Awesome Lyric LinesMusic

[Touring Mars]

"Well I hope I don't die too soon
I pray the Lord my soul to save
Oh I'll be a good boy
I'm trying so hard to behave
Because there's one thing I know I'd like to live long enough to savour
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down."

from 'Tramp The Dirt Down' by Elvis Costello (taken from the album 'Spike')

(Once described as the most venomous anti-Thatcher song ever written... no ****!)

 

[WallRunner]

Found this thread whilst searching for "favorite lyrics"

My Favorite lyric would have to be from "Mull of Kintyre" - Paul McCartney & Wings: "Old mist rolling in from the sea, my desire is always to be here"

Although the whole song lyrics describe - for me at least - Heaven, and that's why it's becoming my most played song.

From,
Chris.

 

[Solid Lifters]

I admit, even though I started this thread, I'm not a guy who's "hung-up on the lyrics." I mostly like the music and lyrics take a far back seat.

However, there are songs that I come across that just have the right lyrics that are sung in the best possible harmony and melody. Like this song that's my current favorite...

My Morning Jacket - "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2"

...if you touch me, well i just think i'll scream
cuz it's been so long, since someone challenged me.
and made me think... about the way things are...
made me think...about the way they could be.
i believe it- why? oh my...
ooh my lord...ooh my lord...i don't even know why...but...

oh! this feeling it is wonderful! don't you ever turn it off!
oh! this feeling it is wonderful! don't you ever turn it off!

feelings...why? oh my: human needs. heartbeats.
i can see it...all. by the way you smile.
i'm smiling too! i see myself in you.
i am with it! ooh man i am wired!
ooh my lord! ooh my lord- yeah...now i really know why!


oh! this feeling it is wonderful! don't you ever turn it off!
oh! this feeling it is wonderful! don't you ever turn it off!



And the music is even BETTER! You must download this song. It's worth a buck! 👍

 

[Smallhorses]

Great lyrics from a good song, especially the last verse, although it was more poignant when The Smiths wrote the song back in the 80s and Manchester Utd were living in Liverpool's shadow. Sadly it's not quite the case any more!

Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
It pays my way, and it corrodes my soul
I want to leave, you will not miss me
I want to go down in musical history

Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreck
I've got the 21st century breathing down my neck
I must move fast, you understand me
I want to go down in celluloid history, Mr. Shankly


Fame, Fame, fatal Fame
It can play hideous tricks on the brain
But still I'd rather be Famous
Than righteous or holy, any day
Any day, any day


But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled
Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill
I want to live and I want to Love
I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of


Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul
Oh, I didn't realise that you wrote poetry
I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry, Mr. Shankly


Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask
You are a flatulent pain in the arse
I do not mean to be so rude
Still, I must speak frankly, Mr. Shankly

Oh, give us your money !

 

[tait]

Damn those Chemical Romance lyrics are cheesy.

I dig Floyd too, I just prefer the Radiohead version, its abit more pleasing to my ear, alittle on the softer side with the piano. But whatever floats your boat...

I think in this instance itwould have been more appropriate to give the credit to Pink Floyd, considering you know, they were the ones that wrote it.



"All you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be." - Pink Floyd

 

[MagpieRacer]

I have too many faviroutes/lyrics I think are amazing/cool.

Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
change,
everything you are
and everything you were
your number has been called
fights, battles have begun
revenge will surely come
your hard times are ahead

best,
you've got to be the best
you've got to change the world
and you use this chance to be heard
your time is now

Muse - Knights of Cydonia
And how can we win
When fools can be kings
Don't waste your time
Or time will waste you

The Killers - Mr Brightside
I'm coming out of my cage
And I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I’m falling asleep
And she’s calling a cab
While he’s having a smoke
And she’s taking a drag
Now they’re going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it’s all in my head
But she’s touching his chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, letting me go

And I just can’t look - it's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Turning through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I’m Mr Brightside

All I can be bothered thinking of for now.

