A Song For You. (Lyrics Thread)

[HolyWarrior]

The Lhasa Road (No Surrender)--Ice Age 8:39

One by one, the answers come rung by rung toward the sun
Fire on the mountaintop and blood in the snow,
Chased from his ancient home, the white crane has flown
They've come for your livestock and they've come for your land
They've come to chop your forests with the labor of your hands

A land in isolation on the roof of the world,
a pawn in the greater game
Wrenched into the modern age by the bullet and the blade
New roads and new factories, such progress you have made
Line by line the poets rhyme, in a quiet mind the light will shine

There's no surrender in my heart
There's no surrender in my song
There's no surrender in my faith
There's no surrender

Flowers on the Lhasa Road
Flowers on the Lhasa Road
Flowers on the Lhasa Road
Flowers on the Lhasa Road

They've taken all your wise men,
they have made you kill your own
They came to liberate you from your families and your homes
They've forbidden your religion, they have levelled your shrines
Through re-education they have cleansed your brainwashed minds

We most favored nations, we partners in crime,
to the mighty go the spoils
and so it always has been, and so ever shall it be
Another culture conquered in the name of liberty
Brutal are the means of oppression,
power grows from the mouth of a gun
The flower bows its head in the darkness
Bathed in the light of compassion, the dawn will come

Say a prayer for the dead and the tortured
raise your voice for the raped and the wronged
The spirit lives though the flesh may be broken
there is no surrender when all you believe lives on

There's no surrender in my heart
There's no surrender in my song
There's no surrender in my faith
There's no surrender

Flowers on the Lhasa Road
Flowers on the Lhasa Road
Flowers on the Lhasa Road
Flowers on the Lhasa Road

We'll grow Flowers on the Lhasa Road...

Toll the bell, beat the drum so the people will know
Your prison walls cannot kill the light,
through the cracks the flowers will grow

There's no surrender
There's no surrender
There's no surrender
THERE'S NO SURRENDER!

[WRW]

WISH YOU WERE HERE - PINK FLOYD

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here

OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY - LED ZEPPELIN

Hey lady you got the love I need.
Maybe more than enough.
Darling walk a while with me.
YouÚFFFF92ve got so much.

Many times I loved,
Many times been bitten.
Many times I've gazed,
Along the open road.

Many times I've lied,
Many times I've listened.
Many times I've wondered,
How much there is to know.

Many dreams come true,
And some have silver linings.
I live for my dream,
And a pocketful of gold.

Mellow is the man,
Who knows what he's been missing.
Many many men,
Can't see the open road.

Many is a word,
That only leaves you guessing.
Guessing about a thing,
You really ought to know.



I AM THE WALRUS - THE BEATLES

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
I'm crying

Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come
Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you been a naughty boy
You let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob

Mister City Policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess
Boy you been a naughty girl
You let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come, you get a tan from
Standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo goo joob

Expert textpert choking smokers don't you thing
The joker laughs at you? Ha ha ha!
See how they smile, like pigs in a sty
See how they snied
I'm crying

Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna man
You should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo goo gooooooooooo jooooob



CALLE MELANCOLIA - JOAQUIN SABINA

Como quien viaja a lomos de una yegua sombrÃa,
por la ciudad camino, no preguntes adónde.
Busco acaso un encuentro que me ilumine el dÃa,
y no hallo más que puertas que niegan lo que esconden. Las

chimeneas vierten su vómito de humo
a un cielo cada vez más lejano y más alto.
Por las paredes ocres se desparrama el zumo
de una fruta de sangre crecida en el asfalto. Ya

el campo estará verde, debe ser Primavera,
cruza por mi mirada un tren interminable,
el barrio donde habito no es ninguna pradera,
desolado paisaje de antenas y de cables. Vivo

en el número siete, calle MelancolÃa.
Quiero mudarme hace años al barrio de la alegrÃa.
Pero siempre que lo intento ha salido ya el tranvÃa
y en la escalera me siento a silbar mi melodÃa.

