Favorite Song Lyrics: Dark Side Edition!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Gin Blossoms--Found Out About You


All last summer in case you don't recall
I was yours and you were mine forget it all
Is there a line that I could write
Sad enough to make you cry
All the lines you wrote to me were lies
The months roll past the love that you struck dead
Did you love me only in my head?
Things you said and did to me
Seemed to come so easily
The love I thought I'd won you give for free

Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you

Rumors follow everywhere you go
Like when you left and I was last to know
You're famous now and there's no doubt
In all the places you hang out
They know your name and they know what you're about

Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you

Street lights blink on through the car window
I get the time too often on AM radio
You know it's all I think about
I write your name drive past your house
Your boyfriend's over I watch your light go out

Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you

[Jack T. Chance]

Indestructible by Disturbed

Every time I listen to "Indestructible", all I can think of is the Master Chief from the Halo games! When the Halo movie finally gets made, "Indestructible" needs to be Master Chief's theme song!

Back in 2007, I discovered one of the best metal bands in the world... Within Temptation, hailing from Holland! Here's a couple of my favorite songs from them, and I can't recommend the band enough! They're perfect for fans of other modern European metal bands such as Nightwish and Lacuna Coil. Check them out when you get a chance, you'll be glad you did!

"Final Destination" by Within Temptation

I escaped my final moment,
but it's turning back at me
On every corner I can feel it, waiting
Just a moment, no awareness
I could easily slip away
And then I'll be gone forever!

I'm searching,
I'm fighting for a way to get through,
to turn it away

It's waiting, always trying
I feel the hands of fate,
they're suffocating
Tell me what's the reason
Is it all inside my head?
Can't take it no more!

All around me I see danger
and it's closing in on me
Every second I can hear it, breathing
I can't stand the fear inside me,
'cause it's leading me astray
And it will be my ending!

I'm searching,
I'm fighting for a way to get through,
to turn it away

It's waiting, always trying
I feel the hands of fate,
they're suffocating
Tell me what's the reason
Is it all inside my head?
Can't take it no more!

But now I'll face what's coming my way
And I will let my fear fade away
Whatever may be, I'll have to find out

It's waiting, always trying
Feel the hands of fate,
they're suffocating
Tell me what's the reason
Is it all inside my head?
Can't take it no more!

"The Howling" by Within Temptation

We've been seeing what you wanted,
got us cornered right now
Fallen asleep from our vanity,
might cost us our lives

I hear they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind

When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created,
I want to be awakened somehow
(I want to be awakened right now)

When we start killing,
it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in,
all we are is fading away
When we start killing...

We've been searching all night long,
but there's no trace to be found
It's like they all have just vanished,
but I know they're around

I feel they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind

When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created,
I want to be awakened somehow
(I want to be awakened right now)

When we start killing,
it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in,
all we are is fading away
When we start killing...
When we start killing...

I feel they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind

The sun is rising
The screams have gone
Too many have fallen
Few still stand tall
Is this the ending
of what we've begun?
Will we remember
what we've done wrong?

When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created,
I want to be awakened somehow
(I want to be awakened right now)

When we start killing,
it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in,
all we are is fading away
When we start killing...
When we start killing...
When we start killing...

[Jack T. Chance]

Destroyed...

"Destroyed" by Within Temptation

I did my best to please you,
but my best was never good enough
Somehow you're only able to see
all I am not

Do you ever look behind?
Aren't you afraid of the pieces you'll find?
I have failed you,
but you have failed me too

It's so easy to destroy and condemn
the ones you do not understand
Do you ever wonder if it's justified?

It's so easy to destroy and condemn
the ones you do not understand
In your life, why didn't you ever try?

I close my eyes as I walk
the thin line between love and hate,
for the person with the same blood in his veins

You show no regrets
about all the things you did or said
I have failed you,
but believe me, you failed me too

It's so easy to destroy and condemn
the ones you do not understand
Do you ever wonder if it's justified?

It's so easy to destroy and condemn
the ones you do not understand
In your life, why didn't you ever try?

It's so easy to destroy and condemn
the ones you do not understand
Do you ever wonder if it's justified?

It's so easy to destroy and condemn
the ones you do not understand
Do you ever wonder if it's justified?

..........

