Appropriate lyrics

[wordman]

I occasionally get obsessed with song lyrics.


It just occurred to me that, dish and spoon reference aside, the lyrics to Supernaut are almost a perfect match to a solar as he ages from mortal to bored immortal to crazy fuck:

I want to reach out and touch the sky


I want to touch the sun, but I don't need to fly


I'm gonna climb up every mountain of the moon


And find the dish that ran away with the spoon


I've crossed the ocean, turned every bend


I found the plastic and the gold at rainbow's end


I've seen through magic and through life's reality


I've lived a thousand years and never found the key


Got no religion, don't need no friends


Got all I want and I don't need to pretend


Don't try to reach me, 'cause I'll tear up your mind


I've seen the future and I've left it behind

Any other lyrics that are good fits to Exalted?

 

[Lord Kamina]

wordman I've tried this topic a thousand times, always ending in failure... If you succeed, I shall RAAAAAGE.


Now for my contribution...


How is this for a Dawn caste?

[QUOTE="Iron Maiden]

You killed your first man at 13


Killer instinct, Animal supreme


By 16 you had learned to fight


The way of the warrior, you took it as your right


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel


Through earth and water, fire and wind


You came at last - nothing was the end


Make a cut by fire and stone


Take you and your blade and break you both in two


Break you both in two


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel - rolling on and on


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel


Sunlight, falling on your steel


Death in life is your ideal


Life is like a wheel - and it's rolling still

[/QUOTE]
Abyssals:

[QUOTE="Judas Priest]

The fathers son, thy kingdom come, electric ecstasy,


Deliver us from all the fuss and give us sanctuary.


Lead us all into arena, magnificent in death.


Well let us serenade the sinner, well follow in his step.


White heat, red hot burns deep, white heat red hot.


The fury songs, venomous wrongs so rich in tragedy,


An overture forever more to senseless victories.


Give to us this day of glory the power and the kill


So we avoid the wrath and all the almighty fire of


White heat, red hot burns deep, white heat red hot.


The heats hot burns a lot.


Who are not cut out to fight this day will surely fall.


The few who stand to take command forever and ever are men.


Prepare to fight, unsheathe your scythe a ghastly beam of ill


To slice the life with blinding light and seventh dimensional skill.


The centuries of dedication inherited till at last


From years of solar gladiation can only end in


White heat, red hot burns deep, white heat red hot.


The heats hot burns a lot.


Who are not cut out to fight this day will surely fall.


The few who stand to take command forever and ever are men.


White heat


Red hot


White heat


Red hot

[/QUOTE]
Then there's this one... I'm not sure if it's Lunars or Night caste:

[QUOTE="Blue Ôyster Cult]

That night her kiss told me it was over


I walked out late into the dark


The misty gloom seems to soak up my sorrow


The further I went on


I felt a spreading calm


Then suddenly my eyes were bathed in light


And the lovely lady in white was by my side


She said like me I see youre walking alone


Wont you please stay?


I couldnt look away


She said


I love the night


The day is ok and the sun can be fun but I live


To see those rays slip away


I love the night


Theres so much I can show and give to you


If you will welcome me tonight


If only you had been there my dear


We could have shared this together


No mortal was meant to know such wonder


One look in the mirror told me so


Come darkness Ill see her again


Yes Im gonna go


cause now I know


I love the night


The day is ok and the sun can be fun but I live


To see those rays slip away


I love the night


I love the night


I love the night

[/QUOTE]
This one for a Zenith... Could work for a Fire aspect too, though...

[QUOTE="Judas Priest]

Racing cross the heavens


Straight into the dawn


Looking like a comet


Slicing through the morn


Scorching the horizon


Blazing to the land


Now hes here amongst us


The age of fires at hand


Stand by for exciter


Salvation is his task


Stand by for exciter


Salvation bids to ask


Everything he touches


Fries into a crisp,


Let him get close to you


So youre in his trip,


First youll smoke and smoulder


Blister up and singe


When ignition hits you


The very soul of your being will cringe.


Stand by for exciter


Salvation is his task


Stand by for exciter


Here he comes now


Fall to your knees and repent if you please


Who is this man?


Where is he from?


Exciter comes


For everyone.


Youll never see him


But you will taste the fire upon your tongue


Hes come to make you snap out


Of the state that you are in


Looks around and make you


See the light again


So much self-indulgence


Results in shattered eyes


Predominant complacency


Leads to beguiling lies.


Stand by for exciter


Salvation is his task


Stand by for exciter


Salvation bids to ask


When he leaps amidst us


With combustive dance


All shall bear the branding


Of his thermal lance,


Cauterizing masses


Melting into one


Only when theres order


Will his job be done.


