My Own Pretty Glossolalia Machine 2.0
Pretty Glossolalia Machine 1.0 here
"There Is A Breeze"
Mark Henley
"There is a breeze that comes by here everyday, Freshens the spirit, takes the dead away, There is a sun that shines for you and you and me, It's been healing nights for centuries...Fool, I say fool, You waste time as a rule, You don't measure days one by one, I don't mean to draw tears or bring sorrow to your years, I love you and I'd like to see you freer...You stopped believin' years ago, Been retrieving ever since you know, She says you're doing fine, And you believe her - La ...There is a feelin', it comes here everyday, Turns your head around, takes your breath away, It clears the morning eyes of you and you and me, We've been sleeping now for centuries...Don't you understand, We've wasted all the time we can, The waters of your soul are getting drier...And the circles that grow from the stones that we throw, Rush to the shore and then they die there, And your far away dream, Is only there because you seem to think it is...
"The Blower's Daughter"
Damien Rice
"And so it is, Just like you said it would be, Life goes easy on me, Most of the time - And so it is, The shorter story, No love, no glory, No hero in her skies - I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes - And so it is, Just like you said it should be, We'll both forget the breeze, Most of the time - And so it is, The colder water, The blower's daughter, The pupil in denial - I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes off of you, I can't take my eyes...Eyes... - Oh, did I say, That I loathe you? Did I say, That I want to leave it all behind? - I can't take my mind off of you, I can't take my mind off of you, I can't take my mind off of you, I can't take my mind off of you, I can't take my mind off of you, I can't take my mind...My mind, My mind..."
"Black The Sun"
Alex Lloyd
"Black the sun, Oh no, look at what we done, Go away, oh no, won't you please stay? - And dream of me, I wish you, Would dream of me, And dream of me, I hope you, Will dream of me - Words we speak, pictures are the only things I keep. Rinse my mind, I'm sure it will join me in time - Up on your feet, around the bend, Searching, I hope it never ends - Walking your lonely street again, Where tide meets the shore, woah woaaaah - On a silent road - And dream of me, I wish you would, Black the sun, And dream of me, I wish you would, Black the sun, And dream of me, I wish you would, Black the sun, And dream of me, I wish you would, Black the sun, The sun"
"1979"
Smashing Pumpkins
"Shakedown 1979, Cool kids never have the time, On a live wire right up off the street, You and I should meet - Junebug skipping like a stone, With the headlights pointed at the dawn, We were sure we'd never see an end to it all - I don't even care to shake these zipper blues, And we don't know, Just where our bones will rest, To dust I guess, Forgotten and absorbed to the earth below - Double cross the vacant and the bored, They're not sure just what we have in store, Morphine city slippin' dues down to see - We don't even care as restless as we are, We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts, And poured cement, lamented and assured, To the lights and towns below, Faster than the speed of sound, Faster than we thought we'd go, Beneath the sound of hope - Justine never knew the rules, Hung down with the freaks and ghouls, No apologies ever need be made, I know you better than you fake it to see - We don't even care to shake these zipper blues, And we don't know just where our bones will rest, To dust I guess, Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below, The street heats the urgency of now, As you see there's no one around"
"Memory Lane"
Elliott Smith
"This is the place you'll end up when you lose the chase, Where you're dragged against your will, From a basement on the hill, And all anybody knows is you're not like them, And they kick you in the head and send you back to bed, Isolation pulled you past a tunnel, To a bright world where you can make a place to stay - But everybody's scared of this place, They're staying away, Your little house on Memory Lane - The mayor's name is Fear, his force patrols the pier, From a mountain of cliché that advances every day, The doctor spoke a cloud, he rained out loud, You'll keep your doors and windows shut, And swear you'll never show a soul again, But isolation pushes you until every muscle aches, Down the only road it ever takes - But everybody's scared of this place, They're staying away, Your little house on Memory Lane - If it's your decision to be open about yourself, Be careful, or else, Be careful, or else, Uncomfortable apart, it's all written on my chart, And I take what's given to me most cooperatively, I do what people say and lie in bed all day, Absolutely horrified, I hope you're satisfied, Isolation pushes past self-hatred, guilt, and shame, To a place where suffering is just a game - But everybody's scared of this place, They're staying away, Your little house on Memory Lane, Your little house on Memory Lane"
"I Crush Everything"
Jonathan Coulton
"I lie below, you float above, In the pretty white ships that I've been dreaming of, And I'd like to swim beside you, Getting dizzy in your wake, Getting close enough to touch you, Getting brave enough to take you into my arms, And bring you down to be with me - But I can't do that thing anymore, I can't be the thing I was before, Maybe I am better off alone, Because I crush everything, And I crush everything, And I crush everything - My body's strong, but my will is weak, I got pretty nice arms, but I hate my beak, And the dolphins are all phonies, They seem nice enough at first, They pretend to be your friends, Until they see you at your worst and then they leave you, Without a word they swim away - So I can't do that thing anymore, I can't be the thing I was before, Maybe I am better off alone, Because I crush everything, And I crush everything, And I crush everything - And everything I want I take, And everything I love I break, And every night I lie awake - Did the stars come out? Did the world spin round? Does it matter that much when you're ten miles down? And in the light that filters down, Into my giant yellow eye, I can see the sails unfolding, Stretching white against the sky and I forgive them, I forgive and I let go - Cause I can't do that thing anymore, I can't be the thing I was before, Maybe I am better off alone, Because I crush everything, And I crush everything, And I crush everything - And I crush everything, And I crush everything, And I crush everything - I lie below, you float above - In the pretty white ships that I am dreaming of"
"Flame Trees"
Sara Blasko
"Kids out driving Saturday afternoon pass me by, I'm just savouring familiar sights, We share some history, this town and I, And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her, Try to book a room to stay tonight - Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well, After all this time you boys look just the same" Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels, Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?", Number three is never say her name - Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver, And there's nothing else could set fire to this town, There's no change, there's no pace, Everything within its place, Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around - But Ah! Who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway, Takes more than just a memory to make me cry, I'm happy just to sit here round a table with old friends, And see which one of us can tell the biggest lies - There's a girl falling in love near where the pianola stands, With her young local factory out-of-worker, holding hands, And I'm wondering if he'll go or if he'll stay - Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field, In our day - Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver, And there's nothing else could set fire to this town, There's no change, there's no pace, Everything within its place, Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around - Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver, And there's nothing else could set fire to this town, There's no change, there's no pace, Everything within its place, Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around"
"Because"
The Beatles
"Because the world is round it turns me on, Because the world is round - Ah, because the wind is high, it blows my mind, Because the wind is high - Ah, love is old, love is new, Love is all, love is you - Because the sky is blue it makes me cry, Because the sky is blue - Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah"