Favourite Lyrics in Rock/Metal

Somnus

So are there any lyrics that have stuck with you or that you think are great?

For me it'd have to be Time by Floyd.

Just really capture how time flies by without you really realising. How you put stuff off and then it's too late to do it etc. Absolutely fantastic

Song with the lyrics in the info box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYiahoYfPGk

bigbadcon

Dr.Poca wrote: »

So are there any lyrics that have stuck with you or that you think are great?

These lyrics have stuck with me for all the wrong reasons...

Bang your head against the stage
Like you never did before
Make it ring Make it bleed
Make it really sore
In a frenzied madness
with your leather and your spikes
Heads are bobbing all around
It's hot as Hell tonight

Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash :eek:

zenmonk

There's a voice, keeps on calling me
Down the road is where I'll always be
Every stop I make I make a new friend
Can't stay for long...

Deicide - Carnage in the Temple of the Damned

ride-the-spiral

Cannibal Corpse - I cum blood


Truly a visionary.

lord lucan

zenmonk wrote: »

There's a voice, keeps on calling me
Down the road is where I'll always be
Every stop I make I make a new friend
Can't stay for long...

Deicide - Carnage in the Temple of the Damned

Thought that was the theme from "the littlest hobo"!?

peter1892

A cunning fox in the chicken's lair!

I suppose a rock's out of the question?

You can always be a singer, like me and front the band!

yknaa

Taken by force. By you of course. Far from my bed. I know I'd rather be dead

Set me free- Saxon

frag420

Not so much the complete lyrics from any song but little bits from various songs.........

There is no love in fear - Tool - Pu****

If ignorance is bliss then knock the smile from my face - RATM - Settle for nothing now

So if i can shoot rabbits then i can shoot fascists - Manic street preachers - If you tolerate this then your children will be next

frAg

endasmail

let freedom ring with a shotgun blast-davidian
machine head
hair standing up on back of neck stuff

Mental Mickey

frag420 wrote: »

Not so much the complete lyrics from any song but little bits from various songs.........

There is no love in fear - Tool - Pu****

If ignorance is bliss then knock the smile from my face - RATM - Settle for nothing now

So if i can shoot rabbits then i can shoot fascists - Manic street preachers - If you tolerate this then your children will be next

frAg

When I heard that line, I was like: "What the f***!?"

Star Bingo

on an emotive level, for me possibly Jeffrey Lee Pierce in general but am certain his delivery aided that. Justin Sullivan of New Model Army was fairly intelligent too if anyone recall's Sepultura's cover of The Hunt then check the original, get the proper feel of it

lord lucan

Leper Messiah - Metallica.

Spineless from the start, sucked into the part
circus comes to town, you play the lead clown
Please, please
spreading his disease, living by his story
Knees, knees
falling to your knees, suffer for his glory
You will

Time for lust, time for lie
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
and you'll get a better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah

Marvel at his tricks, need your Sunday fix
blind devotion came, rotting your brain
Chain, chain
Join the endless chain
Fame, Fame
Infection is the game, stinking drunk with power
We see

Time for lust, time for lie
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
and you'll get a better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah

Bow to Leper Messiah
Witchery, weakening
Sees the sheep are gathering
set the trap, hypnotize
now you follow

Time for lust, time for lie
time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
and you'll get a better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah

Lie.

fartmaster

So sorry to add another Metallica set of lyrics but Fade to Black is just genius...

Life it seems will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else

I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free

Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel

Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me but now he's gone

No one but me can save myself
But it's too late
Now I can't think
Think why I should even try

Yesterday seems as though
It never existed
Death greets me warm
Now I will just say goodbye

GrizzlyMan

Great song...great Lyrics...great band:D

Dissection - Where dead angels Lie

In the dawn an angel was dancing
surrounded by an aura of light
But in the shadows something was watching
and with patience awaiting the night
Angel whispers: "Mournful night, attractive night,
your dark beauty obsesses me"
An angel bewitched by the shadows
Seduced by the whispering lies


A spell was cast an the sky turned red
The angel's heart froze to ice
The blackness that falls is coming to stay
Under the snow lies angels so cold

Dusk has passed and a cold morning breeze,
is sweeping all over the plain,
On the ground lies an angel with skin so pale,
On her face an image of pain,
Snow is now falling to the frozen ground,
The angel is covered by white,
Frost is spreading across the plain,
to welcome the eternal night.

