Best Lyrics

Keggers

Check out the band Streetlight Manifesto, every song is brilliantly written, the man who writes the songs is the lead singer, Tomas Kalnoky

Some favorites:

I never met a loser that I didn't see eye-to-eye with, I declare
I stare into your eyes
But you look right past me into the air
What's it like to stand in your shoes?
To have never felt the belt of somebody's abuse?
I take the bottle and I tip it to all my heroes that have passed
Alas, you have left us, but your stories they will last
Uninspired by the recruiting call
Independent we stand
Independent we fall

A moment of silence, please, for those who never get the chance
They show up to the party, but they're never asked to dance
The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves
The cynicists, the pessimists, and those that don't believe in nothing

They said "a pox,
Upon your house,
Upon your family and everyone you ever knew
And everyone you'll ever meet"
I bet they think we wish we joined when we could
But we do what we want, we don't do what we should
Now, everybody's laughing, 'cause they're thinking they're in on something I don't get
Don't forget
I connect and I read every word you said
Like a child who believes he was wronged
If you hate me so much, then stop singing my songs

All from different parts of the same song

freyners

personally the fray you found me really speaks to me
also try hurt by cash

lordgoat

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Nah, the Hold Steady are one of the best bands of the last 10 years, not just for Finn's lyrics. There just a good time rock band, some people (not saying you) need more from music than that i guess, but great riffs and great lyrics are enough for me. I don't think their last album was as good as their others though, some of the bsides would have improved it.

I don't know, i have listened to the first album a lot and while i did like some songs to me they got old quite fast. And i think their latest album was a big step down. (freely admit i only listened to it in a friends house that loves them)

I do like little hood rat friend a good bit and i can see the attraction, but just ain't for me.

Spiritoftheseventies

thorbarry wrote: »

Ya cant beat Bob Dylans lyrics

You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"

Speaking of Dylan, IMO this his best work.

"You looked for work and money
And you walked a rugged mile
You looked for work and money
And you walked a rugged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they don't know how to smile"

The ballad of Hollis Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tis-I71nhdQ

endaob

some of my favourite lines

"Short on long term goals" Wilco - Misunderstood

"Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth" The Shins - New Slang

"You're the measure of my dreams" Pogues - Rainy night in soho. Maybe this song shouldn't be in this forum, but it is an exceptional piece of writing

Spiritoftheseventies

Ah yes. The Shins. Did you understand what was going on in Phantom Limb. strange lyrics.

thebigcheese22

+ 1 to Paul Noonan, his lyrics are quality! Some may say they are facetious but I think they're effortless

Also so many from Pearl Jam - ('Don't see some men as half-empty, see them half-full of ****')

'I know that I was born and I know that I'll die, the in-between is mine, I am mine)

FredBaby!

''you said 'send me stationary to make me horny' '' -My Year in Lists by Los Campesinos

''i noticed you, you stood out like a sore thumb, the most beautiful sore thumb i'd ever seen''-About your Dress by the Maccabees

''take me out tonight where there's music and there's people and they're young and alive''-There is a light that never goes out by the Smiths

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freyners wrote: »

personally the fray you found me really speaks to me
also try hurt by cash

Nine Inch nails wrote Hurt

Spiritoftheseventies

endaob wrote: »

some of my favourite lines

"Short on long term goals" Wilco - Misunderstood

"Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth" The Shins - New Slang

"You're the measure of my dreams" Pogues - Rainy night in soho. Maybe this song shouldn't be in this forum, but it is an exceptional piece of writing

Of course Rainy Night in Soho should be in the forum. Pogues were an alternative trad band. Shane a lej.

Amazotheamazing

lordgoat wrote: »

I don't know, i have listened to the first album a lot and while i did like some songs to me they got old quite fast. And i think their latest album was a big step down. (freely admit i only listened to it in a friends house that loves them)

I do like little hood rat friend a good bit and i can see the attraction, but just ain't for me.

Their best albums are usually rated as Separation Sunday and Boys and Girls in America, their first one "Almost Killed Me" is good, but not as good as the others, imo.

Really think Boys and Girls in America is an album you have to give time to, but when it clicks it's great.

