Bad Lyrics Blog; You just don't understand!
I had wanted to write this one for a while now. Entitled "Bad Lyrics Blog" - I hear the same old crap over and over again at work...most of which I found there. Some of these ditties have some horrible lyrics, some of these singers have terrible voices and some have both. Horrid crap goes! Let the fun begin! My comments will be in Red. As I was going through the lyrics I noticed a recurring theme. "No one understands me" every time I come across that lyric I'm going to highlight it!
Shadow
Ashley Simpson
Music Video
I was six years old
When my parents ran away
I was stuck inside a broken life
I couldn't wish away
She was beautiful
She had everything and more
And my escape was hiding out and running for the door
Somebody listen please
It used to be so hard being me
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare A Nightmare? Were you abused?
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
My chains are finally free
Don't feel sorry for me Why would I feel sorry for you? Your living the high life!
All the days collided
One less perfect than the next
I was stuck inside someone else's life and always second best
Oh, I love you now 'cause now I realize
That it's safe outside to come alive in my identity OH I Love you now? She didn't love her sister when she was jealous of her, before she had a 'career'?
So if you're listening
There's so much more to me you haven't seen
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
Don't feel sorry-
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Oh, my life is good
I've got more than anyone should
Oh, my life is good
And the past in the past
I was living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
I'm living in a new day
I'm living it for me
And now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally be
Don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me(2x)
Living in, living in, living in the shadow
Living in, living in, living in a new day
Message: What is this song saying? I was nothing but shit on your shoe until I became famous like you.
Walking on Thin Ice
Sophie B. Hawkins
Music Video
Please take away from me
All these things I do not need
Use me to keep your conscience clean
Show me what to do
To sacrifice for you
I gladly give my life to you
I've wandered far enough to never have given up too much
and now I'm offering you everything I am
Give me your hand
I'm walking on thin ice
And I know you can deliver me
More than good advice
Teach me with your deep love
How to look inside
And not be afraid
To shine
You are my destiny
The path I'm cutting tirelessly
And searching for you endlessly
Even when I'm
Surely in the heart of you
I still persist on collecting proof that
You are never known and though I feel you
I have grown to wonder if I'll ever really understand
Give me your hand
I'm walking on thin ice
And I know you can deliver me
More than good advice
Teach me with your deep love
How to look inside
And not be afraid
To shine
'Cause I've been a fool
Pretending to be free
When all I could do was run away
When the spot light caught me
Heal me with your sweet love
'Cause I do believe
When I open my eyes in front of you
I see
Give me your hand
I'm walking on thin ice
And I know you can deliver me
More than good advice
Teach me with your deep love
How to look inside
And not be afraid
To shine
'Cause I've been a fool
Pretending to be free
When all I could do was run away
When the spot light fell on me
Heal me with your sweet love
'Cause I do believe
When I open my eyes in front of you
It's the truth I see
Invisible
Clay Aiken
Music Video
What are you doing tonight
I wish I could be a fly on your wall
Are you really alone
Who's stealing your dreams
Why can't I bring you into my life Maybe because your stalking him/her!?
What would it take to make you see that I'm alive
[Chorus]
If I was invisible
Then I could just watch you in your room Woah woah woah! Peeping Tom! Creepy!
If I was invincible
I'd make you mine tonight So your going to rape him/her?
If hearts were unbreakable
Then I could just tell you where I stand
I would be the smartest man
If I was invisible
(Wait...I already am)
Saw your face in the crowd
I call out your name
You don't hear a sound
I keep tracing your steps
Each move that you make
Wish I could read what goes through your mind
Wish you could touch me with the colors of your life
[Chorus]
Reach out
But you don't even see me
Even when I scream out
Baby, you don't hear me
I am nothing without you
Just a shadow passing through
Message: Trying to be an Angsty Unrequited Love song but comes across as a creepy stalker song.
Suddenly Beautiful
Katrina Carlson
I’m a bad girl Somehow I doubt that.
