Some of your favourite lyrics

[#1_Droogie]

When evening falls
She'll run to me
Like whispered dreams
Your eyes can't see

Soft and warm
She'll touch my face
A bed of straw
Against the lace

We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder

But life's not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me

Come the dawn

 

[Wyvern]

When evening falls
She'll run to me
Like whispered dreams
Your eyes can't see

Soft and warm
She'll touch my face
A bed of straw
Against the lace

We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder

But life's not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me

Come the dawn

'Catch The Rainbow' is a serious piece of art, and the live version makes my spine shivers.
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I'll play Bacchus for the evening,
pray, be seated, take your places
Should my manna seem displeasing,
offend your airs and graces,
I've a list long as your arm,
(The connoisseur's selection)
such bitter whines -a quaff of qualms,
awaiting your inspections

The bubbles burst - this aint sham-pain
I've watched hopes wither on the vine
The fruits of labours toiled in vain
I reap soul-grapes at harvest time.

Anno 1999 - a classic year for Vintage Whine.

Since it's drawn - I must sup the cellarage of sorrow
yet fate refills my tarnished cup each time i drain the dregs
Their poison cannot kill me - new strength from it i 'll borrow
my maudlin is a caudle that would fill a thousand kegs.

Here's one for the road - afore ye go
drink deep sweet lads and lasses
Those blighted crops you gladly sow
shall one day fill your glasses
Brood for decades - pure hate distilled
then bottled up much longer
Revenge - a draught i'll serve you chilled,
when time has made it stronger

Non-cordial - it's bile bouquet.
Laments ferment the patience schnapps
Cask full of mulled futile dismay
My well-aged-rage - you 've turned the taps

Anno 1999 - a classic year for Vintage Whine.

Since it's drawn - I must sup the cellarage of sorrow
yet fate refills my tarnished cup each time i drain the dregs
Their poison cannot kill me - new strength from it i 'll borrow
my maudlin is a caudle that would fill a thousand kegs.

Anno 1999 - a classic year for Vintage Whine.

NP: Fist - 'Turn The Hell On'

 

[deathxunlimited]

Colors diluted by the lies
And painted thick across the sky
Have seen all life whither and die
I gaze up at this forgery
Up at this dark grim tapestry
And mourn the world once promised me

Beneath this canvas monochrome
Wrapped in the shroud of this grey home
I'll paint a picture

Nothingness surrounding me
As far as any eye can see
This doesn't really have to be
I, deeply from the colors, drink
Feel them warming, filling me
The comfort that I need so desperately

Beneath this canvas monochrome
Wrapped in the shroud of this grey home
I'll paint a picture all my own

So blind beneath this canopy
So still in lifeless scenery
So pale within this shadow over me
The grey no longer satisfies
The colors neutral to these eyes
I long again to see the sky
I search to find a brighter side
With eyes so frail against the light
Which seems at times to burn me from inside
The grey no longer satisfies
The colors neutral to these eyes
I long again to see the sky

Colors diluted by the lies
And painted thick across the sky
Have seen all life whither and die
I gaze upon this forgery
Up at this dark grim tapestry
And mourn the world once promised me

Beneath this canvas monochrome
Wrapped in the shroud of this grey home
I'll paint a picture all my own

I love that song so much (Anacrusis - Paint A Picture)

that song kicks ass, i didn't think anyone still liked those guys. they put out some great shit. if you like them you should check out the band Stone from Finland. good stuff

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

MAN OF GOD AND DIGNITY
STANDS SO TALL AND PROUD
AMIDST A FLOCK OF MINDLESS SHEEP
AFRAID TO BLEAT OUT LOUD

A HUNGRY WOLF IN CLEVER GUISE
HE FEEDS UPON THE WEAK
THERE HE HAS THEM HYPNOTIZED
LIKE SO MANY EMPTY SEATS

WHAT'S THIS I SEE ON MY TV?
STOMPING ALL AROUND
IT'S SCREAMING HEAD IS TURNING RED
AND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH

I MUST INSIST, IT CAN'T COME TO THIS!
I JUST CANNOT BEAR TO SEE
ONE MORE DRUGSTORE EVANGELIST
INVADING MY TV!

