Songs that speak to my heart when I think of the organization

by nancy drew 43 Replies latest jw friends

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  AllTimeJeff

  God, there are so many.... Songs and lyrics have always been my real bible....

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo1dkijn0mU

  They say that these are not the best of times
  But they're the only times I've ever known
  And I believe there is a time for meditation
  In cathedrals of our own
  
  Now, I have seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes
  And I can only stand apart and sympathize
  For we are always what our situations hand us
  It's either sadness or euphoria
  
  So we'll argue and we'll compromise
  And realize that nothing's ever changed
  For all our mutual experience,
  Our separate conclusions are the same
  
  Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
  Our reason coexists with our insanity
  And though we choose between reality and madness
  It's either sadness or euphoria
  
  How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
  Perhaps we don't fulfill each others fantasies
  And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives,
  With our respective similarities
  It's either sadness of euphoria
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  AllTimeJeff

  An all time favorite

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0yvjk6mzKE

  Slow down you crazy child
  You're so ambitious for a juvenile
  But then if you're so smart tell me why
  You are still so afraid?
  
  Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
  You better cool it off before you burn it out
  You got so much to do and only
  So many hours in a day
  
  But you know that when the truth is told
  That you can get what you want
  Or you an just get old
  You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
  When will you realize
  Vienna waits for you
  
  Slow down you're doing fine
  You can't be everything you want to be
  Before your time
  Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
  Too bad but it's the life you lead
  You're so ahead of yourself
  That you forgot what you need
  Though you can see when you're wrong
  
  But you know you can't always see when you're right
  You got your passion you got your pride
  But don't you know only fools are satisfied?
  Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
  When will you realize
  Vienna waits for you
  
  Slow down you crazy child
  Take the phone off the hook
  And disappeaar for a while
  It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
  When will you realize
  Vienna waits for you.
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  brinjen

  Green Day - Walking Contradiction
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  AllTimeJeff

  One more from the book of Billy Joel

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUzDaRN3C3w

  Well we all have a face
  That we hide away forever
  And we take them out and show ourselves
  When everyone has gone
  Some are satin, some are steel
  Some are silk and some are leather
  They're the faces of the stranger
  But we love to try them on
  
  CHORUS
  Well we all fall in love
  But we disregard the danger
  Though we share so many secrets
  There are some we never tell
  Why were you so surprised
  That you never saw the stranger?
  Did you ever let your lover
  See the stranger in yourself?
  Don't be afraid to try again
  Everyone goes south
  Every now and then
  You've done it, why can't someone else?
  You should know by now,
  You've been there yourself
  
  Once I used to believe I was such a great romancer
  Then I came home to a woman
  That I could not recognize
  Though I pressed her for a reason,
  She refused to even answer
  It was then I felt the stranger
  Kick me right between the eyes
  
  REPEAT CHORUS
  
  You may never understand
  How the stranger is inspired
  But he isn't always evil
  And he is not always wrong
  Though you drown in good intentions,
  You will never quench the fire
  You'll give in to your desire
  When the stranger comes along
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  brinjen

  Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

  I swallowed my pride
  And I choked on my faith
  I've given my heart and my soul
  I've broken my fingers
  And lied through my teeth
  The pillar of damage control
  
  I've been to the edge
  And I've thrown the bouquet
  Of flowers left over the grave
  I sat in the waiting room
  Wasting my time
  And waiting for judgement day
  
  I praise liberty
  The "freedom to obey"
  Is the song that strangles me
  Don't cross the line
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  brinjen

  One more Green Day...

