Radio 2 in the Park 2024

[Grace]

I like lyrics that mean something, and my favourite lyrics ever have to be from Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Carole King (my favourite versions are by Dusty Springfield and Amy Winehouse):

Tonight you're mine completely

You give your love so sweetly

Tonight the light of love is in your eyes

Will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure

Or just a moment's pleasure?

Can I believe the magic of your sighs?

Will you still love me tomorrow?

Tonight with words unspoken

You say that I'm the only one

But will my heart be broken

When the night meets the morning star?

I'd like to know that your love

Is love I can be sure of

So tell me now, cause I won't ask again

Will you still love me tomorrow?

Will you still love me tomorrow?

Bob Dylan’s Make You Feel My Love is also beautiful, but I’m not a fan of his voice, anyway:

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear

And there is no one there to dry your tears

I could hold you for a million years

To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

But I would never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue

I'd go crawling down the avenue

There's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rollin' sea

And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free

You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

Nothing that I wouldn't do

Go to the ends of the earth for you

To make you feel my love

I won’t post all the lyrics as this is getting long, but I’m actually in love with Summer, Highland Falls by Billy Joel. This is my favourite bit:

Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity

Our reason coexists with our insanity

And though we choose between reality and madness

It's either sadness or euphoria

How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies

Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies

And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives

With our respective similarities

It's either sadness or euphoria

On a lighter note, Kate Nash’s Stitching Leggings reminds me of myself a lot, especially:

Sometimes I think that you hate me,

Other times I think that you think I’m endearing,

Sometimes I just don’t know you at all,

Even though I’d like to think I was a bit of a know-it-all

That’s me, basically.

I can’t do this without quoting The Feeling, and this is my favourite line of theirs ever, from Spare Me:

Every time that I laugh though I really want to cry, you know.

Every time that I tell you I don’t care and I lie, you know.

Cos you’ve got everything on me, and I’ve got nothing on you,

And it terrifies me.

If you won’t play fairly, then spare me.

That's long enough, I expect. (Insert penis-related joke here)

[Mike]

Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCIZvKuehy4

Might not seem like the type of track to have such lyrics, but this track perfectly describes how i was feeling at the time of finding the record.

Do you ever question your life,

Do you ever wonder why?

Do you ever see in your dreams,

All the castles in the sky.

Oh tell me why, do we build castles in the sky

Oh tell me why, all the castles way up high,

Please tell me why, do we build castles in the sky

Oh tell me why, all the castles way up high.

[Catherine.]

How could I forget Colin Hay? :S

(First heard on Scrubs )

Overkill.

I can't get to sleep

I think about the implications

Of diving in too deep

And possibly the complications

Especially at night

I worry over situations

I know I'll be alright

Perhaps it's just imagination

Day after day it reappears

Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear

Ghosts appear and fade away

Alone between the sheets

Only brings exasperation

It's time to walk the streets

Smell the desperation

At least there's pretty lights

And though there's little variation

It nullifies the night from overkill

Day after day it reappears

Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear

Ghosts appear and fade away

Come back another day

I can't get to sleep

I think about the implications

Of diving in too deep

And possibly the complications

Especially at night

I worry over situations

I know I'll be alright

It's just overkill

Day after day it reappears

Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear

Ghosts appear and fade away

Ghosts appear and fade away

Ghosts appear and fade away

Especially the highlighted lines, classic.

[DaNNiP15]

Time after time - Elliot Minor

Another day, waking to the same old beat,

Counting doors, walking through the same old street,

Breathing in, breathing out the same,

Nothings changed, just imitating yesterday,

Counting down, all the opportunities,

Its down to one, now everything is falling on me,

Alarm bells, are warning me to do something nes,

Get away, Ive got to get away!!

I hear the sound of something new,

Give me the keys to unlock you,

Time after time,

And nothing has changed,

Day after day,

And we're still the same,

And now I feel,

That im gonna break, cos i just cannot wait,

To repeat yesterday...

Its just a game where you're the boss and Im just a slave,

You trap me in, and i just play to entertain,

And nothing more, so make your move and I'll be ok,

I try my best, but all you do is laugh in my face,

A gun shot..!

