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Tribe called Quest 1nce Again
some vibey stuff wit a cool melody
Artist: A Tribe Called Quest w/ Tammy Lucas
Album: Beats, Rhymes, and Life
Song: 1nce Again
Intro:

You on point Phife?
1nce Again Tip
You on point Phife?
1nce Again Tip
You on point Phife?
1nce Again Tip
Word
Watch me bust they shit
OK

Chorus:

[Tammy Lucas]
Ohhhh, you did it to me 1nce Again my friend
I swear you do it to me everytime
Cause you stay crazy on my mind
Yo you got it goin on (say word), on and on and on
On and on and on

Verse One: Phife Dawg, Q-Tip

This is the year that I come in and just devestate
My style is great ask your peoples can I dominate?
My rhymes are harder than last night's erection
Don't play me close, I'll have this mic up in your rear section
My shit is lovely simply meaning that my joint is tight
Amping up the mic making sure production's tight
Sometimes I might catch a severe case of writer's block
But by the end of the day you'll be on my jock
My name's Malik my hobby's putting MC's to the test
And if you front I'll put my foot up in your friggin chest
Freestyle fanatic, and never will it ever stop
You crew is loose, you might just want to call the cops

Aiyyo I gotta put some action on paper
Make sure my verse jump up and spread out like the raper
The only tip I got for a waiter
Is watch the doorknob hit me where the dirty dog shoulda bit me
That was my train of thought, but for so long I fought
Now I'm at a level supreme to the devil
So turn up the bass and lay low on the treble
We be the real MC's and you dead, bring a shovel
Revitalize, the vital Tribe nigga, WHAT?
The ladies sweat the style like the squirrel sweat the nuts
You know a fellas good for the moola
Don't smoke no woolas, read the name call me Slick Tip the Ruler

Chorus

Verse Two: Q-Tip, Phife

Yo I've been treading on this globe man for twenty-five joints
Sometimes Shaitan got me by the pressure points
But I can break a fella down like sex
You eat Wheat Chex but still light in the ass and can't flex
If one nigga front I'ma make more pay
Cause toniiiiight, we gettin off like O.J.
And yo I got a Dawg that bites, **** the barking
Yo I got a crew with the beats and the smarts and

I fought my shit up on Linden in the one-nine-two
Forever writing never biting ain't shit else to do
Hoping to battle, but most MC's ain't ready yet
But if they huddle, and word, then this is good as set
You have MC's dropping bombs that's incredible
Some of the brothers, their styles are just despicable
As for me see I just do how I love to do
Try to deny me of my props then I'll be seeing you
Most of you suckers wanna be down for the tag along
The friggin fame, someone tell em that this shit ain't games
You gots to do this from your heart meaning your inner soul
And if it's real only then will you be on a roll
I try to stay on top my game there ain't no time to lose
Four albums deep as a Quester but still we payin dues
So hear me out one time, you gots ta be yourself
Cuz if you ain't yourself you end up by your friggin self
I'm coming rugged with the Linden Boule type of slang
And yo we'll see who can hang yo

You on point Tip?
Yo 1nce Again Phife
You on point Tip?
Yo 1nce Again Phife
You on point Tip?
Yo 1nce again Phife
Aiyyo that kid is hard!

Chorus

Wicked stuff from my man treach back when NBN were right at the top wit the best o' em.

Artist: Naughty By Nature f/ Queen Latifah
Album: Naughty By Nature
Song: Wickedest Man Alive

Intro: Queen Latifah

Mercifully, mercifully, mercifully massacre, Naughty By Nature
Thru it ever time, comin at a dance
My man Treacherous MC, go on, let the saxophone man play a little
Make it lovely

Verse 1: Treach

You got beef, well what we do, talk to the bunny, sunny
He's the man, Bugs the thug wit the money
Funny that you should mention as my family, they covered
Wassup to my cousins and my sisters and my Warner Brothers
Birds of a feather, flap and fold and be together
No matter what your whatever, endeavour, find us better
You mean he, she, them, him, those and others
Let's kill two ducks in one, pluck, initiate the trouble
For those who disagree, I maybe feel the need to front it
Show me your whole entire crew, two shoes and I'ma run it
Do you want it? Maybe so, but just know, we're rollin spreads
You claim you want it but you need it just about as much as a hole in ya
head
This is a flow-er show, a product float a while ago
Witta new swing, I think so, bring it, sing it, act like you know
And if ya don't, you won't by the time this track is done
Queen Latifah the sire, give em some, come

Chorus: Queen Latifah

Everytime they comin at the dance, what you know
It's time for rum, man, yeah man
Everytime they comin at the dance, what you know
It's for jammin, g'yeah know?
Everytime they come, you know they come without the flow
Soon we have a single, they're the quickest out the door
The wickedest mna, the wickedest man in dancehall, well y'know
I'm out for rum, COME!!!!