The dress is white with crystals of ice
and frozen roses so red
Roses of blood from an innocent soul
On the plain lies an angel dead


A spell was cast an the sky turned red
The angel's heart froze to ice
In the gloomy sky black clouds were gathering
The silence was broken by cries
A spell was cast an the sky turned red
The angel's heart froze to ice
In the gloomy sky - The silence where dead angels lie

Touch the snow...Caress the lifeless sculptures
Die!!!


The blackness that falls is coming to stay,
Under the snow lies angels so cold,
Yet with each crystal of frost that is falling,
another story is told,
A spell was cast an the sky turned red,
The angel's heart froze to ice,
In the gloomy sky - The silence where dead angels lie.

Seth Brundle

crikey
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
The Girls of Porn - Mr. Bungle
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Big Balls - AC/DC
Angel of Death - Slayer
No Place for Disgrace - Flotsam & Jetsam
and loads more

D.Q

Damn, a hard day's rockin'. Better slip off ma shoes.
Maybe give a little stretch, and a bend.
Dip m'toe to jacuzzi, baby. Slip out this book:
The Buttress of Windsor. Ho ho ho, who's this? How's it goin'?


That's the first thin' I say to you.
How's it goin'? Are you flowin'?
Listen honey,
Thinkin' 'bout a couple things to say to you,
Showin', growin',
Man I'd like to place my hand
upon your ****in' sexy ass and squeeze.
And squeeze!

Take off your blouse,
And your underpants,
Then take a look,
'Cause here me and KG come naked,
Out of the side-hatch,
With the oils and perfume and incense.
Now you're groovin',
Put on a cool '70s groove.
A funky groove to **** to.
A funky groove to **** to.

Me, me and KG,
It's all about sex supreme,
We likes to cream jeans.
Have you ever been worked on
By two guys who are hot for your snatch?
That's what I'm offerin' you.
You step into our room,
And then you smell the perfume,
You lay upon our roundish bed,
And then you feel a tickling on your head.
It's KG with the feather and the French tickler,
Look out baby he got the tools.
And then you feel sumpin' down by your feet.
It's me, it's JB, I'm suckin' upon your toes

damonjewel

'scuse me whilst I kiss the sky

fartmaster

kbannon wrote: »

crikey
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
The Girls of Porn - Mr. Bungle
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Big Balls - AC/DC
Angel of Death - Slayer
No Place for Disgrace - Flotsam & Jetsam
and loads more

Hallowed be thy name..............CLASS!

ride-the-spiral

damonjewel wrote: »

'scuse me whilst I kiss this guy

Fix'd

MetzgerMeister

Wer wahrtet mit Besonnenheit
Der Wird belohnt zur rechte Zeit
Nun das Warten hat ein Ende
Leuht euer Ohr eine Legende

- Rammstein - Rammlied

Komm Mit Mir
Komm auf mein schloss
Da wartet Spass im Tief geschoss
Leise leise wollen wir sein
Den Augenblick von Zeit befreien
Ja dass Paradis liegt unterm Haus
Die tur fehlt zu
Das Licht geht aus...

- Rammstein - Wiener Blut

fartmaster

einheisserschre wrote: »

Wer wahrtet mit Besonnenheit
Der Wird belohnt zur rechte Zeit
Nun das Warten hat ein Ende
Leuht euer Ohr eine Legende

- Rammstein - Rammlied

Komm Mit Mir
Komm auf mein schloss
Da wartet Spass im Tief geschoss
Leise leise wollen wir sein
Den Augenblick von Zeit befreien
Ja dass Paradis liegt unterm Haus
Die tur fehlt zu
Das Licht geht aus...

- Rammstein - Wiener Blut

god bless them Germans :pac:

dj357

right now the lyrics that are sticking with me most are from Lamb of God songs, cause I hear random phrases in them that normally passed me by and they just sound so awesome

"I can't sing you a happy song, I can't sing you a sing-along, the only catchy hook I've got is the one inside my bleeding gut." - Forgotten (Lost Angels)

"Like a bull in a China Shop, but the shelves have all been cleared. A thief in an empty vault, the sheep already sheared." - Foot to the Throat

"Well there's those that do, And those that just do talking, We're all going through hell, It's burn or keep on walking." - Broken Hands


and one Rammstein lyric that I always love, well two, one is pretty old, but encapsulates my personal beliefs rather succintly:

"In meinem Himmel gibt's keinen Gott" - Weisses Fleisch

and one other Rammstein lyric that I love for it's sheer poetry is:

"Doch der Abend wirft ein Tuch auf's Land, und auf die Wege hinterm Waldesrand..." - Ohne Dich

JohnnyCrash

He'd had enough
He couldnt take any more
He found a place,
in his mind,
he slammed the door.

Max Power1

Most deicide songs - eg Holy deception and the lords sedition.
Also "cult" by slayer

meditraitor

Not really up to date on the last 10 years in metal, but I always found Maidan,Slayer and Metallica to be pretty damn good.... however the favorite of the top of head is

The one and only Black Sabbath, War Pigs

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'til their judgement day comes
Yeah!

Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the war pig's crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh lord yeah!

dj357

JohnnyCrash wrote: »

He'd had enough
He couldnt take any more
He found a place,
in his mind,
he slammed the door.

Awesome Judas Priest song!

tbh

Mental Mickey wrote: »

When I heard that line, I was like: "What the f***!?"

It's a line given as a reason for fighting by a guy from the spanish civil war, iirc.

my favourite lyrics are not outstanding or anything, just really like the way he makes 'em scan:

I'd give you everything you need
I've given everything i own,
I'd give in if it could at least/be ours alone

giddybootz

Love me some funny lyrics a la Warrant:

Swingin to the drums
Swingin to guitar
Swingin to the bass in the back of my car
Ain't got money, ain't got no gas
Get where were goin if we swing real fast

I scream, you scream,
We all scream for her
Don't even try
Cause you can't ignore her

She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good make a grown man cry
Sweet cherry pie
Oh yeah

She's my cherry pie
Put a smile on your face
Ten miles wide
Looks so good
Bring a tear to your eye
Sweet cherry pie

Swingin' in the bathroom
Swingin' on the floor
Swingin' so hard
Forgot to lock the door
In walks her daddy
Standin' six foot four
Said, "You ain't gonna swing
with my daughter no more."

Max Power1

on teh humour front, Ive found steel panther quite the larf! :P

TeenageKicks

They put me in an institution said it was the only solution

GLaDOS

Pain of Salvation do the best lyrics I've ever heard, this could easily be a poem

And SEX was always there from when I was only eight years - tempting me leave me thirsty
Sweat, skin, a PULSE divine to balance this restless MIND - it seems so wonderfully physical
Oh the BLOOD, the lust, the bodies that color the world: all drugs to die for! Won't you share my fire?
How can LOVE make that world a minefield of forbidden GROUND?
A map of untouchable skin and SILENCED desire?

And love was there in vain, PROFOUND and deep but traced with pain - too early for a child of TEN
Loving the pure and sane he sought the goddess unstained - watching them turn to flesh again
HUNGRY for both the PURITY and SIN
Life seemed to him merely like a GALLERY of how to be
And he was always much more HUMAN than he wished to be
But there is a LOGIC to his world, if they could only see

Wishing - Sickened - I'll - Ticking

SOMEONE still this hunger (it's in my blood) always growing stronger (ticking)
BUDAPEST I'm learning, Budapest you're burning me

This is not who I wanted to be, this is not what I wanted to see
She's so young so why don't I feel free now that she is here under me?

Naked- Touching - Soft - Clutching

And then after all it lead me here to wake up again
Seeking a love that might make me feel free in myself but then it proves to be
Something that hurts inside when we touch, so I move on, I lose my way
Astray I'm trying too much to feel unchained, to burn out this sense of feeling cold
And every day I seek my prey: someone to taste and to hold
I feel alive during the split second when they smile and meet my eyes
But I could cry 'cause I feel broken inside!

COME and DROWN with me- the UNDERTOW will sweep us away!
And you will see that I'm ADDICTED to my HONESTY
Trust! 'Cause after all my sense of TRUTH once brought me here
But I've LOST control and I don't know if I am true to my soul
I've lost CONTROL and I don't know if I am true to my soul
Losing control and I don't know if I am TRUE AT ALL

And we were always much more human than we wished to be...
And I remember when you said you've been UNDER him - I was surprised to feel such pain
And all those years of being faithful to YOU despite the hunger flowing through my veins
And I have always tried to calm things down - SWALLOW down swallow down
"It's just another small THORN in my crown"
But suddenly one day there was too much blood in my eyes, and I had to take this WALK down
REMEDY LANE of whens and whys...

Empty - Licking - Clean - Choking

SOMEONE still this hunger (possessing my mind) always growing stronger (craving)
BUDAPEST I'm learning, Budapest I'm burning me
This is not who I wanted to be, this is not what I wanted to see
She's so young so why I don't feel free now that she's under me?
In the morning she's going away in a Budapest taxi I've paid
Seeking freedom I touched the untouched - it's too much - I'm BEYOND THE PALE...

