Lyrically Speaking (a word game)

[TheLoveBandit]

Let's see if this flies. A lot of us love songs, either for the artists intent, or the sound of it, or simply for how it applied to us personally in some part of our lives. I'm proposing a word game where all posts are lyrics only. Genre doesn't matter, and may in fact add to the flow of the thread. Posts can add on, continiuing a previous post, or be in answer to something, just like a regular thread. Try to keep the thought going, or if it is at an end, take it in a new direction, but don't trainwreck it please.

I envision something like this:

So, so you think you can tell

For whom the bell tolls
Time marches on

After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows
You're wondering if I'm okay

I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be

and so on. My including artists is a suggestion, because what you might think everyone knows, might not be everyone knows. But it kinda messes up the flow..so maybe just leave the artist/track out (people can google). Two rules, though, would be:

1. Do not post the whole damn song. Just the line or lines you feel are relevant.
2. Do not just post a word or two that could be in ANY song, give enough lines (maybe even a chorus or stanza entirely) to convey your input and make it traceable to who you are quoting



I'll kick it off with the classic


So, so you think you can tell...

 

[StarOceanHouse]

We need so damn many things
To keep our dazed lives going

stereolab

 

[Speed King]

No matter where I go I know I came from (From the Bronx!)Dont be fooled by the rocks that I gotI'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block

 

[Speed King]

I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got into yetI'm chomping at the bit and my palms are getting wetSweating bullets

 

[w01fg4ng]

Ride my bike, I ride it everywhere
Like a ghost sailing the road
And oh, on my bike I'm the emperor

 

[Asclepius]

Ride my bike, I ride it everywhere
Like a ghost sailing the road
And oh, on my bike I'm the emperor

...A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings "Hey look at me now"
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh power oh
He's flying
Whole
High wide, oh...

 

[TheLoveBandit]

...A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings "Hey look at me now"
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh power oh
He's flying
Whole
High wide, oh...

Still driving and striving as fast as he can
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup

 

[Asclepius]

Still driving and striving as fast as he can
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup

...So many times, it happens too fast
You trade your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive...

 

[Jabberwocky]

Yes, I know my enemies!
They're the teachers who taught me to fight me!
Compromise! Conformity! Assimilation! Submission!
Ignorance! Hypocrisy! Brutality! The elite!
All of which are American dreams!

 

[Speed King]

Ev'rybody got problems, buddy. I got mine.When midnight comes around, I start to lose my mind.When the sun puts out the light,I join the creatures of the night,Oh yeah.

 

[TheLoveBandit]

After midnight
We gonna let it all hang down
After midnight
We gonna chugalug and shout
Gonna stimulate some action
We gonna get some satisfaction
We gonna find out what it is all about
After midnight
We gonna let it all hang down

 

[Jabberwocky]

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone
I took the city 'bout one A.M,
Loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again,
Loaded, loaded

 

[TheLoveBandit]

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone
I took the city 'bout one A.M,
Loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again,
Loaded, loaded

<<EXCELLENT POST!>>

Just what is it that you want to do?
We wanna be free
We wanna be free to do what we wanna do
And we wanna get loaded
And we wanna have a good time

That's what we're gonna do
No way baby let's go
We're gonna have a good time
We're gonna have a party

 

[Speed King]

Wake up late honey put on your clothesTake your credit card to the liquor storeThat's one for you and two for me by tonightI'll be loaded like a freight trainFlyin' like an aeroplaneFeelin' like a space brainOne more time tonight

 

[Jabberwocky]

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a mid-night toker
I get my lovin' on the run

 

[TheLoveBandit]

You better run all day and run all night
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside
And if you're taking your girlfriend out tonight
You better park the car well out of sight
Cause if they catch you in the back seat trying to pick her locks
They're gonna send you back to Mother in a cardboard box
You better run good

 

[Jabberwocky]

You're beside me on the seat
Got your hand between my knees
And you control how fast we go by just how hard you wanna squeeze
It's hard to steer when you're breathing in my ear
But I got both hands on the wheel while you got both hands on my gears
By now, no doubt that we were heading south
I guess nobody ever taught her not to speak with a full mouth
'Cause this was it, like flicking on a switch
It felt so good I almost drove into the ditch

 

[Speed King]

Gripping the wheel, his knuckles went white with desire! The wheelsof his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45. True death: 400 horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night..

 

[Jabberwocky]

I've been drivin' all night, my hand's wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel
It's my baby callin', says I need you here
And it's a half past four and I'm shiftin' gear

 

[SheWasLvL18]

The less you feel, the more you know
A reason to leave me in a cruise control
Hello little white pill, take me back
I hope you understand, it's my last resort
I've done it all