Great Lyrics...

[SoulKiss]

Ok folks, note down those lyrics that you like.

Maybe its just clever wordplay, maybe there is real meaning in them for you, whatever it is that appeals to you about them, share with the .org.

Try and keep it to a couple of lines, rather than reproducing the song, maybe a max of 6 lies of the song?

Oh and dont forget to name the Artist and the name of the song so anyone interested can look it out and have a listen, and if you feel like it, let people know why the lyrics have meaning for you.



Bow down before the One you serve,
you're going to get what you deserve.

Head like a Hole


Chosen as setting it as my MSN status message prompted a lost friend to get back in touch.

[metalangel]

mami i dig your persona right,
you look baby mama type,
i know that got you kinda hyped,
my ice is albino white,
i hope your vagina tight
i go underwater and i hope your piranha bite

:smt082

Makes me laugh every time, so ridiculous. Keri Hilson is a definite 'would', though.

[amnesia]

Being a fan of 80's and 90's American rock bands, smutty double entendre lyrics are common, so I wont post any of those.

Soundgarden - "The grass is always greener where the dogs are ****ting"

Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/buckcherry-lyrics/crazy-bitch-lyrics.html (quite NSW and definately not within the U rating here!)


Winner of 'Most Ridiculous Lyric Contest' for me is from Bon Jovi...

"I wanna be just as close as your Holy Ghost is"

Always makes me want to be ill.

[zunkus]

RUSH - Freewill; "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

[maviczap]

'These two lanes will take us anywhere'

Thunder Road- Springsteen.

Too many lyrics to choose from

[malks]

ian brown- F.E.A.R- 'for everything a reason'

ac/dc- 'ive got a one way ticket and i'm going the wrong way'

[Sid Squid]

Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town:

"Man when I tell you she was cool she was red hot, I mean she was steaming"

What? C'mon Phil - that doesn't make any sense.

Led Zep, The Lemon Song:

"Squeeze me babe - 'til the juice runs down my leg"

Ewwww.

SLF, Suspect Device:

"They take away our freedom in the name of liberty
Why don't they all just clear off why won't they let us be
They make us feel indebted for saving us from hell
And then they put us through it it's time the *******s fell"

Feels rather timely right now doesn't it?

The Damned, Love Song:

"I'll be the mail, you'll be the guard
I'll be the ink on your season ticket card
I'll be the rubbish, you'll be the bin
I'll be the paint on the sign if you'll be the tin"

Now that's a touching lyric if ever I heard one.

And so many more.

[Stingo]

RUSH - Freewill; "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

That reminds me of 'The more things change, the more they stay the same (Plus ca change, plus c'est le meme chose)...'

Also Rush...

[Littlepeahead]

I love that line from NIN.

But mine is from Jeff Buckley's Lover You Should've Come Over:

It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

But only when sung by him and not any of the wannabees who have covered it.

[ArtyLady]

Lyrics? Pah!....instumentals all the way for me ;) :cool:

[cuffy]

Pink Floyd - Time

The whole song has cracking lyrics, but this line in paticular is insirational:

The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older.
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

[Paul the 6th]

it's all forced love and affection, you don't want me you just like the attention

la roux - I'm not your toy (prefer the data or mebbeh boy 8-bit remix to the radio edit)

[squirrel_hunter]

My favourite opening line to a song...

You're dead but the world keeps spinning

[Neeja]

Loving is fine if you have plenty of time
For walking on stilts at the edge of your mind



Near where I live there's a viaduct
Where people jump when they're outta luck
Raining down on the cars and trucks below.
They put a net there to catch their fall
Like that'll stop anyone at all
What they don't know is when nature calls you go.


Lots more to choose from, though...

[davepreston]

mansun _ wide open space (also perfecto remix is ace)

im in a wide open space ,its freezing
you'll never get to heven with a smile on your face for me
,im in a wide open space ,im stareing ,
there is something quite bizare i cannot see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIHBQzIv6FM

[wyrdness]

I would've liked you to have been deep frozen too
and waiting still as fresh in your flesh for my return to Earth
But your father refused to sign the forms to freeze you
Let's see you'd be about 60 now,
and long dead by the time I return to Earth
My time held dreams were full of you,
as you were when I left; still underage
Your android replica is playing up again, it's no joke
When she comes she moans another's name

Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age

[wyrdness]

I hear stories from the chamber
How Christ was born into a manger
And like some ragged stranger
Died upon the cross
And might I say it seems so fitting in its way
He was a carpenter by trade
Or at least that's what I'm told

In Heaven His throne is made of gold
The ark of his Testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All history does unfold.
Down here it's made of wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And God is never far away.

