Question of the Day

[ayoub]

What five song lyrics would sum up what you want from the future?

Comments

[kosta-pasta.livejournal.com]

have no idea,
sing a couple, I'll try to choose

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

LOL!

There are too many!

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

Shit, that's easy! And it only takes one song lyric:

"Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)" by The Specials. One of the all-time greatest and happiest songs ever written!


Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
Carl Sigman / Herb Magidson

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

Hello, I'm Terry, and I'm going to enjoy myself first

It's good to be wise when you're young
'Cos you can only be young but the once
Enjoy yourself and have lots of fun
So glad and live life longer than you've ever done

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

Never right, yes I know
Get wisdom, knowledge and understanding
These three, were given free by the maker
Go to school, learn the rules, don't be no faker
It's not wise for you to be a foot stool

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D great song!

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

i'll go with Imagine by John Lennon.
Enjoy Yourself is a good one, too.~paul

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Great song indeed :D

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

See the bird with the leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
~Beautiful Day by U2

I'm riding hard carryin' a catch of roses
And a fresh map that I made
Tonight I'm gonna get birth naked and bury my old soul
And dance on its grave
And dance on its grave
~Long Time Coming by Bruce Springsteen

Cheer up my brothers, cheer up my sisters
Cheer up my momma too, lord
Cheer up my father, let me say
I know it won't be long
That change has got to come
That change has got to come
~Cheer Up by Bob Marley

One world is enough
For all of us
One world is enough
For all of us
~One World (Not Three) by Sting

Nothing is easy, though time gets you worrying, my friend, it's o.k.
Just take your life easy and stop all that hurrying, be happy my way.
When tension starts mounting and you've lost count of the pennies you've missed,
just try hard and see why they're not worrying me, they're last on my list.
~Nothing Is Easy by Jethro Tull

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Great choices all :D

Only the lyrics...

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry, be happy"
~ Bobby McFerrin, Don't Worry, Be Happy

"You ever love someone so much you thought your little heart was gonna break in two?"
~ Chris Isaak, Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing

"I've been up high and I've been down low
But mostly I've been tired
I'll tell you, the best thing
I ever did was to let it go"
~ Voltaire, Let It Go

"There's so much that we share
- That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all"
~ It's A Small World

"I ain't as good as I once was
but I'm as good once as I ever was"
~ Toby Keith, As Good As I Once Was

Re: Only the lyrics...

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Great lyrics, and the Bobby McFerrin is just awesome :D

[crescent-fresh.livejournal.com]

yeah, i've got nothing for this. but i'll sit here and dance anyway.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Dance on!

revised

[electricsoupie.livejournal.com]

I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go there's no stopping me
I'm burning through the sky yeah
Queen- “don’t stop me now”

Suzanne, you're all that I wanted of a girl
You're all that I need in the world
I'm your child, make me blush, drive me wild
Suzanne, you're all that I wanted
Weezer “suzanne”

Everything about you is how I wanna be
Your freedom comes naturally
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I won't settle for less
Muse “bliss”

All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
It was a gray morning and they were all wondering how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home
He said: I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I have seen their mothers
And I will no other, to follow me where I'm going
Dispatch “the general”

I am revised
I am brand new
I try not - I do - or I do not
I'm indomitable
Walking down the street like I'm 40 feet tall
I have drawn form appropriate sources
I am louder than bombs
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
Steve burns “mighty little man”

Re: revised

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Interesting.... I'll have to look up some of those :D

[empatia.livejournal.com]

Nothing Else Matters~ Metallica
Someone I can TRUST not much else matters to me but trust.

"Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters"

What Is And What Should Never Be ~ Led Zeppelin
That I can find my way on my own first, and build someone who is strong enough to make her dreams come true.

"So if you wake up with the sunrise, and all your dreams are still as new,
And happiness is what you need so bad, girl, the answer lies with you."

Sweet Child of Mine ~ Guns n' Roses
I want someone to feel like this about me someday...in the far future lol

"She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
she takes me away to that special place
And if I stare too long
I'd probably break down and cry
She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by"

Fall Apart Together ~ Aerosmith
Someone who will fall with me...if we have to fall.

