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Cole Porter - What Is This Thing Called Love?

Cole Porter - What Is This Thing Called Love? Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Wake Up and Dream
Released: 1928

What Is This Thing Called Love? Lyrics

I was a humdrum person
Leading a life apart
When love flew in through my window wide
And quickened my hum-drum heart
Love flew in through my window
I was so happy then
But after love had stayed a little while
Love flew out again

What Is This Thing Called Love?
This funny thing called love?
Just who can solve its mystery?
Why should it make a fool of me?
I saw you there one wonderful day
You took my heart and threw it away
That's why I ask the Lord in Heaven above
What is this thing called love?

You gave me days of sunshine
You gave me nights of cheer
You made my life an enchanted dream
'Til somebody else came near
Somebody else came near you
I felt the winter's chill
And now I sit and wonder night and day
Why I love you still?

Writer/s: PORTER, COLE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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What Is This Thing Called Love?

A Cole Porter composition, this popular jazz standard debuted in the 1928 musical Wake Up and Dream and was first performed by English singer Elsie Carlisle. Its legacy has endured through covers by Billie Holiday, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald.

Gwyneth Paltrow performed this song as Kitty Dean (originally written as Peggy Lee) in the Truman Capote biopic Infamous (2006).

English singer Lemar performed this in the 2004 Cole Porter biopic, De-Lovely (named for "It's De-Lovely"), while actress/big band singer Ginny Simms sang it in the 1946 biographical film, Night And Day, also named for its title song.

J. Geils Band - Give It To Me

J. Geils Band - Give It To Me Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Bloodshot
Released: 1973

Give It To Me Lyrics

You've got to Give It To Me
You've got to give it to me
You've got to give it to me
You've got to give it to me

You're so slick now, know every trick now
You know I want it, I want it so bad
You know I need it, I can't believe it
So come on baby, Please relieve it

Now you've been bugging me, Every night now
You say you want it, You want it right now
I can't get to it, I can't get through it
So come on baby, Please

You've got to get it up (give it up)
You've got to get it up (give it up)
You've got to get it up (give it up)
You've got to get it up (give it up)

Why keep me cold
When it's so warm inside
Come on baby
Your love is too good to hide

Writer/s: HARRIS, JAMES SAMUEL III/LEWIS, TERRY/KNOTT, ALICIA RENEE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Give It To Me

One of the most popular J. Geils Band songs from the group's early years, this one is unusually carnal, with Peter Wolf making it very clear in his vocal delivery what he's asking for in "Give It To Me."

Wolf wrote the song with the group's keyboard player Seth Justman.

J. Geils Band had their biggest hits in the '80s with "Freeze-Frame" and "Centerfold," but that was the culmination of a long career that included lots of blues-based boogie music like this track.

"Give It To Me" was cut down to 3:07 for radio play, but the full version runs a healthy 6:32, with showcase spots for many of the band members. Seth Justman gets a long solo on organ, which is followed by a guitar spot by J. Geils (the group's guitarist was the band's namesake) and an extended harmonica solo by Magic Dick. The song became a concert favorite, and one that established the J. Geils Band as a great live act. The live version from their album Blow Your Face Out is the one many radio stations play, as it captures the energy of their shows.

Heineken beer used this in commercials in 2002.

Bill Szymczyk produced the Bloodshot album, which was recorded at the Hit Factory in New York City. Szymczyk would later produce the Eagles, including their albums On the Border and Hotel California.

Weird Al Yankovic - Fat

Weird Al Yankovic - Fat Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Even Worse
Released: 1988

Fat Lyrics

Your butt is wide, well mine is too
Just watch your mouth or I'll sit on you
The word is out, better treat me right
'Cause I'm the king of cellulite
Ham on, ham on, ham on whole wheat, all right

My zippers bust, my buckles break
I'm too much man for you to take
The pavement cracks when I fall down
I've got more chins than Chinatown

Well, I've never used a phone booth
And I've never seen my toes
When I'm goin' to the movies
I take up seven rows

Because I'm Fat, I'm fat, come on
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, come on you know
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
Don'tcha call me pudgy, portly or stout
Just now tell me once again who's fat

When I walk out to get my mail
It measures on the Richter scale
Down at the beach I'm a lucky man
I'm the only one who gets a tan
If I have one more pie a la mode
I'm gonna need my own zip code

