Ever since Ally McBeal, I've always loved the idea of a theme song! Mine is "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees or "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John. "Imagine" is also up there.
Why? Well, I'm a dreamer (you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one) and I do daydream a LOT. The song is poppy and happy, and it's all about being content with what you have. Same for Yellow Brick Road--it's all about living your life YOUR way and finding happiness. Imagine speaks for itself and warms the cockles of my little hippie heart. I love the sentiment.
My teenaged son informed me a couple of weeks ago that "I'm Only Sleeping" by The Beatles was his new personal theme song, and that he'd like to play a clip each morning in response to my attempting to wake him up. Please don't wake me, no don't shake me Leave me where I am I'm only sleeping
Great Big Sea, Ordinary Day, because it's how I try to think of life and keep perspective.
See that girl on the street, what keeps her from dying Let them say what they want, she won't stop trying She might stumble, if they push her 'round She might fall, but she'll never lie down
And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day and it's all your state of mind At the end of the day, you've still got to say, it's all right.
Lots of them, reflecting different times and relationships. But the most "me" ones are "Let Me Be" by P.F. Sloan, which so perfectly expressed the way I felt as a teen (when the song was popular) and has continued to express my attitude, and "Circle of Life" (lyrics by Tim Rice), which expresses as close as I come to "believing" anything.
I don't know if I have a theme song, but when I am feeling overwhelmed, "Little Hercules" by Trisha Yearwood is helpful to listen to.
So you cannot lift a spirit that has turned to lead Or shine a light in shadow when the batteries are dead Or fly like a bird over all the works of man Or always think of the perfect words But you do the best you can
Nothing seems as easy as it did when we were young Myths may be invincible, but we are only strong Strong like a memory, strong like a willow in the wind Strong as you'll ever be, you will always need to bend
And if you feel the weight of the world Put your mind at ease Little Hercules
There are times when being a grown-up gets to be too much And your sense of humor seems to vanish in the crush Of the daily 9 to 9 that keeps your family alive You're just putting in your time Does anyone really go home at 5?
You've made a life where no one ever tells you what to do Now the only tyrant that you're working for is you It's never easy to keep all the promises you make But no one's gonna get you fired You just give yourself a break.
*** The last verse is particularly apt for me. I always say when you are self-employed you have the meanest boss in the world...and if you don't, maybe you shouldn't be self-employed. :) Even though I know that's probably too harsh.
If I have to pick only one, at the moment, it would be VNV Nation's "Kingdom", because being in that mood rather than ones for which more depressing or passive songs are apt at least some major fraction of the time is a win for me:
and I believe that we'll conceive to make in Hell for us a Heaven a brave new world a promised land a fortitude of hearts and minds. Until the day this kingdom's mine I'll turn the darkness into light I'll guide the blind My will be done Until the day I hear my kingdom has been won.
Wanting the positive, and taking personal responsibility for what's needed to have any hope of getting there.
As a songwriter myself, I feel the need to write my own, and there is no question which one it was (and has been since whenever I wrote it -- 1982? -- not sure). The song is called "We Kept On Dancing," and it is a song about survival that never uses the word "survival." The last two lines are:
"I just want you to know that we kept on dancing -- What else was there to do?"
If you insist on a song that I have heard, and identify with, but did not myself write: I have never heard this song, but a friend outside of LJ says it is by Kathy Mattea and quotes this chorus:
"You've got to sing -- like you don't need the money You've got to love -- like you'll never get hurt You've got to dance -- as if nobody's watching It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work." I think the title is "Come From the Heart."
I also want to join in to cakmpls's suggestion: "Let Me Be" -- written by P. F. Sloan, though the version I have heard was recorded by the Turtles. This fine song never got half the airplay and exposure it deserved. If lyrics are to be quoted, perhaps cakmpls can pick out her own favorite lines.
I think it would have to be Bruce Cockburn's "Isn't That What Friends Are For?"
I've been scraping little shavings off my ration of light And I've formed it into a ball, and each time I pack a bit more onto it I make a bowl of my hands and I scoop it from its secret cache Under a loose board in the floor And I blow across it and I send it to you Against those moments when The darkness blows under your door
A friend introduced me to Libbie Schrader, who has a song entitled "Now You're Good": And now you're good to go on out there all alone All their eyes are on you now So let them look on, it's the reason you were born Nothin' they can do could stop you now
And if you fall down Well, they'd love to hear the sound But don't even turn around
Oh 'Cause now you're good You know you look so good because the world is what you make of it Oh now you're good ...well, it shows Darlin', don't you know, you're finally good to go.