"Now I know you feel compelled when youre way down in the dumps
Every road can take some turns, every road has got its bumps
Now you got to know yourself, you got to play it smart
cause you suffer for your sanity if you suffer for your art
Baby, we can fall apart or we can fall together
Its a long way down
We can make a new start, never say never"

One way ticket ~ Leanne Rhymes
I don't like this song but i like the lyrics, I will see all the things i want to see go places i've always wanted to go and be strong enough to do it on my own. To learn about myself and be someone without him...:P

"And buy a one way ticket on a west bound train
See how far I can go (because I can)
Im gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I dont know
I will face the world around me
Knowing that Im strong enough to let you go
And I will fall in love again
Because I can"

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

All good songs (Yes, even the LeAnn Rimes :P)

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

"Dreams of earthquakes
Dreams of hurricanes
Dreams of pouring rain
Dreams of tidal waves...to wash us all away
Dreams of guns blazed
Dreams of fire rage
Dreams of swollen graves
Dreams of hollow pain
All gone..." ~Mudvayne Fall Into Sleep

"Let me be your neon god
We've got brand new illusions for your plastic souls
Were all wired up and ready to go
Because gravity means nothing now
A man made messiah of concrete and steel
Instant salvation through your t.v.screen
Let me be your god...." ~The Kovenant Neon

"Sleep, sleep sweetheart, never wake up
You are not made for this world's grinning pain
Shining eyes, they are no more, sleep well
Veins getting cold and the shadows lurk, shadows lurk" ~Darkseed Sleep Sleep Sweetheart

"
How many nights will we spend together traveling infinity back and forth and again
How many times will we go together questioning eternity about us about our wonders...
Step in, break through take the stairs to the stars
Stretch out your life, make it big, make it large
Feed the space in-between, fill it up, make it real
Hell you feel you're alive, you affirm your own will
It's been good all along and the best is to come
No fear, no doubt but the driving force to go on
Air's dry, we're wet, ain't seen nothing yet
Silence cried as we met, dig, dig our own depth
Destiny without boundaries
How many nights will we spend together traveling infinity back and forth and again
How many times will we go together questioning eternity about us about our wonders...
How many nights will we spend together traveling infinity back and forth and again
How many times will we go together questioning eternity about us about our wonders..." ~Samael Moongate

"Sometimes when facing common trouble
When whole town is screwed
We become actually human
Act like Prometheus would
Suddenly there is more humor
And a party tabor style
People ringing one another
"Yo man, how was your blackout?"
Suddenly there is more music
Made with the buckets in the park
Girls are dancing with the flashlights
I got only one guitar!
And you see brothers and sisters
All engaged in sport of help
Making merry out of nothing
Like in refugee camp


Oh yeah Oh no, it doesn't have to be so
It is possible any time anywhere
Even without any dough
Oh yeah Oh no, it doesn't have to be so
Forces of the creative mind are unstoppable!

And you think, All right, now people
They have finally woked up
But as soon as the trouble over
Watch them take another nap
Nobody is making merry
Only trotting scared of boss
Everybody's making hurry
For some old forgotten cause
But one thing is surely eternal
It's condition of a man
Who don't know where he is going
Who don't know where does he stand
Who's dream power is corked bottle
Put away in dry dark place
Who's youth power is well buried
Under propaganda waves
Who's dream life is in opposition
With the life he leads today
Who's beaten down in believing
It just kinda goes this way!
Oh no, it doesn't have to be so
Forces of the creative mind are unstoppable!" ~Gogol Bordello Oh No!

Damn, I only put four, I think.

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

"As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains.
I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was countin'.
I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier.
I said, 'stand and deliver! Or the devil he may take ya.'

I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny.
I took all of his money and I brought it home to Molly.
She swore that she loved me, never would she leave me.
But the devil take that woman, yeah for you know she tricked me easy.

Musha ring dum a do dum a da.
Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o!
There's whiskey in the jar-o!

Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber.
Takin' money with me and I never knew the danger.
For about six or maybe seven, yeah in walks Captain Farrell.
I jumped up, fired my pistols and I shot him with both barrels!

Yeah, musha ring dum a do dum a da.
Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o!
There's whiskey in the jar-o!!

Now some men like the fishin' some men like the fowlin',
Some men like ta hear, ta hear the cannon ball a roarin'.
Me? I like sleepin'... Especially in my Molly's chamber.
But here I am in prison, here I am with ball and chain, yeah!

Musha ring dum a do dum a da, yeah yeah!
Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o!
There's whiskey in the jar-o yeah!!

Whiskey in the jar-o...

Musha ring dum a do dum a da,
Musha ring dum a do dum a da hey,
Musha ring dum a do dum a da,
Musha ring dum a do dum a da hey, hey, hey-ee-yeah..."

Metallica, "Whiskey in the Jar"

I love this question.

