She's a Rainbow Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 The lyrics to a song on my top ten all time favorites. No lyrics have ever "changed my life". Echoes (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour) 23:27 Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves An echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine. And no one called us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's. Something stirs and something tries Starts to climb toward the light. Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand The best I can. And no one called us to the land And no one crosses there alive. No one speaks and no one tries No one flies around the sun.... Almost everyday you fall Upon my waking eyes, Inviting and inciting me To rise. And through the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning. And no one sings me lullabyes And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydidgood Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 yeahhh thats pretty moving there shes a rainbow, of course I love pink floyd a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Garbage Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 When I was 15 I used the lyrics the Thank You to get into a girls panties. But were they wearing them at the time Mr. lunacy?............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She's a Rainbow Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 yeahhh thats pretty moving there shes a rainbow, of course I love pink floyd a lot. The lyrics to Echoes are beautiful. Time to dig out my Meddle CD i say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 None have changed my life, although I have a lot of favorites. I really like this song, even though it's pop-y. I doubt anyone else will post it on a Zep board: "Breathe (2 AM)", Anna Nalick 2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake, "Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?, I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season" Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes Like they have any right at all to criticize, Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason 'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table No one can find the rewind button, girl. So cradle your head in your hands And breathe... just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss "Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist, "Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year." Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while, But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles, Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it. Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable, And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table. No one can find the rewind button, boys, So cradle your head in your hands, And breathe... just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe There's a light at each end of this tunnel, You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again If you only try turning around. 2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me, Threatening the life it belongs to And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud And I know that you'll use them, however you want to But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable, And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table No one can find the rewind button now Sing it if you understand. and breathe, just breathe woah breathe, just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I wouldn't say these lyrics really changed my life, but they did have a profound effect on me. Can't listen to it without getting all teary eyed. That's what I get for being an emotional Cancer. Times Of Trouble By Temple Of The Dog When the spoon is hot And the needles sharp And you drift away I can hear you say That the world in black Is upon your back And your body shakes So you ditch away And you close the shades Dont try to do it Dont try to kill your time You might do it Then you cant change your mind Youve got a hold on to your time Till your break through these Times of trouble When you try to talk And the words get hard And they put you down Dont you stay Dont you ditch away I saw you swinging Swinging your mothers sword I know youre playing but Sometimes the rules get hard But if somebody left you out on a ledge If somebody pushed you over the edge If somebody loved you and left you for dead You got to hold on to your time till you break Through these times of trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustle In My Hedgerow Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 We Can Work It Out... life's too damn short to get bent out of shape over petty differences... Try to see it my way, Do i have to keep on talking till i can't go on? While you see it your way, Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone. We can work it out, We can work it out. Think of what you're saying. You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright. Think of what i'm saying, We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night. We can work it out, We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time For fussing and fighting, my friend. I have always thought that it's a crime, So i will ask you once again. Try to see it my way, Only time will tell if i am right or i am wrong. While you see it your way There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long. We can work it out, We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time For fussing and fighting, my friend. I have always thought that it's a crime, So i will ask you once again. Try to see it my way, Only time will tell if i am right or i am wrong. While you see it your way There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long. We can work it out, We can work it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Slapping Maple Sucker Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Hello out there, we're on the air, it's 'Hockey Night' tonight. Tension grows, the wistle blows, and the puck goes down the ice. The goalie jumps, and