Stand by for exciter


Salvation is his task


Stand by for exciter


Here he comes now


Fall to your knees and repent if you please


Who is this man?


Where is he from?


Exciter comes


For everyone


Youll never see him


But you will taste the fire upon your tongue


Racing past the heavens


Straight into the dawn


Looking like a comet


Slicing through the morn


Scorching the horizon


Blazing to the land


Now hes here amongst us


The age of fires at hand


Stand by for exciter


Stand by for exciter


Stand by for exciter


Stand by for exciter

[/QUOTE]
I'll post more if I remember them.

 

[Arthur]

Abyssal Exaltations:

[QUOTE="Acid Bath]

A creature made of sunshine


Her eyes were like the sky


Rabbit howls like something old as we twitch to her lullaby


The scalpel shines in god's sunshine


Street lights whisper pain


Down here near the poison stream our god has gone insane


She smiles like a child with flowers in her hair


With blood on her hands into the sun she stares


She feels it die, I heard her cry (verse x2)


Like the scream of the butterfly


Sunshine a house in flames


She likes it where she gets it but it's never felt the same


Surgery in the house of dissection


When your candle burns out I will resurrect you


She runs through fields of daisies


Yeah it's just a shame that they eat their own babies


Who cares cause the air is free


When you get there will you kiss the dead for me?


There's blood on the moon and the summer is cold


There's love in the room but baby that's gettin' old


There's blood on my face sittin' on a dead shore


A highway of emptiness and I'm gettin' bored


There's blood on the moon as we plan our escape


The goddess in bloom, handcuffed and raped


There's blood in the bathtub, baby, murder the king


There's blood on the moon


There's blood on just about everything


Sunshine a house in flames


She likes it where she gets it but it's never felt the same


Surgery in the house of dissection


When your candle burns out I will resurrect you


She runs through fields of daisies


Yeah it's just a shame that they eat their own babies


Who cares? 'Cause the air is free


When you get there will you kiss the dead for me?


Something cold is forced inside her


A tear spills down her cheek


Stillborn songs of a dead dreamer


Hymns of the needle freak


With sunlight in her hair she smiles like she don't care


Her dreams are liquid blue


I cut myself again and again to remind myself of you


She smiles like a child with flowers in her hair


With blood on her hands into the sun she stares


She feels it die, I heard her cry (verse x2)


Like the scream of the butterfly (x2)


I met an angel with a sawed-off shotgun


Wanted by the FBI


We dropped some acid, killed our parents


Then we hit the road


Like the scream of the butterfly (x4)

[/QUOTE]

 

[Jukashi]

I do have a habit of listening to video game music. This one is Sound of the Wind, from Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and seems to me to be appropriate to both Solars and Sidereals. Perhaps even to the Bronze Faction in particular.

Dreaming of the stars on high
That speak to me in secret sighs


Drifting on a breeze only I can feel and hear


Could it be the sacred wind?


It's calling me to now begin


To walk into the dark, carrying the light of tomorrow


Beating are the wings up high


Beyond the earth, beyond the sky


Come now, don't hesitate


Don't look back, we've got to go now


Don't fear


You'll be safe from now on


Morning sky watching over all


Deep inside so silently


My heart must beat


Deep inside of me


Memories flickering and shimmering on endlessly


Keeping close to the path


Morning sky watching over all


Moving over endless mountains oh so high


Walk into the light


Your heart will see the path and you will find the way


Just wait and see


Moving over endless sky oh so high


Tomorrow will follow


And it holds your promises today


Just wait and see

 

[Smeggedoff]

love that song, took me a stupidly long time to get hold of the MP3 when the game came out (due to the instrumental version and the one with lyrics having complelety different names and the one without lyrics being the only one listed in the credits, grr

 

[Chaka]

My god, none of you have posted the Exalted anthem! Allow me to rectify this.

Come ride with me through the veils of history


I'll show you a God that falls asleep on the job


And how can we win, when fools can be kings?


Don't waste your time or time will waste you


No-one's going to take me alive


The time has come to make things right


You and I must fight for our rights


You and I must fight to survive


No-one's going to take me alive


The time has come to make things right


You and I must fight for our rights


You and I must fight to survive


*wall of awesome guitar riff*

actually, Muse tend to be pretty good for Exalted music.

 

[Chaka]

This one might be more D&D than Exalted, but anyway...

