In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity.
The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations aboard ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier (for instance, 'M' and two letters as a Marconi Station) was later added. By 1912, the need to quickly identify stations operated by multiple companies in multiple nations required an international standard; an ITU prefix would be used to identify a country, and the rest of the call sign an individual station in that country.
Call may refer to:
A sign is a representation of an object that implies a connection between itself and its object. A natural sign bears a causal relation to its object—for instance, thunder is a sign of storm. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of a sentence. (This is in contrast to a symbol which stands for another thing, as a flag may be a symbol of a nation).
The way a sign signifies is called semiosis which is a topic of semiotics and philosophy of language.
How a sign is perceived depends upon what is intended or expressed in the semiotic relationship of:
Thus, for example, people may speak of the significance of events, the signification of characters, the meaning of sentences, or the import of a communication. Different ways of relating signs to their objects are called modes of signification.
Uses of conventional signs are varied. Usually the goal is to elicit a response or simply inform. That can be achieved by marking something, displaying a message (i.e. a notice), drawing attention or presenting evidence of an underlying cause (for instance, medical symptoms signify a disease), performing a bodily gesture, etc.
Lost and winter's on the way
And the air is craving in
And the streets are crumbling
But you are with me
Under the downtown city lights
We become statues without eyes
Barely audible
We're froze in time
I have you where i want you
Oh and i need to look away
When the jets are overhead
And the storm is closing in
Yeah something is happening
Beneath the modern cold high rise
We become statues without eyes
Stand at attention
They all align
I have you where i want you
Then it all aligns
It all aligns
I have you where i want you
We are statues withouht eyes
We were statues without eyes
So this is how it is to be alone
Your heart beats like it's cracked and made of stone
But whenever someone asks just say there's nothing wrong
They can't save us now
'Cause we're far away from home
And there's no where else to go
They can't save us now
'Cause we're lost and won't be found
We can scream so loud
But they can't save us now
So this is how it feels to be insane
The world looks like a movie always playing
But how can hearts so young feel so much pain?
They can't save us now
'Cause we're far away from home
And there's no where else to go
They can't ever save us now
You can't feed him steel
And no one likes his ideas
And they all look f**ked
Well, those eyelids help
What's there to wake up to?
What's there to wake up to?
When no one dreams anyway
No one thinks anyway
And they live and they die in bed
No one thinks and they drive buses
No one dreams and they die in in in in bed
And no one dreams anyway
And no one thinks anyway
And no one dreams anyway
No, they all start dying here...
You can't feed him steel
And no one likes his ideas
And they all look f**ked
Well, those eyelids help
What's there to wake up to?
What's there to wake up to?
When no one dreams anyway
No one thinks anyway
And they live and they die in bed
No one thinks and they drive buses
No one dreams and they die in in in in bed
And no one dreams anyway
And no one thinks anyway
And no one dreams anyway
No, they all start dying here...
Your presence of mind becomes a Presence in mind and body for good,
so you are less affected by the negative pressures and principalities.
Don't resent what comes to light.
Bear the pain of failings.
Don't blame anyone.
Be aware of your past.
As it comes to light don't force don't dig it up.
Be aware of your part of the past or present trouble or involvements.
Noting the compulsiveness of your own behavior and attitudes,
you might then have some compassion upon those who mistreated you in the past.
I want a girl with lips like morphine
Knock me out every time they touch me
I wanna feel a kiss just crush me
And break me down
Knock me out, knock me out
Knock me out, knock me out
'Cause I've waited for all my life
To be here with you tonight
I want a girl with lips like morphine
Blow a kiss that leaves me gasping
And I wanna feel that lightning strike me
And burn me down
Knock me out, knock me out
Knock me out, knock me out
'Cause I've waited for all my life
To be here with you tonight
Just put me on my back, knock me out again
I want a girl with lips like morphine
Knock me out every time they touch me
I want a girl with lips like morphine
To knock me out
See I've waited for all my life
To be here with you tonight
Just put me on my back
Last night a little dancer
Came dancin' to my door
Last night a little angel
Came pumpin' on my floor
She said, "Come baby
I've got license for love
And if it expires
Pray help from above"
Because in the midnight hour
She cried more, more, more
With a rebel yell
She cried, more, more, more
In the midnight hour
Babe, more, more, more
With a rebel yell
More, more, more, more, more, more
She don't like slavery
She won't sit and beg
But when I'm tired and lonely
She sees me to bed
What set you free
And brought you to me, babe?
