The Cheerful Lyrics thread

[Spiff]

From "Love Beyond Words" by Spock's Beard:

I see a boy who watched his father
Be beat to death right on the living room floor
As he watched through the door
You watched through the door

Feel free to contribute with lyrics from your own favourite cheerful songs!

 

[Shannow]

Pretty predictable this one

Laid out cold
Now we're both alone
But killing you helped me keep you home
I guess it was bad
Cause love can be sad
But we finally make the news

 

[spawn]

From "Cast Down" by Slayer ( )

Despair, emptiness
See the hatred wasted on yourself
Face down taste the dust; it's getting harder everyday
Just to find a reason not to end it all yourself
Suicide on the street
Everywhere around you watch it breed
It begins to bury you in self-induced rejection

 

[Goreripper]

You want cheerful? You want happy? Try these on for size:

"Mother will you take me down?
I have become so afraid
Mother please, please take me down
Sorry, your boy is not brave

Child just hold on. Night will soon be gone
Sleep if you can. But watch your father's hand

We do not want you. No-body loves you
Father of the dark. Tonight will greet you

God in heaven, can you hear me
Help me Oh Lord. They're coming for me
Mother warned me. Father scorned me
Oh my God No. Now I hear him

I claim your life on this night
within sight of your own God

The silence, the waiting then the pain
Oh child, sleep will be here soon
Your life has only ever been shame
And so young boy, my hand brings doom

Child, won't you awake. Father has gone
Child, please come awake. Please my tiny son"

 

[Spiff]

What's that song, Gorey?

 

[Goreripper]

"The Dreadful Hours" by My Dying Bride. Perhaps one of the most terrifyingly depressing songs of all time.

 

[Spiff]

Here's a nice song. It's from Patsy Bisco. Or maybe Anathema.

"One Last Goodbye"

How I needed you
How I grieve now you're gone
In my dreams I see you
I awake so alone

I know you didn't want to leave
Your heart yearned to stay
But the strength I always loved in you
Finally gave way

Somehow I knew you would leave me this way
Somehow I knew you could never stay
And in the early morning light
After a silent peaceful night
You took my heart away
And I grieve

In my dreams I can see you
I can tell you how I feel
In my dreams I can hold you
And it feels so real

I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love

Somehow I knew you could never, never stay
And somehow I knew you would leave me
And in the early morning light
After a silent peaceful night
You took my heart away
I wish, I wish you could have stayed

 

[Goreripper]

Wow. I think we're really going to need a cheerful lyric after some of these...

 

[Mark]

I was driving in my car the other night,
when all of a sudden had an awful fright,
a dog came running out from the right,
and smashed itself into my headlight!

Now it's dead,
and I'm so sad,
dead dog lying... DEAD!

-- 'Dead Dog Blues', Dead Friends/Yard Bastards/Lithium/Sea Above (or whatever else my band was called at the time)

 

[paddy]

dont stop! never give up, hold yer head high and reach the top! let the world see what you have got! bring it all back to you! dream of falling in love! anything you've been thinking of!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

We just figured out Blues Clues
We just figured out Blues Clues
We just figured out Blues Clues
Coz we're really smart

 

[phlogiston]

I went down to the Royal Mail bar room
Not too far from the centre of town
Well the drinks they were served as usual
And the usual crowd was around

On my left stood Joe McKennedy
His eyes they were blood shot and red
And he turned to the crowd around him
And these were the very words that he said

I went down to St James Infirmary
Saw my baby lying there
She was stretched out on a long white table
So sweet, so cold, and so bare

Oh let her go, let her go, God bless me
Yes where ever she may be
Cause you can search this wide world over
And you’ll never find a loving man like me

Oh when I die won’t you bury me
In a high topped Stetson hat
Put a gold chain in my watch fob
So the gang know that I died standing pat

I want six gamblers to be my pall barers
I want six women to sing me a song
Well put a jazz band on my hearse wagon
And we’ll raise hell as we go along

Now that you’ve heard my story
Won’t you take another shot of booze
And if anybody thinks to ask me
I’ll tell I’ve got those gambling blues

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

We're happy little Vegemites as bright as bright can be
We all enjoy our Vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea
Our mummy says we're growing stronger every single week
Because we love our Vegemite
We all enjoy our Vegemite
It puts a rose in every cheek
We're growing stronger every week

 

[phlogiston]

Aaahhh Trent. Always reliable.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

It did say "Cheerful"

 

[KoichCPA]

Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh what's becoming of me?
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh don't you see what I mean
Gotta get away
Holy Diver
Shiny diamonds
Like the eyes of a cat in the black and blue
Something is coming for you
Race for the morning
You can hide in the sun 'till you see the light
Oh we will pray it's all right
Gotta get away-get away
Between the velvet lies
There's a truth that's hard as steel
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel
Holy Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid
Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen

Dio lyrics always make me smile and laugh

 

[Spiff]

I was driving in my car the other night,
when all of a sudden had an awful fright,
a dog came running out from the right,
and smashed itself into my headlight!

That sounds like it could be from "Monster Mash".

 

[Wrathchild]

At the risk of humiliating myself by admitting that I like it:

"Do you remember, when you were seven?
And the only thing that you wanted to do
Was show your Mum that you could play the piano.
Ten years have passed, and the one thing that will last
Is that same old song that we played along, and made my Mama cry..."

I hope the poor kid gets better soon .

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and listen to Battery and prove that I haven't taken leave of my few remaining senses.

W

 

[The Amazer]

We're gonna take a walk outside today
Gonna see what we can find today
Gonna take a walk outside today
Gonna see what we can find today

On a pretty little farm, the sun comes up
On a curious cat and a pug-nosed pup
A brand new life outside the door
Follow your nose and go explore!

 

[KoichCPA]

milo and otis