Imagine Dragons - Whatever it Takes

 Imagine Dragons - Whatever it Takes

[Verse 1]
Falling too fast to prepare for this
Tripping in the world could be dangerous
Everybody circling is vulturous
Negative, nepotist
Everybody waiting for the fall of man
Everybody praying for the end of times
Everybody hoping they could be the one
I was born to run, I was born for this

[Pre-Chorus]
Whip, whip
Run me like a racehorse
Pull me like a ripcord
Break me down and build me up
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
Letter that you rip, rip
Break me down and build me up

[Chorus]
Whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do whatever it takes
'Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
Whatever it takes
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes

[Verse 2]
Always had a fear of being typical
Looking at my body feeling miserable
Always hanging on to the visual
I wanna be invisible
Looking at my years like a martyrdom
Everybody needs to be a part of 'em
Never be enough, I'm the prodigal son
I was born to run, I was born for this

[Pre-Chorus]
Whip, whip
Run me like a racehorse
Pull me like a ripcord
Break me down and build me up
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
Letter that you rip, rip
Break me down and build me up

[Chorus]
Whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do whatever it takes
'Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
Whatever it takes
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes

[Bridge]
Hypocritical, egotistical
Don't wanna be the parenthetical, hypothetical
Working hard on something that I'm proud of, out of the box
An epoxy to the world and the vision we've lost
I'm an apostrophe
I'm just a symbol to remind you that there's more to see
I'm just a product of the system, a catastrophe
And yet a masterpiece, and yet I'm half-diseased
And when I am deceased
At least I'll go down to the grave and die happily
And leave the body and the soul to be a part of thee
I do what it takes

[Chorus]
Whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do whatever it takes
'Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
Whatever it takes
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes

Shinedown - Devour

Shinedown - Devour 

Take it and take it and take it and take it and take it all
Take it and take it and take it until you take us all
Smash it and crash it and thrash it and trash it, they're only toys
Try it, you'll like it, don't hide it, don't fight it, just let it out
Steal it and shoot it and kill it, or take another route
Take it and take it and take it, you know they're only toys
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
You want it, you want it, you want it, you want it? Well, here it is
Everything, everything, everything isn't so primitive
Take it and take it and take it and take it and take it all
Nobody, nobody wants to feel like this
Nobody, nobody wants to live like this
Nobody, nobody wants a war like this
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
What a way to go!
Diving down
'Round and 'round
Diving down
'Round and 'round
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
What a way to go!

System Of A Down - Aerials (live in Armenia 4/23/2015) [100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide]

 System Of A Down - Aerials 

[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
Life is a waterfall
We're one in the river and one again after the fall
Swimming through the void, we hear the word
We lose ourselves, but we find it all
'Cause we are the ones that wanna play
Always wanna go, but you never wanna stay
And we are the ones that wanna choose
Always wanna play, but you never wanna lose

[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind, you free your life

 
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
Life is a waterfall
We drink from the river then we turn around and put up our walls
Swimming through the void, we hear the word
We lose ourselves, but we find it all
'Cause we are the ones that wanna play
Always wanna go, but you never wanna stay
And we are the ones that wanna choose
Always wanna play, but you never wanna lose, oh

[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind, you free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes, eternal prize

[Outro: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind, you free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes, eternal prize
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh

 

Thrice - Come All You Weary (Late Night w/Conan O'Brien)

 Thrice - Come All You Weary

Come all you weary with your heavy loads
Lay down your burdens find rest for your souls
Cause my yoke is easy and my burden is kind
I'll take yours upon me and you can take mine

Come all you weary, move through the earth,
You've been spurned at fine restaurants and kicked out of church,
I've got a couple of loaves, so sit down at my feet,
Lend me your ears and we'll break bread and eat

Come all you weary
Come gather round near me
Find rest for your souls

Come all you weary, crippled you lay
I'll help you along you can lay down your canes
We've got a long way to go but we'll travel as friends
The lights growing bright further up, further in

Come all you weary
Come gather round near me
Find rest for your souls

Rest for your souls

Come all you weary
Come gather round near me

Come all you weary
Come gather round near me
Find rest for your souls

Rest for your souls
Rest for your souls

Sullivan - Caroline's Spine - Grand Rapids, MI 12-30-1998 (opening for KISS)

