There Was a Time

Broken glass and cigarettes,
writing on the wall,
it was a bargain for the summer,
and I thought I had it all.
I was the one who gave you everything,
the one who took the fall,
you were the one who would do anything,
the one who can't recall.
Wish it was while she was sleeping,
in another woman's bed,
or the darkness or the lawyers,
or a stranger that she met.
If there's one thing I can gain from this,
or anything at all,
it'd be the knowledge that ya gave me,
when I thought I'd heard it all.
It was a long time with you,
it was a long time with me,
it'd be a long time for anyone,
but looks like it's meant to be.
Social class and registers,
cocaine in the hall,
all the way from California,
on the way beyond that stall.
to those non-negotiations,
(to sing it in a call)
all the bad of learning evils and
your ways around the laws
that keep you up and sitting pretty,
on a pedestal of (men)
and now you're sleeping like an angel,
nevermind (who we get in)
If there's something I can make of this,
or anything at all,
it'd be the devil hates a loser and
you thought you had it all.
It was a wrong time for you,
it was a wrong time for me,
it was the wrong time for everyone
but looks like I'm about to see for myself.
If I could go back in time to the place
in my soul, there all alone,
lonely tear drops,
ooh (who?), are calling you.
but I don't wanna know it now,
'cause knowing you won't change a damn thing.
but there was a time.
yeah, there was a time,
didn't wanna know it all,
didn't wanna know it all and
I don't wanna know it now,
Oh, I would do anything for you,
there was a time,
I would do anything for you,
oh, I would do anything for you,
there was a time.
There was a time,
I would do anything for you,

Benim yeni estranged ım

benim de. :)

estranged'in devamı geldi daha ilk dinlediğimde , hele hele sonlardaki kopma ve axl'ın i'd do anything for you çığlıkları kopartıyor resmen beni, yeni şarkılar arasında uzak ama çok uzak ara en sevdiğim şarkı.
yalnız son konserlerde çalmıyorlar, umarım İstanbul'da çalarlar.

özel not : i'd do anything for you...all the time...till the end of the time.

öldürmeyip süründüren bi parça.12temmuzdan sonra dayanmak daha zor gelio .albümü elime alıp jelatini soyacaım günü iple çekiyorum

burada keşke çalsalardı.

Better madagascar hepsi anlık şarkılar 1 gün dinle 2 gün dinle sonunda bırakıyorsun ama bu şarkı öyle değil hele bir bölümde gitardan bir ses geliyor o hep beni ayrı bir duygusal derinliğe götürür benim de açık ara en sevdiğim çin demokrasi şarkısı

Elimden geldiğince çevirdim. :)


Kırık cam ve sigaralar,
Duvarda yazıyor,
Yaz için bir pazarlıktı,
Ve herşeye sahip olduğumu düşünmüştüm.
Sana herşeyi veren bendim,
Senin yerine düşen,
Herşeyi yapabilecek olan sendin,
Hatırlamayan.

Uyurken nerdeydi,
Başka bir kadının yatağında,
Ya da doktorların, avukatların,
Ya da tanıştığı bir yabancının.
Bundan kazanabileceğim hiçbir şey yoksa,
Hiçbir şey,
Bu senin bana öğrettiklerindir,
Artık herşeyi duyduğumu düşündüğüm zaman.

Senin için uzun zamandı,
Benim için uzun zamandı,
Herhangi biri için de uzun zaman olurdu,
Ama sanki olması gerekiyordu.

Sosyal sınıf ve kayıtlar,
Koridorda kokain,
California'dan buraya yol boyunca,
Beni tekrar arayana kadar,
Bütün o anlaşmazlıklara,
Arıyormuşsun gibi yapmak için,
Öğrendiğin kötülükleri ve,
Kanunlara karşı davranışların,
Seni kilitli bir halde güzelce oturtan,
Erkeklerin kaidesi üzerinde,
Ve şimdi bir melek gibi uyuyorsun,
Uyacak herhangi bir adam için.

