song lyrics thread

July 17, 2004

post song lyrics that you find are very powerfull to you, and what you have been experincing in your life. Songs that helped you get through the best, and worsed moments of your life, I will start with

TOOL PARABOL/PARABOLA

So familiar and overwhelmingly warm

This one, this form I hold now.

Embracing you, this reality here,

This one, this form I hold now, so

Wide eyed and hopeful.

Wide eyed and hopefully wild.

We barely remember what came before this precious moment,

Choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside...

This body holding me, reminding me that I am not alone in

This body makes me feel eternal. All this pain is an illusion.

We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment,

We are choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside

This holy reality, this holy experience.

Choosing to be here in

This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in

This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal

All this pain is an illusion.

Alive, I

In this holy reality, in this holy experience. Choosing to be here in

This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in

This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal

All this pain is an illusion.

Twirling round with this familiar parable.

Spinning, weaving round each new experience.

Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.

Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal.

All this pain is an illusion.

great song, that got me into tool , and I'm so glad it did.

July 17, 2004

Vanamali gathisaarnghi Sanghi chakree sananthaki

Sreemaan Narayano Vishnu Vasudevo Abhirakshathu

This is the concluding verse in the 1000 names of Shree Hari that comes in Vishnu Sahasranama..

I found it very effective when chanted with deep devotion and unconditional and unquestionable faith. I felt it when my father had heart attack for the second time and admitted in hospital and when doctors told us that he will not survive anymore as his pulse was dipping down.

All that I knew was I was chanting this sloka the whole day and night without sleep sitting in the ward outside the intensive care unit..

This happend almost 17 years back when I was only 18 years old. My father is still alive by the Grace of Lord chanting the name of Lord with His blessings happily.

Raghavan

Raghavan · July 17, 2004

the above post was posted by me. I also like to mention that even now while I was writing the post above chanting Vasudeva's name my eyes are filled with tears, because its the total surrendering faith that saved my father..I know that anyone who is born has to die someday, but I was chanting His name and begging Lord to extend my father's life for somemore time and as always He is merciful.

So its the devotion and faith that makes Him move..

July 17, 2004

TOOL IS GREAT

here is TOOL - FLOOD

Here comes the water.

All I knew and all I believed

are crumbling images

that no longer comfort me.

I scramble to reach higher ground,

some order and sanity,

or something to comfort me.

So I take what is mine,and hold what is mine,

suffocate what is mine, and bury what's mine.

Soon the water will come

and claim what is mine.

I must leave it behind,

and climb to a new place now.

This ground is not the rock I thought it to be.

Thought I was high, and free.

I thought I was there

divine destiny.

I was wrong.

This changes everything.

The water is rising up on me.

Thought the sun would come deliver me,

but the truth has come to punish me instead.

The ground is breaking down right under me.

Cleanse and purge me

in the water.

and TOOL - BOTTOM

My compassion is broken now. My will is eroded,

and my desire stolen and it makes me feel ugly.

I'm on my knees and burning.

My piss and moans are the fuel that set my head on fire.

So smell my soul burning.

I'm broken, looking up to see the enemy.

I have swallowed the poison you feed me ...

but I survive on it,

and it leaves me guilt fed, hatred fed, weakness fed..

and I feel ugly, and dead inside.

. adds up at the bottom.

You've left me no choice but to go inside and rebuild

what's broken.

Too much, too far, too late to lie down now.

I must arm myself to fight you

by making weapons out of my imperfections.

It's all I have left.

There's no other choice.

I'm shameless, nameless, nothing, and noone now.

But my soul must be iron for my fear is naked.

I'm naked and fearless.

But I'm dead inside.

You see.. . adds up, now I'm dead inside.

Hatred, weakness, and guilt keep me alive

at the bottom.

July 17, 2004

Haribol, one of my favorite songs, but I gotta lot of them. Hare Krsna, ys, mahaksadasa

Artist: Talking Heads

Album: Once in a Lifetime

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack

And you may find yourself in another part of the world

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile

And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful

wife

And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by

let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by

water flowing underground

Into the blue again

after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime

water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself

How do I work this?

And you may ask yourself

Where is that large automobile?

And you may tell yourself

This is not my beautiful house!

And you may tell yourself

This is not my beautiful wife!

Letting the days go by

let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by

water flowing underground

Into the blue again

after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime

water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing

There is water at the bottom of the ocean

Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean

Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!

