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Inspiring song lyrics

Song lyrics speak often speak to us powerfully.
This thread is dedicatated to sharing any songs that inspire us...
xxx

Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield

Unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten Oh

Oh, oh

I break tradition
Sometimes my tries
Are outside the lines
We've been conditioned
To not make mistakes
But I can't live that way oh, oh

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions OH
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live you life with arms wide open
Today is where you book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
the rest is still unwritten

One last breath

I've been through darkness many times. This one always seemed to appear when I needed it most...

"Please come now I think I'm falling
I'm holding to all I think is safe
It seems I found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down

I'm looking down now that it's over
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in His grace
I cried out heaven save me
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down

Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something left for me
So please come stay with me
'Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me
For you and me
For you and me."

Liberation by the Pet Shop Boys

In case people were wondering about my nickname on this site, it comes from the Pet Shop Boys' wonderful track Liberation from their great album Very. The unusual video for the song can be seen via this link, and here are the lyrics, which really speak to me:

Take my hand
I've changed my mind again
Really I believed it true
that all who fell in love were foolish

But I was wrong
I've learned that lesson well
All the way back home at midnight
you were sleeping on my shoulder

Take my hand
Don't think of obligations
Now, right now
your love is liberation

To free in me
the trust I never dared
I always thought the risk too great
but suddenly I don't hesitate so

Take my hand
Don't think of complications
Now, right now
your love is liberation
Liberation

The night, the stars
A light shone through the dark
All the way back home at midnight
you were sleeping on my shoulder

Take my hand,
Don't think of hesitation
Now, right now
your love is liberation
Liberation

Back home at midnight
All the way back home at midnight

Nothingman

The day my 13 year marriage finally came to an end, I left the family home and got into my car. I was guided to pick up a CD by Pearl Jam called 'Vitalogy' which I'd not fully played before. The number 5 came into my mind so I played it. The lyrics perfectly captured the moment...

    "Once divided...nothing left to subtract...
    Some words when spoken...cant be taken back...
    Walks on his own...with thoughts he cant help thinking...
    Futures above...but in the past hes slow and sinking...
    Caught a bolt a lightnin...cursed the day he let it go...

    Nothingman...
    Isnt it something?
    Nothingman...

    She once believed...in every story he had to tell...
    One day she stiffened...took the other side...
    Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell...
    One just escapes...ones left inside the well...
    And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...oh...oh...oh...

    Nothingman...
    Isnt it something?
    Nothingman...

    Oh, she dont want him...
    Oh, she wont feed him...after hes flown away...
    Oh, into the sun...ah, into the sun..."

If you love somebody set them free

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy, someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody, set them free

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see that we want to possess

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

STING

Wonderful song

Thanks for this turtle,
it is one of my favourites!

Chris

True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small

But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Let it rain (inspiring song lyrics)

Amanda Marshall
Let It Rain

I have given, I have given
And got none
Still I'm driven by something I can't explain
It's not a cross, it is a choice
I cannot help but hear his voice
I only wish that I could listen without shame

Chorus
Let it rain
Let it rain on me
Let it rain, oh let it rain
Let it rain on me

I have been a witness to the perfect crime
I wipe the grin off of my face to hide the blame
It isn't worth the tears you cry to have a perfect alibi
Now I'm beaten at the hands of my own game

It isn't easy to be kind
With all these demons in my mind
I only hope one day I'll be free
I do my best not to complain
My face is dirty from the strain
I only hope one day I'll come clean

Come take my hand
We can walk to the light
And without fear
We can see through the darkest night

What the world needs now is Love, sweet Love

Over the last week this song has been played on repeat in my mind, enough to drive me mad, so I thought I'd celebrate it's lyrics here for you all to share! Winks God love Burt. He's a legend.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last till the end of time.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh listen, lord, if you want to know.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.
No, not just for some, oh, but just for everyone.