When you're only having seconds
I'm having twenty-thirds
When I go to get my shoes shined
I gotta take their word

Because I'm fat, I'm fat, sha mone
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it you know
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
And my shadow weighs forty-two pounds
Lemme tell you once again who's fat

If you see me comin' your way
Better give me plenty space
If I tell you that I'm hungry
Then won't you feed my face

Because I'm fat, I'm fat, come on
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
Woo woo woo, when I sit around the house
I really sit around the house

You know I'm fat, I'm fat, come on
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know, you know, you know, come on
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
And you know all by myself I'm a crowd
Lemme tell you once again

You know I'm huge, I'm fat, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, you know, ho
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
And the whole world knows I'm fat and I'm proud
Just tell me once again who's fat

Writer/s: JACKSON, MICHAEL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Fat

A parody of Michael Jackson's hit "Bad," this song is all about the state of being overweight. It's similar in concept to Yankovic's previous Jackson parody, "Eat It."

Food is a common theme in Al's parodies - he drew inspiration from cafeterias when he started writing songs.

The video is based on "Bad," with Al wearing a fat suit and gorging himself throughout the clip. It was a big-budget production with special effects that required lots of ingenuity - to make Al's face expand, tubes were placed in the latex on his face and inflated by technicians blowing through them.

The subway set is the same one used in the "Bad" video.

War - Low Rider

War - Low Rider Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Why Can't We Be Friends?
Released: 1975

Low Rider Lyrics

All my friends know the Low Rider
The low rider is a little higher

Low rider drives a little slower
Low rider is a real goer

Low rider knows every street, yeah
Low rider is the one to meet, yeah

Low rider don't use no gas now
Low rider don't drive too fast

Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip and see
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip with me

Writer/s: HOEY, GARY
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Low Rider

A low rider is a car, and also a culture. "Low Riders" are modified with hydraulic lifts that allow the driver to lower each wheel and make the car bounce. They are often customized with outrageous paint jobs, tiny steering wheels and swivel seats. The culture formed around these cars is big in the Southwestern US, and popular in Latino culture. Most of the band grew up in Southern California and were immersed in low rider culture.

War's drummer Harold Brown, who was a founding member of the band, knows his way around cars and had his own business working on them for a while, which kept him from getting drafted during the Vietnam War. Brown told us: "The first time I knew about what we called Low Riders were my cousin Leon and a few more cruising up and down the coast in California. You also had Hot Rodders, which were a different breed racing around town. They were from the other side of the tracks. Leon left his 1953 yellow Mercury with black prime spots on it, tuck and roll seat covers from Tijuana Mexico, lowered in the front, parked on the side of the house. He eventually lowered it all the way around after returning from the Korean War.

My brother KB and I had a 1953 Dodge. We'd chop our springs with torches - this would lower the car a few inches. It made for a hard ride up until homies started putting hydraulics on them. If you were driving a truck with lift gates on the rear, you'd better check to see if someone has stolen your hydraulics - it happened to me.

We would drive from Pomona California to South Los Angeles taking side streets and main drags through El Monte, Whittier, Watts, and Compton, then eventually into Long Beach/San Pedro, California. When they finally built freeways in Southern California we would cruise in the slow lane just in case we had to pull over and do some repairs. There wasn't any AAA for us folks.

Back in 1965-66, The Sheriffs would stop us for our car being too low. At first they would have a long rod with a clamp on it. Then they would take a pack of Camel cigarettes and clamp it on to the rod sliding it under the chassis of your hooptie. If it didn't go from one side to the other they would give you a ticket or impound your ride. You have to call your daddy or momma to come give you a rider. After a couple of years they became more sophisticated by having a stick with a caliper on the end made as a ruler. The Sheriffs would measure from the ground up to your rims, then slide the calipers from one side to the other to make sure you had proper clearance. Could you imagine having a blow out? You would be dragging along the cement. Thank God for lifts."

The lines "Take a little trip" and "Rides a little higher" led many listeners to believe this song was about drugs, but Brown tells a different story: "We did not want it to sound as if we were referring to drugs. As a rule most Lowriders are not big druggies, because we all had regular jobs as machinists, body and fender and mechanics. We didn't have any extra money for drugs. We put the money into our cars. Drugs didn't come into the picture then. That became a Hollywood thing for some reason. Maybe Cheech and Chong?

