Dmx - Lord Give me a Sign (2006) (R.I.P DMX and Thx 4 blessing us with this lyrics)

(Intro)
Yeah, uh
In the name of Jesus (Spread the word!)
"No weapon formed against me shall prosper" (Preach!)
"And every tongue that rises against me in judgment, thou shall condemn" (Preach!)
(Lord give me a sign!) "For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord"
(Preach!) "And their righteousness is of me, " said the Lord (Preach!)
Amen, uh
Lord give me a sign!

(Verse 1)
I really need talk to you Lord
Since the last time we talked, the walk has been hard
Now I know you haven't left me, but I feel like I'm alone
I'ma big boy now, but I'm still not grown
And I'm still goin' through it (What!), pain and the hurt (Yeah!)
Soakin' up trouble like, rain in the dirt (Yeah!)
And I know, only I can stop the rain
With just the mention of my savior's name, in the name of Jesus
Devil I rebuke you, for what I go through
Been tryna make me do, what I used to (What!)
But all that stops right here (Yeah!)
As long as the Lord's in my life, I will have no fear
I will know no pain, from the light to the dark (Come on!)
I will no show no shame, spit it right from the heart (Come on!)
'Cause it's right from the start, you held me down
And ain't, nothin' they can tell me now

(Hook)
Lord give me a sign!
Let me know what's on yo' mind
Let me know what I'm gon' find
It's all in time, show me how to teach the mind
Show me how to reach the blind, Lord give me a sign!
Show me what I gots to do, to bring me closer to you
As I'ma go through, whatever you want me to
Just let me know what to do, Lord give me a sign!

(Verse 2)
Please, show me some'n (Some'n)
I'm tired talkin' to him, knowin' he frontin' (Frontin')
Cryin' 'bout, "Life ain't nothin'" (Nothin')
But you either be the one mad 'cause you trapped, or the one huntin' (Come on!)
Trapped in yo' own mind, waitin' on the Lord (Yeah!)
Or huntin' with the word that, cuts like a sword
The spoken word is stronger than, the strongest man
Carries the whole world like the strongest hand
Through the trials and tribulations, you never let us down
I know you're here with us now
(Jesus!) I know you're still with us now
Keep it real with us now, I wanna feel show me how
(Please!) Let me take yo' hand, guide me (What!)
I'll walk slow but stay right beside me
(Please!) Devil's tryna find me (Please)
Hide me, Hold up, I take that back
Protect me and give me the strength to fight back!

(Hook 2)

(Lord give me a sign!)
Let me know what's on yo' mind
Let me know what I'm gon' find
It's all in time, show me how to teach the mind
Show me how to reach the blind, Lord give me a sign!
Show me what I gots to do, to bring me closer to you
As I'ma go through, whatever you want me to
Just let me know what to do, Lord give me a sign!

(Verse 3 or Bridge)
Life or death, live or die (Uh)
I will never live a lie (Uh)
I'm gon' get because I try (What!)
I won't quit until I die (What!)
I'm gon' make it, wrong or right (Yeah!)
And make it through the darkest time (Yeah!)
And when the morning comes, you'll see
That all I have is God in me (Lord give me a sign!)
"No weapon formed against me shall prosper"
Please! Lord give me a sign!
"For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord"
In the name of Jesus

(Hook 3)
Lord give me a sign!
Let me know what's on yo' mind
Let me know what I'm gon' find
It's all in time, show me how to teach the mind
Show me how to reach the blind, Lord give me a sign!
Show me what I gots to do, to bring me closer to you
As I'ma go through, whatever you want me to
Just let me know what to do, Lord give me a sign!

 

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To me, Tom Waits' lyrics always made most sense
...
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat
Never drive a car when you're dead
... yup

 

No other language can beat french lyrics

 

-wiki



Oh she knows
She takes his hand
And prays the child will understand
At the door they watch the men go by
In the clothes that daddy wore
Mother's pride
Baby Boy
His father's eyes
He's a soldier waiting for war
Time will come
He'll hold a gun
His father's son

And as he grows
He hears the band
Takes the step from boy to man
And at the shore she waves her son goodbye
Like the man she did before

Mother's pride
Just a boy
His country's eyes
He's a soldier waving at the shore
And in her heart the time has come
To lose a son

And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone
They make no difference
No difference in the end
Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero
In the name of God and man

Mother's pride
Crazy boy
His lifeless eyes
He's a soldier now forevermore
He'll hold a gun till kingdom come

 

What else should I be?
All apologies
What else could I say?
Everyone is gay
What else could I write?
I don't have the right
What else should I be?
All apologies

In the Sun
In the Sun I feel as one
In the Sun
In the Sun
Married, buried

I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything is my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn, freezer burn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy

In the Sun
In the Sun I feel as one
In the Sun
In the Sun
Married, buried
Married, buried
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are

