Magus' Melancholia 2002, the Great Depression - By special request!!

[Lord Magus]

Ok.. since somebody asked me to throw it up..

Those of you who know the drill know what to do, those of you that don't..
This is a thread to post lyrics to songs that you find depressing or "blue", as Slash once said, "Music to slit your wrists to". I'm gonna alter the format slightly though, before posting the lyrics make sure you have the Artist, Album, and title.. there were a lot of songs I liked the lyrics to but had no clue where to get them, so now I want to make sure you screwup's fill out my shopping list properly.

We'll start with the banner of my moodiness, 'cause I can't think of anything new at the moment

Twisted Sister
Stay Hungry
The Price:



HOW LONG I HAVE WANTED
THIS DREAM TO COME TRUE
AND AS IT APPROACHES
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THROUGH

I'VE TRIED,
OH, HOW I'VE TRIED
FOR A LIFE, YES A LIFE
I THOUGHT I KNEW



OH IT'S THE PRICE WE GOTTA PAY
AND ALL THE GAMES WE GOTTA PLAY
MAKES ME WONDER IF IT'S WORTH IT TO CARRY ON

'CAUSE IT'S A GAME WE GOTTA LOSE,
THOUGH IT'S A LIFE WE GOTTA CHOOSE
AND THE PRICE IS OUR OWN LIFE UNTIL IT'S DONE



TIME SEEMS TO HAVE FROZEN,
BUT THE MIND CAN BE FOOLED
AS THE DAYS PASS I DISCOVER
DESTINY JUST CAN'T BE RULED

HARD TIMES,
OH HARD TIMES,
FOR THE PRIZE, YES THE PRIZE,
I THOUGHT I KNEW



OH IT'S THE PRICE WE GOTTA PAY
AND ALL THE GAMES WE GOTTA PLAY
MAKES ME WONDER IF IT'S WORTH IT TO CARRY ON

'CAUSE IT'S A GAME WE GOTTA LOSE,
THOUGH IT'S A LIFE WE GOTTA CHOOSE
AND THE PRICE IS OUR OWN LIFE UNTIL IT'S DONE



OH IT'S THE PRICE WE GOTTA PAY
AND ALL THE GAMES WE GOTTA PLAY
MAKES ME WONDER IF IT'S WORTH IT TO CARRY ON

'CAUSE IT'S A GAME WE GOTTA LOSE,
THOUGH IT'S A LIFE WE GOTTA CHOOSE
AND THE PRICE IS OUR OWN LIFE UNTIL IT'S DONE



OH IT'S THE PRICE WE GOTTA PAY
AND ALL THE GAMES WE GOTTA PLAY
MAKES ME WONDER IF IT'S WORTH IT TO CARRY ON

'CAUSE IT'S A GAME WE GOTTA LOSE,
THOUGH IT'S A LIFE WE GOTTA CHOOSE
AND THE PRICE IS OUR OWN LIFE UNTIL IT'S DONE



Edited By Lord Magus on Jan. 24 2002 at 3:35

[Spitfire]

no happy songs? I'm baffled...

<center>The Down Town
(Days of the New)

I know a town where people are running
Away from life it seems very funny
They think they are smart
don't doubt what they say
Scared of a change
existing only

To bring me down

Thought less in heart, desperate in honesty
Failed from the start, wasted and suffering
Supply them their drugs, just don't take them away
Scared of a change, existing only

To bring me down

I don't feel like I should even worry about you
But I take the time and you push me away
I don't care too much no more
I always seem to waste my breath
Go my own way</center>

<center><font color=red>Mourning
(Tantric)

Is there something that
You are trying to say
Don't hold back now
It's been a long time
Since I felt this way
So don't hold back now

I purposely forgot about
Loving anyone
'Cause I'm the
Only one who has
Who has been stepped upon

Is there something that
You are trying to say
'Cause I can take it
'Cause I grew up
A man this way
And if I'm hurt I'll shake it

I'll crawl back into my cave
That's how I'll make it
'Cause out of
All this hurt we have
Beauty thus become
Beauty thus become

