KARAOKE BAR TIME!

[devious_vixxen]

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.

[Rust]

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When there nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the traveler in the dark,
Thanks you for your little spark.
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When there nothing shines upon.

Though i know not what you are,
Twinkle twinkle little star.

[Speedbreaker]

It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The rare old mountain tune
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray to God it's our last

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

[Thunderchild Maximus]

Liquor and whores, liquor and whores.
Cig'retts and dope and mustard and balogna and liquor and whores.

I was down, drinkin at the legion.
I met a girl, she was nice,
she was pretty and pleasin'.
She said "Hey boy, we should do some marry'in".
I said "Sure but before we do there's somethin that you should know".

I like liquor and whores, liquor and whores.
Cig'retts and dope and mustard and balogna and liquor and whores.

Doobie doot doot do...

And then one night down at the legion
She walked in, I was drunk on gin,
dancin' with a lady friend.
And she said "Hey boy, you better fly the **** home".
I said "No, cause a' five little words, coulda' swore I said to you".

I like liquor and whores, liquor and whores.
Cig'retts and dope and mustard and balogna and liquor and whores

[Speedbreaker]

Tell me you like it
Tell me you like it
You say you found yourself a new sound
The ships loaded and ready to go
A bit too much just like the old sound
Already heard it for the hundredth time
One hundred more, all have the same sound
Running around with all the sheep that you know
It's so sublime, they're breaking new ground
They're sure to have another hit this time

Come on
Can't you just leave it alone
It doesn't have any soul
Just find a thing of your own
And stop pretending to know
As the countless numbers hunger for world wide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers they don't even care to know
Give it to me
Give it to me
You like it?

I'm still surrounded by the new sound
I've had enough and I'm ready to go
I'll stranglehold throughout the world now
The new obsession will fade in time
A thin reminder of the past now.
All convoluted hardly ready to go
Their whines and moans will never last now
I think you've given us a fill this time

Come on
Can't you just leave it alone
It doesn't have any soul
Just find a thing of your own
And stop pretending to know
As the countless numbers hunger for world wide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers they don't even care to know
Give it to me
Give it to me
You like it?

As it's blown apart, hundreds thrown away
Makes me question just what I believe
Brothers torn apart, mindless drones enslaved
Makes me search for an answer
I don't want to know
It's like a plague from below
Killing all that I know
One hundred voices the same
Drench their sorrow in flame

As the countless numbers hunger for world wide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers they don't even care to know
Give it to me
Give it to me
As the countless numbers hunger for world wide renown
All the pimping sons of plunder will roll up their sleeves
All searching for the answers they don't even care to know
Give it to me
Give it to me
You like it?
Tell me you like it
Tell me you like it
Tell me you like it
Tell me you like it

[Rust]

It's never enough to say I'm sorry
It's never enough to say I care
But I'm caught between what you wanted from me
And knowing that if I give that to you
I might just disappear

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

It's like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I, I can't change your mind
I know it's like trying to turn around on a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me
And I, I'm starting to see
Maybe we're not meant to be

It's never enough to say I love you
No, it's never enough to say I try
It's hard to believe
That's there's no way out for you and me
And it seems to be the story of our life

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

It's like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I, I can't change your mind
I know it's like trying to turn around on a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me
And I, I'm starting to see
Maybe we're not meant to be

There's still time to turn this around
You could building this up instead of tearing it down
But I keep thinking
Maybe it's too late

It's like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I, I can't change your mind
I know it's like trying to turn around on a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me
And I, I'm starting to see
Maybe we're not meant to be

It's like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I, baby I'm sorry to see
Maybe we're not meant to be

[Exalted]

Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances And Messed Up Chances)
Lostprophets


I guess I'm trying to say I'm sorry,
But it always comes out wrong,
I think a part of you still loves me,
Even though we're moving on.

Always, all ways I wanted us to be,
Always, all ways you and me,

And I wait here on my own,
And I wait for you to see,
All the time I spend alone now won't comfort me,

Always all ways...

And I'm sorry for what happened,
But I want you there to see,
That I'm changing all my actions,
I don't wanna set you free.

Always, all ways I want to see you through
Always, all ways me and you

And I wait here on my own,
And I wait for you to see,
All the time I spend alone now won't comfort me.

