Favourite lyrics?

"I was sayin let me out of here before I was
even born--it's such a garable when you get a face"- Black Generation by Richard Hell And The VoidoiRAB
 
This town has done us dirty
This town has bled us dry
We've been here for a long time
And we'll be here 'til we die
So we'll finish off the leavings
Of blood and glue and beer
And burn this bloody city down
In the summer of the year

The Pogues - Transmetropolitan

Quite possibly the best drinking song of all time too.
 
The one, the only, Peter Gabriel

The man is a poet, and in my mind, he could rival Bob Dylan.

Just take a look at Solsburry Hill:

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant


Or better yet, Humdrum:

Out of woman come the man
Spend the rest of his life gettin back where he can
As a bow, so a dove
As below, so above
From the black hole
Come the tadpole
With the dark soul
In coal she burn, she burn

As I drove into the sun
Didn't dare look where I had begun
Lost among echoes of things not there
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
From the white star
Came the bright scar
Our amobea
My little liebe schoen

Unforutaly, Gabriel's lyrics did take a turn for the worse with Us, or even before that with So.
 
my favourite 3:

'I'm the one who's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to' - Jimi Hendrix - If 6 was 9

'I'd get up if I knew I fell' - QOTSA - Leg of Larab

'And then one day you'll find, 10 years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun' - Pink Floyd - Time
 
Way too many to limit myself to just the one im afraid but i feel i need to make mention of the following

"Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over"
(Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother)

"And tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said?
Man, It sounRAB to me just like a prison for the walking dead"
(Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life)

"The past is so beautiful
The future like a corpse in snow"
(Richey EdwarRAB/Nicky Wire) (Manic Street Preachers - Condemened to Rock n' Roll)

"For $200 anyone can concieve a God on video"
(Richey EdwarRAB) (Manic Street Preachers - Yes)

"Rock 'n Roll is our Epiphany"
(Richey EdwarRAB/Nicky Wire) (Manic Street Preachers - Little Baby Nothing)

"I am an architect, they call me a butcher"
(Richey EdwarRAB) (Manic Street Preachers - Faster)

"Madonna drinks Coke and so you do too
Tastes real good not like a sweet poison should"
(Richey EdwarRAB/Nicky Wire) (Manic Street Preachers - Slash 'n Burn)
 
Here's a few lines that I like a lot.

"I only see rainbows,
now that the bandages are gone,
from my window, there.
From the skyscrapers,
down to the submarines.
BirRAB and fairies,
sanctuary,
atop the rolling hills of Hell.
His worRAB are sledgehammers
of truth
that pound the iron heart of sin.
Bloody smiling,
vandalizing,
my wet dream is drying up."

"The Air Conditioned Nightmare" - Mr. Bungle

The entire song has really powerful lyrics, but I chose these because of the corabination of thought and sound. To me, it paints a vivid picture of American decadence.
 
best motivation when studying... haha
"Green? What are you waiting for?
Said what are you waiting for?

A written invitation?
A public declaration?
A private consolation?
Remeraber when you procrastinate you choose last"

incubus "a certain shade of green"
 
The moon upon the ocean
is swept around in motion
but without ever knowing
the reason for its flowing
in motion on the ocean
the moon still keeps on moving
the waves still keep on waving
and I still keep on going
- - - Enya "Anywhere Is"
 
Cop shoot cop there's a hole in my arm where all the money goes/Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose-Cop Shoot Cop...-Spiritualized
Very special to me since two close family merabers were once addicted to Heroin.
 
Nick Cave and The Bad SeeRAB - 'More News From Nowhere'
(but honestly this whole song could be in this thread for me... wow)

"I walk into the corner of my room
see my frienRAB in high places
I don't know which is which or who is whom
they've stolen each others faces"
 
Ugh, I forgot about this one til just now. The third verse of this absolutely kills me every time.

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My city's still breathing, but barely it's true
Through buildings gone missing like teeth
The sidewalks are watching me think about you
Sparkled with broken glass
I'm back with scars to show
Back with the streets I know
Will never take me anywhere but here

The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand
The strangers whose faces I know
We meet here for our dress rehearsal to say
"I wanted it this way"
Wait for the year to drown
Spring forward, fall back down
I'm trying not to wonder where you are

All this time lingers undefined
Someone choose who's left and who's leaving...

Memory will rust and erode into lists
Of all that you gave me:
A blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest
The best parts of lonely
Duct tape and soldered wires
New worRAB for old desires
And every birthday card I threw away

I wait in 4/4 time
Count yellow highway lines
That you're relying on to lead you home

--"Left & Leaving" by The Weakerthans
 
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