Karmic Acumen
Title: La Isla Bonita
Artist: Madonna
Album: True Blue (1986)
====Lyrics====
¿Cómo puede ser verdad?
[English translation: "How could it be true?"]
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
["The beautiful island"]
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
Te dijo te amo
["He told you, 'I love you.'"]
I prayed that the days would last
They went so fast
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
Te dijo te amo
El dijo que te ama
["He said he loves you"]
La isla bonita
Your Spanish lullaby
Title: Heart
Artist: Two Steps from Hell
Album: Miracles (2014)
Title: The Power of Will (feat. Gaby Koss)
Artist: Ivan Torrent
Album: Reverie - The Compilation Album (2014)
Title: The Writing On The Wall
Artist: Iron Maiden
Album: Senjutsu (2021)
====Lyrics====
Across a painted desert lies a train of vagabonds
All that’s left of what we were it’s what we have become
Once our empires glorious but now the empire’s gone
The dead gave us the time to live and now our time is done
Now we are victorious we’ve become our slaves
A land of hope and glory building graveyards for the brave
Have you seen the writing on the wall
Have you seen that writing
Can you see the riders on the storm
Can you see them riding ~ can you see them riding
Holding on to jury is that all we ever know
Ignorance our judge and jury all we’ve got to show
From Hollywood to Babylon ~ holy war to kingdom come
On a trail of dust and ashes ~ when the burning sky is done
A tide of change is coming and that is what you fear
The earthquake is a coming but you don’t want to hear
You’re just too blind to see
Have you seen the writing on the wall
Have you seen that writing
Can you see the riders on the storm
Can you see them riding
Can you see them riding. . . Riding next to you
Title: Zoro vs Mihawk
Artist: Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (feat. Marcin)
Album: One Piece (Live Action Series Soundtrack) (2023)
Title: My Sails Are Set
Artist: Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (feat. AURORA)
Album: One Piece (Live Action Series Soundtrack) (2023)
====Lyrics====
I'll draw a map of the world
Of lands unknown and untold
I'll guide my ship towards the morn'
Through the raging waters
The stars are pointing my way
From quarter of the globe away
And yet I feel so astray
How did I get so lost?
I've always been taught to be brave and strong
To see the hope when all feels wrong
I've always been taught not to be afraid
And look, the price, the price I paid
I'm barely afloat
My sails are set and I'm coming home
I'm barely afloat
My sails are set and I'm coming home
I'll sail my ship on my own
Straight into the eye of the storm
And when I conquer it all
Will you still be my friend?
I've always been taught to be brave and strong
To see the hope when all feels wrong
I've always been taught not to be afraid
And look, the price, the price I paid
I'm barely afloat
My sails are set and I'm coming home
I'm barely afloat
My sails are set and I'm coming home
Caught up in the whirlwind, a perfect storm
Reduce my sails and risk it all
Positions unknown and no sight of land
But I command, full speed ahead
I've always been taught to be brave and strong
To see the hope when all feels wrong
I've always been taught not to be afraid
And look, the price, the price I paid
I'm barely afloat
My sails are set and I'm coming home
I'm barely afloat
My sails are set, I'm coming home
Title: Gate of the Gods
Artist: New Horizon
Album: Gate of the Gods
====Lyrics====
The Chaldean king and a thousand lords in the desert night
Quenching their thirst with cursed wine
The sacred vessels have been defiled
Now the writing's on the wall and the ending has begun
And no one could forestall the fall of Babylon
Can everybody see it? Can you read it on the wall?
Is it real or just illusion?