What set you free?
I need you here by me
Because in the midnight hour
She cried more, more, more
With a rebel yell
She cried more, more, more
In the midnight hour
Babe more, more, more
With a rebel yell
More, more, more
He lives in his own heaven
Collects it to go from the 'Seven Eleven'
Well, he's out all night to collect a fare
Just so long, just so long, it don't mess up his hair
I walk the ward with you, babe
A thousand miles with you
I dried your tears of pain
A million times for you
I'd sell my soul for you, babe
For money to burn with you
I'd give you all and have none, babe
Just to, just to, just to, just to, to have you here by me
Because in the midnight hour
She cried more, more, more
With a rebel yell
She cried more, more, more
In the midnight hour
Babe, more, more, more
With a rebel yell
She cried more, more, more, more, more, more
Ooh yeah, a little baby
She want more, more, more, more, more, more
Ooh, yeah, a little angel
She fell like a meteor onto the planet
And said, "Your world, it brings me down
I feel like an animal
And I don't think I get it
But one day I'll make you proud"
It's raining all the time
It's raining all the time
It's raining all the time
I'll need you by my side
When I leave it all behind
It's raining all the time
She crashed like an atom bomb
And said, "We can't live forever
One day I'll see you around
I dremt that we disappeared
So I just gotta do it
So no one can touch me now"
It's raining all the time
It's raining all the time
It's raining all the time
I'll need you by my side
When I leave it all behind
It's raining all the time
She said: I hate the rain
But here it comes again
She said: I hate the rain
But here it comes again
I hate the rain
Here it comes again
I hate the rain
Here it comes again
There's something in my head
Navy pier at xmas you can go at 3am
There will be no one
The ferris wheel still turns
As though it's a popular attraction still
And when the songs slowly play
Throw the old broken PA
A new heart for xmas
She needs a new xmas
"Cos you broke it all apart
Put it back together again"
Strange holiday maniquins still move
As though someone was watching besides me
Their joints are rusty
They chirp like inside
There's something alive
Oh no, somehow it strikes me
I need a new heart for xmas
Cos you broke it all apart
Put it back together again
You hit me oh so hard
I wanna be a Kennedy
I wanna be a big heartbreaker
Live fast and for real
And you can follow it in the papers
I wanna be a Kennedy
I wanna shake hands with heroes
And kiss the girls of centerfolds on the tongue
And die young
I'll be brave tonight
Either live or die
I'll be brave tonight
Standing tall and bright
Such romantic eyes
Got me hypnotized
And if I had my chance I'd never let you go
And if I had my chance I'd never let you go
I wanna be a Kennedy
I wanna be tall and handsome
I'd conquer the world
And you'd see it on television
If I could be a Kennedy
If I could be a real heartbreaker
I'd watch you crash into my arms
We're the stars under the barrel of a gun
We die young
I'll be brave tonight
Standing tall and bright
Such romantic eyes
Got me hypnotized
And if I had my chance I'd never let you go
It looked like the perfect day
In photos we were smiling
But something was wrong in you
Inside you were suffering
Lungs were barely moving
I wanted to comfort you
So i said, "shhh...
Oh you'll fix all my cracked broken bones
And replace all my black poison blood"
She murdered me with a smile
Strangled me with her eyes
I'm poisoned as she passes by
The buildings around me shake
Like cheap plastic wedding cake
I fell to the ground with you
Then you said, "shhh..
Oh you'll fix all my cracked broken bones
And replace all my black poison blood!
It took 8 years just to realize
No one looks when we say goodbye
Dying just to survive
It feels like the first time
All the things that you set aside
All the friends that you leave behind
Just so the curtain will rise and it feels like the first time
Take this heart it's ticking like a cheap clock
I need you to believe in me until theres nothing left of us
I need you to believe in me
Oh my god
We were under the skyline
Through the sirens and flashing lights
You told me "its no use to try anymore"
Does it mean that much to you?
At that moment when time stops
All at once, see, the pressure drops
Way in the back of my teeth i knew
That we all could make it
Take this heart, it's ticking like a time bomb
And i'm not running any more!
