Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - C

Words of Hellenic (Greek) origin in popular, successful or favorite international songs.

C


cancer (καρκίνος)

Leave In Silence - DEPECHE MODE (LP A Broken Frame, 1982)
Lyrics: I would stop this thing from spreading like a cancer

The Sound Of Silence - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (LP Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 1964)
Lyrics: silence like a cancer grows

Telephone Mama - GAZEBO (single, 1984)

Lyrics: I took my colt and I pointed at her eyes Sentimental cancer That's what it was And I knew I lost my prize



catacomb (κατακόμβη)

Bad Touch - BLOODHOUND GANG (LP Hooray For Boobies, 1999)

Lyrics: Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket Like the lost catacombs of Egypt, only God knows where we stuck it

Breathless - DAN WILSON (LP Free Life, 2007)

Lyrics: Your voice is echoing again Through catacombs inside my mind

catalogue (κατάλογος)

The Mercy Seat - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (LP Tender Prey, 1988)
Lyrics: interpret signs & catalogue



catapult (καταπέλτης)

There’s Always Something There To Remind Me - THE HOUSEMARTINS (single, 1988)
Lyrics: Making bombs in chemistry and catapults in craft, He (the teacher) thought I must be plotting the downfall of his class



catastrophe (καταστροφή)

Blind - TALKING HEADS (LP Naked, 1988)   
Lyrics: claimed to avert a catastrophe

Red Alert - BASEMENT JAXX (single, 1999)
Lyrics: Red Alert! It's a catastrophe

Red Right Hand - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (LP Let Love In, 1994)

Lyrics: You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand

Take The Long Way Home - SUPERTRAMP (LP Breakfast In America, 1979)
Lyrics: does it feel that your life has become a catastrophe



cathedral (καθεδρικός)

Cathedral Song - TANITA TIKARAM (LP Ancient Heart, 1988)
Lyrics: I saw you from the Cathedral, you were watching me

Electric Guitars - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)
Lyrics: grander than Castles, Cathedrals or stars

Hotel Yorba - WHITE STRIPES (LP White Blood Cells, 2001)
Lyrics: let's get narried in a big Cathedral by a priest

Le Geant De Papier - JEAN-JACQUES LAFON (single, 1985)
Lyrics: de vous construire des tours, des cathedrales

Longer - DAN FOGELBERG (LP Phoenix, 1979)

Lyrics: Stronger than any mountain cathedral

Tom's Diner - SUZANNE VEGA (LP Solitude Standing, 1987)
Tom's Diner - DNA feat. SUZANNE VEGA (single, 1990)
Lyrics: as I'm listening to the bells of the Cathedral

When All’s Well - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (LP Love Not Money, 1985)
Lyrics: my love is like Cathedral bells

Winchester Cathedral - THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND (single, 1966)
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catholic (καθολικός)

Good Morning Britain - AZTEC CAMERA feat. MICK JONES (LP Stray, 1990)
Lyrics: and a corporal sneers at a catholic boy

Only The Good Die Young - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)
Lyrics: you catholic girls start much too late



cemetery (κοιμητήριο)

Pet Sematary - RAMONES (single, 1989)
Lyrics: I don't wanna be buried in a Pet Sematary

My Name Is - EMINEM (The Slim Shady LP, 1999)
Lyrics: I'll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive

OtherSide - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (LP Californication, 2000)
Lyrics: a cemetery where I marry the sea



center, centre (κέντρο)

Blind Vision - BLANCMANGE (single, 1983 / LP Mange Tout, 1984)

Lyrics: Blind centre, one centre

E=mc2 - BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE (LP This Is Big Audio Dynamite, 1985)
Lyrics: center of the universe

Left Of Center - SUZANNE VEGA feat. JOE JACKSON (single, 1986 / OST Pretty In Pink, 1986)
Lyrics: If you want me, you can find me Left of center, off of the strip

Love Is The 7th Wave - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, 1985)
Lyrics: at the center of the fury

Walk The Last Mile - LOVE & MONEY (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)

Lyrics: You're at the center of everything I do Wherever I go, I'll walk the last mile with you



chaos (χάος)

The Soul Cages - STING (LP The Soul Cages, 1991)

Lyrics: A shoal of nightstars hang fire in the nets And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie Where is the fisherman, where is the goat? Where is the keeper in his carrion coat?

