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| spirifer |
One of mine -
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt0sXRBLfJM
The soldier came knocking upon the Queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more."
The Queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside.
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why?"
Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down.
He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"
The young Queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try."
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan.
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled."
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield."
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was grey
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again.
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the Queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on...
Edited Sat 2 Aug 08, 1:00 PM by spirifer
| 2 Aug 08, 12:02 PM x_pam_x 3 yrs  |
Lonely in this white room, there are pads everywhere Chafing straitjacket, I won't die in there Save me smiling Jesus, get off that cross Hate me screaming masses I don't care if I'm lost Don't tell me that you're all better I don't care if you are Don't tell me that you're trendsetters I don't care if you are Lowly with my head bowed, there are rats everywhere Feed me bread and water I won't die in there Save me smiling Jesus, get off that cross Hate me screaming masses I don't care if I'm lost Don't tell me that you're all better I don't care if you are Don't tell me that you're trendsetters I don't care if you are Say you will take my pills Say you will faking ill Don't tell me that you're all better I don't care if you are Don't tell me that you're bed wetters I don't care if you are Say you will take my pills Say you will faking ill Say you will (say you will) take my pills (take my pills) Say you will (say you will) faking ill
Edited 2 Aug 08, 12:05 PM by x_pam_x | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 12:16 PM spirifer UK, 6 yrs |
Right, you've hooked me! I want to seek out that track! Thank you. The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation - Pierre Trudeau | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 12:20 PM MrsDe_Winter 4 yrs |
A ballon to your lips, and held between your fingertips, soon it slips your grip, and whips, around the room, spilling its fume, Just like me, Ain't that just like me. Brendan Benson. Love it! To pretend to be happy could only be idiocy - the good lord Morrissey Edited 2 Aug 08, 12:21 PM by MrsDe_Winter | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 12:38 PM Crystal_Eyes UK, 5 yrs   |
Wow! Beautiful lyrics. As a suggestion, anyone else replying should link the lyrics to a YouTube vid so we can listen as well as read... not that i've bookmarked the blog... :-| x ------------------------------------------ | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 12:40 PM MissKitty UK, 10 yrs |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYub1neLZmA Really sad song but so powerful. Not for any personal reason but I love the lyrics and message... this is just the first bit of the lyrics and there is more of the story in the video.... Whiskey Lullaby She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind Until the night He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger And finally drank away her memory Life is short but this time it was bigger Than the strength he had to get up off his knees We found him with his face down in the pillow With a note that said I'll love her till I die And when we buried him beneath the willow The angels sang a whiskey lullaby Miss Kitty
=^.^= Edited 2 Aug 08, 12:41 PM by MissKitty | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 12:56 PM spirifer UK, 6 yrs |
Oh, goodness me Crystal, you're absolutely right! I really had to search for that track above. I'll edit my OP. The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation - Pierre Trudeau | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 1:13 PM spirifer UK, 6 yrs |
Oh, she may be weary And them young girls they do get weary wearing that same old shabby dress but when she gets weary you try a little tenderness oh man that un hunh I know she's waiting just anticipating the thing that you never never possess no no no but while she there waiting try just a little bit of tenderness that's all you got to do now it might be a little bit sentimental no but she has her griefs and care but the soft words they are spoke so gentle yeah yeah yeah and it makes it easier to bear oh she wont regret it no no them young girls they don't forget it love is their whole happiness yeah yeah yeah but its all so easy all you got to do is try try a little tenderness yeah damn that hart (hard?) all you got to do is know how to love her you've got to hold her squeeze her never leave her now get to her got got got to try try try a little tenderness yeah yeah lord have mercy now all you got to do is take my advice you've got to hold her don't squeeze her never leave her you've got to hold her and never so you got to try a little tenderness a little tenderness a little tenderness a little tenderness you've got to got to got to you've gotta hold her don't squeeze her never leaver her you got got got got to now now now got got got to try a little tenderness ye The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation - Pierre Trudeau | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 1:16 PM Miss_Hardy UK(E), 5 yrs |
First day Of My Life - Bright Eyes This is the first day of my life I swear I was born right in the doorway I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed They're spreading blankets on the beach Yours is the first face that I saw I think I was blind before I met you Now I don't know where I am I don't know where I've been But I know where I want to go And so I thought I'd let you know That these things take forever I especially am slow But I realize that I need you And I wondered if I could come home Remember the time you drove all night Just to meet me in the morning And I thought it was strange you said everything changed You felt as if you'd just woke up And you said “this is the first day of my life I'm glad I didn't die before I met you But now I don't care I could go anywhere with you And I'd probably be happy” So if you want to be with me With these things there's no telling We just have to wait and see But I'd rather be working for a paycheck Than waiting to win the lottery Besides maybe this time is different I mean I really think you like me
"If you've lost your faith in love and music Edited 2 Aug 08, 1:17 PM by Miss_Hardy | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 1:28 PM Miss_Hardy UK(E), 5 yrs |
Jeff Buckley - Halleluja Well I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do ya? Well it goes like this : The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... Well your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya And she tied you to her kitchen chair She broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... (Yeah but) Baby I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor, (You know) I used to live alone before I knew ya And I've seen your flag on the marble arch and love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... Well there was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me do ya But remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... [Instrumental] Maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya And it's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelu... Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelu... Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallellllluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuujjjaahhhh...Hall elllluuu uuujjaaaaaaaaaahhhh
"If you've lost your faith in love and music | ||
| 2 Aug 08, 1:32 PM x_pam_x 3 yrs |
I also like this one: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfC1h13Zwc Just because it is daft!! |
