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Parallels between Theognis 1323-1326 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by The Modern Lovers
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The connection here is the effect of old age upon our emotions. Both predict that peace will come with age.
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My telephone never rings
She’d never call me
I hate myself today
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won’t die
Someday I think I’ll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can’t say if they’re right
But I’m not ashamed
Oh I can take a challenge
And so I won’t die
Someday I’ll be dignified and old
I know it
And I say hey kids
(Hey kids)
I said hey kids
(Hey kids)
I say someday we’ll be dignified and old
That’s right
I said some day we’ll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we’ll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she’s dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won’t die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won’t die now
Someday I’ll be dignified and old
I say, you, don’t die now
Someday we’ll be dignified and old together
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Dignified and Old
Parallels between Anacreon PMG 376 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Basia
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“Flung once more from the cliffs of Leukas, I plunge into the foaming wave, drunk on love.” Both texts compare the feeling of love to a feeling of drunkenness. Also, interestingly, both the ancient and modern lyric refer to a physical danger such as being “flung [from the] cliffs” or lying “on the grounds”. I think that both women believe that they would do ‘crazy’ things out of love, be they safe or not.
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I was dreaming when I jumped the lights
Busy scaling dizzy heights
Hummed a somewhat strangely familiar tune
My eyes as wide as open books
And from my ears upon two hooks
A big smile was hanging there like a crescent moon
It sometimes comes as quite a shock
When the gods of love decide to knock
You’re in a state of disarray
Just when you least expect it you’ll never know a better day
Day dreaming fever taking over
No misdemeanour stone cold sober
The officer who stopped me said: “lucky you didn’t wind up dead!”
And he guessed that I was over and above
I hoped he’d only caution me, and I made a plea for clemency
On the grounds that I was only drunk on love
Day dreaming fever taking over
No misdemeanour stone cold sober
It sometimes comes as quite a shock
When the gods of love decide to knock
You’re in a state of disarray
Just when you least expect it you’ll never know a better day
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Drunk On Love
Parallels between Mimnermos 1 and 5 (West) (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Guns N' Roses
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As Mimnermos explains in his poetry, one of the hardest facts of life is growing old and how to handle the concept that love is enshrined in the ephemeral period of youth. Axel Rose sings of heartbreak and love of youth being lost now that he is “old at heart but I’m only 28″…
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When you’re talkin to yourself
And nobody’s home
You can fool yourself
You came in this world alone
(Alone)
So nobody ever told you baby
How it was gonna be
So what’ll happen to you baby
Guess we’ll have to wait and see
ONE, TWO
Old at heart but I’m only 28
And I’m much too young
To let love break my heart
Young at heart but it’s getting much too late
To find ourselves so far apart
I don’t know how you’re s’posed
To find me lately
An what more could tou ask from me
How could you say that I never needed you
When you took everything
Said you took everything from me
Young at heart an it gets so hard to wait
When no one I know can seem to help me now
Old at heart but I musn’t hesitate
If I’m to find my own way out
Still talkin’ to myself
and nobody’s home
(Alone)
So nobody ever told us baby
How it was gonna be
So what’ll happen to us baby
Guess we’ll have to wait and see
When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I’ll find another way
Find another day
With all the changing seasons of my life
Maybe I’ll get it right next time
An now that you’ve been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds
You’re back down on the ground
And you don’t talk so loud
An you don’t walk so proud
Any more, and what for
Well I jumped into the river
Too many times to make it home
I’m out here on my own, an drifting all alone
If it doesn’t show give it time
To read between the lines
‘Cause I see the storm getting closer
And the waves they get so high
Seems everything We’ve ever known’s here
Why must it drift away and die
I’ll never find anyone to replace you
Guess I’ll have to make it thru, this time- Oh this time
Without you
I knew the storm was getting closer
And all my friends said I was high
But everything we’ve ever known’s here
I never wanted it to die
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Estranged
Parallels between Virgil's Aeneid books 4 and 6 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by The Bangles
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The song talks about someone coming into the girls life like the sun through rain to save her from her pain and loneliness. This is just the same as Dido and Aeneas. He comes to Carthage and doesn’t mean to fall in love but they end up falling in love. Easing the pain of both of them for they have lost their spouses.