  Sullivan - Caroline's Spine

It's not hard to reach back to the day
Underneath that Iowa sun
Running to the tower of Waterloo
Looking for the Sullivan's train to come
And his five boys would run to the top
And salute him as he went by
First we'd wave hello
Then we'd wave goodbye, goodbye
It's not hard to reach back to the days
After the attack on Pearl
Overnight my buddies turned into men
Running out of time for games and girls
And the Sullivan boys were not overlooked
Uncle Sam calling each by name
The very next day, they left on a mystery train
Say goodbye, bye, bye, Mrs. Sullivan
And don't you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
We regret to inform you
The Navy has taking your sons away
All five, five, five, five
So put your blue stars in the window
In the window
It's not hard to reach back to her smile
When she'd receive a letter
And the letters they sounded generally the same
They said, if they couldn't be home
At least they were together
On a mighty fighting battleship
Somewhere in the South Pacific
The letters never got much more specific
Say goodbye, bye, bye, Mrs. Sullivan
And don't you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
We regret to inform you
The Navy is keeping your sons away
All five, five, five, five
So keep your blue stars in the window
In the window, oh, oh
It's not hard to reach back to the day
When the war finally came home
Uncle Sam will send you a telegram
So he doesn't have to tell you over the phone
I heard she cracked up
When they found out what the war had cost
When all five of her boys were lost
They were, they were, they were
Oh, say goodbye, bye, bye, Mrs. Sullivan
Go ahead and cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
We regret to inform you
That all your sons have passed away
All five, five, five, five
So change your blue star to gold
Blue star to gold
Blue star to gold
Blue star
Change them to gold

My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay (Milton Keynes, England - May 19, 2022)

 My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay

See the man who stands upon the hill
He dreams of all the battles won
But fate had left its scars upon his face
With all the damage they had done
And so tired with age, he turns the page
Let the flesh submit itself to gravity
Let our bodies lay, mark our hearts with shame
Let our blood in vain, you find God in pain
Now, if your convictions were a passing phase
May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays
And as the vermin crawls, we lay in the foundations of decay
He was there the day the towers fell
And so he wandered down the road
And we would all build towers of our own
Only to watch the roots corrode
But it's much too late, you're in the race
So we'll press and press 'til you can't take it anymore
Let our bodies lay, mark our hearts with shame
Let our blood in vain, you find God in pain
And if, by his own hand, his spirit flies
Take his body as a relic to be canonized
Now, and so he gets to die a saint
But she will always be a whore
Against faith (cage all the animals)
Against all odds ('cause the message must be pure)
Against change (you can wander through the ruins)
We are free (but the poison is the cure)
You must fix your heart
And you must build an altar where it swells
When the storm, it gains and the sky, it rains
Let it flood, let it flood, let it wash away
And as you stumble through your last crusade
Will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays?
And as the swarm it calls, we lay in the foundations
Yes, it comforts me much more
Yes, it comforts me much more
To lay in the foundations of decay
Get up, coward

Layup - Every Mile

 Layup - Every Mile

I feel it now every time I leave 
it hits me hard and it cuts me deep 
a thousand miles from happiness 
a thousand miles from you 

It’s a far reach from you to me 
I feel the time and the space between 
There's a thousand miles of loneliness 
a thousand miles from you 

Every mile
Every mile on my map leads to you
it leads to you
Every mile
Every mile on my path leads to you
it leads to you

I'm not around but I'm not gone 
I miss the bed your sleeping on 
I'm a thousand miles from coziness 
a thousand miles from you 

Every mile
Every mile on my map leads to you
it leads to you
Every mile
Every mile on my path leads to you
it leads to you

I’ve heard it said when the road is long 
all miles make the heart grow fond 
There’s a thousand miles of fondness 
a thousand miles to you

The Struts - Royals (Lorde cover)

 The Struts - Royals 

[Verse 1]
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

[Verse 2]
My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come for money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Sleep Token - The Summoning

Sleep Token - The Summoning 

I've got a river running right into you
I've got a blood trail, red in the blue
Something you say or something you do
A taste of the divine
You've got my body, flesh and bone, yeah
The sky above, the Earth below
Raise me up again
Take me past the edge
I want to see the other side
See the other side
You've got my body, flesh and bone
The sky above, the Earth below
Raise me up again
Take me past the edge
I want to see the other side
Won't you show me what it's like?
Won't you show me what it's like?
Oh, and my love
Did I mistake you for a sign from God?
Or are you really here to cut me off?
Or maybe just to turn me on
'Cause these days
I would be lying if I told you that
I didn't wish that I could be your man
Or maybe make a good girl bad
I've got a river running right into you
I've got a blood trail, red in the blue
Something you say or something you do
The taste of the divine
You've got my body, flesh and bone
The sky above, the Earth below
Nothing to say and nowhere to go
A taste of the divine

Clutch - Fortunate Son (Credence Clearwater Revivial)

Clutch - Fortunate Son 

[Verse 1]
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

[Chorus]
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no

[Verse 2]
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, no
But when the taxman come' to the door
Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah

[Chorus]
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no

[Verse 3]
Yeah, some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer "More, more, more, more!"

