Effective Words

[Quoth The Raven]

A Poison Tree

I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.

And into my garden stole,
When the night had veild the pole;
In the morning glad I see,
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

~ William Blake

See, my favourite Blake is The Garden Of Love.

I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore;

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be;
And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding in briars my joys and desires.

My favourite poem of all time: Lady Lazarus. No great surprise there.

 

[Yerda]

"How can you lie there and think of England, when you don't even know who's in the team?"

Billy Bragg again. Greetings To The New Brunette.

 

[Quoth The Raven]

Just remembered this one:

I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah,hallelujah,hallelujah

Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah,hallelujah,hallelujah,hallelujah

Baby I’ve been here before, I know this room
I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah,hallelujah,hallelujah,hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
I remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah,hallelujah,hallelujah,hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above, all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who out drew you
And it’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah

 

[Scuba Pete]

Lady L... that sounds sorta kinda familiar. Who sung it and what is the name?

 

[Quoth The Raven]

Lady L... that sounds sorta kinda familiar. Who sung it and what is the name?

It's called Hallelujah and it was written by Leonard Cohen. There was a quite abridged version in the original Shrek movie.

 

[cardero]

I love Leonard Cohen.

 

[goodjewishboy]

The song Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve

 

[xander-]

Of course i would write my Signature from the band cKy(Camp kill Yourself)
Too wierd to live, too rare to die.
But also from Wayans World
"FOXY LADY"
The famous Hamlet:
To be or not to be" tweeked into:
To let r rip, or to hold it in till i burst?
Forest Gump:
"Life is like a box of chokolate. You never know wat your gonna get!"
Blink 182:
Im feelin' this!
or, my fav from blue colloar comedy tour:::: GET 'r' DONE!!

-Xander