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Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin’
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame
I believe it’s meant to be, darlin’
I watch you when you are sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame
Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then come and ease the pain
I don’t want to lose this feeling, oh
Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then come and ease the pain
I don’t want to lose this feeling, oh
Close your eyes, give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin’
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin’
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming, ah
An eternal flame
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin’
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming, ah
Is this burning an eternal flame
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin’
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Eternal Flame
Parallels between Daphnis and Chloe by Longus (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Foo Fighters
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This song fits the relationship of Daphnis and Chloe as it seems to take forever(everlong) to discover thier love and once they do they never want it end as they are blissful and happy.
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Hello
I’ve waited here for you
Everlong
Tonight
I throw myself into
And out of the red
Out of her head she sang
Come down
And waste away with me
Down with me
Slow how
You wanted it to be
I’m over my head
Out of her head she sang
And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I’ll ever ask of you
You gotta promise not to stop when I say when she sang
Breathe out
So I can breathe you in
Hold you in
And now
I know you’ve always been
Out of your head
Out of my head I sang
And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I’ll ever ask of you
You gotta promise not to stop when I say when she sang
[Whisper:]
“So Dad would take the Sunday’s off,
And that’s the only time he could ever get any rest,
And so, because we were loud on Sundays,
He’d make us hold his construction Boots over our head, till we’d sleep
And they were really heavy Boots and id used to say dad come on please
And like start crying, cause they’re too heavy.”
And I wonder
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I’ll ever ask of you
You’ve got to promise not to stop when I say when
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Everlong
Parallels between Sappho poem 31 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Cascada
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This passage is similar to the way Sappho describes the physical effects of love in poem 31. The idea is that the body has an undeniable reaction to someone else’s presence – and that this is a symptom of love.
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I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dream.
Forgive me my weakness, but I don’t know why
Without you it’s hard to survive.
‘Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly.
Can’t you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
‘Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static.
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can’t you hear my heart beat so…
I can’t let you go.
Want you in my life.
Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky.
They wipe away tears that I cry.
The good and the bad times, we’ve been through them all.
You make me rise when I fall.
‘Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly.
Can’t you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
‘Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static.
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can’t you hear my heart beat so…
I can’t let you go.
Want you in my life.
‘Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly.
Can’t you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
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Every Time We Touch
Parallels between Terence's The Eunuch (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Santana
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Santana’s song “Evil Ways” is about a man who is distrustful of his female lover because of her fickle attitude and the ways in which she chases other men, so he warns her of falling out of love. In a way, Phaedria’s character in Terence’s “The Eunuch” exhibits similar features when he is tasked with retrieving Thais’ feminine slave, leaving her to her own devices and ensuring that her male friend (who at the time possessed the slave) does not fall in love with the slave.
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You’ve got to change your evil ways… baby
Before I stop loving you.
You’ve go to change… baby
And every word that I say, it’s true.
You’ve got me running and hiding
All over town.
You’ve got me sneaking and peeping
And running you down
This can’t go on…
Lord knows you got to change… baby.
When I come home… baby
My house is dark and my pots are cold
You’re hanging eround… baby
With Jean and Joan and a who knows who
I’m getting tired of waiting and fooling around
I’ll find somebody, who won’t make me feel like a clown
This can’t go on…
Lord knows you got to change
Organ Solo:
(Repeat 2nd verse)
Yeah … Yeah … Yeah …
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Evil Ways
Parallels between Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, Book 3 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Tiesto
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When Medea first sees Jason she is falls in love with him immediately because of the arrow of Eros. The song “Feel it in My Bones” by Tiesto describes the feeling Medea had during her first encounter with Jason. The song’s lyrics refer to the feeling and desire one can feel in their bones that they cannot control. Like Medea, the song talks about how one cannot predict or expect when this feeling will take hold but that it will take over the entire body and mind.
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Blow by blow.
I didn’t see it coming.
Blow by blow.
Sucker punch.
Rushes in.
Here to stay.
Rushes in.
You are here to stay.
What rushes in to my heart and my skull,
I can’t control. Think about it, feel it in my bones.
What rushes in to my heart and my skull,
I can’t control.
I feel you in my bones.
(Feel… you… in… my… bones…)
You’re knocking at my window.
(I feel you in my bones…)
You’re slow to letting me go.
I know this feeling oh so,
this feeling in my bones.