I'll stand to face it all!
I'll fight for every breath until there's nothing left of us
I need you to believe in me
Oh my god
And i'm not running any more!
I'll stand to face it all!
I'll fight for every breath until there's nothing left of us!
I need you to believe in me
Til theres nothing left of us
I need you to believe!
We collided head-on
And they said that we would not live very long
I knew you were my love
But they laughed
'Cos we were just too young to know
But from now on
I'm waiting for you
From now on
I'm waiting for you
You you tore me apart
Broke all of my bones
And shot through my heart
I always used to pretend
That the hero really gets the girl in the end
But from now on
I'm waiting for you
From now on
I'm waiting for you
But tonight, I'm crazy like a teenage dream!
Alive, but buried now or so it seems!
Surprise!
Woke and nothing feels right
Can't believe i made it through the night
The sky was cracked like porcelain
And all the souls they rose and marched again
It's the same dream
It goes on and on and on and on
But this is where it ends
This is the collapse
This is the collapse
So don't you close your eyes
This is the collapse
It's just one of those days where nothing sounds right
It's just one of those days where nothing looks right
It's just one of those days where nothing feels right
And all these things go on and on and on and
On and on until tonight
This is the collapse
This is the collapse
So don't close your eyes
This is the collapse '
It's just one of those days where nothing feels right
It's just one of those days
I'm never going home
I walk among the ghosts
Of all my former loves
And all my future selves
This is the final straw
I'll take you by the throat
I'll shake you like a doll
I saw the clouds
Forming tornadoes in the sky
The winter winds blew
On lake Michigan that night
I carved your name into my arm
So I would remember you
Sometimes it hurts so bad
I don't know what to say
Enacting Sybil Bane
In some tragic play
So afraid that I can't ever explain
So now I scream
And hope it's a dream
It's hard just to breathe
When we said goodbye, oh
I want to sleep
But there are nightmares when I try
The birds are circling
I know the reasons why
Maybe a sad song some time
Will make you remember me
Somehow I feel that it's my destiny to fall
Get dried and hung up on a gallery wall
Holding on by just a thread to my heart
So I scream
And hope that it's a dream
It's hard just to breathe
When we said goodbye
Oh, scream
It's not what it seems
I still can't believe
That we said goodbye, oh
From now on when I think of you
Open your eyes
We're here. are you ok?
I'd give all i have just to get you to stay
For so many years in my dreams things were changing
But always your face was the same
Love you to death
When you opened up what you said, it was so sad
That no one would notice if you ran away
Then your mascara it ran, don't you vanish tonight
I'm alive just to say:
Love you to death
And they say
That we're living in a movie world
So they say, but does the hero get the girl in the end?
Love you to death
(does the hero get the girl)
So what's the craziest thing you've done lately?
It's serious, I've got to find you
When I start to feel this way
You mesmerize me all the time
And I'll hold on until tonight
But that's too long
'Cause you're an angel
Oh, you're an angel
My crazy angel
My crazy angel
So serious I've got take you home again tonight
'Cause right now you paralyze me with your smile
As your wings discard the feathers on the ground
I see a halo, oh, up above you
My crazy angel
My crazy angel
I'll hold on so hard and pray
That I won't say something wrong
I'll look at the stars and dream
That the universe was ours
My crazy angel
So what's the craziest thing you've done lately?
I'll hold on so hard and pray
That I won't say something wrong
I'll look at the stars and dream
That the universe was ours
It won't ever stop, my crazy angel
My crazy angel
My crazy angel
My crazy angel
My crazy angel
I don't know who you are
But now somehow you're breaking my heart
And I don't know where you are
But like a drug lift me up to the stars
It's why I'm feeling alive
It's the first time
Here's hoping this day won't end
I don't know now what to do
I don't care
I need ten more minutes with you
I don't know what you are
But one look and I'm hooked from the start
Now I'm falling apart
"That's what you get for falling in love"
Tonight I took in her eyes for the first time
Here's hoping this pain will end
I don't know now what to do
I don't care
Love, my angel on silver lines
So young and terrified...
Somehow we realized
Only the strong survive
Our doctors say, "You know the drill
This broke heart won't ever heal"
She needs drugs
And he needs 'em just as bad
He said, "Be my love
And race the dream together
Then I'll know they can't tear us apart!"
Careful, for when it was all the rage
We were glass managerie
"Some pills and you'll be fine"
Only the strong survive
But my love
We'll race the dream together
Then I'll know they can't tear us apart!
All my love
The king and queen together
I dedicate this song
To the boys who don't belong
To the girls who get it wrong
I'm dedicating this
To the ones who don't fit in
Are you hearing this?
Are you hearing this?
Unwanted, unneeded
You've always been mistreated
Hang on!
(Don't do what they say to)
Unwanted
And been for so long
Say, "Hey, Mom!
I'm never coming home again"
I dedicate this song
To my boys who are strong
They just don't go along
I'm dedicating this
To the girls who don't exist
From the orphanage
Now here this!
Unwanted, unneeded
We've always been frustrated
hang on!
(Don't do what they say to)
Unwanted and been forever
Said, "Hey, Mom!
We're never going home again!"
I dedicate this song to the ones who don't belong...
Unwanted
To the ones who don't belong...
I know who you are
Hang on!
Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty,
Sounds of their breath fades with the light.
I think about the loveless fascination,
Under the milky way tonight.
Lower the curtain down in Memphis,
Lower the curtain down all right.
I got no time for private consultation,
Under the milky way tonight.
Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.
Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.
And its something quite peculiar,
Something that's shimmering and white.
Leads you here despite your destination,
Under the milky way tonight.
Turn up the radio
I need it now more that ever
It's the first snow of the year
And something in the atmosphere is comming here
Froze our memories again
Soon you'll forget but i just can't
I remember
I remember everything
All the times when no one ever came to get me
All the nights when i was scared
And when it got to weird
It was the song that saved me
I remember, remember everything
All the tracks that shaped and changed me
Inside of speeding cars
And lying on your floor
When we were living in a broken world
We turned it up and the we watched the city burn
I remember, remember everything
All the times when no one ever came to get me
All the nights when i was scared
And when it got too weird
And i can't forget
And i can't forget
And i won't forget
Froze in our memories again
Soon you'll forget but i just can't
I remember, remember everything
All the times when no ever came to get me
All the nights when i was scared
And when it got too weird
It was the sogns that saved my life
This is our last night here,
the air is cold as ice.
All the trees that lost their leaves
are reflected in our eyes.
This is our last night here,
or so it seems.
Silence like the darkest waters in the submarines.
This is our last night here,
on planet Earth.
And I don't want my heart,
cause it always hurts.
If this is our last night here,
I won't kick and scream,
I'll just grab on to you and not dare to breathe.
If it's our last night here for long,
I'm gonna put this record on,
I'm gonna burn this city down,
and we'll watch the glow until it's gone.
But before i go insane
There's something else to say.
You thought you were alone,
but I was with you all the way.
With you all the way, with you all the way.....
If this is our last night here,
On planet Earth.
Then I'll give you my heart,
cause it hurts too much.
If this is our last night here,
I won't change a thing.
I'll just grab on to you,
and I'll feel you breathe.
If this is our last night here.
If this is our last night here.
If this is our last night here.
I'll grab on to you just to feel you breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
"Drive" you said
"Just blow me away"
We don't wait to be saved
We'll dream wide awake
Words that you said
Were holes through my brain
And I'll never be the same again...
You can pray all you want
We're not coming back, oh...
All these thoughts, they just fade away...
The chase is on
If you run
I will follow you
And I belong in your arms
Dying next to you
The chase is on...
"Drive" you said
With tears down your face
I've got to restart
Is that so hard?
Secrects that day
I'll take to the grave
Yeah, no one can catch us now...
You can pray all you want
We're not coming back, oh...
We're the feelings above the flame...
The chase is on
If you run
I will follow you
And I belong in your arms
Dying next to you
The chase is on...
The chase is on
If you run
I will follow you
And I belong in your arms
Dying next to you
The chase is on
If you run
I will follow you...
The chase is on
I belong in your arms...
Chase
Sunrise always burns my eyes
And outside there may be zombies too
The crawling mice in suits and ties
Are blind to what makes this thing beautiful
Is anyone here alive?!
Is anyone here alive?!
Is anyone here alive?!
Lift up the lids of your eyes!