the players bump, and the fans all go insane. Someone roars, "Bobby Scores!", at the good ol' Hockey Game. OH! The good ol' Hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ol' Hockey game. Second Period. Where players dash, with skates aflash, the home team trails behind. But they grab the puck, and go bursting up, and they're down across the line. They storm the crease, like bumble bees, they travel like a burning flame. We see them slide, the puck inside, it's a 1-1 hockey game. OH! The good ol' Hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ol' Hockey game. Third Period. Last game of the playoff too! Oh take me where, the hockey players, face off down the rink. And the Stanley Cup, is all filled up, for the champs who win the drink. Now the final flick, of a hockey stick, and the one gigantic scream. "The puck is in! The home team wins!", the good ol' hockey game. OH! The good ol' Hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ol' Hockey game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 One other song in which the lyrics affected me to a great degree. Mother Love Bone - Man Of Golden Words Wanna show you something like The joy inside my heart Seems I've been living in the temple of the dog Where would I live, if I were a man of golden words? And would I live, at all? Words and music, my only tools Communication And on her arrival, I will set free the birds It's a pretty time of year, and the mountains sing out loud Tell me, Mr. Golden Words, how's about the world? Tell me can you tell at all? Words and music, my only tools Communication Let's fall in love with music The driving force in our living The only international language Divine glory, the expression The knees bow, the tongue confesses The lord of lords, the king of kings The king of kings Words and music - my only tools Communication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhairedqueen22 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Papa Roach - Kick in the teeth We live in a cold dark world with venom in it's fangs. You can spit it in my face but I know I'll be ok It's on the attack. It's a war, It's a game. A ball and chain chew my arm off to get away Don't fight, or it deny it, invite it cause when it .. Feels like a kick in the teeth, I can take it. Throw your stones and you won't see me break it. Say what you want, take your shots. You're setting me free with one more kick in the teeth (Na na na na na) Kick in the Teeth (na na na na na na) I gotta say thanks cause you kick me when im down I'm bleeding out the mouth. I hope you know I'm stronger now. I'm taking the hate, I'm turning it all around. I wont go down 'til I'm six feet underground. Dont fight, or it deny it, invite it, cause when it ... Feels like a kick in the teeth, I can take it. Throw your stones and you won't see me break it. Say what you want, take your shots. You're setting me free with one more kick in the teeth (na na na na na ) Kick in the teeth (na na na na na) What doesnt kill me only, will make me stronger in my head In my head (guitar solo) http://www.elyricsworld.com/kick_in_the_teeth_lyrics_papa_roach.html Cause when it Feels like a kick in the teeth, I can take it. Throw your stones and you won't see me break it. Say what you want, take your shots You're setting me free with one more kick in the teeth (na na na na na ) Kick in the teeth (na na na na na) Say what you want. Take your shots. You're setting me free with one more kick in the. teeth (na na na na na) Kick in the teeth (na na na na na) Kick in the teeth (na na na na na) Kick in the teeth (na na na na na) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzepfan Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean from the May Queen Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on Out of all the lyrics out there, this one has changed my life, or more accurately, encouraged me to change my life. for me it says that when you're not happy and content with the way your life is, it's OK. Change is good, and regardless of how hard it is to change your way of life, your habits that you want to rid yourself of, you can do it. It's never too late. When I was a teen and in my twenties it seemed my life focused around drinking and drugs. By the time I was in my early thirties I was quite simply, a functional alcoholic. These lyrics and encouragement from my best friend enabled me to quit cold turkey, because there ARE two paths that you can go by and there IS still time to change the road I was on. A few years after i quit i became a successful business owner for the first time in my life and the only one of the five siblings in my family to do so....which I never could have done under the influence or without these lyrics that encouraged me to do so. Thank You Mr. Plant for helping me to realize that anything is possible and it's never too late to make the changes in life to make you a better person. I'm proud to say that thirteen years later, not a drop and it's not even a consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 A couple verses from "Pure and Easy" by Pete Townshend: "There once was a note, pure and easy Playing so free, like a breath rippling by The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me Forever we blend and forever we die" "As people assemble Civilization is trying to find a new way to die But killing is really merely scene changing All men are bored with other men's lies" "Gas on a hillside, oil in the teacup Watch all the chords of life lose their joy Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness The note that began all can also destroy" "Except in one note, pure and easy Playing so free, like a breath rippling by There once was a note, listen There once was a note, listen" He wrote this back in '70-'71...............not a damned thing has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMachine Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day Fritter and waste the hours in and off-hand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown Waitng for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it´s sinking And racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative, but