We were trying to convey that the Lowrider gets a little higher by riding in his automobile, being proud of how he takes care of his ride. It's like riding around in your trophy. We have found that if you are a real Lowrider with a nice ride and it's clean you will find that his or her home and work place is neat and in order. We Lowriders like to make our surroundings better by taking pride in what we are blessed with.

'Take a little trip, take a little trip with me and see.' That's how it felt with my big brother Charles Miller. He's the one that sung the song. When he and I would cruise in his 1948 Chevy (You can see Charles Miller in our Lowrider film on Youtube.com) we never knew what adventure we would encounter. One morning about 2:30 - 3:00 AM we came up on a fire in an apartment complex in Long Beach, California. The people were all asleep. Charles jumped out of his hooptie (1948 Chevy), me following close behind, and started banging on doors and throwing barrels and things against the building to get the attention of the residents inside. I had forgotten about that little trip out of many that we took."

The group's sax player, Charles Miller, came up with the idea for the song. Brown explains: "What happened on 'Low Rider' was in the studio, we were jamming, and I was supposed to have been on the downbeat. But all of the sudden I was on the upbeat. And I said, 'Oh, boy. I got the beat turned around.' I didn't panic. I said, 'Wait a minute. Stay there. Don't change it. Stay.' Because as long as you keep doing it over and over and over, it won't be a mistake. We were just messing around, you know. Then the next thing I know, Charles started just singing, "Low ri-der drives a little slower. The low..." he was just pumping it. And then the next thing I know Lee's over there putting that harmonica on, because Lee is a melody man all the time. And then - boom. If you'd hear the original version of it, all with that jam, that would be worth a million right there. When we finished it, all of us looked at it, 'That's a hit.' We didn't know that it was going to be an icon. You've got to say it's Americana. I don't care if you're driving a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce or if you have a hooptie - hearing it thumping, it just works because it predicts historically a time period in America. That's true about all music, pretty much. If you go back and look at a lot of music from 1800 to the turn of the century, all through the 1900s, how they used to write songs, "You're my little tulip." And then when you go into the 1940s all of the sudden you're talking about growing squash corn, and you're relating your love to that. Then you went into the '50s, you started getting Fats Domino and all them Hollywood types singing - that time period relating to it. Or even Chuck Berry. And then you got into our music, and then you started having all the other artists doing it, like we're not the only ones. But there were certain things during that time period, especially when we went into the Vietnam War, stuff was happening. Then we came on past the Vietnam War, and then all of the sudden the Disco stuff started happening. And then right up to now. You'll be able to look at it, you can tell what was going on, just like food or anything. What was happening. Clothes and everything. So our music, like 'Low Rider,' started setting a trend right there."

Disco was starting to become popular around this time. The slow funk groove on this song sounded nothing like the heavily produced dance beats that would soon dominate the charts.

The group was known as Nite Shift before they were asked to back up Eric Burdon and renamed War. Burdon had been lead singer of The Animals, and brought them instant notoriety. After two albums and the hit "Spill The Wine," Burdon left War, but the band continued without him, racking up several hits in the '70s.

Korn covered this in 1996. In their version, lead singer Jon Davis played the main melody on his bagpipes. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

In the movie Gone in 60 Seconds, this song got the "old school" car thieves into the mood to steal the cars. (thanks, Joe Smrekar - Green Bay, WI)

This was the theme song to the ABC sitcom The George Lopez Show.

This was the opening song in the 1978 Cheech & Chong comedy movie Up In Smoke.

The Offspring's "Original Prankster" is attributed as "Containing portions" of this song. (thanks, Ryan - lancashire, England)

The Lowrider Band consists of four of the five surviving original core group members of War: Howard E. Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Lee Oskar and Harold Brown. These members lost the right in federal court to use and tour under the name "War" in the mid-1990s to Far Out Productions (producer and songwriter Jerry Goldstein). The band's original keyboardist Lonnie Jordan began touring using the name "War" under Goldstein's guidance. (Thanks to Harold Brown for speaking with us about this song. Learn more about the Lowrider Band at lowriderband.com .)

Annette Hanshaw - I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?

