Month: March 2016
Friday Quote- P. J. O’Rourke
“It’s not an endlessly expanding list of rights – the ‘right’ to education, the ‘right’ to healthcare, the ‘right’ to food and housing. That’s not freedom. That’s dependency. Those aren’t rights, those are the rations of slavery – hay and barn for human cattle.”
P.J. O’Rourke
Metal Tuesday – Nightwish- The Escapist
Oh wow. I’ve only done one Nightwish song? Well, let’s remedy that.
Lyrics in the YouTube video.
Friday Quote- Bertrand Russell
“A fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity is to hold a belief true because you think it useful and not because you believe it to be true.”
Bertrand Russell
Metal Tuesday – Garth Brooks – Ireland
I know what you’re thinking. What in the hell is Derek thinking putting a Garth Brooks song for Metal Tuesday? Well, because this is the St. Patrick’s Day edition, and this song fucking rocks.
I’m putting up two versions. The first is Garth’s version. The second is more traditional by a man named Brian Sheehan. You can choose which you like the best.
Lyrics:
They say mother earth is breathing
With each wave that finds the shore
Her soul rises in the evening
For to open twilights door
Her eyes are the stars in heaven
Watching o’er us all the while
And her heart it is in Ireland
Deep within the Emerald Isle
We are forty against hundreds
In someone else’s bloody war
We know not why were fighting
Or what we’re dying for
They will storm us in the morning
When the sunlight turns to sky
Death is waiting for its dance now
Fate has sentenced us to die
Ireland I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And fences made of stone
I am reaching out won’t you take my hand
I’m coming home Ireland
Oh the captain he lay bleeding
I can hear him calling me
These men are yours now for the leading
Show them to their destiny
As I look up all around me
I see the ragged tired and torn
I tell them to make ready
‘Cause we’re not waiting for the morn
Ireland I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And fences made of stone
I am reaching out won’t you take my hand
I’m coming home Ireland
Now the fog is deep and heavy
As we forge the dark and fear
We can hear their horses breathing
As in silence we draw near
There are no words to be spoken
Just a look to say good-bye I draw a breath and night is broken
As I scream our battle cry
Ireland I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And fences made of stone
I am reaching out won’t you take my hand
I’m coming home Ireland
Yes I am home Ireland
We were forty against hundreds
Friday Quote – Nate Pyle
“We’ve been taught that a woman’s body will cause men to sin. We’re told that if a woman shows too much of her body men will do stupid things. Let me be clear: a woman’s body is not dangerous to you. Her body will not cause you harm. It will not make you do stupid things. If you do stupid things, it is because you chose to do stupid things.”
Nate Pyle, author
Metal Tuesday – Black Majesty – Silent Company
We haven’t heard from Black Majesty in a while, and this song has been going through my head. Which is how I pick most of the songs for this bit.
Lyrics:
We all try hard to find our faith
But circumstances choose our paths
What awaits us will stand at the end of the road
So we work to buy our time
We watch our children as they strive
Still not understanding what is passing us by
If it’s free I want to be like a sail set out to sea
Set a course never returning back to the shores
Our time will come and will surely pass us by
What remains are only memories worth remembering
Silent company observant they rest and they wait
For our life an end to arrive
We’re all content and satisfied
Whether there’s truth within the lies
There’s a purpose for every reason that comes our way
Never noticed to wonder why
Our eyes are open still we’re blind
There’s a fear in knowing what’s on the other side
If it’s free I want to be
Just like them I’ll ride the breeze
Walk alone and knowing never alone we will be
Metal Tuesday- Five Finger Death Punch – Anywhere But Here
I’m feeling a bith thrashy today. So, let’s do some Five Finger Death Punch.
Lyrics:
Some say a storm is coming,
Some say the end is near,
Some think it’s all so hazy,
I think it’s all so clear.
If it all ends tomorrow,
If it all disappears
Where do you think you’re going?
Anywhere else but here!
I don’t claim to have the reasons!
All I know is
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere but here!
Some say they have the answers,
Some say they know the truth,
Some people live in question,
Some people have no clue.
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was just today
Would you make different choices
Or would you stay the same?
I don’t claim to have the reasons!
All I know is
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere but here!
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow
Would you stay, would you stay the same?
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow
Would you stay, would you stay the same?
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere!
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere but here!