Thinking Caps On - Favourite Lyric?

beardedchicken

Originally posted by roundgirl
the piano has been drinking, not me - Tom Waits

or indeed anything at all by tom waits....
that song's a classic, the best lines from it include:
"cream puff casper milk toast"
and of course
"the owner is a mental midget with the IQ of a fence post"
hilarity!!!!

other than that, some beautiful jeff buckley stuff, "lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love" (i know it's not *technically* written by him, but still!!)

smashing pumpkins all the way for angst "despite all my rage i am still just a rat in a cage"

and for sheer accuracy........." a friend in need is a friend indeed, a friend with weed is better"....how true (placebo)

Bard

Great (but nothing without the eerie music):

That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah it's gone
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

Better (but not the same without Art Garfunkel singing it) :

When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will 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
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you

I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way

See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

James_M

Feckin legend song, Bridge over troubled Water.

Exept for poxy Popstars destoying it. - I mean....I didn't watch the show... I mean...thats what I heard like.

Aw hell. No more cred for me then

DeadBankClerk

"I'll tell you what i want, what i really really want.
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want.
I'll tell you what i want, what i really really want.
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want.
I wan't a what? I want a what? I wany a what?
I said i really really really want a zig-a-zig-ah!"

morro

All of 'Black' by Pearl Jam, what a song!

Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay,
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did.
All five horizons revolved around her soul,
As the earth to the sun.
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.
And all I taught her was everything...
I know she gave me all that she wore...

And now my bitter hands shake beneath the clouds,
Of what was everything.
All the pictures have all been washed in black...
...tattooed everything.

I take a walk outside. I'm surrounded by some kids at play.
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?
And twisted thoughts that spin around my head...
I'm spinning...I'm spinning...
How quick the sun can drop away.

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass,
Of what was everything.
All the pictures have all been washed in black...
...tattooed everything.
All the love gone bad turned my world to black...
...tattooed all I see...all that I am...all I'll be.

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky
But why, why, why can't it be mine?


.......or Counting Crows 'Mrs. Potter'

"If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts."
Adam Duritz has to be one of the best, and most honest, modern day song writers.

Cheez

TooL - The Grudge

"Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.
Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.
Desperate to control all and everything.
Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.

Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control.
Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper.

Defining, confining, controlling, and we're sinking deeper"


TooL - Reflection

So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical,
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Just let the light touch you
And let the words spill through
And let them pass right through
Bringing out our hope and reason ...
before we pine away.

---

Good lyrics them imho

Aspro

From the sadly missed Spitting Image

The Chicken Song

Its the time of year
Now that Spring is in the air
When those two wet gits with their girly curly hair
Make another song for moronic holidays
That nauseate-ate-ate
In a million different ways
From the shores of Spain
To the coast of Southern France
No matter where you hide
You just can't escape this dance.
Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose
Buy a jumbo jet
And then bury all your clothes
Paint your left knee green
And extract your wisdom teeth
Form a string quartet
And pretend your name is Keith.

Skin yourself alive
Learn to speak Arapahoe
Climb inside a dog
And behead an eskimo
Eat a Renault Four with salami in your ears
Casserole your gran
Disembowel yourself with spears.

The disco is vibrating
The sound is loud and grating
Its truly nauseating
Let's do the dance again....

Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose
Yes you'll hear this song in the holiday discos
And there's no escape in the clubs or in the bars
You would hear this song if you holidayed in Mars.

Skin yourself alive
Learn to speak Arapahoe
Climb inside a dog
And behead an eskimo
Now you've heard it once
Your brain will spring a leak
And though you hate this song
You'll be humming it for weeks.

Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose
Buy a jumbo jet
And then bury all your clothes
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la laaaaaaa.

Jules Winfield

Beck-

"I got a job making money for the man,
puttin' chicken in a bucket with a soda pop can,
........
Ain't gonna work for no soul suckin' jerk,
I'm gonna take it all back in hindsight jaack,"

In fact the lyrics to all of that are great.

And also by Beck, "Truck Drivin' Neighbours Downstairs" is excellent. I play it at about 1/3 volume for my neighbour downstairs (partially because he parks his jeep right in front of the steps of the house and partially because he's just a perv)

"Grizzly bear mother ****er never goes to sleep,"

The Trailer Park Song by "The Dead Milkmen" also gets my vote as one of the funniest songs ever conceived.

freakofnature

ummmm... as a pumpkins fan, uh, did they ever make truly funny lyrics? continuing with my story,i guess it depends how its sung. ya know, the way billy corgan sings the line 'i wanna go hooommmme' in spaceboy, its just beautiful. same for hallelujah by jeff buckley. so heres a pretty lyric:

'what a gas it was to see, him walk her every day in to a shaded place, he's not the dark, but i'd want him'

please don't mock me if i got that wrong, i'm not a huge fan of the pixies! oooh wait, one more

'saw you with a smile, cut you like you want me to, cut there little child' disarm, pumpkins.

yes i DO know what that songs about and it doesn't make it any less good

mike65

"They called her Natashia when she looks like Elsie, I dont wanna go to Chelsea"

Elvis Costello. Nice!

Mike.

pixe

'A Robin woke me gently when i was in bed,

I opened my window quitely, and smashed the ****ers head!'

dccarm

Forgot my favourite of all time from Belle and Sebastian.