 

[ceiling_fan]

Cake - "The ornaments look pretty but they're pulling down the branches of the tree"

 

[CDailey]

In Flames - My Sweet Shadow

I'm selling heavenly sketches
A world out of my mind
Ready to explode in purity
To fill the holes inside

An ever moving stream
With glowing rays of light
Emotions tied to past lies
And I know, I should let go

Tamed with confidence of a brighter future

I found a flame in the burnt out ashes... burn out, burn out

Fuelled
these new shores burn
Dark past lies cold
Shadow, my sweet shadow
To you I look no more

Another dawn collapses
Do I need to be reminded?
A glimpse of my safe home
A path to hide all anger

In circles I catch
A torch carried by the immortal
From depths that I created
In vain echoes fade

Disarmonia Mundi - Ocean Grave


Gathering regrets
Beyond loneliness
Restless lunacy release me
From my agony
The silent waves are calling
Piercing louder through my brains

If I should fall into the sea
Where you still wait for me
If I could wake you from your sleep
And fly away from here

The chilling wind is gone

The still moon hangs silent and full
Leaving all my dreams
Broken on my feet
Relief never comes
So better leave this place right now
A lonely rainy day
Just forget my name

Will I ever reach your endless flow
Crumble on my knees heaven's fall

Still my horizon's turning blue
Through my brain
Killing my senses rising through
My oceangrave

And now
Release my tragedy
And sanctify my curse
Obey the infamy
Of heavens down below

Bleeding forth the source of freedom
Paralyzed a never ending fall

Slaughtering regrets
Beyond emptiness
Restless agony release me
From my lunacy
And so I'll take this ride
Into the streams of the sky

And now I fall into the sea
Where you still breathe with me
For I can wake you from your sleep
And fly away from here

 

[Solid Lifters]

Pursuit of Happiness - "I'm an Adult Now"

"I can't take anymore elicit drugs.
I cannot afford any artificial joy.
I'd sure look like a fool when I'm dead in a ditch somewhere with a mind full of chemicals like some cheesy high school boy."


Bow Wow Wow - "Do You Wanna Hold Me?"

"Children, I want to warn ya.
Cause I've been to California.
Where Micky Mouse is such a demon.
Where Micky Mouse is as big as a house!"


Felony - "The Fanatic"

"Dirty movies turn me on!
Cigarettes.
Alcohol.
Disc Jockeys and discos.
TV Guide.
Magazines.
Videos.
Head machines.
I'm am the Fanatic, ohhhh.
The Fanatic.
I love movies and rock shows.
Rock Stars and videos.
TV Guide.
Magazines.
Chasing limousines.
CHASING LIMOUSINES!"
Hah, ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!"

 

[DKX]

Dethharmonic -Dethklok

I want to keep my money
And give away absolutely nothing
To the government who moderates my spending
and obliterates depending on what time of the year
brutality is here

in the form of income tax
I'd rather take a ****ing axe
to my face, blow up this place

with you all in it, I'd do it in a minute

If I could write off your murder
I'd save all of my receipts
because I'd rather you be dead
than lose a tiny shred of what I made this fiscal year

I'd rather you be dead than ponder parting with my second home
I'd rather you be dead than consider not opening a restaurant

I'd rather you be dead
I'd rather you be dead

Prepare the laser-beam
I'm gonna use it tonight

Engage the laser-beam
It's gonna end your life

I'm gonna use it tonight

If I could write off your murder
I'd save all of my receipts
because I'd rather you be dead
than lose a tiny shred of what I made this fiscal year

I'd rather you be dead than ponder parting with my second home
I'd rather you be dead than consider not opening a restaurant

Fan Song - Dethklok
first section:
You're a bunch of banks
That I'd like to rob
You're my online cash transaction
You're my future stocks

Transfer you like money
To a Swiss account
Spend you on an impulse buy
And zero you all out

Second Section:

