Published on 12, July, 2020
A brief discussion with Mr T reminded me of a song that means more to me now than it did at the time.
I'll leave it to Mr T to post that song,
Mine is
As far as I can guess it is about putting on a brave face to be with your loved one. It brings me to tears every time. In my 20s it was just a song that I liked.
[Verse]We live on a mountain right at the topThere's a beautiful view from the top of the mountainEvery morning I walk towards the edgeAnd throw little things offLike car parts, bottles, and cutleryOr whatever I find lying around
[Pre-Chorus]It's become a habitA way to start the day
[Chorus]I go through all this before you wake upSo I can feel happier to be safe up here with youI go through all this before you wake upSo I can feel happier to be safe up here with you
[Verse]It's early morning, no one is awakeI'm back at my cliff, still throwing things offI listen to the sounds they make on their way downI follow with my eyes till they crashI imagine what my body would sound likeSlamming against those rocks
Nico is very good. You have excellent taste Deb.
It's the inevitable passage of time, I think, which isn't so apparent when you're younger.
Time is something I've thought about a lot.
I had to google that -
Wow! Yes, splendid isolation - we all can relate to that!
This. Although it predates me by 30 years, still, it's a song from my youth, once a nice melody, but with the passage of time, the lyrics have meaning for me now that wasn't there when I was younger.
Across the evening sky,all the birds are leaving,But how can they know,it's time for them to go?Before the winter fire,I will still be dreaming,I have no thought of time.
For who knows,where the time goes?Who knows,where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore,your fickle friends are leaving,Ah, but then you know,it's time for them to go,But I will still be here,I have no thought of leaving,I do not count the time.
And I am not alone,while my love is near me,I know it will be so,until it's time to go,So come the storms of winter,and then the birds in spring again,I have no fear of time.
For who knows,how my love grows?And who knows,where the time goes?
I listened to this one today, for the first time in a long time. I can't say that I understand what all of the phrases mean, but parts of it feel very accurate and apt!
Splendid Isolation by Little Angels (from the album, Jam):
Here in my room, in splendid isolationAlone in the gloom, in splendid isolationSometimes I need to be, left in my own companySo here am I, in splendid isolation
I'm falling away, in splendid isolationI'm hoping I'll stay, in splendid isolationIf they were right I'd agreeBut it's them they know not meSo here am I, in splendid isolation
I'm floating in a sea of my subconscious thoughtAnd the skeletons are crawling from my closet wallsNo one ever sees me, I don't make a soundAnd I don't know what I'm gonna do now
The motherless itch has got the best of meTranscending the things that I will never beBut all along hallucinating life somehowI still don't know what I'm gonna do now
The pressure starts to push me through my loving dazeFor a moment there I thought I'd lost me wicked wayIt's not that I'm a leper when my mind allowsI don't know what I'm gonna do now
Lennon is a memory in a student brainGripping thought pavilions guilt in freedom's chainsThe virginals construction makes the masses wowAnd I don't know what I'm gonna do now
Well, I see the moon, the stars, the hemisphereI see the future and it don't look clearThe past is re-appearing on my fevered browAnd I don't know what I'm gonna do nowYeah, I still don't know what I'm gonna do now
Classic band.
I was blocked for a day, and like you have had all my attempted post put up, rather than just one
I listened to Talking Heads when I was a teenager and into my 20’s. I really enjoyed their music, it was just there and on the radio and jukeboxes. It was different.A few months ago ‘I disappeared down a rabbit hole’ and now they mean so much more to me.
This is my go to track at least once a day.
Life During Wartime. (Live)
youtu.be/8al5cSQNmME
Iris - goo goo dolls
Green day - good riddance (time of your life)
Hopefully this post won't be deleted when I listed the lyrics of the green day song!
Fairest of The Seasons by Nico.
Just because
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Green day good riddance (time of your life) came out when I was around 20, it became a firm favourite and will be played at my funeral.https://youtu.be/CnQ8N1KacJc?si=5gIa92O-yVL8NMsT
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Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable
But in the end, it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories, and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
I was around 20 when this song came out and it became a firm favourite and it will be played at me funeral. Green day "good riddance (time of your life)"
My sons' middle name is Riley primarily because of this song.
Russians by Sting.
That is a great song, But I think Imagine has a strong message to it
How about Mind Games? That's a good song too.
I agree
and one of the best songs of all time!
Imagine by John Lennon, I will always consider this to the the best song he has ever written
Imagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today... Aha-ah...Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion, tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace... You...You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as oneImagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world... You...You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one