All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are

All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are

All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are

Nirvana - All Apologies (Unplugged / Unedited Version)

 

Well I'm rather upper class high society
God's gift to ballroom notoriety
And I always fill my ballroom
The event is never small
The social pages say I've got
The biggest balls of all

I've got big balls
I've got big balls
They're such big balls
And they're dirty big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)

And my balls are always bouncing
My ballroom always full
And everybody comes and comes again
If your name is on the guest list
No one can take you higher
Everybody says I've got
Great balls of fire

I've got big balls
Oh, I've got big balls
'N' they're such big balls
Dirty big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)

Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're held for pleasure
They're the balls that I like best
My balls are always bouncing
To the left and to the right
It's my belief that my big balls
Should be held every night

We've got big balls
We've got big balls
We've got big balls
Dirty big balls
He's got big balls
She's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)

(We've got big balls
We've got big balls)

And I'm just itching to tell you about them
Oh we had such wonderful fun
Seafood cocktail, crabs, crayfish
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)


AC/DC, Big Balls

 

Well it starts like a Roller coaster ride
So real it takes your breath away
It slides you through your point of view
You look back to where you thought you'd stayed
Your ride changes outside view
While it glides you like a neon ray
And you find you don't have to search for words
'Cause there's nothing you need to say

 

There are a lot of songs I think are basically terrible so they get overlooked even though they have amazing lyrics. Like the maudlin, obnoxious Send in the Clowns... as a poem it's deep:


Isn't it rich
Are we a pair
Me here at last on the ground
You in mid-air
Send in the clowns

Isn't it bliss
Don't you approve
One who keeps tearing around
One who can't move
Where are the clowns
Send in the clowns

Just when I stopped
Opening doors
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours
Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines
No one is there

Don't you love the farce
My fault, I fear
I thought that you'd want what I want
Sorry my dear
But where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don't bother they're here

Isn't it rich
Isn't it clear
Losing my timing this late
In my career
Where are the clowns
There ought to be clowns
Well, maybe next year

 

Great lyrics, indeed.

 

Televison, the Drug of a Nation
by: The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy


One Nation under God
has turned into
One Nation under the influence
of one drug
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V., it satellite links
our United States of unconciousness
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
the methadone metronome pumping out
a 150 channels 24 hours a day
you can flip through all of them
and still there's nothing worth watching
T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our
Nation reads books daily
Why most people think Central America
means Kansas
Socialism means unamerican
and Apartheid is a new headache remedy
absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
It shapes our minds the most
maybe the mother of our Nation
should remind us
that we're sitting to close to. . .
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V. is
the stomping ground for political candidates
Where bears in the woods
are chased by Grecian Formula'd
bald eagles
T.V. is mechanized politic's
remote control over the masses
co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases
watch for the PBS special
It's the perpetuation of the two party system
where image takes precedence over wisdom
Where sound bite politics are served to
the fastfood culture
Where straight teeth in your mouth
are more important than the words
that come out of it
Race baiting is the way to get selected
Willie Horton or
Will he not get elected on . . .
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V. is it the reflector or the director?
Does it imitate us or do we imitate it
Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's
twelve years old and we wonder how we've created
a Jason generation that learns to laugh
rather than abhor the horror
T.V. is the place where
armchair generals and quarterbacks can
experience first hand
the excitement of video warfare
as the theme song is sung in the background
Sugar sweet sitcoms
that leave us with a bad actor taste while
pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars
You saw the video
You heard the soundtrack
Well now go buy the soft drink
Well, the only cola that I support
would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance)
On Television.
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
Back again, "New and Improved",
we return to our irregularly programmed schedule
hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
beer and car commericals
CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S.
Where oxymoronic language like
"virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
have become standard
T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
"crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
and being killed by your own Army
is now called "friendly fire"
T.V. is the place where the pursuit
of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects
Where imagination is sucked out of children
by a cathode ray nipple
T.V. is the only wet nurse
that would create a cripple
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On Television . . .

 