You're a credit card
That I will defile
Every time I max you out
I get a thousand miles

You're a brand new car
That I do not need
Wrap you round a telephone pole
Shrug it off and leave

 

[Solid Lifters]

Dethharmonic -Dethklok

I want to keep my money
And give away absolutely nothing
To the government who moderates my spending
and obliterates depending on what time of the year
brutality is here

in the form of income tax
I'd rather take a ****ing axe
to my face, blow up this place

with you all in it, I'd do it in a minute

If I could write off your murder
I'd save all of my receipts
because I'd rather you be dead
than lose a tiny shred of what I made this fiscal year

I'd rather you be dead than ponder parting with my second home
I'd rather you be dead than consider not opening a restaurant

I'd rather you be dead
I'd rather you be dead

Prepare the laser-beam
I'm gonna use it tonight

Engage the laser-beam
It's gonna end your life

I'm gonna use it tonight

If I could write off your murder
I'd save all of my receipts
because I'd rather you be dead
than lose a tiny shred of what I made this fiscal year

I'd rather you be dead than ponder parting with my second home
I'd rather you be dead than consider not opening a restaurant

Fan Song - Dethklok
first section:
You're a bunch of banks
That I'd like to rob
You're my online cash transaction
You're my future stocks

Transfer you like money
To a Swiss account
Spend you on an impulse buy
And zero you all out

Second Section:

You're a credit card
That I will defile
Every time I max you out
I get a thousand miles

You're a brand new car
That I do not need
Wrap you round a telephone pole
Shrug it off and leave

Must be writen by honor students.




















"Yes, your Honor. No, your Honor. No contest, your Honor."

 

[DKX]

You should hear the guy who voices the singer and plays the guitar for this band! hes insane man, his name is Brendon Smalls. Dethklok is an animated band like the Gorillaz

 

[Nicknamealguem]

Passanger – "In Reverse"
"This is the life I got to live
(This is the life i got to live)
This is the time that I can give
(This is the time that I can give)
The efforts that I make
(The efforts that I make)
Are just so that you won't escape
(so that you won't escape)

Feels like I'm falling
Like this would never ever change
I just keep stumbling
I am the fool in your charade"
…

Caliban – "I see the falling Sky"
"I would like to see
What becomes of me
A reason, a failure, displaced it be"
…

In Flames – "Disconnected"
"You'll receive what you give
And this is like nothing
I feel like ****
But at least I feel something"
…

In Flames – "Delight and Angers"
"Please heal me,
I can't sleep
Thought I was unbreakable,
But this is killing me
Call me, everything
Make me feel unbreakable,
Lie and set me free"
…

In Flames – "Sober and Irrelevant"
"I'm not asking for much
just a moment
a chance to pick up the pieces
happiness please come home
…
is this how it feels
to reach rock bottom
want to know how it feels to be forgotten?"
…

In Flames - "Eraser"
"Delete the past, the fear,
Delete the past, every step is pure,
Delete the past from here, forward,
Delete the past, every step is pure"
…

In Flames – "Abnegation"
"I grant you this torn land,
I'd rather not live here anymore.
Don't say I didn't try,
But I'd rather not live here anymore."

In Flames - My Sweet Shadow

Tamed with confidence of a brighter future

I found a flame in the burnt out ashes... burn out, burn out

Fuelled
these new shores burn
Dark past lies cold
Shadow, my sweet shadow
To you I look no more

I could go on putting In Flames songs or any other song Anders Fridén vocalizes (like Passenger and in the Caliban song: I see the falling Sky), has they somehow show what I feel or what my life is like.

 

[Joey D]

I Kissed A Girl
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it

Tell me that's not an awesome lyric line.

 

[Turbo Lag]

Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf

Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah im gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah im gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die

Born to be wild
Born to be wild


Love the words in this song, decribes the theme well 👍



Coldplay - Viva La Vida

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

 

[Only_in_f1]

Oasis - Is it worth the aggravation, to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?

