The Song Thread

[Iris]

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet cause i couldn't be bothered going through all 19 pages but i love this song. Its out os Mulan and is also done by Christins Aguilera.

Reflection

Look at me
You may think you see
who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day, is as if I play apart
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I can not fool
my heart
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
I am now
In a world where I have to
hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
someone I don't know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
There's a heart that must
be free to fly
That burns with a need
to know the reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think
How we feel
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?
I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else
For all time
When will my reflections show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflections show
Who I am inside?

[Swallow]

"I'd like to be, under the sea, in an octopuses garden in the shade..."

I really need to get the rest of the words for that!!

[Lol]

Uh, sorry in advance guys. I've just been talking politics and racism with a housemate, and this song came into my head.

Guenevere and the Fire

My grandmother was born in 1900
On a farm in New South Wales
She wed a dairyman who liked to raise a pint of ale
The first child came when she was twenty
Five more babes in seven years
That first daughter was my mother
They called her Guenevere

Little Gwen would play beneath the willow
"Yes the Queen would love some tea"
Helped with chores that never ended
Tried to mind, tried to please
Sometimes she heard the music,
Wild and strange in the summer night
"They're dirty people," warned her mother
"Never go near their campfire light"

"Stay away from the camp of the blackfellas
Little white girls have disappeared!
They drink and dance when the moon is red
Never, never let them see your golden hair!"

Came the winter of '27
So cold the milk froze in the pail
Her mother hung the nappies by the hearth
Her dad in town for a round of ale
A spark leapt from the fire that night
And wrapped her mother in a gown of flame
Flailing, dancing in a frenzy
Falling down in voiceless pain

Stillness, and the stench of burning
Then so soft, 'twas like a ghost
"Fetch the Cunninghams" she whispered
"Bring me aid, or I am lost!"
The Cunninghams were not two miles away
And they the nearest whites
Past the camp of the Aborigines
Past the demons of the night

Stay away from the camp of the blackfellas
Little white girls have disappeared!
They drink and dance when the moon is red
Never, never let them see your golden hair!

"I must run to save my mother
I must go now, I must fly!"
But still she heard her mother's tales
Of the devil drums and the evil eye
Her mother's breathing ever fainter
Gwen frozen in her fright
Seven hours 'til dawn she waited
For the safety of the light
Now she runs 'til her feet are bleeding
To the house upon the hill
Now comes the doctor's wagon speeding
To her mother cold and still

They laid her down in the Nowra graveyard
>From the bible read a verse
Children sent to aunts and uncles
Some to Melbourne, some to Perth
Gwen packed her canvas satchel,
Could not hold the salt tears back
Turned to leave her home forever
Faced a woman gnarled and black

"Child, our hearts are heavy
With grieving for your loss
We live so close by you
Why did you not come to us?
We have herbs to heal the burning
We have salves to ease the pain
We could have helped, had we but known
And made your mother whole again"

Stay away from the camp of the blackfellas
Little white girls have disappeared!
They drink and dance when the moon is red
Never, never let them see your golden hair!
Stay away from the camp of the blackfellas
White girls have disappeared!
They drink and dance when the moon is red
Never, never let them see your golden hair!

Fred Small


A wonderful song, but I still find it painful to listen to. I promise I'll post a happy one next!

Lol

[brydie]

omg - i loove that song from mulan! that is the best movie!! and i've never heard of that somg befor iris...:(lyrics are sad tho!!
ive got this song stuck in my head...go romeo and juliet...

When Doves Cry

How can u just leave me standing
alone in a world that’s so cold?
Maybe I’m just 2 demanding.
Maybe I’m just like my father: 2 bold.
Maybe you’re just like my mother.
She’s never satisfied.
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
Yes, they cry, oh they cry.
How can u just leave me standing
alone in a world that’s so cold?
Maybe I’m just 2 demanding.
Maybe I’m just like my father: 2 bold.
Maybe you’re just like my mother.
She’s never satisfied.
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
This is what it sounds like
This is what it sounds like
This is what it sounds like
Oh ah, oh ah
Dream, if u can, a courtyard, an ocean of vi’lets in bloom.
Animals strike curious poses.
They feel the heat, the heat between me and u.
Maybe you’re just like my mother.
She’s never satisfied.

