I had a vision of how it will be
nowhere to go, just waiting
and then i'll look up in the sky
and then we'll know it's time to die
i'm not paranoid but it's really out there
some idiot with his finger on a trigger
one that will kill us in a blink of his eye
one that will kill us with no reason why
maybe i'm paranoid but it's really out there
someone high with all their power
just waiting until the moment's right
to push a button and still have time to hide
i had a vision of what i will see
i think i'm safe and suddenly
that frightening cloud up in the sky
telling us we're going to die
one day will be the end for me
because of a difference, wars, or greed
they will kill us for what they think is right
they wil think they've solved their stupid fight
with a simple nod they'll take our lives
and in one moment we'll watch each other die
maybe i'm paranoid but i believe
that one day, someday it's coming
i had a vision of how it will be
nowhere for shelter, just waiting
and then i'll look up in the sky
I sat on a window sill and watched all
My view was not impeaded
By clouded glass that broke away in storms
My eyes did not focus on one
Or all who ever existed or ever will
With no bias or prejudice I observed
(And passed judgement on none)
We looked so peaceful
with no hatred in our eyes but then...
Once more with my blind eyes
I saw the sill on which I sat consumed in flames
And I fell
With my blind eyes I saw the sill
On which i sat consumed in flames
And I fell
I fell
I fell
With no bias
Or prejudice I observed
(And passed judgement on none)
We looked so peaceful
With no hatred in our eyes but then...
Once more with my blind eyes
I saw the sill on which i sat consumed in flames
And I fell
With my blind eyes i saw the sill
On which i sat consumed in flames
And I fell
I fell
I fell
you're so smart, you're so wise
but you're only wasting time
following crowds just like the rest
it's a shame you're just like them
it's all their rules, it's only their way
it's only what they say, and who will change it?
we're not getting younger and our time is here
we are the kids and we should be heard
what do you thing when you're all alone?
my rules, my rules
do you really want to follow
their rules, their rules?
we should sit and wonder why
we're silent all the time
my rules, my rules!
we're not getting younger and our time is here
we are the kids and we should be heard
voice your opinion loud and strong
or we will never get anywhere
show conviction for what you believe in
or what do we matter anyway?
we're not getting younger
and our time is here
we should be telling them
my rules!
Hold back your thoughts again
Turn on that box again
Those neon lights again
Hold back your thoughts again
Dont let yourself be fooled by them
Do you know you are controlled by them?
And if you see or hear from them
Dont let yourself be fooled by them
Smashing through your ears and eyes
The signal comes in its disguise
To subdue your childrens lives
Your piece of mind is what it buys
Black stained hands hold tight to it
While eyes strain to filter it
The signal won't let you ignore it
Black stained hands hold tight to it
The signal is what brought you here
The waves crashing is all you hear
A drum, a lobe too clear you here
The signal that which brought you here
Smashing through your ears and eyes
The signal comes in its disguise
To subdue your children's lives
Fishing for the truth
Taking in everything
Searching for the unknown
Trying for just anything
Peel the layers back
Exposing all that's not seen
Strip down to the bone
Open up your T.V. screen
Scratching at the surface your frozen under ice
Trying as you may to grasp, cut, and slice
Losing yourself in a world thats not your own
Lashing at the atrocities that you cannot condone
Then the static buzz rears its ugly head
The man in the reflection says your better off dead
After this and more is done and said
You must...take back your life!
Freedom is a precious gift
A gift you think you have
But when you trap yourself like this
Freedom turns its back
They take away your freedoms
One by one by one
Why the fuck should I care
If you can no longer see the sun?
Does it hurt to sit there on the couch
With a cattle prod up your ass?
Or do you feel a bit confused
when they herd you into mass?
Or do you think you're normal
With a house, three kids and wife?
Do you realize what slipped away from you?
You must...take back your life.
Then the static buzz rears its ugly head
And the man in the reflection says your better off dead
After this and more is done and said
Staring through stained glass
Upon hallowed ground
I wonder what I'm staring at
I wonder what I am...
The panes are clear
Yet all I see is gray
I thought there would be something more
To gaze at now
This dust should be choking
This darkness should be light
This headache should be over now
This nightmare should be over now
I was fucking lied to
Everything I was led to believe is wrong
My window wasn't supposed to look like this
Whirling images strike deep within my head
And shattered aspirations of a different kind
carnage in the image of the message that we send
Just pathetic dribble in one ear out mankind
I knew a guy who taught his asshole to talk
Eventually it talked so much no longer could he walk
A crowd would draw around the man to hear the asshole speak
And people came from near and far just to join the flock
Funny these things we find
That catch our eyes, our ears, our mind
Jerry Springer with all his charms
We welcome him with open arms
The man who stands above the altar
Spurious sermons to make us falter
These men who'll steal your thoughts away
The men you're watching everyday
How can we listen to this linguistic vomit?