Close the door, put out the light
You know they won't be home tonight


The snow falls hard, and don't you know


The winds of Thor are blowing cold


They're wearing steel that's bright and true


They carry news that must get through


They choose the path where no-one goes


They hold no quarter


Walking side by side with death


The devil mocks their every step


The snow drives back the foot that's slow


The dogs of doom are howling more


They carry news that must get through


To build a dream for me and you


They choose the path where no-one goes


They hold no quarter


They ask no quarter


The pain without quarter


They ask no quarter


The dogs of doom are howling more...

 

[Chaka]

And, should you be sojourning in the Wyld, this might be more appropriate...

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly


I'm crying


Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come


Corporation t-shirts, stupid bloody Tuesday


Man you've been a naughty boy, you've let your face grow long


I am the eggman


They are the eggmen


I am the walrus


Goo goo ga-choo


Mr. city policeman sitting pretty little policemen in a row


See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run


I'm crying, I'm cry...


I'm crying, I'm cry...


Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dogs eye


Grumble like a fishwife, pornographic priestess


Boy you've been a naughty girl, you've let your knickers down


I am the eggman


They are the eggmen


I am the walrus


Goo goo ga-choo


Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun


If the sun don't come you get your tan from


Standing in the English rain


I am the eggman


They are the eggmen


I am the walrus


Goo goo ga-choo ga-goo goo ga-choo


Expert expert choking smokers


Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, ha ha ha)


See how they smile like pigs in a sty


See how they're snide


I'm crying


Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower


Parliamentary penguins singing Hare Krishna


Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe


I am the eggman


They are the eggmen


I am the walrus


Goo goo ga-choo ga-goo goo ga-choo


Goo goo ga-choo ga-goo goo ga-choo ga-goo


Choo choo choo...


Everybody ha ha


Everyone ha ha...

(sorry for the triple post, but they wouldn't let me edit together...)

 

[Smeggedoff]

agh, I cannot get over how much I consider muse NOT exalted.


the video for knights of cydonia follows rule of cool, but their music blows


in my opinion

 

[magnificentmomo]

I am not a huge Muse fan, I like some of their songs, ESPECIALLY MOTHERFUCKING KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA!

 

[Smeggedoff]

well then we have another of these "differences of opinion" I seem to inspire lately


I only Like one song that muse did and I can't remember what it was called (the one with all the military personnel dancing on the table in the vid)


and possibly the one with all the melting wimmins in the hotel room (again, can't remember than name or if it was even muse)


anyhoo

 

[magnificentmomo]

This post wasn't like the Batman conversation where I was chastising you for your opinion, this time I was just stating mine which just happened to be at odds with yours but had nothing to do with each other.


I usually respect opinions, but there is just something about deviating from source material... I can understand altering canon, which doesn't really bother me; but when you change the fundamentals of a character then I just can't stand it. I find it highly disrespectful. I thought Will Smith's "I am Legend", and to a lesser extent "I, Robot", was an atrocity. If it hadn't claimed any affiliation with a book that it had only cursory relations too I wouldn't have minded.


I apologize, my peacemaking turned into ranting. You may return to your regularly scheduled thread.

 

[Smeggedoff]

well I robot's alright, considering you realise it has nothing to do with the book I Robot (the name was just tacked on, Ironically it was tacked on to aasimovs book too, he wanted to call it something else) and completely goes againts the 3 laws as set out in any of the short stories in that book.


I agreed with I am legend, despite having not seen it or read the book (I found out the differences less than an hour ago) and I completely agree with you, but it was apparantly the result of caving into to the focus groups, which is no excuse.


if you're interested though the original book ending is one of the deleted scenes on the DVD (so I hear)

 

[magnificentmomo]

I have seen the alternate ending, it is not the original book ending. It would be impossible for them to get to the original book ending from where they were.


Since we are off-topic. In order for them to get to the original ending, the girl and the boy(whom they added) would have to turn out to be part of the people living with the disease sent to spy on him. The reason they were spying on him was because some of the people he would kill during the day (not exactly one of Smith's habits) were some of the people living with the disease(this group was left out of the movie). This rag-tag budding civilization of diseased people would then come with a strike force and kill the vampire that has been plaguing Smith (the closest to Ben Courtman, another really interesting part they omitted). He would then be taken to their makeshift capitol, interrogated, and when he is about to be put to death he would see the fear in the faces of these people and know what he was, forever they would tell their children of the man who walked in the day and killed them in their sleep and he would say to himself "I am Legend".

 

[Smeggedoff]

ah, ok the cracked article didn't go into that much detail. I'd ask if the book was any good but now I know the ending...


(you didn't spoil it, aforesaidmentioned cracked article did)

 

[Cthulhu_Wakes]

Less talk, more lyrics.