They sent for the wise man to decipher what it means
A divine prosecution
I won't believe what Daniel say
I will defy the prophecy
I will defeat my enemy
They're on the march
In the gate of the gods
All the desecrators are paying the price
Feel the wrath of the gods
Retribution shine on the pagans inside
Calling out for you
Drain, dry the river
Lead the way to ancient Babylon
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Ride across the desert plains
Cyrus leads the armies on towards the walls
All that remains, all that remains
Inside that fading heart
It was the pride (It was the pride)
Before the fall (Before the fall)
Your kingdom in ruins lie, forever
At the end of the attack
All the colors fade to black
The end of the line
Now everyone can see it in the eyes of the defeated
What you reap is what you sow
Now they're tearing down the walls
And the king has lost his crown
And the writing was foretold
The fall of Babylon
In the gate of the gods
All the desecrators are paying the price
Feel the wrath of the gods
Retribution shine on the pagans inside
In the gate of the gods
All the desecrators are paying the price
Feel the wrath of the gods
Retribution shine on the pagans inside
Calling out for you
Out for you
Out for you
Title: Walking In My Shoes
Artist: Depeche Mode
Album: Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
====Lyrics====
I would tell you about the things they put me through
The pain I've been subjected to
But the Lord himself would blush
The countless feasts laid at my feet
Forbidden fruits for me to eat
But I think your pulse would start to rush
Now I'm not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things I do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
If you try walking in my shoes
Morality would frown upon
Decency look down upon
The scapegoat fate's made of me
But I promise now, my judge and jurors
My intentions couldn't have been purer
My case is easy to see
I'm not looking for a clearer conscience
Peace of mind after what I've been through
And before we talk of any repentance
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
If you try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
Now I'm not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things I do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
If you try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
Title: Stairway to Heaven
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
====Lyrics====
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven
There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Ooh, makes me wonder
Ooh, makes me wonder
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, really makes me wonder
And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
Oh-oh-oh-oh-whoa
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed, now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder
Oh, whoa
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow? And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
Title: Madrigali, Libro VIII "Guerrieri et amorosi": No. 18, Lamento della ninfa, SV 163: "Amor, dicea"
Artist: with Nuria Rial, Cyril Auvity and Jan van Elsacker (tenors) & João Fernandes (bass) with L'Arpeggiata under Christina Pluhar
Composer: Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, canzonetta by Ottavio Rinuccini
Suite: Madrigali Libro VIII (1638)
====Lyrics====
"Amor", dicea, il ciel
mirando, il piè fermo,
"dove, dov'è la fè
ch'el traditor giurò?"
Miserella.
"Fa' che ritorni il mio
amor com'ei pur fu,
o tu m'ancidi, ch'io
non mi tormenti più."
Miserella, ah più no, no,
tanto gel soffrir non può.
"Non vo' più ch'ei sospiri
se non lontan da me,
no, no che i martiri
più non darammi affè.
Perché di lui mi struggo,
tutt'orgoglioso sta,
che si, che si se'l fuggo
ancor mi pregherà?
Se ciglio ha più sereno
colei, che'l mio non è,
già non rinchiude in seno,
Amor, sí bella fè.
Ne mai sí dolci baci
da quella bocca havrai,
ne più soavi, ah taci,
taci, che troppo il sai."
O Love - she said,
Gazing at the sky, as she stood -
Where's the fidelity
That the deceiver promised?
[Poor her!]
Make my love come back
As he used to be
Or kill me, so that
I will not suffer anymore.
[Poor her! She cannot bear
All this coldness!]
I don't want him to sigh any longer
But if he's far from me.
No! He will not make me suffer
Anymore, I swear!
He's proud
Because I languish for him.
Perhaps if I fly away from him
He will come to pray to me again.
If her eyes are more serene
Than mine,
O Love, she does not hold in her heart
A fidelity so pure as mine.
And you will not receive from those lips
Kisses as sweet as mine,
Nor softer. Oh, don't speak!
Don't speak! you know better than that!
