Lyrics... and life!

[Otaku201]

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to you?

We always try to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you

If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

This always reminds me of an awesome little girl that I met in my teens. Cute, in need of guidance, I was a big brother figure for her. Listened to this 113 times in a row when I first found it.

[Don Alexander]

Pour yourself into me, our time approaches so near, that I sigh.
What danger in such an adorer?
We dance and the music dies.
We carry them all away, as we glide through their lost eyes.
You lift me above myself, with the ghostly lake of your mind.
Arise from your slumber in my arms.
Your beauty took the strength from me.
In the meadows of heaven, we run through the stars.
Romantic in our tastes.
We are without excuse.
We burn in our lust.
We die in our eyes and drown in our arms.

My Dying Bride - Sear Me MCMXCIII

Just about the most utterly beautiful song ever written.

[Asaryu]

When my housemate met me, he directed me to two songs that he said described me for him.

Alternative Girlfriend - The Barenaked Ladies

Youre in an all-girl band
Your futons second hand
Your parents understand but you dont care
I have a job in a shop
Im an undercover cop
I make sure the customers arent thieves
Old at being young
Young at being old
Everythings on hold within our evolution

Girl Anachronism - The Dresden Dolls

you can tell
from the scars on my arms
and cracks in my hips
and the dents in my car
and the blisters on my lips
that i'm not the carefullest of girls

you can tell
from the glass on the floor
and the strings that're breaking
and i keep on breaking more
and it looks like i am shaking
but it's just the temperature
and then again
if it were any colder i could disengage
if i were any older i could act my age
but i dont think that youd believe me
it's not the way i'm meant to be
it's just the way the operation made me

and you can tell
from the state of my room
that they let me out too soon
and the pills that i ate
came a couple years too late
and ive got some issues to work through
there i go again
pretending to be you
make-believing
that i have a soul beneath the surface
trying to convince you
it was accidentally on purpose

i am not so serious
this passion is a plagiarism
i might join your century
but only on a rare occasion
i was taken out
before the labor pains set in and now
behold the world's worst accident
i am the girl anachronism

and you can tell
by the red in my eyes
and the bruises on my thighs
and the knots in my hair
and the bathtub full of flies
that i'm not right now at all
there i go again
pretending that i'll fall
don't call the doctors
cause they've seen it all before
they'll say just let her crash and burn
she'll learn
the attention just encourages her

and you can tell
from the full-body cast
that i'm sorry that i asked
though you did everything you could
(like any decent person would)
but i might be catching so don't touch
you'll start believeing youre immune to gravity and stuff
don't get me wet
because the bandages will all come off

and you can tell
from the smoke at the stake
that the current state is critical
well it is the little things, for instance:
in the time it takes to break it she can make up ten excuses:
please excuse her for the day, its just the way the medication makes her...

i dont necessarily believe there is a cure for this
so i might join your century but only as a doubtful guest
i was too precarious removed as a caesarian
behold the worlds worst accident
I AM THE GIRL ANACHRONISM

[cyanide_sweet]

It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming

I don't know where to begin
I don't know how to get out there...to see you
I don't know where to dig in
I don't know how to get in there...to feel you

It's been too long and I'm about to be in time for me
It's been too long and I'm in time, I'm in time, hey yeah

Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that
Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that

Well, I never thought I would win
I never thought much about that
(It's been a long time coming)
I never stopped to begin
Thinking about the process
(It's been a long time coming)

It's been too long and I'm about to be in time for me
It's been too long and I'm in time, yeah, I'm in time

Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that
Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that

And I'm going to be there...
Be there... alright... alright...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Hoo-hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo

Well, I don't know where to begin
I don't know how to get out there to see you

Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that
Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that

Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that
Baby there's something about you that
I can hold on to I'm
Going to hold on to that

It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming, yeah
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming, yeah
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming, yeah
It's been a long time coming
I'm going to hold on to that

Something About You by Five For Fighting

An old friend of mine said they think of me whenever they hear this song:

She's taking time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one
They're saying, "Mama never loved her much"
And, "Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection"
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
She's sayin

Chorus
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?

She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends, well they've been trialed for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place,
And reaching out for human faith
It's like a journey I just don't have a map for"
So baby's gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she's hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream
She's saying

Chorus
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?

Hold on, hold on ...

Mama never loved her much
And, Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
She's saying

Chorus(2x)
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?

I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
yeaaaah ...