Into the mercy seat I climb
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And like a moth that tries
To enter the bright eye
I go shuffling out of life
Just to hide in death awhile
And anyway I never lied.

Nick Cave - The Mercy Seat

Nearly all of Nick Cave's songs have astounding lyrics. Who else would think to compare the Biblical Ark of the Covenant with the electric chair.

[Quedos]

I'll face it with a grin!
I'm never giving in!
On with the show!

Queen - The Show Must Go On

[demonicus]

Unchain the colours before my eyes,
Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies.
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher,
I shall return from out of fire.

iron maiden "remember tomorrow"

or
Who left the cap of the toothpaste tube
Who forgot to flush the loo
Leave your sweaty socks outside the door
Don't walk across my polished floor, oh judy

marillion "punch and judy"

[CheGuevara]

I'm a massive fan of The Tragically Hip (a Canadian band I'd guess most here haven't heard of, but have been massive in Canada for over 20 years). Their lyrics have got to be some of the most interesting and debated as to meaning. Anyhow I'm hard-pressed to come up with any single song of theirs as my favourite, nevermind a line or two, but the first two lines of "At the Hundredth Meridian" always make me smile:

Me debunk an American myth?
And take my life in my hands?

Which to me refers to how wound-up Americans (or America as a nation) can get when challenged about their often-skewed perception of the world and historical events. :rolleyes:

[plowsie]

Whole song for me...

This years love had better last
Heaven knows it's high time
And I've been waiting on my own too long
But when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget
How my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on

Turning circles when time again
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
If you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last

So whose to worry
If our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last

David Gray - This years love.

EDIT: Doh, tupping new theme :lol:

[SuzukiNess]

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Otis Redding... sitting on the dock of the bay

[Bluewolf]

.

[fenjer]

"I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye"

Affirmation by Savage Garden

[Captain Nemo]

I'm a massive fan of The Tragically Hip (a Canadian band I'd guess most here haven't heard of, but have been massive in Canada for over 20 years). Their lyrics have got to be some of the most interesting and debated as to meaning. Anyhow I'm hard-pressed to come up with any single song of theirs as my favourite, nevermind a line or two, but the first two lines of "At the Hundredth Meridian" always make me smile:

Me debunk an American myth?
And take my life in my hands?

Which to me refers to how wound-up Americans (or America as a nation) can get when challenged about their often-skewed perception of the world and historical events. :rolleyes:

derail

i lurrrv the tragically hip !!!!!!

a canadian kid came to our company on a work placement about '91 he left me a tape with up to here and road apples albums on, theyre still among my fav albums , did you know that the Stereophonics were originally called Tragic Love Company after their fav bands tragically hip and bad company, cant remember where the love was from

anyway lyrics from one of my fav songs,

tragically hip - 38 years old.


See my sister got raped, so a man got killed
Local boy went to prison, man's buried on the hill
Folks went back to normal when they closed the case
They still stare at their shoes when they pass our place

Same pattern on the table, same clock on the wall
Been one seat empty 18 years in all
Freezing slow time away from the world
He's 38 years old, never kissed a girl
He's 38 years old, never kissed a girl

[Biker Biggles]

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

Janice Joplin (or others)
Me and Bobby McGee

[Rai86]

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Otis Redding... sitting on the dock of the bay

+1 one of my fav tunes of all time

[TimTucker]

Two more from the pen of Neil Peart. The opening lines Afterimage, the closeout lines of Witchhunt.

Suddenly you were gone
From all the lives you left your mark upon


Quick to judge
Quick to anger
Slow to understand

Ignorance and prejudice
And fear walk hand in hand

[CheGuevara]

anyway lyrics from one of my fav songs,

tragically hip - 38 years old.



There's a story that when they played this song (which is completely fictional) while touring Europe, Gord Downie had people coming up to him offering their sympathies and saying what a bum rap his brother had got :D

[Sudoxe]

Led Zep, The Lemon Song:

"Squeeze me babe - 'til the juice runs down my leg"

Ewwww.


