joudama (stopthatgirl7) wrote in fictunes, @ 2009-08-25 02:46:00 |
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Current music: | Silent Hill 3 - Silent Hill no Uta |
Songs: Sept. 09
Hey, everybody! I'm a bit early, but hey. For this month, I decided to do something a little different.
Most music nowadays is written in 4/4, also known as "common time." For those of you out there with limited knowledge of music, this means that a measure (the basic block of music) is made up of four quarter notes, and the quarter note gets the beat. It's called "common time" for a reason; it really is all over the place, and most music we think of is written in 4/4. If you listen to music and can go, "ONE two three four ONE two three four ONE two three four," you're listening to 4/4.
4/4 is fun and all, but I have an intense love of music in 6/8. 6/8 means that the eighth note, not the quarter, gets the beat, and there are six eighth notes per measure. It's different from 3/4 (three quarter notes per measure), which is mainly used for waltzes and stuff. 3/4 is "ONE two three ONE two three," whereas 6/8 is "ONE two three four five six"--the 'four' is a strong beat, but not as strong as one. So there's a strong feeling of two, only it's subdivided into three. Trust me, it makes sense. ^^;;
Since there's not that much 6/8 stuff out there, and 6/8 is awesome, this month's fictunes are all songs written in 6/8. Once you know 6/8, it gets a lot easier to pick it out when you hear it. Personally, I love 6/8, because I like that feeling of paired threes, and how it feels like the music is rolling.
Oh, and a big thank you to everyone on my flist (ij and lj) who helped out with getting me songs in 6/8! I only had a few songs in 6/8 time, and y'all came through with getting me some more. :D
1. Birdcage - Gackt
hikari no naka de mita osanai kioku wa
kegareta kono boku ni wa ima mo toosugite
yami no naka, kimi no na o nando mo sakenda
owaranai toki no naka de kimi shika inakute
aganau koto sae dekizu ni boku o tojikomeru
inoru koto shika dekinakute...kanashimi wa ienai
ajisai no nureta ha no ichimai chigitta
mizutamari ni ukabete kimi o omoidasu
ameagari no yuugure ni kasuka ni kikoeta tooku no fune no kiteki
naze ka kanashikute
yurusarenai no nara subete ga kiereba ii
kanashimi mo itami mo nani mo iranai sekai e
aganau koto sae dekizu ni boku o tojikomeru
inoru koto shika dekinakute...kanashimi wa ienai
yasashiku naita sora kara kikoeta kimi no koe mo
namida o ukabeta mama waratta boku ni wa mienai...
hikari no naka de mita osanai kioku wa
oto no nai egao sae ima wa ureshikute
nido to modorenai ano koro ni mo
boku-tachi wa waratteita
-Translation-
Inside of the light, I saw my youthful memories
They're still too far off for me, filthy as I am now
Inside of the darkness, I called your name over and over again
Inside of the endless time, there's no one there but you
I lock myself up, unable to even atone
I can't do anything but pray...my sadness is not cured
I tore off a single damp petal from a hydrangea
It floats in a puddle, and I remember you
In the evening just after the rain, I faintly heard the far off whistel of a ship
For some reason, it made me sad
If I can't be forgiven, then everything can disappear
The sadness and the pain, to the world that doesn't need anything
I lock myself up, unable to even atone
I can't do anything but pray...my sadness is not cured
From the gently crying sky, I also heard your voice
I laughed through gathering tears, but I couldn't see anything...
Inside of the light, I saw my youthful memories
Even the soundless smile is happy right now
I can't return to that time ever again
When we were laughing
--
2. Kiss from a Rose - Angela Aki
This is a cover of the Seal song. I went for Angela Aki's, since everyone knows Seal's, and the Japanese is totally different and really cool. And this and the Gackt translation aren't mine; I lazed out and found them online.