Return to innocence

Return To Innocence
by Enigma

"Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence

The return to innocence

If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence

That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence."

Come fly with me!

At the weekend I was on an Openhand 'Way of the Heart' course and found myself at the Glastonbury Tor doing an exercise (as part of the course)where we had to walk uphill to the base of the Tor.

This song popped into my head and I had the feeling of ice skating effortlessley uphill (on foot!) to this music. It felt fantastic!

Come fly with me, let's fly let's fly away
If you can use, some exotic booze
There's a bar in far Bombay
Come fly with me, let's fly let's fly away
Come fly with me, let's float down to Peru
In lama land, there's a one man band
And he'll toot his flute for you
Come fly with me, let's take off in the blue
Once I get you up there, where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide, starry eyed
Once I get you up there, I'll be holding you so near
You may hear, angels cheer - because were together
Weather wise it's such a lovely day
Just say the words, and we'll beat the birds
Down to Acapulco Bay
It's perfect, for a flying honeymoon - they say
Come fly with me, let's fly let's fly away
Once I get you up there, where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide, starry eyed
Once I get you up there, I'll be holding you so near
You may hear, angels cheer - because were together

The angels were cheering, the weather was stunning (blue skies, stunning sunshine, sparkling frosty grass and rolling soft mists curling around the hillsides) and I felt utterly lifted!

True colours

    "You with the sad eyes
    Dont be discouraged
    Oh I realize
    Its hard to take courage
    In a world full of people
    You can lose sight of it all
    And the darkness inside you
    Can make you feel so small

    But I see your true colors
    Shining through
    I see your true colors
    And thats why I love you
    So dont be afraid to let them show
    Your true colors
    True colors are beautiful,
    Like a rainbow

    Show me a smile then,
    Dont be unhappy, cant remember
    When I last saw you laughing
    If this world makes you crazy
    And youve taken all you can bear
    You call me up
    Because you know Ill be there

    And Ill see your true colors
    Shining through
    I see your true colors
    And thats why I love you
    So dont be afraid to let them show
    Your true colors
    True colors are beautiful,
    Like a rainbow

    (when I last saw you laughing)
    If this world makes you crazy
    And youve taken all you can bear
    You call me up
    Because you know Ill be there

    And Ill see your true colors
    Shining through
    I see your true colors
    And thats why I love you
    So dont be afraid to let them show

    Your true colors
    True colors
    True colors
    Shining through

    I see your true colors
    And thats why I love you
    So dont be afraid to let them show
    Your true colors
    True colors are beautiful,
    Like a rainbow"

True colours...

Thanks for posting that song Chris - it was a magic soul moment with Hazel and I when you played it during the course. Hazel - when you read this I hope you're smiling and feeling happy and loved. love Sx

What your soul sings...

After a beautifully inspiring weekend on The Way of the Heart course in Glastonbury, the words of the following Massive Attack song came into my head this morning:

Don't be afraid
Open your mouth and say
Say what your soul sings to you
Your mind can never change
Unless you ask it to
Lovingly re-arrange
The thoughts that make you blue
The things that bring you down
Only do harm to you
So make your choice joy
The joy belongs to you
And when you do
You'll find the one you love is you
You'll find you, love you

Don't be ashamed
To open your heart and pray
Say what your soul sings
To you
So no longer pretend
That you can't feel it near
That tickle on your head
That tingle in your ear
Oh ask it anything
Because it loves you dear
It's your most precious king
If only you could hear
And when you do
You'll find the one you need is you
You'll find you, love you

Up Where We Belong

Up Where We Belong
Joe Cocker

Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world, few hearts survive
All I know is the way i feel
When it's real, I keep it alive

The road is long, there are mountains in your way
But we climb a step every day

Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world
We know, up where the clear wind blow

Some hang on to used to be
Live their lives, loking behind

All we have is here and now
All our life, out there to find

The road is long, there are mountains in our way,
But we climb them a step ev'ry day

Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world
We know, up where the clear winds blow

Time goes by, no time to cry, life's you and I
A live today

I need to wake up (Melissa Etheridge inspiring song lyrics)

Melissa Etheridge
I Need to Wake Up

Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see

Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth

That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone

And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

Check out the video here: PLAY "I NEED TO WAKE UP"

This song was written especially for the An Inconvenient Truth movie (a must see!)...

