The Soundtrack of My Life

[athelind]

Stolen from beerhorse:

Name three songs whose lyrics you totally identify with. These are songs that when you hear them, you feel like they were written just for you.

1. Red Tide

   RUSH
   
   Nature has some new plague
   To run in our streets
   History some new wrinkle
   We are doomed to repeat
   Fugitives at the bedroom door
   Lovers pause to find an open store
   Rain is burning on the forest floor
   And the red tide kisses the shore
   
   THIS IS NOT A FALSE ALARM
   THIS IS NOT A TEST
   
   Stay out of the sun
   It only burns my skin
   Sky full of poison
   And the atmosphere's too thin
   Bless the sun, the rain no more
   River running like an open sore
   Black wind falling to the ocean floor
   
   and the red tide washes ashore
   
   THIS IS NOT A FALSE ALARM
   THIS IS NOT A TEST
   Nowhere we can fly away
   Nowhere we can rest
   The party is disrupted by
   An uninvited guest
   
   Deadline approaches
   For the weary land
   It used to be something
   But we let it run down in our hands
   Too late for debate, too bad to ignore
   Quiet rebellion leads to open war
   Bring a sea-change to the factory floor
   As the red tide covers the shore
   
   Now's the time to turn the tide
   Now's the time to fight
   
   Let us not go gently
   To the endless winter night
   Now's the time to make the time
   While hope is still in sight
   Let us not go gently
   To the endless winter night
   

2. New World Man

   RUSH
   
   He's a rebel and a runner
   He's a signal turning green
   He's a restless young romantic
   Wants to run the big machine
   
   He's got a problem with his poisons
   But you know he'll find a cure
   He's cleaning up his systems
   To keep his nature pure
   
   Learning to match the beat of the Old World man
   Learning to catch the heat of the Third World man
   
   He's got to make his own mistakes
   And learn to mend the mess he makes
   He's old enough to know what's right
   But young enough not to choose it
   He's noble enough to win the world
   But weak enough to lose it --
   He's a New World man...
   
   He's a radio receiver
   Tuned to factories and farms
   He's a writer and arranger
   And a young boy bearing arms
   
   He's got a problem with his power
   With weapons on patrol
   He's got to walk a fine line
   And keep his self-control
   
   Trying to save the day for the Old World man
   Trying to pave the way for the Third World man
   
   He's not concerned with yesterday
   He knows constant change is here today
   He's noble enough to know what's right
   But weak enough not to choose it
   He's wise enough to win the world
   But fool enough to lose it --
   He's a New World man...
   

3. Heaven Can Wait

   Meat Loaf
   
   Heaven can wait
   And a band of angels wrapped up in my heart
   Will take me through the lonely night
   Through the cold of the day
   And I know, I know
   Heaven can wait
   And all the gods come down here just to sing for me
   And the melody's gonna make me fly
   Without pain
   Without fear
   
   Give me all of your dreams and
   Let me go along on your way
   Give me all of your prayers to sing
   And I'll turn the night into the skylight of day
   I got a taste of paradise
   I'm never gonna let it slip away
   I got a taste of paradise
   It's all I really need to make me stay--
   Just like a child again
   
   Heaven can wait
   And all I got is time until the end of time
   I won't look back
   I won't look back
   Let the altars shine
   
   And I know that I've been released
   But I don't know to where
   And nobody's gonna tell me now
   And I don't really care
   No no no
   I got a taste of paradise
   That's all I really needto make me stay
   I got a taste of paradise
   If I had it any sooner you know
   You know I never would have run away
   From my home
   
   Heaven can wait
   And all I got is time until the end of time
   I won't look back
   I won't look back
   Let the altars shine
   
   Heaven can wait
   Ohh, heaven can wait
   I won't look back
   I won't look back
   Let the altars shine
   Let the altars shine
   

Comments

[terminotaur.livejournal.com]

I'd have trouble pruning it down to 3, but Rush would be at least two of them too. Freewill and Bravado. Though I tend to identify with things that point where I want to be rather than where I may be at present.

[wy.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, "New World Man" is another one of those 'me' songs as well, Aeth. *grin* Sorta fits me to a T. Though I'll take a thick side of "Everybody Knows " by Leonard Cohen, and maybe something edgy from queensryche like "The Mission" off of Operation:Mindcrime.

I guess I'll have to post that to my blog, won't I. :P

[skorzy.livejournal.com]

I think its impossible for anyone (near) my age to not be influenced deeply by some Rush music... I think its kind of cliche, but oh so true!

[kolchis.livejournal.com]

Everything You Want
by: Vertical Horizon

Somewhere there's speaking
It's already coming in
Oh, and it's rising at the back of your mind

You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you're here and you don't know why

But under skinned knees
And the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn

You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won't return

He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why

You're waiting for someone
To put you together
You're waiting for someone to push you away

There's always another
Wound to discover
There's always something more you wish he'd say

He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why

But you'll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It's only what you're asking for
And you'll be just fine
With all of your time
It's only what you're waiting for

Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned

You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won't return

He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why

I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you
And I don't know why

And I don't know
Why
Why

And I don't know