Going Through The Motions 

Joss Whedon
Every single night the same arrangement 
I go out and fight the fight 
Still, I always feel the strange estrangement 
Nothing here is real,
Nothing here is right 
I've been making shows of trading blows 
Just hoping no one knows 
That I've been

Going through the motions 
Walking through the part 
Nothing seems to penetrate my heart

I was always brave and kind of righteous 
Now I find I'm wavering 
Crawl out of your grave you'll find this fight 
Just doesn't mean a thing 
She ain't got that swing 
Thanks for noticing 

She does pretty well with fiends from hell 
But lately, we can tell 
That she's just

Going through the motions 
Faking it somehow 
She's not even half the girl she... 
ow 

Will I stay this way forever? 
Sleepwalk through my life's endeavor 
How can I repay? 
Whatever 
I don't want to be 

Going through the motions 
Losing all my drive 
I can't even see 
If this is really me 
And I just wanna be 
Alive
 

Can’t Cry These Tears Anymore

Garbage
I just don't care anymore 
I've reached the end of the rope 
I just don't care anymore 
Won't cry these tears anymore 

Can't find it in the bible 
Can't find it on t.v. 
Can't find it in diamonds 
There's something inside me that just went around it 
Can't find it in music 
Can't find it in my soul 
Can't find it in chocolate 
Oh babe I can't hide it 
I can't even fight it 

I just don't care anymore 
I've reached the end of the rope 
I just don't care anymore 
Won't cry these tears anymore 

There's no way she can kiss you the way that I do 
I heard that you miss me 
Oh you should be careful of whom you've been talking to 
Ten long nights without you have taught me to be strong 
I've cut all my losses 
Think no more about it because I couldn't fight it 

I just don't care anymore 
I've reached the end of the rope 
I just don't care anymore 
Won't cry these tears anymore 

There was a time I thought I'd die 
If you should ever leave me high and dry 
And you don't want me anymore 
It's time to settle the score 

I just don't care anymore 
I've reached the end of my temper I'm tired of the letters 
I just don't care anymore 
Won't cry these tears anymore 
I just don't care anymore 
I've reached the end of my rope and it's time that I've taught you so 
I just don't care anymore 
Won't cry these tears anymore 

It's time to settle the score
 

Under the Sea

Alan Menken

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea

Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's gon' be on the plate

Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee
We what the land folks loves to cook
Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea
Under the sea
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here
Naturally
Even the sturgeon an' the ray
They get the urge 'n' start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea

The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they soundin' sharp
The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul
(Yeah)
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
An' oh that blowfish blow

Under the sea
Under the sea
When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me
What do they got? A lot of sand
We got a hot crustacean band
Each little clam here
know how to jam here
Under the sea
Each little slug here
Cuttin' a rug here
Under the sea
Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Ya we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea
 
 

Unforgiven II

Metallica
Lay beside me, tell me what they've done 
Speak the words I wanna hear, to make my demons run 
The door is locked now, but it's open if you're true 
If you can understand the me, then I can understand the you 
Lay beside me, under wicked sky 
The black of day, dark of night, we share this paralyze 
The door cracks open, but there's no sun shining through 
Black hearts scarring darkness still, but there's no sun shining through 
No, there's no sun shining through 
No, there's no sun shining 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Turn the pages, turn the stone 
Behind the door, should I open it for you 
Yeah 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Sick and tired, I stand alone 
Could you be there, 'cause I'm the one who waits for you 
Or are you unforgiven too? 
Lay beside me, this won't hurt, I swear 
She loves me not, she loves me still, but she'll never love again 
She lay beside me, but she'll be there when I'm gone 
Black hearts scarring darker steel, yes, she'll be there when I'm gone 
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone 
Dead sure she'll be there 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Turn the pages, turn the stone 
Behind the door, should I open it for you 
Yeah 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Sick and tired, I stand alone 
Could you be there, 'cause I'm the one who waits for you 
Or are you unforgiven too? 
Lay beside me, tell me what I've done 
The door is closed, so are your eyes 
But now I see the sun, now I see the sun 
Yes, now I see it 
What I've felt, what I've known 
Turn the pages, turn the stone 
Behind the door, should I open it for you 
Yeah 
What I've felt, what I've known 
So sick and tired, I stand alone 
Could you be there, 'cause I'm the one who waits 
The one who waits for you 
Oh, what I've felt, what I've known 
Turn the pages, turn the stone 
Behind the door, should I open it for you 
So I dub thee unforgiven 
Oh, what I've felt 
Oh, what I've known 
I take this key 
And I bury it in you 
Because you're unforgiven too 
Never free 
Never me 
'cause you're unforgiven too 
 

Psalm 137

Anonymous
1 By the waters of Babylon,
there we wept and there sat down;
Hung our harps on the willow trees;
Zion yet we remembered thee!
Then our captors required of us;
"Sing a song of Zion now!"
Could we sing the Eternal's songs
by the waters of Babylon?

2 Let my right hand forget here skill,
if Jerusalem I forget;
If I fail to remember thee,
let my tongue cleave unto my mouth!
But we thought of Jerusalem
when we sat near Zion's streams;
Far above even our chief joy,
We remembered Jerusalem.

3 In that day of Jerusalem's fall,
when the children of Edom said,
"Down with here, down unto the ground,
even to the foundations!"
O thou daughter of Babylon,
to thy ruin hast'ning on;
Happy he that rewardeth thee,
just as thou unto us hast done.
 
 

Dante’s Prayer

Loreena McKennitt
When the dark wood fell before me
And all the paths were overgrown
When the priests of pride say there is no other way
I tilled the sorrows of stone

I did not believe because I could not see
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars

Chorus:
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me

Then the mountain rose before me
By the deep well of desire
From the fountain of forgiveness
Beyond the ice and the fire

Chorus

Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars

Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares

Chorus

Please remember me
Please remember me.
 

Let’s Face the Music and Dance

Irving Berlin
There may be trouble ahead
But while there's music and moonlight
and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance ...

Before the fiddlers have fled,
Before they ask us to pay the bill,
and while we still have that chance
Let's face the music and dance ...

Soon, we'll be without the moon,
humming a different tune - and then...
There may be teardrops to shed
So while
there's music and moonlight
and love and romance
Let's face the music 
and dance, dance ...
Let's face the music and dance ...
 
 

Babies [the in between]

George Sarah and Anthony Stewart Head 
A baby in a restaurant
So tiny her head fit into her father's hand
And as he looked into her eyes she smiled
Not bothered by the loudness of the live rock n' roll band
And as I watched them both I longed to cradle you in my arms again
All I could really think of was
That I longed to hold my babies
A little later that same night
A child of eight or nine entered the dining room
She had the pale, poetic grace [of the age]
She was so tired she could hardly keep her eyes from closing
And as I watched her older sister lay her down between two chairs to
Sleep
All that I was thinking was
That I wanted to hold my babies
Looking at photographs
Watching you grow before my eyes
Remembering the moments the instant
Before the camera saw them
And as I smile at all the times we shared, I'm reminded of all the in between
Christ, how I miss you, both then and now, my babies
I longed to hold you in my arms, to know you're by my side
To feel your little hands in mine, to look into trusting eyes
I longed to be your Daddy, felt guilty for not being there for you
Oh, how I miss you, my babies.
 

Jerusalem

William Blake

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green
And was the holy lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen

And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills
And was Jerusalem builded there
Among those dark Satanic mills

Bring me my bow (my bow) of burning gold
Bring me my arrows of desire
Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold
Bring me my chariot of fire

I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my (my) sword sleep in hand
'Til we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land
'Til we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land

England

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