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Machine Head - Night of Long Knives

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Album: Bloodstone & Diamonds
Released: 2014

Night of Long Knives Lyrics

You won't see us come
You won't see us come
You won't see us come
You won't see us come

You won't see us come
In the night
With these knives
And these bloodstains on our hands
And these bloodstains on our hands
Paint the walls
Taste the blade
On the Night of Long Knives

Midnight we kill

In summer of 69, there came a prophet
His words were used to propel the minds of the weak
He sprawled them balls deep within the desert
His followers into the belly of the beast
Don't look into his eyes
Buried with knowledge past the point of no return
The pride of the work he'd done
The family all the dreams they could
The prophecy of Charles Manson and what had been done in the hills

Of Hollywood tonight

Sing of the angels
Sanity deprived
The family fatal
They bring the night of long knives
Deserts and the devil
Rapist of mind
The family fatal

Pitch black

You won't see us come
In the night
With these knives
And these bloodstains on our hands
Paint the walls
Taste the blade
On the night of long knives
Midnight we kill

The hills were echoing with their laughter
Happily ever after was a faded memory
Rosemary and the baby of Polanski
6 people dead and bloody
In the hill's of family
Now screaming for their lives
Praying and pleading for lives of babies unborn
The spawn of hell they just begin
The horror of the splitting skin
Noose tied around their necks
To beat their dying breaths
In the hills
Of Hollywood tonight

Sing of the angels
Sanity deprived
The family fatal
They bring the night of long knives
Deserts and the devil
Rapist of mind
The family fatal
They bring the night of long knives

We have been so wrong
We will fall
We will fall
No tomorrow

We'll fall away tonight

Don't look into his eyes
Buried with knowledge past the point of no return
The pride of the work he'd done
The family all the dreams they could
The prophecy of Charles Manson and what had been done in the hills

Of Hollywood tonight

Sing of the angels
Sanity deprived
The family fatal
They bring the night of long knives
They bring the night of long knives
Deserts and the devil
Rapist of mind
The family fatal
They bring the night of long knives

In the night
With these knives
And these bloodstains on our hands
And these bloodstains on our hands
Paint the walls
Taste the blade
On the night of long knives
You won't see us come
In the night
With these knives

On the night of long knives

Writer/s: ROBERT CONRAD FLYNN
Publisher: FINTAGE PUB & COLLECTION B.V.
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Machine Head frontman Rob Flynn told Kerrang! that he wrote three entirely different versions of this song. "I wrote one about the Newtown (school) shooting. That really affected me, that whole story. But they were scrapped. Then I wrote another about something else – and that didn't make it on the record. So the song is about the (Charles) Manson murders. I had read a lot of books on this whole thing when I was my 20s, and I'd watched all the movies, so I knew the subject well. It's obviously horrific and tragic: but it's also fascinating. He wasn't even a man who did these murders– he got other people to do them."

"I remember speaking to (drummer) Dave (Maclean), and he'd just seen a new documentary about it," he continued. "So I just started writing the lyrics."

"Of the three (lyric versions) I'd written, I didn't necessarily think this was the right one for the song," Flynn added. "But when I heard them back with the music, I knew it was working."

The Night of the Long Knives is a descriptive phrase that was applied to the night of June 30, 1934 when Hitler, assisted by Himmler's SS, carried out a series of political murders. Many of those killed were leaders of the SA, the paramilitary Brownshirts.

The term has its antecedents. The apocryphal treacherous killing of native British chieftains by Anglo-Saxon mercenaries on Salisbury Plain in AD 472 was named "The Treachery of the Long Knives" by Geoffrey of Monmouth and became a prominent symbol of Saxon betrayal.

The term Night of the Long Knives is now applied to any treacherous massacre or betrayal.

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Human Touch
Released: 1992

Human Touch Lyrics

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This was the title track to one of two Springsteen albums released simultaneously five years after his last album. Released with Lucky Town, they both sold poorly.

One of the first songs Springsteen recorded using musicians who were not in the E-Street Band, he says it is about "Searchin' for the bottom line."

This was the only song from Human Touch included on Springsteen's 1995 Greatest Hits album.

The cinematographer on the video was Daniel Pearl, who a decade earlier worked on the first attempt at Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" video. That one didn't go well, with Springsteen walking out after a dispute with Pearl over the lighting. In the ensuing years, Springsteen came to realize that Pearl was correct in how he wanted to light him, so he signed him up to work on "Human Touch."

The New Basement Tapes - Married To My Hack

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Album: Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
Released: 2014

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Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes is an album produced by T Bone Burnett consisting of 20 tracks based on handwritten Bob Dylan lyrics. They were penned by the legendary songwriter in 1967 during the period in which he created his noted album The Basement Tapes. Burnett assembled some of his favorite songwriters in the basement of the Capitol studio in LA to put music to the words.

