This song summarizes three songs about difficult subjects. The first song is about a stormy night and references riders facing challenges. The second encourages independent thinking. The third is about requesting danger from a stranger.
1. Riders on the Storm
The Doors - 1971
Riders on the storm Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone Like a dog without a bone
Riders on the storm An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad Riders on the storm
Take a long holiday Riders on the storm
Let your children play Riders on the storm
If ya give this man a ride Riders on the storm
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah Riders on the storm
Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
2. Think for Yourself
The Beatles - 1965
I've got a word or two Do what you want to do
To say about the things that you do And go where you're going to
You're telling all those lies Think for yourself
About the good things that we can have 'cause I won't be there with you
if we close our eyes
Do what you want to do Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to And go where you're going to
Think for yourself Think for yourself
'cause I won't be there with you 'cause I won't be there with you
Think for yourself
I left you far behind 'cause I won't be there with you
The ruins of the life that you had in mind
And though you still can't see
I know your mind's made up
You're gonna cause more misery
Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'cause I won't be there with you
Although your mind's opaque
Try thinking more if just for your own sake
The future still looks good
And you've got time to rectify
All the things that you should
3. Gimme Danger
Iggy Pop and the Stooges - 1973
Gimme danger, little stranger Come on little danger, die a little stranger
Swear you're gonna feel my hell
and I'll feel you bleed Some on little stranger, die a little later
Gimme danger, little stranger Swear you're gonna feel my hell
and I'll heal your disease Swear you're gonna feel my hell
There's nothing in my dreams Gimme danger
but some ugly memories Little stranger
Kiss me like the ocean breeze Gimme danger
Little stranger
Well if you will be my lover Gimme danger
I will shiver and sing Every day
Can you feel it?
but if you won't be my master can you feel it?
I will do anything Can you feel it?
I gotta feel it
There's nothing left alive I gotta feel it
but some dark glassy eyes I gotta feel it
Raise my fears one more time You gotta feel it, i gotta feel it
I wanna feel it...
4. Everybody Want to Rule the World
Tears for Fears - 1985
Welcome to your life So glad we’ve almost made it
There’s no turning back So sad they had to fade it
Even while we sleep Everybody wants to rule the world
We will find you
Acting on your best behavior I can’t stand this indecision
Turn your back on mother nature Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you’ll never never never
It’s my own design never need it
It’s my own remorse One headline why believe it ?
Help me to decide Everybody wants to rule the world
Help me make the most
Of freedom and of pleasure All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world Everybody wants to rule the world
There’s a room where the light won’t
find you
Holding hands while the walls come
tumbling down
When they do I’ll be right behind you
5. Sunshine of Your Love
Cream - 1967
It's getting near dawn, I've been waiting so long
When lights close their tired eyes. To be where I'm going
I'll soon be with you my love, In the sunshine of your love.
To give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you darling soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling. I'm with you my love,
The light's shining through on you.
I've been waiting so long Yes, I'm with you my love,
To be where I'm going It's the morning and just we two.
In the sunshine of your love.
I'll stay with you darling now,
I'm with you my love, I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up.
The light's shining through on you.
Yes, I'm with you my love, I've been waiting so long
It's the morning and just we two. I've been waiting so long
I'll stay with you darling now,
I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up. I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.
6. How to Disappear Completely
Radiohead - 2000
In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah it's gone
That there And I'm not here
That's not me This isn't happening
I go I'm not here
Where I please I'm not here
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey Strobe lights and blown speakers
I'm not here
This isn't happening Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here I'm not here
I'm not here This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here
7. I’m So Tired
The Beatles - 1968
I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette
I wonder should I get up and fix myself a drink and curse Sir Walter Raleigh
no, no, no. He was such a stupid get.
I'm so tired, I don't know what to do You'd say I'm putting you on
I'm so tired, my mind is set on you but it's no joke, it's doing me harm
I wonder should I call you but I know what you you know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
would do you know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
you know I'd give you everything I've got
You'd say I'm putting you on for a little peace of mind.
but it's no joke, it's doing me harm
you know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain Give you everything I've got
you know it's three weeks, I'm going insane for a little peace of mind.
you know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind. I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind.
