Eye on the TV
'cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavor it happens to be
Like:
"Killed by the husband" ...
"Drowned by the ocean" ...
"Shot by his own son" ...
"She used a poison in his tea,
Then kissed him goodbye"
That's my kind of story
It's no fun till someone dies.
Don't look me at like I am a monster
Frown out your one face, but with the other
Stare like a junkie into the TV
Stare like a zombie while the mother holds her child
Watches him die
Hands to the sky crying "why, oh why?"
Cause I need to watch things die from a distance
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies
You all need it too - don't lie.
Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until the blood is flowin'
Neither the brave nor bold
Nor brightest of stories told
We won't give pause until the blood is flowin'
I need to watch things die from a good safe distance
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same so why can't we just admit it?
Blood like rain fallin' down
Drum on grave and ground
Part vampire, part warrior,
Carnivore and voyeur
Stare at the transmittal.
Sing to the death rattle.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la-lie (x4)
Credulous at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men.
But pull your head on out your hippie haze
And give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again
The universe is hostile
So impersonal
Devour to survive
So it is, so it's always been
We all feed on tragedy.
It's like blood to a vampire.
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies
Much better you than I.
Een van de beste lyrics ooit als je het mij vraagt:
Bert & Ernie - Ik ben een kerstbal
Ik sta bij de kerstboom vol kransjes en slingers
En ik kijk naar zo'n glimmende bal
Ik kijk heel voorzichtig, blijf eraf met m'n vingers
Ben veel te bang dat hij kapot knappen zal
En moet je nu toch eens even kijken
Die bal begint op mij te lijken
Ik ben een kerstbal
Ik hang in de kerstboom tussen andere ballen
We hebben het heel leuk daar met z'n allen
We houden ons rustig, want we willen niet vallen
De kaarsjes die geven een schitterend licht
Dat schijnt heel leuk in mijn bolle gezicht
Het is misschien een beetje mal
Maar ik ben een kerstbal
Ben jij een kerstbal Ernie, is het die, laat mij dan maar eens even kijken. Haa Ernie, moet je zien, jij bent die kerstbal niet, ik ben die kerstbal, kijk zelf maar
"Leuk he
Zie je?
Als je met je gezicht vlak voor zo'n bal gaat staan dan komt je gezicht erop, nou mag ik weer even hoor Bert, Bert, ga weg want ik heb het uitgevonden.
Ja, dat zal wel, ja
Ik ben een kerstbal
Ik hang in de kerstboom tussen andere ballen
We hebben het heel leuk daar met z'n allen
We houden ons rustig, want we willen niet vallen
De kaarsjes die geven een schitterend licht
Dat schijnt heel leuk in mijn bolle gezicht
Het is misschien een beetje mal
Maar ik ben een kerstbal
Nou, mag ik weer, Ernie, ga opzij, vooruit
Bert,Bert, als je nou die bal daarnaast neemt, die is een beetje langwerpig, dat is meer een soort peer, dat past beter bij jouw gezicht!
Een peer zeg je, lijkt mijn hoofd soms op een peer? Nou, goed, ik kijk dan wel in die lange bal, maar dan kan jij ook beter in een andere bal kijken, in plaats van die ronde.
Welke bal moet ik dan kijken Bert?
In die platte bal daar, daar past jouw hoofd goed in, want jouw hoofd lijkt een beetje op een mandarijntje, ha, als jij zegt dat ik op een peer lijk.
Nou goed, daar gaan we dan he...
Wij zijn een kerstbal
Wij hangen in de kerstboom tussen andere ballen
We hebben het heel leuk daar met z'n allen
We houden ons rustig, want we willen niet vallen
De kaarsjes die geven een schitterend licht
Dat schijnt heel leuk in ons ballengezicht
Het is misschien een beetje mal
Maar we zijn een kerstbal
Het is misschien een beetje mal,
Maar we zijn een kerstbal
I pulled over to the side and felt no time
Off the highway with the landscape aglow
Still not sure what we were trying to find
I only know we went home
Deze tekst is zo fijn en gezellig en dan krijg je helemaal zin in de zomer!!
