John Grant: Queen of Denmark

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I wanted to change the world
But I could not even change my underwear
And when the shit got really, really out of hand
I had it all the way up to my hairline
Which keeps receding like my self-confidence
As if I ever had any of that stuff anyway
I hope I didn't destroy your celebration
Or your Bar Mitzvah, birthday party or your Christmas
You put me in this cage and threw away the key
It was this 'us and them' shit that did me in
You tell me that my life is based upon a lie
I casually mention that I pissed in your coffee
I hope you know that all I want from you is sex
To be with someone who looks smashing in athletic wear
And if your haircut isn't right you'll be dismissed
Get your walking papers and you can leave now

Don't know what to want from this world
I really don't know what to want from this world
I don't know what it is you want to want from me
You really have no right to want anything from me at all
Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
Why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else?
Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
A weakling coward, a pathetic fraud

Who's gonna be the one to save me from myself?
You'd better bring a stun gun and perhaps a crowbar
You'd better pack a lunch and get up really early
And you should probably get down on your knees and pray
It's really fun to look embarrassed all the time
Like you could never cut the mustard with the big boys
I really don't know who the fuck you think you are
Can I please see your license and your registration?

Don't know what to want from this world
I really don't know what to want from this world
I don't know what it is you want to want from me
You really have no right to want anything from me at all
Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
Why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else?
Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
A weakling coward, a pathetic fraud

So Jesus hasn't come in here to pick you up
You'll still be sitting right here ten years from now
You're just a sucker but we'll see who gets the last laugh
Who knows, maybe you'll get to be the next queen of Denmark

John Grant: Queen of Denmark

John Grant - Queen Of Denmark.mp3 Listen on Posterous

I wanted to change the world
But I could not even change my underwear
And when the shit got really, really out of hand
I had it all the way up to my hairline
Which keeps receding like my self-confidence
As if I ever had any of that stuff anyway
I hope I didn't destroy your celebration
Or your Bar Mitzvah, birthday party or your Christmas
You put me in this cage and threw away the key
It was this 'us and them' shit that did me in
You tell me that my life is based upon a lie
I casually mention that I pissed in your coffee
I hope you know that all I want from you is sex
To be with someone who looks smashing in athletic wear
And if your haircut isn't right you'll be dismissed
Get your walking papers and you can leave now

Don't know what to want from this world
I really don't know what to want from this world
I don't know what it is you want to want from me
You really have no right to want anything from me at all
Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
Why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else?
Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
A weakling coward, a pathetic fraud

Who's gonna be the one to save me from myself?
You'd better bring a stun gun and perhaps a crowbar
You'd better pack a lunch and get up really early
And you should probably get down on your knees and pray
It's really fun to look embarrassed all the time
Like you could never cut the mustard with the big boys
I really don't know who the fuck you think you are
Can I please see your license and your registration?

Don't know what to want from this world
I really don't know what to want from this world
I don't know what it is you want to want from me
You really have no right to want anything from me at all
Why don't you take it out on somebody else?
Why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else?
Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish?
A weakling coward, a pathetic fraud

So Jesus hasn't come in here to pick you up
You'll still be sitting right here ten years from now
You're just a sucker but we'll see who gets the last laugh
Who knows, maybe you'll get to be the next queen of Denmark

Tyler Ward Feat. Jess Moskaluke: We Found Love (by Rihanna)

Yellow diamonds in the light
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine
What it takes to come alive

It's the way I’m feeling I just can't deny
But I've gotta let it go

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place

Shine a light through an open door
Love and life I will divide
Turn away cause I need you more
Feel the heartbeat in my mind

It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
But I’ve gotta let it go

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place

Yellow diamonds in the light
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine...

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place

We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place

(special thankks to Libby)

Donna Summer: MacArthur Park Music Video & Lyrics

Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
and I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
and I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
foaming like a wave
on the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
and the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
and I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
and I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

(BRIDGE)
There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
and never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
after all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one.

I will take my life into my hands
and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes
and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
and my passion flow like rivers through the sky.
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
and wondering why.

