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Any song, any artist. Post your favorite lyrics, most emotional lyrics, funniest lyrics, anything. I’ll start. You can follow my example if you want.

Favorite Lyrics: Switchfoot - Meant to Live

We were meant to live for so much more
have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside

Angriest Lyrics: Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name

FUCK YOU I WON’T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME! (repeat x16)

Most Emotional Lyrics: Switchfoot - Only Hope

And I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know you’re my only hope

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Well, this song has long been a favourite of mine. I’ll leave the artist un-named, for now.

*I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
Clouds pull away, and the sunlight?s revealed
People don?t talk about keeping? it real
It?s understood that they actually wil
And intoxicated and stimulated MC?s stairin? in the trees, paranoid
Are gone in the breeze
Watch them flee, hip-hop hits, take a walk with me
And what you?ll see is a land where the sands made of crushed up wax
And the sky beyond you Is krylon blue
And everybody speaks in a dialective rhyme
MC?s have left materialism behind them
Meanwhile, I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through alright
Because say what you will
And say what you might
But don?t ignore who it?s for at the end of the night

Cuz this is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to where the music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old saying
And dedicated to the people advancin? the game
What?s real?
It?s the kids who know something?s wrong
What?s real?
It?s the kids who think they don?t belong
What?s real?
It?s the kids who have nowhere to run, who are hiding in the shadows, waiting
for the sun

I?ve see a lot of shit ive talk to a bum out on Sunset Strip
He asked me how would you feel if everybody acted like you didn?t exist
You?d lose your grip Probably eventually flip
So let it be known, the only reason that we do this
So you can pick it up and just bang ya head to it
While MC?s fight to see who can be the commonest
We float overhead like a space odyssey monolith
Overseeing the game
Over being part of the same old thing
It?s all gunna change, in a hurricane
Darkness and pain, and acidic rain and promises you won?t do it again
Meanwhile, I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through alright
Because say what you will
And say what you might
But don?t ignore who it?s for at the end of the night

-Ch-

X2
Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide

-Ch-

This is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to where the music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old saying
And dedicated to the people advancin? the game
What?s real?
Everybody who doesn?t feel safe
What?s real?
Everybody who knows they?re out of place
What?s real?
Anybody with no where to run, who hides in the shadows, waiting for the sun
*

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I completely agree. I love that song!!

Favourite lyrics

points to sig

Most Emotional lyrics

Send me an angel to love
I need to feel a little piece of heaven
Send me an angel to love
I’m afraid I’ll never get to heaven

(Garbage, My Lover’s Box)

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Most emotional lyrics: They Might Be Giants - At the End of the Tour:

[quote]There’s a girl with a crown and a scepter
Who’s on WLSD
And she says that the scene isn’t what it’s been
And she’s thinking of going home
That it’s old and it’s totally over now
And it’s old and it’s over, it’s over now
And it’s over, it’s over, it’s over now
I can see myself

At the end of the tour
When the road disappears
If there’s any more people around
When the tour runs aground
And if you’re still around
Then we’ll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked through the end of the world
So we’ll meet at the end of the tour

Never to part since the day we met
Out on Interstate 91
I was bent metal you were a flaming wreck
When we kissed at the overpass
I was sailing along with the people
Driving themselves to distraction inside me
Then came a knock on the door which was odd
And the picture abruptly changed

At the end of the tour
When the road disappears
If there’s any more people around
When the tour runs aground
And if you’re still around
Then we’ll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked through the end of the world
So we’ll meet at the end of the tour

This was the vehicle these were the people
You opened the door and expelled all the people
This was the vehicle these were the people
You opened the door and expelled all the people
This was the vehicle these were the people
You let them go

At the end of the tour
When the road disappears
If there’s any more people around
When the tour runs aground
And if you’re still around
Then we’ll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked through the end of the world
So we’ll meet at the end of the tour
And we’re never gonna tour again
No, we’re never gonna tour again [/quote]

The entire song rules. It’s about a guy who kills a bunch of girls who are high on drugs in a car accident. It’s really an amazing song.