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
Sweet summer night and I'm stripped to my sheets
Foreman is leaking; my AC squeaks
And a voice from the clock says "You're not gonna get tired"
My bed is a pool and the wall's on fire
Soak my head in the sink for a while
It chills my neck and it makes me smile
But my bones gotta move and my skin's gotta breathe
You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved
You slide down the stairs to the eager street
And the sun is left with slippery feet
And I want to walk around with you (x2)
(And be here with you)
It doesn't really matter, I'll go where you feel
Home for the breeze, get a midnight meal
I'll point in the windows, you point out the parks
Rip off your sleeves and I'll ditch my socks
Dance to the songs from the cars as they pass
Weave through the cardboard, smell that trash
Walkin' around in our summertime clothes
Know where to go where our bodies go
And we'll breath the dawn in its morning blues
With purple yawns, you'll be sleeping soon
And I want to walk around with you (x2)
When the sun goes down we'll go out again! (x16)
Don't cool off
I like your warmth
Let's leave the sound of the heat for the sound of the rain
It's easy to sleep when it wets my brain
It covers my rest with a saccharine sheen
Kissing the wind through my window screen
But restless is causeless and I cannot hide
So much of my mind that it spills outside
Do you wanna go stroll down a financial street?
Our clothes might get soaked
But the buildings sleep
And there's no one pushing for a place
As we enter at an easy pace
And I want to walk around with you (x2)
I want to walk around with you (x4)
In cycle,
I'll lead you around the ocean,
Where grass grows,
And remnants of you in devotion,
My breath's out,
Inhaling upon trees, it's frozen,
And look out,
And trace along the house where shit is frozen,
Then holding,
Quietly,
The sound is dead,
and sing in turn,
in light.
When life meets child, your only plight
in light.
When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while
in light.
I'll take you for walks among the patients,
She had a pretty dad,
But she was growing out of play-school,
Still she could kick and scream and play,
Until she wanted to.
My little chocolate girl.
Her brother barely out of high school,
lived in a place where he could scream,
until he wanted to.
Oh fuzzy tidy cat.
And she could bury him in apples
and curl around a bowl of cotton
'til she wanted to.
Still she had to speak loud,
'cause hearing isn't, I am here with them,
And we took,
a picture: Sunday flowers in the garden.
And quite late,
still drinking with the boys until it's later.
And pray small,
your hopes of something better to show her,
And holding time,
the sound is dead,
it's singing time
in light.
When life meets child, your only plight
in light.
When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while
in light.
I'll take you for walks among the patients,
She met a pretty boy.
And they would dance between their elders
and she would cream until the wine she bought had settled in.
My little chocolate girl.
She used to love the stars of England.
She slept on records and her market jewelry
from her school,
Her colors matched the room.
And she would twirl around the curtains,
she had a hand to hold her chin up
when her friends walked out,
the kid across the street.
He'll keep around when she was changing,
And he would wait and she would tell her friends about the boy.
Her Mom and Dad at home.
She had saliva in her pockets,
She gave a girl when her last grace hath found thee, dig the day
So good, my chocolate girl,
Oh won't you like an 'A'
So put your lanterns on across the maze,
So I won't feast on folly,
Bell of the rain who brought the stings and dead
and who will pop the trade,
'cause I can't see you.
I'll open up my brain again.
Eigenlijk zijn alle teksten van Emery geweldig, maar deze helemaal
Emery - Thoughtlife
And my heart,
Left my chest,
So forgive me.
As you leave to find
That next something new
But I can't
For the life of me remember when
You changed your words from "I love you"
To saying, "you don't know"
Just know that you can't
Take back what you said
Darling, I'm not in the forgiving mood
You kept on replying, it was all in my head
Well youre just a liar, and I've got the proof
I've got the proof
So with these few words you'll erase me
Two years of our lives, meant nothing to you
But this fool, that you made of me has a lesson learned
You can't trust a lover, who was never a friend...
Just know that you can't
Take back what you said
Darling I'm not in the forgiving mood
You kept on replying, it was all in my head
Well youre just a liar, and I've got the proof
I've got the proof
I would have offered my life,
Taken you home, made you my wife,
But hearing you now,
Filling your mouth,
With the cowards lies,
Youre just a disguise.
