Dirty Little Secret
here's something that you don't see
That you can't figure out
Something inside of me that I just can't get out
Well every now and then, I go wild, but I'll never tell
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I never tell a lie, no
So I have to hide
It doesn't matter to me
Means nothing at all
Just another dream
Just another fall
And what goes up must come down
But the world spins around
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I never, never confide, no
So I go and hide
And though I think it shows
Though I think they stay
I just look down
But no one really knows
No one really cares
Life just goes round and round
There's something that you don't see
That you can't figure out
Something I'd like to be, but I can't get it out
Well every now and then I go wild, but I'll never tell
And though I think it shows
Though I think they stay
I just look down
But no one really knows
No one really cares
Life just goes round and round
There's something that you don't see
That you can't figure out
Something inside of me that I just can't get out
Well every now and then, I go wild, but I'll never tell
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I'll never tell a lie, no
So I have to hide
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I never, never confide, no
So I have to hide
my dirty little secret inside
That you can't figure out
Something inside of me that I just can't get out
Well every now and then, I go wild, but I'll never tell
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I never tell a lie, no
So I have to hide
It doesn't matter to me
Means nothing at all
Just another dream
Just another fall
And what goes up must come down
But the world spins around
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I never, never confide, no
So I go and hide
And though I think it shows
Though I think they stay
I just look down
But no one really knows
No one really cares
Life just goes round and round
There's something that you don't see
That you can't figure out
Something I'd like to be, but I can't get it out
Well every now and then I go wild, but I'll never tell
And though I think it shows
Though I think they stay
I just look down
But no one really knows
No one really cares
Life just goes round and round
There's something that you don't see
That you can't figure out
Something inside of me that I just can't get out
Well every now and then, I go wild, but I'll never tell
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I'll never tell a lie, no
So I have to hide
Cuz I hide my dirty little secret inside
You know I never, never confide, no
So I have to hide
my dirty little secret inside
Comments
Only, I don't know how they got out, dear.
Turn me back into the pet that I was when we met.
I was happier then with no mind-set.
And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree
And I'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
New slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries.
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony.
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall,
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely.
And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree
And I'd a danced like the kind of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
God speed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs,
And bleed into their buns 'till they melt away.
I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find.
Without a trust or flaming fields am I too dumb to refine?
And if you'd 'a took to me like
Well I'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
[Refrain:]
oh lordy,
trouble so hard
oh lordy,
trouble so hard,
don't nobody know my troubles but God [x2]
went down the hill,
the other day
my soul got happy
and stayed all day
[Refrain]
went in the room,
didn't stay long,
looked on the bed
and brother was dead
[Refrain]
when it's already passed her by
but Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about
you know it feels good to be alive
I was alive and I waited waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now, there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now, watching the world wake up from history
I saw the decade in, when it seemed
the world could change at the blink of an eye
And if anything
then there's your sign of the times
I was alive and I waited waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now
I was alive and I waited waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now, there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now, watching the world wake up from history
Right here, right now, there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now, watching the world wake up from history
Right here, right now, there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now, watching the world wake up
You'd have me tell no lies
You're always asking what it's all about
But don't listen to my replies
You say to me I don't talk enough
But when I do I'm a fool
These times I've spent, I've realized
I'm going to shoot through
And leave you
The things, you say
Your purple prose just gives you away
The things, you say
You're unbelievable
You burden me with your problems
By telling me more than mine
I'm always so concerned
With the way you say
You've always go to stop
To think of us being one
Is more than I ever know
But this time, I realize
I'm going to shoot through
And leave you
Seemingly lastless, don't mean
You can ask us
Pushing down the relative
Bringing out your higher self
Think of the fine times
Pushing down the better few
Instead of bringing out the clues
To what the world and everything anger to
Brace yourself with the grace of ease
I know this world ain't what it seems.
What the fuck was that
It's unbelievable
I love that line
What a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet.
You know that ghost is me.
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see.
If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paper back novel
The kind the drugstores sell.
Then you reached the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me.
But heros often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending 's just too hard to take!
I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a threeway script.
Enter number two:
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out of me.
But for now
love
let's be real;
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it.
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back.
If you could read my mind
love
What a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet.
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'd know that I'm just
Tryin' to understand the feelin's that you lack.
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it.
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back!