In the mourning
I can see the sights
No wonder I could
Never keep you satisfied
In the mourning
I can see inside
Myself and all the things
That you were trying to hide
(Repeat)

Wishing all the best for you
And now I will say goodbye
'Cause all the shit that
We've been through
Put wisdom in my eyes

So walk away
Don't turn around
'Cause I won't
Be standing here
'Cause all the lies that
I've been living through
Are becoming very clear
And beauty thus become

In the mourning
I can see the sights
No wonder I could
Never keep you satisfied
In the mourning
I can see inside
Myself and all the things
That you were trying to hide

Then you conned me
Into thinking
That all I had was you
The small insinuations
Were cutting me through
Cutting me through

And now I stand alone here
Stronger than before
And I'll never go back
Never go back
Never go

In the mourning
I can see the sights
No wonder I could
Never keep you satisfied
In the mourning
I can see inside
Myself and all the things
That you were trying to hide
(Repeat)</font color=red></center>

[Sean Cold]

well, i figured that only you could start this one up so I asked ya to!

I cannot take the take, your condition was nod awake
A selfish cryer, boldface liar, robbing all of what
you could take in
Stabbed towards a death, a dirty smelling girl
Shit decisions, no provisions, filling veins with juice
of chaos

(Chorus)
Painted face, olive drab, swollen hole, empty bag,
sunken eyes, whining dog, it's times like this
you should pray for never
I broke your fucking mold, then threw away the
cast, new religion and new provisions, it's amazing
you're alive

Drop the needle and stop what you're changing into
Erase the end dissolving, disgrace is needed more

So I mended severed ties, through flesh we cauterized
the undeserving, sliming, writhing, I filled you up
with watered promise

(Chorus)(2nd half)
Spitting teeth, oral lust, alley fuck, angel dust, anal whore, bleeding
knees, it's times
like this to pray for murder

(Chorus #2)
So now I've seen it all, Hells' wrath , no
man has greater glory, cause now you're living through me

So I'm done with saving you, a gift unto myself, a
tired savior, a wasted favor, and I'm lucky I'm alive

[Sean Cold]

<center>Suffocate

I feel nothing
Longing for something
Lie in bed to take your clothes off
Show me what you’re made of
Just to soothe me

(All alone)
Leave me here I'm dying
(All alone)
Just kicked me in my face
(All alone)
All alone and crying
(All alone)
I suffocate

I'm not gifted
Slightly twisted
Try hard try hard
To see if I can push you any further
Just to soothe me

(All alone)
Leave me here I'm dying
(All alone)
Just kicked me in my face
(All alone)
All alone and crying
(All alone)
I suffocate

Please believe you'll save me, rearrange me
I can feel your feelings running through me
Take away my sorrow my tomorrow
Heal me

(All alone)
Leave me here I'm dying
(All alone)
Just kicked me in my face
(All alone)
All alone and crying
(All alone)
I suffocate

I'm suffocating
SUFFOCATE (come suffocate)</center>

[Keyser Soze]

Billy Joel

And So It Goes

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along


I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense


And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose


But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break


And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows


So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break


And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

[Maynard]

<center>Lonely Afternoon
Bob Mould - Workbook


Well, the silence in this house
It echoes in this house
I pull myself together, say
"Today I will get out"
The world, it changed without me
You should hear what I've been told
The streets I see are blasphemy
Lined with paper cups and gold

And in some dream, I think
That every word I dare to speak
Someone's always leaning over me
Lean all over me

A giant vision in the distance
Chase that rainbow down
I hear a pound, pound, pounding in my chest
I hear a knock, a knocking sound
It's the slivers flowing through my veins
It's a sign that I'm alive
You're lucky, oh my friend, so lucky
You're lucky just to be alive

As words go turning by
I wish they'd all come clear
In this room
Another lonely afternoon

I can count the lonely days
I get by, as they go by
Standing in the stairway by this room
By this room

(They've held me down for long enough;
Like a flower, I need to grow)

The frail and tender heart
Been shipwrecked with a fool
Feeling so abused, well, sometimes
Life can be so cruel
And the ones who make decisions for you
Well, they better understand
But you don't know what made me think of that
Lonely afternoon</center>

[Maynard]

<center>How is Your Life Today?
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun


The letters pile up in the hallway
Junk mail and bills from the catalogues
And the neighbours have guessed 'cos I've cancelled the milk
And they don't hear your voice through the walls anymore

How is your life today ?