Of the girl of my dreams
But I know she's waiting for me
So I'll open my eyes,
To the day that's before me,
And leave here to find
That next something new
I pulled over to the side and felt no time
Off the highway with the landscape aglow
Still not sure what we were trying to find
I only know we went home
Acda & De Munnik - Schoolplein
Hij is geen held
Tenminste niet één die telt
maar hij doet zijn best te blijven staan
Laat hem z'n gang,
Hij kleurt heel best bij 't behang
Hij kan een beetje van de wereld aan
'K weet niet waar hij woont,
maar soms zit ie naast me
ineens zit ie naast me
buiten op de trap
pas tien en geen vrienden
en heel vaak gepest
maar dat geeft ie niet toe
hij geeft je een grap
(chorus)
Als ik het schoolplein op kom, man
Moet iedereen lachen
Als ik het schoolplein op kom, man
Moet iedereen lachen
Zit ie naast me dan praat ie uren
Hij lijkt op mij zoals ik was
dan wil ik helpen
'k zeg: "kijk naar mij.
kwas ook nooit de leukste van de klas"
en dan zegt ie: "en nu dan?
wat maak je er nu van?
ik zag je nog gisteren op TV,
je leek er niets van te snappen,
des te harder je grappen.
En daar wordt je niet echt veel gelukkiger mee."
(chorus)
Als ik het schoolplein op kom, man
Moet iedereen lachen
Als ik het schoolplein op kom, man
Moet iedereen lachen
Soms zegt er iemand: "Ik zag je gister weer zitten,
kvroeg me af wat je deed."
Ik zeg: "Gewoon een beetje praten met een jongen
die het allemaal weet"
praten in jezelf zoals dat heet.
Ik ben geen held, tenminste niet één die telt
maar ik doe mijn best te blijven staan
wat ik schreeuw lijkt niet slecht,
maar wat ik schrijf ben ik echt.
en zo kan ik een beetje van de wereld aan.
(chorus)
Als ik het schoolplein op kom, man
Moet iedereen lachen
Als ik het schoolplein op kom, man
Moet iedereen lachen
Who's the one to blame for this strain in my vocal chords?
Who can pen a hateful threat but can't hold a sword?
It's the same who complain about the global war
But can't overthrow the local joker that they voted for
Who's the one to blame for this strain in my vocal chords?
Who can pen a hateful threat but can't hold a sword?
It's the same who complain about the global war
But can't overthrow the local joker that they voted for
I pulled over to the side and felt no time
Off the highway with the landscape aglow
Still not sure what we were trying to find
I only know we went home
Vind dit nog steeds een van de mooiste teksten ooit geschreven
As Cities Burn - The Widow
Dead man, were you ever alive?
Or was I just a seed you buried deep inside
Some woman you wed
Right before you crawled out of her bed and crept down the hall?
Did you think of me?
Did you even for a second hesitate in the doorway?
It's just something that I'd like to know
Though I'd still love you if told me
You just walked away
My God, what a world you love
Where men bury their sons
And without thought just walk away
And my mother's heart breaks
Like the water inside of her
Dead man, is it being high that makes you alive?
It makes you leave behind three boys and a wife in '89
As the track marks inched their way up your arm
My mother taught my brothers and I not to call you daddy
But to call you father
But I believe there is something here to be learnt of grace
'Cause I can't help but love you
Even with a heart that breaks
Like the promises that you made
Like the promises that you made
The promises that you made
My God, what a world you love
I pulled over to the side and felt no time
Off the highway with the landscape aglow
Still not sure what we were trying to find
I only know we went home
Wait
I watched you throw out your bouquet
Now i think about you everyday
I'm alone now in my bed
And there's a lake
And at the bottom you'll find all our friends
They don't swim cause they're all dead
We never are what we intend, or invent
'Cause I make little lies and then I pull them apart
Think something dark's living down in my heart
And if I wanted to die before I got old
I should've started some years ago digging that hole
Well I carry this box to the proper place
And when I lower it down
I let it you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me
I'd serve you drugs on a silver plate
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me
A deer that a hunter shot in the heart
Some dogs that got hit by cars
All came to spill their guts
And we spoke
About the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
And which songs we had loved the most
And then we all turned to dirt
And dust
Some men die under the mountain just looking for gold
Some die looking for a hand to hold
Well I carry this box to its proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I know that you would do this for me
I'd serve you drugs on a silver plate
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me
I'm slowly bringing you down from the Heavenly gates
Now I'm drowning in the flood I made
Well explain myself to me on the other side
I'll watch from Heaven when I die
Well I carry this box to the proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I know that you would do this for me
I'd serve you drugs on a silver plate
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me
I pulled over to the side and felt no time
Off the highway with the landscape aglow
Still not sure what we were trying to find
I only know we went home
I pulled over to the side and felt no time
Off the highway with the landscape aglow
Still not sure what we were trying to find
I only know we went home
