Lyrics that make you think

by lostlantern 16 Replies latest jw friends

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  prophecor

  Artist/Band: Travis Randy
  Lyrics for Song: Look Heart, No Hands
  Lyrics for Album: Other Songs

  I remember how it used to feel
  Riding down old two mile hill
  Tennis shoes up on the handle bars
  Paying no mind to the passing cars
  No doubts, no fears, just like when you are here
  
  No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
  No net, just you to catch me when I fall
  Look heart, no hands.
  
  It took a little time to get up to speed
  To find the confidence and strength I need
  To just let go and reach for the sky
  You know sometimes it felt I could fly.
  No doubts, no fears, just like when you are here.
  
  No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
  No net, just you to catch me when I fall
  Look heart, no hands.
  
  It doesn't take much, just a smile or a touch
  And I'm a kid again, I can almost feel that wind
  
  No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
  No net, just you to catch me when I fall
  Look heart, no hands.
  Look heart, no hands
  I remember how it used to feel
  Riding down old two mile hill
  Tennis shoes up on the handle bars
  Paying no mind to the passing cars
  No doubts, no fears, just like when you are here
  
  No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
  No net, just you to catch me when I fall
  Look heart, no hands.
  
  It took a little time to get up to speed
  To find the confidence and strength I need
  To just let go and reach for the sky
  You know sometimes it felt I could fly.
  No doubts, no fears, just like when you are here.
  
  No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
  No net, just you to catch me when I fall
  Look heart, no hands.
  
  It doesn't take much, just a smile or a touch
  And I'm a kid again, I can almost feel that wind
  
  No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
  No net, just you to catch me when I fall
  Look heart, no hands.
  Look heart, no hands
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  DIM

  "I Get Out" by Lauryn Hill I get out I get out of all your boxes Il get out, you can't hold me in these chains I get out Father free me from this bondage Knowing my condition is the reason I must change Your stinking resolution is no type of solution Preventing me from freedom Maintaining your pollution I won't support your lie no more I won't even try no more Oh If I have to die oh lord that's how I choose to live I won't be compromised no more I can't be victimized no more I just don't sympathize no more Cause now I understand you just want to use me You say love, then abuse me You never thought you'd lose me But how quickly we forget That nothing is for certain You thought I'd stay here hurtin Your guilt trips just not working Repressing me to death Cause now I'm choosing life yo I'll take the sacrifice yo If everything must go then go That's how I chose to live No more comprises I see past your disguises Blinding me through mind control Stealing my eternal soul Appealing through material Oh just to keep me as your slave But I get out, oh I get out of all of your boxes I get out Oh you can't hold me in these chains, I'll get out Of this social pergutory Knowing my condition is the reason I must change See what you see is what you get And oh, you ain't seen nothing yet Oh, I don't care if you're upset I could care less if you're upset see it don't change the truth And your hurt feelings no excuse To keep me in this box Psychological locks Repressing true expression Cementing this repression Promoting mass deception So that no one can be healed I don't respect your system I won't protect your system When you talk I don't listen Oh let my Fathers will be done And just get out, Oh just get out of all this bondage Just get out, oh you can't hold me in these chains Just get out These traditions killing freedom Knowing my condition is the reason I must change I just accepted what you said Keeping me amongst the dead The only way to know Is to walk then learn then grow But faith is not your speed You'd have everyone believe That you're the sole authority Just follow the majority Afraid to face reality This system is a joke You'd be smart to save your soul And escape this mind control You spend your life in sacrifice To a system for the dead Where's the passion in this living Are you sure it's God you're serving Obligated to a system Getting less than you're deserving Who made up these rules I say Who made up these schools I say Animal conditioning just to keep you as a slave Oh just get out of this social purgatory Just get out These traditions are a lie- just get out Superstition killing freedom, knowing my condition is the reason I must die Just get out, just get out, just get out, lets get out, lets get out, Knowing my condition is the reason I must die.
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  Dismembered

  Wind Up by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull

  When I was young and they packed me off to school
  And taught me how not to play the game,
  I didn’t mind if they groomed me for success,
  Or if they said that I was a fool.
  So I left there in the morning
  With their God tucked underneath my arm --
  Their half-assed smiles and the book of rules.
  So I asked this God a question
  And by way of firm reply,
  He said -- I’m not the kind you have to wind up on sundays.
  So to my old headmaster (and to anyone who cares):
  Before I’m through I’d like to say my prayers --
  I don’t believe you:
  You had the whole damn thing all wrong --
  He’s not the kind you have to wind up on sundays.
  Well you can excomunicate me on my way to sunday school
  And have all the bishops harmonize these lines --
  How do you dare tell me that I’m my father’s son
  When that was just an accident of birth.
  I’d rather look around me -- compose a better song
  `cos that’s the honest measure of my worth.
  In your pomp and all your glory you’re a poorer man than me,
  As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
  I don’t believe you:
  You had the whole damn thing all wrong --
  He’s not the kind you have to wind up on sundays.
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  bigmouth

  The two Jethro Tull ones had often stuck in my mind.
  Also from Submarine Bells by The Chills, the song Familiarity Breeds Contempt;
  Hard people make hard times far worse,
  Not the reverse.
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  wednesday

  I couldn't help noticing Jethro Tull has made the list several times. I also like him a lot too. I used to love dancing to 'Bungle in the Jungle" He is a very impressive performer.

  Recently (last few years that is) a song that really made me think was "Personal Jesus" My preference is Johnny Cash, but I have heard Depche Mode too. Either one is very good. Also, sensitive to the plight of the Native American, is the song, "Ira Hayes" by Johnny Cash, written many years ago. It touched us deeply, as did "Man in Black" .. Even before leaving jws, I (as many others) actuallly cared about our fellow man.(enough to want to actually do something ) "Man in Black" says that " just so we won't forget those who are held back, and living in the hopeless hungry side of town" he wears black. If you have not heard it you should. Also, I'm sure many remember "Another Day in Paradise" . It is a hard song to listen to.

  weds
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  caligirl

  Stilla posted one of my absolute favorite Alanis Morrisette songs already. There are several that "speak to me" but I can't think of most of them right now.

  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,
  Woah breathe, just breathe
  
  May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
  Just a day, he sat 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,
  Woah 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
  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, its 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
  
  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 now
  Sing it if you understand.
  And breathe, just breathe
  Woah breathe, just breathe,
  Oh breathe, just breathe.
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  lostlantern

  No list is complete without U2

  Peace On Earth

  U2

  Heaven on Earth, we need it now
  I'm sick of all of this hanging around
  Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain
  I'm sick of hearing again and again
  That there's gonna be peace on Earth
  
  Where I grew up there weren't many trees
  Where there was we'd tear them down
  And use them on our enemies
  They say that what you mock
  Will surely overtake you
  And you become a monster
  So the monster will not break you
  
  And it's already gone too far
  Who said that if you go in hard
  You won't get hurt
  
  Jesus can you take the time
  To throw a drowning man a line
  Peace on Earth
  Tell the ones who hear no sound
  Whose sons are living in the ground
  Peace on Earth
  No whos or whys
  No one cries like a mother cries
  For peace on Earth
  She never got to say goodbye
  To see the color in his eyes
  Now he's in the dirt
  Peace on Earth
  
  They're reading names out over the radio
  All the folks the rest of us won't get to know
  Sean and Julia, Gareth, Ann and Breda
  Their lives are bigger than any big idea
  
  Jesus can you take the time
  To throw a drowning man a line
  Peace on Earth
  To tell the ones who hear no sound
  Whose sons are living in the ground
  Peace on Earth
  Jesus sing a song you wrote
  The words are sticking in my throat
  Peace on Earth
  Hear it every Christmas time
  But hope and history won't rhyme
  So what's it worth
  This peace on Earth
  
  Peace on Earth
  Peace on Earth
  Peace on Earth