Eğer bundan öğrenebileceğim bir şey varsa,
Herhangi bir şey,
Bu şeytanın kaybetmeye mahkumdan nefret ettiği ve,
Herşeye sahip olduğunu sandığındır.

Senin için yanlış bir zamandı,
Benim için yanlış bir zamandı,
Herkes için yanlış bir zamandı,
Ama öyle gözüküyor ki kendim için görmeliyim.

Eğer zamanda geri gidebilseydim, o yere,
Ruhumda, yapayalnız,
Yalnız göz yaşları,
Seni çağırıyorlar.
Ama bunu bilmek istemiyorum şu anda,
Çünkü seni tanımak hiç bir lanet şeyi değiştirmeyecek.
Ama öyle bir zaman vardı ki.

(solo)

Evet, öyle bir zaman vardı ki,
Bilmek hiç istemiyordum,
Bilmek hiç istemiyordum ve
Şimdi de bilmek istemiyorum.

Evet, öyle bir zaman vardı ki,
Bilmek hiç istemiyordum,
Bilmek hiç istemiyordum ve
Şimdi de bilmek istemiyorum.

(solo)

Ah, senin için her şeyi yapardım,
Öyle bir zaman vardı ki,
Senin için herşeyi yapardım,
Ah, senin için her şeyi yapardım,
Öyle bir zaman vardı ki.

Öyle bir zaman vardı ki,
Senin için herşeyi yapardım,
Evet öyle bir zaman vardı ki,
Bilmek istemiyordum,
Bilmek istemiyordum,
Şimdi de bilmek istemiyorum,
Bilmek istemiyordum,
Bilmek istemiyordum,
Şimdi de bilmek istemiyorum.

yehah !! güzel

Sizce bu şarkının konusu ne?
Sanki konu itibariyle 3 şarkı birleşmiş gibi.

Axl'ın çığlığı ve son solo inanılmaz bir uyum sağlamış.
Ama canlı çalmak için uygun değil gibi.Yani Axl nefessizlikten çok yer atlıyor.Kalan gitaristler (artık hangisi çalıyosa) de o son soloyu hakkıyla çalamamış.

Yeni şarkıların da sorunu bu.Çok komplex olduklarından bi hard rock konserinde arkadaki sesler birbirine giriyo.Böyle bi şarkı kapalı bi opera salonunda, oturarak söyleyip nefesini kaybetmeyen bi Axl'la anca hakkını verebilir.Axl böyle devam ederse 2. bi VMA faciası yaşanabilir.

Tamamen katılmakla beraber, demek ki tamamen değilmiş :) , son soloyu inanılmaz başarılı buluyorum.
bence şarkıya bir ekleme olmazsa kesinlikle 2-3 dakika kısalır bu şarkı.
Axl bu şarkıdaki vokalleri hafifletmeli ayrıca.

Son soloyu ben de inanılmaz buluyorum.Hatta hayatımda dinlediğim en iyi sololardan biri.
Şimdi tekrar dinledim de canlı kaydı, soloyu çalana fazla da haksızlık yapmayayım.Canlı performansda bu kadar uzun, karışık ve hızlı bi soloda bu kadarcık hata makbuldur.

Axl da bizim gibi düşünüyo olcak ki bildiğim kadarıyla sadece 2 kere canlı çaldılar bu şarkıyı.

Estrenged kadar derin bir soloda bile , adamı havayı sokuyo....


He buarada ben fazla dinlemeye özen gösteriyorum şarkıları ..


HATTA aranız da en az dinleyen benimdir ...


zevkli olmuyo bence.. merak kalmıyo valla içimde.Eskiden ne güzel di , albümün çıkış tarihinde hüürrraa albümcülere ewe kapılar kapanır kusana kadar şarkılar dinlenip ezberlenir ..Yeni moda oldu şimdi albüm çıkmasına seneler varken bile ŞARKILARI DİNLİYOSUNUZ insanın hevesi kursağında kalıyo..:( Olmuyo yanii

bu arada twat'ın solosunu inanılmaz slashvari buluyorum,dinlerken gözümün önüne robin değil slash geliyor ilginç bi şekilde :)

Robin mi? Kovakafanın değil miydi o solo ya?

robin'in.

