AtticTelephone Posted November 19, 2020 To mirror the worst lyrics thread, I'm making this, however, 1 rule. You can't mention Shine on you Crazy Diamond, it's too good to be ranked and I'm too lazy to get the link, and also it's just way too good in general. Anyways, I think that Eminem's Stan probably has some of the saddest and greatest lyrics I've heard. It's sad, and it's simultaneously a cautionary tale. There's a reason why the term Stan is so popular. You've seen how crazy die-hard fans can get? It's just sad. Anyways, I'd like to hear your recommendations. 3 Share this post Link to post
Murdoch Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) I am not a big rap fan but Stan is indeed excellent lyrically. I could sit here all day but a few come to mind. "The Show Must Go On" by Queen. The circumstances of the recording certainly add weight, but the message is powerful regardless. That unrelenting desire to give life everything, and meet even death itself with a smile knowing you gave it all you could. "I'll face it with a grin, I'm never giving in, on with the show!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99KH0TR-J4 Iron by Within Temptation. You hear the title and think "Huh?". Then the chorus starts - "You can't live without the fire, it's the heat that makes you strong." Brilliant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwWE1H-5Q3s "On the Turning Away" by Pink Floyd. Wonderfully moving, especially "Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away?" Yes, I am a bit of a softie at heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf18wT_Xtk "This is the Time" by Billy Joel. I like songs that surprise you. It sounds all a bit negative and dour, sort of sadly remembering the good past. Then the lyrics before the final chorus - "Ah but holding you close is like holding the summer sun. I'm warm from the memory of days to come."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOBwqlP-3ls And finally, while I could pick any number of songs by Avantasia, probably this one wins. It's just such a great sentiment - "The Story Ain't Over".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwkhuUqlhoA Edited November 19, 2020 by Murdoch 0 Share this post Link to post
Lippeth Posted November 19, 2020 The entire album of Dark Side of the Moon consistently gives me those lyrical feels, though I generally gravitate toward more gross and funny lyrics due to being inundated by "meaningful" lyrics that fall flat with me and are hard to relate to. Roger Waters knows how to keep it simple, relatable and vague, and every song on the album really resonates. Maybe I've dosed one too many times, but few things take me there lyrically better than this album. Noteable lyric: Spoiler "Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say" Gwar lyrics are always a treat, they're often crude, they make me laugh and they challenge social normality that makes me feel better about how disgusting humanity can be. My favorite line that I often think about and laugh is "When one becomes two, fuck you" Notable lyrics from "Womb With a View": Spoiler Your womb is a membrane I must penetrate Your womb is a sewer I grunt at the grate Your womb is a sewer Your womb is manure But still, I'm worse My life is a sinkhole Egregious and rude Worm-fested and filthy Foosty and lewd A womb with a view When one becomes two Fuck you Never to matter the number of flies Feasting the flab that bolsters your thighs Your womb Your breeding hive From "Beauteous Rot": Spoiler You think you're beautiful but what the hell is that? I find beauty in rolls of sweaty fat It's not your complexion that gives me an erection Oh no! Your beauty makes me sick I'd rather fuck a troll Kick you in the head Vomit in the hole Face turns to snot You used to be hot Beauty is rot! You spend hours smearing cream on your face What you need is to be hit with a mace Get tied to a horse, get dragged through the streets Hung by your heels and pelted with beets But still you are smearing cream on your face What you need is to be reduced to paste Wander the countryside blind in one eye Sucking the dicks of dead dogs to survive Who decides what's beautiful? Nobody but you I find fascination As your guts are turned to stew Forever titillating A pile of rotting feet All you are is brains and bones A sack of rancid meat 1 Share this post Link to post
P41R47 Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) Don't know if the best i have ever heard, but its one that resonates quite deep into me these days.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers''The Waiting'' Spoiler [Verse 1] Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now? Don't it feel like something from a dream? Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this Don't it feel like tonight might never be again? Baby, we know better than to try and pretend Honey no one coulda ever told me 'bout this [Refrain] I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part [Verse 2] Well yeah, I might have chased a couple women around All it ever got me was down Then there were those that made me feel good But never as good as I feel right now Baby, you're the only one that's ever known how To make me wanna live like I wanna live now [Refrain] I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part [Bridge] Oh, don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool Don't let this go too far, don't let it get to you [Refrain] Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part [Outro] Ooh Is the hardest part Ooh Is the hardest part Ooh Another one i love a lot is this one:R.E.M. ''Loosing my Religion'' Spoiler Oh, life is bigger It's bigger Than you and you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I've said too much I set it up That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've said too much I haven't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try Every whisper Of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool Oh no, I've said too much I set it up Consider this Consider this The hint of the century Consider this The slip that brought me To my knees, failed What if all these fantasies Come flailing around? Now I've said too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream That was just a dream That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've said too much I haven't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream Try, cry Why try? That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream Dream Pretty much songs that i sing to myself whenever i'm bored walking on the streets or driving. Amazing Poetry for sure. 0 Share this post Link to post
