It's a fragile thing, this life we lead if I think too much I can get overwhelmed by the grace, by which we live our lives with death over our shoulders
I've seen it all There is no more to see You haven't seen elephants Kings or Peru I'm happy to say I had better to do What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall? All walls are great If the roof doesn't fall You've never been To Niagara Falls I have seen water It's water, that's all The Eiffel Tower The Empire State My pulse was as high On my very first date
Looking outside my window All I see is grey I'm watching the clouds roll by everyday And we make a reservation You say you'll be on time I say I might be a little late Well I get it together and brush my teeth Comb my hair I stop to think I can see you there Checking the clock inside The room we call our own I see that I'm late best get going Hop on a local transit Spending all my change The snow may well thaw out but it goes right down the drain Here comes the rain You left me standing
Weeping? And why? And why? Ah, 'tis faith you are lacking Hear me One fine day we'll notice A thread of smoke arising on the sea In the far horizon And then the ship appearing Then the trim white vessel Glides into the harbour Thunders forth her cannon See you? Now he is coming I do not go to meet him Not I I stay upon the brow of the hillock And wait there And wait for a long time But never weary of the long waiting From out the crowded city There is coming a man A little speck in the distance Climbing the hillock Can you guess who it is? And when he's reached the summit Can you guess what he'll say? He will call, "Butterfly" from the distance I, without answering Hold myself quietly concealed A bit to tease him and a bit So as not to die at our first meeting And then, a little troubled He will call, he will call "Dear baby wife of mine, Dear little orange blossom" The names he used to call me when he came here This will all come to pass as I tell you Banish your idle fears For he will return Return This aria is so full of hope and ultimately so sad. If you are not an opera lover.. Butterfly gives up hope and kills herself only minuets before her lover returns.
Left by the lamp, right next to the bed, on a cartoon cat pad you scratched with a pen, "Everything is as it has always been. This never happened. Don't take it so bad it is nothing you did. It's just once something dies you can't make it live. You are a beautiful boy. You're a sweet little kid but I am a woman." So I laid back down and wrapped myself up in the sheet. And I must have looked like a ghost because something frightened me and since then I've been so good at vanishing.
on the day the wall came down, we threw our lock onto the ground and raised a cry for freedom had arrived..
I would like to leave this city This old town don't smell too pretty and I can feel the warning signs running around my mind And when I leave this island I'll book myself into a soul asylum 'Cause I can feel the warning signs running around my mind So here I go, I'm still scratching around in the same old hole My body feels young but my mind is very old So what do you say? You can't give me the dreams that are mine anyway Half the world away, half the world away Half the world away
The smokestack spit Black soot into the sunny sky The load on the road Brings a tear to the Indian's eye The elephant won't forget What it's like inside its cage The ringmaster's telecaster Sings on an empty stage
I used to wake and run with the moon I lived like a rake and a young man I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds My laughter the devil would frighten The sun would come up but beat me back down But every cruel day had its night fall I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars Full of fire and forgetful Well my body was sharp and the dark air clean And outrage my joyful companion Whisperin' women, how sweet they did seem Kneeling for me to command them And time was like water but I was the sea And I'd never notice it passing Except for the turning of night into day And the turning of day into cursing Well you look at me know and don't think I don't know What all of yerr eyes are a saying Does he want to believe all these ravings and lies Its just tricks that his brains been a playing A lover of women he can't hardly stand He trembles he's bent and he's broken I've fallen it's true but I say unto you Hold your tongues until after I've spoken I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven But my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and Said my friend, we're holdin' a wedding I buried my face but it spoke once again Its the night to the day we're a bindin' And now the dark air is like fire on my skin And even the moonlight is blinding
I see a doorway in the haze And I'm tryin' to get to it The stars are peep holes in a wall But we can walk thru it The memory's still so real The memory's still so real I guess it's never really over Even when it's over I'm vibrating with love and light Pulsating with love and light In a world gone mad a world gone mad There must be something more than this
