Ayreon - One Small Step

"It is the 20th century. I am a little boy peacefully asleep. My father comes to wake me
so that I can witness an historic event in the finite story of mankind."

[Edward Reekers, Lana Lane]

On an early summer morning, July ′69
As I dream of the planets
I hear a voice softly whisper: ′son, it is time
It′s happening soon′

It′s a quarter to four now and he carries me down
To our place by the telly
I see lights on in houses all over town
For the man on the Moon

One small step for man
But a giant leap for mankind
The mighty Apollo prevailed
The Eagle has landed

I go back to my warm bed, back to my dreams
But not the one of the planets
I decided this morning I don′t want to be
The man on the Moon

As I lie here in this cold tank, living a dream
I′m the last on the planets
I decided this morning I don′t want to be
The man on Mars

The Rasmus - Small Town

You get no kick out of champagne
Things make you sick by staying the same
So lame
And if you think that you know everybody
And if it seems inspiration is gone
Days when it feels like nothing can turn you on


Open your eyes to the life in this small town
How many times you′ve been leaving?
And so it seems we keep coming back home
So open your eyes to the life in this small town


I′ve always run straight to the flames
I′ve lost my face in a thousand ways
Still you give a damn about my reputation
Take me as I am you are my family
If you get lonely you know where you will find me


Open your eyes to the life in this small town
How many times you′ve been leaving?
And so it seems we keep coming back home
So open your eyes to the life in this small town


And there is no way out
If you don′t wanna talk about it
If you don′t wanna turn around
I wanna have confidence in you.


Open your eyes to the life in this small town
How many times you′ve been leaving?
And so it seems we keep coming back home
So open your eyes to the life in this small town


Open your eyes to the life in this small town
How many times you′ve been leaving?
And so it seems we keep coming back home
So open your eyes to the life in this small town

Sonic Youth - Small Flowers Crack Concrete

[Thurston]
Small flowers crack concrete
Narcotic squads sweep thru poet dens
Spilling coffe grabbing 15 yr old runaway girls
By frazzled ponytailed hair + tossing them
Into backseats of cop cars
The narcs beat the bearded oracles
Replacing tantric love with
Complete violence

Lights + mirrors dot the city
Inkstained hippies w/ boxed lunch + marijuana
Mystery plays of shit and nothingness
Blessed by colors from a black hat

Blue lights search thru weeds
Searching for the heart of d.a.levy
And the mind he left behind

What didjoo expect? another mystic wreck?
Thats whatchoo got crawling in yr panic net
Whatdidjoo bring me? not a goddamn thing yet
+ whatdidjoo leave me? another tombstone dream yeh
O salacious mansion, the boys held for ransom
Didja see where he′s gone? the blasted summers dawn
Fucked up in cleveland fucked up in cleveland
Short flight to nothing heavens up to something heavens up to something
Levys up to something levys up to something

Death poems for the living gods of america
Plastic saxophones bleat, bleed for nothing, nada
Cops crashing thru doors infuriated by silver charms
Of suburban smoke
At war with patches of red dirt glitter
And bluejean fucking

Muse - The Smallprint

Take, take all you need
And i′ll compensate your greed
With broken hearts
Sell i′ll sell your memories
For 15 pounds per year
But just the good days

Say, it′ll make you insane
And it′s bending the truth
You′re to blame
For all the life that you′ll lose and you watch this space
But i′m going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I′m the priest God never paid

Hope, i hope you′ve seen the light
Coz no one really cares
They′re just pretending
Sell, i′ll sell your memories for 15 pounds per year
But you can keep the bad days

Say,it′ll make you insane
And i′m bending the truth
You′re to blame
For all the life that you′ll lose
And you watch this space
And i′m going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I′m the priest God never paid

Morcheeba - Small Town

You feel frozen
But you′ve been chosen
You lay there drunken
Your dreams seem sunken

Your world′s a small world
And you break the rules
You′re one big fish
In a pool of fools

Tired of serving up you town
Tired of wearing that crown
Tired of sliding up and down
Tired of being you

Your work′s no future
Your girl don′t suit you
The bar won′t serve you
You have no nerve to

Take a break
From this sad old school
Accross the lake
Lies a place that′s cool

Run you′ve got a place to go
Run you′ve got a boat to row
Run you′ve got a face to show
Run while you can

The high street′s sleeping
As friday′s creeping
The shops are open
But their minds are closed