I also play Dar Williams' "You're Aging Well" every year on my birthday, because if I'm going to set the tone for the next year, I want it to be with this:
So I'm going to steal out with my paint and brushes I'll change the directions, I'll hit every street It's the Tinseltown scandal, the Robin Hood vandal She goes out and steals the King's English And in the morning you wake up and the signs point to you
They say "I'm so glad that you finally made it here," "You thought nobody cared, but I did, I could tell," And "This is your year," and "It always starts here," And oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh, "You're aging well."
"Kitty's Back" by Bruce Springsteen, from The Wild, The Innocent, and the East Street Shuffle. Mostly because both the music and the lyrics keep me hopeful about life even when I'm down.
For some reason, radios and radio-like devices serve as personal oracles of a sort for me. The first song to come on Pandora after reading this was "Down Don't Bother Me" as performed by Albert King.
A classic blues tune with lyrics:
I been down so long You know down don't bother me Been down so long You know down don't bother me Gonna take all my troubles throw 'em in the deep blue sea
This just as I was thinking that there must be something in the weather that's got me and so many of my friends feeling down. So that's my theme song of the moment.
I'm a mercurial and changing creature in my "favorites," but one thing that I always come back to is "Free" by Concrete Blonde:
I'm a million miles high I'm a piece of the sky Well, I'm the purple in the rainbow My, my, my I'm like wind in your hair I'm like rain on the sea Well, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!
"like rain on the sea" was my mail/LJ name for a very, very long time, and I keep thinking about going back to it, because it still and always fits.
"Nobody's Side" from "Chess" UK Version. I've been screwed over by so many so-called friends. I need to remember that nobody's on nobody's side whenever I deal with someone new. Sad, but very true. I always assume people come from my WYSIWYG standpoint, and I am always, always wrong.
Katrina and the Waves "Walking on Sunshine", because in spite of battling depression and fibromyalgia, I try to keep a smile on my face, and look forward to something, even if it's only a something fictional like really good daydreams.
My life didn't even have a soundtrack until last fall. Since then I've been discovering and embracing my own choices in music, and also in my life. And last Friday, a friend said that this song reminded her of me. I looked at the lyrics and said "This song is my LiveJournal!" because when my life fell apart in 2006 I was just struggling with the practical necessities of life, but now I want people and parties (and I'm going to have a live band at my birthday party) and creative pursuits and time to myself, and lately I've been writing about wanting physical affection as well.
Lucinda Williams' Passionate Kisses (also sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter, both versions available on iTunes.)
Is it too much to ask I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back Food to fill me up And warm clothes and all that stuff Shouldn't I have this Shouldn't I have this Shouldn't I have all of this, and
Passionate kisses Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh Passionate kisses from you
Is it too much to demand I want a full house and a rock and roll band Pens that won't run out of ink And cool quiet and time to think Shouldn't I have this Shouldn't I have this Shouldn't I have all of this, and
Passionate kisses Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh Passionate kisses from you
Do I want too much Am I going overboard to want that touch I shout it out to the night "Give me what I deserve, 'cause it's my right" Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I) Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I) Shouldn't I have all of this, and
Passionate kisses Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh Passionate kisses from you
1. Thank You for the Music by ABBA Music and the arts are very important to me...it's every fiber of who I am as a person.
2. I Am What I Am from La Cage aux Follies The first Broadway show I ever saw was La Cage at the Paramount in Seattle in 1986. Peter Marshall was in it (talk about dating one's self!). Right after I saw the show I went back in the closet for a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time. Last year TCGMC did that song as part of their PRIDE show, and I started crying during dress rehearsal (and scared half of my friends to death). I realized that finally, as I was approaching my 40th birthday, that I was who I was, period, and that NO ONE could take that away from me.
On another note, I did try to bring the warmth back from California!
Hmmm. I'm not certain I have a theme song. There are several songs that have been really important to me ("Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith is one), but I'm not certain that only one song really reflects me very well. I do like Meredith Brooks's "Bitch," in part because it's all about that complexity of spirit.
This song came out in '93, and I've been listening to it ever since. I think the sentiment "more sweet than bitter, bitter than sweet," is fantastic, but I've always thought the song was about a life that I really never wanted to have. Since my marriage is a happy one, I think I've succeeded.