Annette Hanshaw - I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All? Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sunny Side Up
Released: 1929

I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All? Lyrics

I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?

This song was written by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson for the 1929 musical Sunny Side Up, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor performs the song several times throughout the movie. Annette Hanshaw released her version the same year.

Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane covered this for his 1965 album, Bahia.

Drew Barrymore was supposed to perform this song in the Woody Allen musical comedy Everyone Says I Love You (1996), but she wasn't confident enough in her singing ability. Instead, she was dubbed by Olivia Hayman.

Bing Crosby recorded a popular version of this song in 1929 with Paul Whiteman's orchestra. It peaked at #6 on the US Billboard chart.

Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Master Of Puppets
Released: 1986

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Lyrics

Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

A sanitarium is a mental institution that an inmate can leave at his own free will.

This is somewhat inspired by the play/movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The movie stars Jack Nicholson as a mental patient.

Metallica members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett wrote this.

The chorus was supposed to be sung in a higher pitch, but while recording the vocals, James realized it wasn't going to work that way and sang it lower.

Limp Bizkit performed this on Metallica's MTV Icon special in May 2003. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

On the HBO special Paradise Lost: The Murder At Robin Hood Hills (West Memphis), this song was played in the opening shots. This marks the first time Metallica ever let their music be used in a movie or soundtrack. (thanks, Jodie - Jacksonville, AR)

In the original demo tape of this song, the lyrics were very much different. The demo tape included no chorus; it contained basically the same tune, but halfway in the song cuts off into the bass Interlude of "Orion" which is another song on the album. (thanks, JT - Tullahoma, TN)

Dave Mason - We Just Disagree

Dave Mason - We Just Disagree Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Let It Flow
Released: 1977

We Just Disagree Lyrics

Been away, haven't seen you in a while
How've you been, have you changed your style?
And do you think that we've grown up differently?
Don't seem the same, seems you've lost your feel for me

So let's leave it alone 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and We Just Disagree
Ooh ooh ooh, oh oh oh

I'm goin' back to a place that's far away, how 'bout you?
Have you got a place to stay?
Why should I care when I'm just trying to get along
We were friends and now it's the end of our love song

So let's leave it alone 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and we just disagree
Ooh ooh ooh, oh oh oh

So let's leave it alone 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and we just disagree
Writer/s: KRUEGER, JIM J
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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We Just Disagree

This song was written by Jim Krueger, a guitarist from Manitowoc, Wisconsin who joined Dave Mason's band in 1974. Affectionately and ironically known as "bruiser" (he was actually very soft-spoken), Krueger became Mason's trusted musical partner at a time when he sorely needed the help. Mason, a former member of the band Traffic, signed a deal with Columbia Records in 1973 that demanded two albums a year from him. It was Clive Davis who signed Mason, but Davis departed the label soon after, leaving Mason in the lurch.

The song is about a couple who have parted ways, possibly via divorce, and have agreed to set aside their differences and stop assigning blame. The song could describe any number of scenarios where a relationship goes sour; Mason connected with the song based on his numerous conflicts with band members, love interests and record labels.

In our interview with Mason , he explained: "I did it because I thought it was a great song. An unusual chord arrangement behind it. And it stood up - it was a song that when he sang it to me, it was like, 'Yeah, that's the song.' Just him and a guitar, which is usually how I judge whether I'm going to do something. If it holds up like that I'll put the rest of the icing on it.

I was going to cut it anyway, but I frankly thought it was too good a song to be a hit. Sounds strange. And it wasn't a huge hit, it got to #12. But it's been around. It's a great song. It's a timeless song."

Mason included the song on his 1977 album Let It Flow, but it wasn't chosen as the first single: that honor went to "So High (Rock Me Baby And Roll Me Away)," which peaked at #89. "We Just Disagree" was the second single, and it became Mason's biggest hit as a solo artist.

Jim Krueger, who wrote the song, also played the 12-string guitar and sang the harmony vocal. Krueger, who died of pancreatitis in 1993 at age 43, included this song on his only solo album, the 1978 release Sweet Salvation.

This stripped-down song stood out in 1977 amid the Disco offerings that proliferated on the radio. It held up well when Mason and Krueger set out on an acoustic tour in 1981, making them one of the first "unplugged" acts. The song was a staple of their setlist, and one Mason continued to play live after Krueger's death.

