English Bands

"But it was not your fault but mine. And it was your heart on the line. I really fucked it up this time. Didn't I, my dear?"

"Weep for yourself, my man, You'll never be what is in your heart Weep Little Lion Man, You're not as brave as you were at the start Rate yourself and rake yourself, Take all the courage you have left Wasted on fixing all the problems That you made in your own head."

"How can you say that your truth is better than ours? Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms. The blind man sleeps in the doorway, his home. If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won."

"But you, you've gone too far this time You have neither reason nor rhyme With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine."

"Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine; Together we can see what we will find. Don’t leave me alone at this time, For I am afraid of what I will discover inside.You told me that I would find a hole, Within the fragile substance of my soul And I have filled this void with things unreal, And all the while my character it steals."

"As the winter winds litter London with lonely hearts Oh the warmth in your eyes swept me into your arms Was it love or fear of the cold that led us through the night? For every kiss your beauty trumped my doubt."

"It's empty in the valley of your heart The sun, it rises slowly as you walk Away from all the fears And all the faults you've left behind.The harvest left no food for you to eat You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see But I have seen the same I know the shame in your defeat."

"Love that will not betray you, Dismay or enslave you, It will set you free. Be more like the man You were made to be. There is a design, An alignment to cry, At my heart you see, The beauty of love As it was made to be."

"Can you hear me, can you hear me running? Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?"

"Are you out there now on empty Feel you've nothing left to give Sick of trying Have you lost the will to live? Don't be drowning in the shallows With the beach so near at hand Hear the voice say "Stand up, get up" And join me on the gilded sand."

"When I was searching for solutions I found the answer lay in me I'm a drifter But I'm drifting on a silver sea"

"Oh lord I'm a poor man With all the riches I can hold I'm a beggar And I'm sitting on a beach of gold"

"Tears already falling like the rain upon the ground When the storm is over no trace of it is found Never will I understand how you vanished like the rain Tell me that you'll come back and let me live again"

"It's the finest line A missed opportunity or the perfect time You must not despair You'll recognise it when you're there"

"So understand what I mean There is a time and place for you to have your dream But here and now may not be The time and place for you and me"

"There's a time and a place For you to make your mark and show your face There's a place in time When you must step outside the line"

"You don't believe the information You don't believe it when it's denied So when you're reading explanations You have to read between the lines"

"Look out for those who still want to hang on Look out for those who live in the past Get out and listen to the whisper Because the times are changing fast"

"There's a rumour on the corner But it's always been denied Cause they don't want you any wiser You're just toeing the party line"

"Well I've already gone through it all and it's true If you want to survive there's just one thing to do Get up! and do something Get up! and take control of your life Get up! and do something about it Don't ever make the same mistake twice"

"You can fight and steal you can drag your heels but you can't keep that poor boy down You can kick his ass if the kid's got class you can't keep that poor boy down."

"And all down through the ages the kid's been treated rough just take a look in any history book you can see that times were tough."

"So you can't keep that poor boy down you can be unkind you can rob him blind but you can't keep that poor boy down. you can lie and cheat you can chain his feet but you can't keep that poor boy down."

"He ain't looking for a handout he's just looking for a start he don't hate anyone he don't carry a gun you can tell that kid is smart."

"Maybe I'm not crying maybe I don't mind But it hurts just knowing your children won't be mine."

"There is nothing wrong with me there's nothing wrong with you maybe we're just blind to see each other's point of view. Nobody knows what we had."

"I believe, I believe, I believe in love do you believe what you're seeing Oh I believe in love."

"You may think it's foolish that I still believe in love You laugh and you sneer — It's cruel It's what I'm thinking of. I believe in the magic in the power of the soul one to one's my equation that carries the nation on to the goal we're all brothers and sisters, I'm told."

"Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear It's too late when we die To admit we don't see eye to eye"

"You say you just don't see it He says it's perfect sense You just can't get agreement In this present tense We all talk a different language Talking in defence"

"Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come beating on your door"

"The person here in question must be an angel here on earth if they can't see a human being for what a human being's really worth Oh, gentlemen please!"

"Nobody's perfect all of the time nobody's perfect we are what we are there's no perfect reason and no perfect rhyme for most of the time that's what we're looking for."

"It must be hard being an angel when the devil in your heart won't set you free"

"I said "go if you wanna go, Stay if you wanna stay" I didn't care if you hung around me I didn't care if you went away And I know you were never right I'll admit I was never wrong I could never make up my mind I made it up as I went along And though I treated you like a child I'm gonna miss you for the rest of my life All I need is a miracle, all I need is you"

"Take the children and yourself And hide out in the cellar By now the fighting will be close at hand Don't believe the church and state And everything they tell you Believe in me, I'm with the high command"

"Swear allegiance to the flag Whatever flag they offer Never hint at what you really feel Teach the children quietly For some day sons and daughters Will rise up and fight while we stood still."

"And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon."

"[Their lifestyle] is interchangeable with the president of just about any bank in England."

"Whereas the guys in Led Zeppelin dressed like sex-hungry geishas, the members of Pink Floyd favored sweaters, blue jeans and sneakers; they looked like their mothers had dressed them. In Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii DVD, which includes footage from the making of Dark Side of the Moon, the cameras ponderously linger on Pink Floyd eating lunch in the studio canteen during a break from recording sessions. It's entirely possible that this was the most interesting part of making one of the most popular classic-rock albums of all time. It's like Pink Floyd was trying to be as boring as possible while also being insanely popular."

"Well, there it is. I think you can pass your verdict as well as I can. My verdict is that it is a little bit of a regression to childhood, but after all, why not?"

"The Wall might be progressive rock’s White Album in the sense that different fans would disagree on which songs are sublime and which are second-tier."

"The influence that Floyd has had on bands that have come after is truly incredible. Whether psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock, and even some aspects of metal, Pink Floyd has been able to leave its mark with bands like Queensryche, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, and Pearl Jam."

"Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary The ringing of the division bell had begun."

"Her love rains down on me easy as the breeze I listen to her breathing it sounds like the waves on the sea I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire We were spinning into darkness; the earth was on fire."

"Don't accept that what's happening Is just a case of others' suffering Or you'll find that you're joining in The turning away."

"A restless eye across a weary room A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin The music played and played as we whirled without end No hint, no word her honour to defend I will, I will she sighed to my request And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test."

"Dogs of war and men of hate With no cause, we don't discriminate Discovery is to be disowned Our currency is flesh and bone Hell opened up and put on sale Gather 'round and haggle."

"Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction is holding me fast, How can I escape this irresistible grasp?Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I."

"Not now John we've got to get on with the film show Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow Who cares what it is about as long as the kids go."