Here are the lyrics to Big Head Todd and the Monsters's "Bittersweet":
A little light looks through her bedroom window. She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems, Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets, Her hair blowing in the breeze. And she can't see me watching. And I'm thinking love...
Chorus: It's bittersweet, more sweet than bitter, Bitter than sweet. It's a bittersweet surrender.
I'm older now. I work in the city. We live together.. But it's different from my dream. Morning light fills the room. I rise. She pretends she's sleeping. Are we everything we wanted? And i'm thinking love...
Chorus:
I know we don't talk about it. We don't tell each other. All the little things that we need. We work our way around each other. As we tremble and we bleed.
As God is my witness the first thing that I thought of was "One Day More" from Les Miserables.
VALJEAN One day more! Another day, another destiny. This never-ending road to Calvary; These men who seem to know my crime Will surely come a second time. One day more!
MARIUS I did not live until today. How can I live when we are parted?
VALJEAN One day more.
MARIUS & COSETTE Tomorrow you'll be worlds away And yet with you, my world has started!
EPONINE One more day all on my own.
MARIUS & COSETTE Will we ever meet again?
EPONINE One more day with him not caring.
MARIUS & COSETTE I was born to be with you.
EPONINE What a life I might have known.
MARIUS & COSETTE And I swear I will be true!
EPONINE But he never saw me there!
ENJOLRAS One more day before the storm!
MARIUS Do I follow where she goes?
ENJOLRAS At the barricades of freedom.
MARIUS Shall I join my brothers there?
ENJOLRAS When our ranks begin to form
MARIUS Do I stay; and do I dare?
ENJOLRAS Will you take your place with me?
ALL The time is now, the day is here
VALJEAN One day more!
JAVERT One more day to revolution, We will nip it in the bud! We'll be ready for these schoolboys, They will wet themselves with blood!
VALJEAN One day more!
M. & MME. THENARDIER Watch 'em run amuck, Catch 'em as they fall, Never know your luck When there's a free for all, Here a little `dip' There a little `touch' Most of them are goners So they won't miss much!
Students (2 Groups) 1: One day to a new beginning
2: Raise the flag of freedom high!
1: Every man will be a king
2: Every man will be a king
1: There's a new world for the winning
2: There's a new world to be won
ALL Do you hear the people sing?
MARIUS My place is here, I fight with you!
VALJEAN One day more!
MARIUS & COSETTE I did not live until today.
EPONINE One more day all on my own!
MARIUS & COSETTE How can I live when we are parted?
JAVERT(overlapping) I will join these people's heros I will follow where they go I will learn their little Secrets, I will know the things they know.
VALJEAN One day more!
MARIUS & COSETTE Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
EPONINE What a life I might have known!
MARIUS & COSETTE And yet with you my world has started
JAVERT(overlapping) One more day to revolution We will nip it in the bud We'll be ready for these
Schoolboys
THENARDIERS(overlapping) Watch 'em run amok Catch 'em as they fall Never know your luck When there's a free-for-all!
VALJEAN Tomorrow we'll be far away, Tomorrow is the judgement day
ALL Tomorrow we'll discover What our God in Heaven has in store! One more dawn One more day One day more!
Just last week I watched Rent and have come to love "One Song Glory", & "La Vie Boheme".
As God is my witness the first thing that popped into my mind was "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from Les Miserables
Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give So that our banner may advance Some will fall and some will live Will you stand up and take your chance? The blood of the martyrs Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes!
At the most basic level this song just hooks my inner drama junkie. Also, there are a number of battles in my life, both internal and external, and "ODM" says how I'm feeling. Plus this song just happened to come up on the tape player when I was driving down to crash the Aquatenial parade with the rest of the ACT-UP Minnesota group...
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Why? Well, I'm a dreamer (you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one) and I do daydream a LOT. The song is poppy and happy, and it's all about being content with what you have. Same for Yellow Brick Road--it's all about living your life YOUR way and finding happiness. Imagine speaks for itself and warms the cockles of my little hippie heart. I love the sentiment.
What's yours?
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There is no future
There is no past
Thank God this moment's not the last
There's only us
There's only this.
Forget regret
or life is yours to miss.
No other road
no other way
no day but today.
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"But even if it all went wrong
I'd stand before the Lord of Song
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah..."
I'm living - still - a charmed life that lets me be what I am, *a writer*. For that, well, Hallelujah....
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And gah, it has been for coming on twenty years now.