Left hook.
I didn’t see it coming.
Left hook.
You’ve got dead aim.
Rushes out.
Run away.
Rushes out.
You always run away.
What rushes in to my heart and my skull,
I can’t control. Think about it, feel it in my bones.
What rushes in to my heart and my skull,
I can’t control.
I feel you in my bones.
(Feel… you… in… my… bones…)
You’re knocking at my window.
(I feel you in my bones…)
You’re slow to letting me go.
I know this feeling oh so,
this feeling in my bones.
I feel you in my bones.
(Feel… you… in… my… bones…)
You’re knocking at my window.
(I feel you in my bones…)
You’re slow to letting me go.
I know this feeling oh so,
this feeling in my bones.
I feel it in my bones.
At night my skull feels… (pressure).
I feel it (pressure) in my bones (pressure).
I feel it in my skull.
I feel you in my bones.
(Feel… you… in… my… bones…)
You’re knocking at my window.
(I feel you in my bones…)
You’re slow to letting me go.
I know this feeling oh so,
this feeling in my bones.
I take a breath. Take a breath…
with me. Blow by blow.
Take a break. Take a break…
from me. You are here to stay.
I take my heart out of my chest,
I just don’t need it any more.
Take my head out of the game,
I just don’t need it any more.
Take a breath. Take a breath…
with me. Blow by blow.
Take a break. Take a break…
from me. You are here to stay.
I take my heart out of my chest,
I just don’t need it any more.
Take my head out of the game,
I just don’t need it any more.
I feel you in my bones.
(Feel… you… in… my… bones…)
You’re knocking at my window.
(I feel you in my bones…)
You’re slow to letting me go.
I know this feeling oh so,
this feeling in my bones.
Listen to the song:
Feel it in My Bones
Parallels between Meleager poem 41 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Nickelback
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In this poem, Meleager wrote that although Heliodora had been the cause of jealousy and tears, he still loved her and wanted to be with her. In the song, the singer says that no matter what the girl does to him, at the end of the day, he still wants to be with her, so he would still “follow her home”.
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Well you can dig me up a grave
And try and stick me in the ground
Well you can tie me to the bed
And try and beat me half to death
But you can never keep me down
Well you can stick me in a hole
And you can pray all day for rain
You can shoot me in the leg
Just to try to make me beg
And you can leave me there for days
[CHORUS]
And I’ll stay alive
Just to follow you home
And I will survive
‘Cause you’re my Mississippi Princess
You’re my California Queen
Like the Duchess of Detroit
And every city in between
You can slap me in the face
You can scream profanity
Leave me here to die alone but
I’ll still follow you home
I’ll still follow you home
You can make a couple calls
And tell your brothers I’m in town
Put a bounty on my head
And tell my parents that I’m dead
And hope to hell I’m never found
You can steal me the keys
To your daddy’s Cadillac
You can tamper with the brakes
Call it a mistake
And pray I’m never coming back
[CHORUS]
You can dig me up a grave
And try and stick me in the ground
You can tie me to the bed
And try and beat me half to death
But you can never keep me down
And I will survive
‘Cause you’re my Mississippi Princess
You’re my California Queen
Like the Duchess of Detroit
And every city in between
You can slap me in the face
You can scream profanity
Leave me here to die alone but
I’ll still follow you home
I’ll still follow you home
Listen to the song:
Follow You Home
Parallels between Ovid Poem 3.14 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Stefy
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Ovid repeats over and over again that he is a fool, but they way that he writes it, its as if being a fool is better than knowing what other men his lover is sleeping with. Similarly, Stefy gives a positive connotation to being a fool for love
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I’m feeling kinda strange
‘Cause of all the things you say
Yeah I know, too good to believe
This probably won’t work
‘Cause your kind of a jerk
And for sure you’re way too cool for me
Yeah I’m a fool for love
‘Cause I just can’t give you up
I’m a fool for love
Wish I could stop, wish I could stop
I’m a fool for love
‘Cause I just can’t get enough
I’m a fool for love
Can’t get enough, can’t get enough of your
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la, yeah I’m a fool for love
No matter how I try
Cannot plot to make you cry
So I won’t take you seriously
‘Cause I miss you so much
I get my panties in a bunch
Everytime your not close to me
Yeah I’m a fool for love
‘Cause I just can’t give you up
I’m a fool for love
Wish I could stop, wish I could stop
I’m a fool for love
‘Cause I just can’t get enough
I’m a fool for love
Can’t get enough, can’t get enough of your
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la, yeah I’m a fool for love
So just want me, say you want me
I don’t know if I belong
Do you, not sure I believe but
You could prove me wrong
I’m a fool for love
Yeah I’m a fool for love
‘Cause I just can’t give you up
I’m a fool for love
Wish I could stop, wish I could stop
I’m a fool for love
‘Cause I just can’t get enough
I’m a fool for love
Can’t get enough, can’t get enough of your
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la, yeah I’m a fool for love
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la, yeah I’m a fool for love
La la
La la
La la
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Fool for Love
Parallels between Catullus poem 51 & Sappho (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Cee Lo Green
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This song is about forgetting about a girl who left him for a richer man, much like how often times in roman and greek elegy a man is jealous that the women they desire for is with someone else. Specifically in Catullus Bing & Cohen
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I see you driving ’round town
With the girl I love and I’m like,
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket
Wasn’t enough I’m like,
Forget you!