Verse 2: Treach

118th Street keeps production, conjunction junction nothin
Huh, what's your function?
I don't mean to be blunt or front, true or rude
How can he diss? Your honeydip looks like a honey dude
So keep it to yourself, greedy when you're in good health
So before you come and try the Treach, try yourself
Cos I ain't havin it, remember act like you know
And if ya can't act jack, you best find the door
I hate to think a trade, I slot another, see ya gator
A stam yada, PEACE!, sasalama, lick em later
Yeah, you don't have a chance, but I see ya next
This track is KayGee's baby and he named it "Def"
I'm smokin in em, it's like chimneys, I ain't friendly
**** your fendy, I'm swingin for your diet kidney
Pimples are simple to pop, I want temple's op
Then slop your rock wit more floppin than a waffle spot
The wickedest man alive, I am what I am and I'm
damn good to be a no good, hooded by
the wiggle in the middle, simple to party thumps
They call me the wickedest man alive, make em jump

Chorus

Verse 3: Treach

Gettin it and hittin wit it a old fashion weapon when you're slippin, I got
time
Try to stand and get rammed like a Stop sign
The bad just got worse within one verse
Put the shitty verse and reverse and this fella's first
Wreckin is second, so back wit'cha wacked disc
For candle after candle and still couldn't wax this
I be the wickedest while you're still the wackest
I need wallpaper to list what your track miss
This is a double decker from the head wrecker, neck and head checker
Check the check and who's def? Who's left ya?
Standin back cannin ya, plan ta stay back
I'm down wit Kay's tracks, black, this is the payback, lay back, jack
I have you every which way but loose, blowin your sound proof
That's happenin to me, your thanks for givin a neck noose
This comes naturally, all day and night
I make a party of all lefty's leave screamin out "Alright!"
Talkin bout needin a lot more work than you had
Twelve years, twelve hundred, twelve inches and sold one
Who's gettin done? Who's swifter? Who's badder?
You be able to get down wit some help in a step ladder
This is another song, we check out the style that I've
picked and rip, I be the wickedest man alive

Outro: Queen Latifah

No rude bwoy, come test the sound of Treacherous MC
Massacre Naughty By Nature, crew come flec, man, eaze up

This revelation is the death of ignorance
tangled in a state of suffocation
slave to self righteousness
damnation is on your lips

from sorrow to serenity, the truth is absolution
from sorrow to serenity, it's on your head
this is my last serenade
I feel you as you fall away
this is my last serenade
from yourself you can't run away

it's your choice, point the finger
but it's on your head
your destination is a choice within yourself
will you rise or become a slave
to self righteousness
open up your heart and gaze within

from sorrow to serenity, the truth is absolution
from sorrow to serenity, it's on your head
this is my last serenade
I feel you as you fall away
this is my last serenade
from yourself you can't run away

^Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade^

Humanity cover me with the ashes of remembrance
I will learn from this pain
there is no darkness without light to teach us of ourselves
life to lifeless to eternity, life to lifeless the cycle repeats
death unfolds itself painfully to unmask how fragile we are
death unfolds itself painfully, teacher of sanity
the pain drags me down
I'll rebuild me

^Killswitch Engage - Life to Lifeless^

Kenny Rogers--Scarlet Fever

I stood outside the Lucky Star
Staring at the flashing sign
It read: come on in and watch young
Scarlet´s body come alive
Let her dance for you and catch your spell
You´ll swear you can believe her
Be careful not to catch the scarlet fever.

So I paid my fare and walked down front
And found an empty chair
As I settled in young scarlet took the ribbons from her hair
The moves her body made while the music played
Were the likes I´ve never seen
And she became the envy of my dreams.

One by one her teasing movements
Brought the crowd out of their seats
And all at once young scarlet
Danced straight up in front of me
From the moment that her eyes found mine
I´ve never been the same
Scarlet locked another heart upon her chain.

Now I get scarlet fever every time I see her
But she´s a night club teaser
Not paid to notice me
Yes, I get scarlet fever
If she knew how much I need her
She´d place her hand in my hand
And dance away with me.