Acaba sebebi önce Slash tarafından çalınmış, sonra Robin tarafından tekrar kaydedilmiş olması olabilir mi?

robin albümde asla öyle birşey yapmaz ama aklıma gelmedi değil :)

yalan rüzgarı gibi grup anasını satim

Ben de Krikıtın hastasıydım zaten :)

hani slash yazmıştır robin çalmıştır diye bişey geçti ya demin :)şimdi aklıma geldi böyle bi yazı vardı koyayım dedim bilmeyenlerde yararlanır .güzel olur diye :)









Chinese Democracy (Freese/Rose): Written in or before March, 2000. Josh Freese brought the song in, and Axl wrote the lyrics.

Better (Finck/Rose): Written in or before 2004. Axl wrote the lyrics, and Robin Finck most likely wrote some of the music. Rumored as the first single, and a clip was leaked as part of a Harley Davidson commercial late last year.

I.R.S. (Rose): Written in or before 1999. Axl wrote the lyrics. It's not unlikely Paul Tobias may have contributed to the music.

There Was A Time (Rose): Written in or before 1999. Axl wrote the lyrics.

The Blues (Rose): Written in or before 2000. Axl at wrote the lyrics. Robin Finck wrote the guitar melodies (which will probably be uncredited).

Madagascar (Pitman/Rose): Written in or before 2000. Axl wrote the lyrics, while at least some of the music was written by Chris Pitman. It's very unlikely someone else than Pitman could put together the solo part of the song.

The General (Mantia/Rose): Written in or before 2002. Another song that is likely to be on the album. According to Dizzy, "The General" is a song Brain brought in: "Last year Brain had this song called "The General" that was really cool." Axl wrote the lyrics and Marco Beltrami confirmed he worked on that song, adding arrangements.

Seven (Beltrami/Rose): Written in or before 2002. Beltrami also said worked on this one: "[There is] a song called "Seven," which is the one that I did the most work on, I actually did some writing on." Axl wrote the lyrics and others may have contributed.

Leave Me Alone (Rose) & Thyme (Rose): Both written in or before 2002. Marco Beltrami also worked on these two songs. Axl did at least write the lyrics.

I'm Sorry (Finck/Rose): Written in or before 2006. Very likely to be on the album. Sebastian Bach mentioned the song, and with him talking about it, the song is most likely considered for release. Bach said the song is "almost like doom metal with Axl singing really clean over this grinding, slow beat that is fucking mean. I cannot get it out of my head." Rumors indicate that Robin Finck co-wrote the song.

Prositute (Rose): "Prostitute" is another song that is very likely to be on "Chinese Democracy". The song goes back to 1996, and it was first confirmed by Kerrang in 1999. I did however get confirmation that it's much older through a contact who was working at Geffen. He said he heard the song, and said it was a rocking tune that reminded him of the old band. He may have said the song was kinda like "November Rain" meets "Nightrain", but this is based on a conversation that happened in 1997, so memory slips.

"Prostitute" was also a song producer Youth worked on. This was early in the process of the recording of "Chinese Democracy". Youth tried to make Axl work on music, but there was little progress. Youth said "Axl was working on a song called "Prostitute", which is a working title and everything was going real slow."

With everyone talking about how "Better" is most likely the first single, I'll throw in "Prostitute" as a candidate. The song was on a list of alternative tracks for the band to play live (posted at the band's official page), and if it was there, doesn't that indicate that there could be a reason it's there? Most fans seems to agree that the band needs a rocking song as a single, and if "Prostitute" fits that description, then why not release it as a single? I don't know, and I won't claim anything, but I personally don't regard "Better" as a perfect choice as a single.