'Cause I'm waiting for you,
Yeah, I'm waiting for you,
Give me answers, get me through,
I will wait...

Always, all ways I wanted us to be,
Always, all ways you and me,

And I wait here on my own,
And I wait for you to see,
All the time I spend alone now won't comfort me.

'Cause I'm waiting for you,
And I'll wait here for you,
Give me answers, give me through,
I will wait...

'Cause I'm waiting for you,
Yeah I'm waiting for you,
Give me answers, get me through,
I will wait...

Always, all ways

[Dusty]

All is quiet on new year's day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you, be with you night and day
Nothing changes, on new year's day
On new year's day

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspaper says, says

Say it's true, it's true
We can break through
Oh, torn in two
We can be one

I, I will begin again
I, I will begin again

Maybe the time is right
Maybe tonight

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

And so we're told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
I want to be with you, be with you night and day
Nothing changes, on new year's day

[Speedbreaker]

He carries along
From a distant place
He's on his way
He'll bring decay
(don't move along cause things they will go wrong
the end is getting closer day by day)
in shades of grey
We're doomed to face the night
Light's out of sight

Since we've reached the point of no return
We pray for starlight
We wait for the moon
The sky is empty
Alone in the unknown
We're getting nowhere

We have been betrayed
By the wind and the rain
The sacred halls empty and cold
The sacrifice made should not be done in vain
Revenge will be taken by Rome

We live a lie
Under the dying moon
Pale faced laughs doom
Indulges in delight

It's getting out of hand
The final curtain will fall
Hear my voice
There is no choice
There's no way out
You'll find out

We don't regret it
So many man have failed
But now he's gone
Go out and get it
The madman's head it shall be thine
We don't regret it
That someone else dies hidden in disguise
Go out and get it
Orion's hound shines bright

Don't you think it's time to stop the chase
Around the ring
Just stop running, running
Round the ring
Don't you know that fate has been decided
By the gods
Feel the distance, distance
Out of reach

Welcome to the end...
Watch your step, Cassandra
You may fall
As I've stumbled on the field
Sister mine
Death's a certain thing
Find myself in darkest places
Find myself drifting away
And the otherworld
The otherworld appears

Find myself, she dies in vain
I cannot be freed
I'm falling down
As time runs faster
Moves towards disaster
The ferryman will wait for you
My dear

And then there was silence
Just a voice from the otherworld
Like a leaf in an icy world
Memories will fade

Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
May my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
In the end
Iliad

Raise my hands and praise the day
Brake the spell, show me the way
In decay
The flame of Troy will shine bright

The newborn child would carry ruin to the hall
The newborn's death will be a blessing to us all

Good choice?
Bad choice?
Out of three
You've choosen misery
Power and wisdom
You deny
Bad choice

War is the only answer
When love will conquer fear
So the judgment's been made
To the fairest
The graceful says
Badly he fails

Warning
Fear the heat of passion, father king
Don't let him in
Don't let her in
Desire, lust, obssession
Death they'll bring
We can't get out
Once they are in

She's like the sunrise
Outshines the moon at night
Precious like starlight
She'll bring in a murderous price

In darkness grows the seed of man's defeat
Jealousy
I can clearly see the end now
I can clearly see the end now
I can clearly see the end now

The thread of life in spun
The coin's been placed below my tongue
Never give up
Never give in
Be on our side
So we can win
Never give up
Never give in
Be on our side

Old moon's time is soon to come

Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
Nothing to lose
Like one we'll stand
We'll face the storm
Created by man

Troy, Troy, Troy, Troy

And as the lion
Slaughters man
I am the wolf
And you're the lamb

Hallowed Troy shall fall
Round the walls
Faith is shattered, bodies fall

Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
Nothing to lose
Like one we'll stand
It's all for one and one for all
All we live for will be wiped out

I feel that something's wrong
Surprise, surprise they're gone
Full moon your time goes by
And new moon's still kept out of sight

We live
We die

Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
May my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
In the end
Iliad

Raise my hands and praise the day
Brake the spell, show me the way
In decay
The flame of Troy will shine bright

Roam in darkness
Spread the vision
We will be lost if you truly believe
Troy in darkness
There's a cold emptiness in our hearts
That they've gone away
And won't come back

They'll tear down the wall to bring it in
They'll truly believe in the lie
With blossoms they'll welcome the old foe