To The Moon and Back by Savage Garden

[Don Alexander]

SAMSAS TRAUM - LIEBESLIED (LOVE SONG)

Wie viel Licht wirst Du noch atmen,
Wie weit werden mich die Strahlen führen?
Weil die Haut um Dich aus Glas ist,
Wage ich es nur im Traum sie zu berühren.

Du weißt, dass jedes Wort
An einem dünnen Faden hängt,
Doch ahnst Du auch, wie tief sich meine Seele
Im Ozean deines Haars verfängt?

Wie ein Geheimnis trage ich Dich stumm in mir,
Jede Faser meines Körpers sehnt sich
Einzig und alleine nur nach Dir.

Wie viel Zeit kannst Du Dir nehmen,
Um der Wahrheit zu zu hören,
Wie viele Sätze willst Du sprechen,
Um die Hoffnung stets aufs
Neue zu beschwören?

In mir ist nichts mehr wie es war,
Zwar spürst Du mich, doch ich bin
Unsichtbar.

Die stolzen Wellen treiben mich voran,
Ich schwimm' hinaus soweit ich kann,
Den Abgrund unter, den Horizont vor mir:
Je tiefer ich in ihm versinke,
Desto näher fühle ich mich Dir.

So wie ein Kind dem Ufer
Blind und taub den Rücken kehrt
Und jeder Pulsschlag eine
Rückkehr an das alte Land verwehrt,
So sind es nicht die Wogen,
Die an meiner Brust zerbrechen,
Es sind Rufe, kalte Nadeln,
Die im Herzen stechen.

Die stolzen Wellen treiben mich voran,
Ich schwimm' hinaus soweit ich kann,
Denn in der Ferne liegt die Wahrheit über mich.
Ich öffne deine Augen und erkenne
Frei von Zweifeln: "Ja, ich liebe Dich."

TRANSLATION:

How much light will you still breathe,
How far will the rays guide me?
Because the skin around you is made of glass,
I only dare to touch it in a dream.

You know that every word
Hangs from a thin thread,
But do you realize how deeply my soul
Has been caught up in the ocean of your hair?

As a secret I carry you mute within me,
Every fibre in my body aches
For you and you alone.

How much time can you take,
To listen to the truth,
How many sentences will you say,
To invoke hope
Again and yet again?

Nothing in me is as it was,
Though you may feel me, I'm
Invisible.

The proud waves are urging me onward,
I swim out as far as I can,
The abyss beneath, the horizon before me:
The deeper I sink in it,
The closer to you I feel myself to be.

As a child that turns
Blind and deaf from the shore
And every heartbeat refuses
A return to the old country,
It is not the waves,
That break against my breast,
They are calls, cold needles,
That stab me in the heart.

The proud waves are urging me onward,
I swim out as far as I can,
For in the distance, the truth about me lies
I open my eyes and realize
Free of doubts: "Yes, I love you."

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SAMSAS TRAUM - HEILIGES HERZ (HOLY HEART)

Nur ich und Du
Sind hier, wir seh'n dem Leuchten zu.
Am ruhigen Abendhimmel steht
Ein brennender Planet.
Ich wünschte, der Moment verstreicht
Niemals, weil nichts der Wärme
Deiner Liebe gleicht.

Selbst zwischen tausend Sonnen
Erstrahlt Dein Herz am hellsten,
Ein Schein, der mich
Auf allen Wegen führt.
Die Netze sind gesponnen,
Mir kann nichts mehr passieren,
Denn Deine Hand hat meine Haut berührt.

Der Seele nah, dem Körper fern,
Auf einem abgeleg'nen Stern
Betrachten wir den Feuerball
Und schleudern Tränen in das All.
Du siehst mich an, Sehnsucht durchdringt
Den Abschied, in mir spielt
Ein Lied, das nie verklingt:

Seit Du als Wind in jedes off'ne Fenster wehst,
Seit Du als Baum in jedem Wald der Erde stehst,
Seit Du als Fluss in jedes stille Wasser fließt
Und Dich als Regen über jedem Land ergießt,
Seit Du Dich als das Lächeln
Hinter meinem Spiegel zeigst,
Mit mir in Träumen weit hinauf,
Über die Wolken steigst,
Seit mir das Leben diesen
Einen Anblick bot:
Seitdem verlor ich alles,
Auch die Angst vor meinem Tod.

TRANSLATION:

Only you and me
Are here, we are watching the glow.
In the still evening sky
A burning planet stands.
I wish the moment would pass
Never, as nothing compares
To the warmth of your love.

Even between a thousand suns
Your heart glows brightest,
A shine that guides me
On all my paths.
The webs have been spun,
Nothing bad can happen to me now,
Because your hand has touched my skin.