Como quien viaja a bordo de un barco enloquecido,
que viene de la noche y va a ninguna parte,
asà mis pies descienden la cuesta del olvido,
fatigados de tanto andar sin encontrarte. Luego,

de vuelta a casa, enciendo un cigarrillo,
ordeno mis papeles, resuelvo un crucigrama;
me enfado con las sombras que pueblan los pasillos
y me abrazo a la ausencia que dejas en mi cama. Trepo

por tu recuerdo como una enredadera
que no encuentra ventanas donde agarrarse, soy
esa absurda epidemia que sufren las aceras,
si quieres encontrarme, ya sabes dónde estoy. Vivo

en el número siete, calle MelancolÃa.
Quiero mudarme hace años al barrio de la alegrÃa.
Pero siempre que lo intento ha salido ya el tranvÃa
y en la escalera me siento a silbar mi melodÃa.

[SlowwHand]

Iron Man
Black Sabbath

Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there
why should we even care?

He was turned to steel
in the great magnetic field
Where he travelled time
for the future of mankind

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
that he will soon unfold

Now the time is here
for Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved

Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge

Heavy boots of lead
fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!

[SlowwHand]

All Along The Watch Tower
Jimi Hendrix


"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl

[devilmunchkin]

Humdrum and Humble by Tears for fears

Mistress of the mind
Take me where the air is clean
Ignorance is kind
Emerald and evergreen

30 days September, year of miracle and grief
Through the haze, Remember
You're an animal, not a mineral

And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble

Through the human eye
Nature a soul extreme
Nothing seems to die
Pictures in a magazine

Through the maze, precisely
Through the myriad of schemes
With your gaze, entice me
Like an animal, not a mineral

And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble

Through the maze, precisely
Through the myriad of schemes
With your gaze, entice me
Like an animal, not a mineral

And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Rubishing the phillistines
All for the love of the humdrum and humble

Cthulhu Dawn by Cradle of Filth

Spatter the stars
Douse their luminosity
With our amniotic retch
Promulgating the birth
Of another Hell on Earth
Shadows gather poisoned henna for the flesh
A necrotic cattle brand
The hissing downfall pentagram
Carven deep upon the church doors of the damned
But no Passover is planned
A great renewal growls at hand
And only when they're running
Will they come to understand...

So ends the pitiful reign of Man

When the moon exhales
Behind a veil
Of widowhood and clouds
On a Biblical scale
We raise the stakes
To silhouette the impaled
Crowds...

Within this kissed disembowel arena
A broken seal on an ancient curse
Unleashes beasts from the seismic breach
With lightning reach and genocidal thirst
Mountains of archaos theories
In collision as at planetary dawn
Apocalypse's razorbacks
Beat wings on glass as thunder cracks
Unfurled across a world hurled to the black

Cthulhu dawn

Shatter the glass house
Wherein spirits breathe out
Halitosis of the soul
From a recking abscess
Plague of far righteousness
All fates hang in the balance
Mocking crucified dolls
An inquisition outs
When the Sun goes out our powers
Will extend throughout Heaven like Asphodel
As they have for countless lustrum
In dark Midian accustoned
To burning effigies of our enemies well

So begins the sibilant world Death knell...

When a corpse wind howls
And awakes from drowse
The scheming dead freed
Of gossamer shrouds
We gorgonise eyes
Of the storm aroused
Red...

Blinding time
All lines dine on this instance
A melting spool of beggar, negative frames
The skies teem alive, to watch die
Mankind hauled to fable in vast tenement graves...

Cthulhu dawn

[Jaguar]

For you Sprayber.

Lonestar - I'm Already There

He called her on the road
From a lonely cold hotel room
Just to hear her say I love you one more time
But when he heard the sound
Of the kids laughing in the background
He had to wipe away a tear from his eye
A little voice came on the phone
Said "Daddy when you coming home"
He said the first thing that came to his mind.

I'm already there
Take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind
I'm your imaginary friend
And I know I'm in your prayers
Oh I'm already there.

She got back on the phone
Said I really miss you darling
Don't worry about the kids they'll be alright
Wish I was in your arms
Lying right there beside you
But I know that I'll be in your dreams tonight
And I'll gently kiss your lips
Touch you with my fingertips
So turn out the light and close your eyes.

I'm already there
Don't make a sound
I'm the beat in your heart
I'm the moonlight shining down
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I'm already there.

We may be a thousand miles apart
But I'll be with you wherever you are

I'm already there
Take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I'm already there
Oh I'm already there...

