all their hearts I could replace, but until then I'll have to...

Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown

When I am queen on royal throne made out of parts of broken bones
Of all the devils I have known that suck the angels dry

When I am queen I'll have my way, I'll make it drowning dolly day
And all the tears that we have cried will suck back in our eyes

Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown

Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown

Hush, baby
Hush, baby
Hush, baby, go to sleep
Hush, baby
Hush, baby
Hush, baby, I'll make it be

When I am queen I will not wait, my body type will still be great
I will not leave it up to fate, because I hate you, too

When I am queen they all will see the patron saint of self-injury
The glitter sores will heal themselves, I'll play the part of someone else

Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown, drown, drown, myself
Drown



Bad Habit -Dresden Dolls

biting keeps your words at bay
tending to the sores that stay
happiness is just a gash away
when i open a familiar scar
pain goes shooting like a star
comfort hasn't failed to follow so far...

and you might say it's self-indulgent
you might say its self-destructive
but, you see, it's more productive
than if i were to be healthy

& pens and penknives take the blame
crane my neck & scratch my name
but the ugly marks
are worth the momentary gain...
when i jab a sharpened object in
choirs of angels seem to sing
hymns of hate in memorandum

and you might say it's self-indulgent
and you might say it's self-destructive
but, you see, it's more productive
than if i were to be happy

and sappy songs about sex and cheating
bland accounts of two lovers meeting
make me want to give mankind a beating

and you might say it's self-destructive
but, you see, i'd kick the bucket
sixty times before i'd kick the habit

and as the skin rips off i cherish the revolting thought
that even if i quit
there's not a chance in hell i'd stop
and anyone can see the signs
mittens in the summertime
thank you for your pity, you are too kind

and you might say its self-inflicted
but you see that's contradictive
why on earth would anyone practice self destruction?

and pain opinions are sitcom feeding
they dont know that their minds are teething
makes me want to give mankind a beating

i'm tried bandages and sinking
i've tried gloves and even thinking
i've tried vaseline
i've tried everything
and no-one cares if your back is bleeding
they're concerned with their hair receding
looking back it was all maltreating
every thought that occurred misleading

makes me want to give myself a beating....

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

A bunch from Husker Du:

Never Talking To You Again

There are things that I'd like to say
But I'm never talking to you again
There's things I'd like to phrase some way
But I'm never talking to you again

I'm never talking to you again
I'm never talking to you
I'm tired of wasting all my time
Trying to talk to you

I'd put you down where you belong
But I'm never talking to you again
I'd show you everywhere you're wrong
But I'm never talking to you again

Something I Learned Today

Something I learned today
Black and white is always grey
Looking through the window pane
I'm not inside your brain
Something I learned today
Yield to the right-of-way
Stopping at a 4-way sign
Someone else's rules, not mine

Something I learned today
Never look straight in the sun's rays
Letting all the sunshine in
Can't remember where I've been

Broken Home, Broken Heart

I look at your house
I wonder what goes on inside
When you have to cry yourself to sleep at night
Your parents fight
You don't know who's wrong or right
Have to cry yourself to sleep at night

A broken home, a broken heart
When the two of them will have to part
Broken home, broken heart
Now you know just how it feels
To have to cry yourself to sleep at night

You know what, screw this. Just buy Zen Arcade.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Husker Du--Celebrated Summer

Love and hate was in the air, like pollen from a flower
Somewhere in April time, they add another hour

I guess I'd better think up a way to spend my time
Just when I'm ready to sit inside, it's summer time
Should I go fishing or get a friend to hang around
It's back to summer, back to basics, hang around

Getting drunk out on the beach, or playing in a band
And getting out of school meant getting out of hand

Was this your celebrated summer? Was that your celebrated summer?

Then the sun disintegrates between a wall of clouds
I summer where I winter at, and no one is allowed there

Do you remember when the first snowfall fell
When summer barely had a snowball's chance in Hell?

Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely

I'm curious to know exactly how you are
I keep my distance but that distance is too far
It reassures me just to know that you're okay
But I don't want you to go on needing me this way

And I don't want to know if you are lonely
Don't want to know if you are less than lonely
Don't want to know if you are lonely
Don't want to know, don't want to know

The day you left me, left me feeling oh so bad
Still I'm not sure about all the doubts we had
From the beginning we both knew it wouldn't last
Decisions have been made the die has been cast

The phone is ringing and the clock says four A.M.
If it's your friends, well I don't want to hear from them
Please leave your number and a message at the tone
Or you can just go on and leave me alone

[Jack T. Chance]

"Releasing the Demons"...

"Releasing the Demons" by Godsmack

(What do you see when you're in the dark,
when the demons come for you?)

If only you could have seen
how fucked up my life used to be
Then everything starts to change,
supposedly healing my pain
I never thought I'd feel this way
I never thought that I'd see a day
I'd run away from anything or anywhere or anyone
It's all these demons haunting me
It's all these little things trapped inside of me
Releasing me from all my sin!

It's taken me all of my anger
and taken me all of my hate
to learn how my life came together
Releasing the demons again!

And now I look through my mind's eye
and see where my past needs to rest
It's always disturbed by these voices
that echo inside of my head!
Another way that I can hide
Another reason to crawl inside and get away
from everything and everywhere and everyone
NO!
It's all these demons haunting me
It's all these little things trapped inside of me
Releasing me from all my sin!

It's taken me all of my anger
and taken me all of my hate
to learn how my life came together
Releasing the demons... again

Facin' the days as I grow into my own
Loving and hating's the same
And three-fold, I told you
it comes back with laughter,
over and over again
It's coming back!

It's taken me all of my anger
and taken me all of my hate
to learn how my life came together
Releasing…
Releasing the demons again!
Releasing the demons again
Releasing the demons again!
Releasing the demons again
Releasing the demons!

..........

[Nurian]

Indestructible by Disturbed

Another mission, the powers have called me away
Another time to carry the colors again
My motivation, an oath I've sworn to defend
To win the honor of coming back home again

No explanation will matter after we begin
Unlock the dark destroyer that's buried within
My true vocation and now my unfortunate friend
You will discover a war you're unable to win

I'll have you know
That I've become

Indestructible
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side, a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable

Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you're alive
I'm an indestructible master of war!

Another reason, another cause for me to fight
Another fuse uncovered now, for me to light
My dedication to all that I've sworn to protect
I carry out my orders without a regret

My declaration embedded deep under my skin
A permanent reminder of how it began
No hesitation when I am commanded to strike
You need to know that you're in for the fight of your life

You will be shown
How I've become

Indestructible
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side, a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable

Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you're alive
I'm an indestructible master of war!

I'm indestructible
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side, a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable

Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you're alive
I am indestructible

Indestructible
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side, a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable

Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you're alive
I'm an indestructible master of war!