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In music we can find much poetry. Let's share some of the most beatiful lyrics with each other here.

I'll start the thread, this peace of art is from Rhapsody, the song is called Legendary Tales.


And darkness covers all the land
the silent river flows
the jesters dance around the flame
playing an ancient song

A song of mighty warriors
of epic bloody fights
while moonlight meets the manor's walls
and I must close my eyes

Another tale of infinite wars
for the defenders of holy light
the fire enters my mind
the blood of the innocent before my eyes
spreading the wings of the dream
I want to win between fire and steel
for them all

Some knights sleep near fire
drowned in their own red wine
the elder looks at the high flame
knowing the fight will reprise

The magic twittering of the birds
meets the light of dawn
the ancient song is fading now
but my old dream carries on

Another tale of infinite wars
for the defenders of holy light
the fire enters my mind
the blood of the innocent before my eyes
spreading the wings of the dream
I want to win between fire and steel
for them all

 

ahaaa

Rhapsody do kick some might booty! you heard any of the Luca Turili stuff?

finally i am starting to see some Rhapsody fans around.

Plus the best thing about Rhapsody is it actually tells a whole story throughout the 3 albums they have. I am not all that good at remembering the lyrics... but i always remember "Rage of the Winter" and "Holy Thunderforce".

i also like Metallica... great lyrics there, i could almost type out the whole of "Sad but True"... actually... i will...


i'm your life
i'm the one who took you there
i'm your life
i'm the one who cares
hail betray,
i'm your only true friend now,
hail betray
i'm the one who cares...

i'm your dream, make it real
i'm your eyes when you must steal
i'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
i'm your dream, mind astray
i'm your eyes while your away
i'm your pain while you repay
Sad but True...

You, you're my mask
you're my cover my shelter
You, you're my mask,
you're the one who's blamed.
Do, do my work...
Do my duty, my scapegoat
Do, Do my deeds
For you're the one who's shamed...

i'm your dream, make it real
i'm your eyes when you must steal
i'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
i'm your dream, mind astray
i'm your eyes while your away
i'm your pain while you repay
Sad but True...

[Solo]

i'm your dream
i'm your eyes
i'm your pain
i'm your dream
i'm your eyes
i'm your pain
Sad But true

[Solo]

Hate, i'm your hate
i'm your hate when you want love
pay, pay the price
pay though nothings fair
hey, i'm your life
i'm the one who took you there
hey, i'm your life and i no longer care!

i'm your dream, make it real
i'm your eyes when you must steal
i'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
i'm your truth, telling lies
i'm your reasons alibis
i'm your inside open your eyes...
i'm YOU!
Sad but True...


damn i love that song... *sigh*

 

Deano, I got al 3 cd's (and will buy the 4th one too when it's out) and I also have King of the Nordic Twilight from Luca Turelli Rhapsody certainly rules.

Ok we stay in the fantasy-scene. This songis called: The Bards Song - In the Forest... by Blind Guardian:

Now You all know
The bards and their songs
When hours have gone by
I'll close my eyes
In a world far away
We may meet again
But now hear my song
About the dawn of the night
Let's sing the bards' song

Ref.:
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
Noone will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow will take it away
The fear of today
It will be gone
Due to our magic songs

There's only one song
Left in my mind
Tales of a brave man
Who lived far from here
Now the bard songs are over
And it's time to leave
Noone should ask You for the name
Of the one
Who tells the story

Ref.:
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
Noone will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow all will be known
And You're not alone
So don't be afraid
In the dark and cold
'Cause the bards' songs will remain
They all will remain

In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
And elves
Come close Your eyes
You can see them, too

 

Bicycle Race
Words and music by Freddie Mercury

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like

You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars
You say Rolls I say Royce
You say God give me a choice
You say Lord I say Christ
I don't believe in Peter Pan
Frankenstein or Superman
All I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my
Bicycle races are coming your way
So forget all your duties oh yeah!
Fat bottomed girls
They'll be riding today
So look out for those beauties oh yeah
On your marks get set go
Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
Bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle
Bicycle race

You say coke I say caine
You say John I say Wayne
Hot dog I say cool it man
I don't wanna be the President of America
You say smile I say cheese
Cartier I say please
Income tax I say Jesus
I don't wanna be a candidate for
Vietnam or Watergate
Cos all I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like

Killer Queen
Words and music by Freddie Mercury

She keeps Moet and Chandon in her pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy
And anytime an invitation you can decline
Caviar and cigarettes well versed in etiquette
Extr'ordinarily nice

She's a killer queen gunpowder gelatine
Dynamite with a lazer beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite wanna try?