Close to the soul, distant from the body
On a far remov'd star
We watch the fireball
And cast tears off into space.
You look at me, longing penetrates
The farewell, within me plays
A song that never fades away:

Since you blow as a wind into every open window,
Since you stand as a tree in every forest of the Earth,
Since you flow as a river into every still water,
And pour as rain on to every country,
Since you show yourself as the smile
Behind my mirror,
With me in my dreams
Above the clouds climb,
Since life granted me
This one vision:
Since then I lost everything,
Even the fear of my death.


Lyrics by Alexander Kaschte, translations by the Sithlord.

[Asaryu]

Maybe You Can Owe Me - Architecture in Helsinki

And honey, there's no hurry,
I know it's overdue there's a key to the door,
To the room where I'm staying,
You can sleep on the floor,
Half way through the night can we talk and see?
'Cause there's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me

[Asaryu]

*sniffle*

I listened to this song today and it made me sad. it's one of those songs that you hear when you're already emotionally drained and feeling vulnerable...and you just wanna slit your wrists....but just like in the song, I have just enough pride not to do it.

I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) - The White Stripes

Well I miss my mother
And I miss being her son
As crazy as I was I
Guess I wasn't much of one
Sometimes I miss her so much,
I want to hop on the next jet
And I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet
And I love my sister
Lord knows how I've missed her
She loves me
And she knows I won't forget
And sometimes I get jealous
Of all her little pets
And I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet

I roll over in bed
Looking for someone to touch
There's a girl that I know of
But don't ask for much
She's homely, and she's cranky
And her hair's in a net
And I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet

Are you my friend when I need one
I need someone to be one
I take anybody I can get
And sometimes I wanna call you
And I feel like a pet
And I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet

I go down to the river
Filled with regret
I go down and I wonder
If there was any reason left
I left just before my lungs could get wet
I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet

And I love my sister
Lord knows how I've missed her
She loves me
And she knows I won't forget
And sometimes I get jealous
Of all her little pets
And I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet
Yeah I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet

[Don Alexander]

I'd like to dedicate this text to someone who was once my friend... A long time ago.

That fucker...

Cradle of Filth - Absinthe With Faust

Pour the emerald wine
Into crystal glasses
We will touch the divine
Through kissed catharsis

Let us pitch to the seven-year itch
Of the ultra-decadent
To a tainted world and the painted girls
That our fantasies spent

Tripping through boudoirs laced with opium themes
Sipping the bizarre, tasting copious dreams
A toast to those most sacrilegious of days
Where for every whim won
One soon repays

We touched the stars
That now laugh from afar
At we, the damned
The damned
The damned
The damned

We have spent our time
Drenched in opulent splendour
But when midnight chimes
Will gilded souls surrender?

Let us drink on the giddying brink
Of pools of excrement
All manner of shit for the glamour and glitz
Mephistopheles lent

I remember the night as if it were engraved
A bright marble bridge stretched across dark waves
To the shore from the moon and by Her grace
Came that erudite stranger
That fucker

He was a predator, creditor cold
Our blood was young on the yellowing scrolls
And all that glittered was not gold
But we wanted everything
And for it all lost our souls

Come my friend, to fate let's raise
Two finger shots at this our last soiree
For tomorrow I fear
Swoops all too deadly near
This precipitous weir to Hell's high gate

We touched the stars
That now laugh from afar
At we, the damned
The damned
The damned
The damned

He was a preditor, creditor cold
Our blood was young on the yellowing scrolls
And all that glittered was not gold
But we wanted everything
And for it all lost our souls
Our souls

[Swayambhu]

Shadows all around you as you surface from the dark
Emerging from the gentle grip of night's unfolding arms
Darkness, darkness everywhere, do you feel all alone?
The subtle grace of gravity; the heavy weight of stone

You don't see what you possess, a beauty calm and clear
It floods the sky and blurs the darkness like a chandelier
All the light that you possess is skewed by lakes and seas
The shattered surface, so imperfect, is all that you believe

I will bring a mirror, so silver, so exact
So precise and so pristine, a perfect pane of glass
I will set the mirror up to face the blackened sky
You will see your beauty every moment that you rise

[Eight]

The sky is full of dreams, but you don't know how to fly...

[LadySheDevil]

This song is sad and pretty and funny all at the same time. And it pretty much sums up my day. It's like I suddenly backtracked into clumsy pubescence...