She looked twenty-five but I was told
That she was just sixteen
She had a way of making a man believe
She danced for only him
As she tantalized I fantasized
And felt the sound of my heart beat
And every night I´d dream
She´d fall in love with me.

Then one night while driving in
My eyes begun to tear
´cos the sign outside the Lucky Star said: Scarlet isn´t here
She´d left that day to find a life
Of bigger and better things
And she left behind my chain of broken dreams.

But still get scarlet fever
In my mind I still see her
Out there dancing somewhere
To another fool like me.
Yes, I get ....

Also:

Mary Chapin Carpenter--You Win Again

I’m standing here freezing at a phone booth baby
In the middle of God knows where
I've got one quarter left your machine packs up
But baby I know you’re there

And I just start crying ‘cause it makes no sense
To waste these words and twenty-five cents
On a losing game
Baby, you win again

I’ve been turning it over and over again
Like a stone I’m waiting to wish on
I’ve been holding my breath just wondering when
You’ll make some sort of decision
To let me in or let me go
I’ll always lose if I never know
Where I fit in
Baby, you win again

I can’t be right if I’m always wrong
I can’t stand up if I’m always kneeling
At your altar or at your throne
You could show just a little feeling
For who I am
Baby you win again

Last night I dreamed we were standing here
On the corner of love and heartache
You jumped into your car you found first gear
And baby I felt the earth shake
And I woke up trembling with my heart in my throat
'Cause there’s never a look a word or a note
At the bitter end
Baby, you win again

I can’t be right if I’m always wrong
I can’t stand up if I’m always kneeling
At your altar or at your throne
You could show just a little feeling
For who I am
Baby, you win again
Baby, you win again
Baby, you win again

What I can't regret,
can't you just forget it?
I started something I couldn't finish
And if we go down,
we go down together
best friends means,
well best friends means

And I've got a twenty-dollar bill
that says you're up late night starting
fist fights versus fences in your backyard
Wearing your black eye like a badge of honor
Soaking in sympathy
from friends who never loved you
nearly half as much as me

Broken down in bars and bathrooms
All I did was what I had to
Don't believe me when I tell you
it's just what anyone would do
Take the time to talk about it
Think a lot and live without it
Don't believe me when I tell you
it's something unforgivable

What I can't regret,
can't you just forget it?
I started something I couldn't finish
If we go down,
we go down together
best friends means,
well best friends means

You never knew
well i never told you...
Everything I know about breaking hearts
I learned from you, it's true
I've never done it with the style and grace you have
But I've made long term plans
based on these mistakes

Broken down in bars and bathrooms
All I did was what I had to
Don't believe me when I tell you
it's just what anyone would do
Take the time to talk about it
Think a lot and live without it
Don't believe me when I tell you
it's something unforgivable

Is this what you call tact?
I swear you're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back
so let's end this call,
and end this conversation
there's nothing worse...
(that's right he said, that's right he said it)
I swear, you have no idea
The jealousy that became me thinking
(that's right he said)
that you always had it way too easy

Broken down in bars and bathrooms
All I did was what I had to
Don't believe me when I tell you
it's just what anyone would do
Take the time to talk about it
Think a lot and live without it
Don't believe me when I tell you
it's something unforgivable

Best friends means I pulled the trigger
Best friends means you get what you deserve
Best friends means I pulled the trigger
Best friends means you get what you deserve
Best friends means I pulled the trigger
Best friends means you get what you deserve
Best friends means I pulled the trigger
Best friends means you get what you deserve
Best friends means I pulled the trigger
Best friends means you get what you deserve

Best friend thinks I pulled the trigger
Best friend thinks you get what you deserve

Taking Back Sunday - There's no I in Team

Band: Foo Fighters

Album: The Colour and the Shape

Song: See You

these notes are marked return to sender
I'll save this letter for myself
I wish you only knew how good it is to see you

these steps I take don't get me anywhere
I'm getting further from myself
one this is always true
how good it is to see you

I'm done resenting you
you represented me so well
and this I promise you
how could I end up in the hands of someone else

Band: Coldplay

Album: A Rush of Cold Blood to the Head

Song: The Scientist

Come up to meet you
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you...
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh let's go back to the start...
Running in circles; coming in tails
Heads on a silence apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science; science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start

Walk in silence,
Don't walk away, in silence.
See the danger,
Always danger,
Endless talking,
Life rebuilding,
Don't walk away.

