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"Life carries on In the people I meet In everyone that’s out on the street In all the dogs and cats In the flies and rats In the rot and the rust In the ashes and the dust Life carries on and on and on and on."
"Did I dream this belief or did I believe this dream how I will find relief I grieve..."
"In the big house, Where the sun lives, With the walls so white and blue. In the red soil, All the green grows. And the winds blow across your face. They blow across your heart. It's the time of the turning and there's something stirring outside. It's the time of turning and we'd better learn to say our goodbyes."
"It's the time of turning and there's something stirring outside. It's the time of turning and the old world's falling. Nothing you can do can stop by the next emerging. Time of the turning and we'd better learn to say our goodbyes."
"If we can stand up When all else falls down, We'll last through the winter. We'll last through the storms. We'll last through the north winds That bring down the ice and snow. We'll last through the long nights Till the green field's growing again. Growing again."
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes is still one of those things, which right from the get-go … has its own life, because it's just a great song. … For all the time that she or I or anyone spend decorating and creating moods, its actually the key element of what your saying, the melody and the chords which still speak louder than all the stuff around, on a great song."
"Now we're busy making all our busy plans On foundations built to last. But nothing fades as fast as the future And nothing clings like the past, until we can see.More than this, More than this. So much more than this. There is something out there More than this. It's coming through And more than this. I stand alone and so connected And I'm all there, Right next to you."
"I'm scared of swimming in the sea, Dark shapes moving under me. Every fear I swallow makes me small. Inconsequential things occur, Alarms are triggered, Memories stir. It's not the way it has to be."
"Creativity comes from the freedom to fail. And freedom to fail comes from experimentation, and that's what gives something its individuality. And, you know, I think her courage, which is the positive way of interpreting it, or bloody-mindedness, which is the negative, is part of what gives her real value as an artist."
"It's extraordinary what that song has been used for — I think a lot of people who have gotten into trouble, have attached themselves to that song, and I think a lot of it is Kate's wonderful voice is there, in a sort of reassuring and loving way, and it just makes them think that perhaps there is going to be that type of love out there for them."
"Climbing up on Solsbury Hill, I could see the city light. Wind was blowing, time stood still. Eagle flew out of the night. He was something to observe. Came in close, I heard a voice. Standing stretching every nerve, Had to listen had no choice. I did not believe the information. I just had to trust imagination. My heart going boom boom boom. "Son," he said, "Grab your things, I've come to take you home.""
"D.I.Y., D.I.Y., D.I.Y., D.I.Y. Don't tell me what I will do, 'cos I won't. Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cos I don't. Be on your guard, better hostile and hard, don't risk affection; Like flesh to the bone in the no-go zone, You're still looking for the Resurrection. Come up to me with your "What did you say?" And I'll tell you, straight in the eye: D.I.Y., D.I.Y."
"If looks could kill, they probably will In games without frontiers — war without tears."
"Jeux sans frontieres"
"Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games Hiding out in tree-tops shouting out rude names — whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside — whistling tunes we piss on the goons in the jungle. It’s a knockout."
"You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher"
"Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja — The man is dead."
"And the eyes of the world are watching now."
"The time I like is the rush hour, cos I like the rush The pushing of the people — I like it all so much Such a mass of motion — do not know where it goes I move with the movement and... I have the touch."
"I'm waiting for ignition, I'm looking for a spark Any chance collision and I light up in the dark There you stand before me, all that fur and all that hair Oh, do I dare... I have the touch."
"Shock the monkey to life."
"Fox the fox Rat on the rat You can ape the ape I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can't take any more Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey."
"Cover me, when I sleep Cover me, when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine Make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please. Monkey, monkey, monkey. Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?"
"Red rain is coming down. Red rain. Red rain is pouring down, Pouring down all over me."
"I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream I cannot make a single sound as you scream. It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch. This place is so quiet, sensing that storm."
"Red rain- Putting the pressure on much harder now To return again and again. Just let the red rain splash you, Let the rain fall on your skin. I come to you defenses down, With the trust of a child."
"You could have a steam train If you'd just lay down your tracks. You could have an aeroplane flying If you bring your blue sky back.All you do is call me. I'll be anything you need."
"In this proud land we grew up strong; We were wanted all along. I was taught to fight, taught to win; I never thought I could fail.No fight left or so it seems; I am a man whose dreams have all deserted. I've changed my face, I've changed my name, But no one wants you when you lose."
"Don't give up 'cos you have friends Don't give up You're not beaten yet. Don't give up I know you can make it good..."
"Rest your head. You worry too much. It's going to be alright. When times get rough, You can fall back on us. Don't give up; Please don't give up."
"Don't give up. You know it's never been easy. Don't give up. 'Cause I believe there's a place, There's a place where we belong."
"I’m hearing right and wrong so clearly. There must be more than this. It’s only in uncertainty That we’re naked and alive."
"What I carry in my heart Brings us so close or so far apart. Only love can make love."
"Love I get so lost, sometimes. Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart. When I want to run away, I drive off in my car. But whichever way I go, I come back to the place you are."
"All my instincts, they return. And the grand façade, so soon will burn. Without a noise, without my pride I reach out from the inside."
"In your eyes, The light, the heat. In your eyes, I am complete. In your eyes, I see the doorway to a thousand churches. In your eyes, The resolution of all the fruitless searches.In your eyes, I see the light and the heat. In your eyes, Oh, I want to be that complete. I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes."
"I get so tired of working so hard for our survival I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive."
"Looking down on empty streets, all she can see Are the dreams all made solid Are the dreams all made real."
"All of the buildings, all of those cars Were once just a dream In somebody's head."