Wednesday 22 April 2015

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (1990)

Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girl

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm 

David Bowie - This is not America (1985)

This is not America
Sha-la-la-la-la

A little piece of you,
The little piece in me,
Will die
(this is not a miracle)
For this is not America

Blossom fails to bloom this season,
Promise not to stare,
Too long
(this is not America)
For this is not the miracle

There was a time,
A storm that blew, so pure
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea

For this is not America

Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la

This is not America (No)
This is not
Sha-la-la-la-la

Snowman melting from the inside
Falcon spirals to
the ground
(this could be the biggest sky)
So bloody red, tomorrow's clouds

A little piece of you,
The little piece in me
Will die
(this could be a miracle)
For this is not America

There was a time,
A wind that blew, so young
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea

For this is not America

Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la

This is not America (No)
This is not,
Sha-la-la-la-la
This is not America (No)
This is not,
Sha-la-la-la-la
This is not America (No)
This is not,
Sha-la-la-la-la

Monday 20 April 2015

David Bowie - Ashes to ashes (1980)

Do you remember a guy that's been
In such an early song
I've heard a rumour from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true

They got a message
from the Action Man
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too
I've loved
all I've needed to love
Sordid details following"

The shrieking of nothing is killing 
Just pictures of Jap girls 
in synthesis and I
Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing

[CHORUS]
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's
a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again
I'm stuck with a valuable friend
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"
One flash of light 
but no smoking pistol

I've never done good things
I've never done bad things
I never did anything out of the blue, 
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now

[CHORUS]

My mother said
to get things done
You'd better not mess 
with Major Tom