The Country singer Billy Dean covered this song in 1994, taking it to #9 on the Country chart.

Dishwalla - Angels Or Devils

Dishwalla - Angels Or Devils Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Opaline
Released: 2002

Angels Or Devils Lyrics

Angels Or Devils

The artist states that the angels burn inside "for" us while the devils burn inside "of" us. This makes it seem as if the devils are intrinsically inside and a part of us while the angels (representing good) are an outside/exterior factor trying to work its way inside of us. The writer of this song definitely knew what he/she was writing about - no one could write such a deep emotionally charged song without experiencing it in life first. (thanks, Live Freak - Beirut, Lebanon)

This song was used in a very emotional scene in the TV show Smallville - episode 2.8 - "Ryan." (thanks, Stee - Kent, England)

Bayside - They're Not Horses, They're Unicorns

Bayside - They're Not Horses, They're Unicorns Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Walking Wounded
Released: 2007

They're Not Horses, They're Unicorns Lyrics

You're pulling out your teeth
And I'm the Novocaine you pump in your cheek
That's why I'm still around, you've got blood running down your chin
But you suffered peacefully

She was a termite
Eating away at my roots
I was just a lost soul who needed a home
I was filling a void with you

And I can't, can't wait
Till you've see see seen
What death and disgust
Have done to me

And I spent three years
Wishing for two things
That one day you'd break
And I'd get to see

How all the choices you've made
Would drive you insane
I wish we never met

As angry as I sound
That's just the way I cover up, the way I feel
I've been that way for years and years
Slave to broken hearts and sex appeal

And she was a termite
Eating away at my roots
I was just a lost soul who needed a home
I was filling a void with you

And I can't, can't wait
Till you've see see seen
What death and disgust
Have done to me

And I spent three years
Wishing for two things
That one day you'd break
And I'd get to see

How all the choices you've made
Would drive you insane
I wish we never met

She was a termite
Eating away at my roots
I was just a lost soul who needed a home
I was filling a void with you

And I can't, can't wait
Till you've see see seen
What death and disgust
Have done to me

And I spent three years
Wishing for two things
That one day you'd break
And I'd get to see

How all the choices you've made
Would drive you insane
I wish we never met
Writer/s: RANERI, ANTHONY S / O'SHEA, JACK A / GHANBARIAN, NICK / GUGLIELMO, CHRISTOPHER JOHN
Publisher: Another Victory Publishing
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They're Not Horses, They're Unicorns

Before Bayside lead singer Anthony Raneri got married and started a family in 2014, many of his songs dealt with relationship struggles, including this one where he describes an ex-lover as "a termite eating away at my roots."

In our interview with Raneri , he explained that he gives himself little exercises to keep his songwriting fresh and get him out of his comfort zone. On this song, he gave himself an interesting assignment: incorporate a 3-2-1 countdown into the lyric. The result:

I spent three years wishing
For two things,
that one day you'd break

The title of this song doesn't appear in the lyric. It implies the delusion of the girl Raneri is singing about.

The Champs - Tequila

The Champs - Tequila Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Tequila
Released: 1958

Tequila Lyrics

Tequila

Tequila is an alcoholic beverage named after a town in Mexico. It is a key ingredient in Margaritas and is often done as a shot by licking salt, taking the drink, then sucking a lemon wedge. Many bars turn this song into a production, often offering shots of tequila directly from the bottle.

This was originally released as the B-side of an aptly named song by The Champs called "Train to Nowhere." Disc jockeys flipped the single and played "Tequila" instead, making the song one of the biggest hits of the '50s.

Danny Flores, who was the saxophone player in The Champs, wrote this song (it's credited to his pen name, Chuck Rio).

Flores had the melody kicking around for a while, and would play it as an interlude during the group's club shows. He was a tequila drinker, so when the band decided to record his melody as a B-side, he named it "Tequila" and added the spoken title, which he voiced.