[Clear Skies]

Iona - Wave After Wave

Wave after wave rolls on
And the water falls and the line is drawn
Wave after wave rolls in
And the line is gone where my feet have been

Hills that I know are there
Hidden from my view by the misty air
Light shining through the gray
Turns the water deep shades of lilac blue

Music in every sound
Light beyond each cloud, hope in every dream
Songs like a healing breeze
Every breath inhale and the goodness feel

I witness the power, great mystery telling
In every moment with every swelling wave
I feel the depth of your love and devotion
My heart like the bird that dives into this ocean blue

Lanes that have brought me here
Framed in season flowers, lined in summer green
Music in every sound
Light beyond each cloud, hope in every dream

Songs like a healing breeze
Every breath inhale and the goodness feel
Rise from the bird above
From the flower below in a song of love

Light shining through the gray
Turns the water deep shades of lilac blue
Music in every sound
Light beyond each cloud, hope in every dream

Songs like a healing breeze
Every breath inhale and the goodness feel
Rise from the bird above
From the flower below in a song of love

Music in every sound
Light beyond each cloud, hope in every dream

[SlowwHand]

Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights
Little Walter


No kiddin'
I'm ready to fight
I've been lookin' for my baby all night
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! out go the lights

I thought I treat my baby fair
Now she's kiddin' all in my hair
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! out go the lights

- solo -

No kiddin'
I'm ready to go
When I find her boy don't you know
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! out go the lights

I never been so mad before
When I found out she ain't mine no more
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! out go the lights

[August Borms]

...And the Horns Called for War (Ancient Rites)

And the horns called for war!!!

The Franks strike on
Their hearts are good and stout
Moors are slain
A thousandfold, in crowds

Left of five score are not two thousand now
No man on earth has more nor better found
In chronicles of Franks is written down,
What vassalage he had, our Emperor (Charlemagne)

And the horns... called for war!

Marvellous in the battle now and grand
The Franks here strike,
Their good brown spears in hand
Then had you seen such sorrowing of clans
So many a slain
Shattered and bleeding man!
Biting the earth or piled here on their backs!
The Saracens cannot withstand the attack!

And the horns... called for war
And the horns... called for war!!!!!!!!

No house stood there but straight
Its walls must crack
In full mid-day
The darkness was so grand
And no light was in the land

And many said "We in the judgement stand,
The end of time is presently at hand"
They spoke no truth
They did not understand
'Twas the great day
Of mourning for Bollant

And the horns... called for war
And the horns... called for war!!!!!!!

Marvellous in the battle now and grand
The Franks here strike
Their good brown spears in hand
Then had you seen such sorrowing of clans
So many a slain,
Shattered and bleeding man!
Biting the earth or piled here on their backs
The Saracens cannot withstand the attack

And the horns... called for war!!!

[SlowwHand]

Welcome back to the world, P.O.W.'s .

Lovely To See You
Moody Blues


Wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock on my door, even the score
With your eyes.
Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

Dark cloud of fear is blowing away
Now that you're here, you're going to stay,
'cause it's

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

Tell us what you've seen in faraway forgotten lands
Where empires have turned back to sand.

Wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock on my door, even the score
With your eyes.

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

[Jaguar]

Nas - I Can

[Kids]
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)

[Nas]
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
Like, I met a woman who's becoming a star
She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
Hung with the wrong person
Gotta astrung when I heard when
Cocaine, sniffing up drugs, all in her nose
Coulda died, so young, no looks ugly and old
No fun cause when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
Cause she smells of corrosion and death
Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
So if you gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how

[Chorus - 2x (Nas and Kids)]
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)

[Nas]
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen again
This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
The ones who watch videos and do what they see
As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV
You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
You thinkin life's all about smokin weed and ice
You don't wanna be my age and can't read and right
Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this

[Chorus]

Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music

[Nas]
Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
It was empires in Africa called Kush
Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
Asian Arabs and gave them gold when
Gold was converted to money it all changed
Money then became empowerment for Europeans
The Persian military invaded
They learned about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
Africa was almost robbed naked
Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
Shot up they nose to impose what basically
Still goes on today, you see?
If the truth is told, the youth can grow
They learn to survive until they gain control
Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
Read more learn more, change the globe
Ghetto children, do your thing
Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
young princess when you get your wedding ring,
Your man is saying 'She's my queen'
[Chorus]

[Ramo]

White Man in Hammersmith Palais
The Clash

Midnight to six man
For the first time from Jamaica
Dillinger and Leroy Smart
Delroy Wilson, your cool operator

Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae
With backing bands sound systems
And if they've got anything to say
There's many black ears here to listen

But it was Four Tops all night with encores from stage right
Charging from the bass knives to the treble
But onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel
Onstage they ain't got no...roots rock rebel