Swaying back and forth, waiting for the comet
To come and wipe us off the face
We'll pray and worship as it plummets
From CNN to news at 10 we tune into their news
The things we see and believe as true
Whatever they may say
The things we see and believe as true
Whatever they may choose
Stories written then transmitted
Entertainment for the masses
The first amendment, freedom of speech
She reached her hand down to me
And in that moment I could barely see
She led me through tht trees and up the hill
A journey that started from the windowsill
She glanced at me and I could see her face
Skin so pale, eyes black as space
In a soft voice she began to tell
That she would take me to the place where I fell
Through the clearing I began to see
A barren wasteland in front of me
I looked for life but there was none
Then she said, "Look what you have done!"
In her face I could see the pain
Through her eyes I saw myself as Cain
I asked her now, "Where are we to go?"
"In all your wisdom I figured you should know"
"In the center lies a mountaintop"
"That's the point at which I must stop"
"You must continue up to the peak"
"It will be hard but you must not be weak"
"Once you're there, once you're at the top"
"Grasp the ledge and pull yourself back up"
I did exactly what the woman said
Through the window I no longer saw red
Say - say what you want heard
Say - say what you want seen
Say - say what you know
Say - say what you believe
Speak your mind, speak your mind
And if your words are harsh or kind
Choose the words in what you say
Open your eyes, open your eyes
Because everyone's just following
If we're not careful they'll control us all
With their science and technology
They'll mother us all
We'll be test tube babies
They program us well
With chips placed inside
I'll never be their product
If I have a say
What will they try?
What will we see?
They'll never fool me
They'll never fool me
Government buildings will be our cribs
And from our birth we'll be property
They'll tell us what we have to do
They'll tell us who we have to be
No complaints, we won't see
What they've done, what they've conceived
With all the new discoveries
What will they do to you and me?
I'll never be their product
If I have a say
What will they try?
What will we see?
They'll never fool me
They'll never fool me
times have changed i have to say
not much is real, not much the same
drowned out the old without a clue
tell me what this means to you
masquerades in holes and pins
it's not a game no one can win
this time has brought us no real thing
the roots are lost of this scene
no name places
no name faces
different voices
different choices
nothing to prove only to say
doing what they want their way
years ago on darkened streets
drums were pounding to a different beat
they that walked agaisnt the rest
shouting loud of their protest
years ago in tiny places
they came together, no ordinary faces
loud music and truthful voices
shouting loud of their choices
no name places
no name faces
different voices
different choices
nothing to prove only to say
saw you in your uniform
ready for battles in the streets
have your weapons by your side
holding your head up too high
picking on the innocent
it's not fair, it's shit, shit, shit
is there anything better to do?
how about i pick on you?
L.A.P.D-what do you think we think of you?
L.A.P.D-crooked men, crooked rules
L.A.P.D-to serve and to protect
L.A.P.D-who'll protect me from you?
saw your badge on your chest
shines of lies, filth and shit
somewhere a real crime is happening
you're still harassing me drinking
picking on the innocent
it's not fair, it's shit, shit, shit
is there anything better to do?
how about i pick on you?
L.A.P.D-what do you think we think of you?
L.A.P.D-crooked men, crooked rules
L.A.P.D-to serve and to protect
Kill me please (but you've already done it)
fuck success (that's already done)
keep me poor (that's how i was born)
keep me dumb (and kill another generation)
watch men go marching in
devils in a masquerade(kill kill kill)
invade a nation
you were put upon a stage
to kill a generation
slit my wrists (take all hope away)
spread disease (among the disgraced)
take more lives (as long as it's not "ours")
keep us blind (and kill another generation)
watch men go marching in
devils in a masquerade(kill kill kill)
invade a nation
you were put upon a stage
turned on the t.v, each channel just the same
germ warfare, warfare, the topic of today
why must they say this? no i don't want to hear
of this possibility, of this kind of fear
why can't we just live, no violence, no more fights
i just want to live here, no i don't want to die!
germ warfare, germ warfare
that's all they keep saying
germ warfare, germ warfare
nobody can survive
germ warfare, germ warfare
that's all they keep saying
germ warfare, germ warfare
no i don't want to die!
