Most Haunting Song Lines.

[raskolnikov]

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working,darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

 

[Wally Carter]

I spend time searching my mind, walking blindly
I'm a live but I don't kow why, my thoughts plague me
Paranoia, fear and guilt, I hope I don't explode
I'm a bomb that I can't diffuse, a gun I can't unload

I don't listen, I don't know, man I don't care
Talking about all the Hell that you've seen, man I live there
Talk to me and it goes right through, I never heard a word you
said
Save your breath, it's no use, you're talking to the living dead

Bullet driven eyes
What can you tell me
I'm living in a nightmare

I'm on the edge shrinking back from the ledge
Looking out my window down upon my heritage
Strip malls, thin walls, people paralyzed beneath the sun
Why me why now
I see the dirty millions and try to survive somehow

Got no reason got no need
I hear gunshots I hear screams
What can you do to me
What can you say
I used to be alive but I threw it all away
I used to have problems
I used to live a lie
But then I saw the sidewalk bleed and I watched his mother cry
I used to use my mind
I used to wonder why
Now I go from day to day and wait around to die
Like He did

 

[Wally Carter]

At night the highway's diesel roar
Speaks to me and tells me more
Than any book I've ever read
Or anything you ever said
With silent eyes inside
I watch myself and worlds collide
The seasons burn and crack my skin
I stay outside and live within

 

[scotty4]

immortal technique - dance with the devil takes the cake for me, pretty much the whole set of lyrics there. the man in black's cover of hurt is amazing also.

 

[Lazarus]

We're just 2 lost souls, swimming in a fishbowl

...year after year

Also this bit from Khe Sanh:

"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay packet lean
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
But the car parks made me jumpy
And I never stopped the dreams
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine[/SIZE][/FONT]"

 

[SunKing]

'In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminder of every glove that layed him down
And cut him Till he cried out in his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving but the fighter still remains"

The most haunting part of that song is the "lie lie lie" chorus especially as it builds towards the end.

Another S&G one that gets me is Silent Night/7 O'clock news. The juxtapostion of Paul and Art singing Silent Night like angels and some news guy talking about Nixon ramping up the war effort in Vietnam is awesome stuff.

 

[Military_man]

The Doors
​

People are strange when you're a stranger.
Faces look ugly when you're alone.
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted.
Streets are uneven when you're down.

 

[TheStinger]

The Doors
​

People are strange when you're a stranger.
Faces look ugly when you're alone.
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted.
Streets are uneven when you're down.

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land
Lost in a Roman...wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah
There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby
Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake...he's old, and his skin is cold
The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is callin' us
The blue bus is callin' us
Driver, where you taken' us
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door...and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother...I want to...WAAAAAA
C'mon baby,--------- No "take a chance with us"
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
On a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
C'mon, yeah
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die

 

[volcboy]

the becoming - NIN

I beat my machine it's a part of me it's inside of me
I'm stuck in this dream it's changing me i am becoming
The me that you know had some second thoughts
He's covered with scabs and he is broken and sore
The me that you know doesn't come around much
That part of me isn't here anymore

All pain disappears it's the nature of my circuitry
Drowns out all i hear there's no escape from this my new consciousness
The me that you know used to have feelings
But the blood has stopped pumping and he's left to decay
The me that you know is now made up of wires
And even when i'm right with you i'm so far away

I can try to get away but i've strapped myself in
I can try to scratch away the sound in my ears
I can see it killing away all my bad parts
I don't want to listen but it's all too clear

Hiding backwards inside of me i feel so unafraid
Annie, hold a little tighter i might just slip away

It won't give up it wants me dead
Goddamn this noise inside my head

In my early 20's this song pretty much summed up how I felt. I'm glad I don't feel like it any more, but it still gives me goosebumps when I listen to it - especially when Trent screams out the last two lines over and over.

 

[Lionfan17]

Demon Inside by Eminem

I'm possessed by evil demons that torture me while I'm sleeping
I keep dreaming of death and I'm hearing people screaming
The devil's spirit's trapped inside me and I want it out
I'm on the couch bleeding to death in a haunted house
With both of my wrists slit, I'm lifted up in the air
And suspended in animation like someone's holding me there
I feel somebody's cold hands wrapping around my neck
While I choke on my own blood that I swallow and drown to death
But I found a breath and somehow managed to slip the clutches
Nearly blacking out from dizziness and head rushes
Tripping over OD'd bodies of dead lushes
Bloodstains paint the plush carpet like red blushes
Door's open and close by themselves, books fly off shelves
Curtains catch fire, the house melts
My skin blisters and sticks together like twin sisters
The wind blows and shatters windows like ten twisters
Caught a piece of shrapnel in the Adam's apple
Two cups of holy water and I'm looking at 'em half full
But as soon as I go to touch 'em they turn into red rum
It got silent, then all these voices said
"Come follow me into the pits of Hell"
I heard 'em yell "Welcome to the Norman Bates Motel!"
I ring the bell for service and I was greeted by his mother
Covered in dry blood, head still dented from the shovel
I said I need a room so I could try to get some rest
She gave me the keys to the best suite and a bag of cess
And told me that's just for starters, Satan'll be in to see me later
To see if I'm interested in being partners

 

[SirJimi05]

So i ****ed your bitch you fat mother ****er!

