You don't have to stray the oceans away.
Waves roll in my thoughts. Hold tight the ring.
The sea will rise please stand by the shore.
I get the words and then I get to thinking.
I don't want to think, I want to feel.
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving.
I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened.
Is this just another phase of earthquakes making waves?
Trying to shake the cancer off... us stupid human beings.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
And there's just one word I still believe, and it's love.
Up here so high, the boughs they break...up here so high, the sky I scrape.
And my eyes fell both wide open...and I got a glimpse of my inner sense.
Got back my innocence.
Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun...
The man they call my enemy.
I've seen his eyes he looks just like me
And the wind keeps roaring... and the sky keeps turning grey.
And the sun is setting... the sun will rise another day.
...and all of Thumbing My Way
I get the words and then I get to thinking.
I don't want to think, I want to feel...
Holy crap, this is impossible to narrow down!
Here are just a few of my favorites, sorry for the repeats...
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From "Thumbing My Way"
there's no wrong or right, but i'm sure there's good and bad
i wish that i could hold you
i wish that i had
i can't see what's next, from this lonely overpass
hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
all the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
choosing the shiny ones instead
i turned my back, now there's no turning back
"Black"
I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
Of what was everything?
"Alive"
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...
While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen
Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked...
"Jeremy"
at home
drawing pictures
of mountain tops
with him on top
lemin yellow sun
arms raised in a V
dead lay in pools of maroon below
"Dissident"
escape is never, the safest path
"Old Lady Behind the Counter..."
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
i swear i recognize your breath
cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
"Better Man"
as he opens the door, she rolls over...
pretends to sleep as he looks her over
she dreams in color, she dreams in red,
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.-Howard Zinn
This is an impossible topic...my head is reeling with every PJ song there is..but because of the little insight that comes with Lost Dogs, what sticks on me right now is not a lyric, but a memory of Mikes:
A riff loosely based on...somthing I had during the Ten sessions. I thought it was pretty. Eddie started making up words on the spot and we kept them. I still don't know what it's about and I don't want to! I love it. Fans like it to.
wow way too fucking many but here's a few at random...
"to myself i surrender...to the one i'll never please..."
"i'll ride the wave where it takes me..."
"she seems to be stronger...but what they want her to be is weak..."
"i wave to all my friends....they don't seem to notice me..."
"we're friends... only because of my situation"
ALL of Indifference, but especially... "I will hold the candle til it burns up my arm...I'll keep taking punches...until their will grows tired..."
one of my ALL TIME FAVES... "It wasn't my surface....most defiled...."
okay all of RVM too! hehe
"I wanna leave....this mind and shout......... You can't keep me here"
"Gonna save you, fucker..."
"Born on third, thinks he got a triple!"
"Don't it make you smile...when the sun don't shine?"
"Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit...that has grown..."
And I say this one all the time..."Ask...I'm an ear..."
well, i'll give you my top five in no particular order:
he's not a leader, he's a Texas Leaguer
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
i thought the world, turns out the world thought me
i know i was born and i know that i'll die...the in between is mine
I'M STILL ALIVE!!!
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. JFK
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the pale blue light i'm getting to know....
ok not pj but another great poet!
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** In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby. I lie inside myself for hours and watch my purple sky fly over me**
"The live shows? Well, that's church on Sundays"
a few would be;
You don't have to stray the oceans away.
Waves roll in my thoughts. Hold tight the ring.
The sea will rise please stand by the shore.
I get the words and then I get to thinking.
I don't want to think, I want to feel.
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving.
I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened.
Is this just another phase of earthquakes making waves?
Trying to shake the cancer off... us stupid human beings.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
And there's just one word I still believe, and it's love.
Up here so high, the boughs they break...up here so high, the sky I scrape.
And my eyes fell both wide open...and I got a glimpse of my inner sense.
Got back my innocence.
Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun...
The man they call my enemy.
I've seen his eyes he looks just like me
And the wind keeps roaring... and the sky keeps turning grey.
And the sun is setting... the sun will rise another day.
...and all of Thumbing My Way
I don't want to think, I want to feel...
babe...eeer...you kiddin me??????????????? lmao!!!
oh and loveboatcaptain...pretty fine selection you got there!!!
hail hail!!
i like that line i don't why, but i do!
Here are just a few of my favorites, sorry for the repeats...
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From "Thumbing My Way"
there's no wrong or right, but i'm sure there's good and bad
i wish that i could hold you
i wish that i had
i can't see what's next, from this lonely overpass
hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
all the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
choosing the shiny ones instead
i turned my back, now there's no turning back
"Black"
I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
Of what was everything?
"Alive"
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...
While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen
Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked...
"Jeremy"
at home
drawing pictures
of mountain tops
with him on top
lemin yellow sun
arms raised in a V
dead lay in pools of maroon below
"Dissident"
escape is never, the safest path
"Old Lady Behind the Counter..."
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
i swear i recognize your breath
cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
"Better Man"
as he opens the door, she rolls over...
pretends to sleep as he looks her over
she dreams in color, she dreams in red,
"I wish I was the verb to trust & never let you down"
"its a hopeless situation...and im strating to believe that this hopeless situation..is what im trying to achieve"
"its an art to live with pain.."
there are soooo many!
A riff loosely based on...somthing I had during the Ten sessions. I thought it was pretty. Eddie started making up words on the spot and we kept them. I still don't know what it's about and I don't want to! I love it. Fans like it to.
This is what PJ is all about.
"I changed by not changing at all"
"The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied..."
"hold me and make it truth, that when all is lost there will be you"
"It's evolution, BABY!!!"
aww..those are great ones...honoured you chose my ol thread for your first post!! welcome to the board sweetie!!!
Avocados have a big Stone
WAY too many
Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
~cowboy junkies
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"The live shows? Well, that's church on Sundays"
"to myself i surrender...to the one i'll never please..."
"i'll ride the wave where it takes me..."
"she seems to be stronger...but what they want her to be is weak..."
"i wave to all my friends....they don't seem to notice me..."
"we're friends... only because of my situation"
ALL of Indifference, but especially... "I will hold the candle til it burns up my arm...I'll keep taking punches...until their will grows tired..."
one of my ALL TIME FAVES... "It wasn't my surface....most defiled...."
okay all of RVM too! hehe
"I wanna leave....this mind and shout......... You can't keep me here"
"Gonna save you, fucker..."
"Born on third, thinks he got a triple!"
"Don't it make you smile...when the sun don't shine?"
"Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit...that has grown..."
And I say this one all the time..."Ask...I'm an ear..."
So if there were no angels would there be no sin?
Huh, you better stop me before I begin.
drive bad cars
watch bad t.v.
"I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind, i wont change direction and i wont change my mind."
"I am lost i am no guide, but im by your side, i am right by your side."
"Saw things so much clearer. once you were in my rearview mirror."
"I know what i wear not a box or the bag(this is because i love the song and still dont know what the hell that line means:)
"I remember when..yeah, swore i knew everything."
"Been washed in black...tatooed everything."
"Spent her best days, reading naked on the bed."
"I ll just lie alone and wait for the dream, where im not ugly and you looking at me."
"Hear my name, take a good look, this could be the day, hold my hand, walk beside me, I just need to say........."
sweets...make it as long as you want!! great lines!!
yeah well for me it's so hard to decide on fav lines too!! like they change constantly!! and i actually love all of them!!
Ditto that! Every single PJ song I listen to there are some very quotable lines! Hell, every line is a great quote!
i LOVE this line so much. gives me shivers everytime i hear it
Me, too. Not a single day goes by that it's not there.
Pretty fond of "Got back my innocence. Still got it. Still got it." as well.
we're friends, only because of my situation
Before his first step...he is off again'
'I don't need, yeah...What you have to give... '
'You think I got my eyes closed
But I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time... '
'Oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed
Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time'
he's not a leader, he's a Texas Leaguer
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
i thought the world, turns out the world thought me
i know i was born and i know that i'll die...the in between is mine
I'M STILL ALIVE!!!
usually its "i will scream my lungs out, till it fills this room"
but nice people sw****w
Here's a few favourites that i don't think have been mentioned...
“I want to go but I don’t want to go alone. With you I could never feel alone.” (and all the wonderful variations).
-Untitled
“And now he’s home and we’re laughing like we always did my same old, same old friend.”
-Off He Goes
“I take a walk outside I'm surrounded by some kids at play, oh I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?”
-Black
“Rise, life is in motion.”
“Won’t let the light escape from me, won’t let the darkness swallow me.”
-Down
“This is my chance, this is my life and my hope in an alleyway”
“Its okaaa-aa-ayyyyy, you know I love you anyway.”
-It’s OK (Daughter tag)
Most of those lines are pretty heavily influenced by the way they are sung...but i can't help it!