To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation she spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China went down to Geisha Minah
Then again incidentally if you're that way inclined (she's a
killer queen)
Perfume came naturally from Paris (naturally)
For cars she couldn't care less
Fastidious and precise

She's a killer queen gunpowder gelatine
Dynamite with a lazer beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite wanna try?

Drop of a hat she's as willing as a playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild - wild
She's out to get you

She's a killer queen gunpowder gelatine
Dynamite with a lazer beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite wanna try?

Wanna try

 

im not sure if its just me but didnt queen do a similar song?


id also like to include these great lyrics from tool directly fomr the site (i shouldnt be doin that) sorry for the offensive words

Ænema Some say the end is near. Some say we'll see armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will. I sure could use a
vacation from this bullshit three ring circus sideshow of Freaks here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA The only way to
fix it is to flush it all away. Any fucking time. Any fucking day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay. Fret for your
figure and Fret for your latte and Fret for your hairpiece and Fret for your lawsuit and Fret for your prozac and Fret for your
pilot and Fret for your contract and Fret for your car. It's a bullshit three ring circus sideshow of freaks here in this hopeless
fucking hole we call LA The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any fucking time. Any fucking day. Learn to swim, I'll
see you down in Arizona bay. Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits. Some say the end is near. Some
say we'll see armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will cuz I sure could use a vacation from this Silly shit, stupid shit...
One great big festering neon distraction, I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied. Learn to swim. Mom's gonna fix it all
soon. Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be. Learn to swim. Fuck L Ron Hubbard and Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting Hip gangster wannabes. Learn to swim. Fuck retro anything. Fuck your tattoos. Fuck all you
junkies and Fuck your short memory. Learn to swim. Fuck smiley glad-hands With hidden agendas. Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses. Learn to swim. Cuz I'm praying for rain and I'm praying for tidal waves I wanna see the ground give
way. I wanna watch it all go down. Mom please flush it all away. I wanna watch it go right in and down. I wanna watch it
go right in. Watch you flush it all away. Time to bring it down again. Don't just call me pessimist. Try and read between the
lines. I can't imagine why you wouldn't Welcome any change, my friend. I wanna see it all come down. suck it down. flush it
down.


aslo here is eulogy also by tool:

He had alot to say. He had alot of nothing to say. We'll miss him. So long. We wish you well. You told us how you
weren't afraid to die. Well then, so long. Don't cry. Or feel too down. Not all martyrs see divinity. But at least you tried.
Standing above the crowd he had a voice that was strong and loud. We'll miss him. Ranting and pointing his finger at
everything but his heart. We'll miss him. No way to recall what it was that you had said to me, Like I care at all. So loud.
You sure could yell. You took a stand on every little thing and so loud. Standing above the crowd, he had a voice so strong
and loud and I swallowed his façade cuz I'm so eager to identify with someone above the ground, someone who seemed to
feel the same, someone prepared to lead the way, with someone who would die for me. Will you? Will you now? Would you
die for me? Don't you fuckin' lie. Don't you step out of line. Don't you fuckin lie. You've claimed all this time that you would
die for me. Why then are you so surprised to hear your own eulogy? You had alot to say. You had alot of nothing to say.
Come down. Get off your fuckin cross. We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr. To ascend you must die. You
must be crucified for your sins and your lies. Goodbye...

[This message has been edited by Inappropriate Synonym (edited November 02, 2001).]

 

ROTFLMAO!