She’s never satisfied.
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when doves cry.

Doves cry
You know that they cry
You know that they cry
You know that they cry
You know that they cry
You know that they cry
How can u just leave me standing
( You know that they cry )
alone in a world that’s so cold?
( You know that they cry )
Maybe I’m just 2 demanding.
( You know that they cry )
Maybe I’m just like my father: 2 bold.
( You know that they cry )
Maybe you’re just like my mother.
( You know that they cry )
She’s never satisfied.
( You know that they cry )
Why do we scream at each other?
( You know that they cry )
This is what it sounds like when doves cry.

[Lol]

I always had a soft spot for Mulan. In my second year of uni my housemates and I hired it out during stu-vac/swot-vac and watched it every day, at least the girls did. I must admit we always fast forwarded the reflection song, because we found it way too cheesy, but we loved the 'Be a Man' one and used to quote it at our male housemates to make them angry.

We must be swift as a coursing river
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

Oh dear, it still makes me giggle. I never worked out whether it was tongue in cheek or not.

Lol

[Lol]

I did a music meme and posted it on my live journal a few days ago. I thought some of you guys might enjoy it. Beware, though; it's harder than it looks. I've used Penelope Swales, one of my favourite Australian artists.

*Pick a band and answer the following questions with a lyric phrase from that band only*


1.ARE YOU MALE OR FEMALE?

I may have been young, but you know, women are strong.

2. DESCRIBE YOURSELF:

I am not neat
My thoughts lie in piles
Memories lie heaped before me,
Jumbled files

3.HOW DO SOME PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT YOU?

There’s more than meets the eye, behind those eyes.
Quiet, yeah and sometimes shy


4. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF?

Beneath my innocent skin, a monster lurks within.


5. DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND OR INTEREST:

You make me laugh
You make me talk all night
Make me watch the corners of your smile
Makes me wonder
Makes me toss and turn and
Dream all night ‘bout just
Touchin’ the corners of your smile.


6. WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER BE RIGHT NOW?

Something about the day makes me just want to sleep all day.
Something about the wind makes me want to let my mind blow away, blow away.



7. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE:

No more important, no less essential than any other bat, bird, sea-lion or bacteria. And when you go, oh, it’ll be just a handful of us monkeys that grieve. Just a few more eddies and swirls in a race intent on destroying itself on the third rock from some star in some infinite universe.


8. DESCRIBE HOW YOU LIVE:

This process is frustrating but I have the capacity to survive,
This pain is compensated by my love of being alive.
It’s compensated by other hearts like mine,
By having the love of other hearts like mine.


9. DESCRIBE HOW YOU LOVE:

It's painful to love lucidly, with full knowledge of your vulnerablity.


10. HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?

Today loneliness gnaws at my insides
A small spiky creature claws at my guts.


11. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL?

The machinery of nations offers up no explanations
About why its machinations must be oiled with exploitation.
While politicians ramble words like “Security, Economy, Equality,
Leave it to me, stay meshed in your complacency.”


12. PICK A RANDOM FRIEND AND DESCRIBE THEM:

Her clothing was silk and purple, bought at a market stall
And she sparkled at me darkly

And

There’s an ache in your belly, darling
Something akin to an endless need.


13. PICK A RANDOM FAMILY MEMBER AND DESCRIBE:

Who taught you? How ever did you learn to say the right things in the right way so unerringly discerning?

And

Sugar and spice and all things nice and the ground up tails of rats and mice
Ah, such stern stuff is my sister made of.


14. DESCRIBE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR JOB/SCHOOL:

Could I ever be content in Corporation Lane,
Could I ever fit into the mould?
I’m practicing my special art of staying insane.


15. SHARE A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM:

And I know that hope is crucial.
Hope sometimes deals me a strange hand.
So I must find this first rally in myself,
Make this first most fundamental stand.
So I smile for the springtime and the light.
Smile for the sunshine stirring light.
Try not to think to closely of the strife that’s pending,
And I smile because I love my life.

[Iris]

I love this song. ;D

"American Idiot"

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new mania.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindf**k America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Well maybe I'm the f@ggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It's calling out to idiot America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

[Dameon]

Ooh! Okay!!!

