Favorite Song Lyrics: Dark Side Edition!

[Eisa]

-shrugs- I suppose you could call these dark...

I lock the door
Turn all the water on
And bury that sound
So no one hears anything anymore
Mirrors lie to me, tell me you can see
Maybe you won't be able to recognize me now
I know you can feel all the things you steal
And you're taking, you're taking it

Feeling so easy
Make me skin and bones
I'm always on my knees for you
You break like it's even
When you're leaving it
Thin, where the hell have you been?

Well sometimes it burns
Baby I'll wash it out
It all looks so big
Never mind, I don't feel anything

It only hurt a bit
I still feel like shit
And I think you won't be able to recognize me now
It's easier to quit
It's harder to admit and
You're pushing me, you're fucking pushing me!

Feeling so easy
Make me skin and bones
I'm always on my knees for you
You break like it's even
When you're leaving it
Thin, where have you been?

'cause you always win
And you... yeah!

Laughin' like it works
Bleeding like it don't hurt
Knock you off your feet
Even if you need me
Tear you apart and I hate how I need you

Feeling too easy, make me skin and bones
I'm always on my knees for you
Break like it's even
When you're leaving

It's too fucking easy, make me skin and bones
I'm always on my knees for you
Break like it's even
When you're leaving it
Thin, where have you been?

'cause you always win, and you always win, you always win
I will burn all this [x9]

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Wow, I have so many for this thread but I'll start with a couple for now...

Dust in the Wind ~ Kansas

I close my eyes
Only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind

Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do
Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Oh......

Now
Don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind

Another Day in Paradise ~ Phil Collins

She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?"

He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh think twice
It's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice
It's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been crying
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can't walk but she's trying

Oh think twice
It's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice
It's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say

You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
'Cos she didn't fit in there

Oh think twice
It's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice
It's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

It's just another day for you and me in paradise
It's just another day for you and me in paradise

[phoenixv07]

Unwritten Law - Save Me (Wake Up Call)

Had a bad day, don't talk to me, gonna ride this out
My little black heart breaks apart with your big mouth

And I'm sick of my sickness
Don't touch me, you'll get this
I'm useless, lazy, perverted, you hate me

You can't save me
You can't change me
Well I'm waiting for my wake up call
And everything
Everything's my fault

Went to the doctor and asked her to make this stop
Got medication, a new addiction, fuckin' thanks a lot

Had a relapse, I'm bad at rehabs, ruins everything
So point your finger at the singer
He's in the pharmacy

You can't save me
You can't change me
Well I'm waiting for my wake up call
And everything's my fault

You can't save me
You can't blame me
Well I'm waiting here to take the fall
And everything
Everything's my fault

And I'm a death threat
Haven't slept yet
Baby, why the wake up call?
I'm the bad boy
tell the tabloids
everything's my fault

(Whoa)
Yeah
Write it
Write it
(Whoa)
Everthing's my fault
Everthing's my fault

I went to heaven
I Couldn't get in
For what I had done
I said please take me
They said you're crazy
You had too much fun

You can't save me
You can't change me
Well I'm waiting for my wake up call
And everything's my fault

You can't save me
You can't blame me
Well I'm waiting here to take the fall
And everything
Everthing's my fault.

You can't save me
You can't change me
(Everthing's my fault)

Everything's my fault



Eels - It's A Motherfucker

It's a motherfucker
Being here without you
Thinking 'bout the good times
Thinking 'bout the bad
And I won't ever be the same

It's a motherfucker
Getting through a Sunday
Talking to the walls
Just me again

But I won't ever be the same
I won't ever be the same

It's a motherfucker
How much I understand
The feeling that you need someone
To take you by the hand

And you won't ever be the same
You won't ever be the same

[Jack T. Chance]

"Innocence"...

Been playing this song a lot this week... VERY appropriate given one of the top news stories right now...

This song was released last year on the album Asylum...

"Innocence" by Disturbed

Who is innocent? No one is innocent
Who is innocent?
Who is innocent? No one is innocent
Who is innocent?

Who is innocent? Is it relevant in the world today?
I shake my head in disbelief
The killer walks again, freed by evil men in their dark charade
This can't be happening

A mother's selfish pride, her child's homicide, can she be to blame?
The suited vultures circling
A father's cruelty, a murdered family, is the world insane?
Their defenders ready to embrace their lies with their devious smiles

Your corruption is like a cancer growing inside
You owe the world an apology
You've been taught all your life that truth is easy to hide
You'll face your judgment another day and suffer eternally

Who is innocent? No one is innocent
Who is innocent?