YOU ARE SIMPLY THE THICKEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!
Who the hell do you think Freddie mercury is? maybe the lead singer of Queen?
No of course not he is just a frank sinatra lookalike who does a christmas album every other year.
How can you recognise that as queen and then not recognise Freddie as the lead...pillock.

AND STOP SWEARING IN YOURT POSTS......wanker.

 

so sorry but im not much for queen, something about the image they projected (wearking tights and such) and dont flame i said i apologized for the use of swearing but i cant go change a song thats not mine can i?

 

there are much better songs than those on Aenima. Eulogy is a good song, pity there is swearing in it really, and you typed it badly... eugh.

Schism is much better, it goes like

I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them fall away
mildewed and smoldering, fundamental differing,
pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion
disintegrating as it goes testing our communication
the light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us so
we cannot see to reach an end crippling our communication.

I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them tumble down
no fault, none to blame it doesn't mean I don't desire to
point the finger, blame the other, watch the temple topple over.
To bring the pieces back together, rediscover communication.

The poetry that comes from the squaring off between,
And the circling is worth it.
Finding beauty in the dissonance.

There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away.
Mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting
I've done the the math enough to know the dangers of a second guessing
Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication

cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion

between supposed lovers
between supposed brothers.

And I know the pieces fit.

 

Again a Rhapsody-song, this one is less happy:

Where sun creates shadow's games
where tragic echoes speak of death why Lord why
between the ruins through lakes of holy blood
I walk in tears for my wasted land

Echoes of tragedy carved on my steel
in this neverending fight against the beast
soldiers of twilight turn back to hell
burn in your fire of glory for me will be your end

Mothers and children embraced in blood
torture and rape will leave their sign
after the sorrow I call the holy rage
burn in my heart now flames of blind hate

Echoes of tragedy carved on my steel
in this neverending fight against the beast
soldiers of twilight turn back to hell
burn in your fire of glory for me will be your end

And another one of Guns 'n' Roses... against Civil Wars.... especially the fifth part is great:

What we've got here is failure to
communicate.
Some men you just can't reach...
So, you get what we had here last week,
which is the way he wants it!
Well, he gets it!
N' I don't like it any more than you men." *

Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before

Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before

My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars


D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "Peace could last forever"
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom
When it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin'
For their promised land

And
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war

Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more

My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars


"WE PRACTICE SELECTIVE ANNIHILATION OF MAYORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
FOR EXAMPLE TO CREATE A VACUUM
THEN WE FILL THAT VACUUM
AS POPULAR WAR ADVANCES
PEACE IS CLOSER" **

I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
And I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
I don't need one more war

I don't need one more war
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway

 

hmm thats one hell of a song, i especially like the reference to vietnam (my own heritage) it makes me feel special and not a "who?, just another highly populated asian developping country"

if i knew the lyrics correctly id post them but i dont so id like to post my personal opinion about the song "nothin else matters" by metallica which i found very well done and at an artisitc type song instead of the regular media/message based song, if someone has clear lyrics, or knows where i can cut and past them. make a post.

 

Yeah, Civil War - a nice song. But if you want some really spicy lyrics, check out the song One In A Million. Hehe, that one really got some attention when it was released.

This is a song by Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of a completely annonimous band called Iron Maiden. It is his solo work.
It's called Tears Of The Dragon...

Tears Of The Dragon
B. Dickinson

For too long now
There were secrets in my mind
For too long now
There were things I should have said

In the darkness, I was stumbling for the door
To find a reason, to find the time, the place, the hour

Waiting for the winter sun, and the cold light of day
The misty ghosts of childhood fears
The pressure is building and I can't stay away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear, I once believed
The tears of the dragon, for you and for me

Where I was
I had wings that couldn't fly
Where I was
I had tears I couldn't cry

My emotions, frozen in an iced lake
I couldn't feel them, until the ice began to break

I have no prayer over this, you know I'm afraid
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving, I'm slipping away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear, I once believed
The tears of the dragon, for you and for me

Slowly I awake
Slowly I rise
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving, I'm slipping away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear, I once believed
The tears of the dragon, for you and for me


I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear, I once believed
The tears of the dragon, for you and for me...