 

[Lord Kamina]

Usurpation, perhaps?

[QUOTE="Judas Priest]

They laughed at their gods


And fought them in vain


So he turned his back on them


And left them in pain


Now here come the saints


With their banners held high


Each one of them martyrs


Quite willing to die


Wake the dead, the saints are in hell


Wake the dead, theyve come for the bell


Cover your fists


Razor your spears


Its been our possession


For 8,000 years


Fetch the scream eagles


Unleash the wild cats


Set loose the king cobras


And blood sucking bats


Wake the dead, the saints are in hell


Wake the dead, theyve come for the bell


We are saints


In hell


We are saints


In hell


Were going down


Into the fire


Were going down


Into the fire


The streets run with blood from the mass mutilation


As carnage took toll for the bell


Abattoir, abattoir, mon dieu quelle horreur


For a time is was like second hell


Saints in hell


Saints in hell


The battle is over, the saints are alive


How can we all thank you, we felt so despised


Saints in hell


Saints in hell


Saints in hell


Saints in hell


Saints in hell


Saints in hell

[/QUOTE]
Come on, Cthulhu... post a few yourself.

 

[Smeggedoff]

The original Righteous Devil at the end

[QUOTE="Avenged Sevenfold]

He who makes a beast out of himself


Gets rid of the pain of being a man


Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.


I tri-ie-ied to drive all through the night,


The heat stroke ridden weather, the barren empty sights.


No oasis here to see, the sand is singing deathless words to me.


Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).


Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.


My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).


No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.


As I-I-I adjust to my new sights the rarely tired lights will take me to new heights.


My hand is on the trigger I'm ready to ignite.


Tomorrow might not make it but everything's all right.


Mental fiction follows me; show me what it's like to be set free.


Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).


Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.


My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).


No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.


I'm sorry you're not here I've been sane too long my vision's so unclear.


Now take a trip with me but don't be surprised when things aren't what they seem.


Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.


These eyes won't see the same, after I flip today.


(guitar solo)


Sometimes I don't know why we'd rather live than die,


We look up towards the sky for answers to our lives.


We may get some solutions but most just pass us by,


Don't want your absolution cause I can't make it right.


I'll make a beast out of myself, gets rid of all the pain of being a man.


Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).


Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.


My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).


No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.

[/QUOTE]

 

[Chaka]

Another Usurpation one...

Five to one baby, one in five
No-one here gets out alive


You'll get yours baby, I'll get mine


Gonna make it baby, if we try


The old get old and the young get stronger


It may take a week and it may take longer


They've got the guns but we've got the numbers


We're gonna win yeah, we're taking over


Come on!


Your ballroom days are over baby


Night is drawing near


Shadows of the evening


Crawl across the years


You walk across the floor with a flower in your hand


Trying to tell me no-one understands


Trading your hours for a handful of dimes


Gonna make it baby in our prime


Get together one more time


Get together one more time...


Hey come on honey...


Go on home and wait for me, I'll be there in just a little while...


Get together one more time...

 

[Vanman]

Abyssal.....

He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.


Well miss him. (2x)


Were gonna miss him (2x)


So long.


We wish you well.


You told us how you werent afraid to die.


Well then, so long.


Dont cry.


Or feel too down.


Not all martyrs see divinity.


But at least you tried.


Standing above the crowd,


He had a voice that was strong and loud.


Well miss him. (2x)


Ranting and pointing his finger


At everything but his heart.


Well miss him. (2x)


Were gonna miss him (2x)


No way to recall


What it was that you had said to me,


Like I care at all.


But it was so loud.


You sure could yell.


You took a stand on every little thing


And so loud.


Standing above the crowd,


He had a voice so strong and loud and i


Swallowed his facade cuz Im so


Eager to identify with


Someone above the ground,


Someone who seemed to feel the same,


Someone prepared to lead the way, with


Someone who would die for me.


Will you?


Will you now?


Would you die for me?


Dont you fuckin lie.


Dont you step out of line. (3x)


Dont you fuckin lie.


Youve claimed all this time that you would die for me.


Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own eulogy?


You had alot to say.


You had alot of nothing to say.


Come down.


Get off your fuckin cross.


We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr.


To ascend you must die.


You must be crucified


For your sins and your lies. [sic]


Goodbye...

 

[FluffySquirrel]

I prefer this for the usurpation.

Now the day has come.


We are forsaken this time.


We lived our lives in our paradise,


As gods we shaped the world around.


No borderlines we'd stay behind,


Though balance is something fragile.


While we thought we were gaining,


We would turn back the tide, it still slips away.


Our time has run out, our future has died,


There's no more escape.