Walk in silence,
Don't turn away, in silence.
Your confusion,
My illusion,
Worn like a mask of self-hate,
Confronts and then dies.
Don't walk away.

People like you find it easy,
Naked to see,
Walking on air.
Hunting by the rivers,
Through the streets,
Every corner abandoned too soon,
Set down with due care.
Don't walk away in silence,
Don't walk away.
- Joy Division-Atmosphere
______________________________________

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to

missy aggravation
some sacred questions
you stroke my locks
some marijuana
if you got some

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to

sleeping on your belly
you break my arms
you spoon my eyes
been rubbing a bad charm
with holy fingers

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to

chained to the pillars
a 3-day party
i break the walls
and kill us all
with holy fingers

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
-Pixies-Gouge Away

atm id have to say Control by Alexisonfire....lol
cos im obsessed with em atm

NOFX - Fun Things To F*ck (If Your A Winner)

Fun things to ****
Fun things to ****
Fun things to ****
Fun things to ****
**** the front door, **** the back
**** the good girls with the knack
**** the government until they **** you back.
**** a muslim, **** a jew, **** fans of Blink 182,
That's illegal if you were born in '83.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, **** a bean cheese burrito,
**** a bowl of cookie dough.
**** the space between the big and neighbor toe.
**** a cop, **** a marine, **** a jar of vaseline,
**** a calzone with pepperoni.
**** a midget, **** a dwarf, **** chris cringle with an elf.
But before you **** it all... go **** yourself.

Rage Against The Machine

His spit is worth more than her work,
Pass the purse to the pugilists,
He's a prizefighter,
And he bought rings and he owns kin,
And now he's swingin'
And now he's the champion.

Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!

A spotless domain,
Hides festering hopes she's certain there's more,
Pictures of fields without fences.
A spotless domain,
Hides festering hopes she's certain there's more
Pictures of fields without fences
Her body numbs as he approaches the door.

As he approaches the door...

Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!

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Deftones - Bored

Hear me spit on you,
Whither I remold into gold and bury I from the sun.

Reborn left to sigh, recure maybe I'll...
Be born and simplify,
The way I lie - before.

I get bored

Repent by you and trust to figure out,
I burn that gift to doll and let it shine before...

I get bored
I wish for a real one.

Fit and confide, before me or I...
I will come clean, it gets worse - it's more.

I get bored

Lets see if I can kill this thread for the third time in a row 🙂

Nine Inch Nails - March Of The Pigs

Step right up!
March!
Push!
Crawl right up on your knees
Please greed feed (no time to hesitate)
I want a little bit,
I want a piece of it,
I think he's losing it,
I want to watch it come down.
Don't like the look of it,
Don't like the taste of it,
Don't like the smell of it,
I want to watch it come down...

All the pigs are all lined up,
I give you all that you want,
Take the skin and peel it back

Now doesn't that make you feel better?

Shove it up inside!
Surprise!
Lies!
Stains like the blood on your teeth
Bite chew suck away the tender parts,
I want to break it up,
I want to smash it up,
I want to f*uck it up,
I want to watch it come down.
Maybe afraid of it,
Let's discredit it,
Let's pick away at it,
I want to watch it come down...

All the pigs are all lined up,
I give you all that you want,
Take the skin and peel it back

Now doesn't that make you feel better?
The pigs have won tonight,
Now they can all sleep soundly,
And everything is all right.

Song: The Noose
Artist: A Perfect Circle
Album: Thirteenth step
___________________

So glad to see you well
Overcome and completely silent now
With heaven's help
You cast your demons out

And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you off your cloud
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning to go about
Making your amends to the dead
...To the dead

Recall the deeds as if they're all
Someone else's atrocious stories
Now you stand reborn before us all
So glad to see you well

And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you to the ground
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning to go about
Making your amends to the dead
...To the dead

With your halo slipping down
Your halo's slipping
Your halo's slipping down
Your halo's slipping down
Your halo's slipping down

Your halo's slipping down to choke you now

veins of glass - lacuna coil

These ghosts I keep inside
shards of glass in my veins
release me from myself, release
from my duality

I face these as a soldier would
but useless is my war
the innocence that smiles today
tomorrow will bee lying

Who is it that really dies when all the people look at me?
And I'm twisting my fingers in my hair
while a mirror reflects me

Now I'm digging to the bone
all the painting
scratching at flesh, drives me mad
to be alive and free

And the ghosts I keep inside myself
how do they see me?
while again I'm drowning
with my soul will you save me?