OH YE ALMIGHTY BIBLE THUMPERS
SO HOLIER THAN THOU
MONEY GRUBBING SEWAGE DUMPERS
SPEWING AT THE MOUTH

(chorus)
HE'S JUST PREACHING FOR A PROFIT
ALWAYS REACHING FOR THE POCKET
TURNING SACRED MINISTRIES
INTO BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRIES

LYING! CHEATING! SO DECEIVING
DEFINE MORALITY!
TEMPERS STEAMING, ALWAYS SCREAMING,
"THAT'S OBSCENITY!"

SO HERE YOU STAND, A POMPOUS ASS
AND CONDEMN ME FOR MY DEEDS.
WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO PASS
YOUR JUDGEMENT OFF ON ME?

I'D LIKE TO KNOW JUST WHO YOU ARE
TO SAY WHATS RIGHT FOR ME.
HERE'S JESUS CHRIST, OUR SUPERSTAR,
TO PROCLAIM MORALITY.

I SEE YOU PREACH OF LUST AND GREED
I HEAR EVERYTHING YOU SAY
JUST ONE QUESTION OCCURS TO ME
WHO DIED AND MADE YOU GOD TODAY?

(chorus)
HE'S JUST PREACHING FOR A PROFIT
ALWAYS REACHING FOR THE POCKET
TURNING SACRED MINISTRIES
INTO BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRIES

FOR ALL YOUR SINS MUST YOU ATONE
BY CONDEMNING SOMEONE ELSE?
IF YOU'LL BE FIRST TO CAST THE STONE
THEN CAST IT AT YOUR SELF!

(acoustical bridge)
A MAN OF GOD
ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT,
COULD BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WIFE.
BUT THE LITTLE SNOT
GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT
IN SOMEONE ELSES' PIE.

ONCE CARNAL LUST HAS TURNED TO GREED
ONE'S SELDOM SATISFIED.
SO HE FULLFILS HIS INNER NEEDS
WITH A LITTLE ON THE SIDE.

YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD FEED IN SECRECY,
BUT SLUGS LEAVE SLIMY TRAILS.
THAT SOMETIMES LEAD TO SLEAZY SCENES
IN CHEAP ONE NIGHT MOTELS.

(acoustical bridge)
WHERE WERE YOU LATE LAST NIGHT?
YOU WEREN'T FAITHFUL TO YOUR WIFE
DID SHE SUCK FOR
TWENTY BUCKS?
OR DID FORTY BUY THE RIDE?

MAN OF GOD, YOU BROKE YOUR TRUST
NOW YOU MUST CONFESS.
YOU'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN CARNAL LUST
AND PLEASURES OF THE FLESH.

THERE YOU STAND, AN ABOMINATION
BEFORE YOUR CONGREGATION.
HEAD HUNG LOW IN DEGRADATION
PLEADING FOR SALVATION.

"FORGIVE ME ALL, FOR I HAVE SINNED,"
AS TEARS FILL UP HIS EYES.
"I'LL NOT LET YOU DOWN AGAIN."
THE LITTLE DEVIL CRIES.

 

[#1_Droogie]

that song kicks ass, i didn't think anyone still liked those guys. they put out some great shit. if you like them you should check out the band Stone from Finland. good stuff

I love Stone. Roope's the man

 

[#1_Droogie]

'Catch The Rainbow' is a serious piece of art, and the live version makes my spine shivers.

That would be beautiful....is there any particular (if more than one) live version I should get? I would love to hear that.

 

[Wyvern]

That would be beautiful....is there any particular (if more than one) live version I should get? I would love to hear that.

The one I know comes in "On Stage" also one of the best live albums in rock IMO.
Also comes in "Live In Germany 1976", but both albums are from the same tour so the setlist is basically identical, only the first one is a 2-CD.

 

[Break Zero]

One of my favorite albums lyrically is Dark Angels "Time Does Not Heal". All the lyrics are so well written and powerful. Particularly "An Ancient Inherited Shame":

Femininity, a sacred life
My goals and dreams achieved, or soon they might
Unintruded being, innocent
Young, with a hopeful future to be spent

I can't believe my idiocy
You came along with your invasion
Your act of violence not of lust
Upon me...