[Chorus/Outro]
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son, son, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son, no no no

Nickelback - Edge of a Revolution

 Nickelback - Edge of a Revolution

Head high, protest line
"Freedom" scribbled on your sign
Headline, New York Times
Standing on the edge of a revolution

Hey, hey, just obey.
Your secret's safe with the NSA
In God we trust or the CIA?
Standing on the edge of a revolution

Yeah, we're standing on the edge of a revolution
Revolution, revolution, revolution

No, we won't give up, we won't go away
'Cause we're not about to live in this mass delusion
No, we don't wanna hear another word you say
'Cause we know they're all depending on mass confusion
No, we can't turn back, we can't turn away
'Cause it's time we all relied on the last solution
No, we won't lay down and accept this fate
'Cause we're standing on the edge of a revolution

Wall Street, common thief
When they get caught they all go free
A brand new yacht and a finders fee
Standing on the edge of a revolution

Same shit, different day
Can't keep fed if I can't get paid
We'll all be dead if the shit don't change
Standing on the edge of a revolution

Yeah, we're standing on the edge of a revolution
Revolution, revolution, revolution

No, we won't give up, we won't go away
'Cause we're not about to live in this mass delusion
No, we don't wanna hear another word you say
'Cause we know they're all depending on mass confusion
No, we can't turn back, we can't turn away
'Cause it's time we all relied on the last solution
No, we won't lay down and accept this fate
'Cause we're standing on the edge of a revolution

We'll all be dead if this shit don't change
Hey hey hey hey

What do we want? We want the change
And how're we gonna get there? Revolution
What do we want? We want the change
Standing on the edge of a revolution

What do we want? We want the change
And how're we gonna get there? Revolution
What do we want? We want the change
Standing on the edge of a revolution

No, we won't give up, we won't go away
'Cause we're not about to live in this mass delusion
No, we don't wanna hear another word you say
'Cause we know they're all depending on mass confusion
No, we can't turn back, we can't turn away
'Cause it's time we all relied on the last solution
No, we won't lay down and accept this fate
'Cause we're standing on the edge of a revolution

What do we want? We want the change
And how're we gonna get there? Revolution
What do we want? We want the change
Standing on the edge of a revolution

What do we want? We want the change
And how're we gonna get there? Revolution
What do we want? We want the change
Standing on the edge of a revolution! 

The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight (live at the Wiltern LG DVD)

  The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight

Your subtleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all
And all that wants
And all that needs
All I don't want to need at all
The walls start breathing
My mind's un-weaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
A falling star
Least I fall alone
I can't explain what you can't explain
Your finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain
The walls start breathing
My mind's un-weaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Just a little insight will make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes
All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Just a little insight will make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Just a little insight will make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight
It ends tonight

Nothing More - Here's to the Heartache (Live in Corpus Christi, Texas 6-16-2016)

 Nothing More - Here's to the Heartache

What if I told you life was built to break?
What if I warned you, you can't outrun your fate?
 
Would you believe with time comes grace?
In perfect light, in perfect place
Every dream was mine to lose
And that's what it took to lead me to you
 
So here's to the heartache
Here's to the mistakes
We'll drink to all the years, the tears
That led to this place
So here's to the heartache
 
What if I told you that everything fades away?
What if I hold you, but tell you there's just no escape?
 