Angriest lyrics: GWAR - Biledriver:

[quote]
All creatures born are born to die but before then survive
Some creatures born they never live but still they are alive
Upon a bony steed I sway, my scythe above the herd
I want to murder everyone in the entire world
Death feeds the cycle, driven by your hate
Can?t you see there is nothing left to create?
All is for me to destroy
And emptiness employ
I want to murder everyone in the entire world
Every man and women, every boy and every girl
Swallow up the air and earth, mutilate the worms
Kill the messenger who begs us to consider terms
But hatred is a feeling that?s mutated with time
Into something much more sublime
To kill without passion ? a new ability
I slay with a new efficiency
This effect is most pleasing
As I slaughter millions for no reason
A vision?of universal death?
No
No Order
No Reason
No Triumph
No Truth
So Horny
So Fetid
So Violent
So Uncouth

The young are simply too dumb to live
The old are weak and unclean
The ones in the middle, they also must die
Their ways are obtuse and obscene
Biledriver!
Bring forth the Biledriver!
All is for me to destroy
And nothingness enjoy
I want to murder everyone in the entire world[/quote]

That song just plain rules. Gwar is the ultimate shock-rock metal band.

Favorite lyrics: They Might Be Giants - Nothing’s Gonna Change My Clothes:

[quote]All the people are so happy now, their heads are caving in
I’m glad they are a snowman with protective rubber skin
But every little thing’s a domino that falls on different dots
And crashes into everything that tries to make it stop

And the mirror, it reflects a tiny dancing skeleton
Surrounded by a fleshy overcoat and swaddled in
A furry hat, elastic mask, a pair of shiny marble dice
Some people call them snake-eyes, but to me they look like mice

And nothing’s smelling like a rose
But I don’t care if no one’s coming up for air
I know nothing’s gonna change my clothes ever anymore

All the people are so happy now, their heads are caving in
I’m glad they are a snowman with protective rubber skin
But every little thing’s a domino that falls on different dots
And crashes into everything that tries to make it stop

And nothing’s smelling like a rose
But I don’t care if no one’s coming up for air
I know nothing’s gonna change my clothes ever anymore

No, no, no, no
Nothing’s smelling like a rose
But I don’t care if no one’s coming up for air
I know that nothing’s gonna change my clothes ever anymore [/quote]

Those are the most original lyrics I’ve ever heard in my life. They make absolutly no sense, which is good IMO.

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A band I’ve been listening to alot lately - Porcupine Tree

PRODIGAL

I don’t know whose side I’m on
I don’t think that I belong round here
If I left the stage would that be wrong ?

I tried to find myself a better way
I got religion but I went astray
They took my money and I lost my faith

Rain keeps crawling down the glass
The good times never seem to last
Close your eyes and let the thought pass

I tried the capsule and I tried the smoke
I tried to aid escape like normal folk
But I never seemed to get the joke

These are my old clothes
This is a new low
This is my blood flow
This is my headstone

I spend my days with all my friends
They’re the ones on who my life depends
I’m gonna miss them when the series ends

Rain keeps crawling down the glass
(Pull yourself together)
The good times never seem to last
(You know it’s not so bad)
Close your eyes and let the thought pass
(Close your eyes and let it pass)

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GWAR pwnz. And they have a good sense of humor!

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New fav lyrics. This is an awesome song.