It took me ages, and it was really hard. I ended up using The Corrs, because I've got their complete works, so there was plenty to choose from.

1.ARE YOU MALE OR FEMALE?

Idon't ever want to be that girl you want me to be.

2. DESCRIBE YOURSELF:

Her days are grey and her nights are black. Different shads of mundane.

3.HOW DO SOME PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT YOU?

The cynics, they will wonder what's the difference with this dream and the dreams of countless others...

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF?

Wants to love so much. Will it release her from her hurt?

5. DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND OR INTEREST:

You are in my head.

6. WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER BE RIGHT NOW?

Turning the key, unlocking the door, embracing the roller coaster world. Stepping outside, with body and soul, taking whatever future holds.

7. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE:

She's never gunna be like to one before!

OR

No more, no, no more of life without meaning

8. DESCRIBE HOW YOU LIVE:

I haven't slept at all in days!

9. DESCRIBE HOW YOU LOVE:

I promised never again. I wouldn't give my heart...

10. HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?

We are taking it easy, bright and breezy, yeah!
We are living it up, just fine and dandy, yeah!

11. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL?

I wanna feel just like before, before the rain came in my door, shook me up, turned me round, made me cry til I could drown.

12. PICK A RANDOM FRIEND AND DESCRIBE THEM:

I wanna hear you laugh again, without the ache to bring you down.

13. PICK A RANDOM FAMILY MEMBER AND DESCRIBE:

Why's everything you've ever said or done not the way you planned?

14. DESCRIBE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR JOB/SCHOOL:

There's only so much I can, then I've just gotta let it go!

I couldn't do the last one!
My, don't I sound miserable!!! I guess it's because I kind of feel defined by my mental illness. Dammit!!!

I'm working on doing it again, using The Beatles! It's fun!

KSL

[Lol]

Hey, I'm so glad you did it, Kayt! I love this meme, it's actually quite creative in an odd way, and makes you study lyrics and their meanings differently. I'm tempted to do it again as well.

I haven't even heard of the Corrs. I'm so ignorant musically. Who are they?

Lol

[HeartoftheDarkness]

An Irish band, formed by three sisters and their brother
They kick ass!
I think I have three of their albums
I want them all!!

[Timm]

THE CORRS! *panicks*

They are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying.

[HeartoftheDarkness]

You know what? You're annoying!!!

[Natally]

go JET! ;D

[Arien]

YES!!! JET ROCK MY SOCKS!!!! ;D

[Timm]

And the Corrs don't rock!

[Squarmi]

Timm. Shush. You don't know what you're talking about. Jet and The Corrs both ROCK!!

Squarmi

[HeartoftheDarkness]

Ive had this song stuck in my head for a while, so im writing it out

"The Llama Song"
Heres a llama
Theres a llama
And another little llama
Fuzzy llama
Funny llama
Llama llama
Duck
Llama llama
Cheesecake
Llama
Tablet
Brick
Potato
Llama llama llama
Mushroom
Llama llama llama
Duck
I was once a treehouse
I lived in a cake
But I never saw the way
The orange slayed the rake
I was only three years dead
But it told a tale
And now listen little child
To the safety rail
Did you ever see a llama
Kiss a llama
On a llama
Taste a llama
Llama llama
Duck
Half a llama
Twice a llama
Not a llama
Farmer llama
Llama in a car
Alarm a llama
Llama llama
Duck
Is this how its told now
Is it all so old
Is it made of lemon juice
Doorknob
Ankle
cold
Now my song is getting thin
Ive run out of luck
Time for me to retire now
And become a duck

[Gahtha]

here is my national anthem ;D
Tegan all let us praise her
because she is the queen
and if we don't she'll kill us all
so let's obay the queen
Our land is covered in poink and pink
and cake made of cheese
in Tegan's stage, let tegan rule
ADVANCE TEGANVILLIAN FAIR!

Never doubt Tegan
She'll throw you in a lake
she'll poke you with a large stick
if she doesn't get cheesecake
The god is the one and only Tegan
That is the law here

Tegan all let us praise her
because she is the queen
and if we don't she'll kill us all
so let's obay the queen
Our land is covered in poink and pink
and cake made of cheese
in Tegan's stage, let tegan rule
ADVANCE TEGANVILLIAN FAIR!