[Jack T. Chance]

"Politically Correct"...

Those of you that have paid careful attention to my posts will have realized by now that I am a very politically incorrect individual. I speak my mind, freely, and I don't overly concern myself with what others think of what I have to say. I happen to think political correctness is one of the worst things to ever happen to this country world, and I fight it at every opportunity.

Therefore, this is one of my favorite alternative rock songs, by a band that hails from my neck of the woods (SR-71 are originally from Baltimore! )

"Politically Correct" by SR-71

Well, I don't mean to piss you off
with things I might say
So when I try to shut my mouth,
they come out anyway
So when I speak my mind,
that's when we connect
Yeah, but that's not
politically correct

Your head's so filled with thought,
you can't use your imagination
Like a sky so filled with stars,
you can't find a constellation!
And everyone's so sensitive
to any bad vibration
We're so impressing
while we're regressing!

'Cause I don't mean to piss you off
with things I might say
But when I try to shut my mouth,
they come out anyway

There's nothing I believe in more
than my own insignificance
So, why does everybody think
my words can make a difference?
I just don't have time to think up
every social consequence!
I'll just keep on talking
and you keep applauding!

'Cause I don't mean to piss you off
with things I might say
But when I try to shut my mouth,
they come out anyway
And if you spoke your mind,
you might feel more connected,
until you stand politically corrected!

You lean a little to the left or the right, but
you can only see who's on your side
Look a little like a deer in the headlights,
a little blind and hypnotized!
So, you conform with the best of intention
Change comes from inside
And after all that's what this country was founded on,
do nothing different, just fall in line!
Tell me what happened to make us so afraid that
you couldn't make a Mel Brooks movie today?
No! I saw "Blazing Saddles" yesterday

I don't mean to piss you off
with things I might say
But when I try to shut my mouth,
they come out anyway
And I don't mean to piss you off
with things I might say
But when I try to shut my mouth,
they come out anyway

[Jack T. Chance]

An oldie, but a goodie, that sums up how I'm feeling right now.

"Get It Right" by The Offspring

I've been told that to get what you want,
you just gotta give what you can
But I know, for what I want, it don't come easy as that
They say, "Look out, boy,
tomorrow comes and things will look better by then"
But I'll look out the window,
then look in the mirror at the same old me again

I still can't get it right
I still can't get it right
I still can't get it right
And for all I know,
I swear I never will!

Do you think you'd sell your soul
to just have one thing turn out right?
For the thousandth time, you turn and find
that it just makes no difference to try
Like Holden Caulfield, I tell myself
there's got to be a better way
Then I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling,
dream of brighter days

I still can't get it right
I still can't get it right
I still can't get it right
And for all I know,
I swear I never will
No way out!
Same old stuff always drags me down
No way out!
Never gonna get it, gettin' old!

No way out
No way out
No way out
No way out
Get it right now
No way out
Get it right now
No way out
Get it right now
No way out
Get it right, right, right, right…
I still can't get…
I still can't get it right!
I still can't get it right
And for all I know,
I swear I, swear I,
never never never never!

[Jack T. Chance]

I'm feeling philosophical tonight, so here's a couple songs with some religious themes...

WARNING! THESE SONG LYRICS EXAMINE THE DARK SIDE OF ORGANIZED RELIGION! IF YOU ARE DEVOUTLY RELIGIOUS AND/OR EASILY OFFENDED, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!!!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!

"The Truth Beneath the Rose" by Within Temptation

Give me strength to face the truth,
the doubt within my soul
No longer I can justify
the bloodshed in His name

Is it a sin to seek the truth,
the truth beneath the rose?
Pray with me, so I will find
the gate to Heaven's door

I believed it would justify the means
It had a hold over me

Blinded to see
the cruelty of the beast
It is the darkest side of me
(Forgive me my sins)

The veil of my dreams
deceived all I have seen
Forgive me for what I have been
(Forgive me my sins)

Pray for me, 'cause I have lost
my faith in holy wars
Is paradise denied to me
'cause I can take no more?

Has darkness taken over me,
consumed my mortal soul?
All my virtues sacrificed
Can Heaven be so cruel?