Presumed innocent, justice fails again in the masquerade
A battered woman trembling
Her lover drunk again, when will the torture end in her web of shame?
Is death the only way?

A child victimized, the crime politicized for the counselor's gain
The rabid media congregates
His tortured memories, a pervert's fantasies, is the world insane?
The parasitic devastation seen on your TV screen

Your corruption is like a cancer growing inside
You owe the world an apology
You've been taught all your life that truth is easy to hide
You'll face your judgment another day and suffer eternally

False defender, burn forever
False defender, burn forever
Cold and spineless, have you no soul?
Wicked minded, out of control and guided by their hunger
They will find new ways to betray us!

Your corruption is like a cancer growing inside
You owe the world an apology
You've been taught all your life that truth is easy to hide
You'll face your judgment another day and suffer eternally!

Who is innocent? Is it relevant in the world today?
I shake my head in disbelief
Presumed innocent, justice fails again in the masquerade
Has the whole world become insane?

[dragon_wings]

These songs have been my theme songs recently. Both by Hatebreed

In Ashes They Shall Reap

Born to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me

Let me tell you of a force crashing through my veins again
Like a page torn from a chapter of a book of better days
In the moments that we see together some will never know
It’s these words that never give to justice screaming all alone
I was BORN to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me
Born to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me

You may trusted me an answer and put hope in
Me a seed
All these memories come haunt us if we still feel to believe
Now the fear we all once held is a breath we must attain
Because those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap
Ashes are all that you’re left with what you sow in flames
Our life sorrows of my own creation saving sand for a love
http://www.elyricsworld.com/in_ashes...hatebreed.html

I was born to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me
Born to bleed fighting to succeed
But those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap
Those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap


Give Wings To My Triumph

Here I am
Exposed in my brokenness
For the world to see
Here I am
Screaming these words
It's all I've ever known of serenity
Here I am
Telling my pain, bearing my soul to the world
Here I am
Venting on this page, flawed and insecure no more
Here I am
Coming clean with myself, knowing that this time would come
Here I am
Like a thousand voices, I know I'm not the only one
Now my fists must never become unclenched
Eternally prevailing against
I must endure the misfortune and bring starvation for those who hunger for my defeat

Give Wings To My Triumph
Let this life ascend
Give Wings To My Triumph
Give rebirth for every death

Here I am
Exposed in my brokenness
For the world to see
Here I am
Screaming these words
It's all I've ever known of serenity

See my will before you know
Life ascends in every breath
A rise for every fall
A life for every death

Give me wings
So I ascend
Let me soar, take me farther than ever before

Give Wings To My Triumph
Life ascends in every breath
Give Wings To My Triumph
Rebirth for every death
Give Wings To My Triumph
and let me soar
Give Wings To My Triumph
take me farther than before

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Allentown ~ Billy Joel

Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line.

Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers at the USO
Asked them to dance
Danced with them slow
And we're living here in Allentown.

But the restlessness was handed down
And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaah aaahhhhh ooooooooh ooooooh ohhhhhhh.

Well we're waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard
If we behaved.

So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron or coke,
Chromium steel.

And we're waiting here in Allentown.
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaah.

Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got.
If something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face, oh oh oh.

Well I'm living here in Allentown
And it's hard to keep a good man down.
But I won't be getting up todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaah.

GUITAR SOLO

aaaaaaah aaaaaaah aaaaaaah oh oh oh.

And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
And we're living here in Allentown.

[telecom_goddess]

The Fuse by Jackson Browne:

It's coming from so far away
It's hard to say for sure
Whether what I hear is music or the wind
Through an open door
There's a fire high in the empty sky
Where the sound meets the shore
There's a long distance loneliness
Rolling out over the desert floor

And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum
Like a part of me
It speaks to the heart of me
Forget what life used to be
You are what you choose to be
It's whatever it is you see
That life will become

Whatever it is you might think you have
You have nothing to lose
Through every dead and living thing
Time runs like a fuse
And the fuse is burning
And the earth is turning

Though the years give way to uncertainty
And the fear of living for nothing strangles the will
There's a part of me
That speaks to the heart of me
Though sometimes it's hard to see
It's never far from me
Alive in eternity
That nothing can kill

Oh lord
Are there really people starving still?
Look out beyond the walls of babylon
How long will their needs go unfilled
I want to say right now I'm going to be around
I'm going to be around
When the walls and towers are crumbling
When the towers are tumbling down
And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound
I want to hear the sound
Of the waters lapping on a higher ground
Of the children laughing


I could post all kinds of dark stuff from him just from one album alone.