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
and I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
and I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

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Kathryn Williams launches new project, 'The Pond'

The Pond is a ‘democratic mud pit’ in which Kathryn Williams - ‘Without doubt one of the most authentic folk voices in the country’ (Q) - has teamed up with fellow musicians, Simon Edwards and Ginny Clee for an album project – more Gorillaz than Guthrie - that will take many by surprise. Their self-titled debut is released by One Little Indian on 28th May, for now you can catch a sneak preview of new song ‘The River’ at www.thepondmusic.com The Pond is an explosion of ideas augmenting vintage beats, 60’s pop, Eastern flavoured loops - and even a rapper. The music developed – alongside friendships - over a two year period of on/ off recording at Simon & Ginny’s home studio in North London and by exchanging files over email with Newcastle-based Kathryn. Pooling their talents into The Pond’s eponymous debut, the album’s 11 tunes are infused with the warmth and playfulness of its makers – with Adrian Utley’s mix leavening the ultra-vivid melodies with depth and a surprisingly louché sophistication.
A quick heads up on Kathryn’s co-conspirators. Simon – a much in demand session player - cut his teeth in Fairground Attraction scoring a worldwide hit with Perfect in 1988, the song winning the Best Single award at the following year’s BRITS (the parent album, The First of a Million Kisses also picking up the Best Album gong). Ginny meanwhile started out in her pop life as one half of The Dear Janes, subsequently contributing vocals to records by everyone from Robert Plant to Robyn Hitchcock.
The band are also excited to announce live dates for late May and early June.
Mon 28 May - Brighton Komedia Tue 29 May - London Union Chapel Wed 30 May - Manchester Ruby Lounge Fri 01 Jun - Leeds Brudenell Social Club Sat 02 Jun - Glasgow King Tuts Sun 03 Jun - Gateshead Sage 2

Follow Kathryn on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/kathryncaw

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Music & Video: The Only Exception by Paramore

When I was younger, I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart and I watched
As he tried to reassemble it

And my momma swore that
She would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love if it does not exist

But darling, you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

Maybe I know, somewhere deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways to make it alone
Or keep a straight face

And I've always lived like this
Keeping a comfortable distance
And up until now I had sworn to myself that I'm content with loneliness
Because none of it was ever worth the risk

But you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

I've got a tight grip on reality
But I can't let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof, it's not a dream, oh

You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

And I'm on my way to believing
Oh, and I'm on my way to believing

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"We Have No Time to Stop & Stare" ~ Perception (Stop and Hear the Music ~ Joshua Bell)

The Scene:

In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. 

During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule. 

About 4 minutes later: 

The violinist received his first dollar.  A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. 

At 6 minutes: 

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again. 

At 10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly.  The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time.  This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.

At 45 minutes:

The musician played continuously.  Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while.  About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After 1 hour: 

He finished playing and silence took over.  No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all...

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world.  He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.  Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D.C. Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities. 

This experiment raised several questions: 

• In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? 

• If so, do we stop to appreciate it? 

• Do we recognise talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: 

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made;

How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?

Take time to stop and stare...

What is this life if full of care
We have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep, or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this, if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

~ William Henry Davies 1871 - 1940

Read the full piece in the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html

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MUSIC, VIDEO, UK TOUR DATES AND NEW ALBUM: Ane Brun - It All Starts With One @anebrun

Norwegian singer Ane Brun's new single, Do You Remember, is set to be
released via Balloon Ranger Records on on July 25th 2011; it's taken
from the upcoming album 'It All Starts With One", which will follow in
October. Ane Brun - real name Ane Brunvoll, started writing songs
while studying in Bergen, Norway, in between working in bars and
record shops. Her debut album, 'Spending Time With Morgan', was
released in 2003 in 11 European countries. Her second album, 'A
Temporary Dive' was issued throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the
US in 2005, where it received incredibly positive reviews. Ane's most
recent studio album, 'The Changing of the Seasons', came out in 2008
and featured the single The Treehouse Song and The Fall.

As well as all this, Ane has also released a collaborative album,
'Duets', recorded with some of the artists she admires including
Teitur and Ron Sexsmith. She has also received 2 Norwegian Grammys,
including one for Best Female Artist. Her forthcoming album 'It All
Starts with One' serves as the basis for a short film, 'One'. The
video for her single serves as the first chapter to be released from
the film, which will premiere in autumn 2011.

Ane Brun has also announced a European tour, to start in October, with
UK dates in November, which are as follows:

November 9th Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
November 10th King Tuts, Glasgow, UK
November 11th HMV Institute - The Library, Birmingham, UK
November 12th Scala, London, UK

