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Ok here’s the first Go at the COTF lyrics. Please feel free to re-write if you find something missing/wrong!
The Ozzylot (Hidden in a Girl)
Stoned and blissful
I know what I like
Have you seen her
She shines so bright
Free means being free
Of the need to feel free
There is nowhere else
i would rather be
Sweet surrender
My time was good
Nothin made me feel
Like I’m supposed to do
Tired seeker I was
Led to the world
Wish fulfillment
Hidden in a girl
How could I take it that long
I was lost like a Cork on the ocean
It made me floating along
I was free but I had no motion(?)
Life is pure magic when you
Finally get it right
All I wanted was
To feel close to you
I won’t push it far
You do what you need to
Soul and fire
Can I still be your friend
When it’s over
And we’re free to float along
And wonder why we’re free
I want you to be my girl
I want you to be my girl
Riding The Tiger
The faces that I thought I’d seen
and all the things she said.
The places I knew I’d been
were all inside my head.
Their screaming from the balconies
As Bells reverberate
Through a storm in the sky within us
from cities all erased
And it just got started, now the walls come tumbling down.
Theres’ no doubt about it, revolution just in time.
As the wheels are turning, I sign up for another round.
And it just got started, revolution just no time.
as the wheels are turning, Sign up for another round.
Round and around, round and around.
Round.
Whole Lotta Diana
Did you really think you had it in you all this time
Is your vote still valid, voice still clear, do your words still rhyme?
“are your…………………………..is your…………………..sublime”
Sticks and stones and broken bones, just “steal the night”
You don’t matter, No you don’t
You’re just a “once was”. Move on
Shape up and go, get with the program, with the flow
Just a “has been”, you really should know
It’s a filthy habit, hard to break but tougher to keep
But the other choices haunt your dreams and steal your sleep
If it’s one for the money, then it’s two for the show
Three little piggies, free for all and all for the blow!
You don’t matter, No you don’t
You’re jus a “once was”. Move on
Shape up and go, get with the program, with the flow
Just a “has been”, you really should know!
You don’t matter, No you don’t
You’re jus a “once was”. Move on
Shape up and go, get with the program, with the flow
Just a “has been”, you really should know!
Cornucopia (…Or Satan, Uh… Something)
Cool and Saturnine
But none the wiser
Deaf and colorblind
“Still” all you need
To feel the “girl” or “Guilt” inside (probably Girl, considering the rest)
Come out of hiding
No longer Petrified
Come take my hand Child
Put on your best smile
I’ll make it worth while
Just a little bite
It’s all i’m asking
It’ll be alright
I’ll make it quick
Try to understand
I’m all assistance
No need to hesitate
Come take my hand Child
Put on your best smile
I’ll make it worth while
Tell me what you want
I’m Cornucopia
Your friend, your confidant
I’ll bee your man!
Mr. Victim
(Highly questionable)
One last laugh
and the rules of attraction change
One little lie
grow to myriads of escapist trades
Now we’re busy grinding diamonds into dust
Seems like lifetimes spent without a thought, seething with disgust
Some things never change, they stay the same
Mr Victim takes the blame
Two for the road stumbling blindly to the minefield of the heart
Two lost souls beg for mercy as they rip it all apart
Now we’re busy grinding diamonds into dust
Seems like lifetimes spendt without a thought, seething with disgust
Some things never change, but all the same
We sing along enchanted by the swan song
Finally realizing that the thrill is gone
There’s no turning back!
Now we’re busy grinding diamonds into dust
Seems like lifetimes spent without a thought, seething with disgust
Some things never change, they stay the same
The Victim takes the blame but all the same …… (?)
We sing along enchanted by the swan song all so terrible and compromized
We sing along enchanted by the swan song “while our heads are joined and terrorized”
No escape from Victim “tricks”, stranger gets so “terrorsick”
The anger that it agrivates, no painkiller convail our self destruct
The Waiting Game
The time (it?) took
The wasted years
The hope that it would mean something more
The pleasantries
The wasted words
The waiting game we played for so long
repeat x 2
Tonight would you plead to the ..?
Wish you’d kissed the ..?
Child Of The Future
Soul Shaker, Shake us up
Show us the grooves
Heartbreaker, break it up
And show us “new moves”
Dope dealer, give us “Dope” or “Grow”
And grant us “reprize”
Faith Dealer give us hope
Teach us how to believe
Child of the future
Please be kind, provide us “all that fire” to help put it right
Child of the future
Let them all know you won’t be denied,
It’s your world my friend, and i won’t pretend to have an answer
Soul Brother, be afraid or “Be a friend”
Show us the way
Earth Mother keep us safe
Each and every day
Child of the future
Please make sure to bring us soul and fire to help put things straiught
Child of the future
Let them all know you won’t be denied, Don’t let it slide
Child of the future
Let them all know you won’t be denied. “Come on final flag”
Child of the future
It’s up to you to bring them soul and fire
“…” your makers
The “…” minds the takers
Please don’t be denied
great! I was just starting wondering about the lyrics
But why the good ol’ Bent isn’t writing all the stuff like the good ol’ days? Stubborn, stubborn, stubborn!
