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Inhuman 03.22.2006 10:08 AM

Favorite Sonic Youth Lyrics?
 
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea

Blood crystalized as sand
and now I hope you'll understand
you reflected into his looking glass soul
and now the mirror is your only friend


The lyrics really get you thinking, and I can emotionally connect with them. Washing Machine is one of my favorite albums.

Toxa 03.22.2006 10:22 AM

Small Flowers Crack Concrete

death poems for the living gods of america
plastic saxophones bleat, bleed for nothing, nada
cops crashing thru doors infuriated by silver charms
of suburban smoke
at war with patches of red dirt glitter
and bluejean fucking
and protest...

NYC Ghosts and Flowers

can you cover up the one that floats?
can you push back the hours?
i hear yr voice, i speak yr name
among nyc ghosts and flowers
will we meet? to run again?
thru nyc ghosts and flowers

My favorite album at this moment... Texts are great maybe exept "Nevermind" :)

Hip Priest 03.22.2006 10:53 AM

Beauty Lies in the Eye is the perfect Sonic Youth song.

There's something in the air here
Makes you go insane
Brings you back to me
It's been so long
Alls I have to do is live along
It's coming, coming down over me
Do you want to see the explosions in my eye?
Do you want to see
The reflection of how it used to be
Beauty lies in the eyes of another's dream
Beauty lies lost in another's dream
It's coming, coming down over me
Do you want to see the explosions in my eye?
Do you want to see
The reflection of how it used to be
Hey baby
Hey sweetheart
Hey fox, come here
Hey beautiful
Come here sugar

xpressway2yrskull 03.22.2006 03:54 PM

this she did in public for us to see
she came in here too drunk to do the show
between the trains and cars
broken glass and lost hub-caps, images of a gun
row house row house pass through
let the city rise up to fill the screen
clothes flung out of closets, doorknobs falling off
the guitar guy played real good feedback, and super sounding riffs
with his mild mannered look on, yeah he was truly hip
the girl started out in red patent leather
very I'm in a band with knee pads
we watch her fall over and lay down,
shouting the poetic truths of high school journal keepers
row house row house pass through, let the city rise up
twister, dust buster, hospital bed, I'll see you, see you
see you on the highway
now we're told so merge ideas, of song forms and freedom
miss seafood, miss cheesecake, a couple of miss donuts
the edge of a blade pressed to the throat of your reflected image
poised, yet totally screwed up
yes sir, yes sir, step right up

sonikold 03.22.2006 04:05 PM

last night i dreamt i kissed neil young
if i was a boy i guess it'd be fun

Come on get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
as much as you hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
comon baby all you have
I wanna take your breathe away
comon baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
comon get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
you make me feel so crazy

Come on get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
as much as you hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
comon baby all you have
I wanna take your breathe away
comon baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
comon get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
you make me feel so good
you make me feel so crazy

krastian 03.22.2006 04:08 PM

Hmmmm.......maybe:

My violence is a dream
a real dream
a skinny arm
a crush on living skin
my violence is a sleeping head
nodding out to rising bliss
i left home for experience
carved 'Suk For Honesty' on my chest
my violence is the number
coming out of prayer
find it in the father
find it in a girl

there's a thing in my memory
holding on for dear life
with a feeling of secrets
beating up under my flesh
my tongue is tied
i'm sleeping nights awake
Tom Violence is a dream
coming out of a girl

AllHandsOnTheBigOne 03.22.2006 04:30 PM

Flower

support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word:
fuck
the word is love
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word:
fuck
the word is
love
there's a new girl in your life
long red wavy hair
green green lips and purple eyes
skinny hips and big brown breasts
hanging on your wall
one end slit the other's ripped
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love

support the power of women
use the flower of man
use the power of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love
use the word
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love
use the word
fuck

sellouteater 03.22.2006 05:32 PM

KILL YR IDOLS
has the best lyrics and title EVER

Sheriff Rhys Chatham 03.22.2006 05:35 PM

im insane

Rupert 'Stiles' Stilinski 03.22.2006 06:10 PM

Definitely:

"Wintertime come summer
You are why it's happenin'"

HaydenAsche 03.22.2006 06:12 PM

I like Karen Revisited.

finding nobody 03.22.2006 07:06 PM

everybody's talkin bout the stormy weather. what's a man to do now with our weather? it's true.

gotta love it. diamond sea is amazing.

also sweet shine
I hear my angel mountain baby
Pretend to everlast a lady
Marlboro belt buckle baby
They told me you were just crazy

I feel that I could burst
Give me a little drink of your sweet time
Is it the way you think
Or just a pattern of your glory

Is it just some story
You wrote all for me
You think you're my home
Deep down you're just a little whorey
I know you
I'm from you

guitarpro 03.23.2006 05:44 PM

I love the lyrics from Inhuman and Sunday

noumenal 03.23.2006 05:58 PM

I usually don't pay much attention to the lyrics.