"Ane Brun was moving out of the traditional singer-songwriter suit as
early as the last album, Changing of the Seasons, and Tobias Froberg
completes that trip, and It All Starts With One allows for his own
sound to be taken to a new level. He hired two drummers, Per Eklund
(Lykke Li, Miike Snow) and Ola Hultgren (Loney Dear, thus Owls) to
play together on most of the album’s songs. Martin Hederos (Soundtrack
Of Our Lives, Tonbruket) was behind the organs. A large part of what
takes place in the musical arrangements is due to the interaction
between the evocative rhythm section and Hederos’ soaring piano.
Froberg only wanted bass on a single song, creating space and movement
for Ane’s exceptional voice, which was flanked by, among others, the
sisters from First Aid Kid (Do You Remember) and José González
(Worship).Some of the songs were completed by January 2011, but most
have been written in Ane’s writing studio in Stockholm in the January
/ February period of 2011. It was at this time that the Arab
revolution started and Ane spoke of how affected she was by the
courage and energy that people showed the world.It All Starts With One
explored the dynamics involved in trying to find balance between
embracing the independent without feeling lonely, and to keep oneself
and ones core intact, whilst wanting to help someone in need."

Track Listing:

01. Ane Brun - These Days (4:38)
02. Ane Brun - Words (4:25)
03. Ane Brun - Worship (6:01)
04. Ane Brun - Do You Remember (3:12)
05. Ane Brun - What's Happening With You And (4:36)
06. Ane Brun - Lifeline (3:04)
07. Ane Brun - One (3:19)
08. Ane Brun - The Light From One (5:21)
09. Ane Brun - Oh Love (4:18)
10. Ane Brun - Undertow (6:31)

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Music & Lyrics: Dolly Parton - Together You and I - With Dedication to TRDG

