something to believe in

• bon jovi'nin de these days albümünde aynı isimli bir şarkısı vardır, sözleri güzeldir.
  
  i lost all faith in my god, in his religion too
  i told the angels they could sing their songs to someone new
  i lost all trust in my friends, i watched my heart turn to stone
  i thought that i was left to walk this wicked world alone
  
  tonight i'll dust myself off
  tonight i'll suck my gut in
  i'll face the night and i'll pretend
  i got something to believe in
  
  and i had lost touch with reason
  i watched life criticize the truth
  been aiting for a miracle
  i know you have too
  
  though i know i won't win
  i'll take this one on the chin
  we'll raise a toast and i'll pretend
  i got something to believe in
  
  if i don't believe in jesus, how can i believe the pope
  if i don't believe in heroin, how can i believe the dope
  if there's nothing but survival, how can i believe in sin
  in a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in.
  
  if i don't believe in jesus, how can i believe the pope
  if i don't believe in heroin, how can i believe the dope
  if there's nothing but survival, how can i believe in sin
  in a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in.
• poison'un, power to the people albümünden bir şarkı. sözleri:
  
  will i see him on the tv
  preachin' 'bout the promised land
  he tells me to believe in jesus
  and steals the money from my hand
  some say he was a good man
  but lord i think he sinned, yeah
  twenty-two years of mental tears
  cries a suicidal vietnam vet
  who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
  to find his country didn't want him back
  their bullets took his best friend in saigon
  our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
  in a time i don't remember
  in a war he can't forget
  he cried "forgive me for what i've done there
  cause i never meant the things i did"
  
  chorus:
  and give me something to believe in
  if there's a lord above
  and give me something to believe in
  oh, lord arise
  
  my best friend died a lonely man
  in some palm springs hotel room
  i got the call last christmas eve
  and they told me the news
  i tried all night not to break down and cry
  as the tears rolled down my face
  i felt so cold and empty
  like a lost soul out of place
  and the mirror, mirror on the wall
  sees my smile it fades again
  
  chorus
  sometimes i wish to god i didn't know now
  the things i didn't know then
  road you gotta take me home
  
  solo
  i drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
  like bodies in an open grave
  underneath the broken old neon sign
  that used to read jesus saves
  a mile away live the rich folks
  and i see how they're living it up
  while the poor they eat from hand to mouth
  the rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
  and it just makes me wonder
  why so many lose, so few win
  
  chorus
  you take the high road
  and i'll take the low road
  
  sometimes i wish to god i didn't know now
  the things i didn't know then
  and give me something to believe in
• ayrıca ramones'in sözlerine hasta olduğum çok güzel bir parçasının ismi.pretenders'ın da çok güzel bir coverı var! (bkz: tribue to ramones)
  sözleri:
  
  wish i was someone else
  i'm confused, i'm afraid, i hate the loneliness
  and there's nowhere to run to
  nothing makes any sense, but i still try my hardest
  take my hand
  please help me man
  'cause i'm looking for something to believe in
  and i don't know where to start
  and i don't know where to begin, to begin
  if i was stupid or naive
  trying to achieve what they all call contentness
  if people weren't such dicks and i never made mistakes
  then i could find forgiveness
  take my hand
  please help me man
  'cause i'm looking for something to believe in
  and i don't know where to start
  and i don't know where to begin, oh no
  i can't be someone else
  i don't feel that it's hopeless
  i don't feel that i'm useless
  i can't throw it all away
  i need some courage to find my weakness
  and with your love, i know with all my heart i can win
  'cause i'm looking for something to believe in
  and i just need something to believe in
  i'm looking for something to believe in
  and i just need something to believe in
• hem sözleri olsun hem muziği olsun oldukça başarılı bir şarkı bence. these days albümünde öne çıkan şarkılardan biri. sonlara doğru jon bon jovi delirir ve "i dont believe in" diyerek son noktayı koyar.
• memory man isimli albümünde yer alan süper bir aqualung şarkısı.
  
  you talk too much
  maybe that's your way
  of breaking up the silence
  that fills you up
  but it doesn't sound the same
  when no one's really listening
  
  we stumble into our lives
  reach for a hand to hold
  and any wonder
  we need to find
  a certain something, certain
  
  turn out the light
  and what are you left with?
  open up my hands
  and find out they're empty
  press my face to the ground
  i've gotta find a reason
  just scratching around
  for something to believe in
  something to believe in
  
  you have too much
  you're spending all your time
  collecting and discovering
  it's not enough
  and no matter how you try,
  you never find the one you want
  
  we stumble into our lives
  without a hand to hold
  and any wonder
  we need to find
  a certain something, certain
  
  turn out the light
  and what are you left with?
  open up my hands
  and find out they're empty
  press my face to the ground
  i've gotta find a reason
  still scratching around
  for something to believe in
  something to believe in
  
  c'mon, c'mon...
• bon jovi'nin, halen sırrı çözülemeyen, efsanevi albümü these days'den bir parça. sadece tanrıya değil, çevresine inandığı her şeye inancını kaybetmiş birisini anlatır.
  
  "hayatta kalmak dışında her şey yalansa, günah diye bir şeyin varlığına nasıl inanabilirim?"
• smash albümünün gizli bombalarından. özellikle noodles'ın back vokalleriyle insanı imana getiren bir şarkı. gotta get away'den sonraki favori.
• bon jovi'den depresyonun tanımı. hayatı sevenlerin uzak durması gereken isyan haykırışı.
• muhteşem bir parachute şarkısı, insanın orkestra kurası geliyore:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyvz4uvhyrw
• offspring'in en başarılı albümlerinden smash'taki bir güzel şarkı.
  
  i believe that reality's gone
  disillusion's real
  i believe that morality's gone
  and there's nothing to feel
  if you take the sacred things
  the things that we hold dear
  empty promise is all you'll find
  so give me something
  something to believe in
  i believe in a changing of the guard
  put our feet on the ground
  see it happen in your own backyard
  everything breaks down
  do you accept what you are told
  without even thinking
  throw it all and make your own
  and give me something
  something to believe in
  where they lead
  you will follow
  well i guess that's just the way it goes
  and if you look away
  you'll be doing what they say
  an if you look alive
  you'll be singled out and tried
  if you take home anything
  let it be your will to think
  the more cynical you become
  the better off you'll be