best song lines

[Lucev23]

Bark With me now

 

[PAFC2004]

"If you can't see, that you want me, there must be something wrong with your personality"

Suburban Legends - Powerful Game.

 

[no31]

"Sucking on t***ies, representing cities

Hilltophoods

 

[texascat]

Squeeze me out of your life
Down the drain like mould and toothpaste
I feel used
And spat out
Poor old me




i see red - split enz

 

[footy_4_life]

mayb in another life, i could find you there
pulled away before your time, i cant deal its so unfair

and it feels, and it feels like
heavens so far away
and it feels, and it feels like
the world has grown cold, since youve gone away

leavin flowers on your grave, to show that i still care
black roses and hail marys
can bring back, whats taken from me

i reach to the shy, and call out your name
and if i could trade, i would

and it feels, and it feels like
heavens so far away
and it stings, and it stings now
the world is so cold, no that youve gone away

i reach to the sky, and call out your name
ohh please let me trade, i would

The Offspring - Gone Away

 

[rick James]

This is built for rap lines imo:

"Ask Beavis I get nuttin' butt head" - Big L

"You wack cats suck so hard you bleed semen" - Tonedeff

"I'm much better than all you wannabe felons, when I'm done you can use that ice on your wrist to calm the swellin" - Tonedeff

 

[DaveMorro]

"Put your hand in my pocket, grab onto my rocket"

 

[Alvin Teal]

Richard Clapton's classic: every line tells a story.

We used to go down to the beach at night
Fireflies dancing in the promenade light
Oh, those rock & roll bands used to really swing
And I did the foxtrot with sweet Christine,
Speaking to me with her gentle hands,
Flying on down to Wonderland...

Deep water
I'm caught up in its' flow
And if I'm in above my head - I'll be the last to know
Deep water

They closed down the doors to the Trocodero
And I came back looking just like a ghost
Posters are scattered all over the stairs
Nobody reads them, so nobody cares
Kids are retired before they reach 21
Really doesn't seem my idea of fun

Deep water etc

Sitting out on the Palm Beach Road
I'm so drunk, and the car won't go
Crazy eyes just looking out to sea
Sunday drivers are cruising around
I wish they'd all go back to town
What do they expect to find?
Sure as hell ain't peace of mind

 

[PAFC2004]

"Sucking on t***ies, representing cities

Hilltophoods

lmao... right.

 

[Carlos]

"Watch out where the huskies go,
and dont you eat that yellow snow..."

Frank Zappa

 

[Carlos]

"I play Russian roulette everyday, a man's sport,
With a bullet called life, yeah mama called life..."

and

"You know that every time I try to go
Where I really want to be,
It's already where I am,
Cause I'm already there"

System of a Down (Sugar)

 

[Carlos]

"So what you wanted to see good has made you blind
And what you wanted to be yours has made it mine
So dont you lock up something that you wanted to see fly
Hands are for shaking
No, not tying"

Soundgarden (Fell on Black Days)

 

[Carlos]

IMO, just about Chris Cornell's finest moment as a lyricist:

Drawing Flies:

Sitting here like uninvited company
Wallowing in my own obscenities
I share a cigarette with negativity
Sitting here like wet ashes
With xs in my eyes and drawing flies

Bathed in perspiration drowned my enemies
Used my inspiration for a guillotine
I fire a loaded mental cannon to the page

Leaning on the pedestal that holds my self denial
Firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride
Sitting here like wet ashes with x's in my eyes
and drawing flies

Hey what you yellin
About, conditions, permission, mirrored self affliction
Hey what you yellin about sadists
Co-addiction, perfect analogies
Hey what you yellin about conditions
Permission mirrored self affliction

Leaning on the pedestal that holds my self denial
Firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride
Sitting here like wet ashes with x's in my eyes
And drawing flies

 

[The_Eagles]

devil and the deep blue sea behind me
vanish in the air you'll never find me


police

 

[Carlos]

I nearly choked i laughed so hard first time i heard Joe C's rap in Kid Rock's "Devil Without a Cause". Joe C suffered from celiac disease, which stunted his growth at 3 ft 9 which he sadly died from.

"I'm the J-O-E to the C hoe
Call me Joe C...got more game than Coleco
I'm a freak hoe call me sick
Three foot nine with a ten foot d*ck"

 

[The_Eagles]

Me my friends and the sex machine
Do unto others like my brother Bean
I know you've got a mother
So give her a hug
I know you've got a mother
With a whole lot of love
Billy sings and Basie swings
These are just a few of my favorite things


RHCP

 

[Lucev23]

I nearly choked i laughed so hard first time i heard Joe C's rap in Kid Rock's "Devil Without a Cause". Joe C suffered from celiac disease, which stunted his growth at 3 ft 9 which he sadly died from.