[dragon_wings]

Composure by August Burns Red

Shake it off.
Pick yourself up, they say.
Your life fell apart in your hands, and you've got the scars to prove it.
It's not the first time, and they're getting deeper.
Pull it together.
Button up your shirt.
Roll down those sleeves.
Don't let them see how you've coped.
More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand.
It seems like your giving up on everything you worked for.
It's pulling you under.
It's gripping around your throat.
Life can be overwhelming, but don't turn your back on the strongest crutch you've ever had.
They have always been there to brace your fall.
Wave goodbye to the past.
You've got your whole life to lead.
It's time to gain some ground.

[Eisa]

I LOVE this song.

Voltaire: "When You're Evil"

When the Devil is too busy
And Death's a bit too much
They call on me by name you see,
For my special touch.
To the Gentlemen I'm Miss Fortune
To the Ladies I'm Sir Prize
But call me by any name
Any way it's all the same

I'm the fly in your soup
I'm the pebble in your shoe
I'm the pea beneath your bed
I'm a bump on every head
I'm the peel on which you slip
I'm a pin in every hip
I'm the thorn in your side
Makes you wriggle and writhe

And it's so easy when you're evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need

While there's children to make sad
While there's candy to be had
while there's pockets left to pick
While there's grannies left to trip down the stairs
I'll be there, I'll be waiting 'round the corner
It's a game. I'm glad I'm in it
'Cause there's one born every minute

And it's so easy when you're evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need

I pledge my allegiance, to all things dark
And I promise on my damned soul
To do as I am told, Lord Beelzebub
Has never seen a soldier quite like me
Not only does his job, but does it happily.

I'm the fear that keeps you awake
I'm the shadows on the wall
I'm the monsters they become
I'm the nightmare in your skull
I'm a dagger in your back
An extra turn upon the rack
I'm the quivering of your heart
A stabbing pain, a sudden start.

And it's so easy when you're evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need

It gets so lonely being evil
What I'd do to see a smile
Even for a little while
And no one loves you when you're evil
I'm lying through my teeth!
Your tears are all the company I need

[dragon_wings]

Refined in the Fire by Winds of Plague

(my favorite line is 'I fear no evil, evil fucking fears me')

I walk this Earth alone, with broken bones. I fear no evil, evil fucking fears me. Your time has come, looking down the barrel of a smoking gun. I am the shadowed one. Evil fucking fears me! Evil fucking fears me! Refined in the fire, from the flames I emerge. Casted in steel. I am refined in the fire. From the flame we march on, to victory! Urgggggoh. Evil fucking fears me! Evil fucking fears me! I am refined in the fire. I am the weapon of choice. For the warrior King, recognize I'm refined in the fire. You'll see the dragon tremble at the song we sing. . I am refined in the fire. And will His kingdom fall, know that time will tell. Recognize I'm refined in the fire. Under the blood I stand, to bring war. Bring war on Hell.
I represent the army of the shadowed realm. I am a soldier for the damned and the broken. You will know me from my path of destruction. I write to you from Hell. Forward, oh! Forward, oh! Forward, oh! You want a war? You'll get a war. I was trained with pain hate and agony Desensitized, from this fucked world around me. I'm going out, and I'm taking you with me. I walk this Earth alone, with broken bones. I fear no evil, evil fucking fears me. Your time has come, looking down the barrel of a smoking gun. I am the shadowed one. Evil fucking fears me! Evil fucking fears me! Arahhhhhhuuuuhhh! Evil fucking fears me! Oh! Evil fucking fears me!

[dragon_wings]

This is the the song keeping me from brushing into tears.