Master O Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) Cause what they do in Washington They just take care of number one And number one ain't you you ain't even number ... two! 1 Share this post Link to post
seed Posted November 19, 2020 Most of Lux Occulta's Forever Alone Immortal, Limbonic Art's first 3 albums, Timeghoul's releases, Ouroboros's Emanations, Immolation's Harnessing Ruin/Majesty and Decay, Thronium's Dominions of the Eclipse are some of my favorite that come to mind right now. "Grim haunts of the heavens and hells emerged from the cracks in the sky and the rocks. A mob of fiends encircled me, Through undivine ascension I was taken to the gods. I was made to kneel before the gods. Their stares peeled flesh and bone, bludgeoning my soul. For insolence in denial I was to make penance, and my legacy was to grasp my kind. On the mountaintop I was put. An iron chain bore into the wound, Linking my mind with the heavens above, Forever thought was taken from us. " Timeghoul - Rain Wound. 0 Share this post Link to post
ChopBlock223 Posted November 22, 2020 I never listened much to Eminem, but I do like Without Me a lot, because the tone of the lyrics are just so deliciously rude and unapologetic, I love the aggressive defiance and irreverence he displays towards his critics (including people such as his own mother). The video itself is great for the visual of him as some sort of superhero (though actually a sidekick, betraying how much power he actually has over the situation), who has to go out on emergency missions to prevent children from listening to his music, the biting visual sarcasm towards all the people upset at his provocative content, who should in reality have been paying more attention to their own children. Now, for something much more familiar to me, here's Alice Cooper's "Pass The Gun Around", from his DaDa album: Spoiler Sonny wakes up in the morning feeling kinda sick Needs a little Stoli Vodka, needs it really quick Sees a little blood run from his eyes Feels a little hotel paralyzed Pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta Pass the gun around And throw me in the local river, let me float away I wake up watching cartoons... the television's on There's a couple of party balloons and all my money's gone She was just a reason to unwind And actually the last thing I could find Why don't you, pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you better Pass the gun around And dump me in the local river, let me float away Float away, ah float away Pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, why don't you Pass the gun around Throw me in the local river, let me float away Sonny wakes up in the morning, there's a stranger in his bed Someone's pounding on the hotel door, he wishes he was dead I've had so many blackout nights before I don't think I can take this anymore Why don't you, pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, why don't you Pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, we're gonna Pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, we're gonna Pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta Pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta Pass the gun around Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta Pass the gun around Saving some time, I'll cite the opening blurb from Wikipedia about the album itself: Quote DaDa is the eighth solo studio album by American singer Alice Cooper, released on September 28, 1983 by Warner Bros. Records. DaDa would be Cooper's last album until his sober re-emergence in 1986 with the album Constrictor. The album's theme is ambiguous, however, ongoing themes in the songs' lyrics suggest that the main character in question, Sonny, suffers from mental illness, resulting in the creation of many different personalities. The album alludes strongly to the dadaist movement. Its cover was based on a painting by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí titled Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire. Produced by long-time collaborator Bob Ezrin, at the time his first production with Cooper in six years, DaDa was recorded at ESP Studios in Buttonville, Ontario, Canada. Though I am hesitant to actually rank favorites, so I can't with honesty say that these lyrics are the best, I think they're very strong. Wikipedia makes mention here of his trouble with alcoholism, and that's something that's been widely known for years, but it's in recent times where he talks in much more detail about how he struggled with an addiction to cocaine, in combination with his alcoholism, leading to very dangerous weightloss, and erratic, unpleasant behavior which would drive away friends, family, and colleagues. He tells of how he reached his breaking point, alone in a hotel room, how he had nobody left, holding a gun to himself in tears, wishing to just end it all, until he feels the remaining sparks of his will to live, and he acts on the sudden impulse to clear his gun, throw the ammunition out the window, and flush his big bag of cocaine down the toilet, to finally crash and sleep for hours and hours and hours, checking into rehab the next day. This period of his life strongly colored his music, Cooper himself says he pretty much doesn't remember recording the albums of this period of his life (which may partially be for the fact that he was seldom sober and it actually was a blur, and partially out of shame for things he did and said), he describes the albums as pretty good, though that Warner Bros. didn't think so, that the DaDa album terrifies him, and he's not sure of its full meaning. The character of Sonny definitely is based on many of his own experiences, however, at the least for Pass The Gun Around. The lyrics exhibiting the miseries of heavy substance abuse trying to fill a gaping hole in a man's heart, along with suicidal, possibly even homicidal urges, the act of passing said gun around likely also being a double entendre for passing around a bottle, "giving everyone a shot" as to keep the hopeless cycle going. 0 Share this post Link to post