some say it'll never happen
but it's closer than we think
a disease that spreads just as easy as we breathe
no masks can save us, no you can't run and hide
from this kind of warfare, from this kind of fright
why can't we just live? we've never done a thing
to suffer, to die, for someone else's beliefs
germ warfare, germ warfare
that's all they keep saying
germ warfare, germ warfare
nobody can survive
germ warfare, germ warfare
that's all they keep saying
germ warfare, germ warfare
always putting me down
no we're not the same
just another asshole
a sitting no-brain
go on again, state your ignorance
smash my beliefs
i get it, i'll bet you're living
some shit like the american dream!
talk, talk, talk
that's all you do
always putting me down
talk, talk, talk
what's new? you ignorant shit!
talk, talk, talk
here's my cue... fuck you!!
"hey kid, get a life
be like us, sacrifice."
all of that is bad advice
no we're not the same
go on again, say what you'll say
lose your temper, call me names
because what i question, what i do
i don't care to know you
talk, talk, talk
that's all you do
always putting me down
talk, talk, talk
what's new? you ignorant shit!
talk, talk, talk
Decades of the same mistakes
Different situations but the same politics
Running us down with your frightening ways
Too many worlds that never learned
To many worlds to save
Not me, I can't fight alone
Too much to hate that I condone
Not much has changed in this sad, sad world
Too many have died for this mad, mad world
Religious wars, race wars, cleansing
No one has learned those first time around
The nuclear race is neverending
Who will win? The death toll will tell
It's much bigger than the right and wrong side
Both, there's always intentions behind
No one sees the small genocides
That are taking place in other's lives
Not much has changed in this dying, dying world
Something forgotten
For muscles put together
Got the night air to stir
Ten places are awakened
The two strongest put together head to head
Remember now when the flesh is bruised, when the flesh is torn
Thrown to the ground, memories come back
Times before enjoyed as much
To feel the pain from just a touch
Remember now forgotten then
For all of this to come again
And all the memories come from this a simple touch
I won't give in to society
rules of living, how to be
I'll make my own rules
I'll make my own dreams
different from magazines
different from screens
I won't surrender who I'm supposed to be
to follow the ways of people I see
I live the way I like, I live the way I please
I live the way I like and this is how I'll be
all that media swarming through my eyes
enough, enough, a bunch of lies
tell me who I am, tell me what is right
fuck you, fuck you, this is my life
all that media swarming through my eyes
enough, enough, a bunch of lies
tell me who I am, tell me what is right
fuck you, fuck you, this is my life
no hope for me when I can't see
what's really going on
one opinion spreads like disease
polluting minds and planting seeds
that what you believe is not the truth
that what they believe is good for you
don't like the way I live
don't like what I believe
but I live the way I like
and I live the way I please
all that media swarming through my eyes
enough, enough, a bunch of lies
tell me who I am, tell me what is right
falling
sinking
spinning
without a sound
no light to be found
from the moment you left today
nothing much is going your way
and you have nothing important to say
your world is just slipping away
distance yourself from the rest
your solitude is what you like best
is this one of life's little tests?
your thoughts no one could guess
falling
sinking
spinning
without a sound
no light to be found
you're caught in a void, plummeting
through darkness in your mind
lost and annoyed, searching
to fill the void inside
you can't describe the hatred and strife
there's something missing from your life
sit there waiting for the man with the scythe
falling
sinking
spinning
without a sound no light to be found
without a sound no light to be found
without a sound no light to be found...down
without a sound no light to be found...down
your upright position and your elegant pose
showing signs of money and who knows
living your whole life just to make a dollar more
fancy houses, big cars lined up in rows
a member of society that all the elite know
a man of such high respect because his wallet's full
blood of a worker
oil of machinery
plight of the commoners
money in your pocket
capitalism, slavery, genocide
red blood stains the fucking flag!
work all day, giving orders, taking breaks
upset getting up from your chair today
laughing at the poor
nothing more to you than jokes
even though their the ones
that help your wealth grow
pay them small wages
they'll stay, they have no choice
talk about family
but never hear a voice
blood of a worker
oil of machinery
plight of the commoners
money in your pocket
capitalism, slavery, genocide
red blood stains the fucking flag!
some may look up to you
and envy what you have
but my hard working hands
are more dignified than that
working 9 to 5 in a job that's not so great
working 5 to 5 for their family's dinner plate
staying years with you without a little praise
staying years with you without a little raise
blood of a worker
oil of machinery
plight of the commoners
money in your pocket
capitalism, slavery, genocide
Peering through the window
Some one shut the door
The panes are painted black
Gray matter on the floor
Don't dare to break the glass
They'll put a bullet in my head
If I open up the window
They'll slam it down again
Kill thought
They show pictures of the outside
Teach what they think it looks like
Movies made with blue screen
Made to read their doctrine
Build up a facade
Looks like a mirage
Think you know a lot?