How′s it going but it′s not their concern
They talkin′ stuff about you
That you never learn

Smile, you′re on your own
Smile, ′cause you′ve outgrown
Smile, you lost your home
Smile to yourself

Michael Jackson - In Our Small Way

Refrain
Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Empty words are not enough
Where there’s hurt we’ll be a crush
When there’s thirst we’ll fill each other’s cup
Because we care we love enough to share

Refrain
Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

In despair we’ll be the hope
And the prayer that frees the soul
We’ll be there to share each lonely road
Because we love, I know
We care enough

Refrain
Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Just a little time is all it takes
What a difference just a smile can make, you’ll see
Love is all we need

Refrain
Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Nine Inch Nails - Getting Smaller

Getting a little erratic here
And I don
I guess they got a way of reading my mind
I guess I got to adjust
I got my arms flip, flop, flip, flop, flip
I got my head on a spring
I thought I got you I my side
I haven

I
Nothing to worry about
Not even trying to stand out
I
And I have nothing to say
It
I just behave and obey
I

I cannot slip through the cracks
When I press up on the wall
I
I
I think I
But I can still make a fist
You know I still got my one good arm
I can bea

I
Nothing to worry about
Not even try to stand out
I
And I have nothing to say
It
I just behave and obey
I

For what it
Maybe there
Now I can
Know what to feel
Between what I
And what appears to be real
Fade away x4
My world is getting smaller everyday ay ay ay and that

Massive Attack - Small Time Shot Away

Tucked it in
Dropped a lie
Turn me off
(I travel I travel)
We never leave each other ′cause we leave each other so cold
It makes a madder way

The easy part is taking yourself in
it’s wartime every time
A shot away

Wipe the smile from your face
It’s getting in the way
It’s wartime every time
She caught me on a lie and she turned me off
She made it cold
You couldn’t do it if you wanted to
(Believe me believe me)

It’s wartime every time
Small talk every time
It’s my favourite chloroform
It’s pillow talk every time
Get it out the way
Friction war
Shot away

Ricochet
We′re like identical twins
Sucking on the same teat
Spitting out the same things
(I travel far, I travel far)
It’s wartime every time
Small talk every time
It’s my favourite chloroform
It’s pillow talk every time
Getting out the way
Friction war
Ricochet

Line’em up and knock’em down
A shot away
A shot away
A shot away
A shot away

Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town

I seem to recognize your face
Haunting, familiar, yet i can′t seem to place it
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Lifetimes are catching up with me
All these changes taking place, i wish i′d seen the place
But no one′s ever taken me
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... (2x)

I swear i recognize your breath
Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
Me you wouldn′t recall, for i′m not my former
It′s hard when you′re stuck upon the shelf
I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate
Perhaps that′s what no one wants to see
I just want to scream...hello...
My god its been so long, never dreamed you′d return
But now here you are, and here i am
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... (2x)
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... (3x)
Hearts and thoughts they fade...

Blink-182 - All the Small Things

All the small things
True care, truth brings
I′ll take one lift
Your ride, best trip

Always, I know
You′ll be at my show
Watching, waiting
Commiserating

Say it ain′t so, I will not go
Turn the lights off, carry me home
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na

Late night, come home
Work sucks, I know
She left me roses by the stairs
Surprises let me know she cares

Say it ain′t so, I will not go
Turn the lights off, carry me home
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na

Say it ain′t so, I will not go
Turn the lights off, carry me home
Keep your head still, I′ll be your thrill
The night will go on, my little windmill

Say it ain′t so, I will not go (na na na na na na na na na
na)
Turn the lights off, carry me home (na na na na na na na na
na na)
Keep your head still, I′ll be your thrill (na na na na na na
na na na na)
The night will go on, the night will go on (na na na na na
na na na na na)
My little windmill

Queen - Small

I like to sit here in the sunshine
The trees in the fields are green sublime
Suspended in time
And don′t it make you feel small?

I like to sit here by the fire′s light
The trees in the fields lie bare to the night
The stars burn bright
And don′t it make you feel small?

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone
Everyone needs a place they can hide
Everyone needs to find peace sublime

I like to sit here in the autumn time
The trees in the fields they rustle in the wind
The church bells gently chime
Gentle on your mind
Suspended in time
And don′t it make you feel small?

