Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows

Pink Floyd - If

If I were a swan
I'd be gone
If I were a train
I'd be late
And if I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do

If I were to sleep
I could dream
If I were afraid
I could hide
If I go insane
Please don't put your wires in my brain

If I were the moon
I'd be cool
If I were a rule
I would bend
If I were a good man
I'd understand the spaces between friends

If I were alone
I would cry
And if I were with you
I'd be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in with the game?

If I were a swan
I'd be gone
If I were a train
I'd be late again
If I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do

Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why

Penniless and tired, with your hair grown long

I was looking at you there and your face looked wrong

Memory is a fickle siren song

I didn't understand

In the gentle light as the morning nears

You don't say a single word of the last two years

Where you were when you reached the frontier

I didn't understand, no

See your rugged hands and a silver knife

Twenty dollars in your hand makes you hold so tight

All the evidence of your vagrant life

My brother you were born

And you will try to do what you did before

Pull the wool over your eyes

For a week or more

Let your family take you back to your original mind

There's nothing I can do

There's nothing I can do

There's nothing I can say

There's nothing I can say

I can say

Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains

Light up with me my dear,

Light up.

Under stormy night, tell nobody.

My brother where do you intend to go tonight?

I heard that you missed your connecting flight,

to the blue ridge mountains, over near Tennessee.

You're ever welcome with me any time you like,

Let's drive to the country side, leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes,

So no one gets worried, no.

So no one gets worried, no.

But Sean don't get callous,

I'm sure it'll be fine.

I love you, I love you,

Oh brother of mine.

In the quivering forest,

Where the shivering dog rests,

I will do it grandfather,

Wilt to wood and end.

And the river got frozen,

And the hole got snowed in,

And near the moon glow ride,

Till the morning light.

Terrible am I child?

Even if you don't mind,

In the quivering forest,

Where the shivering dog rests,

I will do it grandfather,

Wilt to wood and end.

And the river got frozen,

And the hole got snowed in,

And near the moon glow ride,

Till the morning light.

Terrible am I child?

Even if you don't mind,

No.

Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind

Someone’s got it in for me, they’re planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they’d cut it out but when they will I can only guess
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me
I can’t help it if I’m lucky

People see me all the time and they just can’t remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at
I couldn’t believe after all these years, you didn’t know me better than that
Sweet lady

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the backroads headin’ south
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
I haven’t known peace and quiet for so long I can’t remember what it’s like
There’s a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin’ out of a boxcar door
You didn’t know it, you didn’t think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars
After losin’ every battle

I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin’ ’bout the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin’ me see stars
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies
One day you’ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin’ around your eyes
Blood on your saddle

Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb
Blowing through the curtains in your room
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn’t enough to change my heart
Now everything’s a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good, you’ll find out when you reach the top
You’re on the bottom

I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can’t remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes
don’t look into mine
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the
building burned
I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the
springtime turned
Slowly into Autumn

Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

I can’t feel you anymore, I can’t even touch the books you’ve read
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin’ I was somebody else instead
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
And all your ragin’ glory

I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I’m finally free
I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me
You’ll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above
And I’ll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love
And it makes me feel so sorry

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We’re idiots, babe
It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves

Elliott Smith - 2:45 AM

I'm going out sleepwalking
Where mute memories start talking
The boss that couldn't help but hurt you
And the pretty thing he made desert you
I'm going out like a baby
A naive unsatisfiable baby
Grabbing onto whatever's around
For the soaring high or the crushing down
Hidden cracks that don't show
But that constantly just grow
Looking for the man that attacked me
While everybody was laughing at me
You beat it in me, that part of you
But I'm gonna split us back in two
Tired of living in a cloud
If you're gonna say shit now you'll do it out loud
It's 2:45 in the morning
And I'm putting myself on warning
For waking up in an unknown place
With a recollection you've half-erased
Looking for somebody's arms
To wave away past harm
Walking out on Center Circle
Both of you can just fade to black
Walking out on Center Circle
Been pushed away and I'll never come back

Alanis Morissette - Everything

I can be an asshole of the grandest kind
I can withhold like it's going out of style
I can be the moodiest baby and you've never met anyone
Who is as negative as I am sometimes

I am the wisest woman you've ever met.
I am the kindest soul with whom you've connected.
I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone
Who's as positive as I am sometimes.