Honoo no naka de anata wo mita
Ai ga koge tsuku senjou de
Kin no jishin no ken wo te ni
Toki wo saite
Watashi no hou he to chikaduite kita
Baby jihi wo negau watashi no sakebi
Shiroi hata wa sude ni ageta ga
Ai de shinu nara kisu de koroshite
Tabibito no you ni ikite kita
Yado no nai kono kokoro ga Baby
Samayoi tadori tsuita tokoro wa
Anata to iu daichi
Akai jounetsu no ne wo hari
Bara no hana ga saita
Baby tsui ni anata ni kousan suru
Shiroi hata wa sude ni ageta ga
Ai de shinu nara kisu de koroshite
Anata no kuchiduke de
Anata no manazashi de
Hi ga tsuita karada ga
Hai ni naru yo
[I saw you within the flames of
the battlefield that burned me with love
Tearing apart time, holding a
golden sword of confidence
coming closer and closer to me
Baby, I cried out for mercy
but it was too late to wave the white flag
If this love is dead, kill me with a kiss
I was born as a wanderer
Baby, my heart knows no home
I wandered around till I arrived
at the world called you
Planting a red seed of passion
which bloomed into a rose
Baby, I'm finally giving in to you
but it's too late to wave the white flag
If this love is dead, kill me with a kiss
Your kiss
Your look
Are like a flame
turning my body to ashes]
There is so much a man can
tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power,
my pleasure, my pain
To me you're like a growing
addiction that I can't deny
Won't you tell me is that healthy, babe
But did you know, that when it snows,
my eyes become enlarged
And the light that you shine can be seen
Baby, I compare you to a kiss
from a rose on the grave
The more I get of you,
the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom,
a light hits the gloom on the grave
Ai de shinu nara kisu de koroshite
[If this love is dead, kill me with a kiss]
--
3. The Kill [acoustic version/acoustic version with violin] - 30 Seconds to Mars
What if I wanted to break
Laugh it all off in your face
What would you do?
What if I fell to the floor
Couldn't take all this anymore
What would you do, do, do?
Come break me down
Marry me, bury me
I am finished with you
What if I wanted to fight
Beg for the rest of my life
What would you do?
You say you wanted more
What are you waiting for?
I'm not running from you
Come break me down
Marry me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you
I tried to be someone else
But nothing seemed to change
I know now, this is who I really am inside
Finally found myself
Fighting for a chance
I know now, this is who I really am
Come break me down
Marry me, bury me
I am finished with you, you, you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you
Come, break me down
Break me down
Break me down
What if I wanted to break?
What if I, what if I, what if I
Bury me, bury me
--
4. The Bird and the Worm - The Used
If you're the bird
Whenever we pretend it's summer
Then I'm the worm
I know the part, it's such a bummer
But fair is fair
If my segments get separated
I'll scream
And you'll be there
Close your eyes
(Close my eyes)
Slide the cotton off of your shoulder
And feel the shine
(Feel the shine)
I'm hooked so toss me over
And cast a line
(Well I'll try)
I'll throw a party and greet my undersea friends
(It depends)
As they arrive
(If they arrive)
You and I left our troubles far behind
But I still have just one more question on my mind
For all my pals who live in the oceans and the seas
With friends like these well,
Who needs enemies?
If I'm your boy
Let's take a shortcut we remember
And we'll enjoy
Picking apples in late september like
We've done for years
Then we'll take a long walk
Through the cornfield
And I'll kiss you
Between the ears
If you're my girl
Swirl me around your room with feeling
And as we twirl
The glow in the dark stars on your ceiling
Will shine for us
As love sweeps over the room
Cuz we tend to make
Each other blush
You and I left our troubles far behind
But I still have just one more question on my mind
For all my pals who live in the oceans and the seas
With prawns like these well,
Who needs anemones?
You're the bird, I'm the worm
And it's plain to see
That we were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be
--
5. From the Inside - Linkin Park
I don’t know who to trust no surprise
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts sift through dust and the lies
(Trying not to break but I’m so tired of this deceit)
(Every time I try to make myself get back up on my feet)
(All I ever think about is this)
(All the tiring time between)
(And how trying to put my trust in you just takes so much out of me)
[Chorus]
Take everything from the inside and throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won’t trust myself with you
Tension is building inside steadily
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts forcing their way out of me
(Trying not to break but I’m so tired of this deceit)
(Every time I try to make myself get back up on my feet)
(All I ever think about is this)
(All the tiring time between)
(And how trying to put my trust in you just takes so much out of me)
[Chorus]
Take everything from the inside and throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won’t trust myself with you
I won’t waste myself on you
You
You
Waste myself on you
You
You
I’ll take everything from the inside and throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won’t trust myself with you
Everything from the inside and just throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won’t trust myself with you
You
You
--
6. My Skin - Natalie Merchant
Take a look at my body,
look at my hands
there's so much here that I don't understand
Your face saving promises,
whispered like prayers
I don't need them.
I've been treated so wrong
I've been cheated so long as if I'm becoming untouchable...
Well, contempt loves the silence
it thrives in the dark,
the fine winding tendrils that strangle the heart
They say that promises sweeten the blow
but I don't need them... no I don't need them.