And you may ask yourself

What is that beautiful house?

And you may ask yourself

Where does that highway go?

And you may ask yourself

Am I right?...Am I wrong?

And you may tell yourself

MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

July 17, 2004

Artist: Moody Blues

Title: I Know You're Out There Somewhere

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere, somewhere

I know i'll find you somehow

Somehow, somehow

And somehow i'll return again to you

The mist is lifting slowly

I can see the way ahead

And i've left behind the empty streets

That once inspired my life

And the strength of the emotion

Is like thunder in the air

'cos the promise that we made each other

Haunts me to the end

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere, somewhere

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere you can hear my voice

I know i'll find you somehow

Somehow, somehow

I know i'll find you somehow

And somehow i'll return again to you

The secret of your beauty

And the mystery of your soul

I've been searching for in everyone i meet

And the times i've been mistaken

It's impossible to say

And the grass is growing

Underneath our feet

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere, somewhere

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere you can hear my voice

I know i'll find you somehow

Somehow, somehow

I know i'll find you somehow

And somehow i'll return again to you

From the words that i remember

From my childhood still are true

That there's none so blind

As those who will not see

And to those who lack the courage

And say it's dangerous to try

Well they just don't know

That love eternal will not be denied

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere, somewhere

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere you can hear my voice

I know i'll find you somehow

Somehow, somehow

I know i'll find you somehow

And somehow i'll return again to you

Yes i know it's going to happen

I can feel you getting near

And soon we'll be returning

To the fountain of our youth

And if you wake up wondering

In the darkness i'll be there

My arms will close around you

And protect you with the truth

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere, somewhere

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere you can hear my voice

I know i'll find you somehow

Somehow, somehow

I know i'll find you somehow

And somehow i'll return again to you

July 18, 2004

has annyone heard of

KRISHNA DAS ???? he is a great soul with a strong voice and very good songs.

Also check out

DJ CHEB I SABBAH

good song is

RADHA KRISHNA by DJ CHEB I SABBAH

gHari · July 18, 2004

One modern song by an immensely creative rapper (Eminem)gets me going. In NY I was singing the mahamantra at the top of my lungs but when they asked that I go on stage and sing into a microphone I froze. That will never happen again - I will lose myself in the moment!

LOSE YOURSELF

Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity

To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment

Would you capture it or just let it slip?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out

He's chokin, how everybody's jokin now

The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!

Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity

Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked

He's so mad, but he won't give up that

Easy, no

He won't have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropes

It don't matter, he's dope

He knows that, but he's broke

He's so stacked that he knows

When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's

Back to the lab again yo

This whole rap shiit

He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

[Hook:]

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment

You own it, you better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

The soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping

This world is mine for the taking

Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order

A normal life is borin, but superstardom's close to post mortem

It only grows harder, only grows hotter

He blows us all over these hoes is all on him

Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter

Lonely roads, God only knows

He's grown farther from home, he's no father

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter

But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water

His hoes don't want him no mo, he's cold product

They moved on to the next schmoe who flows

He nose dove and sold nada

So the soap opera is told and unfolds

I suppose it's old partna', but the beat goes on

Da da dum da dum da da

[Hook]

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment

You own it, you better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage

Tear this %$## roof off like 2 dogs caged

I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed

I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage

But I kept rhymin and stepwritin the next cypher

Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper

All the pain inside amplified by the fact

That I can't get by with my 9 to 5

And I can't provide the right type of life for my family

Cuz man, these goddam food stamps don't buy diapers

And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life

And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder

Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus

See dishonor caught up between being a father and a prima donna

Baby mama drama's screamin on and

Too much for me to wanna

Stay in one spot, another day of monotony

Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail

I've got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot

Success is my only &$%%# option, failure's not

Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go

I cannot grow old in Salem's lot

So here I go is my shot.

Feet fail me not cuz maybe the only opportunity that I got

[Hook]

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment

You own it, you better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

You can do anything you set your mind to, man

July 18, 2004

Haribol, my northern ally, thanx for the hippity hop. This is why I always think of you on these "favorite songs" or "favorite movies" threads.

Its not that we delve into the maya of being attached to contemporary art. Its more like knowing the spark of the splendor (you thought I was gonna say "high heeled boys" didnt you, we'll save it for a day of heavy Traffic).

Or Krsna being the ability of man, or how he empowers whomever he pleases to leave us wandering sleepers something to think about.

