When Did you Know
by Jon Eric
You fall in love at the drop of a hat
You're awful at that
You leave 'em feeling rotten
But way back when you were on top of your game
They all knew your name
A name they've all forgotten
You cling to them like cotton...
[chorus]
You spend your nights deflated
(Void of energy)
Of all the boys you dated
(Everyone agrees)
You were Miss Overrated [x2]
When did you know that you wouldn't amount to much?
You drew a crowd when you were in your prime
They waited in line
And in the line of duty
Each in turn took a piece of your heart
Until every part
Was gone and you were moody
The burden of your beauty
[chorus]
When did you know that you wouldn't amount to much?
And it hurts so bad
To know you can't go back
To the time when you
Had something to look forward to
You felt so at home in a crowd
It's over by now
The soldiers marching onwards...
[chorus]
When did you know that it wasn't gonna work-
When did you know that it wouldn't all pan out -
When did you know that you wouldn't amount to much?
When Did You Know
- JonPorobil
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When Did You Know
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Re: When Did You Know
WHEN DID YOU KNOW
when did you know
i wasn't from this place?
did you know it when you kissed me;
when the moon was shining with the starlight
in the window...
when i took off my clothes?
(-see that I was different?)
when I lay down / on the bed
when you looked down at my face
was it shaped funny?
did you still want to touch me...
and love me
when did you know
i'd come from far away?
when did you guess?
did you put me through some kind of test?
some scientific nonsense that i don't understand
'cuz you don't really speak any Xondorian
and your human language of strange love
and the heartbreak ...I just don't understand
just doesn't fit into your master plan
when did you know?
when did you know?
when did you know?
my contradictions / weak transitions
the rules I break…they gave me away
and i don't understand your ways
the rhymes of your reasons
the purpose of your days
…and it shows
I was an impostor.
when did you know
that I was actually the monster?
when did you know
… it was over?
when did you know
i wasn't from this place?
did you know it when you kissed me;
when the moon was shining with the starlight
in the window...
when i took off my clothes?
(-see that I was different?)
when I lay down / on the bed
when you looked down at my face
was it shaped funny?
did you still want to touch me...
and love me
when did you know
i'd come from far away?
when did you guess?
did you put me through some kind of test?
some scientific nonsense that i don't understand
'cuz you don't really speak any Xondorian
and your human language of strange love
and the heartbreak ...I just don't understand
just doesn't fit into your master plan
when did you know?
when did you know?
when did you know?
my contradictions / weak transitions
the rules I break…they gave me away
and i don't understand your ways
the rhymes of your reasons
the purpose of your days
…and it shows
I was an impostor.
when did you know
that I was actually the monster?
when did you know
… it was over?
"Really interesting how the point you’re making slowly emerges like Martin Sheen from the mud in Apocalypse Now..." ~j$
- king_arthur
- Niemöller
- Posts: 1763
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Re: When Did You Know
KABA TUMA JANATE HO? (When Did You Know?)
King Arthur
When did you know / I was the one
The one who was right for you?
When did you know / was it the same time
I knew what I had to do?
The signs were in the skies
It just took me a while to recognize.
How about you?
Kaba tuma janate ho?
Kaba tuma janate ho?
Kaba tuma janate ho?
When did you know?
When was it clear / you had nothing to fear
That mine was the heart you were made for?
When was it clear / you needed me near
Was it when I knocked on your door?
The signs were on the road
It just took me a while to decipher the code
How about you?
(chorus)
There were games to be played
And promises made
That had to be reconsidered.
Our timing was bad
'Til we finally had
That moment where everything comes together.
(instrumental) (chorus 3x)
(Hindi lyrics by Google)
King Arthur
When did you know / I was the one
The one who was right for you?
When did you know / was it the same time
I knew what I had to do?
The signs were in the skies
It just took me a while to recognize.
How about you?
Kaba tuma janate ho?
Kaba tuma janate ho?
Kaba tuma janate ho?
When did you know?
When was it clear / you had nothing to fear
That mine was the heart you were made for?
When was it clear / you needed me near
Was it when I knocked on your door?
The signs were on the road
It just took me a while to decipher the code
How about you?
(chorus)
There were games to be played
And promises made
That had to be reconsidered.
Our timing was bad
'Til we finally had
That moment where everything comes together.
(instrumental) (chorus 3x)
(Hindi lyrics by Google)
"...one does not write in dactylic hexameter purely by accident..." - poetic designs
- joshmillard
- Karski
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Re: When Did You Know
When Did You Know
by Josh Millard
When did you know
That you don't know nothing
When did you get
That you spend your life bluffin'
When did you know
When did you know
When'd'ya finally figure out
That you were flying blind
When'd'ya finally realize
That the stuff in your mind
Was all just
Shadows on the
Wall of a
Cave in an
Allegory
---
There were gonna be more lyrics but real life got in the way. These may not perfectly match up with what's on the recording, but it's what I was supposed to sing at least.
by Josh Millard
When did you know
That you don't know nothing
When did you get
That you spend your life bluffin'
When did you know
When did you know
When'd'ya finally figure out
That you were flying blind
When'd'ya finally realize
That the stuff in your mind
Was all just
Shadows on the
Wall of a
Cave in an
Allegory
---
There were gonna be more lyrics but real life got in the way. These may not perfectly match up with what's on the recording, but it's what I was supposed to sing at least.
Re: When Did You Know
(Spoiler Warning: These lyrics contain spoilers which are spoiled when read.)