I Crush Everything
-Jonathan Coulton

I lie below, you float above
In the pretty white ships that I've been dreaming of
And I'd like to swim beside you
Getting dizzy in your wake
Getting close enough to touch you
Getting brave enough to take you into my arms
And bring you down to be with me

But I can't do that thing anymore
I can't be the thing I was before
Maybe I am better off alone
Because I crush everything
And I crush everything
And I crush everything

My body's strong, but my will is weak
I got pretty nice arms, but I hate my beak
And the dolphins are all phonies
They seem nice enough at first
They pretend to be your friends
Until they see you at your worst and then they leave you
Without a word they swim away

So I can't do that thing anymore
I can't be the thing I was before
Maybe I am better off alone
Because I crush everything
And I crush everything
And I crush everything

And everything I want I take
And everything I love I break
And every night I lie awake

Did the stars come out? Did the world spin round?
Does it matter that much when you're ten miles down?
And in the light that filters down
Into my giant yellow eye
I can see the sails unfolding
Stretching white against the sky and I forgive them
I forgive and I let go

Cause I can't do that thing anymore
I can't be the thing I was before
Maybe I am better off alone
Because I crush everything
And I crush everything
And I crush everything

And I crush everything
And I crush everything
And I crush everything

I lie below, you float above
In the pretty white ships that I am dreaming of...

[Swayambhu]

I gave you all the love I've got; I gave you more than I could give
Gave you love...
I gave you all that I had inside and you took my love
You took
My love...

Didn't I tell you--
What I believe?
Did somebody say that...
A love like ours won't last?
Didn't I give you all that I got to
Give, Babe?

I give you all the love I got; I gave you more than I could give
I gave you love...
I give you all that I had inside and you took my love
You took
My love...

I keep trying--
I keep trying for you
There's nothing like
You and I
Baby
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary love

This is no ordinary love
No ordinary love

When you came my way
You brightened every day
With your sweet smile

Didn't I tell you--
What I believe?
Did somebody say that
Love like ours won't last?
Didn't I give you all that I got to
Give, baby...?
This is no ordinary love
Ordinary love

This is no ordinary love
Ordinary love

I keep trying
I keep trying
I keep trying for you
There's nothing like
You and I
Baby...
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary love

This is no ordinary love
Ordinary love

Keep crying for you...
Keep trying for you...
Keep crying for you.

[Azrael]

This one reminds me of that particular girl that always winds me up, carbonates my hormones, spins me around, and cuts me off at the knees just by being herself. Frustration and exhilaration in equal measure.

She's a Mystery to Me
Roy Orbison

Darkness falls and she will take me by the hand
take me to some twilight land
where all but love is grey
where I can't find my way without her as my guide.

Night falls, I'm cast beneath her spell
daylight comes, our heaven turns to hell
am I left to burn and burn eternally ?
She's a mystery to me.

She's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl.

In the night of love words tangled in her hair
words soon to disappear.
A love so sharp it cuts like a switchblade to my heart
words tearing me apart.

She tears again my bleeding heart
I wanna run, she's pulling me apart
fallen angel cries and I just melt away
She's a mystery to me.

She's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl

she's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl.

Haunted by her sighs, it's the darkness in her eyes
that so enslaves me.
But if my love is blind then I don't want to see
she's a mystery to me.

Night falls, I'm cast beneath her spell
daylight comes,our heaven turns to hell
am I left to burn and burn eternally?
She's a mystery to me.

She's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl
...

[tempestuous_serenade]

This is by Sick Puppies. It's a song I value, because it is what I look for in a relationship, and hopefully some day I will find a man who feels the same way.

All The Same

I don't mind where you come from
As long as you come to me
But I don't like illusions I can't see
Them clearly
I don't care no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you
You've shown me eventually what you'll do
I don't mind
I don't care
As long as you're here

Chorus

Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you'll take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's all the same

Hours slide and days go by
Till you decide to come
However long you stay is all that I am

I don't mind, I don't care
As long as you're here

Chorus

Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you'll take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's always the same

Go ahead and say it
You're leaving
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same
----

[Swayambhu]

This is how the world will be
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Forty monkeys drowning in a boiling sea
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I went down into the valley to pray
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I got drunk and I stayed all day
Everywhere I go it rains on me

Everywhere I go, everywhere I go
Everywhere I go, it rains on me

All God's chilluns, can't you see
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Louie Lista and Marchese
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Robert Sheehan and Paul Body
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I went down to Argyle I went down to Dix
Everywhere I go it rains on me
To get my powders and to get my fix
Everywhere I go it rains on me

Everywhere I go, everywhere I go
Everywhere I go, it rains on me
Everywhere I go, everywhere I go
Everywhere I go, it rains on me