Song: Gutter Glitter
Artist: Switchblade Symphony
Album: Serpentine Gallery
_________________________-
IRIDESCENT EYES OF THE SEAHORSE RISE
TREASURES SHE LOVES OTHERS DESPISE
A SHOOTING STAR SHAN'T FALL VERY FAR
DIM FIREFLIES HELD IN GLASS JARS

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS
DAZZLING DUST TOSSED IN WIND GUSTS
THE TRAP DOOR IS OPEN
THE WINDOW HALF CLOSED
THE TAPESTRY CURTAIN VIVACIOUSLY GROWS

LONDON BRIDGE DID FALL DOWN
MY FAIR LADY NEARLY DROWNED
WHAT IS THE REASON TO LOCK HER UP
WHEN ALREADY SHE HAD SUCH ROTTEN LUCK

BRACELETS OF SILVER ADORN MY WRISTS
CANDY KISSES FROM SUGARED LIPS
CANDY KISSES ME KISSES ME

LONDON BRIDGE DID FALL DOWN
MY FAIR LADY NEARLY DROWNED
LONDON BRIDGE DID FALL DOWN
MY FAIR LADY NEARLY DROWNED

LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN,
FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN
LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN,
MY FAIR LADY

Nas - Star Wars

For niggas up in they mom's crib listenin,
To this unadulterated Nas shit wishin it was them
Instead of me on this track on this beach with palm trees,
Drinks with umbrellas straws telling it raw
Jungle of concrete killers and snakes I was amongst that,
Bundles of crack through this funnel that's black,
I want you to vision through my telescope see the hell I wrote,
It's Reynolds when I wrap it like a envelope package,
And they would send the dope back then,
Numbers, pimpin' and robbin', well they still robbin' and pimpin'
But it's small change compare to hip hoppin'
And did I mention millions because of lip poppin',
Trips expensive gift shoppin, whip drivin
Benzes, Jeeps, see them and they b!tch got one,
It's shockin you thinkin nah it's just rhymin',
But all this time it's like organized crimin',
For instance, there was a time when there was a line
Between streets and business, but now peep how it's mixed in
The beef is now sickenin', everybody got paper
Words of power, because of it the cops hate ya,
The government watchin all of those who thuggin' it,
They wanna lock us up cause they kids are lovin' it
Not knowin that most rappers are straight as,
The shots ring out, whenever we clash it's star wars.

[Chorus]
We call it star wars
What happens when the shots ring out, star wars
We call it star wars.

Caviar never, I rather the Cajun blacken,
Catfish no snails simple nigga to please,
Met a bad b!tch dimples in her cheeks
She remembers Busy B battles when it was peace,
Caught myself driftin in thought, cause now it's different I thought
Niggas was raised off the shit I record,
Like I was brought up off that Planet Rock,
Kurtis Blow, James Todd Smith, Shan and Scott LaRock in the jams
Why would they f*uck with a don, Jehovah witness,
Him and his co-defendants, I eat 'em like Lucky Charms
With two percent low fat milk, five percent pro black built
It's nothin mother had a motherf*ucker
I don't think about it niggas talkin there's a lot of gossip,
That I'm a prophet or I can't go back to my projects,
Can I?
Does a plant grow from a pot?
Yes
Do trees grow from a forest MC's y'all are clitoris,
Y'all niggas roll with any click that's winnin' any crew,
Doin' whatever's trendy, even they leave me too,
Ain't enough room in this town
What is beef between ghetto word spitters with crowns, star wars.

[Chorus]

This ain't no Oscars or MTV, or Joan Rivers fashion police
Not what you read in tabloid seats,
These are MC's that live by the code, it's hard for me to spit it
Because the game was supposed to be sold, we live it.
Came from the streets we the voice of the youth,
America's nightmare was given a the mic booth,
Nike boots, leathers and jeans, jewelry, cribs and cars
Rappers not dependin' on your nine to five jobs.
Entertainment, this is our world this is our language,
Different regions speakin' east and west gang shit,
You got your positive shit like, Common Sense,
But even he had drama with the Don Mega Cube,
Acknowledge the words get twisted at times it's rules
What you think is different from the block whenever we feud,
F*uck your pictures and your plaques your tours and autographs,
Don't trust b!tches and niggas who tell you your all of that
Cause, they'll be in your enemies face, sayin' it's safe
To run in your release party sprayin' the place,
Or catch you when you least on point, putting your keys in the door,
Behind you with your seeds in Kay Bee Toys store
Maybe the words get disrespectful now your niggas check you
You 'gon let that nigga play you?
You know we 'gon rep you,
Next mornin every news channel and front page
Headlines another rapper was slayed, this is star wars.

classic Aesop. The dude is a god damn genius.

