Lyric Quotes

[Jet]

Goodnight Saigon~Billy Joel



We met as soul mates
On Parris Island
We left as inmates
From an asylum
And we were sharp
As sharp as knives
And we were so gung **
To lay down our lives

We came in spastic
Like tameless horses
We left in plastic
As numbered corpses
And we learned fast
To travel light
Our arms were heavy
But our bellies were tight

We had no home front
We had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy
They gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ
With all of our might

We had no cameras
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
So dark at night
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

Remember Charlie
Remember Baker
They left their childhood
On every acre
And who was wrong?
And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight

We held the day
In the palm
Of our hand
They ruled the night
And the night
Seemed to last as long as six weeks
On Parris Island

We held the coastline
They held the highlands
And they were sharp
As sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

 

[Jake T]

Garden Party - Ricky Nelson

"But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself"

 

[JimJam]

Bob Dylan - Absolutely Sweet Marie

"To live outside the law, you must be honest"

 

[Jake T]

Kathy's Song - Simon & Garfunkel

"And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you."

 

[Jake T]

Drivin' Sister - Mott The Hoople

"She's much too much on the clutch"

 

[Aero]

On the surface he seems sensible
But underneath the logic is crazy
Like a cat that walks with cruelty
Or a dog that always bites for no reason
I could feel the madness there
But I couldn't see the streets for the houses
And all the lies and fantasies
Were suddenly malicious and dangerous

With every passing day you put me through
What have I done to you?
Is it any wonder that I never close my eyes?

Sisters of normality
Collapse into convulsions of laughter
Knuckle walking animals
Are swaggering and spilling their anger
And they're almost standing upright
As they try to ape the madmen around them
But the slightest, kindest hint of love
Leaves them naked snorting like horses

If that's what's waiting for me on the ground
I hope I never come down
Is it any wonder that I never close my eyes?

Here in this lullaby
We'll leave them all behind
Thoughtlessly wasting time
We'll be gone in the blink of an eye

Is this really where the story ends
For all those so called friends
Is it any wonder that they think I've lost my mind

If that's what they think then fine
We'll leave them all behind

Is it any wonder?
Is it any wonder?
Is it any wonder?
Is it any wonder?

We'll leave them all behind
Hearing these words of mine
Hearing these words of mine
Hearing these words of mine

 

[Black Dahlia]

"The sun's in the sky, but the storm never seems to end."
from the song Cloudy Now, by Blackfield (2005)

 

[Jake T]

In The Beginning - The Moody Blues


I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I think.
[Establishment:] Of course you are my bright little star,
I've miles
And miles
Of files
Pretty files of your forefather's fruit
And now to suit our
Great computer,
You're magnetic ink.

I'm more than that, I know I am, at least, I think I must be.
[Inner Man:] There you go man, keep as cool as you can.
Face piles
And piles
Of trials
With smiles.
It riles them to believe
That you perceive
The web they weave
And keep on thinking free.

 

[Black Dahlia]

"I may... just waste away... from doing nothing,
but you're a martyr... for even less"

"Even Less" by Porcupine Tree (1999)

 

[Black Dahlia]

"I’m tired of Facebook, tired of my failing health... I’m tired of everyone and that includes myself.
Well, being alone now it doesn’t bother me; but not knowing if you are, well that’s been hell you see."

From the song "Pariah" by Steven Wilson (2017)