Now the day has come,


We are forsaken,


There's no time anymore.


Life will pass us by,


We are forsaken,


We're the last of our kind.


The sacrifice was much too high,


Our greed just made us all go blind.


We tried to hide what we feared inside.


Today is the end of tomorrow.


As the sea started rising,


The land that we'd conquered just washed away.


Although we all have tried to turn back the tide,


It was all in vain.


Now the day has come,


We are forsaken,


There's no time anymore.


Life will pass us by,


We are forsaken,


We're the last of our kind.


Now the day has come.


We are forsaken this time.


Now the day has come,


We are forsaken


There's no time anymore.


Now the day come.


The day has come.


The day has come.

 

[magnificentmomo]

Reminds me of Solars

Here we are, born to be kings
We're the princes of the universe


Here we belong, fighting to survive


In a world with the darkest powers


Hey...


And here we are


We're the princes of the universe


Here we belong, fighting for survival


We've got to be the rulers of your world


Oh!


I am immortal


I have inside me blood of kings (Yeah, yeah!)


I have no rival


No man can be my equal


Take me to the future of new earth


Born to be kings, princes of the universe


Fighting and free, got your world in my hand


I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand


We were born to be princes of the universe


No man could understand


My power is in my own hand


Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh


People talk about you


People say you've had your day


I'm a man that will go far


Fly the moon and reach for the stars


With my sword and head held high


Got to pass the test first time, yeah


I know that people talk about me


I hear it every day


But I can prove them wrong 'cause I'm right first time


Yeah yeah


Alright, let's go, let's go


Haha!


Yeh...watch this man fly


Bring on the girls


C'mon C'mon C'mon!


Here we are (here we are)


Born to be kings, we're princes of the universe


Here will we belong


Born to be kings, princes of the universe


Fighting and free, got your world in my hand


I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand


We were born to be princes of the universe

 

[Smeggedoff]

damn, can't believe it took that long for someone to post that O.o

 

[Lord Kamina]

More usurpation for you:

[QUOTE="Iron Maiden]

There's a darkened sky before me


There's no time to prepare


Salvage a last


horizon


But no regrets from me


Maybe I'll be back some other


day


To live again just who can say


In what shape or form that I might


be


Just another chance for me


A hurried time no disgrace


Instead


of racing to conclusion


And wishing all my life away


No-one can stop me


now


Time is up it couldnt last


But there's more things I'd like to


do


I'm coming back to try again


Someday maybe I'll wait till


then


No more lies


No more lies


No more lies


No more


lies


They're all sitting at my table


Talking tall and drinking


wine


Their time is up just like me


But they just dont know it


yet


So just a word of warning


When you're in your deepest


dream


There's nothing you can hide from


I've got my eye on you


The


clock is fast the hour is near


Eventful past is everclear


My life is set


the time is here


I think I'm coming home


No more lies


No more


lies


No more lies


No more lies


A hurried time no


disgrace


Instead of racing to conclusions


And wishing all your life


away


No-one can stop me now


Time is up it couldnt last


But there's


more things I'd like to do


I'm coming back to try again


Someday maybe


I'll wait till then


No more lies


No more lies


No more lies


No


more lies


No more lies

[/QUOTE]

 

[Chaka]

For a possible Gold Faction view on the Prophecy...

Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity
Calculate what we will, will not tolerate


Desperate to control all and everything


Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen


Clutch it like a cornerstone


Otherwise it all comes down


Justify denials and


Grip them to the lonesome end


Clutch it like a cornerstone


Otherwise it all comes down


Terrified of being wrong


Ultimatum prison cell


Saturn ascends


Choose one or ten


Hang on or be


Humbled again


Humbled again


Clutch it like a cornerstone


Otherwise it all comes down


Justify denials and


Grip them to the lonesome end


Saturn ascends


Comes round again


Saturn ascends


The one, the ten


Ignorant to


The damage done


Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity


Calculate what we will, will not tolerate


Desperate to control all and everything


Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen


Wear the grudge like a crown


Desperate to control


Unable to forgive


And sinking deeper


Defining


Confining


Sinking deeper


Controlling


Defining


We're sinking deeper


Saturn comes back around to show you everything


Lets you choose what you will, will not see and then


Drags you down like a stone or lifts you up again


Spits you out like a child, light and innocent


Saturn comes back around


Lifts you up like a child


Or drags you down like a stone


To consume you until you


Choose to let this go


Choose to let this go


Choose to let this go


Give away the stone, let the oceans take and transmutate


This cold and fated anchor


Give away the stone, let the waters kiss and transmutate


These leaden grudges into gold


Let go, let go, let go....