Ask Lemmy

"We'll buy some drugs and watch a band / then jump in the river holding hands"

We brag on having bread, but none of us are bakers We all talk having greens, but none of us own acres If none of us own acres, and none of us grow wheat Then who will feed our people when our people need to eat?

Killer Mike ~ Ronald Reagan

Vicarious by TOOL

Eye on the TV, 'cause tragedy thrills me

Whatever flavor it happens to be like

"Killed by the husband"

"Drowned by the ocean"

"Shot by his own son"

"She used a poison in his tea

Then kissed him goodbye"

That's my kind of story

It's no fun 'til someone dies

Cause I need to watch things die

From a distance

Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies

You all need it too, don't lie

Is this how it is?
Is this how it's always been?
To exist in the face of suffering and death
And somehow still keep singing?

Florence + The Machine - Free

Also:

I did my best, tried to impress, my childhood dream made flesh
And my dresses and my flowering sadness, so like a woman to profit from her madness
I was only beautiful under the lights, only powerful there
Burned down at thirty-six
Why did you dig me up for this?

Florence + The Machine - One of the Greats

Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me.

From Firefly. Sung by Sonny Rhodes, written by Joss Whedon

You know, suicide isn't painless,
When you leave everyone in pain.
NOFX - Doornails

There's a tool for everything A sawzall can set you free

There's copper in the hills, you ain't gotta mine it. Just a pickup truck in the dead of night. Birds of a feather, they'll flock and cry but the metal man don't care which way you fly.

-sawzall v surveillance, Nathan evans fox

"And on I read, until the day was gone.

And I sat in regret of all the things I've done.

For all that I've blessed, and all that I've wronged.

In dreams until my death I will wander on."

Audioslave, Like A Stone.

"To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave" Primus

https://youtu.be/AccbAu2KmFg

"the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" - Bad Word (Tears for Fears)

"Well, Americans don't care for much of anything
Land and water the least
And animal life is low on the totem pole
With human life not worth more than infected yeast,"

"Americans don't care too much for beauty
They'll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach Complain if they can't swim" - Last Great American Whale (Lou Reed)

the entire songs is magnificent

On y a mis la tête contre une brique Que même la brique, elle a eu mal

Which can be translated to

We smashed his head against a brick So hard even the brick got hurt

(From Renaud, Deuxième Génération)

Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking

Queen - Under Pressure

A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall

Bo Burnham - That Funny Feeling

(Honestly every line in that song is golden)

"Democracy don't rule the world. You better get that through your head. This world is ruled by violence, but I guess that's better left unsaid". Bob Dylan form his album "Infidels" and the song is called "Sundown on the Union". The song is over 30 years old but Dylan saw it unwinding back then.

Let's put one classic here. One that is sadly more and more relevant these days...

Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses. Evil minds that plot destruction, sorcerers of death's construction. In the fields the bodies burning, as the war machine keeps turning. Death and hatred to mankind, poisoning their brainwashed minds...Oh lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess Wait `till their judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning, as you hear the bodies burning. No more war pigs of the power, hand of god has struck the hour. Day of judgement, god is calling, on their knees the war pigs crawling. Begging mercy for their sins, Satan, laughing, spreads his wings...Oh lord, yeah!

• War Pigs, Black Sabbath

Strangers passing in the street. By chance, two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me

~ Pink Floyd - Echoes

My time is a piece of wax Falling on a termite Who's choking on the splinters

~Beck, "Loser"

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

~Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee

The people who love me still ask me, "When are you coming back to town?" I answer, "Quite frankly, when they stop building roads, And all God needs is gravity to hold me down."

~Alison Kraus, "Gravity"

Four hundred years later, I learned about my roots, And how they traded in their white sheets for badges and blue suits

~Onyx, "Getto Mentalitee"

Is your mother worried? Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?

~Chaise Longue by Wet Leg

You want me to love you in moderation Do I look moderate to you?

~Florence + The Machine, "Moderation"

And the salt in my wounds Isn't burning anymore than it used to. It's not that I don't feel the pain It's just I'm not afraid of hurting anymore.

~Paramore, "Last Hope"

the shit hasn't even begun to hit the fan.

~Incubus, from "Consequence"

I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve. I have a history of losing my shirt.

~"One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies

Kill him. Fucking kill him. Kill him already kill him. Kill him already. Kill him already. Kill him. JUST FUCKING KILL HIM. FUCKING KILL HIM.

Shellac - Prayer to god

I sing this almost daily when I read the news.

Now Paul is a real estate novelist,
who never had time for a wife

(...)