And forget her too!
Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya
Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?)
And although there’s pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a…
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
Yeah I’m sorry, I can’t afford a Ferrari,
But that don’t mean I can’t get you there.
I guess he’s an Xbox and I’m more Atari,
About the way you play your game ain’t fair.
I pity the fool that falls in love with you
(Oh shit she’s a gold digger)
Well
(Just thought you should know nigga)
Ooooooh
I’ve got some news for you
Yeah go run and tell your little boyfriend
I see you driving ’round town
With the girl I love and I’m like,
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket
Wasn’t enough I’m like,
Forget you!
And forget her too!
Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya
Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?)
And although there’s pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a…
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
Now I know, that I had to borrow,
Beg and steal and lie and cheat.
Trying to keep ya, trying to please ya.
‘Cause being in love with your a** ain’t cheap.
I pity the fool that falls in love with you
(Oh shit she’s a gold digger)
Well
(Just thought you should know nigga)
Ooooooh
I’ve got some news for you
Ooh, I really hate your ass right now
I see you driving ’round town
With the girl I love and I’m like,
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket
Wasn’t enough I’m like,
Forget you!
And forget her too!
Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya
Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?)
And although there’s pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a…
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
Now baby, baby, baby
Why d’you wanna wanna hurt me so bad?
(So bad, so bad, so bad)
I tried to tell my momma but she told me
“This is one for your dad”
(Your dad, your dad, your dad)
Yes she did
And I was like
Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy? Uh!
Whhhy lady? Oh! I love you oh!
I still love you. Oooh!
I see you driving ’round town
With the girl I love and I’m like,
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket
Wasn’t enough I’m like,
Forget you!
And forget her too!
Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya
Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?)
And although there’s pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a…
Forget you!
Oo, oo, ooo
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Forget you (censored version)
Parallels between Homer's Odyssey (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by David Guetta (with Chris Willis) (feat. Fergie & LMFAO)
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This song is about how hard it is to get over a beloved and how even after they have left you think about them everyday. This parallels the love that Penelope felt for Odysseus while he was on his journey. Her love was so strong and that she never got over her relationship with her husband and remained faithful.
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All the things I know right now
If I only knew back then
There’s no gettin’ over
No gettin’ over
There’s just no gettin’ over you.
[Chris Willis]
Wish I could spin my world into reverse, just to have you back again
There’s no gettin’ over
There’s no gettin’ over
There’s just no gettin’ over you (you)!
[LMFAO]
We’re back
Hey hey I can’t forget you baby
I think about you everyday
I tried to mascarate the pain
Thats why I’m next on the booth
D-d-d dance to the groove
There is no there is no getting over you.
Baby it feels so right
To dance to the beat up night
The heat between you and I retreat to the morning light
We like to live like class
And pour them shots up in the glass
But there is no, there is no getting over you.
I’m a party, and party and party and party…
And party and party and party…
I’m a party, and party and party and party…
And party and party and party…
[Fergie]
All the things I know right now
If I only knew back then
There’s no gettin’ over
There’s just no gettin’ over you.