That's likely a reference to Robert Johnson's traveling riverside blues which the lyrics are:
"I want you to squeeze my lemon...'till the juice runs down my leg"

[Girth]

Originally posted by The Weather Girls

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Every Specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean

:tiesto:

[CheGuevara]

Just thought of another that's great fun, and a bit of a Canadian drinking anthem. Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest (my first ever visit to London I made a point of having a pint on Charing Cross Rd because of this song):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJD3qcIL7s

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
These so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest

We arrived in December and London was cold
We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road
We never saw nothin' but brass-taps and oak
Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a week, I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest
Take me home!

Euston Station, the train journey North
In the buffet car, we lurched back and forth
Past old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields
We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a week, I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest
Take me home!

By the light of the moon she'd drift through the streets
A rare old perfume, so seductive and sweet
She'd tease us and flirt as the pubs all close down
Then walk us on home, and deny us a round

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest
Take me home!

The gas heater's empty it's damp as a tomb
The spirits we drank, now ghosts in the room
I'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon
And don't lift up my head till the twelve bells at noon

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest
Take me home!

[SoulKiss]

Just remembered this gem



Love the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket

The Bad Touch

[Girth]

Originally Posted by Barenaked Ladies

One Week...

I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will

You know that kind of sense of humor.

[lily]

.


would you know my name
if i saw you in heaven
would it be the same
if i saw you in heaven



When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all
I'm on your side when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down

[Sid Squid]

That's likely a reference to Robert Johnson's traveling riverside blues which the lyrics are:
"I want you to squeeze my lemon...'till the juice runs down my leg"
I am aware of this. But the way Zep did it just felt very different.

[Biker Biggles]

So if you meet me have some courtesy,
Have some sympathy and some taste,
Use all your well earned politesse,
Or Ill lay your soul to waste

[Quedos]

I don't know what you've done me
But I know this much is true,
I want do bad things with you.
Jace Everett

Guaranteed to get me in a good mood and dancing!


And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

[Bluefish]

So if you meet me have some courtesy,
Have some sympathy and some taste,
Use all your well earned politesse,
Or Ill lay your soul to waste

rolling stones sympathy for the devil, rock on.:D

[fenjer]

I don't know what you've done me
But I know this much is true,
I want do bad things with you.
Jace Everett


That rocketed in popularity after True Blood aired.

One of my all time favourites:

"She's got a dress slit right up to her panties
Every time she's dancin' she knows what to do
Everybody wants to see, see if she can use it"

ZZ Top - Legs

[2hys]

all american rejects, hope it gives you hell.

had a messy breakup with my ex fiancee,
my life's not to bad now, but her life's gone down hill (drugs) reminds me of her every time i hear it

and makes me feel all warm inside :)

[aarond]

all american rejects, hope it gives you hell.

had a messy breakup with my ex fiancee,
my life's not to bad now, but her life's gone down hill (drugs) reminds me of her every time i hear it

and makes me feel all warm inside :)

mean but i like it and understand where you are coming from! some of mine

frank turner has a lot:

from reasons not to be an idiot;

"You're not as messed up as you think you are - your self-absorption makes you messier"
"She's not as pretty as she thinks she is - just picture her after she's had kids. I bet she sits at home and listens to The Smiths. Deep down she's just like everybody else."

there is just heaps of great lyrics in all his songs

"I’ve had many different girls inside my bed, but only one or two inside my head" - substitute

last one or could go on a while from love ire & song:
"A teacher of mine once told me that life was just a list of disappointments and defeats, and you could only do your best. And I said: well that's a ****ing cop out, you're just washed up and you're tired, and when I get to your age, well, I won't be such a coward."

[Dave20046]

pass the blame and don't blame me!

[fizzwheel]

So it Goes - The Verve

So it goes
You come in on your own in this life
You know you leave on your own
'Cause I don't need no cause
When my feelings fall
You showed me things I didn't want to see
I don't believe that love is free
Sure fine way to treat a man

Also this

Love will tear us apart - Joy Division

Why is the Bedroom so cold ?
Turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed ?
Our respect run so dry ?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives

Also this, that I've always loved the lyrics of since I first heard it.

One of these things first - Nick Drake

I could have been a sailor, could have been a cook
A real live lover, could have been a book.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be
Here and now
I would be, I should be
But how?
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

I could have been your pillar, could have been your door
I could have stayed beside you, could have stayed for more.
Could have been your statue, could have been your friend,
A whole long lifetime could have been the end.
I could be yours so true
I would be, I should be through and through
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

I could have been a whistle, could have been a flute
A real live giver, could have been a boot.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be even here
I would be, I should be so near
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

[Jayneflakes]

Though Death now is closing in on my, I die to go on but by the great hall I will go, I am fighting under the runes

I hand painted this in runic style letters on to the back of my very first bike jacket when I was a twenty something Black Metal fan.
Sadly, I lost the jacket when I lost my mind and I still miss it.