I feel Paul Buckmaster's following quote backs up the claim that "Prostitute" may be a very strong song too: "[It's a] mid-up, kind of biting 4 minute song with an aggressive rhythm section. The way I wrote for the string section (32-piece, consisting of ten 1st Violins, eight 2nd Violins, six violas, and eight cellos) gave the song another dimension. [The song is] powerful, like fire and ice."

Also a 15 seconds clip titled "Checkmate" was leaked onto the internet a while back. Some people speculate this song is "Prostitute", but I see no reason for this claim. If you repeat things enough times, people starts believing it.

If The World (Rose): Written in or before 2006. Another song on the mentioned setlist was "If The World". Obviously with the song on that list, there's good reasons to believe it's a track they consider to release, and it could also be a candidate for being a single (and thus being a "big gun"). Currently, very little information is available about the song, but it could be that the title is incomplete, since GnR has a tendency to shorten titles in setlists. There's also indications that Frank Ferrer may have worked on the song.

This I Love (Rose): Possibly the new song fans has talked about most these past years. Most would know it's fairly old, and it stretches back to 1991-1993. The song has been said to be a piano ballad, and it's rumored to be the answer to the trilogy (Don't Cry - November Rain - Estranged). While the first part of this may have some truth to it, it's unknown where the rumor about the trilogy answer comes from (especially since "Estranged" could be considered an answer to it too). Axl did say back in 1993 that he wrote and recorded the song, but that's also the only quote from GnR members we have: "I wrote and recorded a new song that I want to have on the [next] record called 'This I Love.'"

The engineer Dave Dominguez confirmed that the recording took place, and it seems like it was done by the whole band, not just Axl: "This I love" is actually an old GN'R song that the original GN'R wrote and recorded for the "Illusion" records. I like that song a lot." Another engineer, Howard Karp, later said "I only worked with Axl, no one else, it was a solo piano piece. I heard nothing else. Axl was cool, two short evenings, nothing too eventful."

This quote most likely refers to a re-recording of the song. Dave Dominguez backs this up by claiming that the song was supposed to be on a soundtrack, and that it was considered for the album for that reason: "This I Love" was supposed to be for a suoundtrack to a Robin Williams movie awhile back thats the only reason any old track was even thought about by Axl that track was never going be on the record." So even if it was a piano piece then, it doesn't have to be a new "November Rain". For now, it seems less likely that "This I Love" is on "Chinese Democracy", but it may very well still be. If it really is a gem, time will tell.

Ides of March (Reed/Rose): "Ides of March" is a song only the engineer Dave Dominguez has mentioned: ""Ides of March" was a working title of one of the songs that came from a loop name that Dizzy came up with I think they kept the name but it's been years so I'm sure everything has changed by now." The song was written in or before 2004.

Oklahoma (Rose): This song was written in 1996, and will probably not be on the album. Axl said the following about the song: "I was sitting in my litigation with my ex-wife, and it was the day after the bombing. We had a break, and I'm sitting with my attorneys with a sort of smile on my face, more like a nervous thing - it was like, 'Forgive me, people, I'm having trouble taking this seriously.' It's just ironic that we're sitting there and this person is spewing all kinds of things and 168 people just got killed. And this person I'm sitting there with, she don't care. Obliterating me is their goal."

Dave Dominguez also confirmed the songtitle, saying the song "was pretty much written by the time they got to the studio [Rumbo]. Axl wrote that with inspiration from the Oklahoma City bombing (more as a tribute to those who died if I'm not mistaken)."

Other songs: Zodiac, Quick Song, Atlas Shrugged (Both possibly working titles and unconfirmed; sp1at.com brought up these titles), Cock-a-roach Soup, Suckerpunched, No Love Remains, Friend Or Foe, Zip It, Something Always, Hearts Get Killed, Closing In On You (all from Kerrang, 1999, unconfirmed songs), Strange Disease (rumoered track, source unknown).