Inspirational lyrics/ good quotes

[Fickle]

Is there such thing anymore? I think so, but I'm having trouble.

My current fav is

"as I was going up the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there;
He wasn't there again today!
I wish, I wish He'd Stay away."
--Hughes Mearnes


Any others?

(I remember at a time I used to find a lot of Green Day quotes useful. I wonder why.)

[fwgx]

I like this one from some pop rock, teenage angst, middle class, "jocks with punk rock hair doos", band (how ironic)

"Her CD changer's full of singers who are mad at their dads"

Also "You know what I think of alternative rock? Jocks with punk rock hair doos", by that guy from Tool.

And for my funeral:

"I don't need you no more in this world, I'll meet you on the next one, but don't be late." by Mr Hendrix.

[Some1]

It's so easy to forget the old classics...

"most people don't realize
that two large pieces of coral,
painted brown, and attached to his skull
with common wood screws can make a child look like a deer"

...really makes you think, doesn't it?

"I'll start this off without any words
I got so high that I scratched 'til I bled
I love myself better than you
I know it's wrong so what should I do?"

As true today as when it was written...though certain new stuff has merit as well...

"If we cry underwater,
We can hide the suffering
Then go rejoice in life's splendor,
'Cause death awaits like an old friend."

"All I want is animals to be free.
Run around and fuck right out in the street.
Every day they're gonna wanna eat me.
But I'll try not to take it personally."

And so on...

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all
the morning rain clouds up my window and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'd all be grey, but your picture on my wall
it reminds me that it's not so bad
it's not so bad

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay
my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there'll be hell today
I'm late for work again
and even if I'm there, they'll all imply that I might not last the
day
and then you call me and it's not so bad
it's not so bad and

I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life

Push the door, I'm home at last and I'm soaking through and
through
then you handed me a towel and all I see is you
and even if my house falls down now, I wouldn't have a clue
because you're near me and

I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life

[Xerxes]

Past the point
of no return -
no backward glances:
the games we've played
till now are at
an end . . .
Past all thought
of "if" or "when" -
no use resisting:
abandon thought,
and let the dream
descend . . .

What raging fire
shall flood the soul?
What rich desire
unlocks its door?
What sweet seduction
lies before
us . . .?

[. - .... .- -. ....]

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I cannot accept,
and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had
to kill today because they pissed me off.

And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on
today as they may be connected to the ass that I may have
to kiss tomorrow.

Help me always to give 100% at work:
12% on Monday
23% on Tuesday
40% on Wednesday
20% on Thursday
5% on Friday

And help me to remember....
When I'm having a really bad day,
and it seems that people are trying to annoy me,
that it takes 42 muscles to frown
and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to piss off."

[YtseJam]

"From within the mirrors eyes,
I'm forced to run away and hide.
I feel those mystic eyes subside
And leave me blind.
Through passages in time,
A prisoner locked behind the door.
Lonely roses slowly wither and die."

It's not very Inspirational, it's actually sad... But, I like it.

[patroclus22]

And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare

Is this all that's left
Of my life before me
Straight jacket memories, sedative highs
No happy ending like they've always promised
There's got to be something left for me
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare [Lies behind my stare]

How many times must I live this tragedy
How many more lies will they tell me
All I want is the same as everyone
Why am I here, and for how long

And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare

[liquidmotion]

/me points to http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/ AND http://www.morphedmedia.com/id

[lemon_chicken]

"granted we known each other for some time, it don't take a whole day to recognise sunshine"

and there is one in my sig...

[zootm]

"this body, holding me, reminding me that i am not alone
this body, holding me, i feel eternal all this pain is an illusion"
tool (parabola)

"my girlfriend says, that i'm insane,
my boyfriend says, i'd be better off dead,
i'm gonna get drunk, come round and fuck you up! (x4)
'cause you, can't help, my mind"
therapy? (can't remember... i think i screwed up the first line too)

"whatever tomorrow brings, ill be there,
with open arms and open eyes"
incubus (drive)

"listen to the fascist sound:
'take hope here, war is elsewhere, you were chosen, this is god's land...
soon we'll be free, of blood and mixture, seized planet by our forefather's hands"
rage against the machine (ashes in the fall)

and all the lyrics to a song:
"Me and you used to be like brothers
On the nights we got drunk to each other
You know me, I used to have some wit
It ended up in a shit-filled sandpit
We come from across the border
We drink the six mile water
This mongrel needs a new home
This mongrel needs a new home

That time when things got better
We'd take trips across the wire
Like the night we took the mad acid
Swore we saw the city hall on fire
We come from across the border
We drink the six mile water
This mongrel needs a new home
This mongrel needs a new home

(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
But I'm not ready for home

Bukowski Day, I'm gonna miss it
We'd get together each month for a day
All the memories I have are
Decked out in Presbyterian grey
We came from across the border
We drank the six mile water
This mongrel needs a new home
This mongrel needs a new home

(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
But I'm not ready for home

Now, me and you don't talk of one another
It never really started out that way
I always meant to write you a letter
I always meant to call you some day
We came from across the water
We drank the six mile water
This mongrel needs a new home
This mongrel needs a new home

(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
(la-la-la-la) I'm sorry
But I'm not ready for home

I'm sorry
I'm sorry"
therapy? - six mile water

except the last one these are all from memory, so might not be quite accurate.

[rm']

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
-Benjamin Franklin

[Bop]

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882)
A PSALM OF LIFE.
WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream! --
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, -- act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

[Vie]

Pearl jam "do the evolution"

it has a rather sinical view of mankind, wich I share.