I dreamt I had to go to Mars. I'm always kidding on about going to Mars during the day. But faced with the reality of it, in a dream, I was terrified.

insanebadgergirljess

how has noone mentioned the frames yet? ( maybe someone has and i missed it,if so,sorry). Glen Hansard is one of the greatest lyricists of our time.i could give examples but i'd be here for hours and hours.Elliott Smiths lyrics are also amazingly brilliant.and the smiths.and of course jeff buckley

irokie

"bang your head against the stage like you never did before, make it hurt make it sweat make it really sore"
metallica - nuff said

The Evil Monkey

I was alone,
I was all by myself,
No one was looking,
I was thinking of you!
Oh yeah did i mention,
I was all by myself,
All by myself!

I went to your house,
But no one was there,
I went in you room,
I was all by myself,
All by myself!

Some of the funniest lyrics ever by Tré Cool from Green Day. he writes other stuff but its really x-rated for this site

irokie

i want to redeem myself

"you don't remeber, you don't remember, why don't you remember myname, off with his head man off with his head now why don't you remember my name i guess he does..."

"immerse your soul in love"

"so on i wait my whole life time for you...
hear me: and if i close my mind in fear, please pry it open,
see me: and if my face becomes sincere, beware
hold me: and when i start to come undone, stitch me together,
see me: and when you see me strut, remind me of what left this outlaw torn"

"precious precious silver and gold"

i just gotta be stupid for a sec...
"DIE, BY MY HAND, I CREEP ACROSS THE LAND, KILLING FIRST BORN MAN *OH MOTHERF**ER DIE*"

thanks

mmmmchocolate

favorite lyric would have to be

"...we only stay in orbit for one moment of time....."-recovering the satellites counting crows

or

"...i get on a train and i just stand about now that i dont think of you,i keep falling over i keep passing out when i see a face like you..." black star- Radiohead

saddest would have 2 be all of "fairytale of new york(the speaking version gets me every time!!) or "the drugs dont work"


on a lighter note!funniest would be anything by the presidents of the usa-"..we're not gonna make it oh no we're not gonna make it,coz we dont have the talent,we dont have the time,we dont have the patience,&we dont know how2rhyme..." aah classic!!

mmmmchocolate

sorry,i've another 1!all of disappointed by the frames-f*CKING EXCELLENT the man's one of the greatest(along with adam duritz,dave matthews,jim morrison,jeff&tim buckley,carole king&paul simon!!!!!)

Deirdre

'From fuedal serf to spender
This wonderful world of purchase power'

Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness

MiEcH

With my feet upon the ground I move myeslf between the sounds and open wide to suck it in.
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out. I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
OR.
I am too connected to you to Slip away, to fade away Days away I still feel you Touching me, changing me, And considerately killing me.
The Guy who writes these lyrics is an absolute genius. Anyone know who he is and what band?
I'd like to hear some of your thoughts on the Lyrics

mmmmchocolate

thickest lyrics:

"because you're gorgeous,i'd do anything4u,
because you're gorgeous,i know you'll get me through..."babybird
AAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
or
drops of jupiter
"...she acts like summer & walks like rain...she listens like spring and talks like june..." what?!?good song,bad lyrics!!!
or
"love me 4 a reason,let the reason be love..." again, WHAT!?!

irokie

i hate the lyrics i write, they really really make my head hurt.

if i post meter and stuff can people write some for me.

and more lyrics i like:

"all in the family" by koRn with fred durst
"spit it out" - slipknot (the pace is fantastic)

jonny

heh heh heh

...we all talk just like lions, but we sacrifice like lambs, round here, shes slipping thru my hands.
she says i know its only on my mind,
she says shhhh, i know its only on my mind,
and the girl on the car in the parking lot says man, you should try to take a shot, can't you see my walls are crumbling, and she looks up at the building....


...and all at once you look across a crowded room and see the way the light attaches to a girl...

...i can't remember all the times i tried to tell myself, to hold on to these momonets as they pass...

...pie jesu domine, dona e is domine, dona e is domine...
heh heh heh

...cumma cumma cumma cumma cumma camelion...

insanebadgergirljess

"Drink up baby,stay up all night, the things you could do,you won't but you might,the potential you'll be,that you'll never see,the promises you'll only make"
Elliott Smith 'Between the bars'

"I know its over,and it never really began,but in my heart,it was so real"
The Smiths 'I know its over'

"will you be my anchor, when there is noone around to hold me down, will you be my anchor, i know you're not the answer"
The Frames 'angel at my table'



"You're giving me wings, so i don't have to jump"
The Frames 'giving me wings'

"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 is the tear
that hangs inside my soul forever"
Jeff Buckley 'Lover,you should've come over'

And there are so many more.....

scuzzy

"This is the way, the word of Allah"
Thin Lizzy - Holy War

Brings the song to climax, but takes on a completely new meaning now.

Funniest lyric has to be...

"I'm an asshoooooole"
Dennis Leary - I'm an Asshole

BlackMagic

I have a few

1:standing in line , beliving the lies , your bowing down to the flag , you got a bullet in your head - Rage against the machine - bullet in your head

2:Pig untill proven cop - one minute silence

3:Payoffs don't protect and you can hide if you want to
But I'll find you - comin' up behind you! - slipknot

4: you'll never silence the voice of the voiceless - rage against the machine

stickinikki

so i look in your direction...but you pay me no attention do you?

and the rest of the lyrics in that song are beautiful too

coldplay-shiver

atonal

THE JAM "That's Entertainment"

A smash of glass and the rumble of boots -
An electric train and a ripped up 'phone booth -
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat -
Lights going out and a kick in the balls -

That's entertainment.

DrunkLeprachaun

Favorite opening lines:
Pantera - Live in a Hole
"Full of grief I screamed like the wind"

But All Time Favorite Lyric has to be from Sweating Bullets by Megadeth.
"One day you too will know my pain, and smile it's Black Tooth Grin."
Sweeeeeet.

Pugwash

radiohead:

'fitter,healtier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics'