You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall.
I ain't saying I'm innocent, in fact, the reverse. But if you're headed to the grave you don't blame the hearse. _________________ Top Canadian songs, beer antiques, beautiful watches, whatever...
“Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed” – Led Zeppelin
“Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?” – Hayley Williams
Oh, Mamma Mia, let me go – Queen
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me – Queen
If language were liquid
It would be rushing in
Instead here we are
In a silence more eloquent
Than any word could ever be. – Suzanne Vega
“A love supreme. A love supreme. A love supreme.” – John Coltrane
"it's odd where I am: there are people, I'm not like them"-Animal Collective
"what it is I do to keep you warm, being a woman, being a woman"-Joanna Newsom
"life's the illusion, love is the dream, but I don't know it is"-Buzzcocks
"what do you want me to say? what do you want to hear?"-The Dismemberment Plan
"I've got everything I want, except for hungry"-The Fall
"the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides"-Godspeed You Black Emperor
"you got to use just what you got to get just what you want"-James Brown
"trouble me or I'll go, trouble me with you"-Lisa Germano
"slip like Freudian, your first and last step to playing yourself like accordian"-Madvillain
"touch me, I'm sick"-Mudhoney
"And I cry as time flies"-Pharoah Sanders
"little fish, big fish swimming in the water come back here and give me my daughter"-PJ Harvey
"looking for a future; war is my answer"-The Germs
"I miss you"-Slint
"I will no longer do the devil's wishes; something I read on the dollar bill"-Spoon
"errant days filled me"-Talk Talk
"Avow. Relent. Such suffering. Few certain. And here I lay."-Mark Hollis
"Everybody needs someone to live by"-Talk Talk
"I shall drive my chariot down your streets and cry"-Van Morrison
"take me strongly in your arms again and I will not remember that I ever felt the pain"-Van Morrison
"let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning; let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers"-Wilco
"his fangs have been pulled and I really want to see you tonight"-Wilco
"The world's a mess; it's in my kiss"-X
"I can tell you taste like the sky because you look like rain"-Morphine
"the heart is a stone and this is a stone that we throw"-Beach House
"Since I left you, I've found the world so new"-The Avalanches (maybe thoughts have changed on this guy?)
"It cannot hide, just be who you are"-Flying Lotus
"stoked without sound, the blameless flames, you and miss sleeper"-Joanna Newsom
"thank you for letting me be myself"-Sly and the Family Stone
"shut off and curl up; if it hurts push harder"-Laika
"where you gonna be when you spend eternity? I'm gonna be perfect from now on"-Built to Spill
"they make me feel that I'm only all I see sometimes"-Animal Collective
"There are things I can't explain... why my dreams have lost their wings"-Laika
"I said goodbye to the ground"-Slint
"educate myself 'til it hurts"-Bark Psychosis
"you can still stand tall, just be thankful for what you got"-Massive Attack
"Anything I want, he gives it to me; anything I want, he gives it but not for free"-The Clash
"we feel it moving through our skin. It's a sickness, a manic weakness, yeah"-Beach House
"my heart stands for nothing, and your soul's too weak"-Beach House
"I wanna love you all night and day! You know my love will not fade away!"-Buddy Holly
"he's gonna take you when you're alone; and gonna pay you to take you home"-Can
"Searching for my brother, yes I am"-Can
"Go on kill! Go on die!"-Fela Kuti
"even mollusks have weddings, though solemn and leaden"-Joanna Newsom
"you were knocking me down with the palm of your eye"-Joanna Newsom
"I killed my dinner with karate. kick him in the face; taste the body."-Joanna Newsom
"Oh my love, oh it was a funny little thing"-Joanna Newsom
"slip your dress over your head. It's been so long"-My Bloody Valentine
"Cheap sex and sad films, help me get where I belong"-Radiohead
"Sometimes I cry, just like a baby"-Sly and the Family Stone
"And in my pain I'll be sane to take your hand"-Sly and the Family Stone
"Can't leave cuz your heart is there; can't stay cuz you been somewhere else"-Sly and the Family Stone
"Blood's thicker than the mud. It's a family affair"-Sly and the Family Stone
"the brave and strong survive"-Sly and the Family Stone
let's start one of these up again!
also, I seriously still think the Stooges quote "Baby with me in the heat, and turn me loose on you" should be changed to "Baby whip me into heat, and turn me loose on you". The first guy doesn't make sense grammatically, and the lyrics sites almost always put (??) next to these lines, meaning they don't know what the fuck they're talking about.
and then, once albummaster decides we should add some more quotes, he puts up what is useable based on copyright, ownership, etc issues he'll compile all of them in a list. All users are then able to vote on which lyrics are added to the site (e.g. 5 votes gets a lyric added to a site). So, feel free to suggest any lyrics you want, so long as they're close to the character limit!
"god is dead and no one cares. if there is a hell, i'll see you there." - nine inch nails
"A rose could never lie about the love it brings" - jars of clay
"Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone." - madonna
"heaven isn't too far away, closer to it every day" - warrant _________________ i'm always listening to music
Apologies, I've not been able to go on the site as much as usual this week. It's Semana Santa in Spain, and things are a little crazy. Things seem a bit active here (and thanks to purple for those posts helping people). Well, I think we should organise the latest round of voting. Anything that has been submitted until now (from post #319 onwards) will be automatically up for vote, so no need to re-submit, and I encourage anyone else to submit their own choices (particularly new members).
I'll paste below the 'rules' we've been using before. As purple mentioned, there are copyright issues and a few other things to be aware of.
Background:
At the top of every page on BEA, there is a line from a song which are nice to read, but after a while you've read them all. Post here your favourite quotes from songs, and we'll vote the best ones onto the site.
Rules:
Lyrics should be no longer than 80 characters (one or two lines of a song) to fit in the site masthead. They should be credited to the original artist (no cover versions), must not contain profanity, and should be recognizable to the vast majority of visitors. This is what 80 characters looks like:
When you leave your quote(s), please be sure to state who the artist is that performed it. (Otherwise, not everyone will know who it is from). There also needs to be a maximum of 50 quotes per person (otherwise voting will become unmanageable). If more than 50 quotes are submitted, only the first 50 on the list will be put to vote.
After a week or so, we'll draw up a short-list and vote the best quotes onto the site.
(N.B. any quotes submitted after the end of the last competition will automatically be included in the voting this time around, so no need to re-submit them.)
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