you´re older Shorter of breath, one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time Plans that either come to nought, or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way The time is gone, the song is over, thougt I´d something more to say. Oh yeah, that's the one that gives me the goosebumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabe Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean from the May Queen Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on Out of all the lyrics out there, this one has changed my life, or more accurately, encouraged me to change my life. for me it says that when you're not happy and content with the way your life is, it's OK. Change is good, and regardless of how hard it is to change your way of life, your habits that you want to rid yourself of, you can do it. It's never too late. When I was a teen and in my twenties it seemed my life focused around drinking and drugs. By the time I was in my early thirties I was quite simply, a functional alcoholic. These lyrics and encouragement from my best friend enabled me to quit cold turkey, because there ARE two paths that you can go by and there IS still time to change the road I was on. A few years after i quit i became a successful business owner for the first time in my life and the only one of the five siblings in my family to do so....which I never could have done under the influence or without these lyrics that encouraged me to do so. Thank You Mr. Plant for helping me to realize that anything is possible and it's never too late to make the changes in life to make you a better person. I'm proud to say that thirteen years later, not a drop and it's not even a consideration. Yours is a great testament to lyrics, friends, and mainly the momentum and strength within oneself to shed the shackles which hold one back. I appreciate you sharing this with the forum, bigzepfan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhairedqueen22 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean from the May Queen Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on Out of all the lyrics out there, this one has changed my life, or more accurately, encouraged me to change my life. for me it says that when you're not happy and content with the way your life is, it's OK. Change is good, and regardless of how hard it is to change your way of life, your habits that you want to rid yourself of, you can do it. It's never too late. When I was a teen and in my twenties it seemed my life focused around drinking and drugs. By the time I was in my early thirties I was quite simply, a functional alcoholic. These lyrics and encouragement from my best friend enabled me to quit cold turkey, because there ARE two paths that you can go by and there IS still time to change the road I was on. A few years after i quit i became a successful business owner for the first time in my life and the only one of the five siblings in my family to do so....which I never could have done under the influence or without these lyrics that encouraged me to do so. Thank You Mr. Plant for helping me to realize that anything is possible and it's never too late to make the changes in life to make you a better person. I'm proud to say that thirteen years later, not a drop and it's not even a consideration. awesome story bigzepfan! all my best for continued success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhairedqueen22 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 KISS - Hard Times Well, I recall days in the city And I think back, "Oh what a pity" Rememberin' how it wasn't pretty Every day life in the city Out in the street we had to take it With friends around, couldn't it What wasn't there, we had to make it Hangin' out down in the city The hard times are dead and gone But the hard times have made me strong And the hard times have made me see That the hard times ain't where I wanna be We had to fight to be accepted It wasn't right and I protested For hangin' out we got arrested Every day life in the city We'd go to school and then we'd cut out Go to the park and space our heads out We called it fun but there was some doubt Hangin' out down in the city The hard times are dead and gone But the hard times have made me strong And the hard times have made me see That the hard times ain't where I wanna be I don't wanna be there or even think back I don't wanna be there, now I'm on the right track, yeah The hard times are dead and gone But the hard times have made me strong And the hard times have made me see That the hard times ain't where I wanna be I don't wanna be there or even think back I don't wanna be there, 'cause I'm on the right track Now I'm on the right track I'm finally on the right track I'm finally on the right track This song makes me wanna work that much harder when i was in school and beyond that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betteremily Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant tide Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes And no one speaks And no one tries And no one flies around the sun Cloudless every day you fall Upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Comes streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I tore the windows wide And call to you across the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe (Liverpool) Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Liars Bar by Beautiful South, really made me think.....I haven't touched Vodka for 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickagain98 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Echoes is my favorite song , Emily. That's probably what I would've chosen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe (Liverpool) Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant tide Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes And no one speaks And no one tries And no one flies around the sun Cloudless every day you fall Upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Comes streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I tore the windows wide And call to you across