 

Wow, that are some amazing lyrics...

Let's quote some Hammerfall!

Destined for Glory:
Once upon a time in a forlorn land,
a man on a mission was left at fates hand
In his eyes you could see the whites turn red
Surrounded by evil, abandoned for dead
Born on the run by the sign of the sun
A mail-clad warrior, the chosen one
His name's been cursed, he is bound to fail
A wandering spirit with the will to prevail
By the sign of the moon,
he swore the oath to fight alone
Fight with your heart, and you're Destined For Glory
But fight without honor, and you're destined to fall
He still can recall his father's words
"Don't loose your faith, let your voice be heard"
Echoes from the past will lead him on
By these words of honor, shine like the sun
By the sign of the moon
He swore the oath to fight alone
Fight with your heart, and you're Destined For Glory
But fight without honor, and you're destined to fall
Fight with your heart, and you're Destined For Glory
But fight without soul and you will loose it all
The prophecies spoke of a wandering man
Skilled with steel, black as the night
Normally veiled from the mortal eyes
His hammer arose like a magic force
With a gaze that turned everything into stone
the warrior spoke, "I am the one"
Fight with your heart, and you're Destined For Glory
But fight without honor, and you're destined to fall
Fight with your heart, and you're Destined For Glory
But fight without soul and you will loose it all


A Legend Reborn:

You've been fighting for much to long
You saw the future and what to come
Restless spirits out on the run,
among the shadows of the sun
You are the rising resistance now
We´ve come to show you a way somehow
Beyond the past and in secrecy,
we found it all, but we want more
We come from the age of chivalry
Metal machines, unchained and free
We are hear for you to see
Flying on wings of steel, thundering, we are breaking the seal
Fighting for the oath we sworn, to spread the word of a Legend Reborn
Moving silent like a gentle breeze
We´re the troops of metal and we do as we please
We are the restless, we are the wild,
burning hearts that never die
We are going against the tide
The hammer has fallen, a thorn in your side
Break the silence or take the fall
The mighty Templars will take it all
Welcome the age of chivalry,
were we all will be set free
It´s the time for you and me
Flying on wings of steel, thundering, we are breaking the seal
Fighting for the oath we sworn, to spread the word of a Legend Reborn
Sons and brothers fight or fall
With our sisters and daughters
We´re standing one for all
Flying on wings of steel, thundering, we are breaking the seal
Fighting for the oath we sworn, to spread the word of a Legend Reborn
Flying on wings of steel, thundering, we are breaking the seal
Fighting for the oath we sworn, to spread the word of a Legend Reborn

 

I don't get one thing about you ppl: what is so wrong with swearing ? I mean it is part of language, and besides swearwords do tend to set a certain mood or express certain feeling. I don't like cursing w/o any purpose (Limp Bizkit), but if its there in a song written for a reason; so be it.
Btw, Tool rocks, I've been listening them since 93-94, Metallica rawks too BUT ONLY on first 4 albums (prior to Black album).

This is best love song ever, done by a hard no-nonsense band:

Alice in chains, from Facelift album
Love, hate, love
Lyrics: Layne Staley

I tried to love you I thought I could
I tried to own you I thought I would
I want to peel the skin from your face
Before the real you lays to waste

You told me I'm the only one
Sweet little angel, you should have run
Lying, crying, dying to leave
Innocence creates my hell

Cheating myself still you know more
It would be so easy with a whore
Try to understand me little girl
My twisted passion to be your world

Lost inside my sick head
I live for you but I'm not alive
Take my hand before I kill
Still love you, I still burn

Love, hate, love


Add to that heavy'n'slow grunge music done by this excellent band, and best vocalist during the early 90s and you got yourself a song to get drunk to.

Edit: bold

[This message has been edited by Thomas Covenant (edited November 04, 2001).]