Will wake you up in the night,

You better run, or you will end up seeing the light,

My heart beat, is warning me to do something new,

Get away, I've got to get away!

[Danishgirl]

I like lyrics that mean something, and my favourite lyrics ever have to be from Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Carole King

Oh yes, they're really good too. By the way, that song always reminds of Dirty Dancing...

[callum]

"E's are Good, E's are Good

He's Ebeneezer Goode "

[cannebergesmith]

Someone posted Beatles lyrics so I'll take it I'm allowed to post something else that isn't contemporary in the least.

Split Enz - "Maybe"

And if you all had rooms

Would you still have room for me?

Making the way for you

And the dear ol' family tree

Like a stormy sky, it's a sad song

It's just a point of view, but a true song

And if you all looked up

Would you still look down on me?

I'm just a country boy

Can't you see that I'm still green?

Raising finance for the day we meet

And gazing headlong down some empty street

Maybe she'll come along

Sweep me right off my feet

Maybe, please don't be long

I need all the help I can get

Maybe we'll get it on

Ooh - la - la

And when the day breaks

In our stately home we'll sit

Remembering the days

Before our hearts were set

Hoping is not enough to live upon

Such a far far cry

I can't go wrong

Maybe she'll come along

Sweep me right off my feet

Maybe, please don't be long

I need all the help I can get

Maybe we'll get it on

li - li - li- la -de - de - di etc.

This is early Split Enz, from 1975, and odd though this choice may be, I really love this song - I think it's a brilliant depiction of being young and uncertain about the future (but retaining some hope).

[Catherine.]

You can post whatever lyrics you like here

[Bumble_85]

I'm your only friend

I'm not your only friend

But I'm a little glowing friend

But really I'm not actually your friend

But I am

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul

[DaNNiP15]

Folkin Around - Panic at the disco

Allow me to exaggerate a memory or two

Where summer's lasted longer than

Well longer than we do

When nothing really mattered

Except for me to be with you

But in time we all forgotten

We all grew

Your melody sounds as sweet

As the first time it was sung

With a little bit more character for show

And by the time your father's heard

Of all the wrong you've done

And I'm putting out the lantern

Find your own way back home

I've forgotten how to sing

Before I sung this song

I'll write it all across this wall

Before my job is done

And I'll even have the courtesy

Of admitting I was wrong

As the final words before I'm dead and gone

You've never been so divine

In accepting your defeat

And I've never been more scared to be alone

If love is not enough to put my enemies to sleep

Then I'm putting out the lantern

Find your own way back home

[Bumble_85]

Without a second thought you found the words to explain me,

Without a second look you tried to open my mind,

Well I know that you are waiting and your patience is failing,

But I know that I’ll get there in a matter of time

Delays - Hideaway

[Catherine.]

I can relate to these lyrics - even if they aren't by the most credible band :/

Stab My Back - The All-American Rejects

Now we're broken on the floor

She just wants me to share her

It hasn't been this way before

She just wants me to dare her

The phone rings

And she screams

Stab my back

It's better when I bleed for you

You walk on me

It never was enough to do

I can't get past her

Falling fast

It's true

It hasn't done a lot for you

And every time he held you close

Yeah, were you thinking of me

When I needed you the most

Well I hope that you're happy

The phone rings

And she screams

Stab my back

It's better when I bleed for you

You walk on me

It never was enough to do

I can't get past her

Falling fast

It's true

It's better when I bleed for you

I hope that love he gave you

Was just enough to save you

You nearly broke my heart

Just look at what you're tearing apart

Stab my back

It's better when I bleed for you

You walk on me

It never was enough to do

I can't get past her

Falling fast

It's true

It hasn't done a lot for you

It's better when I bleed for you

It never was enough to do

It hasn't done a lot for you

[Lucinda]

I listen to All American Rejects quite a lot. It's what my friends call my "teenage music" (in a negative sense) but I don't care. They have some very true lyrics.

The following lyrics from the song Anyone Else But You from the film Juno mean a lot to me:

You're a part-time lover and a full-time friend

The monkey on your back is the latest trend

I don't see what anyone can see

In anyone else but you

Here is the church and here is the steeple

We sure are cute for two ugly people

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you

I love it at the end of the film when Michael Cera and Ellen Page play it and sing it together. The DVD is out in a few weeks, yay!