Sunrise always burns my eyes
But I'm not tired
No, I won't sleep for hours
This city's old and full of ghosts
I can see their skulls
It makes no sense at all
Is anyone here alive?!
Is anyone here alive?!
Is anyone here alive?!
You say, ?I think I am leavable
That he got drained, all the colors have gone?
Oh, but you know right now you?d do it again
'Cause I waited my whole life
You said, ?I made him so colorless
And that the air just got so cancerous?
Deep in the right school play with the wrong scene
I guess it changes everything
So we?re on time
To say goodnight
But we know that
It's a goodbye
You said, ?She made him so colorless
And that the air just got so cancerous?
I bet you know right now you?d do it again
'Cause I waited my whole life
So we [Incomprehensible]
And say goodnight
But we know that
It means goodbye
You?re all that I have now
So don?t never let me go
You?re all that I have now
So don?t never let me go
You?re all that I have now
So don?t never let me go
You?re all that I have now
So don?t never let me go
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby...
She wants to go fast
And never come back
And never collapse
And he's a real animal
Gone out of control
Who'd rather die young than get old
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby...
(And they danced like they were...)
Boys and girls
They dance like it's the end of the world
Boys and girls
They dance, dance, dance
Boys and girls
Who know it's the end of the world
Boys and girls
They dance, dance, dance
She's in designer jeans
On amphetamines
And wants you badly
And he's a real cannibal
And suicidal
Eratic on heavy metal
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby...
(And they danced like they were...)
Boys and girls
They dance like it's the end of the world
Boys and girls
They dance, dance, dance
Boys and girls
Who know it's the end of the world
Boys and girls
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
I gotta right to feel low-down
I gotta right to hang around
Down around the river
A certain man in this old town
Keeps draggin' my poor (old) heart around
All I see, for me is - misery
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
I gotta right to moan and sigh
I gotta right to sit and cry
Down around the river
I know the deep blue sea
Will soon be callin' me
It must be love - say what you choose
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
I gotta right to moan and sigh
I gotta right to sit and cry
Down around the river
I know the deep blue sea
Will soon be callin' me
It must be love - say what you choose
I'm just wild about Harry
And Harry's wild about me
The heavenly caresses of his kisses
Fills me with ecstasy
He's as sweet as chocolate candy
And just like honey from a bee
Oh I'm just wild about Harry
And he's just wild about
Cannot do without
He is from the south
Can't you hear me shout
Talking with my mouth
Could you ever doubt
Once in a while will you try to give
One little thought to me
Though someone else may be
Nearer your heart?
Once in a while will you dream
Of the moments I shared with you
Moments before we two
Drifted apart?
In love's smoldering ember
One spark may remain
If love still can remember
That spark may burn again
I know that I'll be contented
With yesterday's memory
Knowing you think of me
Once in a while
In love's smoldering ember
One spark may remain
If love still can remember
The spark may burn again
I know that I'll be contented
With yesterday's memory
Knowing you think of me
I love the look(s) of you, (and) the lure of you
The sweet of you, and the pure of you
The eyes, the arms, and the (that) mouth of you
The east, west, north, and the (that) south of you
I'd love to gain complete control of you
Handle even the heart and soul of you
Love at least a small percent of me do
Ooh, I've got a crush on someone
I've got I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie
All the day and nighttime, hear me sigh
I never had the least notion
That I could fall with so much emotion
Could you coo
Could you care
For a cunning cottage we could share
The world will pardon my mush
Cause I've got a crush, my baby, on you
How glad a million laddies
From millionaires to caddies
Would be to capture me!
But you had such persistence,
You wore down my resistance:
I fell, and it was swell
You're my big and brave and handsome Romeo
How I won you, I shall never, never know
It's not that you're attractive
but, oh, my heart grew active
When you came into view.
I've got a crush on you, Sweetie pie.
All the day and night-time, hear me sigh
I never had the least notion
That I could fall with so much emotion
Could you coo?
Could you care
For a cunning cottage we could share?
The world will pardon my mush
Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and they snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
And you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love
Really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
Oh but now old friends they're acting strange
And they shake their heads
And they tell me that I've changed
Well something's lost but something's gained
In living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life
My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable, un-photographable
Yet, you're my favorite work of art
Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
But, don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine, stay
Each day is Valentine's Day
Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
But, don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine, stay