Racing through these darkened streets at night
Fleeing from this terror that haunts me
I am chosen, this can't be right
The pain that your thrust brings

I don't want your flesh
I'm not your whore
But you want my blood
I'm not a whore
Trapped down here inside
A nightmare that's become reality
A heinous violation
Of my humanity

Right before my eyes I see my world
Fractured so precise by one so cold
Through your veins run ice, I beg of thee
As I lie paralyzed please let me be

From within your soul I stare
I don't think I'll live to see this end
You'll reign eternally through my nightmares
If I ever sleep again

The hatred directed at me 'cause of what I am
Is as chilling as the defilement itself
I wonder, what kind of beast is man?
What emotions are and not felt?

I don't want your flesh
I'm not your whore
But you want my blood
I'm not a whore
I can't even comprehend
Why this act has come to be
Proven time and time again
The ultimate sadistic release

This violent form of incarceration
Trapped by savagery, helpless I lie
I refuse this indoctrination
Though you shatter this inner sanctum of mine

An ancient inherited shame
Bonding women and horror
Outlasting the boundaries of time
Enslaved forevermore

Inherent crimes
Through generations has become
A terror cycle...

You can't see me but you feel me
You only want what you don't understand
You can't have me so you take me
Forever scarred where you've stamped your brand

You look in my eyes and you tell me
What do you see?
Of this I'm deserving?

You can't see me but you feel me
You only want what you don't understhand
You can't have me so you take me
Forever scarred where you've stamped your brand

You need to crush me with your lividity
Does this make you feel more like a man
You can't have me, so you rape me
My innocence strangled by your hand

This must be necrophilia, for I am dead inside
Your violent misogyny, your strength drowns my cries
In shock, I'm crippled with disbelief
This can't be happening to me
Oh god, this hurts, I'm bleeding from friction
"Unconcious" I'm pleading to be...

You cannot imagine the anger I feel
Nor can you imagine the pain and despair
This double jeopardy soon happens again
When they scrape me for semen and hair
My mind is frozen with your face intact
This atrocity from which I haven't been spared
From now on, I'll only know lovemaking through
An act of intense terror

The malevolence which pours over me
You fill me with your rage
It's mortifying, diabolical,
Controlling through this stage
I struggle to cope with what's happening
I'm praying for my death
I've done nothing wrong, I've been victimized
So I'll pray for yours instead

The physical torment inflicted on me
Is insufferable but it doesn't compare
To your terrible criminal mentality
And the scars I'll forever bear
To live through this brutal show of force
Will cause me years of torment and grief
Awaiting this misery to run its course
As I scream out innocent pleas

This violent form of incarceration
Trapped by savagery, helpless I lie
I refuse this indoctrination
Though you shatter this inner sanctum of mine

An ancient inherited shame
Bonding women and horror
Outlasting the boundaries of time
Enslaved forevermore

I will force myself to carry on
And vengeance will be ultimately mine
If you are not imprisoned soon
By my hands you will die...

I don't what your flesh
I'm not your whore
But you wnat my blood
I'm not a whore
Through rape you've created me
A victim not above revenge
A churning, seething mass of hate
But you haven't conquered my soul

 

[#1_Droogie]

The one I know comes in "On Stage" also one of the best live albums in rock IMO.
Also comes in "Live In Germany 1976", but both albums are from the same tour so the setlist is basically identical, only the first one is a 2-CD.

Awesome, thanks Wyvern. I'll probably be getting one of the two.

 

[Wyvern]

Awesome, thanks Wyvern. I'll probably be getting one of the two.

No sweat. "On Stage" was among the earliest CDs I had and among the first of Rainbow and on both counts still kick as much ass as it did when i first bought it.

Curious note: my actual copy is the second one. The first was damage by some weird "worm" that attacks old CDs eating out the aluminum layer and rendable them useless. My original copy got damaged at the end of the last rack so I had to purchase it again. I have some other CDs attacked by the "worm" but no one had been damaged on the tracks yet.

NP: Axe - 'Video Inspiration'