funk-rock

"Double Nickels on the Dime rewrote the rules for what a punk band–or just a band in general–could be, and it still sounds radical today. It’s not hard to hear the album’s influence on anyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Guided by Voices to Fugazi, but for the most part, the Minutemen’s vast influence tends to come through on a spiritual and ideological level. No other band sounds like Double Nickels on the Dime, and I don’t know if anyone even could if they tried."

"The heart you're building out of rock Is turning into sand 'Cause you never took the time to think What it means to be a man."

"Yeah, we're not the only ones Who bleed for the love that's lost. Trust, like the air we breathe. Live, you've got to loose some sleep.Everything you do for me, Everything I do for you. Everything you do for me, No one else comes close to you."

"Look at all that shines. Baby's down on the world and she knows it. If your spirit's running, Why don't me make it rain like we used to? We run, We hide, We wait and we want The good life. Aw sure, You're right. This ain't the good life.Ah, Elegantly wasted. Ah, Elegantly wasted."

"Now where did you find her? Among the neon lights That haunt the streets outside. She said, stay with me.Beautiful girl (stay with me)."

"When you're down and confused, Nothing seems right. And it's you who decides Who's going to make it right."

"And I was lost for words In your arms, Attempting to make sense Of my aching heart. If I could just be Everything and everyone to you, This life would just be so easy."

"Your eyes are like deep wells of desire. Once in your arms I'm on fire. You were sent girl so perfectly true, Changing my life. Now I'm a survivor.Heaven sent, That's what I call you."

"Bitter tears taste so sweet. I'm seeing my way For the first time in years. When the love around Begins to suffer, And you can't find love In one, In one another, Push away those bitter tears."

"In the dark of the night, Those small hours. Uncertain and anxious, I need to call you.Rooms full of strangers, Some call me friend. But I wish you were so close to me."

"In a room above a busy street, The echoes of a life, The fragments and the accidents, Separated by incidents.Listen too by the walls. We share the same spaces, Repeated in the corridors, Performing the same movements.Storey to storey, Building to building, Street to street. We pass each other on the stairs."

"Say I'm crying; I'm looking at what's on T.V. Pain and suffering And the struggle to be free."

"Got some revelation put into your hands. Save you from your misery Like rain across the land. Don't you see? The colour of deception Turning your world around again."

"I need perfection, Some twisted selection That tangles me, To keep me alive.In all that exists, None have your beauty. I see your face. I will survive."

"Don't ask me What you know is true. Don't have to tell you I love your precious heart.I... I was standing. You were there. Two worlds collided. And they could never tear us apart."

"Hallucinate, desegregate. Mediate, alleviate. Try not to hate."

"So slide over here And give me a moment. Your moves are so raw. I've got to let you know. I've got to let you know, You're one of my kind.I need you tonight Cause I'm not sleeping. There's something about you girl That makes me sweat."

"The devil inside, the devil inside, Every single one of us the devil inside."

"Here comes the woman, with the look in her eye, Raised on leather, with flesh on her mind. Words as weapons, sharper than knives. Makes you wonder, how the other half die? Other half die Makes you wonder, wonder, wonder."

"Live baby live, Now that the day is over. I gotta new sensation, In perfect moments. Impossible to refuse. Sleep baby sleep, Now that the night is over. And the sun comes Like a god into our room. All perfect light and promises."

"We are always wanting The things we cannot find. You know that we are Always wasting time."

"Playing in the dirt, We find the seeds of doubt. Don't water them with your tears. Don't think about all the years you'd rather be without."

"Hey, here is the story: Forget about the troubles in life. Don't you know, it's not easy When you gotta walk upon that line.That's why - You need Oooo, that's why. - This is what you need. I'll give you what you need."

"It's no use pretending That I understand The hide and seek we play with facts. It changes our demand.Tilt my hat at the sun, And the shadows they burn dark. Light me and I'll burn for you, And the love song never stops."

"Watch the world argue, Argue with itself. Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness?We could sit here forever, Just never get old. Listen to the world Letting God's tyres down."

"And I imagine you standing here. It's subliminal, so inspirational. Man of the world for all the good reasons. Take away the pain and drink the wine.I miss the people, I miss the fun. You're my apparition, She's my only one."

"Dream on white boy, Dream on black girl. And wake up to a brand new day To find your dreams have washed away."

"Well, you know just what you do to me, The way you move, soft and slippery. Cut the night just like a razor, Rarely talk, and that's the danger.It's the one thing. You are my thing."

"I'm standing here on the ground, The sky above won't fall down. See no evil in all directions, Resolution of happiness. Things have been dark For too long.Don't change for you. Don't change a thing for me."

"All the colors of the world should be, Lovin' each other wholeheartedly. Yes, it's all right. Take my message to your brother and tell him twice Spread the word and try to teach the man Who's hating his brother when hate won't do, When we're all the same, 'Cause the blood inside me is inside of you."

"When we played tag in grade school, You wanted to be it. But chasing boys was just a fad You crossed your heart you'd quit."

"You and I must make a pact We must bring salvation back Where there is love, I'll be there (I’ll be there) I'll reach out my hand to you I'll have faith in all you do Just call my name and I'll be there (I’ll be there)"

"Even though the pain and heartache seems to follow me wherever I go, Though I try and try to hide my feelings, they always seems to show."

"Automatic Systematic. Full of color self-contained. Tuned and gentle to your vibes."

"You’re the one I’ve been searchin’ for Like a special treat, in a candy store."

"That we can help each other to overcome. We can do it, we can do it now. Live together underneath the sun. Please, please, please just let me show ya"

"This magic music grooves me. That dirty rhythm moves me. The devil's gotten to me Through this dance."

"People all over the world Are the same everywhere I go, I give in to this, I give in to that, Every day it bothers me so, Am I in a bad situation, People taking me to the extreme, Am I being used? I just need a clue, I don't know which way to go."

"I don't know what's gonna happen to you, baby, But I do know that I love you, You walk around this town with your head all up in the sky, And I do know that I want you."

"Let's dance, let's shout! Shake your body down to the ground."

"I try to do what's right for me, But no-one sees the way I see, And then I try to please them so, But how far can this pleasing go?"

"Sometimes I cry cause I'm confused, Is this a fact of being used? There is no life for me at all, 'Cause I give myself at beck and call."

"As we walked into the room There were faces staring, glaring, tearing through me, Someone said, 'Welcome to your doom,' Then they smiled with eyes that looked as if they knew me, This is scaring me."

"Memories of growing up And working hard Our childhood passed us by"

"No more shame She has felt too much pain in her life In her mind she's repeating the words All the love you put out will return to you She's fading away Away from this world Drifting like a feather She's not like the other girls"

"No reason to lie, no need to pretend I'm grateful to die to live once again I'm fearless to fly and reach for the end And reach for the end"

"I'll take the shot, for you I'll be the shield for you Needless to say, I'll stand in your way"

"I'll take the shot, for you I'll give my life, for you I'll make it stop I'll take the shot for you"

""I've been watching / I've been waiting / In the shadows all my time / I've been searching / I've been living / For tomorrows all my life." (In the Shadows from the album Dead Letters, 2003)"

"She's found something to die for Something to fight for Someone to show her the way She's found someone to cry for Someone to lie for Heart full of blood of the dinosaurs"