I believed it would justify the means
It had a hold over me
(Forgive me my sins)

Blinded to see
the cruelty of the beast
It is the darkest side of me
(Forgive me my sins)

The veil of my dreams
deceived all I have seen
Forgive me for what I have been
(Forgive me my sins)

I'm hoping, I'm praying
I won't get lost between two worlds
For all I've seen,
the truth lies in between

Give me the strength to face
the wrong that I have done
Now that I know
the darkest side of me

How can blood be your salvation,
and justify the pain that
we have caused throughout the times?

Will I learn what's truly sacred?
Will I redeem my soul?
Will truth set me free?

(Forgive me my sins)

Blinded to see
the cruelty of the beast
It is the darkest side of me
(Forgive me my sins)

The veil of my dreams
deceived all I have seen
Forgive me for what I have been
(Forgive me my sins)

"Believe" by Disturbed

Believe, when you lie
You will never need to recognize yourself
to deceive
To remove all chance of doubt and be received
with your lie
The deception is complete when you concede
and decide
to reject your lives,
sacrificed to me

Penance can't absolve your sin
Into me
Penance can't absolve your sin
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin

Believe, when you lie
You will never need to recognize the source
of deceit
To renew your faith in God, you must believe
in your lie
The redemption is complete when you conceive
and decline
to release your lives,
sacrificed to me

Penance can't absolve your sin
Into me
Penance can't absolve your sin
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin

Ooh, reap your life, like you want to
Recognize all you've come to
Reap your life, like you want to
Recognize all you've come to
Reap your life,
veiled in shadow
Recognize
faces of the crucified
I can hear their screams tonight,
ever haunting me!

Burn your lie
into me
Penance can't absolve your sin
Into me
Penance can't absolve your sin
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin
Hello!
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin
Hello!
All your belief
cannot absolve your sin

[Lace Neil Singer]

Falling To Pieces - Faith No More

Back and forth, I sway with the wind
Resolution slips away again
Right through my fingers, back into my heart
Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark
Sometimes I think I'm blind
Or I may be just paralyzed

Because the plot thickens every day
And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin' away
But I know, there's a picture beneath
Indecision clouds my vision
No one listens...

Because I'm somewhere in between
My love and my agony
You see, I'm somewhere in between
My life is falling to pieces
Somebody put me together

Layin' face down on the ground
My fingers in my ears to block the sound
My eyes shut tight to avoid the sight
Anticipating the end, losing the will to fight
Droplets of "yes" and "no"
In an ocean of "maybe"

From the bottom, it looks like a steep incline
From the top, another downhill slope of mine
But I know, the equilibrium's there
Indecision clouds my vision
No one listens

Because I'm somewhere in between
My love and my agony
You see, I'm somewhere in between
My life is falling to pieces
Somebody put me together

[Jack T. Chance]

"Good Enough Is Good Enough"

This is a song that takes me back... it makes me think about ex-girlfriends long gone, women that broke my heart years ago...

"Good Enough Is Good Enough" by Sonata Arctica

It was not hard - to choose all the words that I should
put in your mouth
in my own play of shadows
Between lines, word for word, honey
See who I am?
Out where nothing's forgiven
A small yet very loud part of me is still screaming after you...

Good enough was good enough for me
as it should always be
You broke my heart when it was weak
Guess you were not meant for me...

I had a dream you broke - with your twisted ways
Still leaving me? Please take your time, but go away
Don't flash that light anymore, honey...
The seasons change...
I was the summer to your heart
The winter lured you away more than once, now I know:
I am free

Good enough was good enough for me
as it should always be
You broke my heart and still I grieve
How can you be over me?

I always thought we'd made it, found a way to live together
You saved the best for last and now it's too late
I count the hours of the day that
seems to last forever
Words through the door
A glance from a broken window
I found your key from the floor
and my heart, suddenly, cut off clean

Good enough was good enough for me
as it should always be
You broke my heart and still I grieve
How can you be over me?

Good enough was good enough for me
as it should always be
You spread a tale of lies about me
And I believed it, my heart's got a leak…

[Lace Neil Singer]

18 And Life - Skid Row

Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
Lived nne to five and he worked his fingers to the bone.
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town.
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down, no.
He had no money, no, no good at home.
He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone.

And now it's

18 and life, you got it
18 and life, you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go

(repeat above)

Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean.
They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one."
He married trouble, had a courtship with a gun.
Bang-bang shoot 'em up, the party never ends.
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend.

