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 


Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Pink Floyd - High Hopes



Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide

At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever

Sunday, 14 December 2014

John Newman - Love Me Again


Know I’ve done wrong,
Left your heart torn
Is that what devils do?
Took you so low,
Where only fools go
I shook the angel in you

Now I’m rising from the ground
Rising up to you
Filled with all the strength I found
There's nothing I can’t do!

[Chorus:]
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?

Can you love me again?

It’s unforgivable,
I stole and burnt your soul
Is that what demons do?
They rule the worst of me
Destroy everything,
They bring down angels like you

Now I’m rising from the ground
Rising up to you
Filled with all the strength I've found
There's nothing I can’t do!

[Chorus:]
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?

Can you love me again?

I told you once I can't do this again, do this again, oh, no
I told you once I can't do this again, do this again, oh, no

[Chorus:]
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?
I need to know now, know now
Can you love me again?
I need to know now, know now
Oh, oh (can you love me again?)
Can you love me again?
Can you love me again?

Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People

We can remember swimming in December.
Heading for the city lights in 1975.
We share in each other.
Nearer than farther.
The scent of a lemon drips from your eyes.
We are the people that rule the world.
A force running in every boy and girl.
All rejoicing in the world.
Take me now - We can try.
We lived an adventure
Love in the Summer.
Followed the sun till night
Reminiscing other times of life.
For each every other
The feeling was stronger.
The shock hit eleven - Got lost in your eyes.


I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me but I'm gonna try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.

I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me but I'm gonna try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.


Can you remember and humanize.
It was still where we'd energized.
Lie in the sand and visualize like it's 75 again.
We are the people that rule the world.
A force running in every boy and girl.
All rejoicing in the world.
Take me now - We can try.

I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me but I'm gonna try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me but I'm gonna try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.


I know everything about you.
You know everything about me.
We know everything about us.
(x2)


I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me but I'm gonna try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me but I'm gonna try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.

Sunday, 16 November 2014

CHIC - Dance, Dance, Dance

Dance 
Dance, dance, dance
Keep on dancing
Dance 
Dance, dance, dance

Just dancing' to the beat 
Feel the heat
I'm movin' my feet
Headed towards the floor 
Gonna get down
A-get down some more

Rumba and Tango
Latin Hustle too
Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah
I wanna boogie wit'choo

Bop-bop-bow
Bop-bop-bow
Bop-bop-bow
Bop-bop-bow

Oh, what a treat, feels so sweet
(Ah) That body heat
When I'm dancin' with my baby drives me crazy
Makes me hazy

Rumba and Tango
Latin Hustle too
Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah
I wanna boogie wit'choo

Bop-bop-bow
Bop-bop-bow
Bop-bop-bow
Bop-bop-bow

Dance 
Dance, dance 
Dance
Dance 
dance, dance 
Dance
Dance 
Dance, dance 
Dance
Dance 
Dance, dance 
Dance

Dance 
Dance, dance 
Dance
Keep on, keep on
Dance 
Dance, dance 
Dance
Keep on dancing
Dance
Dance, dance 
dance
Keep on, keep on
Dance 
Dance, dance
Dance
Dance 
Dance, dance 
Dance