WOW!

Hi Trin!

I just love the universal flow of things.

This past weekend I have been working with an individual who is coming to their own. It has been a rewarding but slow process for this individual.

Mellisa's lyrics is all too familiar while I was working with this individual.

Beautiful indeed!

Thanks for sharing!Cool

Much Love

Lori D. Carson

Let It Be

The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney)

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be. Yeah
There will be an answer, let it be.

And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.

Can rock be all that bad?

A couple of songs that hold lyrics of some relevance to how I currently feel and see my life situation.....

The first one by the mighty FOO FIGHTERS - LEARN TO FLY

Run and tell all of the angels
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to
Help me get things right

Hook me up a new revolution
Cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughing
And watched the last one die

I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something
To help me burn out bright
I'm looking for complication
Looking cause I'm tired of lying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly

Think I'm done nursing the patience
I can wait one night
I'd give it all away if you give me one last try

We'll live happily ever trapped
If you just save my live
Run and tell the angels
That everything is alright

I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something
To help me burn out bright
I'm looking for complication
Looking cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly
Make my way back home when I learn to

Fly along with me, I can't quite make it alone
Try and make this life my own

And this track is never off my cd player.........

DEPECHE MODE - PERSONAL JESUS

Be your own personal jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Be your own personal jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone whos there

Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
Ill make you a believer

Take second best
Put me to the test
Things on your chest
You need to confess
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith
Reach out and touch faith

I will deliver
You know Im a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith

Be your own personal jesus

Reach out and touch faith

Living on the edge - Aerosmith

    Living on the edge - Aerosmith.

There's somethin' wrong with the world today
I don't know what it is
Something's wrong with our eyes

We're seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain't His
It sure ain't no surprise

We're livin' on the edge

There's somethin' wrong with the world today
The light bulb's gettin' dim
There's meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister you're a better man that I

We're livin' on the edge
You can't help yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge
You can't help yourself at all
Livin' on the edge
You can't stop yourself from fallin'
Livin' on the edge

Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion
Complication - aggravation
Is getting to you

If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'
Even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin'
Back again?
I bet you would my friend
Again & again & again & again & again

Thanks to Chris

After an amazing one-to-one phone session with Chris these are the first words that I heard musically:-

"But when the night is falling
And you cannot find the light
If you feel your dream is dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live" by New Radicals

Then I went into the car put on the radio and this was on.......

"Gonna break out of this city
Leave the people here behind
Searching for adventure is the type of life to find
Tired of doing day jobs with no thanks for what I do
I'm sure I must be someone
Now I'm gonna find out who

Why don't you ask them what they expect from you
Why don't you tell them what you are gonna do
You'll get so lonely, maybe it's better that way
It ain't you only, you've got something to say

Do anything you wanna do

Don't need no politician tell me things I shouldn't need
Neither no optician tell me what I ought to see
No-one tells you nothing even when you know they know
But they tell you what you should do
They don't like to see you grow

Do anything you wanna do.....etc......:-)"

by Eddie and the Hot Rods

You've got a reason to live

Thanks Debra for the reminder of that great "New Radicals" song "You've got a reason to live".

I went through some quite difficult times during my own first awakening and quite frequently those lyrics appeared just when I needed a boost. Isn't synchronicity divine!

Love

Chris Smiling

Everywhere I go.......

.....I hear this song lately. Smiling

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of your life).