Spiritoftheseventies

Spray Paint Back Alley by Damien Dempsey from Album shots was about the best song I have heard in ages. Reminded me a bit of O'Casey

omerin

rem lyrics on Cuyahoga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM6fDpWdkyY

rem's fall on me (environmentally friendly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gNehaDwyIk

neil young's with southern man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB_qmRjetdE

lyrics that mean something, not some pop fluff!

Spiritoftheseventies

Yes +1 for those two REM songs from Omerin. Top stuff.

thebigcheese22

bayviewclose wrote: »

Nine Inch nails wrote Hurt

thebigcheese22

omerin wrote: »

rem lyrics on Cuyahoga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM6fDpWdkyY

rem's fall on me (environmentally friendly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gNehaDwyIk

Yeah also Orange Crush is fairly poignant stuff, but hey I'm a pacifist so I would say that

CoachBoone

Jamie T writes some great stuff and makes it sound brilliant.

Bright eyes as OP said. Guys a genius.

Emmsy

Perhaps it's 'uncool' to do so but I have to give Gary Lightbody the nod on this score.

-When it's all over we still have to clear up:
You've had your fun
Kissed some bloke you shouldn't have
Right in front of me
Punched him to the floor
I could have killed him there
But I got thrown out
I'll get him some other time
When he leasts expects it

-Grazed Knees:
It's easier to lie and be safe
Time and time again I'm half stalled
One giant leap of faith is easy
When everyone you ask is so sure

-Beginning to get to me:
And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed

-

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Emmsy wrote: »

Perhaps it's 'uncool' to do so but I have to give Gary Lightbody the nod on this score.

-When it's all over we still have to clear up:
You've had your fun
Kissed some bloke you shouldn't have
Right in front of me
Punched him to the floor
I could have killed him there
But I got thrown out
I'll get him some other time
When he leasts expects it

-Grazed Knees:
It's easier to lie and be safe
Time and time again I'm half stalled
One giant leap of faith is easy
When everyone you ask is so sure

-Beginning to get to me:
And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed

-

Arguably Snow Patrols finest hour
Batten Down the hatch

Batten down the hatch
Cause we're all coming in
Like uninvited guests
Romancing everything
Keep your hands away
From what you can't afford
We don't think that we'll stay
Now that you look bored
God only knows
What Brian Wilson meant
Pick out your clothes
With some real intent
You don't seem to care
That I've been waiting here
Pulling out my hair
For you to come
My dear
I'll go all the way
As long as you go first
Running all this way
Has given me a thirst
Believe in what you want
As long as you can see
What's right in front of you
I guess that that's just me

CoachBoone

"Uncool" Balls to that.

Lightbody has some great lyrics.

"If it looks like it works, and it feels like it works, then it works"- is great in its simplicity.

Jamie T Sheila:

"She says, When I fall no one catch me
Alone, Lonely, I'll overdose slowly"- QUALITY

or Sticks N Stones:

"I was hanging out with Louie in the shooting gallery
when the news got through to me about you and Jeremy.
Pat on my back, and a swig on my brew
you're still my friend, it's impossible to hate you.
Cradle to the grave, I know we always misbehave
people latch down and then they rain on our parade.
Girls we love leave when we want them to stay
like today, remember, what shall we say?"

Actually a lot of his stuff is brilliant. Poetic Brilliance.

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CoachBoone wrote: »

"Uncool" Balls to that.

Lightbody has some great lyrics.

"If it looks like it works, and it feels like it works, then it works"- is great in its simplicity.

Jamie T Sheila:

"She says, When I fall no one catch me
Alone, Lonely, I'll overdose slowly"- QUALITY

or Sticks N Stones:

"I was hanging out with Louie in the shooting gallery
when the news got through to me about you and Jeremy.
Pat on my back, and a swig on my brew
you're still my friend, it's impossible to hate you.
Cradle to the grave, I know we always misbehave
people latch down and then they rain on our parade.
Girls we love leave when we want them to stay
like today, remember, what shall we say?"

Actually a lot of his stuff is brilliant. Poetic Brilliance.