So here's to the heartache
Here's to the mistakes
We'll drink to all the years, the tears
That led to this place
 
Here's to the dark days
It's been a long wait
We'll drink to all the years, the tears
That led to this place
 
I'll suffer, I'll bleed
Lose everything
I'll get my wings
Fall from belief
Fall to my knees
And you will see
 
With time comes grace

VoB (Voice of Baceprot) - A Place for My Head (Linkin Park cover) Live at Trans7 2017

  VoB (Voice of Baceprot) - A Place for My Head 

I watch how the moon
Sits in the sky in the dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
And the sun doesn't give light to the moon assuming
The moon's going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do
Favors then rapidly, you just
Turn around and start asking me about
Things you want back from me
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head

Maybe someday I'll be just like you and
Step on people like you do and
Run away all the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm, used to be strong
Used to be generous but you should've known
That you'd
Wear out your welcome now you see
How quiet it is all alone
I'm so
Sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I'm so
Sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest

I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head

You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away

I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head

Stay away

I'm so sick of the tension, sick of the hunger (stay)
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed (a-)
While I find a place to rest

I'm so sick of the tension, sick of the hunger (-way)
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place, to feed your greed (stay away from me)
While I find a place to rest

Tanner Patrick - Royals (Lorde cover)

 Tanner Patrick - Royals 

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal*, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen (king) Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy

My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this
We didn't come for money

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me queen (king) Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy

Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed
And I'm in love with being queen (king)
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me queen (king) Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy

Mammoth - Epiphany

 Mammoth - Epiphany

[Verse 1]
We tried so hard, it's time to let it go
We've tried so hard, it's time to let you know

[Pre-Chorus]
What would you do if I already knew?
How do you sleep at night?
What would you say if I threw this away?
Is it really worth being right?

[Chorus]
Will you wake me? I'm falling down
But I've never felt so alive
Will you hate me when it's all done?
'Cause I've never felt more alive

[Verse 2]
We tried so hard, who knows where we'll go?
We cried so hard, but will it really show?

[Pre-Chorus]
What would you do if I already knew?
How do you sleep at night?
What will you say whеn I throw this away?
I've never fеlt more alive


[Chorus]
Will you wake me? I'm falling down
But I've never felt so alive
Will you hate me when it's all done?
'Cause I've never felt more alive

[Bridge]
And I'll be there when you fall down, down, down
We'll all be there to watch you crawl
And I was there when there was no one else
But where were you when it went to hell?

[Chorus]
Wake me (Wake me, wake me)
'Cause I've never felt more alive
Will you hate me when it's all done?
'Cause I've never felt more alive

[Outro]
Wake me (Alive)
Wake me (Alive)
Will you wake me? (Alive)
'Cause I've never felt more alive

Nothing More - Go to War

Nothing More - Go to War 

I don't know what you had in mind
But here we stand on opposing sides 

Let's go to war

We arm ourselves with the wrongs we've done 
Name them off one by one 

Let's go to war

Everything you say
Everything you do
You push it in 
And you cut me down

War, war, war

Screaming at the ones we love
Like we forgot who we can trust 
Screaming at the top of our lungs
On the grounds where we feel safe 

Do we feel safe?

Hush my baby; make no sound
Maybe we can wait each other out
It’s a cold war
Let’s go to war

With every settled score
I thought that fighting with meant fighting for 
But you turn it around

War, war, war

Screaming at the ones we love
Like we forgot who we can trust 
Screaming at the top of our lungs
On the grounds where we feel safe 

Do we feel safe?

Do we censor or do we flow?
Are we drunk on the chemicals?
Every feeling in my bones tells me to lash out 
And tell you to f--- off 

You’ve got my heart
And I've got your soul
But are we better off alone?

With every battle we lose a little more
Remember everything that we’d die for
You are everything that I’d die for

Screaming at the ones we love
Like we forgot who we can trust 
We're screaming at the top of our lungs
On the grounds that we feel safe 

Do we feel safe?
Do you feel safe?

Sick Puppies - You're Going Down (unplugged from Polar Opposite)

Sick Puppies - You're Going Down 

Define your meaning of war
To me it's what we do when we're bored
I feel the heat comin' off of the blacktop
And it makes me want it more
Because I'm hyped up, outta control
If it's a fight I'm ready to go
I wouldn't put my money on the other guy
If you know what I already know (?)

It's been a long time coming
And the tables' turned around
Cause one of us is goin'
One of us is goin' down
I'm not runnin', it's a little different now
Cause one of us is goin'
ONE OF US IS GOIN' DOWN!!!

Define your meaning of fun
To me it's when we're gettin' done
I feel the heat comin' off of the blacktop
So get ready for another one
Let's take a trip down memory lane
The words circulate in my brain
You can treat this like another all I'm saying
But don't cry like a bitch when you feel the pain

It's been a long time coming
And the tables' turned around
Cause one of us is goin'
One of us is goin' down
I'm not runnin', it's a little different now
Cause one of us is goin'
ONE OF US IS GOIN' DOWN!!!