I've been treated so wrong,
I've been cheated so long as if I'm becoming untouchable
I'm a slow dying flower
I’m the frost killing hour
sweet turning sour
& untouchable.
ooh I need
the darkness,
the sweetness,
the sadness,
the weakness,
ooh I need this.
Need a lullabye,
a kiss goodnight,
angel, sweet love of my life
ooh I need this
I'm a slow dying flower
frost killing hour
the sweet turning sour
& untouchable
Do you remember the way that you touched me before,
all the trembling sweetness
I loved and adored...
Your face saving promises
whispered like prayers.
I don't need them.
I need the darkness,
the sweetness,
the sadness,
the weakness,
ooh I need this.
I need a lullabye
a kiss goodnight,
angel, sweet love of my life
ooh I need this
Well, is it dark enough,
can you see me?
do you want me?
can you reach me?
or I'm leaving...
you better shut your mouth
and hold your breath
you kiss me now,
you catch your death
oh I mean this...
oh I mean this...
--
7. Boats and Birds - Gregory and the Hawk
If you be my star
I'll be your sky
you can hide underneath me and come out at night
when I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine
I live to let you shine
but you can skyrocket away from me
and never come back if you find another galaxy
far from here with more room to fly
just leave me your stardust to remember you by
if you be my boat
I'll be your sea
a depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity
ebbing and flowing and pushed by a breeze
I live to make you free
I live to make you free
but you can set sail to the west if you want to
and past the horizon till I can't even see you
far from here where the beaches are wide
just leave me your wake to remember you by
if you be my star
I'll be your sky
you can hide underneath me and come out at night
when I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine
I live to let you shine
but you can skyrocket away from me
and never come back if you find another galaxy
far from here with more room to fly
just leave me your stardust to remember you by
stardust to remember you by
--
8. Runs in the Family - Amanda Palmer feat. Ben Folds
My friend has problems with winter and autumn they give him prescriptions they shine bright lights on him
They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it.
My friend has blight, he gets shakes in the night and they say that there's no way that they could have caught it in
Time takes his toll on him it is traditional, it is inherited predispositional
All day I've been wondering what is inside of me who can I blame for it?
I say it runs in the family this family that carries me to such great lengths, to open my legs up to anyone who'll have me
It runs in the family I come by it honestly do what you want 'cause who knows it might fill me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Fill me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
My friend's depressed she's a wreck she's a mess they've done all sorts of tests and they guess it has something to do with her grandmother's grandfather's grandmother's civil war soldiers who badly infected her
My friend has maladies, shrickets, and allergies that she dates back to the 17th century
Somehow she manages, in her misery strips in the city and shares all her best tricks with me
Well I'm well well I mean I'm in hell well I still have my health at least that's what they tell me
If wellness is this what in hells name is sickness?
But business is business and BUSINESS
Runs in the family we tend to bruise easily bad in the blood I'm telling you 'cause I just want you to know me - know me and my family we're wonderful folks, but don't get too close to me 'cause you might knock me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Knock me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Mary have mercy now look what I've done but don't blame me because I can't help where I come from and
Running is something that we've always done well and mostly I can't even tell what I'm running from
Run from their pity from responsibility run from the country and run from the city
I can run from the law I can run from myself I can run from my life I can run into debt
I can run from it all I can run 'til I'm gone I can run for the office and run for my cause
I can run using every last ounce of energy
I cannot, I cannot, I cannot
Run from my family they're hiding inside of me
Corpses on ice
Doubt me if you like but just don't tell
My family they'd never forgive me they'd say that I'm crazy but they would say anything if it would
Shut me up
Shut me up
Shut me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Shut me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
Me up
--
9. Protege Moi - Placebo
C'est le malaise du moment
L'épidémie qui s'étend
La fête est finie on descend
Les pensées qui glaçent la raison
Paupières baissées, visage gris
Surgissent les fantômes de notre lit
On ouvre le loquet de la grille
Du taudis qu'on appelle maison
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)(x3)
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi, protège-moi (x4)
Sommes-nous les jouets du destin?
