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avenged sevenfold idd, they have many good lyrics, but their performance is to say the least a little heavier than the lyrics.

now for a more classic song

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - THE ANIMALS

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risng Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

------ organ solo ------

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

Still got the shivers when I hear that song, great choice Dragh!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

Genesis

Dancing With The Moonlit Knight

"Can you tell me where my country lies?"
said the unifaun to his true love's eyes.
"It lies with me!" cried the Queen of Maybe
- for her merchandise, he traded in his prize.

"Paper late!" cried a voice in the crowd.
"Old man dies!" The note he left was signed 'Old Father Thames'
- it seems he's drowned;
selling england by the pound.

Citizens of Hope & Glory,
Time goes by - it's 'the time of your life'
Easy now, sit you down.
Chewing through your Wimpey dreams,
they eat without a sound;
digesting england by the pound.

Young man says 'you are what you eat' - eat well.
Old man says 'you are what you wear' - wear well.
You know what you are, you don't give a damn;
bursting your belt that is your homemade sham.

The Captain leads his dance right on through the night
- join the dance...


Follow on! Till the Grail sun sets in the mould.
Follow on! Till the gold is cold.
Dancing out with the moonlit knight,
Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout.

There's a fat old lady outside the saloon;
laying out the credit cards she plays Fortune.
The deck is uneven right from the start;
all of their hands are playing apart.

The Captain leads his dance right on through the night
- join the dance...
Follow on! A Round Table-talking down we go.
You're the show!
Off we go with. - You play the hobbyhorse,
I'll play the fool.
We'll tease the bull
ringing round & loud, loud & round.
Follow on! With a twist of the world we go.
Follow on! Till the gold is cold.
Dancing out with the moonlit knight,
Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout.

To Forgive by Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan really knows (or knew) how to write really hitting lyrics.)


Ten times removed
I forget about where it all began
[nocando] son of a [nocando] son of
A wild eyed child of the sun
And right as rain, I’m not the same
But I feel the same, I feel nothing

Holding back the fool again
Holding back the fool pretends
I forget to forget nothing is important
Holding back the fool again

I sensed my loss
Before I even learned to talk
And I remember my birthdays
Empty party afternoons won’t come back

Holding back the fool again
Holding back the fool pretends
I forget to forget
Nothing is important
Holding back the fool again

I forget to forget me
I forget to forget you see
Nothing is important to me

I knew my loss
Before I even learned to speak
And all along, I knew it was wrong
But I played along, with my birthday song

Holding back the fool again
Holding back the fool pretends
I forget to forget
Nothing is important
Holding back the fool again

Übereil

How Soon is Now by The Smiths

I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way ?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Oh, of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way ?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

There’s a club, if you’d like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own and you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry and you want to die

When you say it’s gonna happen now
Well, when exactly do you mean ?
See, I’ve already waited too long
And all my hope is gone

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way ?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

Übereil

What If by Kate Winslet

Here I stand alone with this weight upon my heart
And it will not go away
In my head I keep on looking back
Right back to the start
Wondering what it was that made you change

Well I tried but I had to draw the line
And still this question still keeps on spinning in my mind

What if I had never let you go?
Would you be the man I used to know?
If I stay, if you tried
If we could only turn back time
But I guess we’ll never know

Many roads we take
Some to joy, some to heartache
Anyone can lose the way
And if I said we could turn it back
Right back to the start
Would you take the chance and make the change

Do you think how it would have been sometimes?
Do you pray that I never left your side?

What if I had never let you go?
Would you be the man I used to know?
If I stay, if you tried
If we could only turn back time
But I guess we’ll never know

If only we can turn the hands of time
If I could take it back,
Would you still be mine?
Coz I tried but I had to draw the line
And still this question keeps on spinning in my mind

What if I had never let you go?
Would you be the man I used to know
What if I had never walked away?
Coz I still love you more than I could say
If I’d stay, if you tried
If we could only turn back time
But I guess we’ll never know
We’ll never know

Isolate by Paradise Lost

I'm sent for elimination
To where I cannot know
But I'm lost without a chance in Hell
And I'm lost with doubts I can avoid this

Come feel the fire burn I'll slowly drift away
A victim of the future with my mind and soul decayed