[FreakaZoid101]

I listen to All American Rejects quite a lot. It's what my friends call my "teenage music" (in a negative sense) but I don't care. They have some very true lyrics.

The following lyrics from the song Anyone Else But You from the film Juno mean a lot to me:

I love it at the end of the film when Michael Cera and Ellen Page play it and sing it together. The DVD is out in a few weeks, yay!

I love that song! It's gorgeous. I also can't wait for the DVD. That movie had such a good soundtrack. I was the only one of my friends who liked it. I saw it about 6 times in the cinema... and cried every time. I don't cry at movies. It was that good.

[Catherine.]

Juno is such a good film, really quirky. Ellen Page is a great actress.

[Lucinda]

I'm listening to the soundtrack right now. It's got 2 songs by Belle & Sebastian on it, all the songs on it are great. I love Belle & Sebastian. I went to see Juno with all my housemates (the only thing we've done all together, like, ever) and only me and one of the guys really liked it. I think you either love it or just don't quite get it. I can't wait to see it again, I've asked my parents to get it for my birthday.

On another note, anyone heard the song No Social by The Shortwave Set? Saw them live yesterday, they only had time for 4 songs but they were good. Kind of acoustic/electro.

Because everyone knows that a dog dressed in clothes is still a dog

Very true...

[Guest CancerForTheCure]

I listen to All American Rejects quite a lot. It's what my friends call my "teenage music" (in a negative sense) but I don't care. They have some very true lyrics.

The following lyrics from the song Anyone Else But You from the film Juno mean a lot to me:

I love it at the end of the film when Michael Cera and Ellen Page play it and sing it together. The DVD is out in a few weeks, yay!

The Moldy Peaches really do have some great and really unique lyrics. Well, most of the time...

[DC]

oasis - cast no shadow

Here's a thought for every man

Who tries to understand what is in his hands

He walks along the open road of Love & Life

surviving if he can

Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say

Chained to all the places that he never wished to say

Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say

and as faced the sun he cast no shadow

As they took his soul they stole his pride

As they took his soul they stole his pride

As they took his soul they stole his pride

Here's a thought for every man

Who tries to understand what is in his hands

He walks along the open road of Love & Life

surviving if he can

Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say

Chained to all the places that he never wished to say

Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say

and as faced the sun he cast no shadow

As they took his soul they stole his pride

As they took his soul they stole his pride

As they took his soul they stole his pride

And as he faced the sun he cast no shadow

sang about richard ashcroft don't y'know.

[Lucinda]

I love these lyrics from Interpol - Slow Hands. I don't know why, I don't even like any of Interpol's other songs, they all sound the same. I really like this verse though.

I submit my incentive is romance

I watched the pole dance of the stars

We rejoice because the hurting is so painless

From the distance of passing cars

But I am married to your charms & grace

I just go crazy like the good old days

You make me want to pick up a guitar

And celebrate the myriad ways that I love you

[DaNNiP15]

Hear you me - Jimmy eat world

There's no one in town I know

You gave us some place to go.

I never said thank you for that.

I thought I might get one more chance.

What would you think of me now,

so lucky, so strong, so proud?

I never said thank you for that,

now I'll never have a chance.

May angels lead you in.

Hear you me my friends.

On sleepless roads the sleepless go.

May angels lead you in.

So what would you think of me now,

so lucky, so strong, so proud?

I never said thank you for that,

now I'll never have a chance.

May angels lead you in.

Hear you me my friends.

On sleepless roads the sleepless go.

May angels lead you in.

May angels lead you in.

May angels lead you in.

And if you were with me tonight,

I'd sing to you just one more time.

A song for a heart so big,

god wouldn't let it live.

May angels lead you in.

Hear you me my friends.

On sleepless roads the sleepless go.

May angels lead you in.

May angels lead you in.

Hear you me my friends.

On sleepless roads the sleepless go.

May angels lead you in.

May angels lead you in.