Great work, GBD! I reckon that’s as close as you can get. You used headphones, I suppose. Lucky you, I’m lacking some right now, so I’ve got more blanks to fill in in my transcription. Anyway, here’s what i’ve made out of Mr Victim. Though some fragments and the end are missing it’s a great text, very snahish!
Mr Victim
One last lap
and the rules of attraction change
One little lie
(…) of escapist traits (?)
Now we’re busy riding diamonds into dust
Since that lifetime spending at the thought, seething with disgust
Some things never change, they stay the same
Mr Victim takes the blame
Two for the (rose?hoes?) stumbling blindly to the minefield of the heart
Two lost souls beg for mercy as they rip it all apart
Now we’re busy… see above
Since that lifetime…
Some things never change but all the same
We sing along enchanted by this walzer (really sounds like -er in the end, though that’s german writing, english would be waltz. Waltz (or walzer) seems bizarr in the first place but I couldn’t come up with sth else. And I’d love it if it was right!)
Finally realizing that the thrill has gone, there’s no turning back
Now we’re busy…
Since that lifetime…
Some things never change, they stay the same
Mr Victim takes the blame but all the same he.. (‘ll stay?)
We sing along enchanted by this walzer
(…)
We sing along…
(…)
We
(…)
Have to admit: shame the end is missing, it’s the best part imo. I have the same problem with cotf, got most of the words except for the end. It starts great though: “Soul shaker shake that soul, show us the groove…”
Help’s most welcome, feel free to join in! I reckon with some coop in puzzling and educated guessing we can figure this out!
Here’s another one, though almost a whole stanza’s missing. So have a go!
Riding the tiger
The faces that I thought I’d seen
and all the (…)
The places that I knew I’d been
were all inside my head
Let’s scream it from the balconies
(…)
And it just got started
now the walls come tumbling down
There’s no doubt about it
revolution’s just to turn
As the wheels are turning
a sign of (…) all around
Btw, on the cover it says Riding the Tiger, Cornucopia and Mr Victim were written by Bent and Snah together. Don’t know if that refers to music and lyrics. However, to me, the words of riding the tiger and mr victim sound a lot like Snah while those of Cornucopia clearly seem to come from Bent. Know what I mean?
Good work man! But i’ve got some changes to Mr Victim :
One last laugh
and the rules of attraction change
One little lie
grow to myriads of escapist trades
Now we’re busy grinding diamonds into dust
Seems like lifetimes spent without a thought, seephing with disgust
Some things never change, they stay the same
Mr Victim takes the blame
Two for the road stumbling blindly to the minefield of the heart
Two lost souls beg for mercy as they rip it all apart
Now we’re busy grinding diamonds into dust
Seems like lifetimes spendt without a thought, seephing with disgust
Some things never change, but all the same
We sing along enchanted by the swan song
Finally realizing that the thrill is gone
There’s no turning back!
Now we’re busy grinding diamonds into dust
Seems like lifetimes spent without a thought, seephing with disgust
Some things never change, they stay the same
Mr. Victim takes the blame but all the same …… (?)
We sing along enchanted by the swan song all so terrible and compromized
We sing along enchanted by the swan song “while our heads are joined and terrorized”
No escape from Victim “tricks”, stranger gets so “terrorsick”
The anger that it agrivates, the painkiller convail our self destruct
Still a few blanks. I’m gonna take a closer headphone listen tomorrow, but i think we’re on to something here!
By the way…i think your right regarding who wrote what!
Ok So here’s my take on Child of the Future
Soul Shaker, Shake us up
Show us the grooves
Heartbreaker, break it up
And show us “new moves”
Dope dealer, give us “Dope” or “Grow”
And grant us “reprize”
Faith Dealer give us hope
Teach us how to believe
Child of the future
Please be kind, provide us “all that fire” to help put it right
Child of the future
Let them all know you won’t be denied,
It’s your world my friend, and i won’t pretend to have an answer
Soul Brother, be afraid or “Be a friend”
Show us the way
Earth Mother keep us safe
Each and every day
Child of the future
Please make sure to bring us soul and fire to help put things straiught
Child of the future
Let them all know you won’t be denied, Don’t let it slide
Child of the future
Let them all know you won’t be denied. “Come on find a flag”
Child of the future
It’s up to you to bring them soul and fire
“…” your makers
The “…” minds the takers
Please don’t be denied
NOTE: The ” parts are words i’m not sure about. So please. If anybody’s got ideas, then step right up!
Good point Rat. Snah does lead vocals on Riding The Tiger and Mr Victim, so it could be that he wrote the lyrics for ’em. But Bent & Snah both have their own distinct style of writing lyrics.
@GBD: Cool! I’m quite happy with your changes. “Grinding” is so much cooler (and more likely) than just “riding” and “Seems like lifetime’s spent” is better than my version, too, both grammatically and meaning-wise!