Aesop Rock - No Regrets

Lucy was 7 and wore a head of blue barettes
City born, into this world with no knowledge and no regrets
Had a piece of yellow chalk with which she'd draw upon the street
The many faces of the various locals that she would meet
There was joshua, age 10
Bully of the block
Who always took her milk money at the morning bus stop
There was Mrs. Crabtree, and her poodle
She always gave a wave and holler on her weekly trip down to the bingo
parlor
And she drew
Men, women, kids, sunsets, clouds
And she drew
Skyscrapers, fruit stands, cities, towns
Always said hello to passers-by
They'd ask her why she passed her time
Attachin lines to concrete
But she would only smile
Now all the other children living in or near her building
Ran around like tyrants, soaking up the open fire hydrants
They would say
"Hey little Lucy, wanna come jump double dutch?"
Lucy would pause, look, grin and say
"I'm busy, thank you much"
Well, well, one year passed
And believe it or not
She covered every last inch of the entire sidewalk,
And she stopped-
"Lucy, after all this, you're just giving in today??"
She said:
"I'm not giving in, I'm finished," and walked away

(Chorus)
1 2 3
That's the speed of the seed
A B C
That's the speed of the need
You can dream a little dream
Or you can live a little dream
I'd rather live it
Cuz dreamers always chase
But never get it

Now Lucy was 37, and introverted somewhat
Basement apartment in the same building she grew up in
She traded in her blue barettes for long locks held up with a clip
Traded in her yellow chalk for charcoal sticks
And she drew
Little bobby who would come to sweep the porch
And she drew
The mailman, delivered everyday at 4
Lucy had very little contact with the folks outside her cubicle day
But she found it suitable, and she liked it that way
She had a man now: Rico, similar, hermit
They would only see each other once or twice a week on purpose
They appreciated space and Rico was an artist too
So they'd connect on saturdays to share the pictures that they drew
(Look!)
Now every month or so, she'd get a knock upon the front door
Just one of the neighbors,
Actin nice, although she was a strange girl, really
Say, "Lucy, wanna join me for some lunch??"
Lucy would smile and say "I'm busy, thank you much"
And they would make a weird face the second the door shut
And run and tell their friends how truly crazy Lucy was
And lucy knew what people thought but didn't care
Cuz while they spread their rumors through the street
She'd paint another masterpiece

(Chorus x2)

Lucy was 87, upon her death bed
At the senior home, where she had previously checked in
Traded in the locks and clips for a head rest
Traded in the charcoal sticks for arthritis, it had to happen
And she drew no more, just sat and watched the dawn
Had a television in the room that she'd never turned on
Lucy pinned up a life worth's of pictures on the wall
And sat and smiled, looked each one over, just to laugh at it all
No Rico, he had passed, 'bout 5 years back
So the visiting hours pulled in a big flock o' nothin
She'd never spoken once throughout the spanning of her life
Until the day she leaned forward, grinned and pulled the nurse aside
And she said:
"Look, I've never had a dream in my life
Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued
I knew what I wanted and did it till it was done
So i've been the dream that I wanted to be since day one!"
Well!
The nurse jumped back,
She'd never heard Lucy even talk,
'Specially words like that
She walked over to the door, and pulled it closed behind
Then Lucy blew a kiss to each one of her pictures
And she died.

Vermilion pt2 by slipknot. I'm a big slipknot fan and love the sound, but never thought much about the lyrics until i heard this song.

"she was everything to me, the unrequited dream. She's a myth that i have to believe in, all i need to make it real is one more reason. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do as she makes me sad."

cba to search for all the lyrics or type it all out lol

the best song in the universe

Perfect by nature
Icons of self indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that

Never was and never will be
Have you no shame? Don't you see me?
You know you've got everybody fooled

Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending
But now I know she:

Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled

Without the mask
Where will you hide?
Can't find yourself
Lost in your lies

I know the truth now
I know who you are
And I don't love you anymore

It never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled

It never was and never will be
You're not real and you can't see me
Somehow now you're everybody's fool