Early one mornin' the sun was shinin' I was layin' in bed Wondrin' if she'd changed at all If her hair was still red Her folks they said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like Mama's homemade dress Papa's bank book wasn't big enough And I was standin' on the side of the road Rain fallin' on my shoes Heading out for the east coast Lord knows I've paid some dues Gettin' through Tangled up in blue She was married when we first met Soon to be divorced I helped her out of a jam I guess But I used a little too much force We drove that car as far as we could Abandoned it out west Split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best She turned around to look at me As I was walkin' away I heard her say over my shoulder We'll meet again some day On the avenue Tangled up in blue I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But I never did like it all that much And one day the axe just fell So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I was looking for to be employed Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat Right outside of Delacroix But all the while I was alone The past was close behind I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind And I just grew Tangled up in blue She was workin' in a topless place And I stopped in for a beer I just kept lookin' at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear And later on as the crowd thinned out I's just about to do the same She was standing there in back of my chair Said to me, Don't I know your name? I muttered somethin' under my breath She studied the lines on my face I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces Of my shoe Tangled up in blue She lit a burner on the stove And offered me a pipe I thought you'd never say hello, she said You look like the silent type Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century And everyone of them words rang true And glowed like burnin' coal Pourin' off of every page Like it was written in my soul From me to you Tangled up in blue I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs There was music in the cafés at night And revolution in the air Then he started into dealing with slaves And something inside of him died She had to sell everything she owned And froze up inside And when finally the bottom fell out I became withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin' on Like a bird that flew Tangled up in blue So now I'm goin' back again I got to get to her somehow All the people we used to know They're an illusion to me now Some are mathematicians Some are carpenters' wives Don't know how it all got started I don't know what they're doin' with their lives But me, I'm still on the road Headin' for another joint We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point of view Tangled up in blue
Doe hell yeah I got some red on my neck And you can bet good whiskey Irms as real as it gets She got a big white truck that waves a big rebel flag And the redneck nation that got her back I kill a couple of bucks and cook my own shine You know we wearing Grey all down <--- my bloodline I'm a legend in the woods that's where I stay A keep out sign hung up on my front gate I got a 22 rifle by the hog pens And yeah I spit without my dip in got some blood on my boots from a kill last year And a good long knife from the horns of that deer I'm a backward balla, the writings on the water You can find me pines getting drunk in my hauler I'm a redneck daughter that's the way of life I'm living good in the country and yeah it's feels right
I am the storm and I am the wonder And the flashlights, nightmares And sudden explosions I don't know what more to ask for I was given just one wish It's about you and the sun A morning run The story of my maker What I have and what I ache for I've got a golden ear I cut and I spear What else is there?
There are places I'll remember all my life, - though some have changed Some forever, not for better - some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments, with lovers and friends I still can recall, some are dead and some are living - - In my life, I've loved them all But of all these friends and lovers - There is no one compares with you And these memories lose their meaning - When I think of love as something new Though I know I'll never lose affection, For people and things that went before, I know I'll often stop and think about them - - In my life, I love you more Though I know I'll never lose affection - For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them - - In my life, I love you more (In my life-- I love you more)
You're my discretional sin I feel you on me when I touch my skin You've got me hooked and you're reeling me in And I look in your eyes, I'm on the edge
As you walk alone the night surrounds you like a shroud The dreams you had were once of love and being proud Misty horizons block your vision of the world But the raven's eyes will show you all you need to know The land you loved is now so barren and so cold The name of God rings out so high in your soul This time the masters will lead us by the sword And should we fail, then all prevails in Odin's court Leading us on, to the land of eternity Riding the cold, cold winds... ...of Valhalla The Kingdom of Odin is the Kingdom of Gods Where only souls of the brave may rest in peace But someone among them had the skill of deceit And raised the hand that would open the road to Hell When the winds of Valhalla run cold Be sure that the blood will start to flow When the winds of Valhalla run cold Valhalla The ring has been broken and a soul must be saved Among the bravest of men, who rides to Hell The longships are sailing and the chariots ride And yes the anger of Thor will serve you well When the winds of Valhalla run cold Be sure that the blood will start to flow When the winds of Valhalla run cold Valhalla Raise your hands Reach and Valhalla will save your soul Raise your eyes And Odin will lead us on They say that history repeats itself Upon the year of the seventh Century Well nobody knows no you never can tell So you'd better run now and hide away
And in those frozen moments won From grief that creeps to wreath the sun In drapes enwove with deathshead wing *whispers* I thank God for the suffering.