But what does “seephing” mean? Never heard of that one before…
I know my “walz”-approach wasn’t the most logic one, but what’s “swan song”? A reference to sth? I’m actually quite convinced that the initial sound of the word is rather “w” than “s”… Edit: Ha! Just listening to it, and i think it depends if the article is “the” or “this”! Consider the sounds: -the-s-wa- (n for swan and l for walz sound very similar, so we can ignore it here) If the s belongs to the article it would be “this”, in which case the next word starts with “w”, that would make it “this walz” (probably). However, if the article is “the” the next word has to start with s, and that would make it “the swan”! Fantastic! Thing is: we’ll never know unless they tell us…
Gonna have to listen closely to the end again, some of your parts are right I guess, others could be right but could also be wrong. It’s really hard to tell with this one ’cause of the escalating singing in the end.
@otherdemon: I think the lead singer doesn’t always give a hint towards authorship, take fx Greener which is written by Bent and sung by Snah. I was actually talking about their writing stiles, too. So absolutely agreed!
Great work again GBD! Just a few samll changes from me:
“Soul shaker shake that soul”
(…)
“And show us your moves”
I’d go for “grow” instead of “dope”, sounds more like gr in the beginning.
I’ve got no alternative for “reprize” but I don’t think it’s that either. That’s not very constructive, I know, but it just sounds a lot like e in the end, sth like “free”. But then the first syllable clearly seems to be re… No idea.
And how about “… provide (the/that/our/us/my) soul and fire…” right from the first chorus on?
Concerning the end: that’s about as far as I got. Looks like we need more opinions… C’mon, Nauts!
well there are probably dozens of mistakes here and there on Mr. Victim. For instance…the whole ending is pure guessing. And i listened to it last night, and what i’ve written sounds terribly incorrect. But i think i’m right regarding the swan song phrase (Here’s a note from Wikipedia: The phrase “swan song” is a reference to an ancient belief that the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is completely mute during its lifetime until the moment just before it dies, when it sings one beautiful song)’
Just to follow up what you said about who wrote what: Snah has always been rather cryptic when it comes to lyrics. So the phraze “we sing along enchanted by thew swan song” isn’t that far fetched if you ask me. It fits! And regarding the Seephing phrase…it’s supposed to be seething.
As for COTF i actually think i’m right with the “shake us up” phrase. It rhimes with “Break it up” too. Or else it would have to be “shake a soul” and that doesen’t sound right.
Anyway…we need more ppl in on this!
I tried The Ozzylot (Hidden in a girl). Feel free to improve the lyrics.
Stoned and blissful
I know what I like
Have you seen her
She shines so bright
Free means being free
Of the need to feel free
Where is nowhere else
I’m forever free
Sweet surrender
My time was good(?)
Nothin made me feel
Like I’m supposed to do
Tired seeker I was
Back to the world
Wish fulfillment
Hidden in a girl
How could I take it that long
I was lost like a (court?) on the (old …?)
It made me floating along
I was free but I had no motion(?)
Life is pure magic when you
Finally get it right
All I wanted was
To feel close to you
I won’t push it far to
Do what you need to
Soul and fire
Can I still be your friend
When it’s over
And we’re free to float along
And wonder why we’re free
I want you to be my girl
I want you to be my girl
Good work Wulf! Although i would change the phrase “Where is nowhere else
I’m forever free” with “There is nowhere else i would rather be” plus a few other phrases
Something like this:
Stoned and blissful
I know what I like
Have you seen her
She shines so bright
Free means being free
Of the need to feel free
There is nowhere else
i would rather be
Sweet surrender
My time was due
Nothin made me feel
Like I’m supposed to do
Tired seeker I was
Back to the world
Wish fulfillment
Hidden in a girl
How could I take it that long
I was lost like a Cork on the open shore (?)
It made me floating along
I was free but I had no motion(?)
Life is pure magic when you
Finally get it right
All I wanted was
To feel close to you
I won’t push it far
You do what you need to
Soul and fire
Can I still be your friend
When it’s over
And we’re free to float along
And wonder why we’re free
I want you to be my girl
I want you to be my girl
But i could be wrong
I tried Diana aswell…but man. There are some major gaps here that i just can’t make out!
Anyway…->
Did you really think you had it in you all this time
Is your “…” still valid, voice still clear, do your words still rhime?
“are your…………………………..is your…………………..sublime”
Sticks and stones and broken bones, just “steal the night”
You don’t matter, No you don’t
You’re jus a “once was”. Move on
“………………” get with the program, with the flow
Just a “has been”, you really should know
It’s a filthy habit, hard to break but tougher to keep
But the other choices haunt your dreams and steal your sleep
If it’s one for the money, then it’s two for the show
“……” free for all and all for the blow!
You don’t matter, No you don’t
You’re jus a “once was”. Move on
“………………” get with the program, with the flow
Just a “has been”, you really should know!
Welcome Wulf, and good work on ozzylot! I agree with GBD’s changes except for “my time was due”, I guess it’s “good”. But then, still no headphones here…
GBD: Excellent! Great thing to come up with! :MPD: Never heard of the swan song before, thanks for that! So, obviously that’s what they’re enchanted by!
I had one try at Diana, didn’t get more than three words in a row, and left it frustrated half way through. What you’ve got sounds good! Can’t help you with the blanks… yet.
And we still need The waiting Game and the second stanza of Riding the tiger!
Come on, people!
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