••your•• favourite music lyrics

[dabson]

This is another music appreciation thread, but this time for lyrics only. Please don't post videos or anything. Just the links are OK though.

Basically, just post some of your favourite lyrics from a song and the song name and artist. Try not to post like entire verses of songs or something, but I can't enforce that anyway. I'll start.

"gonna try for the kingdom, if I can. Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man. When I put a spike into my vein and I tell you things aren't quite the same"

The song is heroin by the velvet underground.

 

[EOTFOFYL]

I'll have a go then.
Whovians might guess this one;
number eleventh.

"Take all your chances while you can
Never know when they'll pass you by
Like a sum a mathematician cannot solve
Like me trying my hardest to explain..."

Reason why: https://youtu.be/ubTJI_UphPk

 

[sterven]

"I saw the the world through the lens of a pinhole camera,
I saw nothing... I was... blind,
In between a blackhole and a supernova is where you'll find me,
imploding and expanding simultaneously... no longer alive"

King me
Lamb of God

 

[Nick_Asano]

"I'm giving you a night call to tell you how I feel.
I want to drive you through the night
down the hills.
I'm gonna tell you something you
don't want to hear.
I'm gonna show you where it's dark
but have no fear."

"Nightcall" - Kavinsky

 

[dabson]

You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too. You die your bucket but I'll run you through. So while you're waiting for the next attack. You better stand, there's no turning back.

-The trooper, iron maiden

 

[421cookies]

Anything written by Hata Aki (Whole Love Live! library)

 

[Albwin]

My favorite lyrics are from the "Ode to Joy" or "Ode an die Freude" as it is called in German, Beethoven's setting of one of Schiller's poems in the finale of his 9th symphony. As famous as it is, rightfully so, as beautiful it is, too.

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Brüder,
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.

The English translation is:

Joy, beautiful spark of divinity,
Daughter from Elysium,
We enter, burning with fervour,
heavenly being, your sanctuary!
Your magic brings together
what custom has sternly divided.
All men shall become brothers,
wherever your gentle wings hover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEE58RRFZkM

 

[ArpanaR]

“...Tell me what good is living,
If you can’t be who you are?...”

Song: Evil
Movie: decendants 2
Singer: Dove Cameron
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9jAbdWZf2GM

 

[MawMaw]

"Nothing is final because, it seems all the while.
There wasn't anything for me.
I always faked my smile."

I always (unconsciously) singing that part
John Frusciante - Anne

 

[BlackGeneral]

"I'm the best at sex
Yes it's true I am
I'm the best sex men in
all the land"

Value Select - The Man Who Was Too Good At Sex

 

[Mr-BoyMan_Dude]

"Was she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure?"
The Beatles- "Girl" (Rubber Soul, 1965)
Link: https://youtu.be/-8l3ntDR_lI

Mind you this is from the same band that made a song about wanting to hold hand(1963) and saying that she loves you(1964).
It amaze me how a band could evolve in both writing and music stlye in a span of 1-2 years. Not to mention that throughout the years The Beatles member's view on love would change into something more mature and you can see it in their songs.

Sorry for the text wall, I'm having too much fun nerding here...

 

[WestieHana]

"Du kan gøre du vil, men aldrig forråde dem som lever i din sjæl. Du kan gøre hvad du vil, men aldrig forråde dem du elsker."

means: "you can do what you want, but never betray the ones living inside your soul"
"you can do what you what, but never betray the ones you love"

Song: Du kan gøre hvad du vil by christian brøns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0csRIql3ICE

 

[practicallyuseful]

"In restless dreams I walked alone,
Narrow streets of cobblestone.
Beneath the halo of the street lamp,
I turn my collar to the cold.
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light,
That split the night
And whispered in the Sound of Silence"​

 

[cionne]

The entirety of "Fountainhead" by Hands Like Houses, but here's one part:

"I took infinity from the sky and I made it my own,
But not for you to turn into your personal property.
I will outlast the turning of time, but I know that you're scared of me
And what I can achieve, but I won't be waiting."

 

[hazzack]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
no, ok scratch that.

"i've been thinking too much
help me"

Twenty One Pilot - Ride
i mean, after those long rant this guy sang in this song he finally asks for help (well he's taking time on his ride, but whatever)

 

[Rino]

If you know me, it ain't anything new
Wake up to the moon, haven't seen the sun in a while
But I heard that the sky's still blue
Good news - Mac Miller

 

[MoonlightFairy]

"I wanna be billionaire, so... frickin bad..."

Since I want to spend money like Bruno Mars in 24K Magic.

And I hope my next favorite is "... Money ain't sh*t... Woo Hoo...."

 

[Tamerlane]

Not my favorite per se, but one I've been thinking about a lot

All aboard!
Hahahahaha
Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye...
Crazy, but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love and forget how to hate
Mental wounds not healing
Life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I've listened to preachers, I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts who make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you live the role
Mental wounds still screaming
Driving me insane
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I know that things are going wrong for me
You gotta listen to my words
Yeah
Heirs of a cold war, that's what we've become
Inheriting troubles, I'm mentally numb
Crazy, I just cannot bear
I'm living with something that just isn't fair
Mental wounds stop healing
Who and what's to blame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

Other ones I feel are relevant right now:

I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on

Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream

I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you

Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find You acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

 

[bigtiddyoneesan]

Make way for THESE lyrics:

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Letting the days go by, same as it ever was

 

[Kefkabot]

I mostly listen to rap so...

From Big L - 98 freestyle :

I got more riches than you, fuck more bitches than you
Only thing I haven't got is more stitches than you
Fucking punk, you ain't a leader what, nobody followed you
You was never shit, your mother should have swallowed you
You on some tag-along flunky yes man shit
Do me a favor; please get off the next man dick
And if you think I can't fuck with whoever, put your money up
Put your jewels up, no fuck it put your honey up
Put your raggedy house up nigga or shut your mouth up
Before I buck lead and make a lot of blood shed
Turn your tux red, I'm far from broke, got enough bread
And mad hoes, ask Beavis I get nothing Butthead​

From Viktor Vaughn (aka MF DOOM) - Lickupon :

Umm, he wrote this one with a fever, sick in bed
With his dickhead inside a chickenhead
No, a dead chicken's head, he said it help his nausea
If he lost ya', wait till he tell you about the flying saucer
Dag, the kickback'll leave your wig ragged
For a big bag of good grizzle and some Zig-Zag
Survival, keep a rival in denial
And bust what he got just for coming out his pie-hole
Die calmer than a suicide-bomber
V just the type to do a hoo-ride with momma
Said to James Bond, my name is Viktor, Viktor Vaughn
Told the chick the quickest way to get on, lickupon​

What I like is the wordplay and the rhyming scheme, not what they rhyme about in particular