ldt006: Lagwagon Lyrics
#006 - [ Lagwagon Lyrics ] [ keno ]
I was thinking about songs. Just the sheer power they can provide, the emotion, the strength of a song. They can make you happy, they can make you sad, feelings of joy, feelings of pain. Memories of people, places, things and times.
Great things: songs.
I thought i'd type up a couple lyrics of songs below. The album that these songs are from (Hoss) I was playing out a lot in Summer 1998 I remember.
The great thing I always found about Lagwagon songs, particularly the whole of 'Hoss' was that there was so much power and emotion behind the instruments. Beautiful harmonys and lines, some of the greatest changes in speed and flow into the next verse/chorus/bridge/etc.
A perfect balance between instruments and vocals. Great use of stopping and starting etc. If you hear the songs i'm sure you'll know what I mean.
Get hold of the songs and listen to them. The beauty is in the music.
--> Lagwagon - Black Eyes
He knows no shame and takes no blame
This simpleton sees everything
He's only satisfied to point out other's mistakes
Never afraid to use his pride
his tradition is old
his faith a hand-me-down
the family
he wears them on his sleeve
morale and value left under a christmas tree
he once had the gift
this image in his grandparents eyes
no guns, no drugs, no rape, no end
this vacant soul is pale and blue
in empty gaze his crow's feet are a vision of defeat
sick and tired of the meaninglessness
the irrationale he's desensitised
his every need and emotion
a cup half empty but full of euphoria
he's searching for the light switch in the dark
to switch his routine
to find a reason
to find faith and piece of mind
when one to many beliefs die
it's tough to see through these black eyes
everyone forgives, everyone forgets
everyone is true and no one here will lie to you
he knows the truth, he knows the truth
here nothing's certain disregard what you've learned
to find faith in piece of mind all of their gods died with his peace
i should know him that heathens me
--> Lagwagon - Shaving Your Head
We used to watch them fall
and you saw them distraught
but the attention that they got it surrounds them
for years we watched them enslaved and we could only laugh
what a loser, what a shame
said we'd never play the...
and now it seems you haven't learned the lesson
i guess you have to share the pain
and now the tainted blood leaves stains behind your back
and in their words i hear your shame
how can you lie to me?
in your eyes i can see
glazed and vacant
as you're caught in the act
you've always wanted this
now you feel the stab
are you happy to be sad?
is there pleasure in the...?
and now it seems you haven't learned the lesson
i guess you have to share the pain
but now the tainted blood leaves stains behind your back
and in their words i hear your shame
as it makes you sick
do i make you scared?
when you see what you once were
as you're shaving your head
the scared boy thinks he's safe
if you can't read his eyes
but you can read
you can read his eyes
his lies..
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