8. Come As You Are
Nirvana - 1991
Come as you are, as you were And I swear that I don't have a gun
As I want you to be No I don't have a gun
As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy No I don't have a gun
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is yours, don't be late
Take a rest as a friend as an old Memoria
memoria Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria And I swear that I don't have a gun
Memoria No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach No I don't have a gun
As I want you to be No I don't have a gun
As a trend, as a friend, as an old
memoria
Memoria
Memoria Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
9. Scarborough Fair / Canticle
Simon and Garfunkel - 1972
Are you going to Scarborough Fair:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt:
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
(Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needlework,
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call) Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather:
(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)
Tell her to find me an acre of land: Parsely, sage, rosemary and thyme
(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves) (Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And gather it all in a bunch of heather,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; (And to fight for a cause they've long ago
(Washes the grave with so many tears) forgotten)
Between the salt water and the sea strand, Then she'll be a true love of mine.
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Are you going to Scarborough Fair:
Then she'll be a true love of mine. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.
10. Sympathy for the Devil
The Rolling Stones - 1968
Please allow me to introduce myself I watched the glee while your kings and queens fought
I'm a man of wealth and taste for
I've been around for a long long year stolen ten decades for the Gods they made
many man's soul and faith I shouted out "Who killed the Kennedy's?" when
I was around when Jesus Christ had His after all it was you and me
moment of doubt and pain Let me please introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and
Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands taste
and sealed His fate And I lay traps for troubadours who get killed before they
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name reach Bombay
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name. Oh yeah
game But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game. Oh
yeah
Stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
time for a change But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game
Killed the Tzar and his ministers, Anastasia
screamed in vain Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners, Saints
I rode a tank held a generals rank when the
blitzkrieg as heads is tails, just call me Lucifer 'cause I'm in need
raged and the bodies stank of some restraint
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name. So if you meet me, have some courtesy have some
Oh yeah sympathy
Ah what's puzzling you is the nature of my and some taste
game. Oh yeah Use all your well learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to
waste
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game
11. No Surprises
Radiohead - 1997
A heart that's full up like a landfill This is my final fit, my final bellyache with
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
You look so tired and unhappy No alarms and no surprises please
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide No alarms and no surprises
(let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises please
Silent, silent (let me out of here)
12. Paranoid
Black Sabbath - 1970
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me? Occupy my brain?
Oh yeah
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel so love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late
13. Brain Damage
Pink Floyd - 1973
The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is in my head
Remembering games and daisy chains and You raise the blade, you make the change
laughs
You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane
Got to keep the loonies on the path
You lock the door
The lunatic is in the hall
And throw away the key
The lunatics are in my hall
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
And every day the paper boy brings more
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the dam breaks open many years too
soon And if the band you're in starts playing
different tunes
And if there is no room upon the hill
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
And if your head explodes with dark
forebodings too
"I can't think of anything to say except...
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
I think it's marvelous! Ha Ha Ha!"
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2 - 1983
I can't believe the news today How long, how long must we sing this
I can't close my eyes and make it go away. song?
How long, how long must we sing this How long, how long?
song? 'Cos tonight
How long, how long? We can be as one, tonight.
'Cos tonight Sunday, bloody Sunday.
We can be as one, tonight. Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Broken bottles under children's feet Wipe the tears from your eyes
Bodies strewn across the dead-end street. Wipe your tears away.
But I won't heed the battle call I'll wipe your tears away.
It puts my back up, puts my back up against I'll wipe your tears away.
the wall. I'll wipe your bloodshot eyes.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday. And it's true we are immune
Sunday, bloody Sunday. When fact is fiction and TV reality.
Oh, let's go. And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die.
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has The real battle just begun
won? To claim the victory Jesus won
The trenches dug within our hearts On...
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart. Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday..
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.