Pithy lyrics that sum it all up

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Re: Pithy lyrics that sum it all up

Postby Joe Hillshoist » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:07 pm

Gashweir wrote:John Francis Dooley, wipe the sleep from your eyes
And embrace the light
You have slept now for a thousand years
Beneath starless nights
And now it's time for you to renounce the old ways
And see a new dawn rise

In former days, the masks were raised
When the god came down from off the mountain
And a sacrifice was made
For they knew that the day of wrath was fast approaching
Just like yesterday, before the war

John Francis Dooley, the scapegoat has run
All our sins are disowned
And now it's time for you to take off your mask
And cross the Rubicon

If you and I were one within the eyes of our designs
It would still not change the fact of our leaving
For tonight we must leave with the first gentle breeze
For the Isles of Ken we are assailing

Just like Ulysses on the open sea
On an odyssey of self-discovery

Ullyses, - by Dead Can Dance

If was anything more than a constant lurker I suppose I would be able to post a video of this song so people could listen to it, but I don't know how.

Project Willow: I love love love XTC, especially Skylarking. One of the best albums of all time IMHO.



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Re: Pithy lyrics that sum it all up

Postby Joe Hillshoist » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:13 pm

Well, they call me William the Pleaser
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
when the shadows get long I'll be dead


I've spoken to god on the mountain
An' I've swam in the Irish sea
I ate fire and drank from the Ganges
and I'll beg there for mercy for me
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Re: Pithy lyrics that sum it all up

Postby Gashweir » Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:04 pm

Thanks for putting up the audio for Ullyses Joe, I appreciate it very much!
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Re: Pithy lyrics that sum it all up

Postby Bruce Dazzling » Fri May 31, 2013 11:00 am

"Emma's house is empty, so why do I call it Emma's house?"

"Arrogance is experiential and environmental in cause. Human experience can make and unmake arrogance. Ours is about to get unmade."

~ Joe Bageant R.I.P.

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Re: Pithy lyrics that sum it all up

Postby Bruce Dazzling » Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:17 pm

Pete Townshend wrote:That big wheel spins, the hair thins, people forget. Forget they're hiding.
"Arrogance is experiential and environmental in cause. Human experience can make and unmake arrogance. Ours is about to get unmade."

~ Joe Bageant R.I.P.

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Re: Pithy lyrics that sum it all up

Postby coffin_dodger » Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:57 am

Dead Kennedys - 1980

Looking Forward

I don't need your way of life
I can't stand your attitudes
I can do without your strife
I don't need this fucking world
I don't need this fucking world

This world brings me down
Gag with every breath
This world brings me down
I'm looking forward to death

It seems so unreal to me
So much hate and so much pity
I can't take another day
It's such a bore
It gets me really sore
I don't need this fucking world
I don't need this fucking world
This world brings me down
Gag with every breath
This world brings me down
I'm looking forward to death
Looking forward to deeeeeeaaaaaath.....

In fact, every single song on the wonderfully titled 'Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables' is just as relevent, if not more, than the day it was published.

Full set of lyrics for all songs here: http://www.deadkennedys.com/albums_fresh.html
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