I was kissed on the cheek by a cold mouth
While the taxi was waiting like a getaway car
Each second seems like a lifetime
And the cat it's been staring at me all this time

How is your life today ?</center>

[Hey Ladi]

Orgy ::: Eva

You know I've started to grow since you've been away
Lately it's scarier not knowing what's become of you
Oh you're proud of me now, I can tell
I'm not as fearless as you
Still I pretend that you're still standing by
To show me wrong from right
Never got a chance to say goodbye

Chorus:
Take this gift from me
Hold it deep in mind forever
And never let this go x 2

I used to think you were crazy
When you were hooked to the screen
But now they tell me that you're in a better place
But where did you go? (But where did you go?)

And I swear sometimes you're watching over me
Still I'd give the world for the chance
Just to see your face again
Still I pretend that you're still standing by
To show me wrong from right
Never got a chance to say goodbye

Take this gift from me
Hold it deep in mind forever
And never let this go x 2
(Now) Now there's nothing left but time
Now that I'm following you
Eva's always on my mind
And it makes me wonder (Makes me wonder)
What happened to you?
You know it makes me wonder
Still I pretend that you're still standing by
To show me wrong from right
Never got a chance to say goodbye

Take this gift from me
Hold it deep in mind forever
And never let this go x 4

And never let this go away
And never let this go

[Grumpy]

here's my contribution to a slow agonizing death:

Song: Renegade
LP: Pieces of Eight
Artist: Styx

Oh mamma I'm in fear for my life
From the long arm of the law
Lawman has put an end to my running
And I'm so far from my home
Oh mamma I can hear you a' crying
you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the
gallows and I don't have very long

The jig is up the news is out
They've finaly found me
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This will be the end today
Of the wanted man

Oh mamma I've been years on the lam
And had a high price on my head
Lawman says get him dead or alive
Now it's for sure he'll see me dead
Dear mamma I can hear you are a' crying
You're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows
and I don't have very long

The jig is up the news is out
They've finaly found me
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
The judge will be have revenge today
On the wanted man

[Sean Cold]

<center>Promises
by
OVERKILL

Wishing never got us what we needed
So we waited for our salvation to arrive
Then it took everything that we loved
And it let us alive

I hear you call
And I promise to you
One day, some day
The pain will go
(twice)

Solitary movement meant for two
Can you hear the loneliness in silent cries
If you take everyting that I love
Leave me to die

I hear you call
And I promise to you
One day, some day
The pain will go
(twice)

If you take everything that I love
And you leave here,
Leave me alive
If you take everything thet I love
And I'm standing here
Waiting to die

I hear you call
And I promise to you
One day, some day
The pain will go
(three times)</center>

[Sloatsburgh]

WILDFIRE/Michael Murphy

She comes down yellow mountain
on a dark flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold and drafty night

Oh they say she died one winter
When there came a chilling frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down his stall
In a blizzard he was lost
She ran calling Wildfire

By the dark of the moon I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot owl howling
outside my window now
For six nights in a row
She's coming for me I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go
We'll be riding Wildfire (3 times)

On Wildfire we're going to ride
Gonna leave it all behind
Yes she's always shining right out of my mind
Riding Wildfire

[Spitfire]

<font color=maroon><center>Hallowed Land
(Paradise Lost)

You'd love to be so far away
It's not a long way to go, it's gonna end in your pain
Greet open handed stranger
Create the turmoil, you're not sane
I want the last one to go to embers will revive,
So stay

You want to live a life time each and every day

You've struggled before, I swear to do it again
You've told it before till I, until I'm weakened and sore

Seek hallowed land

You'd love to see right through my veins
The pale reflection tells all, predominations sustain
Crawl over land or mountain in
sight the ultimate escape
A silhouette subsiding, enticed unable to relate

You want to live a lifetime each and every day

You've beckoned before, you'll never do it again
You've prayed before who are the prayers for

