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The Cure….More than this

For a second of your life
Tell me that it’s true
Waiting for a sign
It’s all I want of you
Your heart hides a secret
“the promise of what is”

…or something more than this?

Just a second of your time
Any one will do
The taste of any ‘other’
Is all I want from you
Offer me the world
And how can I resist
Something more than this?

Make-believe in magic
Make-believe in dreams
Make-believe in possible
Nothing as it seems
To see touch taste smell hear
But never know if it’s real…

For a second of your life
Tell me if it’s true
Anywhere beyond
It’s all I want of you
On your lips lies a secret
“the promise of a kiss”

…or something more than this?

Just a second of your time
Any one will do
To know of any ‘other’
Is all I want from you
Giving me the world
Know I can’t resist
Something more than this

Make-believe in magic
Make-believe in dreams
Make-believe in possible
Nothings as it seems
And never really understand
What anything means…

Another second of my life
Not knowing if it’s true
Make-believe in nothing
It’s all I want of you
Whisper me the secret
Whisper me…

“there is always something other…
Something more than this”

The Cure – More than this

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Devil May Care

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I fell in love with John Lennon at the ripe old age of 9.

Most teenagers girls had crushes on various idols, but he was really the only one that set my heart beating fast.

I remember exactly where i was when i read of his death. I cried silently all that day, the tears trickling down the back of my throat as I didn’t want people to know how upset I was.

I loved his irreverence, his humour, his passion for nonsense.

He was not perfect by any means. I think he was often self-serving and cruel to those he loved. But he was different, and he had many gifts that set him apart from the crowd. This world is a richer place because he lived in it. I regret he was killed when he was as it seemed he had become artistically productive again, and who knows what he would have thrilled us with had he survived.

And so, to an exerpt from “In his own write”, a collection of some of his dibbles and dabbles and scribbly scrabbles (this is my favourite of them):

Deaf Ted, Danoota (and me)

Thorg hilly gove and burly ive,
Big dalyes grass and tree
WE clobber ever gallup
Deaf Ted, Danoota, and me.

Never shall we partly stray,
Fast stirrup all we three
Fight the battle mighty sword
Deaf Ted, Danoota, and me.

With faithful frog beside us,
Big mighty club are we
The battle scab and frisky dyke
Deaf Ted, Danoota, and me.

We fight the baddy baddies,
For colour race and cree
For Negro Jew and Bernie
Deaf TEd, Danoota, and me.
Thorg Billy grows and Burnley ten,
And Aston Villa three
We clobber every gallup
Deaf Ted, Danoota, and me.

So if you hear a wonderous sight,
Am blutter or at sea,
Remember whom the mighty say
Deaf Ted, Danoota, and me –
(sometimes we bring our friend, Malcolm.)

Love it, it is just complete nonsense, but it makes perfect sense to me :wink:
and the bit right at the end… in the book there is a cartoon style drawing he did to go with it, and malcolm is a tiny wee dot of a thing.

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Tea Party – Sun is Going Down

This might be a bit bluesy for this thread, but wanted to share.

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The Pretender – Foo Fighters

Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend
Keep you in the dark
And so it all began

Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones come marching in… again
They need you buried deep
The secrets that you keep are at the ready
Are you ready?
I’m finished making sense
Done pleading ignorance
That whole… defense

Spinning infinity, boy
The wheel is spinning me
It’s never-ending, never-ending
Same old story

What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
You’re the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
You’re the pretender
What if I say that I’ll never surrender?

In time our soul untold
I’m just another soul for sale… oh, well
The page is out of print
We are not permanent
We’re temporary, temporary
Same old story

What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
You’re the pretender
What if I say that I’ll never surrender?

What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
You’re the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

I’m the voice inside your head
You refuse to hear
I’m the face that you have to face
Mirrored in your stare
I’m what’s left, I’m what’s right
I’m the enemy
I’m the hand that will take you down
Bring you to your knees

So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?

Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend

What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
You’re the pretender
What if I say that I’ll never surrender?

What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
You’re the pretender
What if I say that I’ll never surrender?

What if I say I’m not like the others?
(Keep you in the dark)
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
(You know they all… pretend)
You’re the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

What if I say I’m not like the others?
(Keep you in the dark)
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays
(You know they all… pretend)
You’re the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?

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You and me song – Wannadies

For cath, because she really should have come across this one before :)

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Suspension Trauma

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I claim this thread mine own.

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Always look on the Brightside of life

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I DON’T MIND IF YOU FORGET ME – Morrissey

I don’t mind
I don’t mind if you forget me
Having learned my lesson
I never left an impression on anyone

So now you send me your hardened ‘regards’
When once you’d sent me ‘Love’
Sincerely I must tell you
Your mild ‘best wishes’
They make me suspicious

I don’t mind
I don’t mind if you forget me
Having learned my lesson
I never left an impression on anyone
The pressure to change, to move on
Was strange
And very strong
So this is why I tell you
I really do understand
BYE BYE

I don’t mind if you forget me
No no no no no no no

You can only be strong for so long
It may not eat you but it will beat you
So this is why I tell you
I really don’t understand
This time

Rejection is one thing
But rejection from a fool is cruel
Rejection is one thing
But rejection from a fool is cruel
AND I DON’T MIND IF YOU FORGET ME

Fare thee well you loverly lot. I may pop back occasionally, so this isn’t goodbye for ever. But it is goodbye for now. And it has nothing to do with events on these boards, just a crossroads in my life. Be good, and don’t post anything I wouldn’t. That kind of gives you a pretty wide scope. :wink:

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