Sting

infamy; the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

I'm an Englishman in New York

Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety

You could end up as the only one

seriousness; the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

You could end up as the only one

Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society

At night, a candle's brighter than the sun

suitableness; correct or appropriate behavior

I'm an Englishman in New York

Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety

You could end up as the only one

profound thought; continuous and profound contemplation on a deep subject

He deals the cards as a meditation

And those he plays never suspect

doubt; imagine to be the case or true or probable

He deals the cards as a meditation

And those he plays never suspect

He doesn't play for the money he wins

prior example; an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

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There is no historical precedent

To put the words in the mouth of the President

lacking knowledge; uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

I don't subscribe to this point of view

It would be such an ignorant thing to do

If the Russians love their children too

value system; an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

We share the same biology

Regardless of ideology

Believe me when I say to you

purposeless; producing no result or effect

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Protest is futile

Nothing seems to get through

firmness of purpose; bring to an end; settle conclusively

Now I know my love for her goes on

I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day

And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way

unique; unusual or striking

But if there was a single truth, a single light

A single thought, a singular touch of grace

Then following this single point, this single flame

calm; a disposition free from stress or emotion

Yuh coulda live uptown or di ina city

Wi need a world of full peace and serenity

Sting come sing out fi everybody

think over; reflect deeply on a subject

I cook myself some breakfast

Have some coffee while I muse

Where could this smile have come from?

identification; identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

Will set your heartbeat climbing

And my doctor's diagnosis?

His opinion and I quote

examine; any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

Check if I paid my income tax

Pore over everything in my CV

But you still know nothing 'bout me

prove wrong; overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

While the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell,

That he's no longer able to deny or refute

50, 000 voices rising every time he'd sing,

moral story; a short moral story (often with animal characters)

For a place to lay my head

So many parables in the scriptures

But this one I'm doomed to tell

illusion; (psychology) an incorrect belief that is held in spite of evidence to the contrary

He does the best with me he can

He claims I suffer from delusion

But I'm so confident I'm sane

pay attention; pay close attention to; give heed to

I don't know exactly where I am

And I should heed my doctor's warning

He does the best with me he can

contentedness; the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

When I'm so sure this isn't so

My complacency

You still shake me

repeated; more than is needed, desired, or required

Your dark satanic mills

Have made redundant all our mining skills

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expected; capable of being foretold

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The outcome was predictable

Our banditos were despicable

filthy; morally degraded

Our written history is a catalogue of crime

The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time

The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild

stimulate; to stimulate to action

A sub atomic chain

Will maybe galvanize the brain

A biochemic trance

replace; take the place or move into the position of

A scientific means to bliss

Will supersede the human kiss

A sub atomic chain

hide; lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

In shining water's mud

Cancer lurks deep

In the sweetest bud

mark of disgrace; the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil

We'll make it big and have no fear

Won't carry the social stigma of being judged by our postal code

And we will be done with Harmony Road

shackle; restrain with fetters

I'd look into my heart, and find your name

A man in fetters would die of shame

I wrote these letters, that spell your name

weak; physically weak

All around me was silence

As if mocking my frail human hopes

And a question mark hung in the canvas

praise; praise, glorify, or honor

For known a blessed mother thou shalt be

All generations laud and honor thee

Thy son shall be Emmanuel by seers foretold

cover; one celestial body obscures another

In the sweetest bud

Clouds and eclipses

Stain the moon and the sun

distant; remote in manner

You can feign your indifference

Pretend you're aloof

But the wounds we're denying

recognize; declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

To face up to the truth of his soul

It's the eyes he avoids, so afraid to acknowledge

Somethin' strange, unexpected, out of control

hardship; a state of misfortune or affliction

Of all days in the year

This day of our adversity

Was blessed Christmas morn

seeming; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

This old guy was the boss, he said, "I won't tell you no lie

But there's more to this journey than is apparent to the eye"

He said he'd heard God's message on the radio

regret; express strong disapproval of

No nights are dark enough for those

That in despair their last fortunes deplore

Like death but shame disclose

destruction; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

You say that this wasn't in your plan

Don't mess around with the demolition man

Tied to a chair, and the bomb is ticking

situation; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

You could be me in another life

In another set of circumstances

Don't judge me

positive thinker; a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

Optimists say

"The future's just a place we've never been"

stark; severely simple

It's a strange kind of beauty

It's cold and austere

And whatever it was that you've done to be here

sediment; sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

Many a dog went wandering

To sup on fortune's dregs

And many a dog came straggling home

unharmed; not injured

You'll walk unscathed through musket fire

No ploughman's blade will cut thee down

flow back, flow out; flow back or recede

That's my soul up there

There's a blue whale beached by a springtime's ebb

That's my soul up there

warp; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Would she prefer it if I took her to an opera or two?

I could distort myself to be the perfect man

She might prefer me as I am

trickery; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

the heart is true, the heart is true.

Great gifts are guiles and look for gifts again,

My trifles come, as treasures from my mind,

notice; to become aware of through the senses

Where waters smoothest run, there deepest are the fords,

The dial stirs, yet none perceives it move;

The firmest faith is found in fewest words,

daze; the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens

And I'll still be up tomorrow for the shipyard

I drink meself into a stupor and I wake up with two heads

And then the missus starts complaining about all me drunken deeds

rebellion; an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority

As I've heard the bosses bleating from their usual position

And I stand accused of anarchy, disruption and sedition

Well, you'll never knock us down, you reactionary clowns

opposed to change or progress; an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

And I stand accused of anarchy, disruption and sedition

Well, you'll never knock us down, you reactionary clowns

When it's time for occupation of the shipyard

lawlessness; state of lawless disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

As I've heard the bosses bleating from their usual position

And I stand accused of anarchy, disruption and sedition

Well, you'll never knock us down, you reactionary clowns

sluggishness; a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Would melt and resolve into a dew

Suffocating lassitude

Drowning in my platitude

overused phrase; a trite or obvious remark

Suffocating lassitude

Drowning in my platitude

Trapped by insecurities

forward-thinking; a person who favors reform and the protection of civil liberties

I keep a fair, but for the fair to view;

A beggar may be liberal of love.

Tho' all my wares be trash, the heart is true,

cut; set or keep apart

Heat from fire, fire from heat

None can see sever, none can sever

Farewell! farewell!

unique; eminent beyond or above comparison

Fear doth love, love doth fear

Beauty peerless, beauty peerless.

Farewell! farewell!

disagree; withhold assent

There's a war on our democracy

A war on our dissent

There's a war inside religion

push down; lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted

Another pyramid (build another pyramid)

We hate to depress the nation, but our leader has been told

He should cancel his vacation

agreement; permission to do something

(For her love) He'll find some meaning in a streetlight

What would a man not consent to?

What would a man not face?

obvious; provide evidence for

They'd signed on able-bodied men, but they wouldn't sail to Hell

When the name upon the manifest is Isambard Brunel

For 14 years that ship will sail, misfortune taken hard

remain; remain present although waning or gradually dying

Or a sad melody

To linger long after the end

And the harmony rings

limit; place limits on (extent or access)

A soul that's been set free,

From the confines of a working life,

To find eternity

story; short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

Like so many others of our calling.

We tweet our anecdotes, our commentary,

Or we sing his songs in some sad tribute,

show; break the trust of; reveal unintentionally

And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.

Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,

Rock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.