Remember i did some other thread AGES ago about greatest lyrics ?

[OVP]

No ?

Well i f**king remember i did. I think i said Gary Jules' version of Mad World was RIGHT up there

Well my friends, its only taken about a year :lol:

But i have a new candidate for best lyrics (and also best song ... this song f**king ROCKS !!)

Its a song by a band called World Party, and the Song is called Ship of Fools. If you dont know it, then do yourself a huge favour and download it. Gold !! All the way through its Gold !!

Step 1 ... Download Ship of Fools By World Party

Step 2 ... Sing along with these great lyrics ...

-------------------------------------------------

We're setting sail to a place on the map
From which no-one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the wormen and the lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You will pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
I want to run and hide
Right now

Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history
Traveling the world, you're in search of no good
But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like you knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As your little boat struggles through the warning waves
But you don't, pay

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no

Where's it coming from
Oh, Where's it going now
It's just a, it's just a Ship of Fools

p.s. If Twizzle wasnt such a eunuch, i'd actually post the song itself right here ... but meh ;-)

p.p.s love ya twiz

 

[FunkyMonk]

:sleeper: make me go sleep....

 

[Hallatia]

I have a candidate

read the lyrics, they are just an incredible masterry of the art of song writing

You say that there isn't a chance,
That we two will have a romance.
You just need a little more time,
But in the meantime...

Is it okay if I stalk you?
I just want to make sure you're okay,
And behaving while I am away,
Is it okay if I stalk you?
Don't mind me, I won't get in the way,
And although I'll see you every day.
You won't see me!
You've stated in words very clear,
That you don't require me here.
So to your conditions I bow,
But for now...
(now now)

Is it okay if I stalk you?
I just want to make sure you're okay,
And behaving while I am away,
Is it okay if I stalk you?
Don't mind me, I won't get in the way,
And although I'll see you every day.
You won't see me!
I will be in the vicinity, no matter where you go.
It's a good thing, with all of the nutcases out there, so...

Is it okay if I, is it okay if I...
Is it okay if I, is it okay if I...
Is it okay if I...
Is it okay if I...

Is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is...

It okay if I stalk you?
(stalk you, stalk you, stalk you)
Don't mind me, I won't get in the way,
(Stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk)
And although I'll see you every day,

You won't see me,
'Cause I'll be concealed in my car,
At the back of the bar,
In the restaurant, behind the piano,
The man over there, with the hair,
And the moustache and wearing the glasses that, no offence, I wouldn't normally wear,
'Cause my eyesight is fine,
And with night-vision goggles, I see even better,
They flatter you more than the closed-circuit video.

Is it okay if I stalk you?
I just want to make sure you're okay,
And behaving while I am away,
Is it okay if I stalk you, stalk you, stalk you, stalk you?
Stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk you,
Stalk you, stalk you?

 

[newtownbluebags]

Is it okay if I, is it okay if I...
Is it okay if I, is it okay if I...
Is it okay if I...
Is it okay if I...

Is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is it okay if I, is...

Is it okay if I stalk you, stalk you, stalk you, stalk you?
Stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk stalk you,
Stalk you, stalk you?

That reads like a really bad stutter....... :crazy:

 

[Trollhammaren]

Ship of Fools was the first record I owned. I was about 5 years old and begged my parents to get it for me. Should give it another spin.

 

[FunkyMonk]

i got one too

Water inside
We're all in water
Water we climb and run through it
Water inside
We're all in water
Reaching inside of a big death bag
When you go through danger
Ends are met and live
Where they are happens to be where they have been
When you lower placement
The strong get stronger
Where you are when you waste there's a wip hitting you
Water inside we're all in water
Water we climb and run through it
Water inside we're all in water
Reaching inside of a big death bag
Everytime I faked it
Devils crawl through me
I'm ashamed when I ignore the voice that agree
Get us all together
Where we all wish for the same thing
It's only a lie to recall beliving your body
Water inside we're all in water
Water we climb and run thru it
Water inside we're all in water
Reaching inside of a big death bag
Reach inside of a bag

 

[Hallatia]

That reads like a really bad stutter....... :crazy:

it is Tripod, I believe that to be the case

 

[carcharias]

world party were essentially one Fella from memory.

