Song Lyrics: Post Them

"Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry?" - Culture Club/Boy George

This is placed in the thread because it's taken for granted that these two things are only the beginning of what most everyone would really like to do to him/it/them.

 

"I am the Egg Man
We are the Egg men
I am the Walrus
Coo Coo Ca Choo..."

Probably one of the best bands ever, and I love their music, but some of the Beatles' lyrics seem to be merely sonic filler material.

"I been through the desert on a Horse with No Name
It felt good to be out of the rain..."

America, yet another of my favorite bands. Perhaps they thought they sounded profound?

Most popular entertainers are not as smart as anyone thinks they are.

 

This whole song is filled with foolishment. This is a prime example that any decent musician/band has to compose music/lyrics while on 17 different kinds of drugs. Drug created music is the best type of music in the multiverse. Don't even get me started on Ozzy!

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head
Feed your head
Feed your head"

 

We wanted to do a cover of the song but couldn't find any decent singer, so the idea was dropped.

Tool - Reflection

I find this one really deep.

"So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
And leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
And capable of all that's imagined and unconceivable
So let the light touch you, so let the words spill through
And let them pass right through
Bringing out our hope and reason"

 

I boogied in the kitchen, I boogied in the hall, I boogied on my finger and wiped it on the wall - Chuck Berry

 

We weren't in love oh no far from it
We weren't searching for some pie in the sky summit
We were just young and restless and bored
Living by the sword
And we'd steal away every chance we could
To the backroom, the alley, the trusty woods

"Night Moves" by Bob Seger

I get the idea of two kids that like to get busy, but what kind of scank sees the alley as a viable option?

"Wanna make out in the back room?" Sure she says. Awesome I think.
"Wanna make love on a blanket in the woods?" Yes she says. Fantastic I think.
"Wanna stop here behind these shops in town and screw?" Alright she says. She's got a problem or she's a pro I think.

 

I always thought this particular lyric made a lot of sense.

I related.

 

So, in general, what does it mean to you? :gotmyatte

 

I always assumed the horse with no name was heroin.

 

Then the name of the Horse with No Name is 'heroin' or 'horse'. If 'with no name' means they are ashamed of it, them they wouldn't write a song about it.

Keep in mind, I like the song and the band. My favorite songs by them are 'Sister Golden Hair' and 'Tin Man'. Mainly because the tunes are so catchy, not just because the lyrics are meaningful. For example, I love 'Ventura Highway' with its:

"Alligator Lizards in the air...".