I wont go as far as saying "Of 60s bands, I am the Yardbirds", but in my own experiance, Krsna can speak quite plainly through the lyrics and works of the bleeding hearts and artists. Go look at the Bottacelli of "Joseph and Child", and tell me there is no rasa of parenthood in the carpenters eyes.

hare krsna, ys, mahaksadasa

July 19, 2004

Hiphop. New name, old style, borrowed from the likes of yellowman, cutty ranks, and sistah breeze. This is a ten year old song, written when "Black Uhuru" was a very fovorite group of mine. Only lyriks here, but think dance hall reggae stylee as you read:

Fury of Puri c-1993, mahaksadasa

The world has to trust in the warmth and the strength of Their healing Love

Purosattama, Baladeva, Subhadra

Because the world has cracked, fallen off the tracks

Bodies being stacked, kids depend on coke and smack

Common sense we lack, we just run with the pack

We cannot turn our backs, we have to face the facts.

For thousands of years, we have cries endless tears

We are full of massive fear at the point of the spear

Another war breaking there, soon to move over here

A soldier or a prison guard for our only career.

Purosattama....

Do we think we'll see a world that is truely free

Is there victory for the proles like you or me

Will missile factories produce peace and harmony

Does the future hold the key to a different destiny.

We must wear the disguise and show no surprise

A world run with lies will meet certain demise

We can see it in our eyes, we can hear it in our cries

We have to realize that no Phoenix gonna rise.

Purosattama....

Purosattama dances in every circumstance

Only by His glances will we get the chance

We are the seed He plants, we can slip into the trance

When we turn away from the fool who raves and rants.

Sometimes He conceals the Form He has revealed

Without removing this shield we can never be healed

We have to cling to His feet because our lives are incomplete

One day we are sure to meet, we'll be dancing in the street.

Purosattama....

July 19, 2004

Another Part Of Me

by Michael Jackson

We're Takin' Over

We Have The Truth

This Is The Mission

To See It Through

Don't Point Your Finger

Not Dangerous

This Is Our Planet

You're One Of Us

We're Sendin' Out

A Major Love

And This Is Our

Message To You

(Message To You)

The Planets Are Linin' Up

We're Bringin' Brighter Days

They're All In Line

Waitin' For You

Can't You See . . .?

You're Just Another Part Of Me . .

A Rather Nation

Fulfill The Truth

The Final Message

We're Bring To You

There Is No Danger

Fulfill The Truth

So Come Together

We're Mean Is You ?

We're Sendin' Out

A Major Love

And This Is Our

Message To You

(Message To You)

The Planets Are Linin' Up

We're Bringin' Brighter Days

They're All In Line

Waitin' For You

So Look The Truth

You're Just Another Part Of Me . .

We're Sendin' Out

A Major Love

And This Is Our

Message To You

(Message To You)

The Planets Are Linin' Up

We're Bringin' Brighter Days

They're All In Line

Waitin' For You

Can't You See . . .?

You're Just Another Part Of Me

Another Part Of Me . .

We're Takin' Over

This Is The Truth, Baby

Another Part Of Me

We Are Here To Change The World

by Michael Jackson

We're on a mission

In the everlasting light that shines

A revelation

Of the truth in chapters of our minds

So long, bad times

We're gonna shake it up and break it up

We're sharing light brighter than the sun

Hello, good times

We're here to simulate, eliminate

An' congregate, illuminate

(We are here to change the world)

Gonna change the world, Hee

(We are here to change the world)

Gonna change the world, Ooo

So do surrender

'Cause the power's deep inside my soul

Sing it

(We are here to change the world)

Gonna change the world, Sing it

(We are here to change the world)