The vision's so clear
When day and dream unite
The end is near
You'd better be prepared

The nightmare shall be over now
There's nothing more to fear
Come join in our singing
And dance with us now
The nightmare shall be over now
There's nothing more to fear
The war it is over, forevermore

No hope
The blind leads the blind
Carry on
Though future's denied
Mare or stallion
There's far more inside
We are in at the kill
We'll cheerfully die

Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
May my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
In the end
Iliad

Raise my hands and praise the day
Brake the spell, show me the way
In decay
The flame of Troy will shine bright

Its holy light shines on
So the judgement's been made
We're condemned though the trial's far ahead
The crack of doom
Father
Your handsome son is heading home

Heading home

Still the wind blows
Calm and silent
Carries news from a distant shore

Out of mind
Can't get it
Can't get it out of my head

Sorrow and defeat
Sorrow and defeat

*passes out from exhaustion*

[ashes]

I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance.
Rico said, "I'ma turn you onto a sound, cool out your head.
This is the sound from Camden town."

And then I heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain,
I felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain,
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me,
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat,
Tellin' me he's only looking for fun.
This was the sound of the very last gang in town.

As heard by my wild young heart, like directions on a cold dark night,
Sayin', 'Let it out... You're doin' all right.'
And I heard it in his chain gang soul.
It wasn't just the same sad song.
Saying, 'Let it out, you're doing all right.'
And I'm doing all right, are you doin' all right?

And I carried these songs like a comfort wherever I'd go.
They was there when my summers was high, there when she left me alone.
Saying... 'The soul is hard to find.'

And I never got to tell him so I just wrote it down,
I wrapped a couple chords around it and I let it come out,
When the walls of my bedroom trembled around me,
To this ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat,
And a girl, on the excitement gang.
That was the sound of the very last gang in town.

As heard by my wild young heart, like directions on a cold dark night,
Sayin', 'Let it out... You're doin' all right.'
And I heard it in his chain gang soul.
It wasn't just the same sad song.
Saying, 'Let it out, you're doing all right.'
And I'm doing all right, are you doin' all right?

That was the sound...
I hear the sound...
Do you hear the sound....
I hear the sound...
Of the very last gang in town...

[FishiesGoPookPookPook]

another twofer *sits on the edge of the stage again with an old grandpa guitar, dressed in her ratty tight fit jeans, a tight long sleeved grey shirt with her 'aww i wanted to explode' gir shirt over it, and the white chucks sh e never found with the unicorns and pegassi all over them* this is my favorite band of all time ever ... first cd i ever owned was 'august and everything after' and i've never grown sick of it ... i've seen them live many many times and love adam duritz to death even though he's douche bag and can't seem to keep a group of people around him longer than three minutes at this point ... this cd saw me through several hard times ... caused several more hard times ... features prominently in several works of fiction i've written, inspired many poems and flash fiction i've written ... and inspired many pieces of artwork that now 'rest in the burning heart of god' ... may he choke on them ...


'rain king'

when i think of heaven
(deliver me in a black winged bird)
i think of flying down into a sea of
pens and feathers and all other
instruments of faith and sex and god
in the belly of a black winged bird
don't try to feed me
i've been here before and i deserve a little more

i belong in the service of the queen
i belong anywhere but in between
she's been cryin
i've been thinking
and i am the rain king

mama why am i so alone?
i can't go outside
i'm scared i might not make it home
i'm alive
but i'm sinkin in
if there's anyone at home at your place
why don't you invite me in?
don't try to bleed me
i've been here before and i deserve a litle more

i belong int he service of the queen
i belong anywhere but inbetween
she's been lyin
i've been sinkin
and i am the rain king

hey i only want the same as anyone
henderson is waiting for the sun
oh it seems night endlessly begins and ends
after all the dreamin i come home again

when i think of heaven
(deliver me in a black winged bird)
i think of dyin
lay me down ina field of flame and heather
render up my body into the burning heart of god in
in the belly of a black winged bird
don't try to bleed me
i've been here before and i deserve a little more

i belong int he service of the queen
i belong anywhere but in between
she's been dying
i been drinking and i am the rain king.

YEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!