HaydenAsche 03.23.2006 06:01 PM

I don't think SY have that great of lyrics. I like that one song though "You Look So Underfed." I can't remember any of the other lyrics but it was good.

noumenal 03.23.2006 06:07 PM

Tunic?

Don't you know your SY better than that?

HaydenAsche 03.23.2006 06:17 PM

No. I don't.

I don't listen to SY much.

noumenal 03.23.2006 06:21 PM

OK, fair enough.

I just realized I contradicted my last post in this thread by identifying that song by the lyrics. Oh well.

guitarpro 03.24.2006 03:08 AM

I can't pick just one my hats off to Thurston Kim & Lee for all writing such great lyrics.

strictlycommercial 03.24.2006 06:57 AM

She's not in your history books, lost her mind and kept her looks
Down beneath the radar screen, she's lit up like gasoline
Been through a million kicks, looking for the one that sticks
Never would have known it then, I might not see her again.

That or maybe Star Power; something about "Close my eyes & think of you/everything turns black to blue" sits well with me.

Strange, cause I generally prefer Thursdon's lyrics/voice.

therealglenstyler 03.24.2006 07:41 AM

"red patent leather, very "i'm in a band""

strictlycommercial 03.24.2006 12:20 PM

"...with kneepads."
Always found that addition amusing.

Inhuman 05.14.2006 05:40 PM

Bump!

Magic Wheel Memory 05.14.2006 10:03 PM

A few off the top of my head:

Got to change my mind before it burns out - Candle

Smoke and Flames... Allright! - In the Kingdom #19

When the seasons circle sideways out of turn,
And words don't speak, just fall across the carpet,
You're just in time to watch the fire burn,
And it seems a crime, but your face is bright and you love it - Mote

All of Tom Violence

Take off your mask,
Lay off my brother
Kiss my fist,
Stop at nothing - I'm Insane

Come closer and I'll...take off your dress
I'll shake off your flesh - Shaking Hell

Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids,
Your carrot souffle's got me on the skids - In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader

The guitar guy played real good feedback, with super sounding riffs - Skip Tracer

DemonBox 05.15.2006 01:50 AM

I find the lyrics of Shadow Of A Doubt perfect.

Spiritual Amnesia 05.15.2006 04:28 AM

COTTON CROWN
LOVE HAS COME TO STAY - IN ALL THE WAY
IT'S GONNA STAY FOREVER AND EVERY DAY
IT FEELS LIKE A WISH COMING TRUE
IT FEELS LIKE AN ANGEL DREAMING OF YOU
IT FEELS LIKE HEAVEN FORGIVING AND GETTING
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE FADING AND CELEBRATING
YOU GOT A CARNAL SPIRIT SPRAYING - I'M GONNA LAUGH IT UP
YOU GOT A COTTON CROWN - GONNA KEEP IT UNDERGROUND
WE'RE GONNA TAKE CONTROL OF THE CHEMISTRY
WE'RE GONNA MANIFEST THE MYSTERY
YOU GOT A MAGIC WHEEL IN YR MEMORY
I'M WASTED IN TIME AND I'M LOOKING EVERYWHERE
I DON'T CARE WHERE
I DON'T CARE WHERE
ANGELS ARE DREAMING OF YOU
NEW YORK CITY IS FOREVER KITTY
I'M WASTED IN TIME AND YR NEVER READY
FADING FADING CELEBRATING
I GOT YR COTTON CROWN

_slavo_ 05.15.2006 04:49 AM

Secret Girl - see my signature

A Thousand Threads 05.15.2006 05:18 AM

NYG&F

screamingskull 05.15.2006 05:48 AM

Where Are You Now, When Yr Broken Eyes Are Closed?
Head In A Cloudy Dream Of Green And Sailboats?
Borrowed And Never Returned, Emotions, Books,
Outlooks On Life...

alyasa 05.15.2006 06:28 AM

"Watt here"
"I'm downstairs in this window, through a pub phone booth, if you're up, I get tense..."
Beep!
"Thurston?"
"Watt..."
"Thurston... I think it's 10:30, we're calling from Providence, Rhode Island, did you find your shit?" "You gotta watch the motin' Thurston, your fuckin memory just goes out the window. We couldn't find it in the van at all, we're wondering, if you looked in that trash can. When we threw out that trash, man, was the bag in
your hand, did you dump it? Call later. Bye."

lisayoung 05.15.2006 06:29 AM

wish fulfillment
genetic
hey joni
almost all lee's songs
he's the fucking poet

greenlight 05.15.2006 09:40 AM

hard to choose

I kneel before the green light of her singing crayon eyes
and then i kiss her stomach and it's then i realize
her light
is the night
i'm not blind
i believe in you
i see a green light
i see a green light
i see a green light

eatmychild 05.15.2006 12:54 PM

Marilyn Moore....she's full of disorders, depends what yr used to...bruises from bottles that never get better, bad baby bitching she screams at the door, hammer in hand and head to the floor, Marilyn Moore
but i like nearly all sy lyrics that i know

