This thread features songs that get constant play when I'm out and about with rhe Ipod. The first one - I've loved the song for years and years.

Subdivisions - By Rush From the album "Signals" (1982) Lyrics by Neil Peart

Sprawling on the fringes of the city In geometric order An insulated border In between the bright lights And the far unlit unknown

Growing up it all seems so one-sided Opinions all provided The future pre-decided Detached and subdivided In the mass production zone

Nowhere is the dreamer Or the misfit so alone

Subdivisions —- In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out Subdivisions —- In the basement bars In the backs of cars Be cool or be cast out Any escape might help to smooth The unattractive truth But the suburbs have no charms to soothe The restless dreams of youth

Drawn like moths we drift into the city The timeless old attraction Cruising for the action Lit up like a firefly Just to feel the living night

Some will sell their dreams for small desires Or lose the race to rats Get caught in ticking traps And start to dream of somewhere To relax their restless flight

Somewhere out of a memory Of lighted streets on quiet nights...

Two years later, and I still can't get enough Nightwish. ::grins:: This one's become quite the favorite, especially cranked to about 30 with the windows down.

Dead to the World - Nightwish From the album "Century Child" (2001) Lyrics by Tuomas Holopainen

All the same take me away We're dead to the world

The child gave thought to the poet's world Gave comfort to the Fallen (Heartfelt, lovelorn)

Remaining, yet still uninvited Those words scented my soul (Lonely soul, Ocean soul)

It's not the monsters under your bed It is the Man next door That makes you fear, makes you cry, Makes you cry for the child All the wars are fought among those lonely men Unarmed, unscarred

I don't want to die a scarless man A lonely soul (Tell me now what to do)

I studied silence to learn the music I joined the sinful to regain innocence

Heaven queen, cover me In all that blue Little boy, such precious joy Is dead to the world

Heaven queen, carry me Away from all pain All the same take me away We're dead to the world

Dead, silent, constant Yet always changing - My favorite view of this world

As he died, he will return to die in me again Weaving the cloth, giving birth to the Century Child Who gave his life not for the world but for me Innocence reborn once more

See, look, I do listen to other things besides Nightwish! ;)

My Selene - Sonata Arctica From the album "Reckoning Night" (2004) Lyrics by Tony Kakko/Jani Liimatainen

Nocturnal poetry, Dressed in the whitest silver, you'd smile at me Every night I wait for my sweet Selene

But, still...

Solitude's upon my skin A life that's bound by the chains of reality Would you let me be your Endymion?

I would bathe in your moonlight, and slumber in peace Enchanted by your kiss in forever sleep

But until we unite I live for that night Wait for time Two souls entwine

In the break of new dawn My hope is forlorn Shadows, they will fade But I'm always in the shade Without you...

Serene and silent sky Rays of moon are dancing with the tide A perfect sight, a world divine

And I...

The loneliest child alive Always waiting, searching for my rhyme I'm still alone in the dead of night

Silent I lie with smile on my face, Appearance deceives and the silence betrays

As I wait for the time My dream comes alive Always out of sight But never out of mind

And under waning moon Still I long for you Alone against the light Solitude am I

In the end, I'm enslaved by my dream In the end, there's no soul who'd bleed for me

Hidden from daylight, I'm sealed in my cave Trapped in a dream that is slowly turning to a nightmare Where I'm all alone Venial is life when you're but a dream The book is still open, the pages as empty as me...

I cling to a hope that's beginning to fade, Trying to break the desolation I hate

But until we unite I live for that night Wait for time Two souls entwine

In the break of new dawn My hope is forlorn We will never meet Only misery and me

This is my final call My evenfall Drowning into time I become the night

By the light of new day I'll fade away Reality cuts deep Would you bleed with me My Selene

See - there is indeed non-Finnish music in my playlist! :)

Through My Eyes - Scorpions From the album "Unbreakable" (2004) Lyrics by Klaus Meine

Leaving through the back door Freezing in the cold Communication breakdown Emotional overload Been through a wall of fire Now I feel like the ashes glow

Cars passing on the freeway My mind is on the run I keep running from my shadow I'm not the only one Somewhere in the distance Someone's taking flight Destination unknown Just fade into the light

There's so much said and done But after all The time has come, to leave it all Behind

If you could see it through my eyes You'd know I tried to change it all I've been trying all my life To stand up every time I fall If you could see it through my eyes

I feel sadness up my spine The future on my hands I'm standing here alone With open arms again Tomorrow ain't no stranger There'll be a lucky star And love will find its way Into someone's heart

Too late for tears No time to be confused It's just the echo of our Swan song

If you could see it through my eyes You'd know I tried to change it all I've been trying all my life To stand up every time I fall If you could see it through my eyes You'd see that love will always wait Somewhere out there is my life A new love that comes my way If you could see it through my eyes Through my eyes

What was meant to be forever Is breaking all apart What was meant to be forever Leaves the hole inside my heart What was meant to be forever We throw it all away What was meant to be forever Was nothing but a game What was meant to be forever Is breaking all apart What was meant to be forever

Four years later, and Nightwish still dominates my playlist. :D

"lan - Nightwish From the album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (2015) Lyrics by Tuomas Holopainen

Leave the sleep and let the springtime talk In tongues from the time before man Listen to a daffodil tell her tale Let the guest in, walk out, be the first to greet the morn

The meadows of heaven await harvest The cliffs unjumped, cold waters untouched The elsewhere creatures yet unseen Finally your number came up, free fall awaits the brave

Come Taste the wine Race the blind They will guide you from the light Writing noughts till the end of time Come Surf the clouds Race the dark It feeds from the runs undone Meet me where the cliff greets the sea

The answer to the riddle before your eyes Is in dead leaves and fleeting skies Returning swans and sedulous mice Writings on the gardens book, in the minute of a lover's look

Building a sandcastle close to the shore A house of cards from a worn out deck A home from the fellowship, poise and calm Write a lyric for the song only you can understand

Riding hard every shooting star Come to life, open mind, have a laugh at the orthodox Come, drink deep let the dam of mind seep Travel with great "lan, dance a jig at the funeral

Come!

I heard this the other day, and it brought me to tears with how it resonated inside me...Beautiful and hopeful, all at once.

Hold On - Triumph From the album "Just a Game" (1979) Lyrics by Rik Emmett

Music holds the secret To know it can make you whole It's not just a game of notes It's the sounds inside your soul

Magic of the melody Runs through you like a stream The notes that play flow through your head Like a dream, like a dream

I sing this song for the common man For the people in despair I bring my song into the world And I sing it everywhere

The simple truth lies waitin' here For everyone to share So hold on, and I will take you there Hold on and I will take you there

Daily routine takes your soul Lost without a trace It hold you down and turns you 'round And puts you in your place

Another day, another dollar Another pretty face Another chance to lose yourself In the endless race

Hold on, hold on to your dreams Hold on, even though it seems Everyone around you has their little schemes Listen to your heart and hold on to your dreams

Can't you feel the magic" Feel it everywhere Can't you hear the music" There's something in the air

There's a celebration Deep within a song Celebrate this feeling You know it can't be wrong

Hold on, hold on to your dreams Hold on, even though it seems Everyone around you has their little schemes Listen to your heart and hold on to your dreams

Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on

Caught up in routine, you got to break it Time won't wait for us, we got to make it Fate gives you the chance, you've got to take it, take it

Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on