Carol's Dad gave me his old bike jacket before he died, I may paint the back of that too.




Everyone leaves in the end, everyone dies in the end. It dosn't matter how hard you hold on.

This song used to move me to tears quite regularly, I was such a Goth!

[2hys]

this thread rocks http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Beavis-Butthead-p05.jpg

[Philbo]

Top comedy lyrics...

Motorhead
Killed by death
"If you squeze my lizard, I'll put my snake on you"

Motorhead
Motorhead
"Goes up like prices at Christmas"

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
Prime Mover
"Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm A Love Dictator
Blitzkrieg Romance I'm A Cool Dominator"

In fact, any of Zodiac Mindwarps lyrics are hysterical!

[Biker Biggles]

I changed my name,
In search of fame,
To find the Midas touch

I wish Id never wanted then
But I want now twice as much.

[maviczap]

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/index.html

There's so many I could post :p

[Philbo]

Just good lyrics

Led Zeppelin
Good times bad times
"In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man,
Now I've reached that age, I've tried to do all those things the best I can. "

Faith no more
The real thing
"Like the echoes of your childhood laughter, ever after
Like the first time love urged you to take it's guidance, in silence
Like your heartbeat when you realize you're dying, but you're trying
Like the way you cry for a happy ending, ending..."

Black Sabath
War Pigs
"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
The leave that role to the poor"

Bluetones
After Hours
"Lord only knows what kind of poison i'm drinking
I can't read the label"

[zunkus]

R U S H - The Weapon

"We've got nothing to fear but fear itself"

[jambo]

And I would never put wealth before my spirit,
I feel it's unhealthy
The devil creep around ya, so stealthy stealthy
'Til you get bold, rush the gold
And before your much older, your soul is sold
And where's it gettin ya?

;)

[Milky Bar Kid]

On a warm summers evening,
On a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the Gambler,
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns at staring
Out the window at the darkness,
'Til boredom overtook us,
And he began to speak.

He said "Son, I've made my life outta reading peoples faces,
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held eyes,
so if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of aces,
for a taste of your whisky, I'll give you some advice."

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow,
then he bumped a cigarette and asked me for a light.
Then the night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression
he said if you're gonna play the game boy, better learn to play it right

You gotta know when to hold them,
Know when to fold them,
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.
You never count your money when your sitting at the table
They'll be time enough for counting, when the dealings done.

Kenny Rogers - The Gamblers. I love Kenny and Coward of The County too.

Someone else, I think Q, posted other lyrics I love, Goo Goo Dolls, Iris.

[BanannaMan]

From Sly and the family stone:

My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the baker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people
Yeah, yeah

[metalangel]

Merril Bainbridge:

"When I kiss your mouth I want to taste it,
Turn you upside down don't want to waste it."

(it's not called 'Snowballing' before you ask...)

[Littlepeahead]

"F*** you I won't do what you tell me, Motherf****r" - RATM - I mean it's not original but it sums up the way you feel sometimes.

"Your telephone's been ringing while you were dancing in the rain" - by DUran Duran - I just love the way it is such a daft line that you have to admire Simon le Bon for singing it.

"I don't pretend to know what you want, but I offer love' written by Neil Finn. He understands women!

[SoulKiss]

"F*** you I won't do what you tell me, Motherf****r" - RATM - I mean it's not original but it sums up the way you feel sometimes.

Well you could always go back the the song I originally quoted and adopt



I'd rather die than give you control

[Quedos]

todays

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you,
You better let somebody love you before it's too late

Love this song - by the Eagles

[BigBaddad]

The Bloodhound Gang.........greatest chat up line ever, never fails.

"you and me baby we ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the discovery channel"

[BigBaddad]

Keith Allen....."Vindaloo, vindaloo, we all like vindaloo, we're going to score one more than you..........ENGLAND!

Brings a lump to my throat.

[barwel1992]

steel panther, death to all but metal

Eminem can suck it, so can Dr Dre
They can suck eachother, just because they're gay
They can suck a d**k, they can lick a sack
Everybody shout, heavy metal's back!