i live in a city not far from here
where in the air the waste is clear
the morning smell is full of shame
big business, greddy hads are to blame
money, money is all they want
we buy their products, our lives are gone
money, money is all they want
can't you see what you've bought?
big business, your money, my misery
big business, your money, my shame
big business, greedy hands are the ones to blame
their dispostion is all the same
no one knows their fucked up game
disease is spreading everywhere
that morning cloud is a cancerous nightmare
money, money is all they want
we buy their products, our lives are gone
money, moeny is all they want
can't you see what you've bought?
big business, your money, my misery
big business, your money, my shame
I'm not a doll for you to play with
I'm not a pet to be bought and taught
I'm not an object and don't want affection
if it only brings you a new position
never shut my mouth for your benefit
never dress up for your compliment
undo my chains and I'll do the rest
don't want your affection, this is a mess
love
fuck fuck fuck fuck love
love love this is not love
undo my chains, fuck the rest
I'm not a toy for you to throw around
I'm a fighter, won't end up on the ground
won't take hate, won't take hostility
no fucking chance if that's a probability
I'm a woman not a fucking toy
I'm a man not a fucking boy
undo my chains and I'll do the rest
don't want your affection this is a mess
love
fuck fuck fuck fuck love
love love this is not love
undo my chains, fuck the rest
this is a mess!
love
fuck fuck fuck fuck love
love
Take me, I'm yours if you'll take me, I want you to make me a part of your heart.
And hold me, I dreamed you would hold me, now really enfold me, say we'll never part.
All the love I have to give, I want to give to you,
And as long as I shall live, I'll only live for you,
Take me, and never forsake me,
My darling, please take me and make your own, and make me your own.
(Ian Hunter)
All right
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control.
Stick to your guns, boys, stick to your guns.
We'll make a lot of money if we stick to the guns.
The president's with us boys, so join in the fun.
We can make a lot of money if we stick to our guns.
Yeah
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control.
Let the bullets go!
Step up the lobby, boys, down in Washington.
We can make a lot of money if you stick to your guns.
Tradition is with us boys, it's the constitution,
so stick to your guns, boys, the final solution.
Hey
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control.
Hey, and ain't it a shame we ain't got a war,
we'll just have to practice on the sick and the poor.
Assassinate presidents, and they ain't the only ones,
we can get them all, young and old, if we stick to our guns.
So stick to your guns, boys, fight for your life.
We'll all feel special on a Saturday night.
Yeah!
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control.
Let the bullets go.
Viva macho
Viva macho
Viva macho
Viva macho
Gun control, no, we don't want no
Gun control, no, we don't want no
Gun control, hey, I don't want no
Gun control, (I'm much too busy making...)
Gun control,
Gun control, (...Saturday Night Specials)
Gun control,
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
There's a blackhawk down in Mogadishu American Government issue
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
Conflict in Somalia never came to an end
Strife in Sudan on going contention
Battle in Sierra Leon
Hostilities in the Congo
Who threw the coup explosion's at zero
Explosion's at zero
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
There's a blackhawk down in Mogadishu American Government issue
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
Conflict in Somalia never came to an end
Strife in Sudan on going contention
Battle in Sierra Leon
Hostilities in the Congo
Who threw the coup explosion's at zero
Explosion's at zero
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
There's a blackhawk down in Mogadishu American Government issue
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
Blackhawk down blackhawk down blackhawk down below
Blackhawk...blackhawk...blackhawk down......
(feat. Rosario Dawson)
[Intro: Rosario Dawson]
[laughter]
What's wrong What are you afraid of
The Love Below
[Verse 1: Andre 3000]
She stays alone, never sheds a single tear
She stays in the coolest moods, clearly woman of the year
She and all her girlfriends, they go out dressed to win
She comes back to the cooler side of town
but she lives in my lap
[Chorus: Andre 3000]
She lives in my lap [repeat 6X]
Forever my fiance
She lives in my lap
Don't need no chain
She lives in my lap
I'll get the courage one day
[Verse 2: Andre 3000]
Make me want you, make me miss you
make me wonder where you are, then forget you
Girl remind me, just who we are
We're oh so close, but yet so far
[Interlude]
[Rosario Dawson:] Baby why are you acting like this
I don't care about any of them...
I care about you!
Baby I Love you!