Isolate

I'm sent for eradication
By whom I cannot know
But I'm lost without a chance in Hell
I'm the last one out I can't avoid this

Exposed to fire but I'll burn another way
A victim of the future I embrace the tourniquet

Isolate

Lead us all to pastures green
To search and learn
From ones I cannot be

Lead us all to harmony
To search and learn
The one I cannot be

This one proofs that you don't have to change your looks to make someone stay with you

Shakira- Don't bother

She’s got the kind of look that defies gravity
She’s the greatest cook
And she’s fat free

She’s been to private school
And she speaks perfect French
She’s got her perfect friends
Oh isn’t she cool

She practices tai chi
She'd never lose her nerve
She's more than you deserve
She's just far bad out than me

Hey, hey

So don’t bother
I won't die of deception
I promise you will never see me cry
Don’t feel sorry

And don't bother
I’ll be fine
But she’s waiting
The ring you gave to her will lose its shine
So don’t bother, be unkind

I’m sure she doesn’t know
How to touch you like I would
I beat her at that one good
Don’t you think so?

She's almost six feet tall
She must think I'm a flea
I’m really a cat you see
And it's not my last life at all

Hey, hey

So don't bother
I won't die of deception
I promise you will never see me cry
Don't feel sorry

Don't bother
I’ll be fine
But she's waiting
The ring you gave to her will lose its shine
So don’t bother, be unkind

For you, I'd give up all I own
And move to a communist country
If you came with me, of course
And I'd file my nails so they don't hurt you
And lose those pounds, and learn about football
If it made you stay, but you won't, but you won't

So don't bother,
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine
Promise you won't ever see me cry

And after all I'm glad that I'm not your type
Promise you won't ever see me cry

Don’t bother,
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine
Promise you will never see me cry

And after all I'm glad that I'm not your type, not your type, not your type, not your type
Promise you will never see me cry

Sugababes- Ugly

When I was 7
They said I was strange
I noticed that my eyes and hair weren't the same
I asked my parents if I was OK
They said you're more beautiful
And that's the way, they show that they wish
That they had your smile
So my confidence was up for a while
I got real comfortable with my own style
I knew that they were only jealous cos

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

There was a time when I felt like I cared
That I was shorter than everyone there
People made me feel like life was unfair
And I did things that made me ashamed
Cos I didn't know my body would change
I grew taller than them in more ways
But there will always be the one who will say
Something bad to make them feel great

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

Everybody talks bad about somebody
And never realises how it affects somebody
And you bet it won't be forgotten
Envy is the only thing it could be

(Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh)

Cos people are all the same
(The same, the same)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, you)
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
(Oh, oh, oh)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, so are you)
So are you
So are you

(Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh)

(People are all the same)

Untitled -- by Simple Plan

"I open my eyes,
I try to see but I’m blinded by the white light.
I can’t remember how,
I can’t remember why
I’m lying here tonight.

And I can’t stand the pain
And I can’t make it go away,
No I can’t stand the pain...

How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes,
I’ve got no where to run!
The night goes on
As I’m fading away;
I’m sick of this life;
I just wanna scream!
How could this happen to me?

Everybody’s screaming;
I try to make a sound but no one hears me.
I’m slipping off the edge;
I’m hanging by a thread.
I wanna start this over again,

So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered,
And I can’t explain what happened
And I can’t erase the things that I’ve done;
No I can’t...

How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes,
I’ve got no where to run!
The night goes on
As I’m fading away;
I’m sick of this life;
I just wanna scream!
How could this happen to me?

I made my mistakes,
I’ve got no where to run!
The night goes on
As I’m fading away;
I’m sick of this life;
I just wanna scream!
How could this happen to me?"




One thing I would definantly recommend, is to see the music video. Really, its very good. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Killerzzz

thousand years - Sting

A thousand years, a thousand more,
A thousand times a million doors to eternity
I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
An endless turning stairway climbs
To a tower of souls
If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
The towers rise to numberless floors in space
I could shed another million tears, a million breaths,
A million names but only one truth to face

A million roads, a million fears
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
I could speak a million lies, a million songs,
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time
But if there was a single truth, a single light
A single thought, a singular touch of grace
Then following this single point , this single flame,
The single haunted memory of your face

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

I may be numberless, I may be innocent
I may know many things, I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands
Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands
I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief
I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head
On and on the mysteries unwind themselves
Eternities still unsaid
'Til you love me

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i will still love this song also in thousand years ago <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />

Apologies if anyone else has posted this. System of a Down is the best thing to happen to metal in the past 10 years, here's another:

B.Y.O.B.

WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOR!
My god is of spiteful blood with morbid eels.
Victorious, victorious, steel,
Can you stand and kneel?
Marching forward hypocritic
and hypnotic computers.
You depend on our protection,

Yet you feed us lies from the table cloth.
la la la la la la la la la,
Everybody’s going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

kneeling roses disappearing,
into Moses’ dry mouth,
breaking into Fort Knox,
stealing our intentions,
every city gripped in oil,
Crying FREEDOM!

Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the table cloth.
La la la la la la la la la,
Everybody’s going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.
Everybody’s going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

Blast off, its Party time,
And we all live in a fascist nation,
Blast off , its party time,
And where the fook are you?
….. Yeah
Where the fook are you?
Where the fook are you?

Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?

Kneeling roses disappearing,
into Moses’ dry mouth,
breaking into Fort Knox,
stealing our intentions,
every city gripped in oil,
Crying FREEDOM!

Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth.
la la la la la la la la la,
Everybody’s going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.
Everybody’s going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

Where the fook are you!
Where the fook are you!

Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why, do, they always send the poor
They only send the poor

SOAD, one of the few bands these days that dares to protest war in theyre lyrics openly, If you listen to many of their songs you'll hear a clear statement of how wrong the world is today.

A snippet from BOOM!

Everytime you drop the bomb (pretty clear this one)
You kill the God (You kill the message of god, the message of peace wich is in every religeon the same)
Your child is born (Your "child" is blind hate in this case, every child has a parent => your hate just spawns more hate)

On another note, SOAD is very refreshing, they dared to be original in their music's mood, vibes, sound.

Nothing but thumbs up for SOAD.



and B.Y.O.B = Bring Your Own Bomb

Artist: Gothminister
Album: Gothic Electronic Anthems
Title: March Of The Dead

Could it be that you’re feeling down again
Could it be that you’re crawling faster
Can you bring back the dead
You are seeing the visions from the past
You are here to join us soon
And make it forever last

We are so beautiful
We are so cold
One day you’ll join us
Or you will forever long

Could it be that wanna go before
Could it be that you love the thought
Of not being anymore
If you dare come and watch the sight
Of a crowd immortalised
Marching in the night

Death In June - The Calling

Clear your tears
And dry your eyes
We live in fear
And drunken lies
Douse the flames
Of devil dawning
The cold blade falls
On misty morning
And for their sins
We live and die
The angel cowers
In blackened skies
So take my hand and walk again
We'll take a walk through yellow rain

She's calling, just calling...

So now's the time
We hear the calling
While lovers feast
By mirrored pools
A million cries
From shattered faces
We dance in tune
To the pipes of gold

She's calling, just calling...

Exterminating Angel - The Creatures

Here it comes again
Taste of jagged glass and rusty can
There are just black holes
Where the stars would be watching
Just black holes
Where the stars should have been
Plumes of dirt
Caress a urine coloured sun
Swarms of angels
Come to kill your sons
And there’s nothing but black holes
Where the stars should have been
Nothing but black holes
Where the stars would be watching

Oh those strange argonauts
Digging again in your pit
Cover them in menstrual stream
Cover them in black gold
Plunge them into ingots
Ripping through your menstrual stream
Rising up taste of rusty can
And jagged glass feeling again
Here it comes again...

Hordes of locusts blot out your sun
Raining down - rain on everyone
Poor little rich thing
Poor little bleeding heart
Poor little misunderstood
Piss on it - I’m sick of it
Enough is enough
I wanna [nocando] it up
In spite of it
Just for the hell of it
I wanna [nocando] it up
Out of sync - out of phase
Out of sight - out of spite
Raining down, raining everyone
Poor little rich thing
Poor little bleeding heart
Poor little misunderstood
Piss on it - I’m sick of it

Here it comes again...
Taste of jagged glass and rusty can
There are just black holes
Where the stars should have been
Just black holes
Where the stars would be watching