They had another great song that came out after ''ship of fools'' called ''message in the box''.

They did an album in 2000. I remember at the time I was in London and it was everywhere.

Good band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxn4jPFszPI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ8Wo07Bmsg

 

[julian87]

We are two mariners
Our ships' sole survivors
In this belly of a whale

Its ribs are ceiling beams
Its guts are carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill

You may not remember me
I was a child of three
And you, a lad of eighteen

But I remember you
And I will relate to you
How our histories interweave

At the time you were
A rake and a roustabout
Spending all your money
On the whores and hounds
Oh Ohhhhh

You had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
My widowed mother found so sweet

And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
Now filled with filth and foul disease

As time wore on you proved
A debt-ridden drunken mess
Leaving my mother
A poor consumptive wretch
Oh Ohhhhh

And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
The only thing you left behind

And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
And my poor mother lost her mind

Then one day, in spring
My dear sweet mother died
But before she did
I took her hand as she, dying, cried:
Oh Ohhhhh

"Find him, bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave
*sigh*"

It took me fifteen years
To swallow all my tears
Among the urchins in the street

Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
To keep their vestry nice and neat

But never once in the employ
Of these holy men
Did I ever, once, turn my mind
From the thought of revenge
Oh Ohhhhh

One night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
With a penitent whaler from the sea

The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
Was known for a wanton cruelty

The following day
I shipped to sea
With a privateer

And in the whistle
Of the wind
I could almost hear...
Oh Ohhhhh

"Find him, bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave

"There is one thing I must say to you
As you sail across the sea
Always, your mother will watch over you
As you avenge this wicked deed"

[haunting, sailor-esque musical interlude lead by mandolin, accordion and tuba]

And then that fateful night
We had you in our sight
After twenty months at sea

Your starboard flank abeam
I was getting my muskets clean
When came this rumbling from beneath

The ocean shook
The sky went black
And the captain quailed

And before us grew
The angry jaws
Of a giant whale

[instrumental noise]
oh ohhhhhhhhhh
[screaming]
ohhhhh
[screaming]

Don't know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
I must have slipped between his teeth

But, oh! What providence!
What divine intelligence!
That you should survive
As well as me

It gives my heart
Great joy
To see your eyes fill with fear

So lean in close
And I will whisper
The last words you'll hear
Ohh Ohhhhh

 

[Simo]

Trying to D/L now, will report back once ive heard it.

 

[Generalzod]

No ?

Well i f**king remember i did. I think i said Gary Jules' version of Mad World was RIGHT up there

Well my friends, its only taken about a year :lol:

But i have a new candidate for best lyrics (and also best song ... this song f**king ROCKS !!)

Its a song by a band called World Party, and the Song is called Ship of Fools. If you dont know it, then do yourself a huge favour and download it. Gold !! All the way through its Gold !!

Step 1 ... Download Ship of Fools By World Party

Step 2 ... Sing along with these great lyrics ...

-------------------------------------------------

We're setting sail to a place on the map
From which no-one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the wormen and the lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You will pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
I want to run and hide
Right now

Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history
Traveling the world, you're in search of no good
But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like you knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As your little boat struggles through the warning waves
But you don't, pay

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no

Where's it coming from
Oh, Where's it going now
It's just a, it's just a Ship of Fools

p.s. If Twizzle wasnt such a eunuch, i'd actually post the song itself right here ... but meh ;-)

p.p.s love ya twiz

Excellent song......

 

[OVP]

:sleeper: make me go sleep....