[Andre 3000:] You've got me open wide (I love you)
Just Come inside (baby)
It's yours (it's yours)
I'm yours (i'm yours)
For sure (for sure)
Play baby play...
[Chorus + interlude + scratching til fade...]
Yeah
The sun is shinin' everyday
The clouds never get in the way for you and me
I've known you just a week or two
But baby I'm so into you
Can hardly breathe
And I'm in so totally
Wrapped up emotionally
Attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly
I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue
Baby I love you
I love you
I never knew that I could feel like this
Can hardly wait till our next kiss
Your so cool
If I'm dreamin' please don't wake me up
'Cause baby I can't get enough
Of what you do
And I'm in so electrically
Charged up kinetically
Actin' erractically
Need you fanatically
You get to me magically
Sure as the sky is blue
Baby I love you
I can't believe that this is real
The way I feel
Baby I'm gone head over heels
And I'm in so totally
Wrapped up emotionally
Attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly
I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue
And I'm in so electrically
Charged up kinetically
Actin' erractically
Need you fanatically
You get to me magically
Sure as the sky is blue
Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Do you love me too
Baby I love you
Sung by India Adams (for Cyd Charisse) but cut from THE BANDWAGON (1953)
Originally sung by India Adams for Joan Crawford in TORCH SONG (1953)
I don't know why they scold me
For doing what I'm trying not to do
No man can ever hold me
And yet I never mean to be untrue
Someday I will wake up
Find out what is wrong
With my dual make-up
I don't belong.
I can't help being a two-faced woman
A little bit of boldness
A little bit of sweetness
A little bit of coldness
A little bit of heatness
Don't fall in love with a two-faced woman
Givin' you a warnin'
I'll leave you in the mornin'
Got another lover under cover
I'm like a weather vane
That goes with the breeze
My disposition makes me do as I please
That's why they call me a two-faced woman
A little bit of day
And a little bit of night
A little bit of sad
And a little bit of bright
A little bit of goodness
A little bit of badness
A little bit of wrong and right.
A little bit of day
And a little bit of night
A little bit of sad
And a little bit of bright.
A little bit of boldness
A little bit of sweetness
A little bit of coldness
A little bit of heatness
They call me two-faced woman.
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the dark 'til the tune ends
We're dancing in the dark and it soon ends
We're waltzing in the wonder of why we're here
Time hurries by, we're here and we're gone
Looking for the light of a new love
To brighten up the night, I have you love
And we can face the music together
Dancing in the dark
What - though love is old
What - though song is old
Through them we can be young
Hear this heart of mine
Wailin' all the time
Dear one, tell me that we're one
Looking for the light of a new love
To brighten up the night, I have you love
And we can face the music together
Dancing in the dark, dancing in the dark
Dancing in the dark
These feelings in my head
Of things that can't be said
Because I'm grasping for the words
To make you understand
And I wanna destroy myself
Don't wanna destroy myself
I wanna destroy myself
Hurricanes of love and pain
Tsunami tides of suicide
Like a cobra poised to strike
Like a criminal in the night
Depression sleeping in
Like a ship without a light
But life is just a game
And we all end up the same
So let the storms come
Cause the clouds will bring the rain
She's so fine, makes me lose my mind,
I wish to apply my manhood.
I'll be glad to go to her pad and
Maybe the whole band could.
I got to make a decision
To avoid a collision.
She's so tuff, my knee's a little rough
]From crawlin' on across her floor.
If she'd place an order I'd drink her bath water and
Not even use a chaser.
I got to make a decision
To avoid a collision.
Her lips are wet and I'd make a bet
She's been suckin' on her watermellon rind.
She's a picture of wealth and I know myself
That I'd take what she leaves behind.
Wenn der Abend sich der Stille neigt
und den Tag zur Ruhe bringt
leg ich ab die Hast die mich fast ausgebrannt
Wenn aus Stunden die man abgelegt
später man noch einmal nimmt
dann ist vieles was zuvor war neu erkannt
An den Ufern der Nacht
zieht der Tag an mir vorbei
War er gut war er schlecht
habe ich gelebt
war ein Traum für mich dabei.
Wenn der Abend sich der Stille neigt
und wenn ich dann bei dir bin
haben Licht und Schatten ihren Teil getan
Wenn die Wahrheit wie aus Nebel steigt
und die Zärtlichkeit dir bringt
halten wir die Zeit für ein paar Stunden an
An den Ufern der Nacht
zieht der Tag an uns vorbei
und wir ruhen uns aus
eh wir weitergehn
wieder neue Wege gehn