Lostprophets- Last Train Home

[quote]To every broken heart in here
Love was once a part, but now it’s disappeared
She told me that it’s all part of the choices that your make
Even when you think you’re right
You have to give to take

But there’s still tomorrow
Forget the sorrow
And I can be on the last train home
Watch it pass the day
As it fades away
No more time to care
No more time, today

But we sing
If we’re going nowhere
Yeah we sing
If it’s not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason
To ever fall in love

I wonder if you’re listening
Picking up on the signals
Sent back from within
Sometimes it feels like I don’t really know whats going on
Time and time again it seems like everything is wrong in here

But there’s still tomorrow
Forget the sorrow
And I can be on the last train home
Watch it pass the day
As it fades away
No more time to care
No more time, today

But we sing
If we’re going nowhere
Yeah we sing
If it’s not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason
To ever fall in love

Well we sing if we’re going nowhere
Yeah we sing if it’s not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason to ever fall in love

But we sing
If we’re going no where
Yeah we sing
If it’s not enough
And we sing
Sing with out a reason to never fall in love
To never fall in love again
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Ooooooooh “Start Something” is out tomorrow… :slight_smile:

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Yeah… awesomeness.

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I dont know what you people are talking bout :smiley:

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Hmmm… That’s a tough one. Most of the songs I listen to, I’m not 100 percent sure of the lyrics. But, well, what the hell…

Favorite: GooGoo Dolls - It’s Over

I won’t tear you down
I won’t tear you down
To get into the world you wanted
I’m kicking through the walls
But no one can believe
In things that never change

Angriest: I don’t really know, not that into angry songs

Most Emotional: 3rd Eye Blind, Motorcycle Driveby

I’m not a big 3rd Eye Blind fan, but this song is just crazy good. A small sample (from the end):

I go home to the coast
It starts to rain I paddle out on the water
Alone
Taste the salt and taste the pain
I’m not thinking of you again
Summer dies and swells rise
The sun goes down in my eyes
See this rolling wave
Darkly coming to take me
Home
And I’ve never been so alone
And I’ve never been so alive

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Verdict on Start Something: 3/5

Pros: Good songs, good lyrics

Cons: Nothing like TFSoP, more pop-style

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Favorite Lyrics?

“Tell a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry.
Happiness I cannot feel
And love to me is so unreal.”

If you guess what song that is from, I will be impressed. :slight_smile:

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Type O Negative - Paranoid

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It is Paranoid, but who is Type-O Negative? I was thinking of Black Sabbath…

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w00t! Arc, you listen to Type O Negative? :smiley:

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No one’s perfect.

actually I like one or 2 of their songs

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Go listen to Dream Theater, G*hn, no one asked you.

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I don’t listen to DT for some time now actually.

I’m more into progressive rock now (rather than progressive metal).

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More beautiful lyrics:

[quote]I know that you’re hiding things
Using gentle words to shelter me
Your words were like a dream
But dreams could never fool me
Not that easily

I acted so distant then
Didn’t say good bye before you left
But I was listening
You’ll fight your battles far from me
Far too easily

Save your tears 'cause I’ve come back
I could hear that you whispered as you walked through that door
But still I swore to hide the pain when I turned back the pages
Shouting might have been the answer

What if I cried my eyes out and begged you not to depart?
But now I’m not afraid to say what’s in my heart

Oh a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They’ll fly to you crossing over the time
And distance holding you
Suspended on silver wings

And a thousand words
One thousand confessions
Will cradle you
Making all the pain you feel seem far away
They’ll hold you forever…

The dream isn’t over yet
Though I often say I can’t forget
I still relive that day
You’ve been there with me all the way
I still hear you say, “Wait for me, I’ll write you letters”

I can see how you can stand there with your eyes to the floor
But still I swore to hide the doubt when I turned back the pages
Anger might have been the answer

What if I hung my head and said that I couldn’t wait?
But now I’m strong enough to know it’s not too late

'Cause a thousand words
Called out through the ages
They’ll fly to you
Even though we can’t see
I know they’re reaching you
Suspended on silver wings

Oh a thousand words
One thousand embraces
Will cradle you
Making all of your weary days seem far away
They’ll hold you forever…

Oh a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They’ll fly to you
They’ll carry you home and back into my arms
Suspended on silver wings

And a thousand words
Called out through the ages
They’ll cradle you
Turning all of the loving into only days
They’ll hold you forever…
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