Title: Living On The Run
Artist: H.e.a.t
Album: Address the Nation (2012)
====Lyrics====
I've been meaning to tell you
I've been trying to tell you for so long
Didn't know how to face you
To cut this off
Was it consideration
Or showing signs of a weakness on my part
Was I hoping you'd finally
Hear my heart
Am I patient for nothing
Why can't you show me a little sympathy
Tell me something is coming please
Just a word from you to hold on to
Before the night is gone
Can't you see we're living on the run
Baby close your eyes to realize
Before it comes undone
Can't you see we're living on the run
In bed with a stranger
That's how it feels in our bed again
Know your not sleeping baby
But don't pretend
Now it seems like I'm screaming
Crying out but I can not hear a sound
Like the sand in an hourglass
I am running out
Am I patient for nothing
Why can't you show me a little sympathy
Tell me something is coming please
Just a word from you to hold on to
Before the night is gone
Can't you see we're living on the run
Baby close your eyes and realize
Before it comes undone
Can't you see we're living on the run
Why are we wasting all this time
No one needs another empty night
Just a word from you to hold on to
Before the night is gone
Just a word from you to hold on to
Before the night is gone
Can't you see we're living on the run
Baby close your eyes and realize
Before it comes undone
Can't you see we're living on the run
Living on the run
Living on the run
Title: Ultima Iarna
Artist: Bucovina
Album: Nestramutat (2015)
====Lyrics (Romanian)====
Lup bătrân, la ultima iarnă
Caută-n scrum prada de-astă seară
Şi sătul să rămână-n urmă
Urcă-n munţi, haita să-şi ajungă.
Ani în şir a gonit în frunte
Cerbi vânjoşi şi năluci de ciute,
Nici un lup nu i-a stat în cale
Semăna spaimă printre fiare.
Slab și sur, s-a oprit în crâng,
Din hăţiş ochi şireţi privesc flămând;
Fraţii toţi se aduna-n cerc
Lup bătrân... ăsta-i ultimul tău rost!
====Lyrics (English Translation)====
Old wolf, at his last winter
In the ashes, he searches for his last pray
And tired, of remaining behind
Climbs in the mountains, his pack to reach.
For years he was in front
Fearless dears and their shadows,
No other wolf, has stood in his way
Sow fear among beasts.
Grey and weak, stopped in the grove
From the thicket, hungry eyes are watching
Brothers all, gather in a circle
Old wolf ... that's your last purpose
Title: He's a Pirate
Artist: Klaus Badelt
Album: Pirates of the Carribean (Official Film Soundtrack) (2003)
Title: Wish You Were Here
Artist: Rednex
Album: Sex & Violins (1995)
====Lyrics====
Wish you were here, me oh my countryman
Wish you were here
Wish you were here, don't you know the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue
Wish you were here, me oh my countryman
Wish you were here
Wish you were here, don't you know the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue
I've got feelings for you, baby
Do you still feel the same
From the first time I laid my eyes on you
I felt joy of living
I saw heaven in your eyes, in your eyes
Wish you were here, me oh my countryman
Wish you were here
Wish you were here, don't you know the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue
I miss your laugh, I miss your smile
I miss everything about you
Every seconds like a minute
Every minute's like a day
When you're far away
Wish you were here
The storm is getting colder, baby
I wish you were here
Wish you were here
A battlefield of love and fear
And I wish you were here
I've got feelings for you, baby
From the first time I laid my eyes on you
Wish you were here, me oh my countryman
Wish you were here
Wish you were here, don't you know the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue
Title: Snake Eater
Artist: Harry Gregson-Williams, Norihiko Hibino
Album: Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater (Official game Soundtrack) (2004)
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Title: Karma Chameleon
Artist: Culture Club
Album: Colour by Numbers (1983)
====Lyrics====
There's a loving in your eyes all the way
If I listened to your lies would you say
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Didn't hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say
That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go you're gone forever
You string along
You string along
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Every day is like survival
You're my lover not my rival
Every day is like survival
You're my lover not my rival
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Title: Beautiful Life
Artist: Ace of Base
Album: The Bridge (1995)
====Lyrics====
You can do what you want, just seize the day
What you're doin' tomorrow's gonna come your way
Don't you ever consider givin' up
You will find, oh oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
I just wanna be here beside you
(And stay until the break of dawn)
Take a walk in the park when you feel down
There's so many things there that's gonna lift you up
See the nature in bloom, a laughing child
Such a dream, whoa-oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
I just wanna be here beside you
(Oh, yeah, alright!)
I just wanna be here beside you
(And stay until the break of dawn)
You're looking for somewhere to belong
You're standing all alone
For someone to guide you on your way
Now and forever
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
It's a beautiful life, oh, oh-oh-oh
I just wanna be anybody
We're living in different ways
It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you to the place
I've never been before, oh yeah
It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you in my arms
And fly away with you tonight
Yeah, alright!