the sky. That was my Dads favourite Pink Floyd song, he loved it.He was in his 70s when I bought it for him on vinyl, he was really pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Notch Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Some girls give me money Some girls buy me clothes Some girls give me jewelry That I never thought I own Some girls give me diamonds Some girls, heart attacks Some girls I give all my bread to I don’t ever wont it back Some girls give me jewelry Others bye me clothes Some girls give me children I never asked them for So give me all you’re money Give me all you’re gold I’ll bye you a house back in Zuma beach And give you half of what I own Some girls take my money Some girls take my clothes Some girls get the shirt off my back And leave me whit a lethal dose French girls they want Cartier Italian girls want cars American girls want everything in the world You can possibly imagine English girls they’re so prissy I can’t stand them on the telephone Sometimes I take the receiver off the hook I don’t want them to ever call at all White girls they’re pretty funny Sometimes they drive me mad Black girls just wanna get fucked all night I just don’t have that much jam Chinese girls are so gentle They’re really such a tease You never know what they’re cockin’ Inside those silky sleeves Give me all you’re money Give me all you’re gold I’ll bye you a house back in Zuma beach And give you half of what I own Some girls they’re so pure Some girls so corrupt Some girls give me children I only made love to her once Give me half your money Give me half your car Give me half of everything I’ll make you world’s biggest star So gimme all your money Give me all your gold Let’s go back to Zuma beach I’ll give you half of everything I own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 No lyric has ever changed my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) No lyric has ever changed my life I lied when I wrote this because I was masking the hurt I still harboured from when she hanged herself from a tree. So here goes, don't laugh, I know I'm a pussy but it's only been the last 12 months I can admit that I looked to music to pull me through otherwise I would have pulled the plug on myself from the feeling that I should have been able to stop it somehow, but the truth is, it would have happened the next day or the next week or whatever, So it's not my fault. She did it to herself and sense of guilt turned me into a horrible person for a number of years that didn't want to see anyone or anything I cared about. Maybe that's why I spent so much time on the road in shitty motels because I didn't want to be around people? Thanks to someone on this forum of all places, I had an outlet which sort brought me to terms that I can be good person again and I have spent the last 3 years trying to be the guy I was before that horrible moment and I feel like I'm him again which feels great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUjnqH3kMw And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouqHzh7bnPo And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycaocta_OCw And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVMqcTntkHQ And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVd-n3e7QLo And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJdh3oNa0bc Edited February 7, 2015 by Charles J. White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Help, I need somebody Help, not just anybody Help, you know, I need someone Help (When) When I was younger, so much younger than today (I never needed) I never needed anybody's help in any way (now) But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured (and now I find) Now I find, I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being 'round Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you, please, please help me? (Now) And now my life has changed in, oh, so many ways (my independence) My independence seems to vanish in the haze (but) But every now and then I feel so insecure (I know that I) I know that I just need you like I've never done before Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being 'round Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you, please, please help me? When I was younger, so much younger than today I never needed anybody's help in any way (now) But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured (and now I find) Now I find, I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being 'round Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you, please, please help me? Help me, help me Edited February 9, 2015 by Sathington Willoughby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 "A Farewell To Kings" - Rush When they turn the pages of history When these days have passed long ago Will they read of us with sadness For the seeds that we let grow? We turned our gaze From the castles in the distance Eyes cast down On the path of least resistance Cities full of hatred, fear and lies Withered hearts and cruel, tormented eyes Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise Beating down the multitude and Scoffing at the wise The hypocrites are slandering The sacred Halls of Truth Ancient nobles showering Their bitterness on youth Can't we find the minds that made us strong? Can't we learn to feel what's right And what's wrong? What's wrong? "Something For Nothing" - Rush Waiting for the winds of change To sweep the clouds away Waiting for the rainbow's end To cast its gold your way Countless ways You pass the days Waiting for someone to call And turn your world around Looking for an answer To the question you have found Looking for An open door You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get wise With the sleep still in your eyes No matter what your dreams might be What you own is your own kingdom What you do is your own glory What you love is your own power What you live is your own story In your head is the answer Let it guide you along Let your heart be the anchor And the beat of your own song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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