[Chris Willis]
Wish I could spin my world into reverse, just to have you back again
There’s no gettin’ over
There’s no gettin’ over
There’s just no gettin’ over you (you)!
[LMFAO]
I’m a party, and party and party and party…
And party and party and party…
I’m a party, and party and party and party…
And party and party and party…
[Fergie]
People in the place
If you ever felt love
Then you know what I’m talking about
There is no gettin’ over
Aaaaaahhhhhh
[LMFAO]
I’m a party, and party and party and party…
And party and party and party…
I’m a party, and party and party and party…
And party and party and party…
Listen to the song:
Gettin’ Over You
Parallels between Sappho poem 31 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Deadmau5
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This song is literally about an out of body experience, and reminded me of Sappho’s poem when she describes herself losing her senses while looking at a pair of lovers.
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It’s been so long, I’ve been out of my body with you
I feel alone, feel at home, feel like nothing is true
She took me to a place where my senses gave-way
Turn it ’round, shut it down, what the people say
Climbing up, killing time, gonna give you some,
Take my hand and let it come, let it come, let it…
Take it back when she knows that you’re doing it right
‘Cause everybody else knows what they’re taking tonight
But I just wanna play it right,
We are gonna get there tonight
It’s been so far, I’ve been walking the line on my own
Lift me up to the stars, we are coming home
I only had a taste but we’re out of time
We have sold in the cold, physical design
Set me free, set me out on the run
Lift me up to the sun, to the sun, to the…
We are burning down, we are burning down
It’s the way that you fake it, I know it’s too late
But I just want to play it right,
We are gonna get there tonight
I just want to take you down,
We are gonna bring you ’round
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Ghosts n Stuff
Parallels between Lucretius line 1124 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Good Charlotte
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“Meanwhile the hard earned family fortune melts away, transformed into Babylonian perfumes” (Lucretius 1124). Both talk about how girls drain money accounts and sometimes are only with men for the material gain.
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Educated, with money
He’s well dressed, not funny
And not much to say in most conversations
But he’ll foot the bill in all situations
‘Cause he pays for everything
Girls don’t like boys,
Girls like cars and money
Boys will laugh at girls when they’re not funny
Paper or plastic
Don’t matter
She’ll have it
Vacations and shopping sprees
These are a few of her favorite things
She’ll get what she wants if she’s willing to please .
This type of girl always comes with a fee,
Hey now, there’s nothing for free
Girls don’t like boys,
Girls like cars and money
Boys will laugh at girls when they’re not funny
And these girls like these boys, like these boys like these girls
The girls with the bodies like boys with Ferrari’s
Girls don’t like boys,
Girls like cars and money
Lets go
Hey hey!
Girls don’t like boys,
Girls like cars and money
Boys will laugh at girls when they’re not funny
And these girls like these boys, like these boys like these girls
The girls with the bodies like boys with Ferrari’s
Girls don’t like boys,
Girls like cars and money
All of these boys (yeah) and all of these girls
Losing their souls in a material world…
All of these boys (yeah) and all of the girls
Losing their souls in a material world…
All of these boys (yeah) and all of the girls
Losing their souls in a material world…
Listen to the song:
Girls and Boys
Parallels between The Iliad Book 6 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by James Blunt
ltc-admin, 2015-03-13 12:47
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I see these lyrics as something that either Hektor or Andromache would have said to each other as they said goodbye for the last time (probably more her to him). They both clearly loved each other greatly but knew it was time to part after a long successful marriage, and it was a sad moment just like these lyrics.
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Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
‘Cause I saw the end before we’d begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what’s mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won’t stop there,
I am here for you if you’d only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I’ve kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I’ve been addicted to you.
[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I am a dreamer and when I wake,
You can’t break my spirit – it’s my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I’ve seen you cry, I’ve seen you smile.
I’ve watched you sleeping for a while.
I’d be the father of your child.
I’d spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We’ve had our doubts but now we’re fine,
And I love you, I swear that’s true.
I cannot live without you.
[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I’m asleep.
And I will bare my soul in time,
When I’m kneeling at your feet.
[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I’m so hollow, baby, I’m so hollow.
I’m so, I’m so, I’m so hollow.
I’m so hollow, baby, I’m so hollow.
I’m so, I’m so, I’m so hollow.
Listen to the song:
Goodbye My Lover