I'm a loser, no chance to win
Leaves start falling, come down is calling
Loneliness starts sinking in
But I'm one
I'm one
And I can see that this is me
And I will be, you'll all see
I'm the one
Where d'you get those blue blue jeans
Faded patched secret so tight
Where d'you get that walk oh so lean
Your shoes and shour shirt all just right
But I'm one
I'm one
And I can see that this is me
And I will be, you'll all see
I'm the one
I got a Gibson without a case
But I can't get that even tanned look on my face
Ill fitting clothes and I blend in the crowd
Fingers so clumsy, voice too loud
But I'm one
I'm one
And I can see that this is me
And I will be, you'll all see
I'm the one
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living, after we'll die
I salivate like a Pavlov dog
Yeah when you lay me out
My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum, alright
Talkin' to some rich folk that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
Well, you know I could never be alone
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the U.S. Mail
Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Drink sangria in the park
And then later, when it gets dark, we'll go home
Just a perfect day
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later a movie too, and then home
[Chorus:]
Oh it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect day
Problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
It's such fun
Just a perfect day
You make me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
Someone good
[Chorus]
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
I want to land the part of Eddie in The Stranger Dance
Cause he gets to swordfight the duke
He kidnaps the queen
And you think the score's set but you can't truly see
Til you know the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
Til you know the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
Mmm but I don't get out so much since I acquired St. Vitus dance
I turn the news on a while
I practice my scene
You think things are straight but they're not what they seem
Til you know the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
In his coat and his boots and his blackheart machine
No, no one knows the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
I want to land the part of Eddie in The Stranger Dance
He makes love to the duke
He swordfights the queen
He steals the whole show in his last dying scene
No one sees the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
No, no one sees the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
No one sees the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
Mmm hmmm mmm hmm hmm hmm
BRIGHTER NOW
Sitting on the beach,
We watch the sun dance on the ocean.
Turns the waves to liquid fire,
But we know that they can't touch us.
Hear a scream from far away,
Flames dance across the horizon.
Guns are barking out a symphony;
We know that they can't hear us.
For our love's higher than the mountain,
Brighter than the stars above.
I bought the book, I read the label,
Wrote the script down in my cradle.
Waited all my life for this moment...
Make it real for now, make it for eternity...
Eternity...
Don't turn against me.
Don't turn against me.
Eternity...
- Edward Ka-spel (The Legendary Pink Dots)
In the usual place
With the tired and weary
There's no escape
To need a woman
You've got to know
How the strong get weak
And the rich get poor
Slave to love (repeat)
You're running with me
Don't touch the ground
We're the restless hearted
Not the chained and bound
The sky is burning
A sea of flame
Though your world is changing
I will be the same
Slave to love (repeat)
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
Can you help me? (repeat)
The storm is breaking
Or so it seems
We're too young to reason
Too grown up to dream
And the spring is turning
Your face to mine
I can hear your laughter
I can see your smile
Slave to love (repeat)
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
"Every morning I've got a new chance"
engraved on my iPod.
Thanks, Brighternow, I'll look that up.
In 1990
The big city geez it's been 20 years-
Candy-you were so fine
Beautiful beautiful
Girl from the north
You burned my heart
With a flickering torch
I had a dream that no one else could see
You gave me love for free
candy, candy , Candy I can't let you go
All my life you're haunting me
I loved you so
Candy, candy , Candy I can't let you go
Life is crazy
Candy baby
Yeah, well it hurt me real bad when you left
I'm glad you got out
But I miss you
I've had a hole in my heart
For so long
I've learned to fake it and
Just smile along
Down on the street
Those men are all the same
I need a love
Not games
Not games
Candy, Candy, Candy I can't let you go
All my life you're haunting me
I loved you so
Candy, Candy , Candy I can't let you go
Life is crazy
I Know baby
Candy baby
UOU UOU UOU
Candy, Candy, Candy I can't let you go
All my life you're haunting me
I loved you so
CANDY CANDY CANDY
life is crazy
candy baby
candy baby,
candy, candy
River of life, salt of the Earth
We are the children of unseen worlds
In this arena the strongest survives
But only intact if they stay true to life
And touched by a sparkle, a cool fire burns
The flame is a guest but it has to return
To its kingdom, its arising
To its source
The mystery lives in crystal and cell
Untouchable real as the heartbeat itself
The immanent life, an eminent line
A journey more directional than defined
A resonance ringing, a midnight sun burns
Whats said by the words is what silence confirms
The media of senses, of heart and of mind
In worlds of the moment, the past left behind
It leaves me all breathless, it feels so complete
The heavens so still and the Earth so concrete
And it calls me
In a whisper
In a scream
Like a shadow thats cast from above
In this kingdom of flesh and of blood
A superior allowance rules
The Magnum Opus of life
Calling for some, knowing youre there
Hiding away in own worlds, unaware
Living in darkness, living without
The beauty of life, of demand inside out
Now stop the self-torture of doubt and of fear
The fact that you are says youre meant to be here
To feel weak costs nothing, to rise above does
A future is calling for each one of us
