Lyrics That Paint a Picture?

GENESIS- One for the vine

Fifty thousand men were sent to do the will of one.His claim was phrased quite simply, though he never voiced it loud,

I am he, the chosen one.In his name they could slaughter, for his name they could die.

Though many there were believed in him, still more were sure he lied,

But they'll fight the battle on.

Then one whose faith had died

Fled back up the mountainside,

But before the top was made,

A misplaced footfall made him stray

From the path prepared for him.

Off of the mountain,

On to a wilderness of ice.

This unexpected vision made him stand and shake with fear,

But nothing was his fright compared with those who saw him appear.

Terror filled their minds with awe.

Simple were the folk who lived

Upon this frozen wave.

So not surprising was their thought,

This is he, God's chosen one,

Who's come to save us from

All our oppressors.

We shall be kings on this world.

Follow me!

I'll play the game you want me,

Until I find a way back home.

Follow me!

I give you strength inside you,

Courage to win your battles -

No, no, no, this can't go on,

This will be all that I fled from.

Let me rest for a while.

He walked into a valley,

All alone.

There he talked with water, and then with the vine.

They leave me no choice.

I must lead them to glory or most likely to death.

They traveled cross the plateau of ice, up to its edge.

Then they crossed a mountain range and saw the final plain.

Still he urged the people on.

Then, on a distant slope,

He observed one without hope

Flee back up the mountainside.

He thought he recognized him by his walk,

And by the way he fell,

And by the way he

Stood up, and vanished into air.

Several songs:

Pink Floyd's Grantchester Meadows:

See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.

And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees

Laughing as it passes through the endless summer

Making for the sea.

David Gilmour's On an Island:

Remember that night

White steps in the moonlight

They walked here too

Through empty playground, this ghosts' town

Children again, on rusting swings getting higher

Sharing a dream, on an island, it felt right

Pink Floyd's Echoes:

Overhead the albatross

Hangs motionless upon the air

And deep beneath the rolling waves

In labyrinths of coral caves

An echo of a distant time

Comes willowing across the sand

And everything is green and submarine.

Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds is a good one too - it's very descriptive..

The Muffin Man by Frank Zappa!

Actually, come to think of it, a lot of Frank Zappa songs paint a picture, in a strange, Frank Zappa-y way..

The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp - Jimi Hendrix

Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground

Paint it Black-Stones

Mellow Yellow-Donovan

Any colour you choose-Floyd

White Houses-Animals

Purple Haze-Jimi

Red right Hand-Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Don't eat the yellow snow-Zappa

Black is Black-

Black Dog-Zep

I Hate the White Man-Roy Harper

Red House-Jimi

Blue Jay Way-Beatles

Can Blue Men sing the Whites-Bonzo Dog

The Red Barn-Bad Seeds

Tangled up in Blue-Dylan

Golden Years-Bowie

Texas Rose-

A whiter shade of pale-Procol Harum

Tyrants-Black Mountain

Yer Blues-Beatles

Blue Skies-Willie Nelson

Somewhere over the rainbow-Judy Garland

Strange Fruit-Billie Holiday

Don't call me ******,whitey..Don't call me whitey,******-Sly and the Family Stone

Oranges and Lemons-XTC

The Man in Black-Johnny Cash

White Noise-XTC

White riot-Clash

The Conductor Wore Black-Rank and File

White Christmas-Bing Crosby & David Bowie (with the sniffles..god bless him)....etc etc etc..That's all folks!

Pink Floyd: Learning To Fly

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,

My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,

Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

Out of the corner of my watering eye

A dream unthreatened by the morning light

Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

Across the Universe - The Beatles

Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd

I will give you a couple of my favorites :) they have elements of beauty, hatred, love, peace and so much more.....they all create a picture...

"Not Falling" by Mudvayne

"Reflect as I realize,

That all I need is to find the middle pillar path to sit like the sun by a star in the sky and

just be."

"Serenity" by Godsmack

"As I sit here, and slowly close my eyes,I take another deep breath and feel the wind pass through my body. I'm the one in your soul, reflecting inner light. Protect the ones who hold you, cradling your inner child. I need serenity, in a place where I can hide. I need serenity, nothing changes, days go by. Where do we go when we just don't know, and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and when will we learn to control? Tragic visions slowly stole my life. Tore away everything, cheating me out of my time. I'm the one who loves you, no matter wrong or right. And every day I hold you, I hold you with my inner child. I need serenity, in a place where I can hide. I need serenity, nothing changes, days go by. Where do we go when we just don't know?, and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing, and when will we learn to control?"

"S.C.U.M." by Throwdown

"We need a fu c k i ng plague

A flood, a war to kill it all to cure it all

Cause every corner turned the scum of the earth

F u c k the gangs of middleclass suburbia

The gutter punks

Their prozac medicated parents too strung out to give a s h it

Where did we go wrong?

How in the hell did it come to this?

You're pissin in the wind if you think it can be fixed because I'll tell you what we really need…

Deliverance

Go to your gods, beg for

Deliverance from the scum of the earth

Let the locust swarm, allow the jaws of earth to swallow us alive

Baptize me in the blood of scum for rebirth

If I see another pedophile priest released

A hipster glam rock wannabe, a cop shooting an unarmed teen

I'll carve my eyes out with a stick

Where did we go wrong?

How in the hell did it come to this?

You're pissin in the wind if you think it can be fixed because I'll tell you what we f uc k in g need…

Deliverance

Go to your gods plea for

Deliverance

And in your prayers beg for

Deliverance

Our only chance is

Deliverance

from the scum of the earth

Deliverance…deliver us from the scum of the earth"

come out..come out no use in hiding

come out..come out can u not see

theres no place here what were u expecting

no room 4 both...just room 4 me

so u will lay ur arms down....

yes i will call his home

away, away..u have been banished..

ur land is gone..and given to me

and here i will spread my wings...

yes i will call this home

whats this u say..u feel a right to remain

then stay

and i will bury u

whats that u say..ur fathers spirit still lives in this place

well..i will silence u

heres the hitch...ur horse is leaving

dont miss ur boat..its leaving now

and as u go i will spread my wings..

yes i will call this home

i have no time ..to justify to u

fool ur blind..move aside 4 me

all i can say to u my new neighbor

is u must move on..or i will bury u

now as i rest my feet by this fire

those hands once warmed here

but i have retired them..

i can breath my own air..i can sleep more soundly..

upon these poor souls

i'll build heaven and call it home

cause ur all dead now

and i'll live w my justice

and i'll live w my greedy need

and i'll live w no mercy

and i'll live w my frenzy feeding

and i'll live w my hatred

and i'll live w my jealousy

oh i'll live w the notion

that i dont need anyone but me

dont drink the water

dont drink the water

theres blood in the water

dont drink me

Alkaline Trio - Private Eye ( among others)

Bob Dylan / Jimi Hendrix- All along the watch tower

So many...

'16th Century Greensleeves' ~ Blackmore's Night {live cover}

'Tunnel of Love' ~ Dire Straits

'Dark Ages' ~ Jethro Tull

'Broadsword' ~ Jethro Tull

'Mountain Men' ~ Jethro Tull

'Rainbow Blues' ~ Jethro Tull {excellent cover by BN}

Lots and lots of Jethro Tull!