Begone the fools that lead me - I need not to know
accept reclining spirit I need to endure
You try to live a lifetime each and every day
In this short time of promise, you're a memory......</center></font color=maroon>

[Sloatsburgh]

Type O Negative
Slow Deep and Hard (1991)
Gravitational constant

a. Unjustifiable existence

One two three four
I don't wanna live no more

Well I've got no more reason to live
And I've got no more love to give
Tonight's the night
I'll paint the town red
I'll put another whole through my head

Unjustifiable existence
Unjustifiable
Unjustifiable existence
Unjustifiable existence

Now I feel the weight of a world on my back
I've seen the future
The future looks black
It's what I must do
I have no reservations
Ain't talk 'bout self preservation

Unjustifiable existence
Unjustifiable
Unjustifiable existence
Unjustifiable existence

Gravity
Crushing me
Gravity
Crushing me
Crushing me
Crushing me

b. Acceleration (due to gravity) - 980cm^-2 sec

Yeah I feel something pulling me down
Forcing me between myself and the ground
Of all the nightmares that ever came true
I think that gravity (gravity-gravity) is you

Unjustifiable existence
Unjustifiable
Unjustifiable existence
Unjustifiable existence

Gravity
Crushing me
Gravity
Crushing me
Crushing me
Crushing me

c. Antimatter: electromechanical psychedelicosis

d. Requiem for a souless man

I've got a problem
A problem with hate
I can't go on dragging this weight
A cold steel hand that won't let go
Acid-filled thoughts out of control

I built myself a nice little cage
With bars of anger and a lock of rage
I can't help asking Who's got the key?
When I know damned well it's me

No I ain't hinting for sympathy
I'm used to dealing with apathy
The scars on my wrists may seem like a crime
Just wish me better luck next time

So what if I died a thousand deaths
You think I'm insane but I have no regrets
One more time won't matter no question
Suicide is self expression.



Edited By Sloatsburgh on Jan. 24 2002 at 5:09

[Maynard]

<center>Thinking About You
Radiohead - Pablo Honey

Been thinking about you, your records are here,
your eyes are on my wall, your teeth are over there.
But I'm still no-one, and you're now a star,
what do you care?

Been thinking about you, and there's no rest,
shit I still love you, still see you in bed.
But I'm playing with myself, and what do you care
when the other men are far, far better.

All the things you've got,
all the things you need,
who bought you cigarettes,
Who bribed the company to come and see you honey?

I've been thinking about you, so how can you sleep?
These people aren't your friends, they're paid to kiss your feet.
They don't know what I know and why should you care
when I'm not there.

Been thinking about you, and there's no rest,
should I still love you, still see you in bed.
But I'm playing with myself, what do you care,
when I'm not there.

All the things you've got,
she'll never need,
all the things you've got.
I've bled and I bleed to please you.

Been thinking about you.</center>

[criticslovesnatch]

<center>How is Your Life Today?
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun


The letters pile up in the hallway
Junk mail and bills from the catalogues
And the neighbours have guessed 'cos I've cancelled the milk
And they don't hear your voice through the walls anymore

How is your life today ?

I was kissed on the cheek by a cold mouth
While the taxi was waiting like a getaway car
Each second seems like a lifetime
And the cat it's been staring at me all this time

How is your life today ?</center>

Holy shit maynard, i didn't know anyone else had even heard of porcupine tree other than me....nice!

<center>The Best Deceptions
Dashboard Confessional

I heard about your trip.
I heard about your souvenirs.
I heard about the cool breeze, in the cool nights,
and the cool guys that you spent them with.
Well I guess I should have heard of them from you.
I guess I should have heard of them from you.

Don't you see, don't you see,
that the charade is over?
And all the "Best Deceptions" and "Clever Cover Story" awards go to you.
So kiss me hard
'cause this will be the last time that I let you.
You will be back someday
and this awkward kiss that tells of other people's lips will be of service
to keeping you away.

I heard about your regrets.
I heard that you were feeling sorry.
I heard from someone that you wish you could set things right between us.
Well I guess I should have heard of them from you.
I guess I should have heard of them from you.

