best lyrics

Connie Sue

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I am big fan of Beck and Nirvana, but I think the best lyrics ever come from Tool from Sober. Here is a little bit:

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an irabecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
 
Tool
Porcupine Tree
Pink Floyd
Faith No More
Iron Maiden
Smashing Pumpkins
The Doors
Placebo (I haven't heard much of them yet though)
Frank Zappa
Primus
 
u kinda have to think on this and be atheist like me but i like styrofoam boots by modest mouse

Well all's not well
but i'm told that it'll all be quite nice
you'll be drowned in boots like Mafia
but your feet will still float like Christ's
and i'll be damned
they were right
i'm drowning upside down
my feet afloat like Christ's
i'm in heaven
trying to figure out which stack
they're going to stuff us atheists into
and when Peter and his monkey laugh
and i laugh with them
i'm not sure what at
they point and say
we'll keep you in the back
polishing halos, baking manna and gas
well some guy comes in looking a bit like everyone i ever seen
he moves just like crisco disco
breath 100% listerine
he says looking at something else
but directing everything to me
ever time anyone gets on their knees to pray
well it makes my telephone ring
and i'll be damned
he said you were right
no one's running this whole thing
he had a theory too
he said that god takes care of himself
he said that god takes care of himself
and you of you
he said that god takes care of himself
he said that god takes care of himself
and you of you
he said that god takes care of himself
he said that god takes care of himself
and you of you
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
on ice
on ice
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
and it's not day
and it ain't night
but it's all nice on ice alright
all right ok
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's on the ice
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright i said
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
yeah well
it's all nice
it's all nice
it's all nice on ice alright
it's all nice
it's all nice
(it's all nice...)
one, two, three, four
 
I'm a huge fan of Rush, and obviously love Neil Peart for his percussion skills - however, he is also an amazing writer - (his book on his experiences after his wife and daughter died is amazing) - but some of his lyrics are profound and metaphorical - my personal favorite is 'The Trees'

'There is unrest in the forest,
there is trouble in the trees,
for the Maples want more sunlight,
and the Oaks ignore their pleas'

While perhaps not the best example of his lyrics, the whole song is very cleverly crafted, telling the story of oppression, almost commenting on big business and it's power to overshadow little business...

Just my thoughts!


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yeah they are pretty good, who sings it?
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dont fear the reaper

All our times have come
Here but now they’re gone
Seasons don’t fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they are
Come on baby...don’t fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don’t fear the reaper
We’ll be able to fly...don’t fear the reaper
Baby I’m your man...

Valentine is done
Here but now they’re gone
Romeo and juliet
Are together in eternity...romeo and juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...like romeo and juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday...we can be like they are
Come on baby...don’t fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don’t fear the reaper
We’ll be able to fly...don’t fear the reaper
Baby I’m your man...

Love of two is one
Here but now they’re gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn’t go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don’t be afraid
Come on baby...and she had no fear
And she ran to him...then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodby...she had become like they are
She had taken his hand...she had become like they are
Come on baby...don’t fear the reaper
 
I'm not sure who did this song I think it's Tom Paxton and I know Pete Seeger released a version.

What did you learn in school today,dear little boy of mine ?
What did you learn in school today,dear little boy of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie,
I learned that soldiers seldom die,
I learned that everybody`s free,
and that`s what the teacher said to me.
That`s what I learned in school today, that`s what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine ?
What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?
I learned that policemen are my frienRAB,
I learned that justice never enRAB,
I learned that murderers die for their crimes,
even if we let them escape sometimes.
That`s what I learned in school today, that`s what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine ?
What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?
I learned that government must be strong,
it`s always right and never wrong,
our leaders are the finest men,
and we elect them again and again and again and again.
That`s what I learned in school today, that`s what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine ?
What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?
I learned that war is not so bad,
I learned about the great ones we have had,
we fought in Germany and in France,
and some day I will get my chance.
 
here is another good one,
Led Zeppelin Kashmir,
by the way, does any one what they mean by shangri-la

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed

Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounRAB caress my ear
But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear
Oh, oh.

Oh, I been flying... mama, there aint no denyin
Ive been flying, aint no denyin, no denyin

All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land
Trying to find, trying to find where Ive been.

Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream
My shangri-la beneath the summer moon, I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high and true, when movin through kashmir.

Oh, father of the four winRAB, fill my sails, across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear
Ohh.

When Im on, when Im on my way, yeah
When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when Im down...
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well Im down, so down
Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there

Let me take you there. let me take you there
 
Neil Young, Kurt Cobain and Roger Waters are my 3 favorite lyricists.... But i can't really decide which lyrics of theirs i like the most.

Though with Waters it would probably be all the lyrics to RABOTM.
 
Code Blue - TSOL

I never got along with the girls at my school
Filling me up with all their morals and their rules
They'd pile all their problems on my head
I'd rather go out and f*ck the dead
'Cause I can do what I want and they won't complain
I wanna f*ck I wanna f*ck the dead
Middle of the night so silently
I creep on over to the mortuary
Lift up the casket and fiddle with the dead
Their cold blue flesh makes me turn red
'Cause I can do what I want and they won't complain
I wanna f*ck I wanna f*ck the dead
And I don't even care how she died...
But I like it better if she smells of formaldehyde!
Never on the rag or say leave me alone
They don't scream and they don't moan
Don't even cry if I shoot in their hair
Lying on the table she smiles and she stares
Chorus
 
Suicidal Tendencies - I Saw Your Mommy

Yesterday, as I went out of the house
I saw a body lying down quiet as a mouse
Lying face down in the sewer
I got up closer and realized that I knew her
All her organs coming from her inside
Slashed up skin sliced up hide
Turned her over and saw the tire tracks on her head
That's when I realized she was dead

I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead
I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead

Twisted body chopped off feet
Her body was minced meat
Bugs crawling on her arms
She's dead, can't do no harm
Gnarled up legs, broken and bent
Her last breath has been spent

I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead
I watched her as she bled
Chewed off toes on her chopped off feet
I took a picture cause I thought it was neat
But the thing I like seeing the best
Was the rodents using her hair as a nest

I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead
I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead
I saw your mommy nnd your mommy's dead
I saw her lying in a pool of red
I think it's the greatest thing I'll ever see
Your dead mommy lying in front of me
I'll always remeraber her lying dead on the floor
I hope she dies twenty times more

I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead
I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead
 
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