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11-01-2007, 05:54 AM | #1 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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A song came on the radio that I haven't heard in ages. It was doing the rounds when me and J were beginning to realise it was over. It was the soundtrack to a car ad and ended up a fairly bg hit. It has a strange and melancholic tune. Very sweet.
J told me once it made him think of me. Then as we were in the middle of the break up it seemed to be on every radio play list. Its on my list of songs I still can't listen to without filling up. This and Radiohead's No Surpsies are atthe top of that little list. Aqualung: Strange and Beautiful. I've been watching your world from afar, I've been trying to be where you are, And I've been secretly falling apart, I'll see. To me, you're strange and you're beautiful, You'd be so perfect with me but you just can't see, You turn every head but you don't see me. I'll put a spell on you, You'll fall asleep and I'll put a spell on you. And when I wake you, I'll be the first thing you see, And you'll realise that you love me. Yeah... Yeah... Sometimes, the last thing you want comes in first, Sometimes, the frist thing you want never comes, And I know, the waiting is all you can do, Sometimes... I'll put a spell on you, You'll fall asleep, I'll put a spell on you, And when I wake you, I'll be the first thing you see, And you'll realise that you love me. I'll put a spell on you, You'll fall asleep 'cos I'll put a spell on you, And when I wake you, I'll be the first thing you see, And you'll realise that you love me, yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah... |
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11-01-2007, 09:18 AM | #3 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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This one always gets to me:
Here a pay There a pay Everywhere a co-pay Oh yes Anthem stole my arm Ee I ee I oh I slay me! |
11-01-2007, 06:23 PM | #4 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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It's not from the Aqualung album, it's from the band Aqualung
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11-01-2007, 10:05 PM | #5 |
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Well, I'll be dipped.
I **swear** it said Jethro Tull. Of course, it does not. I feel better for not having missed a track but I feel worse for having forgotten how to read. /oldfart
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11-04-2007, 03:33 AM | #6 |
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What precedes these lines can be, I think, taken as read. It's all magnificent. The very last choral lines of the Ode an die Freude:
"Seid umschlungen, Goetterfunken, Goetter-funken!" [Prestissimo]
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11-05-2007, 08:07 PM | #7 |
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Seven Years
Obviously chicky - but, woke me up from misery after a breakup that was long overdue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How did I love you? There was no measuring Far above this dirty world Far above everything In your tower over it You were clean So warm and insightful Were you in my eyes I was sure the rightful Guardian of my life Damn you betrayer How you lied But for seven years You were loved I laid golden orchid crowns Around your feet For seven years I bowed down To touch the ground So wholly your devotee You were All that I could see I've got my sight now I see everything you hid So don't you try to right now All the wrong you did I might forget you But not forgive But for seven years You were loved I laid golden orchid crowns Around your feet For seven years I bowed down To touch the ground So wholly your devotee For seven years You were so revered I made offerings of Anything and everything I had You were All that I could see ~Natalie Merchant
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11-13-2007, 02:36 PM | #8 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Old 97's
The Empty Bottle was half empty, tide was low, and I was thirsty.
Saw her sitting at the bar, you know how some girls are, Always making eyes, well she wasn't making eyes. So I sidled up beside her, settled down and shouted, "Hi there." "My name's Stewart Ransom Miller, I'm a serial lady-killer." She said, "I'm already dead," that's exactly what she said. So we tripped the lights fantastic, we was both made of elastic. Midnight came and midnight went, and I thought I was the President. She said, "Do you have a car," and I said, "Do I have a car?" What's so great about the Barrier Reef? What's so fine about art? What's so good about a Good Times Van, When you're working on a broken, Working on a broken, Working on a broken man? When you're working on a broken, Working on a broken, Working on a broken man? My heart wasn't in it, not for one single minute. I went through the motions with her. Her on top, and me on liquor. Didn't do no good, well I didn't think it would. What's so great about the Barrier Reef? What's so fine about art? What's so good about a Good Times Van, When you're working on a broken, Working on a broken, Working on a broken man? --Barrier Reef |
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A Woman's Love -- Alan Jackson (Dedicated to Tink)
I have felt it,
And I have held it, I have known, A woman's love. I have tasted, And I have wasted, A woman's love. (chorus) And I know, I know I'll never understand, All the little things that make it grand, A woman's love. And I know, I know I'll never come face to face, With anything that takes the place, Of a woman's love. Well I have kissed it, Tried to resist it, I have missed, A woman's love. And I have hated, Taken for granted, A woman's love. (chorus) And I know, I know I'll never understand, All the little things that make it grand, A woman's love. And I know, I know I'll never come face to face, With anything that takes the place, Of a woman's love. Well I have needed, And I have pleaded, And I have lost, A woman's love. And I have worshiped, And I have cursed it, A woman's love. (chorus) And I know, I know I'll never understand, All the little things that make it grand, A woman's love. And I know, I know I'll never come face to face, With anything that takes the place, Of a woman's love.
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What would you take the meaning to be?
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That might be obvious, but for years I thought this was a description of someone's father having an affair, overseas while in the military, and this mysterious lady becomes pregnant (the flowers bloom where you have placed them).
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Yes We Can (Barak Obama Song)
Yes We Can (Barack Obama Song) -- Will.I.Am It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom. Yes we can. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can. Yes we can. It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain-top and pointed the way to the Promised Land. Yes we can to justice and equality. (yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can...) Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world. Yes we can. Si Se Puede (yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can...) We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change. We want change! (We want change! We want change! We want change...) We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. We want change! (We want change! I want change! We want change! I want change...) The hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea - Yes. We. Can. (yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can...)
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And if its bad Dont let it get you down You can take it And if it hurts Dont let them see you cry You can make it Just hold your head up woman Hold your head up woman Hold your head up woman Hold your head high Hold your head up woman Hold your head up woman Hold your head up woman Hold your head high And if they stare, just let them Burn their eyes on you moving And if they shout, dont let it change A thing that youre doing Hold your head up ... |
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