According to Leo Kulka, who was the second engineer, this song was an afterthought after the band recorded "Train to Nowhere" (the A-side of the record). Some of the musicians had already left the studio when it was brought up that nothing had been recorded for the B-side. The remaining musicians were rounded up and the song was written on the spot. The "Tequila" part of the song was simply a silly attempt to cover up the holes in the song. After all, it was just the B-side. (thanks, Keith - Reno, NV)

Not performing on this record, but later members of the group were Glen Campbell, Jimmy Seals and Dash Crofts (Seals & Crofts of '70s fame). (thanks, WC - Charlotte, NC)

This was featured in the 1985 movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure. It was used in a scene where Pee Wee Herman wins over the crowd in a biker bar by doing a dance to the song. The movie was the first feature film directed by Tim Burton, and Danny Elfman wrote the score.

This won for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance at the first ever Grammy Awards in 1959. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Bayside - Duality

Bayside - Duality Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Walking Wounded
Released: 2007

Duality Lyrics

Some days, I get crazed
I don't know why it's all relevant
I'll take deep breaths
And keep control, go on

I've tried brave and you've tried to save
I'm proud to keep it bottled up
I think I past my prime
Lost my mind and I'm torn

No telling what tomorrow holds

Who let, who let this feeling die
When all I did was try?
Who let you let this feeling die
I can't get you out of my head, my head
You're the flame that burns me so I know that I'm still alive

Some say it's all fate
But I say we control our lives
And if my destiny should out best me
Then that's fine

I may believe thrill and apathy
Don't exist in me fairly equally
The truth is doubts are all I've got
To call mine

No telling what tomorrow holds
No telling what voice takes control

Who let, who let this feeling die
When all I did was try?
Who let you let this feeling die
I can't get you out of my head, my head
You're the flame that burns me so I know that I'm still alive

Is there anybody out there? Is anybody calling?
Woah, if what I say is really wrong
Is there anybody out there? Is anybody calling?
Woah, if what you say is really wrong

I'm not in control, think I'm out of control

Who let, who let this feeling die
When all I did was try?
Who let you let this feeling die
I can't get you out of my head, my head
You're the flame that burns me so I know that I'm still alive
Writer/s: GOODMAN, MICHAEL / WRITER, UNKNOWN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Another Victory Publishing
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Duality

Songwriters - especially those in the Punk Rock realm - are prone to a range of emotions that they often struggle with and express in their songs. In this song, Bayside lead singer Anthony Raneri explains how he often feels two conflicting emotions, like thrill and apathy. That's his duality.

Bayside writes their own songs and shares the composition credits equally. "Duality" is the only song they co-wrote with someone else: they wrote it with their producer Shep Goodman. Anthony Raneri told us how it came together: "Him and I had our manager at the time, Nate Albert, who played guitar in the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, the three of us got together in the studio while we were almost done recording that record. We had a couple more days left to record. The whole record was done, and then the three of us were having lunch and one of them was kicking around on an acoustic guitar while we were all eating, and that came out."

Godsmack - The Spiral

Godsmack - The Spiral Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Awake
Released: 2000

The Spiral Lyrics

Sometimes we only live for the here and now.
Sometimes we're lonely.
Sometimes we feel we need a place to be grounded,
Or fly away again.

[Chorus]
I will fly away again.
I feel rain pouring down.
I wait to rot away, live again, here forever, The Spiral never ends.

Why are we feeling something's familiar around us?
Are we just dreaming?
Always we search for the answers but nothing is found.
We fly away again.

[Chorus]

Writer/s: ERNA, SALVATORE P. / ROMBOLA, TONY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

The Spiral

This song deals with the Wiccan belief in Reincarnation and how when a person's soul is reincarnated, they begin to see the same things they saw in their past lives. It is similar to the 1997 Godsmack song "Voodoo" in that it has a spiritual meaning and somewhat of a tribal sound. It uses some of the same percussion instruments used in "Voodoo." (thanks, Natasha - Saint Robert, MO)

"The Spiral" is a combination of 2 tracks on the Awake CD: "The Journey" and "Spiral." "The Journey" is the 49 second intro to "Spiral." They are generally considered one song.

The music to "The Journey" was written by Sully Erna and Tony Rambola. The lyrics to "Spiral" were written by Sully Erna and the music to "Spiral" was written by Sully Erna and Tony Rambola.

Katrina Chester of the band Luxx provides the vocals in the middle of the song.

An acoustic version of this song was included on Godsmack's 2004 acoustic EP The Other Side. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ, for above 4)