I’m a dirty pearl
Pray my soul to keep
Spirit is willing but cannot speak
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
I can see, see through eyes
That were dead and dull
I’m Suddenly Beautiful So all of a sudden she's no longer broken and now she is beautiful? Here's a plot for a lifetime movie!
You don’t understand
No one understands me
I’m a fallen star
Sky gets so dark
You don’t know where you are WOW You wound me with your words! The pity party is right here! I haven't heard that before from EVERY teenager out there. Ooh woah is me! Please! Your not a 14 year old your not even a 20 year old. Get over it. No one knows what it's like to be me...um..see...Simple Plan song...down there.
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
I can see, see through eyes
That were dead and dull Oh your so dark! Your so Goth!
I’m Suddenly Beautiful
Chrysalis, tenderness
Can I get a witness? Can I you get a lyrisist?
Is this love, is this love?
Genesis, metamorphosis
Breaking through the surface
Is this love? Suddenly
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
I can see the sun rise
Light up the world
And I can see
It’s beautiful
I can see
It’s beautiful
Suddenly Beautiful
Message: Congradulations! Lifetime wants you to write songs for their movies!
Everybody Wants You
Josh Kelley
Music Video
You've been bad
You know you've been good Okay. What? Are you attempting a David Caruso type of humor here? Because I"m lost.
Did you lose your mind
Like I knew you would
Did you sing your song
Did you sing it so loud
Did you sing it so everyone could hear in the crowd
Did you lose yourself
Did you lose your health
Did you put my memories on the shelf
Did you lose your place
Did you lose your grace
Just so everyone could see your singing face
Its like everybody loves you
and everybody wants you...lately
Its like everybody needs you
and everybody sees you...today What!? Everybody sees you today?
You've been sad
You're misunderstood Of Course! Everyone on this damned list is misunderstood!
Did you find your kind She an alien? Canadian? See I can rhyme too! Doesn't mean it goes together.
Like i knew you would
Did you feel your song
Did you feel it so real
Did you feel it so everyone could see your grand appeal Huh? So everyone can feel so you could see your grand appeal? David Caruso again?
Did you lose yourself
Did you lose your health
Did you put my memories on the shelf
Did you lose your place
Did you lose your grace
Just so everyone could see your singing face
Its like everybody loves you
and everybody wants you...lately
Its like everybody needs you
and everybody sees you...today
Fate will only show...for the time we loathe
Time will say...keep the fire alive
That leads the way...to our today
Did you lose yourself
Did you lose your health
Did you put my memories on the shelf
Did you lose your place
Did you lose your grace
Just so everyone could see your singing face
Its like everybody loves you
and everybody wants you...lately
Its like everybody needs you
and everybody sees you...today
Message: Did you lose the real lyrics to this song and write this one in five minutes?
Welcome To My Life
Simple Plan
Music Video
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away? Doesn't...everyone?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Message: Did you guys write this when you were Twelve?
Wordplay
Jason Mraz
Music Video
I've been all around the world
I've been a new sensation Really? I've never heard of you...until your crap invaded my workplace.
But it doesn't really matter
In this generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said that ain't my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math huh...is this tangent writing?
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer Like the should with this crap.
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top
Mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes...
[Chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closer to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay It's NOTHING about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
When it's time to get ill I got your remedy
For those who don't remember me
Well let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep a jumble
And the lyrics never mumble I've heard this song and take it from me you do mumble.
When the music's makin' people tongue-tied
You want a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder What hit? What song did you write that's a top 40? Cuz it isn't this one.
Gotta find another way to keep from goin' under
Pull out the stops
Got your attention
I guess it's time again for me to mention
The wordplay
[chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closer to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
I built a bridge across the stream my consciousness
It always seems to be a flowin'
But I don't know which way my brain is goin'
Oh the ryhmin' and the timin'
Keeps the melodies inside me
And they're comin'
Till I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head
Are you listening to a single word I've said
Ha La La La La
Listen closer to the words I say
Ha La La La La
I'm stickin' to the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
Ha La La La La
I'm all about the wordplay
Ha La La La La
Stickin' with the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
I love the wonderful thing it does
Because, because
The ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love
For the Mister A to Z they say
Is all about the wordplay
Final Word: The sad thing is...they were all serious.
more later.