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Please don't wake me, no
don't shake me
Leave me where I am
I'm only sleeping
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See that girl on the street, what keeps her from dying
Let them say what they want, she won't stop trying
She might stumble, if they push her 'round
She might fall, but she'll never lie down
And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
and it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day, you've still got to say,
it's all right.
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So you cannot lift a spirit that has turned to lead
Or shine a light in shadow when the batteries are dead
Or fly like a bird over all the works of man
Or always think of the perfect words
But you do the best you can
Nothing seems as easy as it did when we were young
Myths may be invincible, but we are only strong
Strong like a memory, strong like a willow in the wind
Strong as you'll ever be, you will always need to bend
And if you feel the weight of the world
Put your mind at ease
Little Hercules
There are times when being a grown-up gets to be too much
And your sense of humor seems to vanish in the crush
Of the daily 9 to 9 that keeps your family alive
You're just putting in your time
Does anyone really go home at 5?
You've made a life where no one ever tells you what to do
Now the only tyrant that you're working for is you
It's never easy to keep all the promises you make
But no one's gonna get you fired
You just give yourself a break.
***
The last verse is particularly apt for me. I always say when you are self-employed you have the meanest boss in the world...and if you don't, maybe you shouldn't be self-employed. :) Even though I know that's probably too harsh.
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and I believe
that we'll conceive
to make in Hell for us a Heaven
a brave new world
a promised land
a fortitude of hearts and minds.
Until the day this kingdom's mine
I'll turn the darkness into light
I'll guide the blind
My will be done
Until the day I hear my kingdom has been won.
Wanting the positive, and taking personal responsibility for what's needed to have any hope of getting there.
Theme songs
"I just want you to know that we kept on dancing --
What else was there to do?"
If you insist on a song that I have heard, and identify with, but did not myself write: I have never heard this song, but a friend outside of LJ says it is by Kathy Mattea and quotes this chorus:
"You've got to sing -- like you don't need the money
You've got to love -- like you'll never get hurt
You've got to dance -- as if nobody's watching
It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work."
I think the title is "Come From the Heart."
I also want to join in to cakmpls's suggestion: "Let Me Be" -- written by P. F. Sloan, though the version I have heard was recorded by the Turtles. This fine song never got half the airplay and exposure it deserved. If lyrics are to be quoted, perhaps cakmpls can pick out her own favorite lines.
Nate B.
Re: Theme songs
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And now you're good to go on out there all alone
All their eyes are on you now
So let them look on, it's the reason you were born
Nothin' they can do could stop you now
And if you fall down
Well, they'd love to hear the sound
But don't even turn around
Oh 'Cause now you're good
You know you look so good because the world is what you make of it
Oh now you're good
...well, it shows
Darlin', don't you know, you're finally good to go.
I also play Dar Williams' "You're Aging Well" every year on my birthday, because if I'm going to set the tone for the next year, I want it to be with this:
So I'm going to steal out with my paint and brushes
I'll change the directions, I'll hit every street
It's the Tinseltown scandal, the Robin Hood vandal
She goes out and steals the King's English
And in the morning you wake up and the signs point to you
They say "I'm so glad that you finally made it here,"
"You thought nobody cared, but I did, I could tell,"
And "This is your year," and "It always starts here,"
And oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh, "You're aging well."
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A classic blues tune with lyrics:
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I'm a million miles high
I'm a piece of the sky
Well, I'm the purple in the rainbow
My, my, my
I'm like wind in your hair
I'm like rain on the sea
Well, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!
"like rain on the sea" was my mail/LJ name for a very, very long time, and I keep thinking about going back to it, because it still and always fits.
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Lucinda Williams' Passionate Kisses (also sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter, both versions available on iTunes.)
Is it too much to ask
I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back
Food to fill me up
And warm clothes and all that stuff
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have all of this, and
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you
Is it too much to demand
I want a full house and a rock and roll band
Pens that won't run out of ink
And cool quiet and time to think
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have all of this, and
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you
Do I want too much
Am I going overboard to want that touch
I shout it out to the night
"Give me what I deserve, 'cause it's my right"
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have all of this, and
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI
Which is fun and poppy, but a little depressing if you think about the lyrics.
Just when you think you're in control
Just when you think you've got a hold
Just when you got a roll
Oh, here it goes here it goes here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should've known should've known should've known again
But here it goes again
Oh! Oh, here it goes again.
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1. Thank You for the Music by ABBA
Music and the arts are very important to me...it's every fiber of who I am as a person.
