Hello Darkness My Old Friend
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Hello Darkness My Old Friend
This thread is dedicated to all those -- alive, dead, and somewhere in between - who have created musical and lyrical works that have made the difference.
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1) Artist/Title optional at top
2) Full lyrics
3) YouTube link optional (whatever version you like) YOUTUBE LINKS ONLY - others removed
Link only ? Removed
No explanation of why you like the song....just the above, please
Music that means something to you.
All genres welcome
Joke posts not really appreciated. Will be met with whatever mood I'm in.
And I have many (ask the regulars)
Thank you
Please post
1) Artist/Title optional at top
2) Full lyrics
3) YouTube link optional (whatever version you like) YOUTUBE LINKS ONLY - others removed
Link only ? Removed
No explanation of why you like the song....just the above, please
Music that means something to you.
All genres welcome
Joke posts not really appreciated. Will be met with whatever mood I'm in.
And I have many (ask the regulars)
Thank you
Last edited by derf; Jan 10, 2025 at 09:05 PM.
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THe Sound of Silence
Simon and Garfunkel
"The Sound Of Silence"
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools," said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
"The Sound Of Silence"
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools," said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
Last edited by derf; Jan 10, 2025 at 02:31 PM.
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From: Newport News, VA
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows)
I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
No, we will not let you go (let him go)
We will not let you go (let him go)
We will not let you go (let me go)
Will not let you go (let me go)
Will not let you go (never, never, never, never let me go)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia
Mamma mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
Ooh
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah
Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
(bluegrass cover)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows)
I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
No, we will not let you go (let him go)
We will not let you go (let him go)
We will not let you go (let me go)
Will not let you go (let me go)
Will not let you go (never, never, never, never let me go)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia
Mamma mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
Ooh
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah
Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
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National Anthem by De'Wayne
Labeled a radical'Cause I don't follow no guidelinesDetroit red running through my veinsBy any means I gotta get mineI can see the panic in your eyesTell me how to be, I'm terrifiedThis the new national anthemDon't move, put your hands upCame off the Amistad with the glowHate the melanin, love selling itEven Matt Healy let y'all knowBut anyways you know what is I can't trust nobodyDuct tape on your third eyeI know y'all watchingPlotting on how to get one by nighttime It's the new national anthemThey tell you don't move and just put your hands upI know what I doI don't need your answersPut a price on my headI might throw a tantrum(The national anthem)It's the new national anthem (Hey)They tell you don't move and just put your hands up (The new national anthem)I know what I doI don't need your answersPut a price on my head (Hey)I might throw a tantrum (The new national anthem) How I'm the crazy oneWhen you the hella Fugazi one?Bad karma stacked to the ceilingBut you good 'cause you run the buildingThis the new national anthemRobots 'bout to make a killingThis the new national anthemParents pray for your childrenThis feel like liberationThis feel like liberationWhen I act up I'm a dead manBut the world love a villain I can't trust nobodyDuct tape on your third eyeI know y'all watchingPlotting on how to get one by nighttime It's the new national anthemThey tell you don't move and just put your hands upI know what I doI don't need your answersPut a price on my headI might throw a tantrum(The national anthem)It's the new national anthem (Hey)They tell you don't move and just put your hands up (The new national anthem)I know what I doI don't need your answersPut a price on my head (Hey)I might throw a tantrum (The new national anthem) The new national-The new national an-The new national an-The new national anthem
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From: Anniston, AL
Cold Day in Hell
Gary Moore
So many times you tried to take the best of me
So many times, now you're gonna take the rest of me
Better look at what you're doing before it's too late
It's a fine line you're treadin' between love and hate
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
So many times you tried to play a dead end game
Yes, you did
I tried to tell you, but you'd never wanna take the blame
Now you've pushed me to the limit, and I can't take no more
You'd better take one last look before I'm out the door
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
You never listened when I told you
That you were way out of line
Too busy talkin' to listen
Accusing me of telling lies
So many times you tried to get the best of me
Yes, you did
So many times, but now you're gonna take the rest of me
Well, it's too late for sorry and it's too late for tears
Better take one last look before I disappear
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
Yeah!