Amiaryllis' Watashi Wa Ame cover

I suffer in this shallow puddle, while others drown among their turbulent seas

and

But, still i wish that i could suffer the pain of everyone so i'd understand

so practically this whole song (sorta half and really half of a half. its complicated) from jethro tull just becomes more and more relevant every year as the dystopia increases:

There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea
And the motor car magical world long since ceased to be
When the Eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree

Incestuous ancestry's charabanc ride
Spawning new millions throws the world on its side
Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse
And those with no sandwiches please get off the bus

The excrement bubbles
The century's slime decays
And the brainwashing government lackeys
Would have us say
It's under control and we'll soon be on our way
To a grand year for babies and quiz panel games
Of the hot hungry millions you'll be sure to remain

The natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old
And those with no homes to go to, please dig yourself holes

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

Regina Spektor - On the Radio

Dying is easy it's living that scares me to death

Cold - Annie Lennox

I am not usually fond of slow ballads, but Annie Lennox has the depth to pull me in.

Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Feathers on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me makes me lighter
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Feathers on my breath - Massive Attack - Teardrop

Wanna be loved
Not for who you think I am
Nor what you want me to be
Could you love me for me?
Real love, with no strings attached
I wanna give you me heart
Don't want to take it back
And this is my chat (cho!) - Buju Banton - Wanna Be Loved

In my life I hope I lie And tell everyone you were a good wife And I hope you die I hope we both die

No Children by The Mountain Goats.
The entire song is lyrically amazing. It's about a divorcing couple who were frankly broken to begin with. And while just reading the lyrics make it seem like a big downer of a song, it's in a major key, and there is catharsis to be found in its hatred.

And if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice

~ Rush- Freewill

That line helped kick my ass into gear and actually start living the life I wanted instead of sitting paralyzed by my fears

Love is watching someone die

~ Death Cab for Cutie - What Sarah Said

That song just kinda broke me after watching my mom slowly die of cancer

Fuck you all, fuck everyone and everything, you don't know me and you wouldn't want to anyway forced into the end, I fucked myself, I fucked myself again again, I am nothing, again, fuck everything

• F.E. - 40 Below Summer

Not another motherfucking politician, doing nothing but something for his own ambition.. The Power of Equality - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

She could have turned out to be almost anything, with the possible exception of what I wanted her to be. Jackson Browne

You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself

~ Radiohead, Just

I repeat myself when under stress

I repeat myself when under stress

I repeat myself when under stress

I repeat myself when under stress

-Indiscipline by King Crimson

Also:

The music of rebellion makes you wanna rage

But it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age

-The Sound of Muzak by Porcupine Tree

Red Dirt Girl, all of it really but this always gets me:

She loved her brother I remember back when

He was fixin' up a '49 Indian

He told her, "Little sister, gonna ride the wind

Up around the moon and back again"

He never got farther than Vietnam

I was standin' there with her

When the telegram come for Lillian

Fontaines DC song A Hero's Death is probably the most uplifting punk song in existence, I love it.

Chorus:

Life ain't always empty.
Life ain't always empty.
Life ain't always empty.
Life ain't always empty.
Life ain't always empty.
Life ain't always empty.

Don't get stuck in the past.
Say your favourite things at mass.
Tell your mother that you love her.
And go out of your way for others.
Sit beneath a light that suits ya.
And look forward to a brighter future.

(Chorus)

Sink as far down as you can be pulled up.
Happiness really ain't all about luck.
Let your demeanour be your deep down self.
And don't sacrifice your life for your health.
When you speak, speak sincere.
And believe me friend, everyone will hear.

(Chorus)

Bring your own two cents.
Never borrow them from someone else.
Buy yourself a flower every hundredth hour.
Throw your hair down from your lonely tower.
And if, and if.
You find yourself in the family way.
Give the kid more than what you got in your day.

(Chorus)

Never let a clock tell you what you got time for.
It only goes around, goes around, goes around.
Take your family name for your own great sins.
'Cause each day is where it all begins.
And don't give up too quick.
You only get one line, you better make it stick.
If we give ourselves to every breath.
Then we're all in the running for a hero's death.

Often I am upset

That I cannot fall in love but I guess

This avoids the stress of falling out of it

Cavetown - Home

The rivers are full of crocodile nasties And he who made kittens put snakes in the grass - Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull

Some rich men came and raped the land. Nobody caught 'em. Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and, Jesus, people bought 'em - The Last Resort - Eagles

The Goats, I forget which track from the album Tricks of the Shade:

Not forgotten like the Arawaks We mowed down a race so an engine could ride a pair of tracks Who cares about the facts we got food on the table Saying thanks because the giving was the reason for the fable

And from another track, same album:

Columbus destroyed more Indians than Hitler killed Jews But on his birthday you get sales on shoes And this is all old news but I'm afraid you can't find it You snooze you lose so I choose to rewind it Offer gun for gold but behold a real plan Using shady treaties trading trickies for land They should've scalped his ass before he even touched sand