2. I Am What I Am from La Cage aux Follies
The first Broadway show I ever saw was La Cage at the Paramount in Seattle in 1986. Peter Marshall was in it (talk about dating one's self!). Right after I saw the show I went back in the closet for a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time. Last year TCGMC did that song as part of their PRIDE show, and I started crying during dress rehearsal (and scared half of my friends to death). I realized that finally, as I was approaching my 40th birthday, that I was who I was, period, and that NO ONE could take that away from me.
On another note, I did try to bring the warmth back from California!
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Read my LJ regarding my struggle with my child's mental illness: miraclebean and you'll understand perfectly....
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"Hot Cross Buns"
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This song came out in '93, and I've been listening to it ever since. I think the sentiment "more sweet than bitter, bitter than sweet," is fantastic, but I've always thought the song was about a life that I really never wanted to have. Since my marriage is a happy one, I think I've succeeded.
Here are the lyrics to Big Head Todd and the Monsters's "Bittersweet":
A little light looks through her bedroom window.
She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems,
Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets,
Her hair blowing in the breeze.
And she can't see me watching.
And I'm thinking love...
Chorus:
It's bittersweet, more sweet than bitter, Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.
I'm older now.
I work in the city.
We live together.. But it's different from my dream.
Morning light fills the room. I rise.
She pretends she's sleeping.
Are we everything we wanted?
And i'm thinking love...
Chorus:
I know we don't talk about it.
We don't tell each other.
All the little things that we need.
We work our way around each other.
As we tremble and we bleed.
Chorus
Source: http://www.lyricsdownload.com/big-head-todd-and-the-monsters-bittersweet-lyrics.html
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VALJEAN
One day more!
Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to Calvary;
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time.
One day more!
MARIUS
I did not live until today.
How can I live when we are parted?
VALJEAN
One day more.
MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
And yet with you, my world has started!
EPONINE
One more day all on my own.
MARIUS & COSETTE
Will we ever meet again?
EPONINE
One more day with him not caring.
MARIUS & COSETTE
I was born to be with you.
EPONINE
What a life I might have known.
MARIUS & COSETTE
And I swear I will be true!
EPONINE
But he never saw me there!
ENJOLRAS
One more day before the storm!
MARIUS
Do I follow where she goes?
ENJOLRAS
At the barricades of freedom.
MARIUS
Shall I join my brothers there?
ENJOLRAS
When our ranks begin to form
MARIUS
Do I stay; and do I dare?
ENJOLRAS
Will you take your place with me?
ALL
The time is now, the day is here
VALJEAN
One day more!
JAVERT
One more day to revolution,
We will nip it in the bud!
We'll be ready for these schoolboys,
They will wet themselves with blood!
VALJEAN
One day more!
M. & MME. THENARDIER
Watch 'em run amuck,
Catch 'em as they fall,
Never know your luck
When there's a free for all,
Here a little `dip'
There a little `touch'
Most of them are goners
So they won't miss much!
Students (2 Groups)
1: One day to a new beginning
2: Raise the flag of freedom high!
1: Every man will be a king
2: Every man will be a king
1: There's a new world for the winning
2: There's a new world to be won
ALL
Do you hear the people sing?
MARIUS
My place is here, I fight with you!
VALJEAN
One day more!
MARIUS & COSETTE
I did not live until today.
EPONINE
One more day all on my own!
MARIUS & COSETTE
How can I live when we are parted?
JAVERT(overlapping)
I will join these people's heros
I will follow where they go
I will learn their little Secrets,
I will know the things they know.
VALJEAN
One day more!
MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
EPONINE
What a life I might have known!
MARIUS & COSETTE
And yet with you my world has started
JAVERT(overlapping)
One more day to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
We'll be ready for these
Schoolboys
THENARDIERS(overlapping)
Watch 'em run amok
Catch 'em as they fall
Never know your luck
When there's a free-for-all!
VALJEAN
Tomorrow we'll be far away,
Tomorrow is the judgement day
ALL
Tomorrow we'll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!
Just last week I watched Rent and have come to love "One Song Glory", & "La Vie Boheme".
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Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
At the most basic level this song just hooks my inner drama junkie. Also, there are a number of battles in my life, both internal and external, and "ODM" says how I'm feeling. Plus this song just happened to come up on the tape player when I was driving down to crash the Aquatenial parade with the rest of the ACT-UP Minnesota group...
there are others, but these are the main ones.
I try to live by the first, and the line in the latter about "sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don't" makes me laugh, and it's so me.