Gary Moore
So many times you tried to take the best of me
So many times, now you're gonna take the rest of me
Better look at what you're doing before it's too late
It's a fine line you're treadin' between love and hate
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
So many times you tried to play a dead end game
Yes, you did
I tried to tell you, but you'd never wanna take the blame
Now you've pushed me to the limit, and I can't take no more
You'd better take one last look before I'm out the door
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
You never listened when I told you
That you were way out of line
Too busy talkin' to listen
Accusing me of telling lies
So many times you tried to get the best of me
Yes, you did
So many times, but now you're gonna take the rest of me
Well, it's too late for sorry and it's too late for tears
Better take one last look before I disappear
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
There'll be a cold day in hell
Before I'm coming back to you
Yeah!
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Smashing Pumpkins
"Mayonaise"
Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pocket, full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June
We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow, we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go
I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream
And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will
Mother, weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad
When I can, I will
Words defy the plans
When I can, I will
Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this
No more promise, no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me?
I just want to be me
And when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will
"Mayonaise"
Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pocket, full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June
We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow, we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go
I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream
And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will
Mother, weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad
When I can, I will
Words defy the plans
When I can, I will
Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this
No more promise, no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me?
I just want to be me
And when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will
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Pink Floyd
"If"
If I were a swan, I'd be gone
If I were a train, I'd be late
And if I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
If I were asleep, I could dream
If I were afraid, I could hide
If I go insane
Please don't put your wires in my brain
If I were the moon, I'd be cool
If I were a rule, I would bend
If I were a good man
I'd understand the spaces between friends
If I were alone, I would cry
And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in with the game?
If I were a swan, I'd be gone
If I were a train, I'd be late again
If I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
"If"
If I were a swan, I'd be gone
If I were a train, I'd be late
And if I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
If I were asleep, I could dream
If I were afraid, I could hide
If I go insane
Please don't put your wires in my brain
If I were the moon, I'd be cool
If I were a rule, I would bend
If I were a good man
I'd understand the spaces between friends
If I were alone, I would cry
And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in with the game?
If I were a swan, I'd be gone
If I were a train, I'd be late again
If I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
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Nirvana
"School"
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
No recess
No recess
No recess
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
No recess
No recess
No recess
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
"School"
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
No recess
No recess
No recess
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
Won't you believe it? It's just my luck
No recess
No recess
No recess
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
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Cocaine by sueco
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Your love, and addiction
Can't get enough
When you kiss my lips they go numb
When I'm wasted you're showin' me love
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Yeah, first time I hit couldn't feel my face
Second time I hit that, like five times in one day
Since then I've been different
I shouldn't get my feeling's mixed in
With your love, and addiction
Can't get enough
When you kiss my lips they go numb
When I'm wasted you're showin' love
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Baby I don't do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Baby I don't do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Your love, and addiction
Can't get enough
When you kiss my lips they go numb
When I'm wasted you're showing me up
Baby you're my cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Your love, and addiction
Can't get enough
When you kiss my lips they go numb
When I'm wasted you're showin' me love
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Yeah, first time I hit couldn't feel my face
Second time I hit that, like five times in one day
Since then I've been different
I shouldn't get my feeling's mixed in
With your love, and addiction
Can't get enough
When you kiss my lips they go numb
When I'm wasted you're showin' love
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Baby I don't do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Baby I don't do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Your love, and addiction
Can't get enough
When you kiss my lips they go numb
When I'm wasted you're showing me up
Baby you're my cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
Baby you're my new cocaine 'cause I'm up late
And my heart beats racing for you
Every time it's you and I, I'm super high
Yeah, you know what I wanna do to you
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Alice in Chains
Rooster
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die
Walkin' tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath
Oh God please won't you help me make it through
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no ya know he ain't gonna die
Rooster
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die
Walkin' tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath
Oh God please won't you help me make it through
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no ya know he ain't gonna die
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