[Iris]

This song is a Celtic folk tale, and it is beautiful.

Loreena McKennitt - Annachie Gordon

Harking is bonny and there lives my love
My love lies on him and cannot remove
It cannot remove for all that I have done
And I never will forget my love Annachie
For Annachie Gordon he's bonny and he's bright
He'd entice any woman that e'er he saw
He'd entice any woman and so he has done me
And I never will forget my love Annachie.

Down came her father and he's standing at the door
Saying Jeannie you are trying the tricks of a sleeper
You care nothing for a man who cares so much for thee
You must marry Lord Sultan and leave Annachie
For Annachie Gordon is barely but a man
Although he may be pretty but where are his lands
For the Sultan's lands are broad and his towers they run high
You must marry Lord Sultan and leave Annachie.

With Annachie Gordon I beg for my bread
Before I marry Sultan his gold to my head
With gold to my head and straight down to my knee
I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie
And you who are my parents to church you may me bring
But onto Lord Sultan I'll never bear a son
To a son or a daughter I'll never bow my knee
And I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie.

Jeannie was married and from church was brought home
When she and her maidens so merry should have been
When she and her maidens so merry should have been
She goes into her chamber and cries all alone.

Come to bed my Jeannie my honey and my sweet
To stile you my mistress it would be so sweet
Be it mistress or Jeannie it's all the same to me
But in your bed Lord Sultan I never will lie
And down came her father and he's spoken with reknown
Saying you who are her maidens
Go loosen up her gowns
And she fell down to the floor
And straight down to his knee saying
Father look I'm dying for my love Annachie.

The day that she married was the day that Jeannie died
And the day that young Annachie came home on the tide
And down came her maidens all wringing of their hands
Saying oh it's been so long? You've been so long on the sands
So long on the sands so long on the flood
They have married your Jeannie and now she lies dead.

You who are her maidens come take me by the hand
And lead me to the chamber where my love she lies in
And he kissed her cold lips till his heart it turned to stone
And he died in the chamber that his love she lies in.

[Miska]

the corrs arent bad timm....i like their stuff...hmmmf...but jet rock! huzzah! tho they aretn that good live...hmmmf! *sigh* okies....so a song from me:P

What an amazing time
What a family
How did the years go by
Now it's only me

Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
La, la, la, la, la, la, la

Like a cat in heat, stuck in a moving car
A scary conversation, shut my eyes, can't find the brake
What if they say that you're a climber
Naturally, I'm worried if I do it alone
Who really cares, cause it's your life
You never know, it could be great
Take a chance cause you might grow
Oh, ah, oh

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Take a chance you stupid ho

Like an echo pedal, you're repeating yourself
You know it all by heart
Why are you standing in one place
Born to blossom, bloom to perish
Your moment will run out
Cause of your sex chromosome
I know it's so messed up, how our society all thinks (for sure)
Life is short, you're capable (uh-huh)

Oh, ah, oh
Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million-dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

I can't wait to go back and do Japan
Get me lots of brand new fans
Osaka, Tokyo
You Harajuku girls
Damn, you've got some wicked style

Go

Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting for
What you waiting for

(What you waiting for)
Take a chance you stupid ho
Take a chance you stupid ho

What you waiting for
What you waiting for

(What you waiting for)
Take a chance you stupid ho
Take a chance you stupid ho


...okies so its stuck in my head! hmmmf!

[Miska]

sorry to double post but i have to say that question thing is cool! i should do that one day...and i love the doves cry and american idiot song too!! full of so much goodness!

[Squarmi]

Brydie said:

but jet rock! huzzah! tho they aretn that good live...hmmmf! *sigh*

Huh?? Jet are really good live!!

Squarmi

[Miska]

i dissagree! i couldnt stand them at last yrs bdo!

[Arien]

hehehe, Miska, i love that song ;D

I have to say, (even though i've never heard them live live) i've seen Jet playing live on TV and they sounded pretty good then

[Lol]

Iris, I haven't heard that ballad. I really like it. It makes me want to post another one, but godamn it, I said I'd do something cheerful next.

Lol