[dazia.livejournal.com]

"When you're older you might understand" from Trust Me by The Fray

"If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark"

- I'll Follow You Into the Dark : Death Cab for Cutie

"I do believe it’s true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
If the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere"

- Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie

"I called you after midnight
Then ran until my heart burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door"

- The Walk - The Cure

"Say this is it
Don't say maybe
Don't say no
Say this is it
Don't say hold on
Don't say slow
Say this is it
Don't say next time
Don't say when
Say this is it
Don't say later
No, don't say then

Just say yes! Do it now!
Let yourself go!
Just leap! Don't look!
Or you'll never know
If you love it
You might really love it
If you love it
You might really love it!

Oh come on and love it!

Yeah, this is it
Don't be cautious
Don't think twice
This is it
Don't play it safe
Don't put on ice
Yeah, this is it
Don't chew it over
No don't kick it around
This is it
Don't wait and see
Don't try to work it out

Just say yes! Do it now!
Let yourself go!
Just leap! Don't look!
Or you'll never know...
If you love it
You might really love it!

So don't tell me
It could all go wrong
No don't tell me
It could all be a mess
Oh don't tell me
It could all be a waste of time
Just say oui! Si! Sim! Da! Ja! Yow! Igen! Kylla!
Just say yes!"

- Just Say Yes! - The Cure

Re: I love this question.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

An excellent set of lyrics too!

[laurel714.livejournal.com]

1. "Sound Of Pulling Heaven Down" - Blue October
I'm reaching farther than I ever have before
Leaving all who broke your heart upon the shore
I may be some sort of crazy
We may be some sort of crazy
But I swear on everything I have and more

2. "Where Are You Going?" - The Dave Matthews Band
But I do know one thing for sure
Is where you are, is where I belong
I do know, where you go, is where I want to be
Where are you going, where do you go?
Are you looking for answers, to questions under the stars?
If along the way you are growing weary, you can rest with me until a brighter day
It’s okay, where are you going, where do you go?
Let's go

3. "Beautiful Day" - U2
It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day

4. "Paradox" - Kansas
I'm on fire
Burning with the question in my mind
Strange desire
Seems there's nothing else for me to find
'Cause I've been here, and I've been there,
Seems like I've been everywhere before
I've seen it all a hundred times
Still I think there surely must be more
I've been livin', I had to take my time and change my style
Now I wonder is something gonna make it all worthwhile
I know there's more than meets the eye
Like to see it 'fore I die for sure.
Something tells me it's all right
Only one step farther to the door
There ain't no feelin', feels the same as findin' out the key
Now I'm reelin', thinking of the things that I might see
I'm not afraid to face the light
I'm not afraid to think that I might fall
I was going nowhere fast
I was needing something that would last

5. "Hate Me" - Blue October
You never doubted my warped opinoins on things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself when it was way too hard to take
So I'll drive so fucking far away that I'll never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart to leave me behind

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the U2 is a great one :D

Even better

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

All righty then... Picture this if you will...
10 to 2 am, X, yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kreme's in my "need to know" pose just outside of Area 51, contemplating the whole "chosen people" thingy when just then a flaming stealth banana split the sky like one would hope but never really expect to see in a place like this. Cutting right angle donuts on a dime and stopping right at my Birkinstocks, and me yelping "holy fuckin' shit!"

Then the X file being, looking like some kinda blue green Jackie Chan, with Isabella Rossellini lips, and breath that reeked of vanilla chig champa, did a slow-mo matrix decent outta the butt end of the banana vessel, and hovered above my bug eyes, my gaping jaw, and my sweaty Elron Hubbard upper lip and all I could think was, "I hope Uncle Martin here doesn't notice that I pissed my fuckin pants!!"

So light in his way, like an apparition, that he had me crying out...
"Fuck me! It's gotta be the dead head chemistry. (the) blotter got right on top o' me. Got me seeing E-mutha-fuckin-T!


And after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning, E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose. He said. "You are the chosen one. The one who will deliver the message. A message of hope for those who choose to hear it, and a warning for those who do not." Me! The chosen one. They chose me. And I didn't even graduate from fuckin' high school.

Then he looked right through me with somniferous almond eyes. Don't even know what that means. Must remember to write it down.
This is so real. Like the time Dave floated away. See, my heart is pounding. cuz this shit never happens to me.
Can't breathe right now.

It was so real. Like I woke up in Wonderland. All sorta terrifying. I don't wanna be all alone while I tell this story.
And can anyone tell me why y'all sound like peanuts parents?
Will I ever be coming down?
This is so real. Finally it's my lucky day See, my heart is racing cuz this shit never happens to me.
Can't breathe right now.


