Jaye Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaye Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) And if its bad Dont let it get you down, you can take it And if it hurts Dont let them see you cry, you can make it Hold your head up Hold your head up Hold your head up Hold your head high And if they stare Just let them burn their eyes on you moving And if they shout Dont let them change a thing what youre doing Hold your head up Hold your head up Hold your head up Hold your head high! Edited January 21, 2008 by Jaye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Out go the lights In goes my knife Pull out his life Consider that bastard dead Get on your knees Please beg me, please You're the king of the sleaze Don't you try to rape me Bastard Consider that bastard dead Bastard Make it quick, blow off his head Whoa! Whoa! Bastard Won't get screwed again Got your neck in the noose I got nothing to lose We're really gonna screw you Consider that bastard dead Quick as a shark Beast has its mark You can't beat the dark Don't you try to rape me Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I looked in the mirror today My eyes just didn't seem so bright I've lost a few more hairs I think I'm going bald I think I'm going bald Seems like only yesterday We would sit and talk of dreams all night Dreams of youth And simple truths Now we're so involved So involved with life Walk down vanity fair Memory lane everywhere Wall Street shuffles there Dressed in flowing hair Once we loved the flowers Now we ask the price of the land Once we would take water But now it must be wine Now we've been And now we've seen What price peace of mind Take a piece of my mind My life is slipping away I'm aging every day But even when I'm grey I'll still be grey my way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 A wave toward the clearing the sky All this time we're talking and sharing our Rational View A billion other voices are spreading other news All this time we're living and trying to understand Why a billion other choices are making their demands Talk of a Peaceable Kingdom Talk of a time without fear The ones we wish would listen Are never going to hear Justice against The Hanged Man Knight of Wands against the hour Swords against the kingdom Time against The Tower All this time we're shuffling and laying out all our cards While a billion other dealers are slipping past our guards All this time we're hoping and praying we all might learn While a billion other teachers are teaching them how to burn Dream of a Peaceable Kingdom Dream of a time without war The ones we wish would hear us Have heard it all before A wave toward the clearing sky A wave toward the clearing sky The Hermit against The Lovers Or the Devil against the Fool Swords against the kingdom The Wheel against the rules All this time we're burning like bonfires in the dark A billion other blazes are shooting off their sparks Every spark a drifting ember of desire To fall upon the earth and spark another fire A homeward angel on the fly A wave toward the clearing sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 We are secrets to each other Each one's life a novel No-one else has read Even joined in bonds of love We're linked to one another By such slender threads We are planets to each other Drifting in our orbits To a brief eclipse Each of us a world apart Alone and yet together Like two passing ships Just between us I think it's time for us to recognize The differences we sometimes feared to show Just between us I think it's time for us to realize The spaces in between Leave room For you and I to grow We are strangers to each other Full of sliding panels An illusion show Acting well-rehearsed routines Or playing from the heart? It's hard for one to know We are islands to each other Building hopeful bridges On a troubled sea Some are burned or swept away Some we would not choose But we're not always free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Know your place in life is where you want to be Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me Keep on looking forward; no use in looking 'round Hold your head above the ground and they won't bring you down Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind We marvel after those who sought New wonders in the world, wonders in the world, Wonders in the world they wrought. Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and bleeding hearts will Only cry out for more Well, I know they've always told you Selfishness was wrong Yet it was for me, not you, I Came to write this song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 All that we can do is just survive All that we can do to help ourselves Is stay alive... Ragged lines of ragged grey Skeletons, they shuffle away Shouting guards and smoking guns Will cut down the unlucky ones I clutch the wire fence Until my fingers bleed A wound that will not heal- A heart that cannot feel- Hoping that the horror will recede Hoping that tomorrow- We'll all be freed Sickness to insanity Prayer to profanity Days and weeks and months go by Don't feel the hunger-too weak to cry I hear the sound of gunfire At the prison gate Are the liberators here- Do I hope or do I fear? For my father and my brother-it's too late But I must help my mother Stand up straight... Are we the last ones left alive? Are we the only human beings To survive?