The Lyrics to One of Your Favourite Songs

[Evenstar]

The Levellers :jam: I just love all their songs, but here's one I listen to alot.

If I could choose the life I please
Then I would be a boatman
On the canals and the rivers free
No hasty words are spoken
My only law is the river breeze
That takes me to the open seas
If I could choose the life I please
Then I would be a boatman
If I could choose the life I please
Then I would be a rover
And if the road was not for me
Then I would choose another
Cross mountains and the valleys deep
Where I would take these weary feet
If I could choose the life I please
Then I would be a rover
But these things they're so hard for me
I cannot choose my own destiny
And all the things that I want to see
Are so unclean
Well I wish I could choose the life I please
But I am not a free man
Others rule my destiny
But my will's never broken
I know someday I will be
Everything that I dreamed I'd be
And when I live the life I please
Then I will be a freeman.
I know someday I will be
Everything that I dreamed I'd be
And when I live the life I please
Then I will be a freeman.
And when I live the life I please
Then I will be a freeman.

 

[onmybelief]

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown;
How pale Thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn!
How does that visage languish, which once was bright as morn!

What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression, but Thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Savior! ’Tis I deserve Thy place;
Look on me with Thy favor, vouchsafe to me Thy grace.

Men mock and taunt and jeer Thee, Thou noble countenance,
Though mighty worlds shall fear Thee and flee before Thy glance.
How art thou pale with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn!
How doth Thy visage languish that once was bright as morn!

Now from Thy cheeks has vanished their color once so fair;
From Thy red lips is banished the splendor that was there.
Grim death, with cruel rigor, hath robbed Thee of Thy life;
Thus Thou hast lost Thy vigor, Thy strength in this sad strife.

My burden in Thy Passion, Lord, Thou hast borne for me,
For it was my transgression which brought this woe on Thee.
I cast me down before Thee, wrath were my rightful lot;
Have mercy, I implore Thee; Redeemer, spurn me not!

What language shall I borrow to thank Thee, dearest friend,
For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end?
O make me Thine forever, and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to Thee.

My Shepherd, now receive me; my Guardian, own me Thine.
Great blessings Thou didst give me, O source of gifts divine.
Thy lips have often fed me with words of truth and love;
Thy Spirit oft hath led me to heavenly joys above.

Here I will stand beside Thee, from Thee I will not part;
O Savior, do not chide me! When breaks Thy loving heart,
When soul and body languish in death’s cold, cruel grasp,
Then, in Thy deepest anguish, Thee in mine arms I’ll clasp.

The joy can never be spoken, above all joys beside,
When in Thy body broken I thus with safety hide.
O Lord of Life, desiring Thy glory now to see,
Beside Thy cross expiring, I’d breathe my soul to Thee.

My Savior, be Thou near me when death is at my door;
Then let Thy presence cheer me, forsake me nevermore!
When soul and body languish, oh, leave me not alone,
But take away mine anguish by virtue of Thine own!

Be Thou my consolation, my shield when I must die;
Remind me of Thy passion when my last hour draws nigh.
Mine eyes shall then behold Thee, upon Thy cross shall dwell,
My heart by faith enfolds Thee. Who dieth thus dies well.

 

[Wiccan013]

If I would have to choose, It would be these 2 songs

System Of A Down
AerialsLife is a waterfall,
We're one in the river,
And one again after the fall.

Swimming through the void
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play,
Always want to go,
But you never want to stay,

And we are the ones that want to chose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.

Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.

Life is a waterfall,
We drink from the river,
Then we turn around and put up our walls.

Swimming through the void
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play,
Always want to go,
But you never want to stay,

And we are the ones that want to chose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.

Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.
And

Aerosmith
Dream On
every time that I look in the mirror
all these lines on my face getting clearer
the past is gone
it went by like dusk to dawn
isn't that the way
everybody's got their dues in life to pay

yeah, I know nobody knows
where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
you got to lose to know how to win

half my life's in books' written pages
live and learn from fools and from sages
you know it's true
all the things come back to you

sing with me, sing for the years
sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
sing with me, if it's just for today
maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

dream on, dream on, dream on,
dream yourself a dream come true
dream on, dream on, dream on,
and dream until your dream comes true
dream on [7x]

 

[Cerrax]

The Cruxshadows "Citadel"

Languid waves of desperation fall before the rains
A vanguard to approaching war is born upon the sea
The icy breath of cyclones bent on waging our destruction
Drills hard against the hearts of heroes
Called here to defend

And I see storms on the horizon
I see the tempest at the gates
I see storms on the horizon
And the citadel
Alone
Clinging brave, defying fate

And I will stand here at the gates to face the onslaught fighting
Without surrender or defeat
With Troy beseiged by tyrant's greed
In Hector's memory God willing
We shall save this victory
Without surrender or defeat

Sudden silence I realize
Breaking teardrops in the rain
With every breathing moment
The pillars are sustained
And waking hands attached to nothing
Tightly clutching closed
Each sleeping vision speaks unheard
And Heaven only knows

And I see storms on the horizon
I see the tempest at the gates
I see storms on the horizon
And the citadel
Alone
Clinging brave, defying fate

And I will stand here at the gates to face the onslaught fighting
Without surrender or defeat
With Troy beseiged by tyrany
In Hector's memory God willing
We shall save this victory
Without surrender or defeat

This Troy
She will not fall again
This Troy
She will not fall

And I will stand here at the gates to face the onslaught fighting
Without surrender or defeat
With Troy beseiged by tyrany
In Hector's memory God willing
We shall save this victory
Without surrender or defeat

I will never surrender
I will never surrender
I will never surrender
I will never surrender

 

[ChrisP]

Considering how much Tool's lyrics usually irritate me, I was pleasantly surprised by this track on their new album (although it's the ONLY one I like)

It's a little Abrahamic but the idea is great.

Tool - Right in Two


Angels on the sideline,

Puzzled and amused.

Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they're all confused.


Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?
Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys
Where there's one you're bound to divide it
Right in two


Angels on the sideline,
Baffled and confused.
Father blessed them all with reason,
And this is what they choose?


Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs they forge a blade
And where there's one they're bound to divide it
Right in two


Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs they make a club,
And beat their brother down.

How they survive so misguided is a mystery.
Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability,
To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here.


[Cutting it all right in two
/ Cutting our love right in two]
Fight over the clouds, over wind, over sky
Fight over your lie, over blood, over anything
Fight over love, over sun, over nothing
Fight till they die,


(Ahhh!) over what? for their ending




Angels on the sideline again,
[Mixing love / Benched along] with patience and reason.
Angels on the sideline again,
Wondering where this tug of war will end.
[Cutting it all right in two
/ Cutting our love right in two]



Yeah. This is pretty close to how I feel about humanity.

 

[Buttercup]

U2

"One"

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say...

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...life

One

 

[BFD_Zayl]

this is my FAVORITE song, you have to listen to it to believe how good it is., i had to type the entire thing from the lyrics sheet. download it, its worth it!

System of a down, Soldiers side Part 2 (hypnotize album)

Dead men lying on the bottom of the grave
wondering when savior comes
is he gonna be saved
maybe your a sinner into your alternate life
maybe your a joker
maybe you deserve to die
They were crying when their sons left!
God is wearing black!
hes gone so far to find no hope hes never coming back
they were crying when their sons left
all young men must go
hes come so far to find the truth
hes never going home...
young men standing on the top of their own graves
wondering when jesus comes
are they gonna be saved
cruelty to the winner
bishop tells the king his lies
maybe your a mourner
maybe you deserve to die
they were crying when their sons left
God is wearing black...
hes gone so far to find no hope
hes never coming back
they were crying when their sons left
all young men must go
hes come so far to find the truth
hes never going home...
...Welcome, to the soldiers side
where theres no one here but me
people all grow up to die
there is no one here but me
Welcome, to the soldiers side
Where theres no one here but me
people on the soldiers side
there is no one here but me.