And now it's

chorus

"Accidents will happen", they all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind - that shot blew a child away.

chorus

[Jack T. Chance]

"Something I Can Never Have"

"Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails

I still recall the taste of your tears
Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears
My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore
Scraping through my head 'til I don't want to sleep anymore

You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
and I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something,
I just want something I can never have

You always were the one to show me how
Back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now
This thing is slowly taking me apart
Gray would be the color, if I had a heart

Come on and tell me
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
and I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something,
I just want something I can never have

In this place it seems like such a shame
Though it all looks different now,
I know it's still the same
Everywhere I look, you're all I see
Just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be

Come on and tell me!
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
and I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make it all go away
I just want something,
I just want something I can never have

I just want something I can never have

..........

[Jack T. Chance]

"Disposable Heroes"

This is one of my favorite heavy metal songs about war, and the soldiers that fight and die in our wars.

"Disposable Heroes" by Metallica

Bodies fill the fields I see, hungry heroes end
No one to play soldier now, no one to pretend
Running blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all
Victim of what said should be
A servant 'til I fall

Soldier boy, made of clay
Now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son,
but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care
Do just as we say
Finished here, greetings Death,
he's yours to take away

Back to the front
You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front
You will die when I say you must die
Back to the front
You coward
You servant
You blind man

Barking of machine gun fire, does nothing to me now
Sounding of the clock that ticks, get used to it somehow
More a man, more stripes you wear, glory seeker trends
Bodies fill the fields I see
The slaughter never ends

Soldier boy, made of clay
Now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son,
but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care
Do just as we say
Finished here, greetings Death,
he's yours to take away

Back to the front
You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front
You will die when I say you must die
Back to the front
You coward
You servant
You blind man

Why am I dying?
Kill, have no fear
Lie, live off lying
Hell, Hell is here

Why am I dying?
Kill, have no fear
Lie, live off lying
Hell, Hell is here

I was born for dying!

Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say
Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day
Looking back I realize, nothing have I done
Left to die with only friend
Alone I clench my gun

Soldier boy, made of clay
Now an empty shell
Twenty one, only son,
but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care
Do just as we say
Finished here, greetings Death,
he's yours to take away

Back to the front
You will do what I say, when I say
Back to the front
You will die when I say you must die
Back to the front
You coward
You servant
You blind man

Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front

[Jack T. Chance]

"Sons of Plunder"...

And now I come to what is very probably my favorite song off of Disturbed's third studio album, Ten Thousand Fists. This is the Chicago quartet's wonderfully scathing indictment of the American Idol-fueled manufactured pop star industry...

"Sons of Plunder" by Disturbed

Hah, hah, tell me you like it
Hah, hah, tell me you like it

You say you found yourself a new sound
The shit's loaded and they're ready to go
A bit too much just like the old sound
Already heard it for the hundredth time
One hundred more, all have the same sound
Running around with all the sheep that you know
"It's so sublime, they're breaking new ground
They're sure to have another hit this time"

Come on,
can't you just leave it alone?
It doesn't have any soul!
Just find a thing of your own
and stop pretending to know

As the countless numbers hunger
for worldwide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder
will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers
they don't even care to know
Give it to me, give it to me
You like it?

I'm still surrounded by the "new sound"
I've had enough and I'm ready to go
A stranglehold throughout the world now
The new obsession will fade in time
A thin reminder of the past now
All convoluted, hardly ready to go
Their whines and moans will never last now
I think you've given us our fill this time

Come on,
can't you just leave it alone?
It doesn't have any soul!
Just find a thing of your own
and stop pretending to know

As the countless numbers hunger
for worldwide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder
will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers
they don't even care to know
Give it to me, give it to me
You like it?

As it's blown apart,
hundreds thrown away
Makes me question just what I believe
Brothers torn apart,
mindless drones enslaved
Makes me search for an answer
I don't want to know!
It's like a plague from below!
Killing all that I know!
One hundred voices the same!
Drench their sorrow in flame

As the countless numbers hunger
for worldwide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder
will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers
they don't even care to know
Give it to me, give it to me

As the countless numbers hunger
for worldwide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder
will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers
they don't even care to know
Give it to me, give it to me
You like it?

