Screaming Kings - lyrics
Jan. 12th, 2007 05:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eliyesI went looking for the lyrics to this song to give a link to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lakidaa, because I use it as inspiration when writing Booster Gold. (I use three other song from the album for Guy/Bea. :3) To my great dismay, every site I looked at had obviously pasted the same transcription of the lyrics -- right down to some slightly wonky formatting -- and it was wrong. I know I wasn't looking at a "misheard lyrics" page or anything, and I know that it's not just that it's sung differently than it's written in the lyrics sheet for the CD, because I have the CD and the lyrics aren't provided.
So, here they are: the lyric to Screaming Kings from the album Another Spin Around the Sun, by Edwin.
Boy, you're in your make-up
playing your favorite role
in front of everyone
shine in the light1
before your moment's come
Boy, you gotta wake up
because the sands of time
bury all sign
of the loaded dice
you just couldn't throw
What they taught you then
how to make new friends
And all at once the door
you came in through before slams closed
and all at once you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void,
fear of paranoia -- you're gone
One of the screaming kings,
a high flier
bullet-proof wings
You're like a fire bomb
Toys -- you gotta pick 'em
Showing off your skills
with moves you borrowed
Pride
that you can't hide
becomes pretty wild
What part of the plan
don't you understand?
You're a family man
and then you shed your skin
(shed your skin)
And all at once the door
you came in through before slams closed
you find yourself you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void,
fear of paranoia -- you're gone
One of the screaming kings
a high-flier
bullet-proof wings
You're like a fire bomb
[solo]
Boy! you got your makeup smeared!
playing your favorite role
in front of everyone
shine in the light
before your moment's gone
shine in the light
before your moment's gone
1 This may actually be "shine in the night" in this instance, but I think it's probably "light", because it's definitely "light" in later repetitions. You never know, though.
...I usually picture ye olde footballer stripes-on-cheeks for "make-up", but you can do with Booster as you best see fit.
lakidaa, because I use it as inspiration when writing Booster Gold. (I use three other song from the album for Guy/Bea. :3) To my great dismay, every site I looked at had obviously pasted the same transcription of the lyrics -- right down to some slightly wonky formatting -- and it was wrong. I know I wasn't looking at a "misheard lyrics" page or anything, and I know that it's not just that it's sung differently than it's written in the lyrics sheet for the CD, because I have the CD and the lyrics aren't provided.So, here they are: the lyric to Screaming Kings from the album Another Spin Around the Sun, by Edwin.
Boy, you're in your make-up
playing your favorite role
in front of everyone
shine in the light1
before your moment's come
Boy, you gotta wake up
because the sands of time
bury all sign
of the loaded dice
you just couldn't throw
What they taught you then
how to make new friends
And all at once the door
you came in through before slams closed
and all at once you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void,
fear of paranoia -- you're gone
One of the screaming kings,
a high flier
bullet-proof wings
You're like a fire bomb
Toys -- you gotta pick 'em
Showing off your skills
with moves you borrowed
Pride
that you can't hide
becomes pretty wild
What part of the plan
don't you understand?
You're a family man
and then you shed your skin
(shed your skin)
And all at once the door
you came in through before slams closed
you find yourself you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void,
fear of paranoia -- you're gone
One of the screaming kings
a high-flier
bullet-proof wings
You're like a fire bomb
[solo]
Boy! you got your makeup smeared!
playing your favorite role
in front of everyone
shine in the light
before your moment's gone
shine in the light
before your moment's gone
1 This may actually be "shine in the night" in this instance, but I think it's probably "light", because it's definitely "light" in later repetitions. You never know, though.
...I usually picture ye olde footballer stripes-on-cheeks for "make-up", but you can do with Booster as you best see fit.