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

Secret Marriage - Sting

No earthly church has ever blessed our union
No state has ever granted us permission
No family bond has ever made us two
No company has ever earned commission

No debt was paid no dowry to be gained
No treaty over border land or power
No semblance of the world outside remained
To stain the beauty of this nuptial hour

The secret marriage vow is never spoken
The secret marriage can never be broken

No flowers on the altar
No white veil in your hair
No maiden dress to alter
No bible oath to swear

The secret marriage vow is never spoken
The secret marriage can never be broken

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - Sting

You could say I lost my faith in science and progress
You could say I lost my belief in the holy church
You could say I lost my sense of direction
You could say all of this and worse but

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world
You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV
You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians
They all seemed like game show hosts to me

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
I never saw no military solution
That didn't always end up as something worse but
Let me say this first

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do.

Tear down these walls that hold me inside

"Where The Streets Have No Name" - U2

I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I want to reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

The city's aflood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, and I see love
See our love turn to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Jerusalem

Here's a deeply inspiring English song...


    "And did those feet in ancient time
    Walk upon England's mountains green
    And was the holy lamb of God
    On England's pleasant pastures seen

    And did the countenance divine
    Shine forth upon our clouded hills
    And was Jerusalem builded there
    Among those dark Satanic mills

    Bring me my bow (my bow) of burning gold
    Bring me my arrows of desire
    Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold
    Bring me my chariot of fire

    I will not cease from mental fight
    Nor shall my (my) sword sleep in hand
    'Til we have built Jerusalem
    In England's green and pleasant land
    'Til we have built Jerusalem
    In England's green and pleasant land"

    Written by William Blake

Synchronicity by Sting

Synchronicity I
Sting & Police lyrics

With one breath, with one flow
You will know
Synchronicity

A sleep trance, a dream dance,
A shared romance,
Synchronicity

A connecting principle,
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible.
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectible
Yet nothing is invincible.

If we share this nightmare
Then we can dream
Spiritus mundi.

If you act, as you think,
The missing link,
Synchronicity.

We know you, they know me
Extrasensory
Synchronicity.

A star fall, a phone call,
It joins all,
Synchronicity.

It's so deep, it's so wide
Your inside
Synchronicity.

Effect without a cause
Sub-atomic laws, scientific pause
Synchronicity..................................

I can see clearly now - Johnny Nash

This one always puts a smile on my face Smiling
Used to always sing it out loud in times gine by when I'd had a 'breakthough' after those challenging dark cloud kind of moments.

    I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
    I can see all obstacles in my way
    Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
    It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
    Sun-Shiny day.

    I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
    All of the bad feelings have disappeared
    Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin' for
    It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
    Sun-Shiny day.

    Look all around, there’s nothin' but blue skies
    Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies

Bare necessities

Here's one I loved as a kid from "The Jungle Book". Its just as good now as ever. Not sure about eating ants though!...

    "Look for the bare necessities
    The simple bare necessities
    Forget about your worries and your strife
    I mean the bare necessities
    Old Mother Nature's recipes
    That brings the bare necessities of life

    Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
    I couldn't be fonder of my big home
    The bees are buzzin' in the tree
    To make some honey just for me
    When you look under the rocks and plants
    And take a glance at the fancy ants
    Then maybe try a few

    The bare necessities of life will come to you
    They'll come to you!

    Look for the bare necessities
    The simple bare necessities
    Forget about your worries and your strife
    I mean the bare necessities
    That's why a bear can rest at ease
    With just the bare necessities of life

    Now when you pick a pawpaw
    Or a prickly pear
    And you prick a raw paw
    Next time beware
    Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
    When you pick a pear
    Try to use the claw
    But you don't need to use the claw
    When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
    Have I given you a clue ?

    The bare necessities of life will come to you
    They'll come to you!

    So just try and relax, yeah cool it
    Fall apart in my backyard
    'Cause let me tell you something little britches
    If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
    You're working too hard

    And don't spend your time lookin' around
    For something you want that can't be found
    When you find out you can live without it
    And go along not thinkin' about it
    I'll tell you something true

    The bare necessities of life will come to you.