"I'm the J-O-E to the C hoe
Call me Joe C...got more game than Coleco
I'm a freak hoe call me sick
Three foot nine with a ten foot d*ck"

Agreed, Thats a good one

 

[Alvin Teal]

from The Go Betweens:

Well don't the sun look good today
But the rain is on its' way
Watch the butcher shine his knives
And this town is full of battered wives

And I ride your river under the bridge
And I take your boat out to the reach
"Cause I love that engine roar
But I still don't know what I'm here for


Tracy Chapman: ( can really relate to this one as anyone who knows me would attest, if they understand analogies )

You got a fast car, I wanna take it to anywhere
Maybe we can make a deal, maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better, starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something, me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car, I got a plan to get us outta here
Been working in the convenience store, managed to save just a little bit of money
Won't have to drive to far, just across the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs, finally see what it means to be living

See my old man's got a problem, been with the bottle that's the way it is
Says ' body's too old for workin' but body's too young to look like his
Momma went off and left him, wanted more from life than he could give
Somebody's got to take care of him, so I quit school that's what I did

You got a fast car, is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We got to make a decision
Leave tonight - or live and die this way

So remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us , your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone

You got a fast car, we go cruising, entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job, now I work in the market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better, you'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter, buy a big house and live in the suburbs

You got a fast car, I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bars
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I always hoped for better - thought maybe together you and me could find it
You got no plans, you ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car - and keep on driving

You got a fast car - is it fast enough so you can fly away
You got to make a decision
Leave tonight, or live and die this way.

More Richard Clapton:

Gypsies ride through Wonderland
I took my horse down to the sand
Underneath a thousand miles of sky
Watch the waves come tumbling down
Hearing all those different sounds
Clears my head, and eased my worried mind
Capricorn dancer
Riding to shelter
Show me a sign, lead me on to the tropical zone

Diamonds scattered out to sea
The sun keeps laughing down at me
This crazy horse is trying to chase the wind
Watch the waves come tumbling down
Hearing all those different sounds
Clears my head and eased my worried mind
Capricorn dancer
Riding to shelter
Show me a sign, lead me on to the tropical zone

Thanks to the person who posted those Floyd lyrics too, great stuff.

 

[Angus1]

This is a song about the Songwriters mother. She was ill for a very long time. 10,000 Days in fact.

10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2) - Tool

High is the way, but all eyes are upon the ground.
You were the light and the way they'll only read about.
I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out.
Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough;
You're going home.

You're the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fists at the gates saying:
"I've come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son, and the father.
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my, give me my wings!"

 

[Bee]

We're not British, we're not Saxon we're not English
We're Irish and proud we are to be
So f**k your Union Jack
We want our country back
We want to see old Ireland free once more

Go on home british soliders - Éire Óg

Oh yeah I love that song. "Go on home British soldiers, go on home
have you no f--king homes of your own"

This one is good too:


Sunday Bloody Sunday - John Lennon


"Well it was sunday bloody sunday
When they shot the people there
The cries of thirteen martyrs
Filled the free derry air
Is there any one amongst you
Dare to blame it on the kids?
Not a soldier boy was bleeding
When they nailed the coffin lids!"


"You anglo pigs and scotties
Sent to colonize the north
You wave your bloody union jack
And you know what its worth!
How dare you hold to ransom
A people proud and free
Keep ireland for the irish
Put the english back to sea!"

 

[Roobunny]

"and the four right chords could make me cry" Semi Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind

 

[Alvin Teal]

Don McLean:

And if she asks you why, you can tell her that I told you
That I'm tired of castles in the air.
I've got a dream I want the world to share
And castle walls just lead me to despair.

Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky,
A dream come true, I'll live there till I die.
I'm asking you to say my last goodbye.
The love we knew ain't worth another try.

Save me from all the trouble and the pain.
I know I'm weak, but I can't face that girl again.
Tell her the reasons why I can't remain,
Perhaps she'll understand if you tell it to her plain.


But how can words express the feel of sunlight in the morning,
In the hills, away from city strife.
I need a country woman for my wife;
I'm city born, but I love the country life.

For I cannot be part of the cocktail generation:
Partners waltz, devoid of all romance.
The music plays and everyone must dance.
I'm bowing out. I need a second chance.

 

[linger_isgod]

"So what you wanted to see good has made you blind
And what you wanted to be yours has made it mine
So dont you lock up something that you wanted to see fly
Hands are for shaking
No, not tying"

Soundgarden (Fell on Black Days)

Whomsoever I've cured I've sickened now
Whomsoever I've cradled, I've put you down.

 

[linger_isgod]

Not a big Chili Peppers Fan, but have to admit that:

"Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement" is pretty clever.