'blue morning'

blue morning, blue morning
wrapped in strands of fist and bone
curiosity kitten doesn't have to mean
you're on you're own
you can look outside your window
he doesn't have to know
we can talk a while baby
we can take it nice and slow

all your life is such a shame
all your love is just a dream

are you happy where you're sleeping?
does he keep you safe and warm?
does he tell you when you're sorry?
does he tell you when you're wrong?
i've been watching you for hours
it's been years since we were born
we were perfect when we started
i've been wonderin where we've gone

all your life is such a shame
all your love is just a dream

i dreamt i saw you walking up a hillside in the snow
casting shadows ont he winter sky as you stood there
counting crows
one for sorro
two for joy
three for girls and four for boys
five for silver
six for gold
seven for a secret never to be told

there's a bird that nests inside you
sleeping underneath your skin
when you open up your wings to speak
i wish yu'd let me in

all your life is such a shame
all your love is just a dream
open up your eyes
you can see the flames
of your wasted life
you should be ashamed
you don't want to waste your life

i walk along these hillsides
in the summer neath the sunshine
i am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me

change

[Rust]

Once my life was plain and clear
I recall
Once my ignorance was bliss
Nightfall came
Like a serpent’s kiss
To my troubled mind

Why... oh why my god...
Have you abandoned me
in my sobriety
Behind the old façade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide

Binding promisses were made
On my soul
Grand illusions lead astray
Ice cold winds swept my heart away
bring me back to you

Why... oh why my god...
Have you abandoned me
in my sobriety
Behind the old façade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide

I remember a song
like in a dream
Where September was long
And winter unreal

Why oh why my God above
Have you abandoned me
in my sobriety
Behind the old façade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide

[Speedbreaker]

THE WOLF!
BEWARE OF THE WOLF!
Oh yeah!
My yellow eyes will hypnotize
Your mother's thighs
delicious pies (Oh yeah!)
Survive in (Oh yeah!)
Beware in (Oh yeah!)
Oh yeah! (Oh yeah!)

If you're walking round the woods
watch for my teeth they'll bite your head
Survive the wolf!
Beware the wolf!
Beware, survive
We'll bite you dead!

Then we'll probably bite your shoulder
because we'll have plenty of time
Not you like you, we don't have watches or jobs
Well if we did, we'd buy watches
but we're so stupid we would just eat them
Then we'd be late for things

Like biting your head, everything was cool
sweet little time, we'll show you!
With our teeth and your head!

Survive the wolf!
Beware the wolf!
Survive the wolf!
Survive, survive, survive!

[MrBlud]

"All Your Faithless Loyalties" by Two Gallants

Let this be our last goodbye.
no need to wonder why,
you never had the time to try,
don’t blame me
don’t let me down so slow,
damage done, now you can go,
but a few things that you should know before you leave.
Don't you never think of me as one among the rest,
I got little else left to defend.
I’m sure that you’ve seen better,
but for you I did my best.
you'll go, I'll stay and I'll begin again,
just as you had planned.
But I’ve known, lonesome,
things you can’t come back from,
I hope I never see your face again.

And in the streets of old Juarez
the daughters of Hernan Cortez
break their bodies for their bread, the strangest pain
And dress themselves by candlelight
in lips of red and robes of white
Step out to pulverize the night, Can you complain?
And all the faithless loyalties that decorate your chest,
will they bring you comfort in the end?
I’m sure that you’ve seen better
but for you I did my best.
sometimes, nighttime brings you back again,
and I curse that western wind.
Cause I’ve known lonesome
things you can’t come back from.
And I knew we'd be strangers in the end.

[Rust]

I found God on the corner of 1st and Amistad
Where the West was all but won
All alone, smoking his last cigarette
I said, "Where've you been?" He said, "Ask anything."

Where were you, when everything was falling apart.
All my days were spent by the telephone that never rang
And all I needed was a call that never came
To the corner of 1st and Amistad

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late, you found me, you found me.

But in the end everyone ends up alone
Losing her, the only one who's ever known
Who I am, who I'm not and who I wanna to be
No way to know how long she will be next to me

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late, you found me, you found me.

The early morning, the city breaks
And I've been calling for years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
You never sent me no letters
You got some kind of nerve taking all I want

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor, Where were you? Where were you?

Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late, you found me, you found me.

Why'd you have to wait, to find me, to find me?