I love that lyric.

 

[ceiling_fan]

LMAO at Dethklok.

 

[Alex.]

Some of my favorites:
"These streets she's walking on, 1000 houses long, that's where I belong, and you belong with me....not swallowed in the sea"
- Swallowed In The Sea

"Went to descend to amend for a freind of the channels that had broken down, now you bring it up I'm gonna ring it up just to hear you sing it out"
RHCP - Snow Hey Oh
The Whole Song

 

[stumpydino]

some favs by dredg, jus some neat bits

And tyranny's torn
From the podiums where leaders stand
but rule no more

Plead with nothing... Why don't we lecture about something
Protest the way we're passive today

Watch it explode
While it's not impossible
For flowers to bloom and grow
next to graves
And babies are born
In the same buildings where people go
to pass away

A one track mind in a one way town
Let's go ahead and gentrify
We let art die with robot minds
Steal the brush and paint boundary lines

I harmonize with a million screaming laughs
That haunted those before us
Preaching symphonies while the chorus yelled: "Unity!"

benton falls, couldnt stop listening to em through my depression lol

a line on his face for every year she'd missed
a scar on his arm for every time he tried to follow her
a tear in his eye for every day gone by
going home to no one and still you could hear him cry
if i brought you down if i caused you to drown
he's sad like winter leaves but she won't leave his mind tonight
he stares upon her picture on the wall and then begins to cry
let it go
he wakes to the sunrise
a broken glass upon the floor
the salt dried upon his cheeks
we've seen this all before
let it go

i fall for your shadow. it's all i've got.
and when you're walking away from me. all i've got is lost.

 

[ND4SPD]

I love Metric and Emily Haines and sometimes she's got the most obscene things to say in the middle of her songs haha. Thats why she's awesome.


Metric-Poster of a girl
"Coming in your pants for the off chance with a poster of a girl"

Metric-Succexy
"Lips on a napkin.Ass, ass, ass."

Metric-Give me Sympathy
"You wear your halo well
But your halo's at your ankles
At your ankles with your panties
Your panties are a pot of gold
Gold at the end of the rainbow"

 

[ExigeEvan]

Foo Fighters - Deepest Blues are Black

How my mind is spinning
And my head is going numb
Right from the beginning
Our ending had begun
I can be your trouble
Shiver into you
Shaking like the thunder
Sinking under

 

[Joey D]

Soundgarden - Outshined

I'm looking California and feeling Minnesota

Always thought that one was quite good and a really good metaphor for how someone is feeling.

 

[homeforsummer]

Brand New have a few good'uns:

In Jude Law and a Semester Abroad: "And even if her plane crashes tonight she'll find some way to disappoint me, by not burning in the wreckage, or drowning at the bottom of the sea"

In Sudden Death in Carolina: "Last night, I swallowed liquor and a lighter and this morning I threw up fire"

In Seventy Times 7: "Have another drink and drive yourself home. I hope there's ice on all the roads. And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt, and again when your head goes through the windshield"

They write some wonderfully venomous lyrics, but in their latest album there are some wonderful lyrics too. The whole "Devil and God..." album sends shivers down my spine, here are a few gems:

In Jesus Christ: "Well, Jesus Christ, I'm alone again, so what did you do those three days you were dead? Cause this problem's gonna last more than the weekend."

In You Won't Know: "So they say, they say in heaven there's no husbands and wives. And on the day that I show up they'll be completely out of their forgiveness supplies"

And in The Archers Bows Have Broken, which is my favourite song of all time, the first line: "Who do you carry the torch for my young man? Do you believe in anything? Do you carry it around just to burn things down?"

 

[mustangGT90210]

"Alcohaulin' ass,
Pour another beer in my glass"

It's catchy 👍

"I'll have you know
That I’ve become…

Indestructible
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side
A terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you’re alive
I’m an indestructible master of war"

👍 again, great first track to a great album

"So go ahead and write me up for 125
Post my name wanted dead or a live
Take my license, all that jive
I can't drive, Fifty Fiiiiive

Fight the man and his oppressive speed limits. Human time is worth more than oil

 

[RyanGee]

Robbie Williams - Come Undone
"I'm contemplating thinking about thinking"

 

[Roo]

Megadeth - Peace Sells - "Whaddya mean I hurt your feelings? I didn't know you had any feelings!"

 

[superberkut]

"Kill for gain, I'll shoot you man,
but we don't need a reason
The golden goose is on the loose
and never out of season..."

Iron Maiden- Two Minutes to Midnight

One has to appreciate the literary reference, among others in the song.

And not really the best, but good with the song:

"After the love has gone
how could you lead me on
and not let me stay around?

After the love has gone
what used to be right is wrong
can love that's lost be found?"

Earth Wind and Fire- After the Love Has Gone

"Where does a dream belong?
Locked in the mind
on the edge of time...
Liek a ship lost in a storm"

Alan Parsons- One Day to Fly

 

[Speedy Samurai]

Kokia　人間ってそんなものね

完璧な理想になりたかったの
誰かを真似てただけでしょう
どんな飛び方だってよかったのよ
飛び立つ勇気が大事なんでしょう

もうダメだ
なんて言ったりもするけど

泣いて　笑って　悩んで　起きて
感じる全てが自分になってく
生きてるって　自分でいるって
当たり前の幸せ嬉しい
信じるて　頑張るって
その度何度もやり直して
人間ってそんなものね
許し合えるって素晴らしい

カッコつけるは疲れたでしょう
案外誰も気にしてないよ
迷惑をかけるのはイヤだなんて
一人で歩いて来たつもりなの

人間って

助け合って　肩貸し合って
少し進んでは立ち止って
息を吸って　深呼吸して
たまには溜息ついたりしながら


幸せな時は誰かと分かち合うなら
それなら苦しい時　一位じゃない
誰かと共有できる喜び


裸の私達は誰もが
弱さや寂しさの中に
暖かなぬくもりを探して
どうにか進もうとしてる


Ya! Those are some great lyrics. <hint>enable japanese script on browser </hint>

 

[MagpieRacer]

Muse - Invincible
Follow through
Make your dreams come true
Don't give up the fight
You will be alright
'Cause there's no one like you in the universe

Muse - Muscle Museum
I have played in every toilet
But you still want to spoil it
To prove I&#8217;ve made a big mistake

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Metallica :: The Outlaw Torn
(Hear me) And if my mind should close in fear, please pry it open;
(See me) And if my face becomes sincere, beware;
(Hold me) And if I start to come undone, stitch me together;
(Save me) And when you se me strut, remind me of what left this outlaw torn.

Queens of the Stone Age :: Go With the Flow
I can go with the flow,
But don't say it doesn't matter anymore.

UNKLE featuring Josh Homme :: Restless
Well, I've gone restless, but I don't care;
I've got fifteen bucks of savior-faire
You step in my way to step back again;
I never break it, I just bend it and I resend.

U2 :: Bullet the Blue Sky
In the howling wind comes a stinging rain,
See it driving nails into the souls
On the tree of pain.
From the firefly, a red-orange glow
See te face of fear running scared
In the valley below.

Velvet Revolver :: Slither
When you seek me, you'll destroy me;
Rape my mind and smell the poppies
Born and bloodied every single time.
Always keep me under finger,
That's the spot where you might linger;
Might see some type of pleasure in my mind.

Kyuss :: Thumb
You're living in "thought so";
You're living in "thought so";
You're living in "thought so".

Foo Fighters :: Everlong
Breath out, so I can breathe you in;
Hold you in.
And now I know you've always been
Out of your head, out of my head;
I sang.

And I wonder when I sing along with you,
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again.
The only thing I'll ever ask of you;
Got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang.