Lyrical Sense

Musical lyrics are not to be taken lightly.
In many of these songs that we shake, jive and sway to – lie deep and meaningful words of wisdom…
Profound points of view that both inspire and titillate the senses.
Allow me to be your guide on this wondrous journey.

Enigma tops my list since I believe they weave music around philosophy that has roots in theology and myth. Micheal Cretu’s a genius!

Lets examine a few:

Motivation

Push the limits:

Basic instincts, social life.
Paradoxes side by side
Don’t submit to stupid rules
Be yourself and not a fool.
Don’t accept average habits
Open your heart and push the limits.

Age of Loneliness (Carly’s Song)

Carly, don’t be sad Life is crazy, life is mad Don’t be afraid Carly, don’t be sad That’s your destiny, the only chance Take it, take it in your hands

Beyond the Invisible

I look into the mirror
See myself, I’m over me
I need space for my desires
Have to dive into my fantasies
I know as soon as I’ll arrive
Everything is possible…
Cause no one has to hide
Beyond the invisible

Close your eyes…
Just feel and realize
It is real and not a dream
I’m in you and you’re in me
It is time
To break the chains of life
If you follow you will see
What’s beyond reality

Close your eyes…
Just feel and realize
It is real and not a dream
I’m in you and you’re in me
It is time
To break the chains of life
If you follow you will see
What’s beyond reality
Close your eyes…
Just feel and realize
It is real and not a dream
I’m in you and you’re in me
It is time
To break the chains of life
If you follow you will see
What’s beyond reality

Theo-Philosophy

Rivers of Belief:

 

If you believe in light, it’s because of obscurity If you believe in joy, it’s because of sadness And if you believe in God, it’s because of the devil

Return to Innocence

Love – Devotion
Feeling – Emotion
Don’t be afraid to be weak
Don’t be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart, my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.

And if you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself, don’t hide
Just believe in destiny.
Don’t care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don’t give up, and use the chance
To return to innocence.
That’s not the beginning of the end
That’s the return to yourself
The return to innocence.

Odyssey Of The Mind

There’s no teacher who can teach anything new.
He can just help us to understand the things we always knew.

There are other artists as well whose lyrics are full of wisdom. Dj Tiesto’s Just Be for instance – makes a LOT of sense. It talks about finding harmony with who you are and coming to terms with it. Read on…

You can travel the world …

but you can’t run away from the person you are in your heart

you can be who you want to be

…make us believe in you…
…keep all your light in the dark
if your searching for truth
you must look in the mirror and make sense of what you can see…
just be

they say learning to love yourself
is the first step that you take when you want to be real …

and flying on planes to exotic locations won’t teach you how you really feel…

face up to the fact that you are who you are and nothing can change that belief just be

John Lenon’s timeless classic – Imagine - is another soulful, food for thought type poem which suggests a counter measure to all the violence and ill in the world.

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people

Living for today…

Imagine there’s no countries

It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too

Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

No song list would be complete without the mention of the masterpiece by Baz Luhrmann – The Sunscreen Song or the Suncreen Monologue song as its also popularly known as. This is an insightful look at the lives we lead and ways to live less complicated, more happy, more enriched lives…

Ladies and gentleman
to the class of ‘97
wear sunscreen
if I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it
the long term benefits of sunscreen have been proven by scientists
whereas the rest of my advice
has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now…

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth
…never mind
you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth
until they’ve faded
but trust me
in twenty years you’ll look back at photos of yourself
you’ll recall in a way you can’t grasp now
how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous
you really looked
you are not as fat as you imagined

don’t worry about the future
or worry and know that worrying is about as effective as
trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum
the real troubles in your life
are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind
the kind that blind sides you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday
do one thing everyday that scares you
sing
don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts
don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
floss
don’t waste your time on jealousy
sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind
the race is long
and in the end its only with yourself
remember the compliments you receive
forget the insults
if you succeed in doing this, tell me how
keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements
stretch
don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what to do with your life
the most interesting people i know didn’t know at 22
what they wanted to do with their lives
some of the most interesting 40 year olds i know still don’t
get plenty of calcium
be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t
maybe you’ll have kids, maybe you won’t
maybe you’ll divorce at 40
maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75 wedding anniversary
whatever you do
don’t congratulate yourself too much
or berate yourself either
your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s
enjoy your body
use it every way you can
don’t be afraid of it or what other people think of it
it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own
dance
even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room
read the directions, even if you don’t follow them
do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly

Brother and sister
together we will make it through
Some day a spirit will take you
and guide you there
I know you’ve been hurting
but I’ve been waiting to be there for you
and I’ll be there just helping you out
whenever I can

Get to know your parents
you never know when they’ll be gone for good
be nice to your siblings
they’re your best link to your past
and the people most likely to stick with you in the future
understand that friends come and go
but with a precious few they should hold on
work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle
where as the older you get the more you need the people you knew
when you were young
live in New York City once
but leave before it makes you hard
live in northern California once
but leave before it makes you soft
travel
accept certain inalienable truths
prices will rise
politicians will philander
you too will get old and when you do
you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable
politicians were noble and children respected their elders
respect your elders
don’t expect anyone else to support you
maybe you’ll have a trust fund
maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse
but you never know when either one might run out
don’t mess too much with your hair
or by the time your 40 it will look 85
be careful whose advice you buy
but be patient with those who supply it
advice is a form of nostalgia
dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal
wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts
and recycling it for more than it’s worth
but trust me – on the sunscreen

Ok, enough of this deep stuff. Let me change the mood to romance – a subject of much interest in which I have a high level of emotional involvement possibly since I’m a hapless romantic at heart -part of the many flaws of being an Aquarian I guess…

I’d like to start this with the Iconic Love Ballad - Annie’s Song by John Denver

You fill up me senses like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses come fill me again.

Come let me love you, let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you
Come let me love you, come love me again.

…Let me give my life to you Come let me love you, come love me again.

Another delightful love sonnet is Joe Cocker’s - You are so beautiful

You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me
Can’t you see
Your everything I hoped for
Your everything I need
You are so beautiful to me
Such joy and happiness you bring

Such joy and happiness you bring

Like a dream

A guiding light that shines in the night

Heavens gift to me
You are so beautiful to me

Another beautiful love ballad is by Lighthouse Family – Lost in Space - used in the motion picture soundtrack for the film Lost in Space

Sometimes I get tired of this me first attitude
You are the one thing that keeps me smiling

Thats why Im always wishing hard for you

cause your life shines so bright

I dont feel no solitude
You are my first star at night

Id be lost in space without you
And Ill never lose my faith in you

How will I ever get to heaven, if I do
Feels just so fine
When we touch the sky me and you
This is my idea of heaven
Why cant it always be so good
But its alright, I know youre out there

Doing what youve gotta do
You are my soul satellite
Id be lost in space without you

And Ill never lose my faith in you

How will I ever get to heaven, if I do

And Ill never lose my faith in you
How will I ever get to heaven, if I do
And Ill never lose my faith in you
And Ill never lose my faith in you

Another soulful, upbeat love song that I love singing when cruising down the freeway is Dido’s - Here with me.
This song was used in the open credits theme of the hit TV show – Roswell.

I didn’t hear you leave
I wonder how am I still here
I don’t want to move a thing

It might change my memory

Oh I am what I am
Ill do what I want
But I cant hide

I wont go

I wont sleep

I cant breathe
Until you’re resting here with me

I wont leave
I cant hide
I cannot be
Until your resting here with me

I don’t want to call my friends

They might wake me from this dream
And I cant leave this bed

Risk forgetting all thats been
Oh I am what I am
Ill do what I want
But I cant hide

I wont go
I wont sleep

I cant breathe
Until you’re resting here with me
I wont leave
I cant hide

I cannot be

Until your resting here with me

Another Dido mellow track is White Flag which has a striking intro violin note that sets the mood and pace of the song. The video features David Boreanaz of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel fame.

I know you think that I shouldn’t still love you
Or tell you that
But if I didn’t say it
Well, I’d still have felt it
Where’s the sense in that?

I promise I’m not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were but

I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be

I know I left too much mess
And destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can’t talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of “It’s over”
Then I’m sure that that makes sense

But I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be

And when we meet
Which I’m sure we will
all that was there
Will be there still
I’ll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I’ve moved on

I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be