You see everything, you see every part
You see all my light and you love my dark
You dig everything of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

I blame everyone else, not my own partaking
My passive-aggressiveness can be devastating
I'm terrified and mistrusting
And you've never met anyone as,
As closed down as I am sometimes.

You see everything, you see every part
You see all my light and you love my dark
You dig everything of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

What I resist, persists, and speaks louder than I know
What I resist, you love, no matter how low or high I go

I'm the funniest woman that you've ever known
I'm the dullest woman that you've ever known
I'm the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone
Who is as everything as I am sometimes

Steve Vai - The Silent Within

Endless time is arriving in this lost and found
What is now was always but never seemed to be
In the breath of a heartbeat the walls tumble down
An elusive light and sound enraptured me

But I remain in my body
Words fail to describe what we feel when we die inside

God only knows what we're feeling
when the lights grow dim
Is there really a voice inside
in the silent within

Torn apart by a twister of greed lust and pride
When I bleed it's a need to be one with you
Why is anger so hungry and love so blind
Why do we hurt when we cry
Well God only knows what we're dreaming
in our ultimate sin
Do we really hide anything
in the silent within
Silent within, within

Ohh hide in your darkness
And I'm dreaming today
Only for a moment would you hear
Oh slow me down
Run away
God only knows and He ain't talkin'
In the sound and the light and the life

There's no end to the bottom when we start to fall,
There's no top to the high when we want to climb
And this heart is a prison bound by chains of gold
Wherein lies the keys

God only knows how we're falling
While reaching for Him
In this vacuum of time and space
in the silent within
God only knows
within

It's a drop from the ocean
A star from the sky
A grain of sand from the earth
A tear from an eye

When the light is before us
And shines in our life
In the silent within
God only knows

Matchbox Twenty - Bent

And if I fall along the way
Pick me up and dust me off
And if I get too tired to make it
Be my breath so I can walk

And if I need some other love then
Give me more than I can stand
And when my smile gets old and faded
Wait around I'll smile again

Shouldn't be so complicated
Just hold me and then
Just hold me again

Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together

Keep breaking me in
And this is how we will end
With you and me bent

And if I couldn't sleep could you sleep
Could you paint me better off
Could you sympathize with my needs
I know you think I need a lot

I started out clean but I'm jaded
Just phoning it in
Just breaking the skin

Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together

Keep breaking me in
And this is how we will end
With you and me bent

Start bending me
It's never enough
I feel all your pieces

Start bending me
Keep bending me until
I'm completely broken in

Shouldn't be so complicated
Just touch me and then
Just touch me again

Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together

Keep breaking me in
And this is how we will end
With you and me bent
and without understanding

Hell, I'll go there again
Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together

You're breaking me in
And this is how we will end
With you and me bent

Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream

There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If I can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true
Oh, why

There must be peace and understanding sometime
Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear
If I can dream of a warmer sun
Where hope keeps shining on everyone
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear

We're lost in a cloud with too much rain
We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain
But as long as a man has the strength to dream
He can redeem his soul and fly

Deep in my heart there's a trembling question
Still I am sure that the answer, answer's gonna come somehow
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle, yeah
And while I can think, while I can talk
While I can stand, while I can walk
While I can dream, please let my dream come true, oh
Right now, let it come true right now
Oh yeah

REM - Man On The Moon

Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Monopoly, twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

See you in heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

Moses went walking with the staff of wood. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Newton got beaned by the apple good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are you having fun?