You believe me don't you? Please believe what I've just said. See, the dead ain't touring and this wasn't all in my head. see they took me by the hand and invited me right in. Then they showed me something. I don't even know where to begin.

Strapped down to my bed, feet cold and eyes red.
I'm out of my head. Am I alive? Am I dead?
Can't remember what they said. God damn. Shit the bed.
Overwhelmed as one would be placed in my position...
Such a heavy burden now to be the one
Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending.
To write it down for all the world to see.
But I forgot my pen. Shit the bed again. Typical.


Strapped down to my bed, feet cold and eyes red.
I'm out my head. Am I alive? Am I dead?
Sun kissed and Sudafed
Gyro scopes and infrared.
Won't help. I'm brain dead.
Can't remember what they said.
God damn. Shit the bed.


Can't remember what they said to me.
Can't remember what they said to make me out to be the hero.
Can't remember what they said.
Bob help me.
Can't remember what they said.


We don't know and we won't know.
God damn shit the bed.

Re: Even better

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

A whole lotta lyrics, my friend, and all of them, very you... :D

Re: Even better

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

I forgot, this on was by Tool, Rossetta Stoned.

[markbuster.livejournal.com]

I'm changing this to just first lines:



1) "Ohh wee, ride me hard. Tomorrows the day my man's gunna come"

2) "I always cook with honey"

3) "What I'll give you since you asked, is all my time together"

4) " I have learned to love the fallow way, and gather in the patient fruits"

5) "Little Matty Groves to Church did go, some holy words to hear".

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

What are the titles for 1 and 3?

[markbuster.livejournal.com]

1) "David's Song"- Joan Bez, written about the day her husband got out of prison. (draft evasion)

3) "Since you Asked"- Judy Collins. An amazingly beautiful song you could only understand if you have been in love.

What I'll Give you since you've asked
Is all my time together.
Take the rugged Sunny days
The warm and rocky weather.
Take the roads that I have walked along
Looking for tomarrow's time.
peace of mind.

As my life spills into yours
Changing by the hour
Filling up the world with time
And turning Time to Flowers.

I could show you all the songs
that I never sang to one man before.

We have seen a million stones lying by the water
You have climbed the hills with me to
our mountain shelter
Taken off the days one by one,
Setting them to breathe in the sun.

Take the lilies and the lace
From the days if childhood,
All the willow winding paths
Leading up and outward,
This is what I give,
This is what I ask you for;
Nothing more

[atomb0mb.livejournal.com]

#1 Father Figure
That’s all I wanted
But sometimes love can be mistaken for a crime
That’s all I wanted just to see my baby’s blue eyes shine
This time I think that my lover understands me
If we have faith in each other
Then we can be strong

#2 Sweet Child O Mine
same as someone listed above

#3 Paradise City
Take me down to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the
girls are pretty, oh won't you please take me home.

#4 Beautiful Girl
Now where did you find her, Among the neon lights
that haunt the streets outside. She says Stay with me
Beautiful girl Stay with me Beautiful girl
Stay with me She wants to go home

#5 Gorecki
Wanna stay right here
Until the end of time
'Til the earth stops turning
Gonna love you 'til the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

George Michael writes wonderful lyrics...

[mysticpickle.livejournal.com]

Oooo song lyrics huh?? Tougher question than one would think! I love SO many facets of music that I couldn't begin to limit it to 5. I use music based on feel. How I am feeling usually is reflected in the music I am listening to.

I will say the song that sticks with me no matter how I am feeling is "You Are My Sunshine". Ahhh, good times, good times!!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Me too... that's why I like music related questions :D

yay!

[wiltinwickwitch.livejournal.com]

mine are....
1. Homeward Bound
2. I'm your man (Leonard Cohen)
3. Teach your children well
4. I hope you dance
5. Say a little prayer

Re: yay!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

A wonderful list :D

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun

If I could only have you near To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
And to be once again with with you
To be once again with with you

I never read it in a book, I never saw it on a show
but I heard it in the alley on a weird radio
if you want a drink of water you got to get it from a well,
if you want to get to heaven, you got to raise a little hell

I'll be back in the high life again
All the doors I closed one time will open up again
I'll be back in the high life again
All the eyes that watched me once will smile and take me in

Play that funky music white boy
Lay down the boogie
and play that funky music till you die
( till you die )
(oh till ya die)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

It's so awesome that "Play that Funky Music" HAD made it onto someone's list :D