Death to Britney Spears, kill the little slut
Kill Madonna too, and then f**k her in the butt
F**k Maria Careyh, death to Sheryl Crowe
They can kiss eachother on the camel toe
50 Cent's a fag, so is Kanye West
Shooting hot sperm on eachothers chest

hahaha :D sorry but just a funny song

PS sorry about it not been very U rated

[the white rabbit]

The Sultans of Ping FC

It's alright to say things can only get better,
You haven't lost your brand new sweater.

Where's me jumper?

among many other fine lyrics in one song :lol:

[carternd]

"For Sale - dumb c***'s same dumb questions
All virgins listen - all virgins are liar's honey"

First lies to "Yes" by the Manic Street Preachers.

Every lyric on this album is great, just don't expect to feel better at the end of it.

"There is never redemption, any fool can regret yesterday.
Nail it to the house of Lords - you will be buried in the same box as a killer."

[jambo]

The Jam - Going Underground, seemed to ring a bell today:

What you see is what you get
You've made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies put you down and their promises bust
You'll see kidney machine replaced by rockets and guns

And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants
I'm going underground

Jambo

[simesb]

Early '90 deep and meaningful thrash

Oi, Arthur,
Come over here,
Take this sword,
Now **** off.

Still makes me chuckle when it comes upon on random play :D

[Specialone]

DR DRE, THE WATHCHER
Things just ain't the same for gangstas.
Times is changing, young niggas is aging,
Becoming old gees in the game and changing,
To make way for these new names and faces, but
The strangest things can happen from rappin, when
Niggas get wrapped up in image and acting,
Niggas get capped up and wrapped in plastic,
Zipped up in bags when it happens, that's it.
I've seen 'em come; I've watched 'em go,
Watched 'em rise, witnessed it and watched 'em blow.
Watched 'em all blossom and watched 'em grow.
Watched the lawsuits when they lost the dough.
Best friends and money: I lost them both.
Went, visited niggas in the hospital.
It's all the same **** all across the globe.
I just sit back and watch the show. (The watcher)

I moved out of the hood for good, you blame me?
Niggas aim mainly at niggas they can't be.
But niggas can't hit niggas they can't see.
I'm out of sight, now I'm out of they dang reach.
How would you feel if niggas wanted you killed?
You'd probably move to a new house on a new hill.
And choose a new spot if niggas wanted you shot,
I ain't a thug, how much Tupac in you, you got
I ain't no bitch neither.
It's either my life or your life,
And I ain't leaving, I like breathing.
Nigga we can go round for round,
Clip for clip, ****, fo'-pound for pound.
Nigga if you really want to take it there we can,
Just remember that you ****ing with a family man.
I got a lot more to lose than you, remember that,
When you wanna come and fill these shoes. (The watcher)

Things just ain't the same for gangstas,
Cops is anxious to put niggas in handcuffs.
They wanna hang us, see us dead, enslave us,
Keep us trapped in the same place we're raised in.
Then they wonder why we act so outrageous,
Run around stressed out and pull out gauges.
Cause everytime you let the animal out cages,
It's dangerous to people who look like strangers.
But now we got a new era of gangstas,
Hustlers and youngsters living amongst us.
Lookin at us, now calling us busters,
Can't help but reminisce back when it was us.
Nigga we started this gangsta ****.
And this the mother****ing thanks I get?
It's funny how time fly,
I'm just having fun, just watching it fly by. (The watcher)


Also the whole track F.E.A.R by Ian brown, genius

[SoulKiss]

Another one occurred this morning...



We French-kissed on a subway train,
He tore my clothes right off,
He ate my heart and then he ate my brain.

Monster

[malks]

Also the whole track F.E.A.R by Ian brown, genius

great track, absolutely love the lyrics to it- For Everything A Reason!

but also love the words to willie mason- oxygen:

I wanna be better than oxygen
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/willy-mason-oxygen-lyrics.html#)
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than t.v.
For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be
We can be stronger than bombs
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry
As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance
Cause we speak in silence (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/willy-mason-oxygen-lyrics.html#) every time our eyes meet.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew.

I wanna see through all the lies of society
To the reality, happiness is at stake
I wanna hold up my head with dignity
Proud of a life where to give means more than to take
I wan't to live beyond the modern mentality
Where paper is all that you're really taught to create
Do you remember the forgotten america?
Justice, equality, freedom to every race?
Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy
Make up and hair to the truth behind every face
That look around to all the people you see,
How many of them are happy and free?
I know it sounds like a dream (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/willy-mason-oxygen-lyrics.html#)
But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night
I know it's hard to believe
But it's easy to see that something here isn't right
I know the future looks dark
But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew.

