Nice jobsteven_crayn wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 8:31 amThat was me having just synched the audio of the studio version to the Paris TV Special performance of the song.
Whether it’s his greatest lyric i don’t know, but a classic Alice lyric and song for sure, proving he still wrote great stuff in the 1980s, despite some of his detractors who just refer to his heath issues during that period.
Here’s the video https://youtu.be/d118UVjgS_8
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Nice one! Thanks.steven_crayn wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 8:31 amThat was me having just synched the audio of the studio version to the Paris TV Special performance of the song.Gilles27 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:52 amI saw on Facebook yesterday that someone suggested the lyrics from Pain, and I have to agree.
And I'm the loudest one laughing at the saddest wake
I'm the salt in the sweat on the cuts of the slaves
I was the wound in the side while Jesus prayed
I was the filthiest word at the vandalized grave
Whether it’s his greatest lyric i don’t know, but a classic Alice lyric and song for sure, proving he still wrote great stuff in the 1980s, despite some of his detractors who just refer to his heath issues during that period.
Here’s the video https://youtu.be/d118UVjgS_8
I’m a big fan of the ‘blackout’ albums. They certainly get played more by me than anything from Constrictor onwards.
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"In my own way, I lovingly kiss the bride...with your ring in your hand, your eyes and your mouth open wide...in my eyes blood drops look like Roses on White Lace...."
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This is gonna be a bit of a lengthy post, but there are just too many great Cooper lyrics and I can't possibly pare them down to just one or two lines. Songs like Pain and Go to Hell are chock full of great lines. Crazy Little Child is such a great story song that I assumed that it was a cover of some old 30s tune. I think Brutal Planet has some of the best lyrics of any of his albums. He really seemed inspired while he was working on that one.
Zorro's Ascent
I hated this song the first few times I listened to it, but when I took the time to actually listen to the lyrics I became convinced that it is the work of genius. He really nails the swashbuckling bravado of El Zorro and comes up with the perfect ending for the character.
Death you're running closer and I can't keep this pace
Sir, I'm disadvantaged and should I lose this race
Hand to me your deadliest wine, I'll give you back a taste
Before you burn your mark on me, I'll carve mine in your face
Alma Mater
Rain is falling down my cheek
Searching for the sea
Tomorrow, like the rain
I'll be back home again
Desperado:
You're as stiff as my smoking barrel
You're as dead as a desert night
You're a notch and I'm a legend
You're at peace and I must hide
Tell me where the hell I'm going
Let my bones fall in the dust
Can you hear that ghost that's calling
As my Colt begins to rust
In the dust
Teenage Lament '74
I ran into my room
And I fell down on my knees
I thought that fifteen
Was gonna be a breeze
I picked up my guitar
To blast way the clouds
But somebody in the next room yelled
"You gotta turn that damn thing down"
Public Animal #9
She wanted an Einstein but she got a Frankenstein
Welcome To My Nightmare
We sweat laugh and scream here
'cause life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here
The Black Widow
He sits upon his throne
And picks at all the bones
Of his husbands and his wives he's devoured
He stares with a gleam
With a laugh so obscene
At the virgins and the children he's deflowered
Go to Hell
You'd poison a blind man's dog and steal his cane
You'd gift wrap a leper and mail him to your Aunt Jane
You'd even force feed a diabetic a candy cane
You can go to Hell
Freedom
It's gotta be loud
I want it to roar
I want it to blow everyone at the show off of the floor
I'm in for the kill
I'm back with a rage
I want them to write in the paper each night how I bloodied the stage
Love's A Loaded Gun
Someday they'll put me in a squad car
Someday they'll throw away the key
But 'til that day I'll be a mad dog
'Cause that's what you taught me to be
Sideshow
I ain't got no fun today
It's just like yesterday, oh yeah
Only different shades of grey
I'm bored right out of my skull
I'd have to get high just to be dull
Sanctuary
Same gray suit
Same brown shoes
Same headache
Same pills
He goes home thinks about suicide
But he's got his diploma, ya got to give him that
I guess I'll find the perfect wife
And I'll have 2.3 perfect kids
And if I work real hard
And if I die real fast
They'll all turn out Just. Like. Me.
Deeper
Daylight is at an end, you'll never see again
You'll soon embrace the sight, this cold eternal light
Sex, Death And Money
Sex, death and money, honey, grease the wheels and make them fly
Sex, death and money, sonny, that is why we all are gonna..
That is why we all are gonna fry
I Just Wanna Be God
I don't need a preacher in my face
When I'm the omnipresent ruler of the human race
Ain't gonna spend my life being no one's fool
I was born to rock and I was born to rule
But if I'm wrong on judgment day
I'm royally screwed with hell to pay
Man Of the Year
I never cheat at finals, or miss a day at school
My urine tests are perfect, my prostate is a jewel
The queen made me a knight
The pope made me a saint
The president plays golf with me
I made Madonna faint
Be With You Awhile
I just want to take you somewhere you haven't been
Find an old time movie where we don't know the end
Lost in the radio, drive another mile
So I could be with you awhile
Backyard Brawl
Only got six teeth but three of those
Are sharp enough to bite off your nose
Woman Of Mass Distraction
Some girls will make you blue when you should be seeing red
Your Own Worst Enemy
The judge took your license and forbid you to drive
And your heart is pumping bacon and you're barely alive
What Baby Wants
Steven: Oh yeah tell me what you gonna do?
The Devil: I'm gonna drain your veins and bathe in your blood
Steven: Honey, I seen worse then you.
Genuine American Girl
So come and dance with me
Come take a chance with me
I'm only thirty outta fifty shades of grey
What do ya say?
Go Man Go
We ride into the night
A train comes into sight
Do we make it, I don`t know
Should I slam on the brakes or step on the gas?
And she said "Go man go"
Zorro's Ascent
I hated this song the first few times I listened to it, but when I took the time to actually listen to the lyrics I became convinced that it is the work of genius. He really nails the swashbuckling bravado of El Zorro and comes up with the perfect ending for the character.
Death you're running closer and I can't keep this pace
Sir, I'm disadvantaged and should I lose this race
Hand to me your deadliest wine, I'll give you back a taste
Before you burn your mark on me, I'll carve mine in your face
Alma Mater
Rain is falling down my cheek
Searching for the sea
Tomorrow, like the rain
I'll be back home again
Desperado:
You're as stiff as my smoking barrel
You're as dead as a desert night
You're a notch and I'm a legend
You're at peace and I must hide
Tell me where the hell I'm going
Let my bones fall in the dust
Can you hear that ghost that's calling
As my Colt begins to rust
In the dust
Teenage Lament '74
I ran into my room
And I fell down on my knees
I thought that fifteen
Was gonna be a breeze
I picked up my guitar
To blast way the clouds
But somebody in the next room yelled
"You gotta turn that damn thing down"
Public Animal #9
She wanted an Einstein but she got a Frankenstein
Welcome To My Nightmare
We sweat laugh and scream here
'cause life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here
The Black Widow
He sits upon his throne
And picks at all the bones
Of his husbands and his wives he's devoured
He stares with a gleam
With a laugh so obscene
At the virgins and the children he's deflowered
Go to Hell
You'd poison a blind man's dog and steal his cane
You'd gift wrap a leper and mail him to your Aunt Jane
You'd even force feed a diabetic a candy cane
You can go to Hell
Freedom
It's gotta be loud
I want it to roar
I want it to blow everyone at the show off of the floor
I'm in for the kill
I'm back with a rage
I want them to write in the paper each night how I bloodied the stage
Love's A Loaded Gun
Someday they'll put me in a squad car
Someday they'll throw away the key
But 'til that day I'll be a mad dog
'Cause that's what you taught me to be
Sideshow
I ain't got no fun today
It's just like yesterday, oh yeah
Only different shades of grey
I'm bored right out of my skull
I'd have to get high just to be dull
Sanctuary
Same gray suit
Same brown shoes
Same headache
Same pills
He goes home thinks about suicide
But he's got his diploma, ya got to give him that
I guess I'll find the perfect wife
And I'll have 2.3 perfect kids
And if I work real hard
And if I die real fast
They'll all turn out Just. Like. Me.
Deeper
Daylight is at an end, you'll never see again
You'll soon embrace the sight, this cold eternal light
Sex, Death And Money
Sex, death and money, honey, grease the wheels and make them fly
Sex, death and money, sonny, that is why we all are gonna..
That is why we all are gonna fry
I Just Wanna Be God
I don't need a preacher in my face
When I'm the omnipresent ruler of the human race
Ain't gonna spend my life being no one's fool
I was born to rock and I was born to rule
But if I'm wrong on judgment day
I'm royally screwed with hell to pay
Man Of the Year
I never cheat at finals, or miss a day at school
My urine tests are perfect, my prostate is a jewel
The queen made me a knight
The pope made me a saint
The president plays golf with me
I made Madonna faint
Be With You Awhile
I just want to take you somewhere you haven't been
Find an old time movie where we don't know the end
Lost in the radio, drive another mile
So I could be with you awhile
Backyard Brawl
Only got six teeth but three of those
Are sharp enough to bite off your nose
Woman Of Mass Distraction
Some girls will make you blue when you should be seeing red
Your Own Worst Enemy
The judge took your license and forbid you to drive
And your heart is pumping bacon and you're barely alive
What Baby Wants
Steven: Oh yeah tell me what you gonna do?
The Devil: I'm gonna drain your veins and bathe in your blood
Steven: Honey, I seen worse then you.
Genuine American Girl
So come and dance with me
Come take a chance with me
I'm only thirty outta fifty shades of grey
What do ya say?
Go Man Go
We ride into the night
A train comes into sight
Do we make it, I don`t know
Should I slam on the brakes or step on the gas?
And she said "Go man go"