Special K - PLACEBO (LP Black Market Music, 2000)
Lyrics: More than just the leitmotif, more chaotic, no relief

This Love - MAROON 5 (LP Songs About Jane, 2003)

Lyrics: I was so high, I did not recognize The fire burning in her eyes The chaos that controlled my mind

20 Seconds To Comply - SILVER BULLET (single, 1989)
Lyrics: Creatin' chaos the China Syndrome

When Tomorrow Comes - EURYTHMICS (LP Revenge, 1986)
Lyrics: Breathing shifts your careless head Untroubled by the chaos of our lives



charisma (χάρισμα)

The Hairstyle Of The Devil - MOMUS (LP Don't Stop The Night, 1989)

Lyrics: The inexplicable charisma of the rival

choir (χορός)

Fairytale of New York - THE POGUES feat. KIRST MacCOLL (LP 
Lyrics: [Shane & Kirsty] The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay" And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day

Lonely Sky - CHRIS DE BURGH (LP Spanish Train & Other Stories, 1975)

Lyrics: Even the choir rehearses those songs For christmas is not long And alone , i sing my song , she had to fly

The Sound Of Musik - FALCO (LP Emotional, 1986)
Lyrics: Hear the universal choir pray (The sound of Musik) Hear the James Brown song, hear the church choir sing

Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young - FIRE INC. (OST Streets Of Fire, 1984)

Lyrics:  But I don't see any angels in the city I don't hear any holy choir sing And if I can't get an angel, I can still get a boy And a boy'll be the next best thing



chord (χορδή)

Hallelujah - LEONARD COHEN (LP Various Positions, 1984)

Lyrics: Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord

Into The Great Wide Open - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (LP Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)

Lyrics: He found a night club he could work at the door She had a guitar and she taught him some chords The sky was the limit

Long White Car - HIPSWAY (LP Hipsway, 1986)

Lyrics: Strike a chord and break my spine There is dust in their hearts

Side - TRAVIS (LP The Invisible Band, 2001)

Lyrics: But life is both a major and a minor key Just open up the chord

Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS (LP Dire Straits, 1978)
Lyrics: You check out guitar George He knows all the chords Mind, it's strictly rhythm He doesn't want to make it cry or sing



chorus (χορός)

Evangeline - ICICLE WORKS (LP If You Want To Defeat..., 1987)
Lyrics: I could not believe, she was gone when I returned The forest's evening chorus was the only sound I heard



christian (χριστιανός)

Loving The Alien - DAVID BOWIE (LP Tonight, 1984)
Lyrics: Christians and the unbelievers Hanging by the cross and nail

Walking In Memphis - MARC KOHN (LP Walking In Memphis, 1991)
Lyrics: She said "Tell me are you a Christian child?" And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"



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chrome

Born To Run - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN  
Lyrics: chrome wheeled fuel injected

World Shut Your Mouth - JULIAN COPE
Lyrics: seems to have it all chromed



church

Belfast Child - SIMPLE MINDS

Lyrics: All my life here I've spent With my faith in God the Church and the Government

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - STING

Lyrics: You could say I lost my faith in science and progress You could say I lost my belief in the holy church

Modern Love - DAVID BOWIE (1983)

Take Me To Church - HOZIER

cinema

Heartland - THE THE
Lyrics: past the Saturday morning cinema



circle

Why Can’t I Be You - THE CURE 
Lyrics: I‘ll run around in circles



circus

I’m Still Standing - ELTON JOHN 
Lyrics:



climate

Nice 'N' Sleazy -THE STRANGLERS

Lyrics: We came across the west sea We didn't have much idea Of the kind of climate waiting We used our hands for guidance

clinical

The Logical Song - SUPERTRAMP
Lyrics:



code

Burning Heart - SURVIVOR   
Lyrics: in the warrior’s code there’s no surrender

Sex Bomb - TOM JONES     
Lyrics: secret code

Word Up - CAMEO     
Lyrics: is the code word



coma, comatose

Girlfriend In A Coma - THE SMITHS
Lyrics:

Motorcycle Emptiness - MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Lyrics:



comedy, comical

Comedy - SHACK (1999)

Lyrics: Oh the awful title belies the quality Of this unusual comedy

Incomplete - ALANIS MORISSETTE (LP Flavors of Entanglement, 2008)

Lyrics: I will gather my wounds forge the end of tragic comedy

Leave A Tender Moment Alone - BILLY JOEL

Lyrics: I know the moment isn't right To tell the girl a comical line To keep the conversation light I guess I'm just frightened out of my mind