Bare necessities

Hi Chris, just a quick note to say it made me smile to see this one!! It's my nephew's favourite, always makes him laugh, he never gets tired of hearing it on the piano accompanied by my dodgy singing.
Love Sophx

A while back these words hit me like a bolt out of the blue..

The Ben Taylor Band - Nothing I Can Do

First morning ever to have seen the sun
Must have run the other way
Until she found that it was only getting earlier that way
When she spun one-hundred eighty degrees
And beheld the sweet light rising through the trees
She fell to her knees and she began to smile, because
She had been in darkness for a long long while,
She said...

There is nothing that I can do but belong to you
Heaven and Earth and I find myself
Singing this song for you
As luck would have it, it just so happens that there's
Nothing I'd rather do

And the first lesson ever to have learned its way
Must've been suprised
All I can say is I'm just glad that I survived,
And the first river to have met the sea,
I believe he must've sighed and said
All this rambling I'm just glad to finally find, that
After all I haven't just been wasting my time.

There is nothing that i can do but belong to you
Heaven and Earth and I find myself
Singing this song for you
As luck would have it, it just so happens that there's
Nothing I'd rather do.

Just so long as you're flying around high
Whatever you find out in the sky
Don't forget to fall down sometimes
I'm easy to find, look around you
It's a good thing that I finally found you.

There is nothing that I can do but belong to you
Heaven and Earth and I find myself
Singing this song for you
As luck would have it, it just so happens there's
Nothing I'd rather do.

"Now we are free" Gladiator theme

This song stirs me from the depths of my soul, moving me to tears. Here are the lyrics in Hebrew and translated into English...

    Anol shalom
    Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um
    Flavum
    Nom de leesh
    Ham de nam um das

    La um de
    Flavne
    We de ze zu bu
    We de sooo a ru
    Un va-a pesh a lay
    Un vi-i bee
    Un da la pech ni sa

    Aaahh

    Un di-i lay na day
    Un ma la pech a nay mee di nu ku

    La la da pa da le na da na
    Ve va da pa da le na la dumda
    La la da pa da le na da na
    Ve va da pa da le na la dumda
    La la da pa da le na da na
    Ve va da pa da le na la dumda
    La la da pa da le na da na
    Ve va da pa da le na la dumda

    Anol shalom
    Anol sheh ley kon-nud de ne um
    Flavum
    Flavum
    M-ai shondol-lee
    Flavu Lof flesh lay
    Nof ne
    Nom de lis
    Ham de num um dass
    La um de
    Flavne
    Flay
    Shom de nomm
    Ma-lun des dwondi.
    Dwwoondi

    Alas sharum
    du koos
    Shaley koot-tum

    Translation:
    Almighty Freedom
    Almighty freer of the soul
    Be free
    Walk with me
    Through the golden fields
    So lovely
    Lovely

    We regret our sins, but...
    We sew our own fate and
    Under my face I remain feeble
    Under my face, I smile

    Aaahh)

    Even alone/afraid
    Under my face I will be waiting

    Run with me now soldier of Rome
    Run and play in the field with the ponies
    Run with me now soldier of Rome
    Run and play in the field with the ponies
    Run with me now soldier of Rome
    Run and play in the field with the ponies
    Run with me now soldier of Rome
    Run and play in the field with the ponies

    Almighty Freedom
    Almighty freeer of the soul
    Be free
    Be free
    And imagine
    Free with peace at last
    It's lovely
    It's lovely, this land
    No one can believe or understand
    How far I came just for my lovely family
    I should have been there
    with them when the world crashed down
    But now they rest with me.