In Ashes They Shall Reap by Hatebreed

Born to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me [x4]

Let me tell you of a force crashing through my veins again
Like a page torn from a chapter of a book of better days
In the moments that we see together some will never know
It's these words that never give to justice screaming all alone

I was born to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me
Born to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me

You may trusted me an answer and put hope in
Me a seed
All these memories come haunt us if we still feel to believe
Now the fear we all once held is a breath we must attain
Because those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap
Ashes are all that you're left with what you sow in flames [x4]
Our life sorrows of my own creation saving sand for a love [x3]
Those who sow in flames, in ashes they shall reap

I was born to bleed, fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me

Born to bleed, fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me [x5]

But those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap [x2]
Those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap

[Eisa]

This is actually supposed to be a bit satirical, I think?


Emilie Autumn: "The Art of Suicide"

The art of suicide, nightgowns and hair
Curls flying every which-way
The fate too pure to hide
Bridges of sighs
Meant to conceal lovers lies

Under the arches of moonlight and sky
Suddenly easy to contemplate why
Why
Why live a life
That's painted with pity and sadness and strife
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble and less than it seems
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem or another sad song to sing
Why live a lie
Why live a lie

The art of suicide, pretty and clean
Conveys a theatrical scene
Alas, I've gone she cried
Ankles displayed
Melodramatically laid

Under the arches of moonlight and sky
Suddenly easy to contemplate why
Why
Why live a life
That's painted with pity and sadness and strife
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble and less than it seems
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem or another sad song to sing
Why live a lie
Why live a lie

Why live a life
That's painted with pity and sadness and strife
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble and less than it seems
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem or another sad song to sing
Why live a lie
Why live a lie
Why live a lie
Why live a lie

Life is not like gloomy Sunday
With a second ending when the people are disturbed
Well they should be disturbed
Because there's a story that ought to be heard

Life is not like gloomy Sunday
With a second ending when the people are disturbed
Well they should be disturbed
Because there's a lesson that really ought to be learned

The world is full of poets
We don't need any more
The world is full of singers
We don't need any more
The world is full of lovers
We don't need any more

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Just hearing this on the radio now, and it's not Monday (but soon will be), looks like it might rain today, but my heart is feeling rainy...and the one who supposedly loves me is in a mood... (maybe I can count my fellow CSers in the "loves me" category for today?)

Rainy Days and Mondays ~ The Carpenters

Talking to myself and feeling old
Sometimes I’d like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin’ around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

What I’ve got they used to call the blues
Nothing is really wrong
Feeling like I don’t belong
Walking around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
It’s nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it’s the only thing to do
To run and find the one who loves me

What I feel is come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it’s all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

(instrumental)

Funny but it seems that it’s the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me

What I feel is come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it’s all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Hangin around, nothing do to but frown
Rainy days and mondays always get me down

[Eisa]

So simple...so powerful...

KoRn: "Dead"


All I want in life is to be happy (happy).
It seems funny to me.
How fucked things can be.
Everytime I get ahead.
I feel more dead.

[Eisa]

I'm getting more and more addicted to this song.

Avenged Sevenfold: "Welcome to the Family"

Hey kids, do I have your attention
I know the way you've been living
Life's a wreckless tragedy endless
Welcome to the Family
Hey there's something missing
Only time will alter your vision
Never in question lethal injection
Welcome to the Family

Not long ago you found the answers were so crystal clear
Within a day you find yourself living in constant fear
Can you look at yourself now, can you look at yourself
You can't win this fight

In a way it seems there's no-one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And feelings aren't sure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight

Hey I have to question
What's with the violent aggression
Details blurry, lost him too early
Welcome to the Family
Hey, why won't you listen
Can't help the people you're missing
It's been done a casualty re-run
Welcome to the Family

I try and help you with the
Things that can't be justified
I need to warn you
There is no way to rationalize
So have you figured it out now
So have you figured it out
You can't win this fight

In a way it seems there's no-one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And feelings aren't sure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight

(Gunning for you
And all mankind
I've lost my mind
Psychotic
Rabid dementia
I won't be fine)

I see you're a king who's been dethroned
Cast out
In a world you've never known
Stand there
Place your weapons by your side
It's a war in the end
We'll surely lose
But that's alright

So have you figured it out now
So have you figured it out

And in a way it seems there's no-one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And our feelings aren't sure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight

(Deep inside
Where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind
You're not invited
So step aside
I lost my)

(Deep inside
Where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind
You're not invited
So step aside
I lost my)