"Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes
inciting and inviting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning

And no-one sings me lullabies
And no-one makes me close my eyes
And so I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky"

(Pink Floyd - Echoes)


"If a fiddler played you a song, my love
And if I gave you a wheel
Would you spin for my heart and loneliness
Would you spin for my love

If I gave up all of my pride for you
And only loved you for now
Would you hide my fears and never say
"Tomorrow I must go"

Everywhere there's rain my love
Everywhere there's fear

If you tell me a lie I'll cry for you
Tell me of sin and I'll laugh
If you tell me of all the pain you've had
I'll never smile again

Everywhere there's rain my love
Everywhere there's fear

I can plainly see that our parts have changed
Our sands are shifting around
Need I beg to you for one more day
To find our lonely love

Everywhere there's rain my love
Everywhere there's fear"


(Tim Buckley - Phantasmagoria in Two)

Not Dark Yet

Shadows are falling and I've been here all day
It's too hot to sleep time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
There's not even room enough to be anywhere
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing what was in her mind
I just don't see why I should even care
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Well, I've been to London and I've been to gay Paree
I've followed the river and I got to the sea
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

I was born here and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from
Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there.

And when October comes
With his hair all greying
It's then I'm overcome
To hear those children playing
Of recess and schoolyards
I've memories so clear
And when this old heart
Just longs to disappear
Their laughter's music to my ears

Ron Sexsmith - Music To My Ears

Nicolas, I love those lyrics too! so pretty and original

Thanks !
I've just posted about Ron's new album in my blog

No, don't ask me to apologize
I won't ask you to forgive me
If I'm gonna go down
You're gonna come with me

Elvis Costello,
Hand in Hand
This Year's Model

I didn't think that hip-hop was getting enough love, so I wanted to pick out some lyrics that I especially like.


I hope that you're the one
If not, you are the prototype
-"Prototype" by OutKast

You baby MCs drink Pedialyte
While underground doesn't like you, the media might
-"Quality Control" by Jurassic 5

Lyrical optometrists with 20/20 vision
Are serving rounds like my granny used to serve provisions
Chaotical amniotical fluid
The rap druid that's fluent with the art of onomatopoeia
Metaphysical microscopic topic-dropper
When I was a kid I wanted roller skates and a bike chopper
But alas, pop-pop never thought to keep me in style
That's why I'm schizophrenic now so God bless the child that's got his own
-"The Love Song" by k-os

When I drill, I don't spill, even if she's on the pill
Keep my weapon covered, concealed, and in a shield
'Cause I don't need that A-I-D-S
A "D" and an "A" missin' out my Adidas
We don't need no DNA mixin' between us
We just need to keep this thing friendly and hush-hush
On the down-low like R. Kelly and youngsters
But over 18 only, 'cause baby, I'm no perv
-"A.D.I.D.A.S." by Killer Mike (Featuring Big Boi)

Yes indeed, Ludacris I'm hotter than Nevada
Ready to break the steering column on your Impala
-"Number One Spot" by Ludacris

So we journeyed to her house, one thing led to another
I keyed the door, I cold hit the floor, looked up and it was her mother
I didn't know what to say, I was hangin' by a string
She said, "You two, I was once like you and I liked to do the wild thing"
-"Wild Thing" by Tone-Loc

Now I ain't sayin' you a gold digger, you got needs
You want a dude to smoke, but he can't buy weed
You go out to eat, he can't pay, y'all can't leave
There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves
But while y'all washin', watch him
He goin' make it to a Benz out of that Datsun
He got that ambition baby, look in his eyes
This week he's moppin' floors, next week it's the fries
So, stick by his side
I know his dudes ballin', and yeah that's nice
And they gon' keep callin' and tryin', but you stay right, girl
And when you get on, he leave yo' ass for a white girl
-"Gold Digger" by Kanye West

She got a light-skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson
Got a dark-skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson
-"Slow Jamz" by Twista, Kanye West & Jamie Foxx

He's the guy on the street with the sign that reads
Please help send this Vet home
But he is home
and there's no Xmas in February
no matter how much he saves

LOu Reed - Xmas in february

Another hip-hop lyric that I really like...

I don't have no trouble with you f***in' me
But I have a little problem with you not f***in' me
-"Got Your Money" by Ol' Dirty Bastard

For sale? dumb cunts same dumb questions
Virgin? listen, all virgins are liars honey
And I dont know what Im scared of or what I even enjoy
Dulling, get money, but nothing turns out like you want it to
And in these plagued streets of pity you can buy anything
For $200 anyone can conceive a God on video
Hes a boy, you want a girl so tear off his cock
Tie his hair in bunches, fuck him, call him rita if you want
I eat and I dress and I wash and I still can say thank you
Puking - shaking - sinking I still stand for old ladies
Cant shout, cant scream, hurt myself to get pain out
I t them, 24:7, all year long
Purgatorys circle, drowning here, someone will always say yes
Funny place for the social, for the insects to start caring
Just an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff
In these plagued streets of pity you can buy anything
For $200 anyone can conceive a God on video
Hes a boy, you want a girl so tear off his cock
Tie his hair in bunches, fuck him, call him rita if you want, if you want
I eat and I dress and I wash and I can still say thank you
Puking - shaking - sinking I still stand for old ladies
Cant shout, cant scream, hurt myself to get pain out
Power produces desire, the weak have none
Theres no lust in this coma even for a fifty
Solitude, solitude, the 11th commandment
The only certain thing that is left about me
Theres no part of my body that has not been used
Pity or pain, to show displeasures shame
Everyone Ive loved or hated always seems to leave
And in these plagued streets of pity you can buy anything
For $200 anyone can conceive a God on video
Hes a boy, you want a girl so tear off his cock
Tie his hair in bunches, fuck him, call him rita if you want, if you want
Power produces desire, the weak have none
Theres no lust in this coma even for a fifty
Solitude, solitude, the 11th commandment
Dont hurt, just obey, lie down, do as they say
May as well be heaven this hell, smells the same
These sunless afternoons I cant find myself.

manic street preachers- yes

I'll post some sections of lyrics I really like:

"You say love is a temple
love is a higher law
Love is a temple
love the higher law
You ask for me to enter
but then you make me crawl
And I can't keep holding on
to what you got
Cause all you got is hurt"
--"One," U2

"So be it, I’m your crowbar
if that’s what I am so far
Until you get out of this mess
and I will pretend
that I don’t know of your sins
until you are ready to confess
But all the time, all the time
I’ll know, I’ll know
And you can use my skin
to bury secrets in
And I will settle you down
And at my own suggestion,
I will ask no questions"
--"I Know," Fiona Apple

"And so we finished the Moet and
started feeling liberated
And I surrendered as you took me
in your arms
I was so caught up in the moment
I couldn't bear to let you go yet
So I threw caution to the wind
and started listening to my longing heart
And then you softly pressed your lips to mine
And feelings surfaced I'd suppressed
for such a long time
And for a while I forgot
the sorrow and the pain
and melted with you as we stood
there in the rain"
--"The Roof," Mariah Carey

"Moons and Junes and ferris wheels,
the dizzy dancing way you feel
as every fairy tale comes real;
I've looked at love that way.
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
and if you care, don't let them know,
don't give yourself away.
I've looked at love from both sides now,
from give and take, and still somehow
it's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all
--"Both Sides Now," Joni Michell

"Mother, mother
there's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
there's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
to bring some lovin' here today
Father, father
we don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
for only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
to bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on"
--"What's Going On," Marvin Gaye