Now You’re Gone - BLACK     
Lyrics: this was comedy

Padam Padam - EDITH PIAF
Lyrics: Toute la comédie des amours Sur cet air qui va toujours

Razzmatazz - PULP

Lyrics: Now you're going with some kid who looks like some bad comedian

Voices - RUSS BALLARD (1984)

Lyrics: If you really look deep, then maybe you'll find That somewhere there will be a place Hidden behind my comedian face

You're In My Heart - ROD STEWART

Lyrics: You're a rhapsody, a comedy You're a symphony and a play



comet

The Whole Of The Moon - THE WATERBOYS 
Lyrics: you came like a comet

With A Little Luck - WINGS

Lyrics: With a little love we could shake it up Don't you feel the comet exploding?



cosmic

I.O.U. Love - SIX BY SEVEN (LP The Way I Feel Today, 2002) 
Lyrics: You are the atom that started life You are the glue of the universe Every thousand years I've learned to take a breath You are cosmic and I love you

Starman-DAVID BOWIE
Lyrics:



cosmopolitan

Perfect skin-L. COLE & THE C.
Lyrics: she’s sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan



crisis

Broken land-THE ADVENTURES
Lyrics: his own life’s crisis pales

Presidential suite-SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
Lyrics: another Cuban cigar crisis



criteria

Crying At The Discotheque - ALCAZAR (LP Casino, 2000)

Lyrics: The speakers blasting clear and loud The way you dance is our criteria

critical

I don’t need no doctor-W.A.S.P. 
Lyrics: he put me on the critical list



criticize

Cannonball - SUPERTRAMP   
Lyrics: You're telling lies, so don't you criticize

Criticize - ALEXANDER O'NEAL

Lyrics

Don’t Bring Me Down - THE ANIMALS
Lyrics:

Don't Let It Rain On My Parade - THE ICICLE WORKS

Lyrics: I beg of you don't leave too late Don't criticise if you cannot participate

Goodbye - AIR SUPPLY 
Lyrics: I never criticize

Jordan The Comeback - PREFAB SPROUT
Lyrics: you should be slow to criticize

School - SUPERTRAMP
Lyrics:



crocodile

Buffalo Stance - NENEH CHERRY

Lyrics: Who's that gigolo on the street With his hands in his pockets and his crocodile feet?

crystal

A View To A Kill - DURAN DURAN
Lyrics: the first crystal tears

A Whole New World - PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE (OST Aladdin, 1992)

Lyrics: But now from way up here, it's crystal clear That now I'm in a whole new world with you

Crystal - NEW ORDER (single, 2001)
Lyrics:

Crystal Frontier - CALEXICO

Lyrics

Dreams - FLEETWOOD MAC
Lyrics:

In The Summer - BILL PRITCHARD 
Lyrics: you trusted crystal accents

Venus - SHOCKING BLUE
Lyrics: her weapons were her crystal eyes

Up On The Catwalk - SIMPLE MINDS (1984)

Lyrics: I will be there Tonight, under the crystal light I'll tell you everything I need

Wasteland - MISSION
Lyrics: there’s a crystal view from my window



motorcycle

You know what to do to me-CARLY SIMON
Lyrics:



cymbal

Poison arrow-ABC
Lyrics: no rhythm in cymbals...



cynical

Alcoholic - STARSAILOR
Lyrics: and the cynics won't get in your way

Andromeda Heights - PREFAB SPROUT (1997)

Lyrics: Folks in the valley will look up and say 'You've finally built it, can we come and stay?' And cynics will marvel and say, 'we confess There were times when we thought it was just an address.'

Annie Get Your Gun - SQUEEZE

Lyrics: He's not into miracles Sees life all too cynical The cat has got his tongue Now she bangs on his drum

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS
Lyrics: guilty about their cynicism

Country House - BLUR
Lyrics: I’m a professional cynic

Here’s Where The Story Ends - THE SUNDAYS
Lyrics:

Logical Song - SUPERTRAMP
Lyrics:

Millennium - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Lyrics:

Mistake No. 3 - CULTURE CLUB

Lyrics: It's strange how much it changes how they want to know How cynical are people That's where children go Dragged into a conversation they can't hold

Money Go Round - THE STYLE COUNCIL
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New Song - HOWARD JONES

Lyrics: I don't wanna be hip and cool I don't wanna play by the rules Not under the thumb of the cynical few Or laden down by the doom crew

Something Beautiful - ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Lyrics: You can't manufacture a miracle The silence was pitiful that day And love is getting too cynical Passion's just physical these days