re: Deep thought provoking lyrics

I love this bar - Toby Keith

The Hold Steady will always be underrated as far as I’m concerned. Craig Finn has a singspeak vocal style that’s probably off putting to some, but man, is he a great lyricist/storyteller.

The Hold Steady - Both Crosses

She says sometimes she sees these things
Right before they're happening
Hail Mary, full of grace
Some nights she swears she feels her face

She's known a couple of boys that died
And two of them were crucified
And the last one had enlightened eyes
The first guy he was Jesus Christ

Hey Judas
I know you've made a grave mistake
Hey Peter
You've been pretty sweet since Easter break

Now she's 4am and she's wide awake
She's shivering and smiling
Let's clutch and kiss and sing and shake
Tonight let's try to levitate
You Catholic girls start much too late
Baby, let's transverberate
Baby, let's transverberate

She saw all the footage right before it got cut
She saw all the bodies and she saw all the blood
She saw the angel put a sword in his side
And baby, that's how we got canonised
She saw him gushing blood right before he got cut
She saw them put a body in a bag in the trunk
She saw the guys coming in from the sides
And baby, that's how we get energized

She said, "You know I'm down to pay for it."
She said, "Just grant me some indulgences.
'Cause I've been mostly dying and I've been mostly coughing.
And I've been mostly crying and I've been thinking about both crosses."

She saw the film right before it came out
At first she thought Judas might go for the mouth
And she saw the nails and she saw the hands
She saw the crowd, she heard the band
The new kid begged them not to do it
And Jesus just said, "Hey I still love you Judas"

Since you've been up in Massachussets
I keep dreaming about dos cruces
I've been thinking about both crosses
And I've been dreaming about dos cruces
Yeah, I've been thinking about both crosses

Double posted somehow.

House of pain
By faster pussycat

Lateralus - Tool
Time - PF
The Trees - Rush

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Do you realize - flaming lips

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Not sure about that one but you reminded me of another song by them that I really enjoy the lyrics to.


The Flaming Lips - "Fight Test"

I thought I was smart, thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
So it came time to fight, I thought, "I'll just step aside"
And that the time would prove you wrong
And that you would be the fool

I don't know where the sunbeams end and the starlight begins
It's all a mystery

Oh, to fight is to defend
If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
That you would stand up and be a man?
For to lose I could accept
But to surrender, I just wept and regretted this moment
Oh that I, I was the fool

I don't know where the sunbeams end and the starlight begins
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what is right for his own life
It's all a mystery

Cause I'm a man, not a boy
And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
When you're not prepared to face them
If I could, I would
But you're with him now, it'd do no good
I should have fought him,
But instead I let him take you
I let him take you

In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
Wants to know what it's like when you're shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people saying, My God, that's tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldn't do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that
There are more hearts broken in the world
That can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do
What do we do
Alone again, naturally
Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

Gilbert O’Sullivan. LINK

Broken Window Serenade-Whiskey Meyers
Last Thing I needed first thing this morning-Willie

As mentioned above...Father and Son by Cat Stevens. I would also add:

Elephant - Jason Isbell
Angel from Montgomery - John Prine
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Darrel Scott
Alcohol and PIlls - Fred Eaglesmith
One of These Days - Emmylou Harris
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Love Reign O'er Me - The Who
Vincent - Don McLean
Suddenly - Billy Ocean
Everything that Glitters is not Gold - Dan Seals
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
Just the Other Side of Nowhere - Kris Kristofferson
To Beat the Devil - Kris Kristofferson