Prematurity is the story of both you and me, and we were always much more human than we wished to be
Prematurity is truly the story of both you and me, and we were always much more human than we wished to be
We were always much more human than we wished to be - we were always much more human than we wished to be
We will always be much more human than we wish to be

WE WILL ALWAYS MUCH MORE HUMAN THAN WE WISH TO BE...

ride-the-spiral

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Pain of Salvation do the best lyrics I've ever heard, this could easily be a poem

I love The Perfect Element lyrics.

I got chills listening to the second verse.

"Stealing meaning from this child
We took away his reason
His soul put under lock and key
His heart blackened from treason
But if you take from those you fear
Everything they value
You have bred the perfect beast
Drained enough to kill you"

rainbow kirby

Dream Theater - Metropolis

The smile of dawn
Arrived early May
She carried a gift from her
home
The night shed a tear
To tell her of fear
And of sorrow and pain
She'll never outgrow

Death is the first dance, eternal

There's no more freedom
The both of you will be
confined to this mind

I was told there's miracle for
each day that I try
I was told there's a new love
that's born for each one that
has died
I was told there'd be no one to
call on when I feel alone and
afraid
I was told if you dream of the
next world
You'll find yourself swimming
in a lake of fire

As a child, I thought I could
live without pain without
sorrow
As a man I've found it's all
caught up with me
I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid

Somewhere like a scene from a
memory
There's a picture worth a
thousand words
Eluding stares from faces
before me
It hides away and will never be
heard of again

Deceit is the second without end

The city's cold blood teaches us
to survive
Just keep my heart in your eyes
and we'll stay alive

The third arrives...

Before the leaves have fallen
Before we lock the doors
There must be the third and
last dance
This one will last forever
Metropolis watches and
thoughtfully smiles
She's taken you to your home

It can only take place
When the struggle between
our children has ended
Now the Miracle and the
Sleeper know that the third
is love

Love is the Dance of Eternity

Seth Brundle

Max Power1 wrote: »

Most deicide songs - eg Holy deception and the lords sedition.

Not a song but a direct quote from Mr. Benton that I will always remember was how he didn't like flying because it brought him closer to Heaven

GLaDOS

ride-the-spiral wrote: »

I love The Perfect Element lyrics.

I got chills listening to the second verse.

"Stealing meaning from this child
We took away his reason
His soul put under lock and key
His heart blackened from treason
But if you take from those you fear
Everything they value
You have bred the perfect beast
Drained enough to kill you"

My favourite line from that is just the line "Behind those eyes a world explodes"

ride-the-spiral

ScienceNerd wrote: »

My favourite line from that is just the line "Behind those eyes a world explodes"

I think Daniel Gildenlow should be studied as a poet.

Somnus

I had intended for people to have a bit of a chat about the lyrics they post and others. What do you like about them etc.

Another song I love the lyrics to is Dream Theatre's A Change of Seasons, one of my all time favourite songs.

I notice a pattern in that I tend to like anything to do with the passing of time and looknig back etc. They just evoke emotions in me. If you read these (It's a long song just to warn you :P) and my first post "Time" you'll see what I mean about similarities.

I remember a time
My frail, virgin mind
watched the crimson sunrise
Imagined what it might find
Life was filled with wonder
I felt the warm wind blow
I must explore the boundaries
Transcend the depth of winter's snow
Innocence caressing me
I never felt so young before
There was so much life in me
Still I longed to search for more
But those days are gone now
Changed like a leaf on a tree
Blown away forever
into the cool autumn breeze
The snow has now fallen
and my sun's not so bright
I struggle to hold on
with the last of my might
In my den of inequity
viciousness and subtlety
struggle to ease the pain
struggle to find the sane
Ignorance surrounding me
I've never been so filled with fear
All my life's been drained from me
The end is drawing near....

'Carpe diem, seize the day'
I'll always remember
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall ticking away
'Seize the Day'
I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around
Hear the sounds
Cherish your life while you're still around

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying."

We can learn from the past
But those days are gone
We can hope for the future
But there may not be one
The words stuck in my mind
alive from what I've learned
I have to seize the day
To home I returned
Preparing for her flight
I held with all my might
Fearing my deepest fright
She walked into the night
She turned for one last look
She looked me in the eye
I said, 'I Love You...Good-bye'

"It's the most awful thing you'll
ever hear."
"If you're lying to me..."
"Oh, you dearly love her."
"...just have to leave... all our lives."
"Seize the day!"
"Something happened.
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
"She was killed."