It's a beautiful life
Yeah, alright!
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
Oh, yeah, alright!
It's a beautiful life
Oh, yeah, alright!
It's a beautiful life
Oh, yeah, alright!
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life!
Title: The Sign
Artist: Ace of Base
Album: The Sign/Happy Nation (1993)
====Lyrics====
I got a new life
You would hardly recognize me I'm so glad
How could a person like me care for you
Why do I bother
When you're not the one for me
Oooo, is enough, enough
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign
Life is demanding without understanding
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong
But where do you belong
Under the pale moon
For so many years I've wondered who you are
How can a person like you bring me joy
Under the pale moon
Where I see a lot of stars
Is enough, enough
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign
Life is demanding without understanding
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong
But where do you belong
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
I saw the sign and it opened up my mind
And I am happy now living without you
I've left you, ooohhh
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong
I saw the sign - I saw the sign - I saw the sign
I saw the sign - I saw the sign
I saw the sign - I saw the sign - I saw the sign
And it opened up my eyes I saw the sign
Title: Planescape Torment - Main Theme
Artist: Mark Morgan
Album: Planescape: Torment (Official Game Soundtrack) (1999)
Title: The Opened Way
Artist: Kow Otani
Album: Shadow of the Colossus (Official Game Soundtrack) (2005)
Title: Non, je ne regrette rien
Artist: Edith Piaf
Composed by: Charles Dumont
Lyrics: Michel Vaucaire
====Lyrics====
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait
Ni le mal
Tout ça m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
C'est payé, balayé, oublié
Je me fous du passé
Avec mes souvenirs
J'ai allumé le feu
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs
Je n'ai plus besoin d'eux
Balayé les amours
Avec leurs trémolos
Balayé pour toujours
Je repars à zéro
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait
Ni le mal
Tout ça m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Car ma vie
Car mes joies
Aujourd'hui
Ça commence avec toi
Title: Opening Theme
Artist: Nobuo Uematsu
Album: Final Fantasy VI (Original Game Soundtrack) (1994)
Title: Come As You Are
Artist: Nirvana
Album: Nevermind (1992)
====Lyrics====
Come as you are, as you were
As I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend
As an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
Choice is yours, don't be late
Take a rest, as a friend
As an old enemy, yeah
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend
As a known enemy, yeah
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
When I swear that I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
–ria
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
When I swear that I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
Title: Invincible
Artist: Russell Brower (played by the the Danish National Symphony Orchestra)
Album: World of Warcraft 5 Year Anniversary: BattleCry (2010)
Recorded by: DR Koncerthuset
====Lyrics (Common)====
Comilito equinus
orbitas lacuna.
G'odhun al korokh
boda uhm.
Boda uhm ron'kashal
detrmentum a do sola diatas.
An Karanir Thanagor,
Mor Ok Angalor.
Mor Ok Gorum
Pala Ah'm Ravali Ah'm.
====Lyrics(English)====
'O steed, (my) stalwart companion
I mourn your loss
Even in death, (you were the) first in battle,
(And the) last to retreat, even so in death
Alas, I have lost a part of myself.
Long live the king
May his reign last forever
May his strength
Fail him never.
Title: Dreams
Artist: The Cranberries
Album: Everybody Else's Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
====Lyrics====
Oh, my life
Is changing everyday
In every possible way
And oh, my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
Never quite as it seems
I know I felt like this before
But now I'm feeling it even more
Because it came from you
Then I open up and see
The person falling here is me
A different way to be
Aaah, la-a-la-aaah
La la laaaa
La-a-la-aah
La-ah ah aaah
I want more
Impossible to ignore
Impossible to ignore
And they'll come true
Impossible not to do
Impossible not to do
And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don't hurt me
You're what I couldn't find
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You're everything to me
Oh, my life
Is changing everyday
In every possible way
And oh, my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
'Cause you're a dream to me
Dream to me
A music-loving observer of geopolitics and writer, battling the black pill one day at a time.
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