Dress back jump back this is a bluebeat attack
'Cos it won't get you anywhere
Fooling with your guns
The British Army is waiting out there
An' it weighs fifteen hundred tons

White youth, black youth
Better find another solution
Why not phone up Robin Hood
And ask him for some wealth distribution

Punk rockers in the UK
They won't notice anyway
They're all too busy fighting
For a good place under the lighting

The new groups are not concerned
With what there is to be learned
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money

All over people changing their votes
Along with their overcoats
If Adolf Hitler flew in today
They'd send a limousine anyway

I'm the all night drug-prowling wolf
Who looks so sick in the sun
I'm the white man in the Palais
Just lookin' for fun

I'm only
Looking for fun

[Ramo]

We've Got A Bigger Problem Now
Dead Kennedys

Last call for alcohol.
Last call for your freedom of speech.
Drink up. Happy hour is now enforced by law.
Don't forget our house special, it's called a Trickie Dickie Screwdriver.
It's got one part Jack Daniels, two parts purple Kool-Aid,
and a jigger of formaldehyde
from the jar with Hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom.
Happy trails to you. Happy trails to you.

I am Emperor Ronald Reagan
Born again with fascist cravings
Still, you made me president

Human rights will soon go 'way
I am now your Shah today
Now I command all of you
Now you're going to pray in school
I'll make sure they're Christian too

California Uber alles
Uber alles California

Ku Klux Klan will control you
Still you think it's natural
****** knockin' for the master race
Still you wear the happy face

You closed your eyes, can't happen here
Alexander Haig is near
Vietnam won't come back you say
Join the army or you will pay

California Uber alles
Uber alles California

Yeah, that's it. Just relax.
Have another drink, few more pretzels, little more MSG.
Turn on those Dallas Cowboys on your TV.
Lock your doors. Close your mind.
It's time for the two-minute warning.

Welcome to 1984
Are you ready for the third world war?!?
You too will meet the secret police
They'll draft you and they'll jail your niece

You'll go quitely to boot camp
They'll shoot you dead, make you a man
Don't you worry, it's for a cause
Feeding global corporations' claws

Die on our brand new poison gas
El Salvador or Afghanistan
Making money for President Reagan
And all the friends of President Reagan

California Uber alles
Uber alles California

[Ramo]

Subvert City
Subhumans

And it all went quiet in the city
And the wind blew down the road
Someone cried out "Subvert"
And the people all went cold
Subvert, subvert, subvert, SUBVERT

And it all went quiet in the city
And the wind blew down the road
Someone cried out "Subvert"
And the people all went cold
Subvert, subvert, subvert, SUBVERT

Meanwhile back in Subvert City
Someone's writing on the wall
'**** the government' spray-paint hero
Someone wants the state to fall
Religious dogma crucified
Ritual slaughter, no one lied
Living standards were dying morals
A state-controlled mass suicide

And it all went quiet in the city
And the wind blew down the road
Someone cried out "Subvert"
And the people all went cold
Subvert, subvert, subvert, SUBVERT

The dying breed of Subvert City
Crept into the underground
The state police just left them there
Blocked the holes, and gassed them down
Ten years later they emerged
Mutated minds so full of hate
Tried again to change the system
But this time round it was too late
There was no system left to change
The people ran the entire land
The subverts became politicians
And finally got the upper hand

Meanwhile back in Subvert City
Someone's writing on the wall
'**** the government' spray-paint hero
But in Subvert City, it's subvert rule
Subvert, subvert, subvert rule
Subvert, subvert, subvert rule
Subvert, subvert, subvert rule
Subvert, subvert, subvert rule
Subvert, subvert, subvert rule
Subvert, subvert, subvert rule
Subvert, subvert, subvert, subvert
Subvert, subvert, subvert, SUBVERT

[Clear Skies]

Police - Every Breath You Take

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watchin' you

Every single day and every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay
I'll be watchin' you

Oh, can't you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take

Every move you make and every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watchin' you

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep cryin', baby, baby, please

Oh, can't you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take

Every move you make and every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watchin' you
Every move you make, every step you take
I'll be watchin' you

I'll be watchin' you
(every breath you take, every move you make,
every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watchin' you
(every single day, every word you say,
every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watchin' you
(every move you make, every vow you break,
every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watchin' you
(every single day, every word you say,
every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watchin' you