Trasher02 05.15.2006 12:59 PM

Green light and Dripping Dream.

diamondsea 05.15.2006 04:12 PM

A 100% of my love up to you true star

Smile this girl on the strip
You really learn just how to be hip
Tell your stories about your crazy trip
messing with stars and doing tricks

Seaside lover gonna rock the boat
Gonna roll it up fast superdope
Yeah pass it around or stick it on a pin
Boojie lover with the bunny skin
My plastic lady here's a glitter roll
Straight from my heart through my soul

Light talking gold in the rain
Lights vibing dark in the saint
A cat in gold goes alone
Theresa's sound for the king

I took a look into the hate
It made me feel very up to date

Does this sound simple? Fuck you!
Are you for sale?
Does fuck you sound simple enough?

Shots ring out from the center of an empty field,
Joni's in the tall grass. She's a beautiful mental jukebox,
a sailboat explosion, a snap of electric whipcrack.
She's not thinking about the future,
not spinning her wheels, she doesn't think at all about the past.
She's thinking long and hard about that high wild sound,
and wondering will it last?

Time takes its crazy toll...

scott v 05.15.2006 04:14 PM

Lyrics I don't get:


What A Waste
You're So Chaste
I Can't Wait
To Taste Your Face


?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

finding nobody 05.15.2006 04:28 PM

burning spear
I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY I'M SCARED
IN MY HEAD I'M DEEP IN PRAYER
I LOVE THE SPEED I TRUST THE FEAR
THE MUSIC COMES
THE BURNING SPEAR

titanium expose
WAKING UP I SEE YOU DREAMING OF A DRIVE-IN
OPEN YOUR EYES TO SEE THE TV SET IN MUTE
I BEEN WAITING FOR YOU
TO SMILE ALL THE PRETTY FREEZING
WINTER TIME COMES SUMMER
YOU ARE WHY IT'S HAPPENING

dripping dream
HOWLING SCRIPTURES TO THE MOTHER EARTH
O MOTHER AFRICA AWAKE YR SON
TO ALL THE MOMMAS WITH THE MONEY EYES
THIS KIND OF LOVE COMES AS NO SURPRISE
CAUGHT SHADOW / IN SEX MEADOW
LITTLE DARLINGS DESCRIBE THE SCENE
PURRING NOTIONS OF THE DRIPPING DREAM

nomadicfollower 05.15.2006 04:34 PM

FLIPPED ON MY PERCEPTIK COGS
CHECKED IN WITH THE FUTURE GODS
FOR MELODIES OF BEES AND HOGS
START MY DAY THE PERFECT WAY
BURNED A BATCH OF MAZZY FUNK
POOR GIRL NOISE AND CHOKE STYLE PUNK
CLAPPED IT ON AND OFF I SLUNK
TO THE STREAMXSONIK SUBWAY
FIRST I NEED MY IRIS SCANNED
AS I SMELL THE BREEZE OF ELECTRIC TIN
W/ PURPLE LIGHTS I1M MOTIONED IN
WINK THE GAIN TO MINUS 10
FELL ASLEEP AND MISSED MY STOP
GOT ROUSTED BY A LOW-BEAM COP
GOT A TICKET-PATCH FOR ILLICIT FLOP
THEN FROZE ME WITH HIS JESUS GUN
THAT DON'T MEAN I'M SHOT DOWN YET
THE GLOW BELOW OF THE WHISPER JET
IT ALL MEANS SO MUCH TO US
WE DREAM BELOW THE RAINBOWS RUST
CLIPPED ON MY STREETMATIK CLOGS
PUSHED THRU THE HYPED-OUT FERVENT FOGS
FOUND MY WAY WITH SENSOID JOGS
NEW RADIO STRUCTURE
STATE MY NAME AND LOCUS FRAME
PAID THE PRICE FOR CRASHING FAME
THE APPRENTICE SPARKS HIS INITIAL FLAME
THE PRINTOUT SIGNS SAY "FURTHER"
ANTIQUE MINDS WITH RIVERED HAIR
STREAMXSONIK SUBWAY FARE
STAY IN TOUCH ELECTRIC DEAR
OUR LIGHTMAP EYES TOGETHER
LIGHTNIN

Daycare Nation 05.15.2006 08:48 PM

Don't know what to do
I don't glitter like the stars above
I don't glow like neon alone
Don't blush it's just the wind outside
Don't rush to be by my side

Disgruntled Youth 05.15.2006 10:51 PM

I always look forward to hearing Skip Tracer!!!


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