This song features Elvis Costello on lead vocals. Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), Marcus Mumford (of Mumford & Sons), Rhiannon Giddens (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Taylor Goldsmith (of Dawes) also contributed to the album. "None of us felt we were dealing with something sacrosanct," Costello commented to The Daily Telegraph. "There's a sense of playfulness in the folio. They range from the completely barmy to wonderful, beautiful, well-constructed lyrics that are right there waiting to be sung. We were walking in, all this time later, to find ideas in a box and turn them into songs."

Bruce Springsteen - Book Of Dreams

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Album: Lucky Town
Released: 1992

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Springsteen says this song is about second chances.

Dion DiMucci covered this on his 2000 album Deja Nu. Dion had hits in the '60s with "Runaround Sue" and "Abraham, Martin and John." Springsteen is a fan of Dion's and contributed to the liner notes.

The New Basement Tapes - When I Get My Hands On You

The New Basement Tapes - When I Get My Hands On You Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
Released: 2014

When I Get My Hands On You Lyrics

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Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes is an album featuring a collective of musicians recording under the moniker The New Basement Tapes. The record consists of a series of tracks based on handwritten Bob Dylan lyrics penned in 1967 during the period in which he created The Basement Tapes.

This romantic ode features the voice of Marcus Mumford. "I think Dylan's off-cuts are better than anyone else's prime cuts," Mumford commented to The Daily Telegraph. "Some were undeveloped but others were complete ideas that never saw the light of day. There was enough to write 40 songs, which is extraordinary, because that was like one summer's writing for him. It was a fascinating period of his life. He spent the summer of love holed up in a house while everyone else was down the road at Woodstock dropping acid and taking their clothes off."

The song hinges on the chorus: "Now you know, everywhere on earth you go, you're gonna have me as your man," as Mumford tells his love interest how it is and how it's going to be. "Reading through the lyrics, I think there's a conflict," the Mumford & Sons frontman said. "He has post-tour blues, where you come off the road and it's a weird adjustment to normal life. He was really relishing it, newly married and enjoying domesticity and rural life. But you can see him battle with it too."

Bruce Springsteen - One Step Up

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Album: Tunnel of Love
Released: 1987

One Step Up Lyrics

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This is one of several songs on Tunnel Of Love that depicts a troubled relationship where every time they take one step up, they take two steps back. Springsteen was having problems with his marriage to Julianne Phillips at the time, and they divorced in 1989.

Patti Scialfa, who became Springsteen's second wife, sang backup.

This song was released as a single only in the US.

Springsteen recorded this in his home studio in Rumson, New Jersey.

In 2002, Country singer Kenny Chesney covered this on his No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems album. Chesney always loved the song and thought the lyrics were very Country, but was afraid to record it because he generally dislikes covers and has a great respect for Springsteen. When he sent his version to Springsteen, Bruce sent him back a note telling Chesney he did a great job with it, bringing a lot of sensitivity to the lyrics.

Nick Jonas - Avalanche

Nick Jonas - Avalanche Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Nick Jonas
Released: 2014

Avalanche Lyrics

Words like a loaded gun
Shot out from a fire tongue
Love lost from a fight that was won
And I can see you breaking down
The end to a falling out

I got pride you can't hold your breath
We'll crash down like an Avalanche
Look out now, don't take one more step
We'll crash down like an avalanche, avalanche

I never wanted it to turn out this way
Now forever feels like yesterday
Sorry something that I just can't say
Can you see me breaking down
The end to a falling out yeah

I got pride you can't hold your breath (even if we survive)
We'll crash down like an avalanche (crash down, crash down)
Look out now, don't take one more step (even if we survive)
We'll crash down like an avalanche (crash down, crash down)
Avalanche (oh)

We'll crash down, yeah
Like an avalanche

I got pride you can't hold your breath
We'll crash down like an avalanche
I got pride you can't hold your breath (even if we survive)
We'll crash down like an avalanche (crash down, crash down)
Look out now, don't take one more step (even if we survive)(one more step yeah)

We'll crash down like an avalanche
(Crash down, crash down) Avalanche (oh)
(Crash down, crash down) oh
Just like an avalanche

Writer/s: KIRKLAND, JOSEPH / DEAN, JASON / ROUTON, TJ / HEYACA, MICHEL / JONAS, NICHOLAS
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Nick Jonas recorded this duet with Demo Lovato after Nick's stint as a creative and musical director for her The Neon Lights Tour. The pair penned the tune with Artist vs. Poet members Joe Kirkland and Jason Dean. "She and I recorded a song that, um, I think is beautiful. It's not necessarily a love song," Nick told MTV News. "It's so easy to do a duet that's a love song because our relationship isn't really that. But there is love there for a friend, you know, and it's beautiful to just talk about."

