Beautifully poignant. Spoiler: Lyrics My lover's got humour She's the giggle at a funeral Knows everybody's disapproval I should've worshiped her sooner If the heavens ever did speak She's the last true mouthpiece Every Sunday's getting more bleak A fresh poison each week "We were born sick" You heard them say it My church offers no absolutes She tells me "worship in the bedroom" The only heaven I'll be sent to Is when I'm alone with you I was born sick, but I love it Command me to be well Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife Offer me that deathless death Good God, let me give you my life If I'm a pagan of the good times My lover's the sunlight To keep the goddess on my side She demands a sacrifice Drain the whole sea Get something shiny Something meaty for the main course That's a fine looking high horse What you got in the stable? We've a lot of starving faithful That looks tasty That looks plenty This is hungry work Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife Offer me my deathless death Good God, let me give you my life No masters or kings when the ritual begins There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean Amen, Amen, Amen Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife Offer me that deathless death Good God, let me give you my life Although it's from one of those shows, this a capella version makes it even more 'church-choir y'. And boy, can that boy sing.
Nice to hear some variety! Like someone once told me: "Cast your musical net wide, you never know what will stick with you". The Smiths - "What She Said", with intro & outro from "Rubber Ring", Rank live album '86 with bootleg footage. Spoiler: Lyrics What she said: "How come someone hasn't noticed that I'm dead and decided to bury me God knows, I'm ready." What she said was sad, but then, all the rejection she's had; to pretend to be happy could only be idiocy. What she said was not for the job or lover that she never had. What she read all heady books, she'd sit and prophesise (it took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead to really really open her eyes). What she read all heady books, she'd sit and prophesise (it took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead to really really open her eyes). What she said: "I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an early death AND I NEED TO CLING TO SOMETHING!" What she said: "I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an early death AND I NEED TO CLING TO SOMETHING!"
Spoiler Thank you, goodbye I've always been so twisted I can't live with somebody like you that's why I'm waving off from here I have to become a person that can be loved I wish to become somebody that will never be hated To live having at least some fun I will throw away my vulnerable heart To try to not hurt other people I'll crush my eyes that always spot the bad things To never lose anybody again I'll stitch my poisoned mouth To not hear mean words again I'll shut my ears with the hands I should change soon into the person I want to be I don't need myself as I am now If I'm able to throw things away it should happen soon Thank you, goodbye I've always been so twisted I can't live with somebody like you that's why I'm waving off from here To not be ignored by people that come and go I will even stop my feet from walking I want the answers to be revealed soon I don't need this head always worrying I have nothing else to throw away If I'll ever be a perfect human being What can I do now? What should I do now? What in the world? Nothing else... I should change soon into the person I want to be I don't need myself as I am now If I'm able to throw things away it should happen soon Thank you, goodbye I've always been so twisted I can't live with somebody like you that's why I'm waving off from here I wanted to become another person but still here there's nobody, nobody else but me...
This song has been covered many times, but the Righteous Brother's version made it a classic. With Phil Spector's game-changing "Wall of Sound" production, they were the first of the "blue-eyed soul". Bobby Hatfield live: big voice, little microphone. (Really like the satisfied little smirk at the end: "I nailed that high note!") Spoiler: Lyrics Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch A long lonely time And time goes by so slowly And time can do so much Are you still mine? I need your love I need your love God speed your love to me Lonely rivers flow to the sea to the sea To the open arms of the sea Lonely rivers sigh: "wait for me, wait for me, I'll be coming home wait for me" Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered hungered for your touch A long lonely time And time goes by so slowly And time can do so much Are you still mine? I need your love I need your love God speed your love to me (ps. It's about a prisoner in the film "Unchained": hence the name.)