Hate Is A 4-Letter Word - Shock Therapy - 1993, 1985

What has changed me into something I don't know?
Forgotten feelings like I never know
Eyeballs bouncing in a room of blinded me
Careful of feelings I thought I knew me
A man is waiting at the corner screaming at me
Angry hate for myself: the hidden me
A closet of angry words no sight to put them in
Hateful sea of love with no one to put it in
A classic film of yesterday is just today
Once tomorrow, maybe never, I hate me
Bricking myself into the wall wretched sin
Hoping to be by myself, I won't let you in
My product is only second-grade
I hate to discuss what this man has made
Forming in my hands I know it all too well
Staring at the glass I know myself too well
Hate is just a four letter word,
Hate is just a four letter word.
...


Written by Gregory John McCormick

Paralysed Age - Nocturne

The greek sword over the head of your bed
It swings around like a mobilee
To help you sleep dont be silly
No sudden movement or youll sleep forever
Thorn in your eye and an awful smell
With the early morning sun

Sleep tight stay quiet
Dont move dont moan
Dont toss nor turn
Nocturne

This is not a warning were not like that
It shall only show how far we can go
You see we could
But if we would
It depends on you

The horses head at the foot of your bed
Smiles at you like the first smile
On the first morning but its eyes gaze
Gone and empty and the sheets and the carpet
Have sucked his blood and an aful smell
With the early morning sun

Sleep tight...

It Scares Me - Mesh

Pull me 'round
And tell me that you'll never let me drown
Touch me slow
Like your fingertips might never let me go

But you know
That I'm caught between the magic that you gave to me
And the fear that you might leave.
Because it scares me.

Stop this war
I wish that we could leave things at the door
These feelings don't wash away
I wish that there was more to me
More to say
More to say

But you know
That I'm caught between the magic that you gave to me
And the fear that you might leave.
Because it scares me.
That you could break my heart again so easily
Don't let us fall apart

Because it scares me.
That you could break my heart again so easily
Don't let us fall apart

Run me through
Then pick me up and tell me what to do
Cut me, then run away
I wish that there was more to this
Flesh to kiss
Flesh to kiss

But you know
That I'm caught between the magic that you gave to me
And the fear that you might leave.
Because it scares me.
That you could break my heart again so easily
Don't let us fall apart

Because it scares me.
That you could break my heart again so easily
Don't let us fall apart

Don't think these have been posted before (searched for them, and didn't find them...)

Stripped by Depeche Mode

Come with me
Into the trees
We’ll lay on the grass
And let the hours pass

Take my hand
Come back to the land
Let’s get away
Just for one day

Let me see you stripped down to the bone
Let me see you stripped down to the bone

Metropolis
Has nothing on this
You’re breathing in fumes
I taste when we kiss

Take my hand
Come back to the land
Where everything’s ours
For a few hours

Let me see you stripped down to the bone
Let me see you stripped down to the bone

Let me hear you make decisions
Without your television
Let me hear you speaking just for me

Let me see you stripped down to the bone (Let me hear you speaking just for me)
Let me see you stripped down to the bone (Let me hear you crying just for me)
Let me see you stripped down to the bone (Let me hear you speaking just for me)
Let me see you stripped down to the bone (Let me hear you crying just for me)

A more sentimental piece:

Sombody by Depeche Mode (not a huge fan of their lyrics... but these two+Enjoy the Silence+In you room is nice imo)

I want somebody to share
Share the rest of my life
Share my innermost thoughts
Know my intimate details
Someone who’ll stand by my side
And give me support
And in return
She’ll get my support
She will listen to me
When I want to speak
About the world we live in
And life in general
Though my views may be wrong
They may even be perverted
She’ll hear me out
And won’t easily be converted
To my way of thinking
In fact she’ll often disagree
But at the end of it all
She will understand me
Aaaahhhhh....

I want somebody who cares
For me passionately
With every thought and
With every breath
Someone who’ll help me see things
In a different light
All the things I detest
I will almost like
I don’t want to be tied
To anyone’s strings
I’m carefully trying to steer clear of
Those things
But when I’m asleep
I want somebody
Who will put their arms around me
And kiss me tenderly
Though things like this
Make me sick
In a case like this
I’ll get away with it
Aaaahhhhh....

Übereil