"Any kind of relationship can hit a point where if it's not stable, it's not secure then it's like an avalanche crashing down and that's what that song is about," he added. "Her voice is amazing on it and, um, it feels good. I'm excited for people to hear it."

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love

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Album: Tunnel of Love
Released: 1987

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This was inspired by the amusement rides on the boardwalk of Asbury Park, New Jersey, where Springsteen hung out and gigged growing up. He used the "Tunnel Of Love" ride as a metaphor for the ups and downs of a relationship. He was having problems with his first marriage at the time, and would later divorce Julianne Phillips.

This is the title track to an album Springsteen recorded mostly by himself in his home studio in Rumson, New Jersey. One of the last songs recorded for Tunnel Of Love, Springsteen liked the title enough to use it as the name of the album.

The amusement park that helped inspire this is over 100 years old. It is in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.

Pink Floyd - Talkin' Hawkin'

Pink Floyd - Talkin' Hawkin' Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Endless River
Released: 2014

Talkin' Hawkin' Lyrics

Speech has allowed the communication of ideas
Enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible
Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking
Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future
With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded

All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

Writer/s: DAVID JON GILMOUR, RICHARD WILLIAM WRIGHT
Publisher: IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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This features Stephen Hawking's vocals. It uses a sample of the British theoretical physicist's synthesized voice taken from a speech he made for a 1994 British Telecom commercial. (Hawking has suffered from a neuromuscular dystrophy since his early twenties that has left him almost completely paralyzed). Drummer Nick Mason told The Sun: "On one level, it's Stephen Hawking having a problem communicating and yet the sound of that voice is positively interstellar. He can communicate across galaxies with that sound."

This marks the second time Hawking has appeared on a Pink Floyd album. He previously lent his voice synthesizer to The Division Bell track "Keep Talking."

Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest

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Album: Tunnel of Love
Released: 1987

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This song finds Springsteen telling his lover that he will find a way to stick it out and be there for her.

This was one of the few Springsteen songs to sell better in England than the US.

This was the third single off Tunnel Of Love, an album recorded while Springsteen's first marriage, to Julianne Phillips, was in trouble.

Springsteen recorded this in his home studio in Rumson, New Jersey.

Emmylou Harris covered this in 1990. UK group Everything But The Girl covered it in 1992, and Country singer Chris LeDoux recorded it for his 1994 album Haywire. (thanks, Julian - Oakland, AR)

Rumer - You Just Don't Know People

Rumer - You Just Don't Know People Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Into Colour
Released: 2014

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Rumer told The Independent this song, "is about not letting just one person make you cynical about the whole world."

Tom Waits - Jersey Girl

Tom Waits - Jersey Girl Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Heart Attack And Vine
Released: 1980

Jersey Girl Lyrics

Got no time for the corner boys,
Down in the street makin' all that noise,
Don't want no whores on eighth avenue,
Cause tonight I'm gonna be with you.

'Cause tonight I'm gonna take that ride,
Across the river to the jersey side,
Take my baby to the carnival,
And I'll take you on all the rides,
Sing sha la la la la la sha la la la.

Down the shore everything's alright,
You're with your baby on a Saturday night,
Don't you know that all my dreams come true,
When I'm walkin' down the street with you,
Sing sha la la la la la sha la la la.

You know she thrills me with all her charms,
When I'm wrapped up in my baby's arms,
My little angel gives me everything,
I know someday that she'll wear my ring.

So don't bother me cause I got no time,
I'm on my way to see that girl of mine,
Nothin' else matters in this whole wide world,
When you're in love with a Jersey Girl,
Sing sha la la la la la la.

And I call your name, I can't sleep at night,
Sha la la la la la la.

Writer/s: TOM WAITS
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Waits wrote this song about his new wife, Kathleen. He was getting over a 2-year relationship with Rickie Lee Jones when she came into his life and "saved him." (thanks, John - Los Angeles, CA)

Bruce Springsteen covered this song in concert on many occasions. He started performing it at a series of shows in 1981 at the new Meadowlands arena in New Jersey. Even though he did not write this, Springsteen feels the character is the same guy from his earlier songs "Sandy" and "Rosalita," who has now grown up and got the Jersey Girl.

Springsteen released this as the B-side of "Cover Me" in 1984. Two years later, he used the same version, taken from a show at The Meadowlands, on his boxed set Live 1975-1985. This is one of the few cover songs Springsteen released. Usually it was other artists performing his songs.

In 1981, Waits joined Springsteen on stage for this at a show in Los Angeles.