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BestIKenster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Midway hawkers calling Try your luck with me Merry-go-round wheezing The same old melody A thousand ten cent wonders Who could ask for more A pocketful of silver The key to heaven's door Lakeside Park Willows in the breeze Lakeside Park So many memories Laughing rides Midway lights Shining stars on summer nights Days of barefoot freedom Racing with the waves Nights of starlit secrets Crackling driftwood flames Drinking by the lighthouse Smoking on the pier Still we saw the magic Fading every year Everyone would gather On the twenty fourth of May Sitting in the sand To watch the fireworks display Dancing fires on the beach Singing songs together Though it's just a memory Some memories last forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanneeeeee Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 How many times Do we tire of all the little battles Threaten to call it quits Tempted to cut and run How many times Do we weather out the stormy evenings Long to slam the front door Drive away into the setting sun Keep going on till dawn How many times must another line be drawn We could be down and gone But we hold on How many times Do we chaff against the repetition Straining against the faith Measured out in coffee breaks How many times Do we swallow our ambition Long to give up the same old way Find another road to take Keep holding on so long Cause theres a chance that we might not be so wrong We could be down and gone But we hold on How many times Do we wonder if it's even worth it Theres got to be some other way Way to get me through the day Keep going on till dawn How many times must another line be drawn We could be down and gone But we hold on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanneeeeee Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 "To seek the sacred river Alph To walk the caves of ice To break my fast on honeydew And drink the milk of Paradise..." I had heard the whispered tales of immortality The deepest mystery From an ancient book I took a clue I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eastern lands unknown Time and Man alone Searching for the lost Xanadu Xanadu... To stand within the Pleasure Dome Decreed by Kubla Khan To taste anew the fruits of life The last immortal man To find the sacred river Alph To walk the caves of ice Oh, I will dine on honeydew And drink the milk of Paradise A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by Stars stopped in the sky Frozen in an everlasting view Waiting for the world to end, weary of the night Praying for the light Prison of the lost Xanadu Xanadu... Held within the Pleasure Dome Decreed by Kubla Khan To taste my bitter triumph As a mad immortal man Nevermore shall I return Escape these caves of ice For I have dined on honeydew And drunk the milk of Paradise Or is it Paradise?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeJ Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 That is one of my favs. I'll sing along with you. Keep going on till dawn How many times must another line be drawn We could be down and gone But we hold on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanneeeeee Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 What CAN we do BUT hold on? and to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanneeeeee Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 I am trying to keep my mind out of the gutter today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanneeeeee Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 The night is black Without a moon. The air is thick and still. The vigilantes gather on The lonely torchlit hill. Features distorted in the flickering light, The faces are twisted and grotesque. Silent and stern in the sweltering night, The mob moves like demons possesed. Quiet in conscience, calm in their right, Confident their ways are best. The righteous rise With burning eyes Of hatred and ill-will. Madmen fed on fear and lies To beat and burn and kill. They say there are strangers who threaten us, are immigrants and infidels. They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves. Those who know what's best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves. Quick to judge, Quick to anger, Slow to understand Ignorance and prejudice And fear walk hand in hand... chills.......hope they don't drop this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 proud swagger out of the schoolyard waiting for the world's applause rebel without a conscience martyr without a cause static on your frequency electrical storm in your veins raging at unreachable glory straining at invisible chains and now you're trembling on a rocky ledge staring down into a heartless sea can't face life on a razor's edge nothing's what you thought it would be All of us get lost in the darkness Dreamers learn to steer by the stars All of us do time in the gutter Dreamers turn to look at the cars turn around and turn around and turn around Turn around and walk the razor's edge Don't turn your back And slam the door on me it's not as if this barricade blocks the only road it's not as if you're all alone in wanting to explode someone set a bad example made surrender seem all right the act of a noble warrior who lost the will to fight and now you're trembling on a rocky ledge staring down into a heartless sea done with life on a razor's edge nothing's what you thought it would be no hero in your tragedy no daring in your escape no salutes for your surrender nothing noble in your fate Christ, what have you done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) When you were young and your heart was an open book You used to say live and let live You know you did But if this ever changing world in which we live in Makes you give in and cry, say Live and Let Die! Live and Let Die! What does it matter to ya When you got a job to do, you gotta do it well You gotta give the other fellow Hell! Edited