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Looking for bits of text from pop songs





Akanah
Spain

This is is very intensive, the lyrics are heart-rending and so are the music itself and the singer �s voice
 
Something is wrong with the sum of us
That I can�t seem to erase
How can I be the only one
Without a smile on my face

[chorus]

Well now, you�re laughing out loud
At just the thought of being alive
And I was wondering
Could I just be you tonight
 "Could I  be you" Matchbox 20
 
Eric Clapton �s "Wonderful tonight" (Nikadixon �s one) is the most beautiful love song ever. It shows that love is in the little things.
 
Night everybody :=)
 

29 Jul 2009     



elderberrywine
Germany

wonderful songs - thank you so much. YOU are wonderful.
Just what I was looking for.
any ideas about negative emotions now? conflict, confusion, unhappiness, despair..?

29 Jul 2009     



manonski (f)
Canada

For unhappiness, Insensitive by Jann Arden
 
 
How do you cool your lips
After a summer�s kiss
How do you rid the sweat
After the body bliss
How do you turn your eyes
From the romantic glare
How do you block the sound
Of a voice you�d know anywhere

Oh, I really should have known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Your casual good-byes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me
Maybe You might have some advice to give
On how to be
Insensitive
Insensitive
Insensitive

How do you numb your skin
After the warmest touch
How do you slow your blood
After the body rush
How do you free your soul
After you�ve found a friend
How do you teach your heart
It�s a crime to fall in love again

Oh, you probably won�t remember me
It�s probably ancient history
I�m one of the chosen few
Who went ahead and fell for you
I�m out of hope, I�m out of touch
I fell too fast, I feel too much
I thought that you might have
Some advice to give on how to be
Insensitive
I really should have known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Your casual good-byes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me
Maybe You might have some advice to give
On how to be
Insensitive
Insensitive
Insensitive

29 Jul 2009     



goodnesses
Algeria

For this one I don �t have the lyrics yet But it is as simple as it is moving. Hope you have a strong heart.
 
 
 

29 Jul 2009     



goodnesses
Algeria

Here are the Lyrics:
By Declan Galbraith
 
In my dream children sing a song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green and laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need

Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed?
Tell me why (why) cos I don �t understand.
When so many need somebody we don �t give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

Everyday I ask myself what will I have to do to be a man?
Do I have to stand and fight to prove to everybody who I am?
Is that what my life is for to waste in a world full of war?

Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed?
Tell me why (why) cos I don �t understand.
When so many need somebody we don �t give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

(children) tell me why? (declan) tell me why?
(children) tell me why? (declan) tell me why?
(together) just tell me why, why, why?

Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed?
Tell me why (why) cos I don �t understand.
When so many need somebody we don �t give a helping hand.

Tell me why (why,why,does the tiger run)
Tell me why (why why do we shoot the gun)
Tell me why (why,why do we never learn)
Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?

(why,why do we say we care)
Tell me why (why,why do we stand and stare)
Tell me why (why,why do the dolphins cry)
Can some one tell us why we let the ocean die ?

(why,why if we �re all the same)
tell me why (why,why do we pass the blame)
tell me why (why,why does it never end)
can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends?

29 Jul 2009     



**********
Portugal

Kate Winslet �s what if
 
Here I stand alone
With this weight upon my heart
And it will not go away
In my head I keep on looking back
Right back to the start
Wondering what it was that made you change
 
 
 - Tracy Chapman, Baby Can I Hold You (conflict)
 
Sorry
Is all that you can�t say
Years gone by and still
Words don´t come easily
Like sorry
Like sorry

Forgive me
Is all that you can�t say
Years gone by and still
Words don´t come easily
Like forgive me
Forgive me

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I�d told you the right words
At the right time
You�d be mine
 
Keane �s everybody �s changing (despair/confusion) (with a litlle help from my daughter...)
 

You �re gone from here
Soon you will disappear
Fading into beautiful light
�Cause everybody �s changing
And I don �t feel right

Coldplay The Scientist (complexity/confusion/loss)
 
I was just guessing at numbers and figures, pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, Science and progress, Do not speak as loud as my heart
Tell me you love me, Come back to haunt me, Oh when I rush to the start
Running in circles, Chasing our tails, Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy 
Oh It �s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I �m going back to the start
 
Peter Gabriel�s BIKO  
 
When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

 

30 Jul 2009     



manonski (f)
Canada

Unbreak my heart by Toni Braxton is a song about pain.
 
 
How can you mend a broken heart
 
 
I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again

I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow, no one said a word about the sorrow

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again

30 Jul 2009     



goodnesses
Algeria

Yes dear you should make that WS.  Can �t wait to see it and the project too.
To be sincere with you I have  a Unit dealing with the same topic "Keep Cool" by the end of the school year. It is about emotions, feelings and humour. I am sure your project ideas and WS will be of great help and certainly very inspiring.

Wish you a lot courage.

Thanks a lot for these (at last) sweet moment.

Regards from Algeria

30 Jul 2009     



**********
Portugal

Kate Winslet �s what if
 
Here I stand alone
With this weight upon my heart
And it will not go away
In my head I keep on looking back
Right back to the start
Wondering what it was that made you change
 
Keane �s everybody �s changing (despair/confusion) (with a litlle help from my daughter...)
 

You �re gone from here
Soon you will disappear
Fading into beautiful light
�Cause everybody �s changing
And I don �t feel right

Coldplay The Scientist (complexity/confusion/loss)
 
I was just guessing at numbers and figures, pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, Science and progress, Do not speak as loud as my heart
Tell me you love me, Come back to haunt me, Oh when I rush to the start
Running in circles, Chasing our tails, Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy 
Oh It �s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I �m going back to the start
 

30 Jul 2009     



manonski (f)
Canada

Wonderful by Everclear
 
hey, aint life wonderful? wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... isnt it wonderful
Now?

I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
Close my eyes and I count to ten
Hope its over when I open them

I want the things that I had before
Like a star wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten
Make everything be wonderful again

Hope my mom and I hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
Hear them scream, I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me wanna cry

Close my eyes when I go to bed
And I dream of angels who make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say
Everything will be wonderful someday

Promises mean everything when youre little
And the worlds so big
I just dont understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
Tell me everything is wonderful now

Please dont tell me everything is wonderful now

I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that its all okay
I laugh aloud so my friends wont know
When the bell rings I just dont wanna go home

Go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life
I dont believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful someday

Promises mean everything when youre little
And the world is so big
I just dont understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me everything is wonderful now

No
No, I dont wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I dont wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now

I dont wanna hear you say
That I will understand someday
No, no, no, no
I dont wanna hear you say
You both have grown in a different way
No, no, no, no
I dont wanna meet your friends
And I dont wanna start over again
I just want my life to be the same
Just like it used to be
Some days I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please dont tell me everything is wonderful now...

I dont wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now

30 Jul 2009     

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