Together You And I by Dolly Parton Listen on Posterous

My love for you is deeper than the depths of any ocean, And as faithful as the stars that grace the night, As constant as the sun making its journey through heavens, and we'll always be together you and I. [Chorus] Together you and I can stop the rain and make the sun shine. Paint a pretty rainbow, brushed with love across the sky, Together you and I belong, like a songbird and a song and we'll always be together you and I Life with you is sweeter than the fragrance of the flowers And as happy as the laughter of a child As peaceful as a river and as lasting as forever
you know we'll always be together you and I [Chorus] I always be beside or close behind you. Wherever you go, you'll always know I'll always find you [Chorus] We'll always be together, you and I Forever together, forever you and I (forever you and I) Forever together, together you and I will always be (together, together) Together, you and I...

~~~

{Contra Omnia Discrimina}
Dedicated to Travis Toogood for asking me the question of all questions on the 4th July 2011 - Our Independence Day.

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Music & Lyrics: ONE LAST TRY ~ Ane Brun @anebun

I wish I had one last try
hidden somewhere inside
but it’s all been spent before

When I reach for it
I can sense it in my hand
and when I try to grasp it it’s like sand – or water through my hopeful fingers

This just won’t hold – hold
This just won’t hold – hold

There’s something so half-full about us
we get so little but what we get it tastes so much
we’re always longing for more

Is this the end of the thread?
the thread that led me to loose my head over something that started with wonder

This just won’t hold – hold...

And even if a butterfly lives a hundred years
Or the stream of water turns around in the rivers

You and me – we’ll still be the same
You and me – we’ll still be the same

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Music Video & Lyrics: Adele Performs 'Someone Like You' Live at the Brit Awards 2011

I heard, that your settled down.
That you, found a girl and your married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold it back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited. But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded, That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best, for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead. You'd know, how the time flies.
Only yesterday, was the time of our lives.
We were born and raised in a summer haze.
Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded, That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you say:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead".

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regrets and mistakes they're memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead".

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you say:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead...

© Adele

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'Sunday Girl' Phillipa Alexander has a Sunday baby - and a hit song from Mail on Sunday Ad (includes free mp3 download)

  
Download now or listen on posterous

sundaygirl.mp3 (8324 KB)

She was an unknown session artist until she left thousands transfixed
by singing Blondie’s Sunday Girl on television adverts for The Mail on
Sunday’s You magazine last week.

Now Phillipa Alexander is celebrating the success of the song with a
Sunday Girl of her own.

Phillipa recorded the track for the advert just days before giving
birth to her daughter Priya. And, appropriately, the little girl came
into the world on a Sunday.

‘The song is ­obviously nothing to do with mother­hood, but to have
given birth to my own Sunday girl and to have sung it while she was
still inside me feels like a special and very sweet coincidence,’ said
Phillipa.

Her song is used on a series of adverts whose theme is ‘You time’ –
the precious moment of the day when readers retreat with their
magazine.

The Mail on Sunday was inundated with requests to know who the singer
is – and is now making the complete track available as a free
download.

The musical arrangement to Sunday Girl was masterminded by M&C Saatchi
agency composer Alex Ball. Although not a household name, Phillipa,
38, has impersonated ­singers from Nina Simone to Billie Holiday and
provided voiceover performances for clients including Levi’s, Lynx and
L’Oreal.

‘I am a huge fan of Blondie,’ said Phillipa. ‘Heart Of Glass is my
fav­ourite Blondie song.’

Phillipa moved from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, to America when she
was seven after her father Colin got an engineering job in San Diego.

Her creative ambitions were encouraged by her mother, Wendy, an artist
and illustrator.

Phillipa enjoyed success as a session singer before moving back to
Brighton with her family at 21. There she met her husband, music
producer Sanj Sen, 35, in 1999.

He suggested a career doing voice­overs for advertisements, and seven
years ago she joined Calypso voice­over agency.

As well as her singing and voice­over work, Phillipa runs a successful
songwriting business, Chicks With Hits, with friend Ellie Wyatt. Their
songs have been heard on hit U.S. shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and
Desperate Housewives, and they are currently trying to secure a record
deal for their latest artist, Larissa Eddie, and her band, Eddie.

But Phillipa’s priority now lies with her gorgeous baby girl.

‘Holding her for the first time was the most incredible experience,’
she said. ‘Priya is adorable, although running my own businesses at
the same time is tough. I am constantly juggling. I am hoping she will
teach me to relax more.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1305022/Sunday-Girl-Sunday-baby--hi...

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Video & Lyrics: Dolly Parton - Potential New Boyfriend

Got My Eye On a Boy
He's Eyeing Me Back
It's Looking Real Good
This Could Be It
And I Know That All of You Girls
Would Love to Steal Him Away
He Bought Me a Drink
I Thanked Him Real Sweet
It's Always So Nice When You First Meet
And I Know That All of You Women Would Love to Steal Him Away
So I'm Warning You

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
Building Up An Appetite
You Can Look But You Can't Buy
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

Pretty As a Picture
Comin' On So Strong
He's Twisting My Ignition Key
Turn My Motor On
But Anyone Can See, All His Attention's On Me
Give Us Some Privacy

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
It's a Welcome Turn to Try
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

Leave Us Alone Tonight
Then If It Don't Work Out Right
He's All Your's
Until Then

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
They Keep Crowdin' in On Me
He Smiles Rather Unsuspiciously
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
Building Up An Appetite