January 21, 2008 by Lerxster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limlight81 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 outside there's a box car waiting outside the family stew out by the fire breathing outside we wait 'til face turns blue i know the nervous walking i know the dirty beard hangs out by the box car waiting take me away to nowhere plains there is a wait so long here comes your man big shake on the box car moving big shake to the land that's falling down is a wind makes a palm stop blowing a big, big stone fall and break my crown there is a wait so long you'll never wait so long here comes your man there is a wait so long you'll never wait so long here comes your man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 POLARIZE ME SENSITIZE ME CRITICIZE ME CIVILIZE ME COMPENSATE ME ANIMATE ME COMPLICATE ME ELEVATE ME Goddess in my garden Sister in my soul Angel in my armor Actress in my role Daughter of a demon-lover Empress of the hidden face Priestess of the pagan mother Ancient queen of inner space Spirit in my psyche Double in my role Alter in my image Struggle for control Mistress of the dark unconscious Mermaid of the lunar sea Daughter of the great enchantress Sister to the boy inside of me My counterpart - my foolish heart A man must learn to rule his tender part A warming trend - a gentle friend A man must build a fortress to defend A secret face - a touch of grace A man must learn to give a little space A peaceful state - a submissive trait A man must learn to gently dominate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 The snakes and arrows a child is heir to Are enough to leave a thousand cuts We build our defenses, a place of safety And leave the darker places unexplored Sometimes the fortress is too strong Or the love is too weak What should have been our armor Becomes a sharp and angry sword Our better natures seek elevation A refuge for the coming night No one gets to their heaven without a fight We hold beliefs as a consolation A way to take us out of ourselves Meditation, or medication A comfort, or a promised reward Sometimes the spirit is too strong Or the flesh is too weak Sometimes the need is just too great For the solace we seek The suit of shining armor Becomes a keen and bloody sword No one gets to their heaven without a fight A refuge for the coming night A future of eternal light No one gets to their heaven without a fight Confused alarms of struggle and flight Blood is drained of color By the flashes of artillery light No one gets to their heaven without a fight The battle flags are flown At the feet of a god unknown No one gets to their heaven without a fight Sometimes the damage is too great Or the will is too weak What should have been our armor Becomes a sharp and burning sword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Well, I see you standin' there With your finger in the air Everything we do, you wanna leave it up to you Who do you think you are? You think you are a star? Tryin' to run the town Always tryin' to put us down Well, you think that you're right You think you're out of sight Tell me something, mister Why'd you have to make us so uptight? Well, you say you've been tryin' You know that you're lyin' I think you need some groovin' Who do you think you're foolin', now? Well, you better start changin' Your life needs rearrangin' You better do some talkin' Or you better do some walkin' now Yeah, you think that you're right You think you're out of sight Tell me something, mister Why'd you have to make us so uptight? I know what you're doing All that you been doin' wrong I don't know what you're feelin' Oh, but you been feelin' long Well, you think that you're right Tell me something, mister Why'd you have to make us so uptight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I've stood upon my mountaintop and shouted at the sky walked above the pavement with my sense amplified - I get this feeling all my nerves are naked wires tender to the touch sometimes super-sensitive but who can care too much? - I get this feeling scars of pleasure scars of pain atmospheric changes make them sensitive again each emotional injury leaves behind its mark sometimes they come tumbling out like shadows in the dark - I get this feeling when I think about all I have seen and all I'll never see when I think about the people who have opened up to me - I get this feeling snow falls deep around my house and holds the winter light I've heard the lions hunting in the Serengeti night - I get this feeling forests turned to factories and river, sea, and sky hungry child in the desert and the flies that cloud her eyes - I get this feeling Pleasure leaves a fingerprint As surely as mortal pain In memories they resonate And echo back again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 i see red it hurts my head guess it must be something that i read it's the colour of your heartbeat a rising summer sun the battle lost-or won the flash to fashion and the pulse to passion- feels red inside my head and truth is often bitter- left unsaid said red red thinking about the overhead- the underfed -couldn't we talk about something else instead? we've got mars on the horizon says the national midnight star (it's true) what you believe is what you are a pair of dancing shoes- the soviets are the blues- the reds under your bed lying- in the darkness dead ahead and the mercury is rising barometer starts to fall you know it gets to us all the pain that is learning and the rain that is burning- feel red still-go ahead you see black and white- and i see red (not blue) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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