Gloomy Sunday

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Gloomy Sunday



Sunday is gloomy
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coach
Of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thoughts
Of ever returning you
Would they be angry
If i thought of joining you?

Gloomy sunday

Gloomy is sunday
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and I
Have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be candles
And prayers that are said I know
But let them not weep
Let them know that i'm glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death i'm caressing you
With the last breath of my soul
I'll be blessing you

Gloomy sunday

Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart here
Darling I hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is telling you
How much I wanted you

Gloomy sunday

[Anonymouse]

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A gloomy day.

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The song was originally written by a Hungarian _László Jávor in 1930's. However this English version is supposedly modified in order to make it "less gloomy"




"The song was named the anthem of suicide, because the record or the text was found near many people that committed suicide in those days. The legend of the magical spell that will cast people into a deep depression and finally make them commit suicide is probably not true. Nevertheless, it had greatly affected the people who heard it. The days were such, with Europe in the gate of World War II, with nazism emerging and the tensions of the great depression, that it might have had something of significance in its atmosphere. Even Freud interpreted it as the confirmation of one of his theories.
The success of the song got ever greater. The Gloomy Sunday Clubs in the United States and the news of the suicides created considerable dispute over whether it should be altogether banned, while well-acknowledged artists of the day created death-robes and skull-shaped pianos under its influence. Eventually, Seress himself committed suicide and died in 1968. He jumped out of his window."


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Seriously though, the song can be quite depressing, I've listened to Heather Nova's version, and her voice is beautiful,- completely pulls you into the 'gloom'. WARNING




but I doubt you'll kill yourself :)

[anileve]

Spiral you are my new best friend, I love this song! It's so sultry and so melancholy when sang by Billie Holiday, which is my favorite version of the song.

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Originally posted by anileve Spiral you are my new best friend, I love this song! It's so sultry and so melancholy when sang by Billie Holiday, which is my favorite version of the song.


Billie Holliday was the first person to cover the song in English, but I'm not a fan of her music, and her version doesn't compare to Heather Nova's.

Have you heard Nova's version?

Her voice is beautiful.

[ckBejug]

Morrissey-- Everyday is like Sunday

Trudging slowly over wet sand
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come armageddon!
Come, armageddon! come!

Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey

Hide on the promenade
Etch a postcard :
How I dearly wish I was not here
In the seaside town
...that they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come - nuclear bomb

Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey

Trudging back over pebbles and sand
And a strange dust lands on your hands
(and on your face...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)

Everyday is like sunday
Win yourself a cheap tray
Share some greased tea with me
Everyday is silent and grey

[loseyourname]

The Sundays - Summertime

Do some people wind up with the one that they adore
In a heart-shaped hotel room it's what a heart is for
The bubble floats so madly will it stay sky-high?
Hello partner, kiss your name bye-bye
ooh sometimes...

Romantic piscean seeks angel in disguise
Chinese-speaking girlfriend big brown eyes
Liverpudlian lady, sophisticated male
Hello partner, tell me love can't fail

And it's you and me in the summertime
We'll be hand in hand down in the park
With a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle in your eye
And all the sunshine banishes the dark

Do some people wind up with the one that they abhor
In a distant hell-hole room, the third world war
But all I see is films where colourless despair
Meant angry young men with immaculate hair
ooh sometimes...
Get up a voice inside says there's no time for looking down
Only a pound a word & you're talking to the town
But how do you coin the phrase though
That will set your soul apart
Just to touch a lonely heart

And it's you & me in the summertime
We'll be hand in hand down in the park
With a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle in your eye
And all the sunshine banishes the dark
And it's you I need in the summertime
As I turn my white skin red
Two peas from the same pod yes we are
Or have I read too much fiction?

Is this how it happens?
How does it happen?
How does it happen?
How does it happen?
Is this how it happens?
Now, right now

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Let It Rain
Johnny Mathis
Written by Sid Wayne and Al Frisch



Let it rain, let it pour
I just don't care anymore
Skies are gray from day to day
Since you've gone away

Hours come, hours go
Time seems to move so slow
All I do is dream of you
All the long night through

"Pitter patter" go the raindrops on my window pane
They fall with ev'ry tear
Through the trees I hear the breeze still echoing your name
For, in my imagination, you're still here

See the clouds high above
Dark is my world without love
Till you're mine the sun won't shine
So, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain



Hall Kristen Lyrics - Let It Rain

I have given, I have given
And got none.
Still I'm driven by something I can't explain
It's not a cross, it is a choice
I cannot help but to hear his voice
I only wish that I could listen without shame
CHORUS
Let it rain
Let it rain on me
Let it rain, oh let it rain
Let it rain on me
I have been a witness to a perfect crime
I wipe the grin off of my face to hide the blame
It isn't worth the tears you cry to have a perfect alibi
Now I'm beaten at the hand of my own game
CHORUS
It isn't easy ot be kinda
With all these demons in my mind
I only hope one day I'll come clean
CHORUS
Let it rain
let it rain on me
Let it rain, oh let it rain
Let it rain on me
Come take my hand
We can walk in to the light
And without fear
We can see through the darkest night

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I had been looking for the lyrics to this song for a while now, finally got it.


Thought I'd share it with you guys too since I love it so much.

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[xBaron Dants]

Ah Spiral, you could've just asked. :)

Very nice song....especially for those of us whose grandparents come from Giligia.

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Ah Spiral, you could've just asked. :)


Ha!

I should've known you'd have it.


:wave:

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Hey You (Waters)

Hey you, out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me?
Hey you, standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and fading smiles
Can you feel me?
Hey you, dont help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight.

Hey you, out there on your own
Sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you, with you ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out
Would you touch me?
Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm coming home.

But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high,
As you can see.
No matter how he tried,
He could not break free.
And the worms ate into his brain.

Hey you, standing in the road
always doing what you're told,
Can you help me?
Hey you, out there beyond the wall,
Breaking bottles in the hall,
Can you help me?
Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall.

[Thai-Samurai]

that's one of the greatest songs ever.