Lyrics of the Week - What are yours?

[brenden]

Caleb, your lyrics blow me away every week. Just a totally different arena of music.

For anyone doing VCE/HSC right now  Kanye West - Homecoming

<3 Kanye.


10.45pm: 4 tabs open and counting agonising over which lyrics to share this week after having already decided on one set like 5 days ago.

10.57pm: Have decided, and abandoned the lyrics that were decided on :O

11.05: Finished my post but deleted everything before hitting 'Preview' to go back to other lyrics.

11.19pm: Finished. (admittedly distracted heavily by the Big Bang Theory.

Lyrics are here, YouTube video here

Lyrics: Seth Sentry - Langoliers Banquet... the first four lines of the song.

Right now I'm feeling like I can't lose
I been trying to make a cheque like 1-2
But every second day I'm in a dark mood
So everything I say when I feel good is like a half truth

"Right now" some important qualifying words, here. The final two lines of this stanza hit me in the face the first time I heard them and I've thought about them often since, they just resonate so much. I feel like there can be two Brenden's sometimes and it's easy to feel dishonest and frustrated.

It's so perfect, I feel like reading the lyrics for the first time kills the 'surprise' of hearing the phenomenalness D:

[Natasha.97]

Have had this post in my drafts since last week

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Fix You - Coldplay

This song, along with a few others, really lightened up my mood when I needed it

[Joseph41]

Three more days.

[brenden]

Have had this post in my drafts since last week
Fix You - Coldplay

This song, along with a few others, really lightened up my mood when I needed it

Yaaaaaaaaas Coldplay

Three more days.

Right?? It's actually super frustrating. I'm low-key bitter that I made this thread weekly.

[bowiemily]

Lyrics for every week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZGHcFTTHw

[Joseph41]

Lyrics for every week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZGHcFTTHw

I fucking love this. Thank you.

[K888]

I have spent the last 2 hours deciding which lyrics to post, because y'know, uni is overrated.

Initially was gonna go with Something for Nothing (Rationale), but decided on Berlin (RY X). If you're into the genre he does, RY X is a really underrated Aussie singer/songwriter.

(These lyrics are technically the whole song, but shhh)

Come down love
Berlin in the cold
All that fighting, all that snow

Sober nights
And Byron on my mind
Tell me I'm not going home
And I'll stop waiting by the phone

Bedroom floor
And silence in my blood
Sorry love I'm running home
I'm a child of sun and the stars I love

[Shadowxo]

Sad hopes I'd hidden under
Tangled inside of me
You spoke like broken thunder
Deep into the center of me

I couldn't say what I was thinking
My heart shrinking
Two sad sparks blinking in the sun
Wait one minute
I had to listen for it

Chelsea Cutler's cover of Thunder Clatter (originally by Wild Cub)
I was thinking and thinking about what lyrics I'd post, and came to the realisation that I mostly focus on the feel / sounds of the songs rather than the lyrics. i finally settled on this song as I love the sounds and the lyrics are quite elegant too.
The Original is pretty good too.

Also my Song of the Week is Lilianna Wilde - Grind Me Down. The song is addictive (to me), it's calming and yet seductive. I like a range of different genres, this is just the song I'm addicted to this week

P.S. I didn't post last week I believe so I'm allowed to link 3 songs 

[Calebark]

It's Tuesday (just barely), so time for new lyrics!

This particular song doesn't hold any emotional significance to me, nor are the lyrics meaningful. However, it tells a story, and I'm picking them for the wonderful way in which it does.

Blind Guardian -- And Then There Was Silence

(Warning)
Fear the heat of passion, father king
(Don't let him in)
(Don't let her in)
Desire, lust, obsession
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 will bring in a murderous price

This song is about Cassandra, a character in Greek mythology. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but then subsequently cursed so nobody would ever believe her visions, the most notable of which was the Trojan War. This particular excerpt is Cassandra trying to warn her father, King Priam, of the Trojan Horse (described as 'she'). No matter how hard she tries, nobody will believe her of the dangers to come.