And if you dont want it, then die on your own
Im gonna proceed even if Im alone
Cause I want it
More than ever
For us all
Reasons known, reasons still to be found
Where theres will, there are ways, none without
A superior allowance rules
The Magnum Opus of life
And it calls me
In a whisper
And it calls me
In a scream
When all is said and when all is done
A moment alone will come to everyone
To make you consider, to make you see clear
What you have caused in the time youve been here
Its beginning
So may each find what each seeks
Martin Hall
is she weird, is she white
is she promised to the night
and her head has no room
I never wanted her to see
The world inside me
The world was turning 'round and 'round
Like something running out of time
She whispered 'listen to the wind' and her breath burned my skin
I didn't understand but it made me feel so still
There's a tale of the night, there's an unspoken word
And the story that she told couldn't be explained in words
'Cause she
She's eternal
With her the world dies
And she
She's eternal
With her the world dies
Let it die
A stone that falls into the sea
It falls inside me
These winterlands, they never change
They're covered in this quiet grey
Voices calling in the night from the corners of my mind
From the desolated worlds I was trying to leave behind
Never thought I'd be returning to the place it all began
To the tainted heart of longing, till she took me by the hand
Martin Hall
Race Relations
Consolation
Segregation
Dispensation
Isolation
Exploitation
Mutilation
Mutations
Miscreation
Confirmation.......to the evils of the world
A beautiful ceiling
The smell of grass
Just makes you pass
Into a dream
You're here today
No future fears
This day will last
A thousand years
If you want it to
You look around you
Things they astound you
So breathe in deep
You're not asleep
Open your mind
You're here today
No future fears
This day will last
A thousand years
If you want it to
Do you understand
That all over this land
There's a feeling
In minds far and near
Things are becoming clear
With a meaning
Now that you're knowing
Pleasure starts flowing
It's true life flies
Faster than eyes
Could ever see
You're here today
No future fears
This day will last
A thousand years
If you want it to
The Moody Blues
A routine malaise
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay
Would you always
Maybe sometimes
Make it easy
Take your time
Think of all the ways
Momentary phase
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay
Every time you try
Quarter half the mile
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay
Would you always
Maybe sometimes
Make it easy
Take your time
Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
I ain't been home since Friday night
And now my wife is coming after me
Give me police protection
Gonna buy a gun so
I can look after number one
Give me a bodyguard
A back belt Judo expert with a machine gun
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
All I did was have a bit too much to drink
And I picked the wrong precinct
Got picked up by the law
And now I ain't got time to think
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
And I'm oh so tired of running
Gonna lay down on the floor
I gotta rest some time so
I can get to run some more
She's comin'!
She's comin'!t
She came
Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee
She came
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
She came
Blood on the rise, it's following me
Think about the break of day
She came and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
She came
Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness
She came
Blood in the streets it's up to my thigh
She came
Yeah the river runs red down the legs of a city
She came
The women are crying red rivers of weepin'
She came into town and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind
Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven
Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice
Blood in my love in the terrible summer
Bloody red sun of Phantastic L.A.
Blood screams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union
There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles
Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
Blood on the rise, it's following me
I want to believe that mankind is essentially good and that the horror I see and the horrors I hear about are simply the last crisis of a dying spectre that has haunted our fragile globe for just to long.
I want to believe that we are about to peel off the mask with which this spiteful god has been frightening us.
I want to believe that we will not dance on his defeated rotting body for that would grant him victory in death.
I want to believe that we will peel away the masks with which we frighten each other.
I want to believe that no new spectre will replace the one that died and that we can stand alone and respect one another.
love one another.
respect and cherish life in all its shapes and sizes while continuing to evolve.
I want to believe that mankind will never be too arrogant to abandon its quest for the ultimate answer.
I want to believe that even I could answer this question.
I want to believe all of these things?
But you caught me at a bad moment and I cant.
- Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots.
edit: Touring in the US at the moment.
edit 2: Its from the album From Here You'll Watch the World Go By (track 4)
My favorite lyrics right now are from the Dandy Warhols' Godless, which are, unfortunately, the direct opposite sentiment of those by the Legendary Pink Dots:
Hey, I said you were Godless then
It seems like you're a soulless friend.
As thoughtless as you were back then,
I swear that you are Godless.
Hey, I guess you're lonely, when
I gave, you only took, So then
It's stranger then its ever been.
I guess it's what you wanted.
Of late, it seems that
lonely I will be.
I beg, I bleed,
but this is all that I've gotten.
Hey, as for today, my friend,
To hope that you could ever bend,
I swear you are, I swear you are,
I swear that you are Godless.
Hey, I said you're Godless then.
Hey, and you're a soulless friend,
Hey, I said you're Godless and
I swear, I swear
You're Godless
You're Godless
You're Godless