Brett Dennen – Ain't No Reason

There ain't no reason things are this way
It's how they always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way,
We do it everyday.

Preachers on the podium speaking of saints
Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
You can spend you whole life working for something,
Just to have it taken away
People walk around pushing back their debts
Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets
Talking 'bout nothing, not thinking 'bout death
Every little heartbeat, every little breath
People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
It could be a bomb, or a bullet, or a pen
Or a thought, or a word, or a sentence

There ain't no reason things are this way
It's how they always been and they intend to stay
I don't know why I say the things that I say,
But I say them anyway

But love will come set me free
Love will come set me free, I do believe
Love will come set me free, I know it will
Love will come set my free, yes.

Prison walls still standing tall
Some things never change at all
Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all
Keep building bombs, gonna drop them all
Working young fingers bare to the bone
Breaking your back, make you sell your soul
Like a lung is filled with coal, suffocating slow
The wind blows wild and I may move
But politicians lie and I am not fooled
You don't need no reason or a three piece suit, to argue the truth
The air on my skin and the world under my toes
Slavery is stitched into the fabric of my clothes
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
Love, I try to follow

Love will come set me free
Love will come set me free, I do believe
Love will come set me free, I know it will
Love will come set my free, yes.

There ain't no reason things are this way
It's how they always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way,
We do it everyday.

A Falling Show

One day, everything's fine
One day, it's all a lie
This rollercoaster takes me high
Making me forget about what it's like
To be me, to be wide awake

Behind my cool exterior
There's a little girl who's so insecure
Inside I just feel misplaced
I know i'm not in the right place
I may act like I'm fine
But I just feel like I'm not in the right mind

The tears that no one ever saw
They fall like rain as the sun goes down
I just can't tell, no one can ever know
I'm nothing but a falling show

One day I may hurt you by ignoring you
It's not my fault, I don't do it on purpose so you know
One day I may be your best friend who can help you get through
But it will not last, because I'm not one to stay close
One day I just may end up killing you
So I better stay away from you

The tears that no one ever saw
They fall like rain as the sun goes down
I just can't tell, no one can ever know
I'm nothing but a falling show

I always told myself that I would make it
That I had a chance at being happy
It's funny how life can bring you down
When you don't have a clue about anything at all

I used to bleed to feel something
Because I was too hollow to be living
It's too hard to fall asleep
When the nightmares come and stay
Laughing at you every day
Bringing you so much pain

The tears that no one ever saw
They fall like rain as the sun goes down
I just can't tell, no one can ever know
I'm nothing but a falling show

All I Want To Do Is Die
(Chanson pas sérieuse ! Juste un essai au drame, je veux pas mourir!)

Sombre, trop sombre
Chanson noire, noirceur profonde
Pas de vie, juste une ombre

And I look at the sky
And all I see is a lie
I think I've lost my mind
Because all I want to do is die

Vide, trop vide
Sans souffle, sans envie
mais quelle vie!
Juste un jeu, un ennui

And I look at the sky
And all I see is a lie
I think I've lost my mind
Because all I want to do is die

Coldness has taken me by her side
And I just look at the sky
And all I see is a lie
I've lost my mind for good this time
And all I see is a lie
And all I want to do is die

Crazy as the night falls
Crazy under the stars

I think I've run out of place
I know death will be my last chance

Sombre, trop sombre
Paroles sans espoir, sans echappatoire
Non je ne suis pas suicidaire
Non je ne vais pas me taire
Mais...
I just look at the sky
And all I see is a lie
I think I've lost my mind
Because all I want to do is die

Parce que la Grèce, c'était des paysages super beaux, parce que la Grèce, c'était des tripes de fous, parce que la Grèce, c'était des engueulades entre nous, parce que la Grèce, c'était des moments inoubliables, parce que la Grèce, c'était le pays qui m'a fait sourire, parce qu'en Grèce, je n'étais pas seule.

Voici le résultat d'un tripe de fou qui est parti je ne sais plus d'où lol.

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Joke of mine

I'm joking here in the boring room
It's just another little joke of mine
I'm joking my time
I've got nothing to do
I'm joking around
I'm joking for you
But nobody ever laughs and I wonder

I'm joking around in my car
I'm joking too fast
I'm joking too far
I'd like to change my joke one day
I feel so lonely
I'm joking for you
But nobody ever laughs and I wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the funny life
And all that I can see is just a little joke of mine
I'm joking my head up and down
I'm joking joking joking joking joking around
And all that I can see is just another joke of mine

I'm joking here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out, joking in the shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Joking myself into bed
Well, nobody ever laughs and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me
Isolation, I don't want to tell the joke of mine

I'm joking around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another joke
And everyone will laugh and you'll wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the funny life
And all that I can see is just a little joke of mine
I'm joking my head up and down
I'm joking joking joking joking joking around
And all that I can see is just another joke of mine
And I wonder, wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the funny life
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just another joke of mine

*** [Photo : Couché de soleil grec]

No Place For Us - Saez

Rien ne sert de courir
Mon amour tu sais
Ils nous rattraperons
pas la place pour s'aimer
puisqu'elle est condamnée notre génération
rien ne sert de rêver mon amour tu sais
on est plus des enfants
puisque ici bas ne tombe de ce ciel sans merci
que des larmes de sang
rien ne sert de courir mon amour tu sais
ils ne comprendraient pas
que nous avons trouvé à la force d'aimer
dans nos cœurs un espoir
rien ne sert de pleurer tu sais bien mon amour
que nos larmes sont vaines
et que la seul chose qui fait battre leur cœur c'est l'argent et la haine

Nowhere to run,
Nowhere to hide in this world,
No dreams to have anymore in this world,
No reasons to stay that we can believe in,
No place for us, no place for us

c'est la fin des poèmes
c'est la fin de nos vies
mon amour tu le sais
c'est la fin des souffrances
c'est enfin le début de la liberté
mieux vaut tracer la route
traversée la lumière vers l'étoile perdue
que de vivre à moitié
que de collaborer à dans leur monde vendu

Nowhere to run,
Nowhere to hide in this world,
No dream to have anymore in this world,
No reason to stay that we can believe in,
No place for us , no place for us

Mais qu'est ce qu'on attend pour fuire ?
Mais qu'est ce qu'on attend pour fuire ?

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Requiem For A Dream, un de mes films préférés, vraiment magnifique et déprimant.
A voir absolument, mais pas en période de déprime parce que ca détruit le moral :p

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