  East Jesus Nowhere

  Raise your hands now to testify
  Your confession will be crucified
  You're a sacrificial suicide
  Like a dog that's been
  sodomized
  
  Stand up! - All the white boys
  Sit down! - All the black girls
  Stand up! - You're the soldiers
  Sit down! -of the new world
  
  Put your faith in a miracle
  And it's non - denominational
  Join the choir we will be singing
  In the church of wishful thinking
  
  A fire burns today
  Of blasphemy and genocide
  The sirens of decay
  Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
  
  Oh bless me lord for I have sinned
  It's been a lifetime since I last confessed
  I threw my crutches in "The river of a shadow of doubt"
  And I'll be dressed in my Sunday best
  
  Say a prayer for the family
  Drop a coin for humanity
  Ain't this uniform so flattering?
  I never asked you a God damned thing
  
  A fire burns today
  Of blasphemy and genocide
  The sirens of decay
  Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
  
  Don't test me
  Second guess me
  Protest me
  You will disappear
  
  I want to know who's allowed to breed
  All the dogs who never learned to read
  Missionary politicians
  And the cops of a new religion
  
  A fire burns today
  Of blasphemy and genocide
  The sirens of decay
  Will infiltrate the inside
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  brinjen

  OK, one more...

  Jesus Of Suburbia

  I'm the son of rage and love
  The Jesus of Suburbia
  From the bible of none of the above
  On a steady diet of soda pop and Ritalin
  No one ever died for my sins in hell
  As far as I can tell
  At least the ones I got away with
  
  And there's nothing wrong with me
  This is how I'm supposed to be
  In a land of make believe
  That don't believe in me
  
  Get my television fix sitting on my crucifix
  The living room or my private womb
  While the moms and brads are away
  To fall in love and fall in debt
  To alcohol and cigarettes and Mary Jane
  To keep me insane and doing someone else's cocaine
  
  And there's nothing wrong with me
  This is how I'm supposed to be
  In a land of make believe
  That don't believe in me
  
  [Part 2: City Of The Damned]
  
  At the center of the Earth
  In the parking lot
  Of the 7-11 where I was taught
  The motto was just a lie
  It says home is where your heart is
  But what a shame
  Cause everyone's heart
  Doesn't beat the same
  It's beating out of time
  
  City of the dead
  At the end of another lost highway
  Signs misleading to nowhere
  City of the damned
  Lost children with dirty faces today
  No one really seems to care
  
  I read the graffiti
  In the bathroom stall
  Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
  And so it seemed to confess
  It didn't say much
  But it only confirmed that
  The center of the earth
  Is the end of the world
  And I could really care less
  
  City of the dead
  At the end of another lost highway
  Signs misleading to nowhere
  City of the damned
  Lost children with dirty faces today
  No one really seems to careeeeee
  
  [Part 3: I don't care]
  
  I don't care if you don't
  I don't care if you don't
  I don't care if you don't care
  [x4]
  
  I don't careeeeeeeeee
  
  Everyone is so full of shit
  Born and raised by hypocrites
  Hearts recycled but never saved
  From the cradle to the grave
  We are the kids of war and peace
  From Anaheim to the middle east
  We are the stories and disciples
  Of the Jesus of suburbia
  Land of make believe
  That don't believe in me
  Land of make believe
  And I don't believe
  And I don't care!
  I don't care! [x4]
  
  [Part 4: Dearly beloved]
  
  Dearly beloved are you listening?
  I can't remember a word that you were saying
  Are we demented or am I disturbed?
  The space that's in between insane and insecure
  Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
  Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
  Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
  For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse
  
  [Part 5: Tales of another broken home]
  
  To live and not to breathe
  Is to die In tragedy
  To run, to run away
  To find what you believe
  And I leave behind
  This hurricane of f**king lies
  I lost my faith to this
  This town that don't exist
  
  So I run
  I run away
  To the light of masochist
  And I leave behind
  This hurricane of f**king lies
  And I walked this line
  A million and one f**king times
  But not this time
  
  I don't feel any shame
  I won't apologize
  
  When there ain't nowhere you can go
  Running away from pain
  When you've been victimized
  Tales from another broken home
  
  You're leaving...
  You're leaving...
  You're leaving...
  Ah you're leaving home...
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  dinah

  Your forgot, Know Your Enemy, Brin!
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  brinjen

  There's a few dozen more I could post, but I'll restrain myself.
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  wobble

  Thanks Brin

  I did not appreciate Green day enough. Talent.

  love

  Wobble