Souviens-toi des moments divins
Planants, éclatés au matin
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls
Perdus les rêves de s'aimer
Les temps où l'on n'avait rien fait
Il nous reste toute une vie pour pleurer
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls
Protect me from what i want (protège-moi, protège-moi)(x3)
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège moi de mes désirs
Protège-moi, protège-moi
--
10. The House of the Rising Sun - Eric Burdon & The Animals
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one
--
11. Beautiful Gun - Moses
I haven’t cried since 1985 but
One look at you, tears are queuing to get out
But I hold them, I hold them, I hold them, yeah
Why do I whisper, do you sleep on a wire
I tiptoe around you, around you, around you now
Beautiful gun
It’s just the fate of the pretty to break those hearts
So just sleep for awhile
See if you smile while you’re sleeping, you’re sleeping
Beautiful gun
I’ve never tried to be anyone else in my miserable life, but
One look at you, wishes are queuing to get out
But I hold them, I hold them, I hold them, yeah
I tried and I tried to make myself cry
So hung up and dry on that wishing line, yeah
Beautiful gun
It’s just the fate of the pretty to break those hearts
So just sleep for awhile
See if you smile while you’re sleeping, you’re sleeping
Beautiful gun
Do you smile while you’re sleeping? (Beautiful gun)
--
12. Sleeping Beauty - Miranda Sex Garden
how long had she been waiting there,
behind her cold and dusty veil
her heart, still beating red and soft and warm,
her skin, left hanging off in threads.
tales of blood and tears, lie cold on her face
her veins so blue, her heart so red and wild
and free.
how could he know he'd come too soon,
to look behind her ghostly veil
and how could he have known he'd come too far,
beyond her cold and stony walls?
tales of blood and tears, lie cold on her face,
her veins so blue, her heard so red and wild
and free.
--
13. Glory - Kamelot
sworn by the crown
I lead a crusade
fight for belief to be one
out in the field
fearless and cold
building the road to my Calvary
strong is my steel
dark is my mind
carmine the ground that I tread
faith in my god
keeps me alive
but when does my faith turn to doubt
silently watching the rain
carving the earth on my grave
lord you know that I prayed
one for the glory
and one for the souls that I've slain
how will I know
how could I tell
where would I find some serenity
sowing the seed
unwounded I bleed
lord won't you show me the way
christ is the cross that I bear
god is the will of my war
faint are the voices I hear
whispers of glory...
christ is the cry of despair
cursing the day I was born
this is the faith that we share
left with the glory
and suffering of souls that we've torn
--
14. Vermillion pt. 2 - Slipknot
She seemed dressed in all of me,
stretched across my shame.
All the torments and the pain,
leak through and covered me.
I'd do anything to have her to myself,
just to have her for myself.
Now I don't know what to do,
I don't know what to do
When she makes me sad.
She is everything to me, the unrequited dream,
the song that no one sings, the unattainable.
She's a myth that I have to believe in,
all I need to make it real is one more reason.
I don't know what to do,
I don't know what to do
When she makes me sad.
But I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me.
A catch in my throat,
Choke,
Torn into pieces,
I won't,
no,
I don't want to be this,
But I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me.
She isn't real,
I can't make her real.
She isn't real,
I can't make her real.
--
15. Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers
I am a man
Cut from the know
Rarely do friends
Come and then go
She was a girl
Soft but estranged
We were the two
Our lives rearranged
Feeling so good that day
A feeling of love that day
Twisting and turning
Your feelings are burning
You're breaking the girl
She meant you no harm
Think you're so clever
But now you must sever
You're breaking the girl
He loves no one else
Raised by my dad
Girl of the day
He was my man
That was the way
She was the girl
Left alone
Feeling the need
To make me her home
I don't know what when or why
The twilight of love had arrived
Twisting and turning
Your feelings are burning
You're breaking the girl
She meant you no harm
Think you're so clever
But now you must sever
You're breaking the girl
He loves no one else
Twisting and turning
Your feelings are burning
You're breaking the girl
She meant you no harm
Think you're so clever
But now you must sever
You're breaking the girl
He loves no one else
--
BONUS!
Harbor - Vienna Teng
This song is in 6/8, but it also goes into some other, funky-cool times. Part of it seems to be in 9/14, which is kinda awesome.
We're here where the daylight begins
The fog on the streetlight slowly thins
Water on water's the way
The safety of shoreline fading away
Sail your sea
Meet your storm
All I want is to be your harbor
The light in me
Will guide you home
All I want is to be your harbor
Fear is the brightest of signs
The shape of the boundary you leave behind
So sing all your questions to sleep
The answers are out there in the drowning deep
You've got a journey to make
There's your horizon to chase
So go far beyond where we stand
No matter the distance
I'm holding your hand
--
Colour My World - Chicago
This song seems like 6/8, but it's actually 12/8.
As time goes on I realize
Just what you mean to me
And now, now that you're near
Promise your love
That I've waited to share
And dreams of our moments together
Color my world with hope of loving you
--