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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. Quote:
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Makes me laugh every time, so ridiculous. Keri Hilson is a definite 'would', though. |
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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/buckch...ch-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. |
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RUSH - Freewill; "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
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'These two lanes will take us anywhere'
Thunder Road- Springsteen. Too many lyrics to choose from |
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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' |
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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. |
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Also Rush... |
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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. |
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Lyrics? Pah!....instumentals all the way for me ;) :cool:
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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. |
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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) |
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My favourite opening line to a song...
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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I'll face it with a grin!
I'm never giving in! On with the show! Queen - The Show Must Go On |
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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" |
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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: |
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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: |
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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 |
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"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 |
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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 |
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Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Janice Joplin (or others) Me and Bobby McGee |
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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 |
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"I want you to squeeze my lemon...'till the juice runs down my leg" |
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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! |
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Just remembered this gem
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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