I've done a thousand vertical press-ups, i've counted
Then surf upon a wild boar and dismount it
And run a kilometre up a steep mountain
Then stop and take a drink at the summits fountain
Inhale until my lungs fill, marvel at the views
While tourists and hikers whisper 'damn, he's huge'
And then i jump and land back first onto a moose
With my feet in his antlers, like a living luge
Navigating eyes closed via sensory cues
Then i slow him down like a docking cruise
Grab his hip, backflip and strip until im nude
Enter the river to catch my breakfast food
Swim upstream with the form of a frogstroke
I swam into a log and the log broke
Splinters from the event lodged in fishy throats
They swam around strange with fishy chokes
I grabbed them from the water with my bare hand
And ate raw until i felt the presence of a bear and
Turned around, locked eyes with a black bear
She saw the salmon in my mouth and attacked there
In an instant i ducked her fast approaching paw
And countered with an uppercut to her jaw
She swayed to and fro before falling with a splash
I stuck a fish in her mouth and dragged her to the grass
UNF UNF UNF UNF YEAH
When did you know that you were stronger than a black bear?
When i KO'd one with my bare hands
HA HA Get it? My BEAR hands
....it really happened though
My eyebrows are thick as a woman's thighs
My chest is hairy as between a woman's thighs
People feel scary when they look into my eyes
But when im left alonely sometimes i will cries
When depressed i eat many a sweets
Forage for honeycombs and sugar beets
And if i cannot obtain these delicious treats
I will pounce on elk and eat their meats
Or if they happen to be quick of feets
I will take baby elk suckling on teets
Anything in my grasp i will eat
And anything in my path i will defeat
Like this black bear back for more
But this time i wont knock her to the floor
I put her on all four, mate till she's sore
Smack her in the head and call her a dirty ROAR
When did you know
that you were actually
...a bear?
ROAR
I've done a thousand vertical press-ups, i've counted
Then surf upon a wild boar and dismount it
And run a kilometre up a steep mountain
Then stop and take a drink at the summits fountain
Inhale until my lungs fill, marvel at the views
While tourists and hikers whisper 'damn, he's huge'
And then i jump and land back first onto a moose
With my feet in his antlers, like a living luge
Navigating eyes closed via sensory cues
Then i slow him down like a docking cruise
Grab his hip, backflip and strip until im nude
Enter the river to catch my breakfast food
Swim upstream with the form of a frogstroke
I swam into a log and the log broke
Splinters from the event lodged in fishy throats
They swam around strange with fishy chokes
I grabbed them from the water with my bare hand
And ate raw until i felt the presence of a bear and
Turned around, locked eyes with a black bear
She saw the salmon in my mouth and attacked there
In an instant i ducked her fast approaching paw
And countered with an uppercut to her jaw
She swayed to and fro before falling with a splash
I stuck a fish in her mouth and dragged her to the grass
UNF UNF UNF UNF YEAH
When did you know that you were stronger than a black bear?
When i KO'd one with my bare hands
HA HA Get it? My BEAR hands
....it really happened though
My eyebrows are thick as a woman's thighs
My chest is hairy as between a woman's thighs
People feel scary when they look into my eyes
But when im left alonely sometimes i will cries
When depressed i eat many a sweets
Forage for honeycombs and sugar beets
And if i cannot obtain these delicious treats
I will pounce on elk and eat their meats
Or if they happen to be quick of feets
I will take baby elk suckling on teets
Anything in my grasp i will eat
And anything in my path i will defeat
Like this black bear back for more
But this time i wont knock her to the floor
I put her on all four, mate till she's sore
Smack her in the head and call her a dirty ROAR
When did you know
that you were actually
...a bear?
ROAR
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TheCapitalistYouth
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Re: When Did You Know
The Social Commentaries - When Did You Know
I went to the club cause I've got a compass inside
And a girl came in with a body god made
These eyes were made to watch assets vibrate
I thought I heard a clock chime
She came up certain things were implied
She had a cherry in her mouth, tying knots and shit
We started rubbing on the floor fairly intimate
Look in her eyes: "Conception Time."
Let's procreate - When I grabbed those tits
Propagate - I knew when I felt that lick
Let's have a motherfucking baby
Let's procreate - When she grabbed that dick
Propagate - I knew when I felt that fit
Let's have a motherfucking baby
Man crawled from the ocean while he still had gills in
Grew thumbs made tools made industry
So I could pick you up in my toyota camry
And we could fuck and have 3 lovely children
I study hard to get an education
Then I work hard, save up, invest
Then we meet; I see your breasts
We make babies and it starts again
I went to the club cause I've got a compass inside
And a girl came in with a body god made
These eyes were made to watch assets vibrate
I thought I heard a clock chime
She came up certain things were implied
She had a cherry in her mouth, tying knots and shit
We started rubbing on the floor fairly intimate
Look in her eyes: "Conception Time."
Let's procreate - When I grabbed those tits
Propagate - I knew when I felt that lick
Let's have a motherfucking baby
Let's procreate - When she grabbed that dick
Propagate - I knew when I felt that fit
Let's have a motherfucking baby
Man crawled from the ocean while he still had gills in
Grew thumbs made tools made industry
So I could pick you up in my toyota camry
And we could fuck and have 3 lovely children
I study hard to get an education
Then I work hard, save up, invest
Then we meet; I see your breasts
We make babies and it starts again