Hah, hah, hah, hah,
tell me you like it
Hah, hah, hah, hah,
tell me you like it
Hah, hah, hah, hah,
tell me you like it
Hah, hah, hah, hah,
tell me you like it

[Jack T. Chance]

"Open Your Eyes"...

"Open Your Eyes" by Staind

As I walk along these streets,
I see a man who walks alone
Distant echo of people's feet,
he has no place to call his own
A shot rings out from a roof overhead
A crackhead asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries

What would you do
(What would you do)
if it was you?
(if it was you?)
Would you take everything
for granted like you do?

A boy, just thirteen, on the corner for sale
swallows his pride for another hit
Overpopulation, there's no room in jail
And most of you don't give a shit
that your daughters are porno stars,
and your sons sell death to kids
You're so lost in your little worlds,
your little worlds you'll never fix!

What would you do
(What would you do)
if it was you?
(if it was you?)
Would you take everything
for granted like you do?

You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away

As I walk along these streets,
I'm soaking up the acid rain
Underneath a taxi cab,
I hear the streets cry out in vain!

What would you do
(What would you do)
if it was you?
(if it was you?)
Would you take everything
for granted like you do?

What would you do
(What would you do)
if it was you?
(if it was you?)
Would you take everything
for granted like you do?

..........

[Jack T. Chance]

More Staind...

Here's 2 of my favorites from Staind's most recent album, The Illusion of Progress. With these 2 songs, Staind continues their trend of getting back in touch with metal's roots in the blues*.

"Raining Again" by Staind

A piece of glass,
in the sand under your feet
It cuts you deep
and makes you hate
the beauty that you see
Then you wonder where you are,
how you ever got so far
Now you question what went wrong
It's your heart!

It's raining again
There's a dark cloud
over your head
It follows you 'round
It's bringing you down
It's raining,
it's raining again

A wilted rose
in your bouquet is all you see
You buy the flaws
and miss the beauty
that is yours for free
Realize you are so far
from the things that matter now
And you only wonder how
It's your heart!

It's raining again
There's a dark cloud
over your head
It follows you 'round
It's bringing you down
It's raining,
it's raining again

Come on,
come on, get it right
Come on,
come on, make it right
Come on,
come on, it's alright

It's raining again
There's a dark cloud
over your head
It follows you 'round
It's bringing you down
It's raining,
it's raining again

It's raining,
raining again
There's a dark cloud
over your head

"The Corner" by Staind

It sheltered me from nothing but the weather
I called it home for a moment of my life
This place I see just doesn't look familiar
I wonder if it looks the same inside?

So there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday

Days go by,
nothing's getting clearer
Can't change my mind,
my troubles are the same
Faces change,
the names they are familiar
And the streets I see
will stand the test of time

So there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday

And those stars,
stars still shine,
shine down through the rain

And there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday

And I stare out this dirty window,
as this world goes slowly by
And somewhere out there is the future
that I once thought had passed me by

It sheltered me from nothing but the weather

*A little fact that only the best heavy metal fans know is that Black Sabbath, the band that invented the metal sound, actually began its life as a BLUES band called Earth. Over the course of their first year or 2 developing their sound, they eventually came up with the idea of making the musical equivalent of a horror movie, on the theory that people gladly paid good money to watch a movie that would scare them, so they should do the same for scary music. And thus the band renamed themselves after a horror movie that had been playing in a theater across the street from where they rehearsed, and heavy metal was born. But in Sabbath's albums, you can still hear the influence the blues had on the band, and the best metal bands to this day will still incorporate some elements of the blues into their music.

[RayvenQ]

Just a reeally short one for me, only short because that's what it is, from the Halo ODST Advert, but I really love it

Gafflwn Dihenydd
O’r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd,
Ni fydd neb yn ein drechu,
Falch ydy ni I drochu,

Traed o flaen I’r Annwn,
mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni.

Gafflwn Dihenydd
O’r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd,

Traed o flaen I’r Annwn,
mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni.

Which in english is:

We cheat Death from his rightful victory.
No one can defeat us we are glad to plunge feet first into Hell,
in the knowledge that we will rise.

We cheat Death from his rightful victory.
feet first into Hell,
in the knowledge that we will rise.