Didnt you take heed of the thread i made about you ?
I dont believe i actually asked for your opinion you simpleton. Why dont you go post on some other forum, noone here cares about the opinions of a child.

 

[OVP]

Ship of Fools was the first record I owned. I was about 5 years old and begged my parents to get it for me. Should give it another spin.

Mate its a definite classic, give it a whirl, you'd love it more now.

 

[OVP]

Trying to D/L now, will report back once ive heard it.

Please do mate.

 

[Phillips]

Gumby!

He was once a little green slab of clay. Gumby!
You should see what Gumby can do today. Gumby!
He can walk into any book, with his pony pal Pokey, too.
If you've got a heart then Gumby's a part of you.

 

[mongoose]

Gumby!

He was once a little green slab of clay. Gumby!
You should see what Gumby can do today. Gumby!
He can walk into any book, with his pony pal Pokey, too.
If you've got a heart then Gumby's a part of you.

touching...

 

[Manurewa_Marlins]

Immortal Technique - The Fourth Branch

Intro

A new age is upon us, yet the past refuses to rest in its shallow grave...FOR THOSE WHO HIDE BEHIND THE FALSE IMAGE OF THE SON OF MAN SHALL STAND BEFORE GOD!!!

It has begun....the beginning of the end...

Verse One

Yeah...yeah...yeah...yeah
The voice of racism preaching the Gospel is devilish
The fake Church called the Prophet Muhhumud a terrorist
Forgetting that God is not religion, but a spirtual bond
And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qua'ran
They bombed innocent people, tryna murder Saddaam
When You gave him those chemical weaopons to goto war with Iran
This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings
And Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Selly Hemmings
I break it down with critical language and spiritial anguish
The Judas I hang with - is guilty of betraying Christ
Who murdered and stole his religion, and painted it white
Translated in psychologically tainted philosophy
Conservative, political right wing ideaology
Glued together sloppely, the blasphamy of a nation
Got my back to the wall, coz Im facing assassination
Or Guantonomo Bay, federal incarciration
How can this be the Land Of The Free and Home Of The Brave
Indiginous hollocaust, and the home of the slaves
Corporate America, dancing offbeat to the rythem
You really thing that this country never sponsered terrorism?
Human rights violations they continue to sage
El Salvador and the Contras and Niceuragua
And on top of that they still wanna take me to prison
Because I wont trade humanity for patriotism

Chorus

Its like MK-Altra controlling ya brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They're wanna rearange the whole point of view of the ghetto
The Fourth Branch of the Government want us to settle
A bandanna full of glittering generality
Fighting for freedom, and fighting terror, But whats reality?
Read about the histroy of the place that you live in
And stop letting corporate news tell lies to ya children

Verse Two

Flow like the blood of Abraham, through the Jews and the Arabs
Broken apart like a woman's heart abused in a marriage
The brink of Holy War, bottled up, like a miscarriage
And embedded correspondants dont tell the source of the tension
And they refuse to even mention, European intervention
Or the Massacres in Jenene, the innocent screams
US manafactured missiles, and M-16s
Weapons contracts and currupted American dreams
Media censorship blocking out the video screams
A continent of oil Kingdoms, bought for a bargain
Democracy is just a word, when the people are starvin
The average citizen made to be blind to the reason
A desert filled with genocide where the bodies are freezin
And the World doesnt believe that you're fighting for freedom
Coz you f*cked the Middle East and gave birth to a demon
Its hunting season with the CIA buggin my crib
Trapped in a ghetto region like a Palestinian kid
Where nobody gives a f*ck whether you die or you live
Im tryna give the truth, and I know the price is my life
But when Im gone they'll sing a song about Immortal Technique
Who behead the President, and the Princes and Sheiks
They dont give a f*ck about us, I can see through your vasad
Like a fallen angel standing in the prescence of God
B*tch n*ggaz scared of the truth when it looks at you hard

Chorus

Its like MK-Altra controlling ya brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They're wanna rearange the whole point of view of the ghetto
The Fourth Branch of the Government want us to settle
A bandanna full of glittering generality
Fighting for freedom, and fighting terror, But whats reality?
Marshall Law is coming soon to the hood to kill you
While you hang your flag out front of your project window

Outro

Yeah, the Fourth Branch of the Government aka the Media, seems to now have a retirement plan for ex-millitary officials, as if their opinion was at all unbiased. A machine shouldnt speak for man, so shut the f*ck up you mindless drone...