Shadow
Ashley Simpson
Music Video
I was six years old
When my parents ran away
I was stuck inside a broken life
I couldn't wish away
She was beautiful
She had everything and more
And my escape was hiding out and running for the door
Somebody listen please
It used to be so hard being me
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare A Nightmare? Were you abused?
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
My chains are finally free
Don't feel sorry for me Why would I feel sorry for you? Your living the high life!
All the days collided
One less perfect than the next
I was stuck inside someone else's life and always second best
Oh, I love you now 'cause now I realize
That it's safe outside to come alive in my identity OH I Love you now? She didn't love her sister when she was jealous of her, before she had a 'career'?
So if you're listening
There's so much more to me you haven't seen
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
Don't feel sorry-
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Oh, my life is good
I've got more than anyone should
Oh, my life is good
And the past in the past
I was living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
I'm living in a new day
I'm living it for me
And now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally be
Don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me(2x)
Living in, living in, living in the shadow
Living in, living in, living in a new day
Message: What is this song saying? I was nothing but shit on your shoe until I became famous like you.
Walking on Thin Ice
Sophie B. Hawkins
Music Video
Please take away from me
All these things I do not need
Use me to keep your conscience clean
Show me what to do
To sacrifice for you
I gladly give my life to you
I've wandered far enough to never have given up too much
and now I'm offering you everything I am
Give me your hand
I'm walking on thin ice
And I know you can deliver me
More than good advice
Teach me with your deep love
How to look inside
And not be afraid
To shine
You are my destiny
The path I'm cutting tirelessly
And searching for you endlessly
Even when I'm
Surely in the heart of you
I still persist on collecting proof that
You are never known and though I feel you
I have grown to wonder if I'll ever really understand
Give me your hand
I'm walking on thin ice
And I know you can deliver me
More than good advice
Teach me with your deep love
How to look inside
And not be afraid
To shine
'Cause I've been a fool
Pretending to be free
When all I could do was run away
When the spot light caught me
Heal me with your sweet love
'Cause I do believe
When I open my eyes in front of you
I see
Give me your hand
I'm walking on thin ice
And I know you can deliver me
More than good advice
Teach me with your deep love
How to look inside
And not be afraid
To shine
'Cause I've been a fool
Pretending to be free
When all I could do was run away
When the spot light fell on me
Heal me with your sweet love
'Cause I do believe
When I open my eyes in front of you
It's the truth I see
Invisible
Clay Aiken
Music Video
What are you doing tonight
I wish I could be a fly on your wall
Are you really alone
Who's stealing your dreams
Why can't I bring you into my life Maybe because your stalking him/her!?
What would it take to make you see that I'm alive
[Chorus]
If I was invisible
Then I could just watch you in your room Woah woah woah! Peeping Tom! Creepy!
If I was invincible
I'd make you mine tonight So your going to rape him/her?
If hearts were unbreakable
Then I could just tell you where I stand
I would be the smartest man
If I was invisible
(Wait...I already am)
Saw your face in the crowd
I call out your name
You don't hear a sound
I keep tracing your steps
Each move that you make
Wish I could read what goes through your mind
Wish you could touch me with the colors of your life
[Chorus]
Reach out
But you don't even see me
Even when I scream out
Baby, you don't hear me
I am nothing without you
Just a shadow passing through
Message: Trying to be an Angsty Unrequited Love song but comes across as a creepy stalker song.
Suddenly Beautiful
Katrina Carlson
I’m a bad girl Somehow I doubt that.
I’m a dirty pearl
Pray my soul to keep
Spirit is willing but cannot speak
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
I can see, see through eyes
That were dead and dull
I’m Suddenly Beautiful So all of a sudden she's no longer broken and now she is beautiful? Here's a plot for a lifetime movie!
You don’t understand
No one understands me
I’m a fallen star
Sky gets so dark
You don’t know where you are WOW You wound me with your words! The pity party is right here! I haven't heard that before from EVERY teenager out there. Ooh woah is me! Please! Your not a 14 year old your not even a 20 year old. Get over it. No one knows what it's like to be me...um..see...Simple Plan song...down there.
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
I can see, see through eyes
That were dead and dull Oh your so dark! Your so Goth!
I’m Suddenly Beautiful
Chrysalis, tenderness
Can I get a witness? Can I you get a lyrisist?
Is this love, is this love?
Genesis, metamorphosis
Breaking through the surface
Is this love? Suddenly
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
Suddenly you make me feel
Like I’m beautiful
I can see the sun rise
Light up the world
And I can see
It’s beautiful
I can see
It’s beautiful
Suddenly Beautiful
Message: Congradulations! Lifetime wants you to write songs for their movies!
Everybody Wants You
Josh Kelley
Music Video
You've been bad
You know you've been good Okay. What? Are you attempting a David Caruso type of humor here? Because I"m lost.
Did you lose your mind
Like I knew you would
Did you sing your song
Did you sing it so loud
Did you sing it so everyone could hear in the crowd
Did you lose yourself
Did you lose your health
Did you put my memories on the shelf
Did you lose your place
Did you lose your grace
Just so everyone could see your singing face
Its like everybody loves you
and everybody wants you...lately
Its like everybody needs you
and everybody sees you...today What!? Everybody sees you today?
You've been sad
You're misunderstood Of Course! Everyone on this damned list is misunderstood!
Did you find your kind She an alien? Canadian? See I can rhyme too! Doesn't mean it goes together.
Like i knew you would
Did you feel your song
Did you feel it so real
Did you feel it so everyone could see your grand appeal Huh? So everyone can feel so you could see your grand appeal? David Caruso again?
Did you lose yourself
Did you lose your health
Did you put my memories on the shelf
Did you lose your place
Did you lose your grace
Just so everyone could see your singing face
Its like everybody loves you
and everybody wants you...lately
Its like everybody needs you
and everybody sees you...today
Fate will only show...for the time we loathe
Time will say...keep the fire alive
That leads the way...to our today
Did you lose yourself
Did you lose your health
Did you put my memories on the shelf
Did you lose your place
Did you lose your grace
Just so everyone could see your singing face
Its like everybody loves you
and everybody wants you...lately
Its like everybody needs you
and everybody sees you...today
Message: Did you lose the real lyrics to this song and write this one in five minutes?
Welcome To My Life
Simple Plan
Music Video
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away? Doesn't...everyone?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Message: Did you guys write this when you were Twelve?
Wordplay
Jason Mraz
Music Video
I've been all around the world
I've been a new sensation Really? I've never heard of you...until your crap invaded my workplace.
But it doesn't really matter
In this generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said that ain't my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math huh...is this tangent writing?
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer Like the should with this crap.
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top
Mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes...
[Chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closer to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay It's NOTHING about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
When it's time to get ill I got your remedy
For those who don't remember me
Well let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep a jumble
And the lyrics never mumble I've heard this song and take it from me you do mumble.
When the music's makin' people tongue-tied
You want a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder What hit? What song did you write that's a top 40? Cuz it isn't this one.
Gotta find another way to keep from goin' under
Pull out the stops
Got your attention
I guess it's time again for me to mention
The wordplay
[chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closer to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
I built a bridge across the stream my consciousness
It always seems to be a flowin'
But I don't know which way my brain is goin'
Oh the ryhmin' and the timin'
Keeps the melodies inside me
And they're comin'
Till I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head
Are you listening to a single word I've said
Ha La La La La
Listen closer to the words I say
Ha La La La La
I'm stickin' to the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
Ha La La La La
I'm all about the wordplay
Ha La La La La
Stickin' with the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
I love the wonderful thing it does
Because, because
The ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love
For the Mister A to Z they say
Is all about the wordplay
Final Word: The sad thing is...they were all serious.
more later.