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

Here's a little agit for the never-believer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Here's a little ghost for the offering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling (wrestling bears). Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

Van Morrison - I Forgot That Love Existed

I forgot that love existed troubled in my mind.
Heartache after heartache, worried all the time.
I forgot that love existed
Then I saw the light
Everyone around me make everything alright.

Oh, oh Socrates and Plato they
Praised it to the skies.
Anyone who's ever loved
Everyone who's ever tried.

If my heart could do my thinking
And my head begin to feel
I would look upon the world anew

Freddie Aguilar - Anak (Child)

nang isilang ka sa mundong ito laking tuwa ng magulang mo
at ang kamay nila ang iyong ilaw at ang nanay at tatay mo'y
di malaman ang gagawin minamasdan pati pagtulog mo
at sa gabi'y napupuyat ang iyong nanay sa pagtimpla ng gatas mo
at sa umaga nama'y kalong ka ng iyong amang tuwang-tuwa sa iyo

ngayon nga ay malaki ka na nais mo'y maging malaya di man sila payag walang magagawa
ikaw nga ay biglang nagbago naging matigas ang iyong ulo

at ang payo nila'y sinuway mo di mo man lang inisip na
ang kanilang ginagawa'y para sa iyo pagkat ang nais mo'y
masunod ang layaw mo di mo sila pinapansin

nagdaan pa ang mga araw at ang landas mo'y naligaw
ikaw ay nalulong sa masamang bisyo at ang una mong nilapitan
ang iyong inang lumuluha at ang tanong,"anak, ba't ka nagkaganyan"
at ang iyong mata'y biglang lumuha ng di mo pinapansin
nagsisisi at sa isip mo'y nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali
nagsisisi at sa isip mo'y nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali
nagsisisi at sa isip mo'y nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali
nagsisisi at sa isip mo'y nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali

[English Translation]

When you were born into this world
Your mom and dad saw a dream fulfilled
Dream come true
The answer to their prayers

You were to them a special child
Gave ‘em joy every time you smiled
Each time you cried
They’re at your side to care

Child, you don’t know
You’ll never know how far they’d go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it’s true
They’d die for you, if they must, to see you here

How many seasons came and went
So many years have now been spent
For time ran fast
And now at last you’re strong

Now what has gotten over you
You seem to hate your parents too
Do speak out your mind
Why do you find them wrong

Child you don’t know
You’ll never know how far they’d go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it’s true
They’d die for you, if they must, to see you near

And now your path has gone astray
Child you ain’t sure what to do or say
You’re so alone
No friends are on your side

And child you now break down in tears
Let them drive away your fears
Where must you go
Their arms stay open wide

Child you don’t know
You’ll never know how far they’d go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through, And God it’s true
They’d die for you, if they must, to see you here

Child you don’t know
You’ll never know how far they’d go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it’s true
They’d die for you, if they must, to see you here

Devendra Banhart - A Sight To Behold

It's a sight to behold

When you got small words to mold

And you can make 'em your own

Still love it would be much better

Love it would be much better

I'm told

It's like golden corn

And i love its golden glow

It's the little head inside your little hole

And out spring some sparkling thoughts

Still love it would be much better

Love it would be much better

Love it would be much better

Love it would be much better

It's like finding home

In an old folk song

That you've never ever heard

Still you know every word

And for sure you can sing along

But love it would be much better

Love it would be much better

Love it would be much better

Love it would be much better

I know, i know

Citizen Cope - Son's Gonna Rise

Rollin' down the highway

Like a rocket

God, I'm headed to town now

You can't stop it

Got wheel in my hand

As I stand

On the floor

Of the board

Of this car

On the road

Got this woman in the back seat

Yeah she's my wifey

In the middle of the delivery

Man she saves me

To this day I don't know why

She picked me up

When i was down on the road

With the wind when it blowed

Well a son's gonna rise in a mile

In a mile

You'll be feeling fine

In a mile you will see

After me

You'll be out of the dark, yeah

You'll get your shot