Yes Batten down the hatch lyrics sound better when set to music i guesss

omerin

bayviewclose wrote: »

Arguably Snow Patrols finest hour
Batten Down the hatch

Batten down the hatch
Cause we're all coming in
Like uninvited guests
Romancing everything
Keep your hands away
From what you can't afford
We don't think that we'll stay
Now that you look bored
God only knows
What Brian Wilson meant
Pick out your clothes
With some real intent
You don't seem to care
That I've been waiting here
Pulling out my hair
For you to come
My dear
I'll go all the way
As long as you go first
Running all this way
Has given me a thirst
Believe in what you want
As long as you can see
What's right in front of you
I guess that that's just me

was he a pupil of the jack and jill school of lyrics?

lordgoat

omerin wrote: »

was he a pupil of the jack and jill school of lyrics?

I have to agree with this snow patrol to me are pedestrian at best, i cannot stand that ABAB rhyming scheme. Especially over 4 or 5 albums.

callyno3

Tom Mcrae " The boy with the bubble gun"

I'm the boy with the bubblegun I'm taking aim
I cannot hit to hurt or cause you pain
If words could kill I'd spell out your name
I'm the boy with the bubblegun
The boy with the bubblegun
I'm the boy with the bubblegun with work to do
If songs could kill this one's for you

The hummingbird song

At night I dream of the hummingbird
Feel the beatings of its wings
And if you only had one choice my dear
Would you fly or would you sing

Also Agree on Paul Noonan.

" Time pulls a face when I'm next to you
Let hope the wind changes"

The Flaming lips

Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
Do You Realize - we're floating in space -
Do You Realize - that happiness makes you cry
Do You Realize - that everyone you know someday will die

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

ludwit

I don't know about most of the lyrics here, if you were being subjective you'd have to say that people see different things to other people and thats life but wheres the fun in that and in fairness most of these lyrics are sh**e. Never got the Manics' lyrics, at best they are well constructed not totally embarrassing 6th form poetry; Morrissey while amongst the best lyricists gets a bit tiring after a while; your man from Bell-X1's lyrics are ordinary at best and at worst are jarring.

Matt Beringher from The National is an honorable exception, I love the understated accuracy and the near perfect scanning, its a real pity that I have grown tired of their music as I really enjoyed listening to him.

Spiritoftheseventies

lordgoat wrote: »

I have to agree with this snow patrol to me are pedestrian at best, i cannot stand that ABAB rhyming scheme. Especially over 4 or 5 albums.

Yes not a major fan of them but thought was a good song.
Anyway this should be more to your liking. Declan O'Rourke's Gallileo. Paul Weller was on record as saying that if he could have chosen one song to write this would have been it. And having listened to it a few times would tend to agree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8yEnu9_SGc

steve_

Tools Lateralus song is one of the best written, best constructed songs iv ever heard. If you listen to it you'll know what i mean. The numbers are based on the Fibonacci code, which when charted on paper creates a spiral....amazing

1 Black
1 then
2 white are
3 all I see
5 in my infancy.
8 Red and yellow then came to be,
5 reaching out to me,
3 lets me see.

13 As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
8 drawn beyond the lines of reason.
5 Push the envelope.
3 Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.

1 Black
1 then
2 white are
3 all I see
5 in my infancy.
8 Red and yellow then came to be,
5 reaching out to me,
3 lets me see
2 there is
1 so
1 much
2 more and
3 beckons me
5 to look through to these
8 infinite possibilities.
13 As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
8 drawn outside the lines of reason.
5 Push the envelope.
3 Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

I embrace my desire to
I embrace my desire to
Feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow
To feel inspired to fathom the power, to witness the beauty,
To bathe in the fountain,
To swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human.

With my feet upon the ground I lose myself 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.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.

Spiritoftheseventies

Okay from the Smiths.
"Frankly Mr Shankly
this position Ive held
its pays my way but it corrodes my soul
I want to leave, you will not miss me
I want to go down in Musical History.

K4t

Cat Stevens could write a song. This(father and son)
Father
Its not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
Youre still young, thats your fault,
Theres so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but Im happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that its not easy,
To be calm when youve found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything youve got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
Its always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now theres a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
Its not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
Youre still young, thats your fault,
Theres so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but Im happy.
(son-- away away away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
Its hard, but its harder to ignore it.
If they were right, Id agree, but its them you know not me.
Now theres a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(father-- stay stay stay, why must you go and
Make this decision alone? )

I love the Eagles' lyrics too.

Spiritoftheseventies

From Morrisey
Last of the International Playboys
opening lines.
Dear hero in prison
with all the new crimes that you are perfecting
but I cant help quoting you
because everything that you say rings true