And you know its serious when these same media outfits are spending millions of dollars on a PR campaign to try to convince you that they're fair and balanced, when they're some of the most ignorant and racist people, giving that type of mentality a safe haven...

We act like we share in the spoils of war that they do...We die in wars, we dont get the contracts to make money off em afterwards! We dont get weapons contracts n*gga! We dont get cheap labour for our companies n*gga! We are cheap labour n*gga! Turn of the news and read n*gga! Read.......read.......

 

[Phillips]

touching...

brings a tear to my eye everytime

 

[HevyDevy]

I just mentioned Type O Negative in another thread and it reminded me of Christian Woman ...



A cross upon her bedroom wall.
From grace she will fall.
An image burning in her mind.
And between her thighs.

A dying God-man full of pain.
When will you cum again?
Before him beg to serve or please.
On your back or knees.
There's no forgiveness for her sins.
Prefers punishment?
Would you suffer eternally.
Or internally?

For her lust.
She'll burn in hell.
Her soul done medium well.
All through mass manual stimulation.
Salvation.

Body of Christ.
She needs.
The body of Christ.

She'd like to know God.
Ooh love God.
Feel her God.
Inside of her - deep inside of her.

Jesus Christ looks like me.

 

[HevyDevy]

However, I stand by the fact that David Lee Roth is the greatest lyricist ever - clever, funny and a real philosopher:


Can't seem to sew
A single hole in my pocket
Lord, I've tried
Yeah, money talks
I should know
Mine always says, "Goodbye"

And I know that money can't buy love
I've parked my speedboat next to some
This jungleness badboy sufferer
Yes I have

Price of an education
Least now I know it's no big t'ing
No big thing

Time for these boot heels to be wanderin'
Towards those burning sands
A genetical testimony
That white boys simply cannot dance
Can't let that little stuff trip you up
I'll take the fattest chance
Now I've got the answer
To a question no one asked

So, here's two rules
I got for you
Great ones for living under
First, don't sweat the little sh*t
Second is, there ain't no other
Tattoos, scars, and missing parts
And all the rich have ever proven
Is they are to life
What American Bandstand is to the theory of evolution
P

Price of an education
Least now I know it's no big t'ing
No big thing
Who needs the aggrevation
Least now I know it's no big ting


Stamps in my passport
Now they're polaroids and drinkin' stories
And I've got some good ones
Now it's getting harder to ignore me
Now I'm believin half the reason
Just for leavin' is comin home
Where ya been and
Who'd ya do and
What'ya done?

I'll be lounging on the Rivera
Rivera couch that is...
When you're surfin' 40 footers
You don't need no tricks
The future's looking brighter
With every beer that I pour in me
But even this I have to say
With absolute uncertainty


Too much exasperation
Least now I know it's no big t'ing
No big t'ing
Price of an education
Least now I know it's no big ting


They finally tore the old schoolhouse down
Forever gone my history
Yeah, what used to be
And now when I
Go drivin' by
And point where I
Used to go to school
I'm pointing at an "A&P"
All I'm leavin' when it's time to go
Is my old blue jeans
an' gold brass zippo
Teach in turn
All these secret things I've learned
And all I got from history
Is careful how you take it
Is recognize the same mistake
Everytime you make it


Price of an education
Least now I know it's no big t'ing
No big thing
Who needs the aggrevation
Least now I know it's no big ting