A sad fact widely known

[Fenris]

The most impassioned song
To a lonely soul
Is so easily outgrown
But don't forget the songs
That made you smile
And the songs that made you cry
When you lay in awe
On the bedroom floor
And said : "Oh, oh, smother me Mother..."

The passing of time
And all of its crimes
Is making me sad again
The passing of time
And all of its sickening crimes
Is making me sad again
But don't forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now
And you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

The passing of time leaves empty lives
Waiting to be filled (the passing ...)
The passing of time
Leaves empty lives
Waiting to be filled
I'm here with the cause
I'm holding the torch
In the corner of your room
Can you hear me ?
And when you're dancing and laughing
And finally living
Hear my voice in your head
And think of me kindly

What songs from your youth do you and will you always remember fondly?

[jpgray]

1. Taj Mahal, Cakewalk Into Town

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout
"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!"

[Fenris]

4. That's a song that makes me want to murder people.

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout
"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. This one has such fond, romantic memories.

I love myself
I want you to love me
When I'm feelin' down
I want you above me
I search myself
I want you to find me
I forget myself
I want you to remind me

Chorus:
I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no

You're the one who makes me happy honey
You're the sun who makes me shine
When you're around I'm always laughing
I want to make you mine

I close my eyes
And see you before me
Think I would die
If you were to ignore me
A fool could see
Just how much I adore you
I get down on my knees
I'd do anything for you

Chorus

I love myself
I want you to love me
When I'm feelin' down
I want you above me
I search myself
I want you to find me
I forget myself
I want you to remind me

Chorus

I want you
I don't want anybody else
And when I think about you
I touch myself
Ooh, oooh, oooooh, aaaaaah

Chorus

[Fenris]

5. That describes my life so well.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. It's just so touching.

Sticks in the mind.

[Fenris]

7. It makes me warm and tingly.

That may also be the Ecstasy I just took.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. I'd have LOL'd there if it weren't for the 'ludes.

[Fenris]

9. Yes. Indeed.

I, on the other hand, am enjoying the holes being burned in my brain.

[flamingyouth]

10. "Dover Beach" by the Bangles

I don't really like their stuff after "All Over the Place," with the exception of their cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter." But I really loved this song when I was an angst-filled overly romantic teenager.

If I had the time
I would run away with you
To a perfect world
We'd suspend all that is duty or required.

Late last night you cried
And I couldn't come to you
But on the other side
You and I, inseparable went walking.

Yeah, oh woe.

If we could steal away
Like jugglers and thieves
But we could come and go
Oh, and talk of Michaelangelo.

Oh woe.

If we had the time (we had the time)
We had the time.

The day you looked at me
And it was on your mind
The world is no one's dream
We will never ever find the time.

Oh woe.

If we had the time
I would run away with you
To a perfect world
(To a perfect world).

[Fenris]

12. Man, they totally ripped off T.S. Eliot

I like that. Plagiarism in song is easy to do. And I dig their "hazy Shade of Winter" as well. For some reason, my mother likes the bangles. She had a greatest hits disc in her car forever.

[flamingyouth]

13. I know they ripped of Eliot

But like I always say, rip off the good stuff. ;)

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. Anyone can borrow.

Great artists steal.

[Fenris]

15. Morrissey flagrantly ripped off my avatar

The song "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" is almost entirely derived from Shelagh Delany's "A Taste of Honey." An excellent read. Other people he was fond of ripping off included Elizabeth Smart and Oscar Wilde (surprise).

[flamingyouth]

16. What? Morrissey ripped off Oscar Wilde?

NOOOOO! :wow:

;)

[Fenris]

17. ...

:D

[Heddi]

18. Keats and Yates are your side (while weird lover Wilde is on mine)

A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mine

So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now ?
With loves, and hates
And passions just like mine
They were born
And then they lived
And then they died
It seems so unfair
I want to cry


You say : "'Ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn"
And you claim these words as your own
But I've read well, and I've heard them said
A hundred times (maybe less, maybe more)
If you must write prose/poems
The words you use should be your own
Don't plagiarise or take "on loan"
'Cause there's always someone, somewhere
With a big nose, who knows
And who trips you up and laughs
When you fall
Who'll trip you up and laugh
When you fall


You say : "'Ere long done do does did"
Words which could only be your own
And then produce the text
From whence was ripped
(Some dizzy whore, 1804)


A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're happy
And I meet you at the cemetry gates
Oh, Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
But you lose
'Cause weird lover Wilde is on mine


Sure !

[Fenris]

21. "A dreaded sunny day" is one of my favorite phrases.

Perfectly captures my outlook on life.

[Heddi]

22. Completely

I was talking about Moz/Smiths w/my husband the other day, and how no matter how old I get, I'll always be the akward, maladjusted, "goth before goth was invented" 13 year old girl who sits on her bed and longs for dreary rainy days so she can have an excuse to write in her diary and listen to music all day long.....perfectly satisfied with being terminally unsatisfied :)

[Heddi]

19. if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well. Enough said.
I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Oh ...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me ?
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
(Though she needs you
More than she loves you)
And I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Over and over and over and over
Over and over, la ...
I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
And you even spoke to me, and said :
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very good-looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight ?
I know ...
'Cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they're in each other's arms..."
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
Over, over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
Over, over
Love is Natural and Real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight, my love
Love is Natural and Real
But not for such as you and I, my love
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

[screwfacecapone]

20. all night long by lionel ritchie.

Greatest song EVER.