This is hardly worth fighting for
But it's the little petty sh*t that I can't ignore
With my fist in your face and your face on the floor
It'll be a long time comin'
But you got the message now
Cause I was never goin'
Yeah, you're the one that's going down!

One of us is going down

I'm not runnin', it's a little different now
Cause one of us is goin'
ONE OF US IS GOIN' DOWN!!!

One of us is going down

 

The Cost of Discipleship (Luke 14:25-35) — A Sermon by R.C. Sproul

James Chapter Five

 1    Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

2    Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

3    Your gold and silver is cankered;  and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh
    as it were fire.  Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

4    Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud,
    crieth:  and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

5    Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton;  ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

6    Ye have condemned and killed the just;  and he doth not resist you.

7    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.  Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious
    fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8    Be ye also patient;  stablish your hearts:  for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

9    Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:  behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10    Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering
    affliction, and of patience.

11    Behold, we count them happy which endure.  Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end
    of the Lord;  that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

12    But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath:
    but let your yea be yea;  and your nay, nay;  lest ye fall into condemnation.

13    Is any among you afflicted?  let him pray.  Is any merry?  let him sing psalms.

14    Is any sick among you?  let him call for the elders of the church;  and let them pray over him, annointing him
    with oil in the name of the Lord:

15    And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up;  and if he have committed sins,
    they shall be forgiven him.

16    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.  The effectual fervent prayer 
    of a righteous man availeth much.

17    Elias was man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain:  and it rained
    not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

18    And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19    Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him:

20    Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death,
    and shall hide a multitude of sins.

    James Chapter Five - KJV

My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row

My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row 

They're selling postcards of the hanging
Well, they're painting the passports brown
And the beauty parlor's filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Oh, now look, here comes the blind commissioner
Well, they got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other's in his pants

And the riot squad they're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

Cinderella, she seems so easy
"Well, it takes one to know one," she smiles
And she puts her hands in her back pockets
Oh, Bette Davis style
And now here comes Romeo, moaning
"You belong to me, I believe"
And if someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend"
You better leave

And then the only sound that's left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row

Now at midnight, all the agents
And superhuman crew
Go out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do (Knows more than they do)
They're going to bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene

Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see that no one is escaping
To Desolation Row

Because right now, I can't read too good
Don't send me no letters, no
Not unless you're going to mail them
From Desolation Row

My Chemical Romance - Helena (live from LA: Killjoys Make Some Noise)

 My Chemical Romance - Helena

[Verse 1]
Long ago, just like the hearse, you die to get in again
We are so far from you
Burning on, just like a match you strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know

[Pre-Chorus]
And what's the worst you take (Worst you take)
From every heart you break? (Heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (Blade you stain)
Well, I've been holding on tonight

[Chorus]
What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long, and goodnight
So long, and goodnight

[Verse 2]
Came a time when every star fall
Brought you to tears again
We are the very hurt you sold

[Pre-Chorus]
And what's the worst you take (Worst you take)
From every heart you break? (Heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (Blade you stain)
Well, I've been holding on tonight

[Chorus]
What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long, and goodnight
So long, and goodnight
Well, if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long, and goodnight
So long, and goodnight

[Bridge]
Can you hear me? Are you near me?
Can we pretend to leave, and then
We'll meet again
When both our cars collide?

[Chorus]
What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long, and goodnight
So long, and goodnight
Well, if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long, and goodnight
So long, and goodnight

Greta Van Fleet - When the Curtain Falls (live on Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)

Greta Van Fleet - When the Curtain Falls 

One, two, three, four
Well, you're so pretty and I love you so
You know I'm your biggest fan
I saw your picture and it's the best
The finest in the land
Camera lights and action
Yeah, the words you know so well
You're in and out of fashion
In Hollywood of Hell
When the curtain falls
Walk the hollow walls, babe
Once a valley doll
Now you're not at all, no
Well, I love you in that movie show
Can I have your autograph?
It's so funny you have such charm
The whole thing made me laugh
Obetrol and cocktails
You're counting all your rings
They all said they loved you
Didn't they, darling?
Well, they've taken all your things
When the curtain falls
Walk the hollow walls, babe
Once a valley doll
Now you're not at all, no
Well, listen darling
It's been real swell
What can I say, you've got it all
You're a one woman show
But I'm not gonna lie to you
You could use a little work, well
What you got, baby?
When the curtain falls
Walk the hollow walls, babe
Once a valley doll
Now you're not at all
Goodbye, baby, goodbye

MEAU - Dat heb jij gedaan (All On You)

 MEAU - Dat heb jij gedaan (All On You)

  English translation from a cover the first verse and chorus are literal

Yesterday I sat down with a friend
talked about how I let 'us' come to an end
a long time ago, but long overdue
the look on your face when I told you we're through
how were your beliefs and behaviors so rough
you couldn't see anyone be enough
you couldn't do wrong, no you couldn't see how
I close my eyes looking back on it now  

Oh I was just a girl you a terrible dream
I promised myself I would leave it to be
locked away in the past but it fills me with dread
I tried to forget but you're still in my head
'Cause the pain is real, leaving scars on my heart
I would do anything just to get a new start
but this feeling inside whatever I do
It won't go away and that's all on you

You didn't see what your words did to me
talking me down 'til I'd almost agree
I didn't know, never had this before
gave you all that I had, but you wanted more 
Trying to change me like something was wrong
I wasn't broken but you strung me along
I should've just left is so easy to say
but I wanted love 'stead of walking away

Oh I was just a girl you a terrible dream
I promised myself I would leave it to be
locked away in the past but it fills me with dread
I tried to forget but you're still in my head
'Cause the pain is real, leaving scars on my heart
I would do anything just to get a new start
but this feeling inside whatever I do
It won't go away and that's all on you

You tried to break me, tried to hurt me and leave me in pieces
Looks like you didn't care what would happen, do you know 'bout the damage you did
You tried to break me, tried to hurt me and leave me in pieces
Looks like you didn't care what would happen, do you know 'bout the damage you did

Oh I was just a girl you a terrible dream
I promised myself I would leave it to be
locked away in the past but it fills me with dread
I tried to forget but you're still in my head
'Cause the pain is real, leaving scars on my heart
I would do anything just to get a new start
but this feeling inside whatever I do
It won't go away and that's all on you

original from video

Gisteren zat ik hier met een vriend,
we hadden het over toen ik jou verliet.
Al best lang geleden, toch te lang gewacht
,
we hadden het over je ziel en je kracht
Hoe jij dat zo zag dan hoe jij je gedroeg,

nee voor jou was er nooit iemand genoeg.

Jij was t speciaalst deed nog nooit iets verkeerd,
met gesloten ogen bekeek ik het weer 

Hoe ik toen een meisje was, jij een vreselijke droom

Had mezelf het gezegd, en mezelf het beloofd
Dat het afgesloten, weg met verdriet
En ik zou het vergeten maar het lukt me weer niet

Want de pijn die blijft het zit dieper dan dat,
Ik zou een moord doen zodat ik je woorden vergat
Want dat klote gevoel dat toen is ontstaan,
Dat gaat nooit meer weg en dat heb jij gedaan

Gisteren kwam er een besef
jij duwde iedereen ver van me weg

Dingen die jij tegen me zei
dat vrienden me haatten maar jij hield van mij
Je uitspraken waren zo goed als gestoord
vooral met een slok op dan draaide je door
Nu makkelijk praten had weg moeten gaan
Maar graag had ik nog zoveel anders gedaan

Hoe ik toen een meisje was, jij een vreselijke droom
Had mezelf het gezegd, en mezelf het beloofd
Dat het afgesloten, weg met verdriet

En ik zou het vergeten maar het lukt me weer niet
Want de pijn die blijft het zit dieper dan dat
Ik zou een moord doen zodat ik je woorden vergat
Want dat klote gevoel dat toen is ontstaan,
Dat gaat nooit meer weg en dat heb jij gedaan

Je hebt me beschadigd,
 met de pijn van je verzopen daden

En zo heb je me achter gelaten
, lijkt wel ziek heb je dat in de gaten
Je hebt me beschadigd,
 met de pijn van je verzopen daden

En zo heb je me achter gelaten
, lijkt wel ziek heb je dat in de gaten

Hoe ik toen een meisje was, jij een vreselijke droom
Had mezelf het gezegd, en mezelf het beloofd
Dat het afgesloten, weg met verdriet

En ik zou het vergeten maar het lukt me weer niet
Want de pijn die blijft het zit dieper dan dat
Ik zou een moord doen zodat ik je woorden vergat
Want dat klote gevoel dat toen is ontstaan,
Dat gaat nooit meer weg en dat heb jij gedaan

 

Switchfoot - Fake Plastic Trees - Live (Radiohead)

Switchfoot - Fake Plastic Trees  

A green plastic watering can
For a fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins
And it wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out
Wears him out
She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run
And it wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time
All the time