 

[Lightning_Rod]

Yep

'Infected' by Bad Religion always gets me

Winner has to be 'Green fields of France,' originally written by Eric Bogle but i think the Dropkick Murphys version captures the atmosphere best

as soon as i listened to this song it made me think, redgum - i was only 19

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Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
It was a long march from cadets
The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card
We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left

And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean
And there's me in me slouch hat with me SLR and greens
God help me - I was only nineteen

From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
And we made our tents a home, V.B. and pinups on the lockers
And an Agent orange sunset through the scrub

And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me - I was only nineteen

A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one on two legs
It was a war within yourself
But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off
So you closed your eyes and thought about somethin' else

And then someone yelled out "Contact", and the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar
And Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
God help me - he was goin' home in June

And I can still see Frankie, drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau
And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle
'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row

And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real-

 

[Lightning_Rod]

So i ****ed your bitch you fat mother ****er!

hit em up?

 

[Gasometer]

'I've got wide staring eyes, and a strong urge to fly, but I've got nowhere to fly to.'

Comfortably Numb- PFloyd...actually the whole damn song.

Gaso

 

[bryan_1981]

Depeche Mode - Precious (electronic masters at their electronic best)
id embed the youtube vid but im at Shanghais Pudong airport and youtube is blocked in China

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to You?
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put You through...

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for You
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's Your eyes He's seeing through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

I pray You learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in Your heart for two

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

 

[SirJimi05]

hit em up?

Correct.

 

[Wilso]

'On the back of a motor bike,
With your arms outstretched trying to take flight,
Leaving everything behind,
But even at our swiftest speed, we couldn't break from the concrete,
In the city where we still reside.'

Death Cab For Cutie - Brothers on a Hotel Bed.

 

[Adrian Shelton]

How can the light that burns so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale

 

[Ron The Bear]

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man's gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday

- Zager & Evans, In The Year 2525

 

[George Washington]

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid

If you have been to/learnt about Vietnam it makes a lot of sense.



Scarborough Fair - Simon and Garfunkel

Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather (War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions).
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill).
And gather it all in a bunch of heather (And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten).

 

[SirJimi05]

Somebody told me
That you had a boyfriend
That looked liked a girlfriend
That i had in Febuary of last year

 

[Tailypo]

I was bruised and battered,
I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window,
And didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wasting away
On the streets of Philadelphia

I walked the avenue
'till my legs feel like stone
I heard voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering
As the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip this skin

Night has fallen,
and I'm lying awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother
With your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Welcome to where time stands still:
No one leaves and no one will

And this one's not as haunting, unless you're the bastard this is directed to:

You tried to spit in the eye of a dead man's face
Attacked the ways of a man not yet in his grave
But your hate was over all too soon
Because nothing is over, and nothing's through
'Til we bury you

Chorus:
For the love of brother
I will sing this ****ing song
Aesthetics Of Hate
I hope you burn in hell

The words I read on the screen left me ****ing sick
I felt the hatred rising
You son of a bitch
You branded us pathetic for our respect
But he made us Driven
such deep reverence
Far Beyond the rest

(chorus)

Long live memories
Live his freedom vicariously
Defend tenfold
his honor we'll always uphold

For the love of brother
I will say these ****ing words
No silence against ignorance
Iconoclast, I hope you burn in hell

May the hand of God strike them down

 

[nobbyiscool]

one line? the drones, "sixteen straws"

"why should we grasp at the straws of our lives
when we're only condemned by our will to survive?"


about the most disturbing, haunting song i think i've ever heard?

Through early morning fog I see
visions of the things to be
the pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see...

That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.

I try to find a way to make
all our little joys relate
without that ever-present hate
but now I know that it's too late, and...

That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.

The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
so this is all I have to say.

That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.

The only way to win is cheat
And lay it down before I'm beat
and to another give my seat
for that's the only painless feat.

That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.

 

[Kerrby]

Somebody told me
That you had a boyfriend
That looked liked a girlfriend
That i had in Febuary of last year

Haha win.

Define what you mean by haunting song lines. I don't understand how some of these are haunting.