All the lyrics are pretty great in this song.  Full lyrics here:

And Then There Was Silence

Turn your head and see the fields of flames

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 rain
The sacred hall's 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 men have failed
But now he's gone
Go out and get it
The madman's head it

Shall be thyne
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 other world
The other world 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 other world
Like a leaf in an icy world
Memories will fade

Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will 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
Break the spell show me the way
In decay
The flame of Troy will shine bright

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

Good choice?
Bad choice?
Out of there
You've chosen misery
Power and wisdom
You deny
Bad choice

War is the only answer
When love will conquer fear
So the judgement'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, obsession
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 will 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 is 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 a man

Roar roar roar roar
Troy Troy Troy Troy

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

Hallowed Troy will 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
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 our of sight
We live we die

Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will 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
Break 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, lie, lie
With blossoms they'll welcome
The old foe

The vision's so clear
When day and dream unite
The end is near
You 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
Will 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
Break the spell show me the way
In decay
The flame of Troy will shine bright

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

[spectroscopy]

This song just makes me laugh so much because the lyrics are so silly and its so bad but the beat is good HAHAHA
I honestly can't believe its got 100 million views now,
anyway here is the only lyric in the song that matters

England is my city

love it 
Jake Paul - It's Everyday Bro

[Sine]

This song just makes me laugh so much because the lyrics are so silly and its so bad but the beat is good HAHAHA
I honestly can't believe its got 100 million views now,
anyway here is the only lyric in the song that matters

love it 
Jake Paul - It's Everyday Bro

rip (also first saw this because I saw a meme about england being a city)

so many dislikes   

I would quote something but wouldn't want to waste my lyrics for this week 

[brenden]

Bloody hell, shocking that I missed Tuesday.

My lyrics for this week were easy as anything, because these are the ones I had up last week but then bailed on at the last minute. Last week's lyrics were from the same artist, in the spoiler below.

Last week's lyrics

Right now I'm feeling like I can't lose
I been trying to make a cheque like 1-2
But every second day I'm in a dark mood
So everything I say when I feel good is like a half truth

This week's lyrics come from one of my favourite songs of all time. It's from 'How Are You?', by Seth Sentry... Essentially, the song is loosely about the 'real' answers to the question "how are you?", and how annoying the question can be when it's usually used as small talk, and the person asking actually doesn't give a fuck how you are.

I've included many lines of lyrics, but highlighted in red the lines that stand out to me most (with the other lines included for context).

The first bit of red highlighting is self-explanatory, and I just really like the lyrics.

The second bit of red highlighting is pretty hectic as a fan of the artist. Basically, the artist's first two major releases talked a lot about consumerism, modern society's idea of success and how fucking weird that is - like, some of my all time favourite songs that I've played like a thousand times are talking about the absurdity of spending all your life making money just for the same of making money sort of thing, so with this song coming on the artist's third major release, after he'd gained quite a bit of fame and success in the AusMusic industry, it was super  powerful to hear the idea of "got everything I didn't want". Because how does that happen? Well, we make it happen. We bring about things we don't want sometimes because there are competing thoughts and interests within ourselves - sometimes a complete split between our beliefs and our actions.

How am I? I feel good, I feel alright
I can't complain, okay I lied, I could look maybe if I tried
Feel like I could just lie down here on the street and I'd be content
I feel tired now but I feel wired later on in my bed
...
I feel alright! I'm feeling better than before
If this talk was any smaller it won't fit me anymore
Yeah I feel fine, got everything I didn't want
I got paid, I got my fucking name in slightly bigger font
I feel I blinked and thirty years just came and went
Shit when they asked me what I'd like to be I shoulda said content

It's a fucking amazing song. Lyrics and music in the video below.

[heids]

Actually so good, Brenden.

[brenden]

Actually so good, Brenden.

It's a fucking good song, right?

[Hungry4Apples]

'It wasn't me"