I'm waiting for blood to flow to my fingers,
I'll be all right when my hands get warm.Ignoring the phone,
I'd rather say nothing. I'd rather you'd never heard my voice.
too late to be graciousand you do not warrant long good-byes.
You're calling too late</center>



Edited By criticslovesnatch on Jan. 24 2002 at 5:47

[Maynard]

Holy shit maynard, i didn't know anyone else had even heard of porcupine tree other than me....nice!

I actually just picked it up today, on a recomendation from a guy that was at the record store. It's really an amazing album.

[Doc]

<center>Vesti la Giubba
From Pagliacci
Best performed by Lucciano Pavarotti

Recitar!...mentre preso dal delirio
non so piu quel che dico e quel che faccio!
Eppur...e d'uopo...sforzati! Bah, sei tu forse un uom?
Tu se' Pagliaccio! Vesti la giubba e la faccia infarina.
La gente paga e rider vuole qua.
E se Arlecchin t'invola Colombina, ridi, Pagliaccio...
e ognum applaudira! Tramuta in lazzi lo spasmo ed il pianto;
In una smorfia il singhiozzo e'l dolor...
Ridi Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!
Ridi del duol che t'avvelena il cor!
</center>

Now before you get all uppity, let me explain. Canio, his wife Nedda, and their troop perform adulterous comedies in their traveling shows. This time, though, life imitates art. Canio has just been warned that Nedda is in the arms of another man. When Canio arrives, the man is gone. 'Tell me his name!' he threatens. Just at that moment, they announce, 'It's show time!'


So, he has to go out and make other people laugh while he is dying inside. Me must entertain others and make them smile while he is in the worst agony of his life.

Here's the English translation:
<center>
Go on stage, while I'm nearly delirious?
I don't know what I'm saying or what I'm doing!
And yet, chin up! I'll try harder. Bah, you think you're a man?
You're just a clown! On with the show, man,
and put on your white-face.
The people pay you and you must make them laugh.
And if Harlequin should steal your Columbine, laugh,
you're Pagliaccio, and the world will clap for you!
Turn into banter all your pain and sorrow,
and with your clowns' face hide grief and distress...
Laugh loud, Pagliaccio, forget all of your troubles,
Laugh off the pain that so empoisons your heart.
</center>

[The Sleeper]

<center>WOLFSHEIM: Once in a Lifetime

It's getting dark...too soon...a threatening silence...
Surrounding me...a wind comes up from the islands...
Distance fades to stormy grey
Washed out from the deep of the ocean
Here I will stand to face your wrath...
While all the others are praying
Calm down my heart...don't beat so fast
Don't be afraid - just once in a lifetime

No rain can wash away my tears
No wind can soothe my pain
You made me doubt, you made me fear
But now I'm not the same
You took my wife, my unborn son...
Torn into the deep of the ocean
I don't pretend that I love you
'Cause there is nothing left to loose

And when silence comes back to me
I find myself feeling lonely
Standing here the shores of destiny
I find myself feeling lonely
I had a life to give...many dreams to live...
Don't you know that you're losing so much this time
Beyond the waves...I will be free
While all the others are praying

The love in you, it does not burn,
There is no lesson you can learn
And there are sounds you cannot hear,
And there are feelings you can't feel

I don't pretend that I love you
And this time I'm not scared of you</center>

[FNMoron]

Four Walled World
by: Temple of the Dog

Well she cried, and she cried
All night to the sound of the freeway hum
And she swears she'll be gone
When the sun hits the ground
And she ain't coming back to my cell

Well she's tired and she's tired
Of this life she's been leading too long
And the times turns around
Through the walls that surround
To the chimes of a jailors song

In my four walled world

Well she tries and she tries
But my feet just won't leave the ground
And I'm tired and I'm tired
Of this prisoners life, and these chains
That drag me down

In my four walled world

And now the sun is low
And these walls try to break my soul
And now the moon is full
And I won't see nothing tonight
But the tears in her eyes and
My four walled world

[82-1012268026]

I can't believe this hasn't been breached...

Metallica

Fade To Black

Life it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free


Things are not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filing me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now He's gone
No one but me can save myself, but it to late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death Greets me warm, now I will just say good-bye