You Can Look But You Can't Buy
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

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Music Video & Lyrics: Groove Armada - I Won't Kneel

I, I long to be beside of you,
I was wrong to tell you what was true,
Yes I, know I'm a victim of my pride,
I belong to all that I've been through.

I drove for miles in a city trance,
I came to ask for a second chance,
But I won't dance, no I won't dance. I came for miles on a broken wheel,
I came to see whether love can heal,
But I won't kneel, no I won't kneel

'Cause I can't bend, can't hold,
Can't lend, can't fold,
Can't lose, won't cry,
Can't choose 'cause I know why. I, I want to always be with you,
What's wrong to tell you what I knew,
'Cause I know, I know I'm a slave to lonely pride,
I belong to all that I've been through. I drove for miles in a city trance,
I came to ask for a second chance,
But I won't dance, no I won't dance.

I came for miles on a broken wheel,
I came to see whether love can heal,
But I won't kneel, no I won't kneel.

'Cause I can't bend, can't hold,
Can't dance, can't fold,
I get close and get scared,
And this grows in my head.

Won't you give me something, something to hold?
Won't you give me something, something to hold?

Won't you give me something, something to hold?
Won't you give me something, something to hold?

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Opera: Maria Callas - Vissi d'Arte (Tosca's Aria from Puccini's Tosca) with Italian Lyrics & English Translation

I lived for my art, I lived for love,
I never did harm to a living soul!
With a secret hand
I relieved as many misfortunes as I knew of.
Always with true faith
my prayer
rose to the holy shrines.
Always with true faith
I gave flowers to the altar.
In the hour of grief
why, why, o Lord,
why do you reward me thus?
I gave jewels for the Madonna’s mantle,
and I gave my song to the stars, to heaven,
which smiled with more beauty.
In the hour of grief
why, why, o Lord,
ah, why do you reward me thus?

***

Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore,
non feci mai male ad anima viva!
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi aiutai.
Sempre con fè sincera
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli salì.
Sempre con fè sincera
diedi fiori agl’altar.
Nell’ora del dolore
perchè, perchè, Signore,
perchè me ne rimuneri così?
Diedi gioielli della Madonna al manto,
e diedi il canto agli astri, al ciel,
che ne ridean più belli.
Nell’ora del dolor
perchè, perchè, Signor,
ah, perchè me ne rimuneri così?

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Music Video: Groove Armada - I Won't Kneel

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In Video: Les Misérables - 10th Anniversary Concert in Full, from the Royal Albert Hall, London 1995

contra omnia discrimina

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Music Video & Lyrics (French & English): In-Grid - Tu Es Foutu

Tu m'as promis
Et je te cru

Tu m'as promis le soleil en hiver et un arc-en-ciel
Tu m'as promis le sable doré; j'ai reçu une carte postale
Tu m'as promis le ciel, la terre, et une vie d'amour
Tu m'as promis ton cœur, ton sourire
Mais j'ai eu des grimaces

Tu m'as promis
Et je te cru

Tu m'as promis le cheval ailé que j'ai jamais eu
Tu m'as promis le fil d'Ariane, mais tu l'as coupé
Tu m'as promis les notes de Mozart, pas des plats cassés
Tu m'as promis d'être ta reine;
J'ai eu pour sceptre un balai

Tu m'as promis
Et je te cru

Tu es foutu-tu-tu...
Tu es foutu-tu-tu...

Je ne sais pas ce qui se passe
Mais je sais pourquoi on m'appelle
"Mademoiselle Pas de Chance"
Tu m'as promis, tu m'as promis
Tu m'as promis

Tu es foutu-tu-tu...
Tu es foutu-tu-tu...

•••

You promised me,
And I believed you.

You promised me the sun in the winter, and a rainbow in the sky.
You promised me the golden sands; I received a postcard.
You promised me the sky, the earth, and a life of love.
You promised me your heart and your smile
But I only got frowns.

You promised me
And I believed you
You promised me the winged horse that I never had.
You promised me the thread of Ariadne, but you cut that.
You promised me the notes of Mozart, not broken dishes.
You promised me that I would be your queen;
I had as a scepter a broom.

You promised me
And I believed you.

You are screwed-do-do-do-do-do...
You are screwed-do-do-do-do-do...

I don't know what is happening,
But I know why people call me:
Miss Luckless
You promised me, you promised me
You promised me

You are screwed-do-do-do-do-do...
You are screwed-do-do-do-do-do...

Ryan ✗✗

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Maybe this Time - Cabaret - Liza Minnelli

Maybe this time, I'll be lucky,
Maybe this time, he'll stay, Maybe this time,
For the first time, Love won't hurry away. He will hold me fast,
I'll be home at last, Not a loser anymore, Like the last time, And the time before. Everybody loves a winner, So nobody loved me; 'Lady Peaceful,' 'Lady Happy,' That's what I long to be,
All the odds are in my favour, Something's bound to begin, It's got to happen, happen sometime,
Maybe this time I'll win.....

Maybe this time, I'll be lucky, Maybe this time, he'll stay,
Maybe this time,
For the first time,
Love won't hurry away. He will hold me fast,
I'll be home at last,
Not a loser anymore,
Like the last time, And the time before. Everybody loves a winner,
So nobody loved me; 'Lady Peaceful,' 'Lady Happy,' That's what I long to be, All the odds are in my favour, Something's bound to begin! It's got to happen, happen sometime Maybe this time, maybe this time, I'll win.....

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Music Video & Lyrics: Tom Baxter - My Declaration

Gonna be someone, 

gonna give something,

I'm taking it on, 

I'm taking it on, 

It's gonna be my life, 

so I'm gonna live each day and each night, 

Taking it on, I'm taking it on. 

'Cause I can't keep hiding, 

I can't keep hiding, 

I can't keep running away, 
So I'm gonna be stronger, 

I'm gonna be better made, 

I'm gonna give everything, 

Just to bring me back again. 

I'm gonna be a braver soul than this, 

I'm gonna jump at all those many chances that I've missed, 

I'm gonna live my life beyond these fears,

and forms of cowardice that keep leading me on. 

I'm gonna shine out like a beacon in the night, 

I'm gonna wrap my fingers round the stars tonight, 

'Cause I'm taking it on, 'cause I'm taking it on... 

I can't keep hiding, 

I can't keep hiding, 

I can't keep running away,

So I'm gonna be stronger, 

I'm gonna be better made, 

I'm gonna give everything, 

Just to bring me back again. 

So I'm gonna be stronger, 

I'm gonna be understood,

and I'm gonna give everything,

Just to bring me back again

So I'm gonna be stronger,

and I'm gonna be better made, 

I'm gonna give everything, 

Just to bring me back again.
'Cause I can't keep hiding, 

I can't keep hiding, 

I can't keep running away.

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