 

This is from one of the best cd's I known: Silence... by Sonata Arctica. If you like a bit fast melodic happy sounding metal, check this song called San Sebastian:


I could see my life, short film passing my eyes
I tried to look away from her, as always I just tried

Sweetness in her eyes, gone thru one million miles
How could I turn my back on her, the sweetest thing alive

I was eager, day time dreamer, waiting time when I'd come alive


Sun of San Sebastian eighteen years young today
She's all I ever dreamed, but now my skies are turning gray
It was good I got to know her well, because it made me see
That the sun of San Sebastian is just too hot for me


Look what I have done to my San Sebastian
I wasted all my childhood dreams by staring at sun


Back in time with a dream of mine
I try to find my way back to life


Burning fever, night time screamer, waiting time when I'd come alive


Sun of San Sebastian oh why I cannot stay
She's all I ever dreamed, but now my skies are turning gray
It was good I got to know her well, because it made me see
That the sun of San Sebastian Is just too hot for me


Every single day, for the rest of my way
I live without my love, my God, I have to stay in shade
When I'm old and gray, I remember that day
When she came, that perfect dame and she blew me away


I was eager, day time dreamer, waiting time when I'd come alive

Was it good I got to know her well although it made me see
That the sun of San Sebastian is way too hot for me?
Now I live my life in shades and I am married to the moon
And the sun of San Sebastian is warming someone new

 

Okay, this song maybe doesn't have some notable lyrics, but I can't help to mention it. I know it's off topic, but the song has one of the greatest intros I have ever heared in my life. It's simply brilliant!!
The whole song could have been better, but that intro is really great...
I'll put the lyrics so I don't get hammered for spamming. The song is called Blood Tears, it's by Blind Guardian.


Blood Tears


Welcome to my realm
We are both condemned to live
It's a dark fate
(I can hear your calls
I can hear your calls)
THE ETERNAL LIFE

I see it still burns
Each night I cry in pain

Alive
Though the end appears my friend

chorus:
And blood tears I cry
You've searched and you've found
Cut off your old friends hand

My mind's
In frozen dreams
The rotten flesh
Of bitter lies
Welcome to where time stands still
Noone leaves and noone ever will

Can't hold it
It burns
Each night I cry in pain

chorus:
And blood tears I cry
Endless grief remained inside
And blood tears I cry
Endless grief remained inside

It seems so clearly
Bent the bow
Cause life in me is gone
And a cruel wind's blowing cold
And a cruel wind's blowing cold
In blame

And life it shall wane
Each night I cry in pain

chorus:
And blood tears I cry
Endless grief remained inside
Cut off your old friends hand

 

It isn't off-topic, it are great lyrics of a great song by a great band!

This is from the best cd ever: Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theater. The songs are called Through her Eyes and The spirit carries on and the lyrics are rather touching. The whole cd is one big touching story so this is just a part of a story:


Through her Eyes

She never really had a chance
On that fateful moonlit night
Sacrificed without a fight
A victim of her circumstance

Now that I've become aware
And I've exposed this tragedy
A sadness grows inside of me
It all seems so unfair

I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes

Just beyond the churchyard gates
Where the grass is overgrown
I saw the writing on her stone
I felt like I would suffocate

In loving memory of our child
So innocent, eyes open wide
I felt so empty as I cried
Like part of me had died

I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes

And as her image
Wandered through my head
I wept just like a baby
As I lay awake in bed

And I know what it's like
To lose someone you love
And this felt just the same

She wasn't given any choice
Desperation stole her voice
I've been given so much more in life
I've got a son, I've got a wife

I had to suffer one last time
To grieve for her and say goodbye
Relive the anguish of my past
To find out who I was at last

The door has opened wide
I'm turning with the tide
Looking through her eyes


The spirit carries on:

[Nicholas:]
Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where do we go when we die?
What lies beyond
And what lay before?
Is anything certain in life?

They say, "Life is too short,"
"The here and the now"
And "You're only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we've got?

If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I'm not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend

I may never find all the answers
I may never understand why
I may never prove
What I know to be true
But I know that I still have to try

If I die tomorrow
I'd be allright
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

[Victoria:]
"Move on, be brave
Don't weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear"

[Nicholas:]
Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life again
Victoria's real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I'm here
It's perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means

If I die tomorrow
I'd be allright
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on