Eminem - Beautiful Pain


Yesterday was the tornado warning
Today's like the morning after
Your world is torn in half
You wake in its wake to start the morning process
And rebuilding, you're still a work in progress
Today's a whole new chapter, it's like an enormous ass, uh
Thunderstorm has passed ya
You weathered it and poked its eye out with the thorn bush that ya
Used to smell the roses, stopped to inhale, can't even tell your nose is stuffed
So focused on the bright side, then you floor the gas pedal
And hit the corner faster, more assertive
Never looking back, may hit the curb
But every day's a new learning curve as you steer through life
Sometimes you might not wanna swerve but you have to
To avert a disaster, lucky, no permanent damage
'Cause they hurt you so bad, it's like they murdered your ass
And threw dirt on your casket, but you returned from the ashes
And that hurt that you have, you just converted to gasoline
And while you're burning the past, standin' at inferno and chant
I'm standin' in the flames
And it's a beautiful kind of pain
Settin' fire to yesterday
Find the light, find the light, find the light
Standin' in the flames
And it's a beautiful kind of pain
Settin' fire to yesterday
Find the light, find the light, find the light
You're so familiarized with
What having to swallow this pill is like
It happens all the time, they take your heart and steal your life
And it's as though you feel you've died
'Cause you've been killed inside
But yet you're still alive which means you will survive
Although today you may weep 'cause you're weak and
And everything seems so bleak and hopeless
The light that you're seeking, it begins to seep in
That's the only thing keepin' you from leapin' off the motherfreakin' deep end
And I'm pulling for you to push through this feeling
And with a little time that should do the healin'
And by tomorrow you may even feel so good that you're willing
To forgive 'em even after all that shit you been put through
This feeling of resilience is building and the flames are burning
Quick as fire would through this building, you're sealed in
But you're fireproof, flame retardant, you withstood it
And as you climb up to the roof, you're just chillin'
You look down 'cause you're so over 'em
You could put the heel of your foot through the ceilin'
As time passes, things change everyday
But wounds, wounds heal
But scars still remaining the same
But tomorrow, today's goin' down in flames
Throw the match, set the past ablaze
So feel the fire beneath your feet
As you barely even perspire from the heat
Exhale deep and breathe a sigh of relief
And as you say goodbye to the grief
It's like watching the walls melt in your prison cell
But you've extinguished this living hell
Still a little piece of you dies as you scream
I'm standin' in the flames
And it's a beautiful kind of pain
Settin' fire to yesterday
Find the light, find the light, find the light
Standin' in the flames
And it's a beautiful kind of pain
Settin' fire to yesterday
Find the light, find the light, find the light
I feel the burn, watch the smoke as I turn
Rising, a phoenix from the flames
I have learned from fighting fights that weren't mine
It's not with fists, but with wings that I will fly

 

(21 years old)
EDEN - forever//over

[Intro]
Life is just going so quickly, I can’t catch it
I don't think anyone can

[Verse 1]
I met the devil in the hills last night
I was driving by myself, alone
He said, "Boy, what you running from?"
I said, "I don't know"
I don't know if it was a better time
But girl, we were giants then
Endless nights, we were infinite (So, terrified, I guess)
Summer's end would mean the death of us

[Chorus]
But summer past, and we grew up
And all of our paths, they split up
And I haven't seen your face or heard your voice in so long
So, so long
We had a good run, it's over now
(No, I'm not sad about it, but, I'm just, it's weird)

[Verse 2]
Yeah, lying on the grass, talk is so old
Living under Orion, we grew so bold
Lying on our days, we were outlaws
Our loss, but
Catch me if you can, never wiped out
Tryin' to catch a wave, tryin' to break out
I guess I didn't know
And now I'm gone
But it don't hurt me anymore
That's just the way it goes
Yeah, I should've known
But, I heard you talking through the walls late last night
"There are no ends, just grays and half-lives" (Left me in pieces)
Half-time (And I heard it), it's alright (And I heard it)


[Chorus]
That summer past, and we grew up
And all of our plans, they split us up
And I haven't seen your face or heard your voice in so long
So, so long
We had a good run, it's over now

[Interlude]
So, please, don't fade me out
So, please, don't fade me out
So, please, don't lose me now
I heard the words that you never said
Smokescreen from a cigarette
Exhale, we can never be what's in our heads
(So, please, don't fade me out)
Elevation doesn't matter now, it's straight ahead
Sending shivers down my spine, life pirouettes
It's cool, we're used to losing real friends
Only ever feeling it in retrospect
(So, please, don’t lose me now)
And we were really breathing, not silhouettes
Maybe in another dream this would never end

[Outro]
'Cause everything is not alright
And we are falling
But that's just life
Without some lows, there is no highs
And everything will be okay
Though we are all hurting
'Cause time flies fast
And you know, no pain is forever
Ever, forever
(I don't think, I'm not saying you should
Be really cautious and shit, I'm, quite the opposite
Just like it's, everything is so, I mean
Expecting anything to last forever is ridiculous isn't it?
I think that's ridiculous
You think that's ridiculous?
Yeah, of course everything lasts forever)

 

Some songs I like just contain one or two lines that get me. Stone Sour's 'Bother' gets me from start to finish.

Wish I was too dead to cry
My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Wish I was too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
I wish I had a reason
My flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten with its memories
Diaries left with cryptic entries
And you don't need to bother
I don't need to be (I don't need to be)
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be (I don't need to be)
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on (once I hold on)
I'll never live down my deceit.

The opening verse of Soko's - We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow always blows me away.
The track was featured in the first season of End Of The Fucking World. Her voice and the whole feel of the song are something else.

Give me all your love now
'Cause for all we know
We might be dead by tomorrow
I can't go on wasting my time
Adding scars to my heart
'Cause all I hear is "I'm not ready enough"

 

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