Mike Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Synchronicity - The Police - 1983 Another suburban morning Grandmother screaming at the wall We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies We can't hear anything at all Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration But we know all the suicides are fake Daddy only stares into the distance There's only so much more that he can take Many miles away something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake Another industrial ugly morning The factory belches filth into the sky He walks unhindered through the picket lines today He doesn't think to wonder why The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts on a red light street But all he ever thinks to do is watch And every single meeting with his so called superior Is a humiliating kick in the crotch Many miles away something crawls to the surface Of a dark Scottish Loch Another working day has ended Only the rush-hour hell to face Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance He knows that something somewhere has to break He sees the family home now looming in his headlight The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache Many miles away there's a shadow on a door Of a cottage by the shore Of a dark Scottish lake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyday People - Rush - 1993 In the house where nobody laughs And nobody sleeps In the house where love lies dying And the shadows creep A little girl hides, shaking, With her hands on her ears Pushing back the tears, 'til the pain disappears Mama says some ugly words Daddy pounds the wall They can fight about their little girl later Right now they don't care at all No matter what they say... No matter what they say... Everyday people Everyday shame Everyday promise Shot down in flames Everyday sunrise Another everyday story Rise from the ashes --- A blaze of everyday glory In the city where nobody smiles And nobody dreams In the city where desperation Drives the bored to extremes Just one spark of decency Against a starless night One glow of hope and dignity A child can follow the light No matter what they say No matter what they say... If the future's looking dark We're the ones who have to shine If there's no one in control We're the ones who draw the line Though we live in trying times --- We're the ones who have to try Though we know that time has wings --- We're the ones who have to fly Interesting; I thought ~Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiate Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Wow, that's really interesting. That second song hits pretty close to home for me. I really love how music can do that. Bring up memories good or bad. But for some reason I think when these memories are brought up through music, they are easier to handle. It's almost like the way you are relating to a song makes you realize that everyone goes through less than desirable experiences in their life. Even "Rock Stars". It makes you feel less "alone" to know that other's may have had similar dealings in childhood as well. I don't know...I am just rambling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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