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Everyone need to find peace sublime
Oh peace of mind

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone
Everyone needs a place they can hide

Everyone needs to find, peace sublime
Oh, peace of mind

Queen - Small Reprise

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Everyone need to find peace sublime
Oh peace of mind

Interpol - A Time To Be Small

A time to be so small
We saw you from the urchin′side,
From under the boat
We saw you making knots
We saw you get the rope
The boy appearing on the deck
And making it lurch
An the Bubble of your interest
Ready to burst

He whistles and he runs

We saw you in distraction:
A sleeping, slow despair
Rehearsing interaction,
he wasn′t even there
A ceature is a creature
Though you wish you were the wind
The boat will not stop moving
If you tie him up until the end

He whistles and he runs so hold him fast
Breathe the burn, you want to let it last
He might succumb to what you haven′t seen
He has a keen eye for what you used to be


when the cadaverous mob
Saves his doors for the dead men
You cannot leave

when the cadaverous mob
Saves his doors for the dead men
You cannot leave

I want you to be there
When he gets to the end
Have to find a way

Jedward - All the small things

All the small things
True care, truth brings
I′ll take, one lift
Your ride, best trip

Always, I know
You′ll be at my show
Watching, waiting,
Сommiserating

Say it ain′t so, I will not go,
Turn the lights off, carry me home
Na, na.

Late night, come home
Work sucks, I know
She left me roses by the stairs,
Surprises let me know she cares

Say it ain′t so, I will not go,
Turn the lights off, carry me home
Na, na.

Say it ain′t so, I will not go,
Turn the lights off, carry me home

Keep your head still, I′ll be your thrill,
The night will go on, my little windmill

Say it ain′t so, I will not go,
Turn the lights off, carry me home

Keep your head still, I′ll be your thrill,
The night will go on, my little windmill

IOWA - Температура (feat Лиза Small)

Прощаюсь с нашим миром сегодня.
Видно, идти мне дальше без его благ.
Связана душа без воли узлом вся.
Но, что не сделает мне больно — позволь взять.

Это ведь правда — все, как бы не с нами.
Разве не знаешь? Небо над головой что-то решает, признаю.
Признаю всю вину, на виду все
Поглазеть придут, а вот и ты в первом ряду.

Молиться Богу мне или тебе,
Просить прощения или раздавать обвинения?
Эта игра и этот бой на натянутых струнах,
Мне не мешали любить до температуры.

До того, что не подняться и на коленях
Произношу имя, потом слово: «Скорее».
Как вспомню те недели — в глазах темнеет,
Заводить на девять, жить и ждать спасения.

Припев:
Рано или поздно забыться. Рано или поздно простить все.
Но, я не буду тебя ждать на берегу, где тает надежда.
Рано или поздно забыться. Рано или поздно простить все.
Но, я не буду тебя ждать на берегу, где тает надежда.

Ветер нахамил весне и та в слезы.
Эти дожди нас разменяли на строгую прозу.
И что виной — моя ложь или твоя любовь?
Хватит! Мимо все… Кто знал, что так занесет…

И действительно, лучше было не начинать.
Вот бы все перечитать…
Все сложилось так, будто на черновиках
Основан сюжет, но это — явь и явно провал.

Молиться Богу мне или тебе,
Просить прощения или раздавать обвинения?
Эта игра и этот бой на натянутых струнах,
Мне не мешали любить до температуры.

И шли дни впустую, и я в них рискую
Себе в близких выбрать безумие,
Лишь бы не помнить зла. Прости, мне пора.
Прощаюсь с нашим миром сегодня, сгорай.

Припев:
Рано или поздно забыться. Рано или поздно простить все.
Но, я не буду тебя ждать на берегу, где тает надежда.
Рано или поздно забыться. Рано или поздно простить все.
Но, я не буду тебя ждать на берегу, где тает надежда.

Рано или поздно забыться. Рано или поздно простить все.
Но, я не буду… Но, я не буду ждать.
Рано или поздно забыться. Рано или поздно простить все.
Но, я не буду тебя ждать… Тебя ждать!

Тебя ждать

Bronski Beat - Smalltown boy

You leave in the morning
With everything you own in a little black case
Alone on the platform
The wind and the rain
On a sad and lonely face
Mother will never understand
Why you had to leave
For the love that you need
Will never be found at home
Pushed around and kicked around
Always a lonely boy
You were the one
That they′d talk about around town
As they put you down
And as hard as they would try
They′d hurt to make you cry
But you′d never cry to them
Just to your soul
No you′d never cry to them
Just to your soul