    I'll never forget
    How I felt that moment
    I became free.

    by Lisa Gerrard

That is a beautiful song,

That is a beautiful song, it's also the ending theme of "Man on fire"
Everytime I listen to it, I end up in tears.
But I still love it. :]

Blowin' in the wind - Bob Dylan

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Thank U - Alanis

How about getting off of these antibiotics
How about stopping eating when I'm filled up
How about them transparent dangling carrots
How about that ever elusive kudo

Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence

How about me not blaming you for everything
How about me enjoying the moment for once
How about how good it feels to finally forgive you
How about grieving it all one at a time

Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence

The moment I let go of it was
The moment I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it was
The moment I touched down

How about no longer being masochistic
How about remembering your divinity
How about unabashedly bawling your eyes out
How about not equating death with stopping

Thank you India
Thank you providence
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you nothingness
Thank you clarity
Thank you thank you silence

Alanis Morissette

If Everyone Cared

Ok so I'm a rock chick .... but this song is ringing through my head this week, so I thought I'd share it. Fab song, fab lyrics. I can't stop singing it! A must download.

NICKELBACK
"If Everyone Cared"

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I'm alive

[CHORUS]
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing

Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen I'm alive
Singing Amen I'm alive

[CHORUS (X2)]

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died

With Love

Michelle x

You can still be free - Savage Garden

You Can Still Be Free
Savage Garden

Cool breeze and autumn leaves
Slow motion daylight
A lone pair of watchful eyes
Oversee the living
Feel the presence all around
A tortured soul
A wound unhealing
NO regrets or promises
The past is gone
But you can still be free
If time will set you free

Time now to spread your wings
To take to flight
The life endeavor
Aim for the burning sun
You're trapped inside
But you can still be free
If time will set you free
But it's a long long way to go

Keep moving way up high
You see the light
It shines forever
Sail through the crimson skies
The purest light
The light that sets you free
If time will set you free

Sail through the wind and rain tonight
You're free to fly tonight
And you can still be free
If time will set you free
And going higher than mountain tops
And go high the wind won't stop
And go high
Free to fly tonight
Free to fly tonight

Universe and U

A fire burns
Water comes
You cool me down
When I'm cold inside
You are warm and bright
You know you are so good for me,yeah
With your child's eyes
You are more than you seem
You see into space
I see in your face
The places you've been
The things you have learned
They sit with you so beautifully

You know there's no need to hide away
You know I tell the truth
We are just the same
I can feel everything you do
Hear everything you say
Even when you're miles away
Cause I am me, the universe and you

And just like stars burning bright
Making holes in the night
We are building bridges

You know there's no need to hide away
You know I tell the truth
We are just the same
I can feel everything you do
Hear everything you say
Even when you're miles away
Cause I am me, the universe and you
I'm the universe and you

When you're on your own
I'll send you a sign
Just so you know
I am me, the universe and you
The universe and you
The universe and you
I am the universe and you

(by KT Tunstall)

Awesome lyrics

Thanks for the posting Ben - they're awesome lyrics!

Chris Smiling

Sound of silence - Paul Simon

Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive 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 street lamp,
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
And no one deared
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 signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisperd in the sounds of silence.

Master of the wind - Manowar

In the silence of the darkness
When all are fast asleep

I live inside a dream
Calling to your spirit
As the sail calls the wind
Hear the angels sing
Far beyond the sun
Across the western sky
Reach into the blackness
Find the silver line

In a voice I whisper
A candle in the night
We'll carry all our dreams
On a single beam of light
Close your eyes
Look into the dream
Winds of change
Will winds of fortune bring

Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
Gold is at the end
For each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
Here the four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind

Falling stars
Now light my way
My life was written on the wind
Clouds above, clouds below
High ascend the dreams within

When the wind fillS the sky
The clouds will move aside
And there will be the road to all our dreams

And for any day that stings
Two better days it brings
Nothing is as bad as it seems
Close your eyes, look into the dream
Winds of change will winds of fortune bring

Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
Gold is at the end
For each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
Here the four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind