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"Big A Little A" by Crass

The meaning is fairly obvious but for those who dont wanna read it all its basically about choosing your own path and making your own rules. With a little bit about the futility of using violence to bring about change.

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Big A little A bouncing B
The sytem might have got you but it won't get me
1 2 3 4
Chorus:
External control are you gonna let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisorner in the boundaries they set you?
You say you want to be yourself
By christ do you think they'll let you?
The're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you
Hello, hello, hello, this is the Lord God, can you hear?
Hellfire and damnation's what I've got for you down there
On earth I have ambassadors. archbishop. vicar. pope
We'll blind you with morality, you'd best abandon any hope,
We're telling you you'd better pray cos you were born in sin
Right from the start we'll build a cell and then we'll lock you in
We sit in holy judgement condemning those that stray
We offer our forgiveness, but first we'll make you pay
Chorus
Hello. hell. hell, now here's a message from your queen
As figurehead of the status quo I set the social scene
I'm most concerned about my people, I want to give them peace
So I'm making sure they stay in line with my army and police
My prisons and my mental homes have ever open doors
For those amongst my subjects who dare to ask for more
Unrulyness and disrepect are things I can't allow
So I'll see the peasants grovel in they refuse to bow.
Chorus
Introducing the Prime Sinister, she's a mother to us all
Like the dtch boy's finger in the dyke her arse is in the wall
Holding back the future waiting for the seas to part
If Moses did it with his faith, she;ll do it with an army
Who at times of threatened crisis are certain to be there
Gaurding national heritage no matter what or where
Palaces for kings and gueens, amnsions for the rich
Protection for the walthy, defence of privelige
They've learnt the ropes in Ireland, engaged in cibil war
Fighting for the ruling classes in their battle agaisnt the poor
Great Britain? Future? b*llocks, you'd better look begind
Round every other corner stands P.C. 1984
Guardian of the future, he'll implement the law
Big brothers system's always there with his beady eyes on you
From God to local bobby, in home and street and school
They've got you name and number while you've just got their rule
We've got to look for methods to undermine those powers
It's time to chage the tables. the future must be ours.
BE exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do
I am he and she is she but you're the only you
No one else has got your eyes, can see the things you see
It's up to you to change you life and my life's up to me
The problems that you suffer from are problems that you make
The <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /> we have to climb through is the <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /> we choose to take
If you don't like the life you life, change it now it's yours
Nothing has effect if you don't recognise the cause
If the programmes's not the one you want, get up, turn off the set
It's only you that can decide what life you're gonna get
If you don't like religion you can be the antichrist
If your tired of politics you can be an anarchist
But no on ever changed the church by pulling down the steeple
And you'll never change the syustem by bombing number ten
Systems just aren't made of bricks they're most made of people
You may send then into hiding, but they'll be back again
If you don't like the rules they make, regust to play their game
If you don't want to be a numver, don't give them your name
If you don't wnat to be caught out, refuse to hear their question
Silence is a virtue, use it for your own protection
They'll try to make you play their game,refuse to show your face
Be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do
I am he and she is she but you're the only you.

p.s. i couldnt be assed to correct the numerous spelling mistakes from cutting and pasting the lyrics

[daggertrepe]

Anything by Coldplay (my fave band) usually has a good meaning.
I especially like "Lost" of their new album, which begins- "just because am losing, doesen't mean am lost" some people find their songs to be depressing, personally i find them very uplifting, and always cheer me up cool idea for a thread by the way :P

We need to do lunch. I love coldplay. I am particularly in love with Viva La VIda and Strawberry Swing from their new album. But every song on there is good! Coldplay is the best band and their music just moves me like none other.

Strawberry Swing:

They were sitting
They were sitting in the strawberry swing
Every moment was so precious

They were sitting
They were talking in the strawberry swing
Everybody was for fighting
Wouldn't wanna waste a thing

Cold, cold water
Bring me round
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Cold, cold water
What ya say?
It's such…
It's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

I remember
We were walking up to strawberry swing
I can't wait 'til the morning
Wouldn't wanna change a thing

People leaving all the time
Inside a perfectly straight line
Don't you wanna curve away
It's such…
It's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

Now the sky could be blue
I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time

Could be blue
I don’t mind
Without you it’s a waste of time

Could be blue,
could be grey
without you I’m just miles away

could be blue
I don’t mind
Without you it’s a waste of time

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I think this song is about taking life as it comes and enjoying it despite all of the horrible things going on around you. It's just very deep, for me. And the music is brilliant.

[Chzn8r]

In the two consecutive songs Wings for Marie and 10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2) by Tool, Maynard questions the faith that his mother placed in God after she died approximately 10,000 days after being paralysed and confined to a wheelchair. It's a very emotional song and if you site there and listen to it carefully, you can notice marked transitions between different styles and intensities of the music and lyrics - each "section" of the song represents a different emotion.

Wings is a smurfing amazing song. Any time I sit down with headphones and really listen to it, I find myself completely blown away.

I agree, though I find 10,000 Days to be more emotional, personally.

Both of these songs are a sight to behold live, and I actually think that Tool may never play them live again.

To expound on the former: I saw the Wings / 10,000 Days suite performed twice, once in 2006 and again in 2007. It was much better the second time - the mood and atmosphere were perfect. The arena was dark, with the backdrops showing moving clouds, and the lightshow simulating rain through the mist of the room (they had those smoke generators going), plus the sound of thunder, and the ominous bass and guitar of Justin and Adam. Everything about it was just perfect - the climaxes of Keenan's lyrical delivery, the intensity sustained throughout the instrumental section, right down to the quiet, cathartic closure of the "Daylight dims..." section.

To expound on the latter: Throughout the tour, Maynard was really sensitive while they were playing this song. Before starting he would kindly ask the crowd not to use any flash cameras. And in fact, the second time I saw it, he actually stopped singing (the band was still playing) the end of Wings pt. 1 to say "Please, no flash cameras, please." Obviously it's a very personal song for him and he wanted nothing to ruin the atmosphere of the live performance, and rightfully so. In fact, in a recent interview with Revolver Magazine, Keenan talked about the writing and performing of that song in particular, and said they'll probably never do something like that live again since it's simply too draining for Keenan - he bears his emotional side (not something he does often) with songs like 10,000 Days and in turn many of the fans just react coldly, which is a shame. Oh well, at least I got to see it performed!

@Ryth: Are you the same Ryth that posts on 5/8? Anyways, everything about GYBE's Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven album is crushing and overpowering on the soul. What a gorgeous and wonderful album.

[The Unknown Guru]

Pretty much everything from Transatlanticism, by Death Cab. It is quite simply the most amazing album I have heard in a long, long time. Look up the lyrics (or even better, just buy it) and you will see what I mean.

[Proxy]

I personally bawl my eyes out when I listen to Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Aparatus.
And in certain parts I think about my daughter, and just wow.

When I see your smile
Tears roll down my face I can't replace
And now that I'm strong I have figured out
How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one

I will never let you fall (let you fall)
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all (through it all)
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one

I will never let you fall (let you fall)
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all (through it all)
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

Cuz you're my, you're my, my, my true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cuz I'm here for you
Please don't walk away and
Please tell me you'll stay woah, stay woah

Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be okay
Though my skies are turning gray

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
[to fade]

It`s a powerful song to listen to, and think about someone, or something you love, with all your heart. Check it out =)

[Ryth]

@Ryth: Are you the same Ryth that posts on 5/8? Anyways, everything about GY!BE's Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven album is crushing and overpowering on the soul. What a gorgeous and wonderful album.

Yes, I am and I completely agree. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven might be my favorite album ever, it's slowly becoming that at least. Sleep is just the "song" on the album that always spoke to me the most.

[Tigmafuzz]

weird al's "hardware store" just speaks to me.
...
*chuckle*
*snort-like cracking up noise thingy*
*bursting with laughter and choking and dying and exploding with the pudding and the lord of the rings*

[GrimmReaper]

Corroded, by Headphones President.

amazing song, though lyrics are pretty much pointless. pretty much, it's an audio play about her going insane.

I really dont know how to describe how or why I love this song so much, it just struck me as like a mirror of myself when I heard it the first time and I wanted to share that with the world....untill i got a noise complaint.