If i'm afraid to catch a dream (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/willy-mason-oxygen-lyrics.html#)
I weave your baskets and i'll float them down the river stream
Each one i weave with words i speak to carry love to your relief (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/willy-mason-oxygen-lyrics.html#).

I wanna be better than oxygen
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/willy-mason-oxygen-lyrics.html#)
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than t.v.
For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be
We can be stronger than bombs
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry
As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance
Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew

[Kalessin]

I promised myself somewhere in teenage life
I'll never submit to the ones I will not be like
Live in a hole but stay close to my kind
Cos they understand what burns in my mind
Pantera - Living in a Hole

Come meet your maker, boy
Some things you can't enjoy
Because of heaven/hell
A f*****g wives' tale
They put it in your head
Then put you in your bed
He's watching, say your prayers
Cause God is everywhere
And now I'll play a man learning priesthood
About to take the ultimate test in life
I'll question things because I am human
And call NO ONE my father who's no closer than a stranger
I won't listen
To see
To bleed
Cannot be taught
In turn
You're making us
F*****g hostile
Pantera - F*****g Hostile

The sad thing is, they remind me of a time when I was so much younger and believed it was all that simple.

[Holdup]

My sig

30 Seconds to Mars - This is war

[Holdup]

it's all forced love and affection, you don't want me you just like the attention

la roux - I'm not your toy (prefer the data or mebbeh boy 8-bit remix to the radio edit)

That reminds me

Im hoping you'll understand and now let go of my hand

La Roux - In For The Kill

[carternd]

Early '90 deep and meaningful thrash



Still makes me chuckle when it comes upon on random play :D

:smt023
Cheers for the recommendation! Big smiles on my face now!!!

[Brettus]

Was gonna post a thread but searched and found this gem so I'll zombie it if no-one objects:

Offspring - Come out and Play
By the time you hear the siren
It's already too late
One goes to the morgue and the other jail
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste

Twin Atlantic - We Want Better, Man
Our passion is fading as we pollute the air
We care more about fashion, cars, money than what's fair

So here is the handle, now get a f***ing grip
And say we want better man until they can't ignore it

Audioslave - Set It Off
Every time the wind blows
Everything you don't know
Turns into a revelation

Biffy Clyro - Living is a Problem (Because Everything Dies)
Well I met God and he had nothing to say to me

(Simple one that but I rather like it, the idea of people meeting their creator and him having nothing to say to them appeals to my sense of humour somehow but I never infer any dislike toward religious people or their beliefs, don't want to offend anyone with it)

[andrewsmith]

Re-birth worth having

Devildriver- Dead to Rights
My stomach's in knots
Throw at me what you got
'Cause I will break free,
of all the webs that bind me

Korn- Let the guilt go (well its this whole track)

I tell you one thing which leads to another thing
Then I backtrack which leads to hurt feelings
Then my brain spins off of ****ing everything
When this happens I can't break through

[The Idle Biker]

What a load of **** Smithy. Here you go.....a proper song

This is a man's world, this is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

You see, man made the cars to take us over the road
Man made the trains to carry heavy loads
Man made electric light to take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water, like Noah made the ark

This is a man's, a man's, a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

Man thinks about a little baby girls and a baby boys
Man makes then happy 'cause man makes them toys
And after man has made everything, everything he can
You know that man makes money to buy from other man

This is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

He's lost in the wilderness
He's lost in bitterness

[Brettus]

Forgot my main one that sparked me thinking this in the first place:
The spelling is seriously annoying but vocally it sounds fine.

Alabama 3 - U Don't Dans 2 Tekno Anymore

(Dwayne Love)
Bein' a lover man and a DJ
Lotsa girlz come down to front when I'm on the 1's and 2's
There was this one particular girl though, she was so beautiful, she used to knock my eyes out every damn time
One night, she took this funny little heart-shaped pill and just died, right there in front of me
Now she don't dans to tekno, anymore

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyIlSrrk7ZI

Speaks more about my twisted sense of humour I guess. :smt102

[The Idle Biker]

eh??? ^^^^ you sure??

[Bibio]

David Bowie, Moonage Daydream

I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you
I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' bitch for you
Keep your mouth shut,
You're squawking like a pink monkey bird
And I'm busting up my brains for the words

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love

Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah!

Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me
The church of man, love
Is such a holy place to be
Make me baby, make me know you really care

Make me jump into the air

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah!

Freak out, far out, in out

[Bibio]

my all time favourite lyrics:

Pink Floyd, wish you were here. 'were just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year'

[Littlepeahead]

I really like Chuck Prophet's solo stuff but also some of his Green on Red stuff, and as crazy lyrics go, Time Ain't Nothin' is up there, here are a few lines:

Walking down dusty roads, Looking for horny toads, With the sun on my face
Thinking about people past, Memories that never last, When you're young and naive
Had a motorcycle at 10, Never got into heroin, I guess I want to live

And Simon Le Bon has his moments... Wild Boys not only had one of the daftest videos ever, but some ludicrous lyrics too!

You got sirens for a welcome, There's bloodstain for your pain
And your telephone been ringing while you're dancing in the rain
Wild boys wonder where is glory, Where is all you angels
Now the figureheads have fell, And lovers war with arrows over secrets they could tell

[Dave20046]

I’m not feeling alright today
I’m not feeling that great
I’m not catching on fire today
love has started to fade
I’m not going to smile today
I’m not gonna laugh
you're out living it up today
I’ve got dues to pay

And the grave-digger puts on the forceps
The stone mason does all the work
The barber can give you a haircut
The carpenter can take you out to lunch

I just want to play on my pan-pipes
I just want to drink me some wine
as soon as you're born you start dying
so you might as well have a good time

Sheep go to heaven
Goats go to hell
Sheep go to heaven
Goats… go to hell

I don't wanna go to sunset strip
I don't wanna feel the emptiness
bold marquees with stupid band names
I don't wanna go to sunset strip
I don't wanna go to sunset strip
I don't wanna feel the emptiness
Bold marquees with stupid band names
I don't wanna go to sunset strip

And the grave-digger puts on the forceps
The stone mason does all the work
The barber can give you a haircut
The carpenter can take you out to lunch

I just want to play on my pan-pipes
I just want to drink me some wine
As soon as you're born you start dying
So you might as well have a good time

Sheep go to heaven
Goats go to hell
Sheep go to heaven
Goats… go to hell

And the grave-digger puts on the forceps
The stone mason does all the work
The barber can give you a haircut
The carpenter can take you out to lunch

I just want to play on my pan-pipes
I just want to drink me some wine
As soon as you're born you start dying
So you might as well have a good time

Sheep go to heaven
Goats go to hell
Sheep go to heaven
Goats… go to hell [x5]

[Dave20046]

And a lot of Mumford & sons lyrics....

[littleoldman2]

When your sparkle evades your soul
I'll be at your side to console
When you're standing on the window ledge
I'll talk you back, back from the edge

I will turn, I will turn your tide
Be your shepherd, I swear be your guide
When you're lost in the deep and darkest place around
May my words walk you home safe and sound

When you say that I'm no good, then you feel like walking
I need to make sure you know that's just the prescription talking
When your feet decide to walk you on the wayward side
Climbing up upon the stairs and down the downward slide

I will turn, I will turn your tide
Do all that I can to heal you inside
I will be the angel on your shoulder
My name is Geraldine, I'm your social worker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24b2oeK0vWo



Or for a laugh Geraldine .....The Winners Song

[Dabteacake]

Biffy Clyro - Living is a problem because everything dies

"I met God and he had nothing to say to me!"

Not sure why I like it but seems to sum up religion for me!

[BanannaMan]

Look around
leaves are brown
and the sky is a hazy shade of winter!

[ClunkintheUK]

Kill one man, and you're a murderer
Kill many, and you're a conqueror
Kill them all, oh, you're a God
.

[Mr Speirs]

I can't forget getting drunk in the woods
With some liquor stolen from the market shelf
I drank a whole plastic cherry coke bottle full of wine
And thought I'd killed myself

[Brettus]

Was reminded of this one today:
He told me that the Lizards were a race of people practically extinct
From doing things smart people don't do

Bonus points if anyone can name the band and song without the aid of Google fu.

[DJFridge]

Well, it isn't ABBA

[andrewsmith]

Iron Maiden. Do not ask for the track

[carelesschucca]

Its not Maiden but its got me beat, even with google it means nowt :-( but it has brought this thread to my attention.


I think some of my favourite lyrics are from Sail Away by Neil Young;


See the losers in the best bars
Meet the winners in the dives
Where the people are the real stars
All the rest of their lives.

[Teejayexc]

Was reminded of this one today:


Bonus points if anyone can name the band and song without the aid of Google fu.

"He said that he was once a Lizard too."

Still phishing for an answer? ;)





My turn...


A leather kid, a switchblade knife
He did not intend to take his life
He just pushed his luck a little too far that night...


Easier, but a classic imho

[rb8989]

A good song about the modern america.

The American dream is a lie / That’s why I say I was born to die / I can’t be forced into your perfect world / I can’t coincide / Quit pointing fingers / Uncle Sam wants you pulling triggers at your fellow man for an unknown cause / But I don’t think I can / You’ve been fed lies / We’ve been robbed blind / Put the past behind, it’s time to unite / It’s we who’ve been victimized / Can’t beat their system / Some have tried now they rot in their prisons / You can’t stop the cops / Some have tried and got shot / Now our brothers are dead and hate is all we’ve got / Quit blaming races / It’s so easy to see that our enemy is faceless / And they ****ing hate us all / I hate them too, but what can I do / Victims of society and American dreams / Victims of a system breaking at its seams / Do you know what this means? / We can’t stop them if we try / So find solace in your brother / He too has been victimized / You want to see the evidence? Look to the street / You want to see a solution? Unity / Beat them at their own game / Redirect the hate.

[Sid Squid]

A leather kid, a switchblade knife
He did not intend to take his life
He just pushed his luck a little too far that night...
Rod Stewart sang that, can't remember the name of the song though.

[Brettus]

"He said that he was once a Lizard too."

Still phishing for an answer? ;)


Nice :) Have you listened to the whole thing?

For those still puzzled:

Phish - Gamehendge (The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday)
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Really cool for those that like musical stories like Jeff Wayne's War of The Worlds etc.

[Richie]

I'm just a Maserati in a world of Kias
Genius would describe any of my ideas
If I was born in 1453 Leonardo Da Vinci would be jealous of me
But a world of Stevie Wonders would never see

It's the burden being wonderful like me.

[maviczap]

Rod Stewart sang that, can't remember the name of the song though.

Easy peasey

The killing of georgie :cool:

Great song

[kaivalagi]

William Elliot Whitmore - Love this guys songs, these are just a couple of many great songs, check him out!

There's Hope For You
My little sparrow there is hope for you
Your life has just begun
And I could not do what I wanted to
But I fear my time is almost done
But through your actions truth will carry on
Go forth with joy in your heart
And even though I will be gone
You've got to play your part
Listen to me now...

You will overcome, I promise you
And be whatever it is that you want to be
There is hope for you
Oh there's hope for you
But it's much too late for me

Wayward weeping voices that you will hear
Each with their own story to tell
And you have the choice to bend your ear
And treat your fellow humans well
So goodbye my little sparrow
It's time that I must go
To keep on the straight and narrow
There's something you must know
Listen to me now...


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Hell Or Highwater
Smoke em if you got em,
drink your glasses to the bottom,
and toast me on another year.
Another year of hope,
another year of holdin on,
you drinkers by day, and ba5tards by dawn.

And I hope I will see you soon,
and Ill be home come hell or high water,
and I know i will see you soon.

Gather round friends and neighbors,
who make your living by labor,
and share with me this little time.
This little time that we have left,
to have a drink and catch a breath,
well it might just be what saves our lives.

And I hope I will see you soon,
and Ill be home come hell or high water,
and I know i will see you soon.

Smoke em if you got em,
drink your glasses to the bottom,
and listen to the howling dogs,
and oh how it pleases me,
to be in such company
and im so glad our paths have crossed.

And I hope I will see you soon,
and Ill be home come hell or high water,
and I know i will see you soon.

and Ill be home come hell or high water,
and I know i will see you soon.


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edit: One more from him just for kicks:
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[Brettus]

Reviving this thread once again as I've been reminded of a cool lyric and I've added some more for context.

Call your name every day, when I feel so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this
Call your name every day, when I seem so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this doubt

I'll mend myself before it gets me
(I'll mend myself before it gets me)

Earlier in the song it says "I'll end myself before it gets me" I like the redemption element.

[Griff-SV]

I'm just a Maserati in a world of Kias
Genius would describe any of my ideas
If I was born in 1453 Leonardo Da Vinci would be jealous of me
But a world of Stevie Wonders would never see

It's the burden being wonderful like me.
Can you feel the Steel Riche?! ;)