[Guest]

Faster by Manic Street Preachers

I am an architect, they call me a butcher

I am a pioneer, they call me primitive

I am purity, they call me perverted

Holding you but I only miss these things when they leave

I am idiot drug hive, the virgin, the tattered and the torn

Life is for the cold made warm and they are just lizards

Self-disgust is self-obsession honey and I do as I please

A morality obedient, only to the cleansed repented

I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer

I spat out Plath and Pinter

I am all the things that you regret

A truth that washes that learnt how to spell

The first time you see yourself naked you cry

Soft skin now acne, foul breath, so broken

He loves me truly this mute solitude I'm draining

I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing

Sleep can't hide the thoughts splitting through my mind

Shadows aren't clean, false mirrors too many people awake

If you stand up like a nail then you will be knocked down

I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else

I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer

I spat out Plath and Pinter

I am all the things that you regret

A truth that washes that learnt how to spell, learnt to spell

So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything

So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything

So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything

So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything

[Lucinda]

I like that song Serin, I just never worked out most of the words beyond "I am an architect". Thanks for posting the lyrics.

[Guest]

The song is allegedly about the experiences of a person refusing to eat possibly in protest but not necessarily because of anorexia or as a result of impaired body image. 'Faster' in this case being noun as opposed to adverb, which is the usual interpretation upon hearing the lyrics sung and the pace of the music.

Richey James had also written '4st 7lb' on The Holy Bible which is obviously about anorexia.

[dstrkzn]

Im Serious as cancer when i say rhythm is a dancer.

[Catherine.]

Nice one Mark

Heard this on Colin's show the other night, really made me think.

This is a letter from God to Man.

It says:

</pre>Hey there.

How's it going?

Long

Time

No

See.

I know I haven't been around much lately, but it didn't seem like you wanted me to be.

the last time I sent down a message, you nailed it to a cross.

So I figured I'd just leave you to it and let you be your own boss.

But I've been keeping an eye on you, I have. And it's amazing how you've grown.

All your technological advances and the problems you've overthrown.

All the beautiful art you've created with such grace and such finesse.

But I must admit there are a few things that, I'm afraid, Have impressed me less.

So I'm writing to apologise for all the horrors committed in my name.

Although it was never what I intended I feel I should take my share of the blame.

A lot of the good I tried to do was corrupted when organised religion got into full swing.

What I thought were quite clear messages were taken to unusual extremes.

My teachings were taken out of context to meet the agenda of others.

Interpretations were taken in many different ways and hidden meanings 'discovered.'

Religion became a tool for the weak to control the strong.

With all these new morals and ethics survival of the fittest was gone.

No longer could the biggest man simply take what ever he needed,

Because damnation was the price if certain rules were not heeded.

Some of the deeds committed in my name just make me wonder where I went wrong.

Back at the start when I 'created' all of this, the foundations seemed so strong.

See all the elements were already here long before I began.

I just kind of put them all together. I didn't really think out a long term plan.

I made the sun an appropriate distance and laid the starts across the sky,

So you could navigate this globe or watch the sunrise.

I covered the earth with plants and fruits, some for sustenance and some for beauty.

And made the sun shine and clouds rain so that maintenance wasn't your duty.

I tried to give each creature its own attributes. But without making them enveloped.

I gave you all space to grow and, in your own way, space to develop.

I didn't know that such development would cause rifts and jealousy.

Cause you to war against each other and leave marks on this planet indelibly.

You see, I wasn't the creator, more the curator of nature.

And I want to set things straight with homosexuals right now; I don't hate ya.

I was a simple being that happened to be the first to yield such powers.

But I just laid the ground. It was You that built the towers.

It was You that invented bombs and fear that comes with them.

It was You that invented money, and corrupt economic systems.

You invented terms like 'just wars' and terms like 'friendly fire,'

And it was You that didn't know when to stop digging deeper and when to stop building higher.

It was You that exhausted the resources I carefully laid out on this earth,

And it was You that even saw these problems coming but accredited them little worth.

It was You that used my teachings for your own personal gain

And it was You that committed such tragedies, even if they were in my name.

So i apologise for any mistakes I made and for when my words were misconstrued,

But this apology is to Mother Nature because I created you.

Dan Le Sac V Scroobius Pip

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