Hee, Gonna change the world, Ooo

We've Got Forever

by Michael Jackson

We've got forever, forever

I'll plant you a garden

Of laughter and tears

With rain and with sunshine

Love will grow through the years

The dreams that we're dreaming

Have time to come true

'cause we've got forever

And forever is meant for so very few

We shall have music

We shall have rhyme

We shall have each other

One minute after the end of time

Then we'll add up the pleasures

And treasure the sums

Caring is sharing

The cake and the crumbs

How lucky we are to be me and you

'cause we've got forever

And forever is meant for so very few

Wings Of My Love

by Michael Jackson

When this old world gets you down

When your spirit's on the ground

Just remember I will always be around

Just climb on the wings of my love

I'll take you high on the wings of my love

When you're feeling all alone

Like a child who's got no home

You know you've always got a place where you can go

Just climb on the wings of my love

Like a beach that knows no boundaries with all the trees

As it rushes to the seas darling we'll be just as free

I'll lift your spirits high our love will fly

We'll have heaven blue skies and forever sunshine

'Til you break those ties that bind

'Til that day you're really mine

Anytime you want to leave your world behind

Just climb on the wings of my love

I'll lift your spirits high our love will fly

We'll have heaven blue skies and forever sunshine

We've got rainbows yet to find

And we'll find them all in time

Girl you know someday we'll even touch the sky

Just climb on the wings of my love

Anytime you want to leave your world behind

I'll take you high on the wings of my love

Just take my hand and together we'll touch the sky

Just climb on the wings of my love

Yes remember I will always be around

I'll take you high on the wings of my love

If'n I was God

Jackson 5

If'n I was God

Well just for spite

I wouldn't set the sun at night

'Til everyone was treated right

By everyone else they see

If'n I was God

I'd fix it so without explaining

Folks would know, they'd know

What's going on inside

Of everyone else like me

Nobody hurt nobody else

Oh no I wouldn't let it be

Nobody have a need to pray

Except for thanking me

If'n I was God

I'd make us wise

So everyone could realise

That everywhere beneath the sun

Everyone needs, everyone

And God that in heaven what I would do

If'n I was you

If'n I was God

Love each other, reach out

And touch somebody's hand

gHari · July 19, 2004

Nice rap. Thank you. There seems no end to the dimensions of Mahaksa. I hope the world gets to hear the creations of Mahamax one day.

I was watching an aerial view of a city and realized how many people there are ... many many many, many men. I felt dwarfed with the message. How few there are of us. I thought only a pop book or movie could possibly reach so many. One day I will just sit down and chant forever and see what comes of it.

July 19, 2004

One day I will just sit down and chant forever and see what comes of it.

I got this nice picture of Srila Prabhupada in Thompkins Square Park when I read this line. He is standing. You know the one.

July 19, 2004

Haribol, gHari. I am just mind boggled by the moody blues song published above. I havent been affected so since I read the lyrics to "shelter from the storm" by bro bob.

This all kinda proves that chaita guru has every being as disciple, and gives consistant instruction to us all.

Haribol, thanks for your kind remarks, ys in cooperation, mahaksadasa

July 22, 2004

Does anyone have lyrics to any of the music of PIA (Gaurangi)? Thanks.

Priitaa · July 22, 2004

That last post was by me. Thought I had all ready signed in and guess I had not. Sorry.

vanamali · July 22, 2004

Here's one that directly expressed my feelings during a recent crisis... /images/graemlins/wink.gif

I Fall to Pieces (Thank you, Patsy Cline!!)

I fall to pieces

Each time I see you again

I fall to pieces

How can I be just your friend?

You want me to act like we've never kissed

You want me to forget

Pretend we never met

And I've tried and I've tried

But I haven't yet

You walk by and I fall to pieces

I fall to pieces

Each time someone speaks your name

I fall to pieces

Time only adds to the flame

You tell me to find someone else to love

Someone who'll love me too

The way you used to do

But each time I go out with someone new

You walk by and I fall to pieces

ranen · July 24, 2004

Hare Krishna. I like to play the harmonium for doing bhajan and having kirtan at home. Am using the "Vaishnava Songs Book" on how to learn and play harmonium. Sadly, however i want like to play "Suddha Bhakata" on the harmonium, but there are no notes for it in the book. Could someone please direct me to a site where I can find harmonium tunes and notes/keys for krishna songs. I would very much greatly appreciate it. Haribol.

Priitaa · July 28, 2004

I guess no one has heard of PIA. So here's a link. Scroll and read the reviews. Shes very talented and her music, very moving.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000034CJ5/002-6132013-6147226?v=glance

What I did was type into a search engine the words "PIA Pacifica" or "PIA Maagical Eclipse," (her CD's). After clicking on the link I then scrolled down just to read all the various reviews. Fabulous!

July 29, 2004

Here is one www.gauranga.org & for a good video or CD on how to play you can check out www.krishnaculture.com There is another good site I found the other day & when I locate the scrap of paper I wrote it on I will send it to you.

July 30, 2004

Shelter from the storm, by bob dylan

'twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood

When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud

I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.

"come in," she said,