So far or so it seems
All is lost with nothing fulfilled
Off the pages and a T.V. screen
Another world where nothing's true
Tripping through the life fantastic
Lose a step and never get up
Left alone with a cold blank stare
I feel like giving up
I was blinded by a paradise
Utopia high in the sky
A dream that only drowned me
Deep in sorrow, wondering why
Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what, don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Then string him up for all the world to see
I'm sick of all you hypocrites
holding me at bay
And I don't need your sympathy
to get me through the day
Seasons change and so can I
Hold on boy, No time to cry
Untie these strings, I'm climbing down
I won't let them push me away
Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what, don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Now it's time for them to deal with me

I'm much wiser now
A lifetime of memories
run through my head
They taught me how
for better or worse, alive or dead
I realize there's no turning back
Life goes on the offbeaten track
I sit down with my son
Set to see the Crimson Sunset
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
Many years have come and gone
I've lived my life, but now must move on
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
He is my only one
Now that my time has come
Now that my life is done
We look into the sun
'Seize the day and don't you cry,
Now it's time to say good-bye
Even though I'll be gone,
I will live on, live on.'

H1tmonlii

[sarcasm] Any Cannibal Corpse song!
So poetic.

Swollen with liquid
Ready to burst
A load of my lymph
Will quench this dead body's thirst
One month in the grave
twisted and half decayed
She turned a putrid yellow
I pissed in her maggot filled asshole

****ing the rotting
My semen is bleeding
The smell of decay
Seeps from her genital cavity

The smell was unbearable As I unburied her
I cum blood from my erection
I feel it run
down her throat, swallow

Eyes glassy and vacant
body dug up to play with
Skin greasy and naked
tounguing her rotted anus

I need a live woman
to fill with my fluid
A delicate girl, to mutilate, **** and kill
her body exceptional
she thought I was normal
but I wanted more

I came blood inside of her
chocking on the clot
gagging on the snot
gushing blood, from her mouth
bloody gel leaking out
Body buried in a shallow grave
Unmarked for none to find
The sickness I have left behind
Undetected go my crimes
The greatest thrill of my life

Violent, climax Serging serum
on my skin

Back from the dead
I am resurrected
to spew, putrefaction

How lovely

smoochie06

TeenageKicks wrote: »

They put me in an institution said it was the only solution

"To protect me from the enemy, myself." Suicidal Tendencies.

Have not heard that in a long time. Great song.

Angron

H1tmonlii wrote: »

[sarcasm] Any Cannibal Corpse song!
So poetic.


How lovely

Such raw emotion.

Though I do actually love Corpse.

One of my fav songs at the mo, with Lyrics that stick in my head is "The Arbiter" by Misery Index

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYM1ha44Iqc

Catari Jaguar

Tearjerker - KoRn

Indifference - Pearl Jam

To You I Bestow - Mundy

Snuff - Slipknot

Heart Shaped Box- Nirvana

Wish You Were Here- Incubus

Down in a Hole - Alice in Chains

Walk - Pantera


And most songs by Rage Against the Machine

Most tracks on RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik album

gamgsam

A couple grains of powder,
A couple grams of lead.
A touch against the trigger,
A touch inside the head.
Take another drink, and
Raise the last bets.
Think about my last words,
They might be what I just said.

smoochie06

Lil Kitten wrote: »

Tearjerker - KoRn

Indifference - Pearl Jam

To You I Bestow - Mundy

Snuff - Slipknot

Heart Shaped Box- Nirvana

Wish You Were Here- Incubus

Down in a Hole - Alice in Chains

Walk - Pantera


And most songs by Rage Against the Machine

Most tracks on RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik album

Its been years since i listened to Pantera. Absolutely brilliant. My favourite from Pantera would be Hollow from Vulgar Display.


What's left inside him?
Don't he remember us?
Can't he believe me?
We seemed like brothers
Talked for hours last month
About what we wanna be
I sit now with his hand in mine
But I know he can't feel...

No one knows
What's done is done
It's as if he were dead

I'm close with his mother
And she cries endlessly
Lord how we miss him
At least what's remembered
It's so important to make best friends in life
But it's hard when my friend sits with blank expression

No one knows
What's done is done
It's as if he were dead

He as hollow as I alone now x4

He as hollow as I alone
A shell of my friend
Just flesh and bone
There's no soul
He sees no love
I shake my fists at skies above
Mad at God...Mad...

He as hollow as I converse
I wish he'd waken from this curse
Hear my words before it's through
I want to come in after you
My best friend x2
Come back!

He as hollow as I alone...

slavetothegrind

" all men play on ten. Never gonna turn down again!" - Manowar.

Nuff said.