Serum Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) As a hiphop-head, Kendrick Lamar easily takes the win for me. Something off of Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, or To Pimp a Butterfly, which imo are the best 2 hiphop albums of this century thus far, lol. Bleak, heavy and creative Edit: Also, honorable mention to MF Doom, who has the most technically impressive wordplay I've heard. Like his bars at 1:25 in Figaro. What the fuck?????? Edited November 22, 2020 by Serum 1 Share this post Link to post
smeghammer Posted November 24, 2020 One that has always deeply affected me is this: and also this: The music definitely has a big part to play as well, for both. 6 Share this post Link to post
kwc Posted November 25, 2020 Spoiler When Karl Marx was a boy He took a hard look around He saw people were starving all over the place While others were painting the town (buh, buh, buh) The public spirited boy Became a public spirited man So he worked very hard and he read everything Until he came up with a plan There'll be no exploitation Of the worker or his kin No discrimination 'cause the color of your skin No more private property It would not be allowed No one could rise too high No one could sink too low Or go under completely like some we all know If Marx were living today He'd be rolling around in his grave And if I had him here in my mansion on the hill I'd tell him a story t'would give his old heart a chill It's something that happened to me I'd say, Karl I recently stumbled Into a new family With two little children in school Where all little children should be I went to the orientation All the young mommies were there Karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight As these beautiful women arrayed for the night Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens And they'd come there with men much like me Froggish men, unpleasant to see Were you to kiss one, Karl Nary a prince would there be Oh Karl the world isn't fair It isn't and never will be They tried out your plan It brought misery instead If you'd seen how they worked it You'd be glad you were dead Just like I'm glad I'm living in the land of the free Where the rich just get richer And the poor you don't ever have to see It would depress us, Karl Because we care That the world still isn't fair 0 Share this post Link to post
Chow Yun Thin Posted November 25, 2020 I only object to Stan because it's my name and I don't want to be conflated with a bunch of obsessive stalker fans. :/ I remember a few years ago when I heard the term that I thought something along the lines of "I'm surprised it took so long for it to enter popular parlance." But yeah, it's a pretty sad song. The guy took it so personally for really minor things and Eminem's trying to calm down the guy after calling him out on his crazy shit before realizing the letter's too late. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted November 25, 2020 "Put down that chainsaw and listen to me" - Weird Al 5 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Quote Seven a.m., waking up in the morning Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal Seein' everything, the time is goin' Tickin' on and on, everybody's rushin' Gotta get down to the bus stop Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends (my friends) Kickin' in the front seat Sittin' in the back seat Gotta make my mind up Which seat can I take? It's Friday, Friday Gotta get down on Friday Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend Friday, Friday Gettin' down on Friday Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend In more seriousness, I've really loved Front Line Assembly's "Tilt" lately. Spoiler A nuclear storm breaches the post A shimmering light fades in the morning Poisoned hearts desperate hopes Will appear without a warning Heavens alive, heavens alive The sky is burning Colors grey nothing to say As we hide underground Concrete bunkers don't make a sound Nomadic flashes burn on the ground Heavens alive, heavens alive The sky is burning This is the end, nobody's crying I realize I realize There's no returning This is the end, we're all dying Immortalized, immortalized The world is burning This is the end, nobody's crying Immortalized, immortalized The world is burning This is the end, we're all dying In your eyes I can see How the world used to be Fragile hearts minds and souls Please don't let tomorrow go This is the end, nobody's crying Heavens alive, heavens alive This is the end, we're all dying I realize I realize This is the end, nobody's crying Immortalized, immortalized This is the end, we're all dying Immortalized, immortalized Also Leæther Strip's "I Am Your Conscience": Spoiler Guilt will embrace your soul With two hands around your neck You try to scream but your throat is too dry They give you no answers They just stare with empty eyes You try to sleep but you're drowning in sweat Life has no meaning When you're crawling to get ahead You are the slave they will spit in your eyes The voices inside your head Keep telling you to prepare You'll never know when your time has come I am your conscience So you better start looking at me I will surround your dreams I will ignore your screams Lust will control your mind And eat up the rest of you There is no one left to fulfill your fantasies You can't escape from the powers inside You'll never see me Never count me out I'm in your thoughts Like a tumor I can destroy you I can kill your dreams I'm like the needle In your hungry eyes Edited November 25, 2020 by Remilia Scarlet 3 Share this post Link to post
SOSU Posted November 25, 2020 Spoiler I'm the bug inside you I have you back to the wall Strike without grace Drink of the wine of the wrath of God (One more God rejected!) I'm the Lord and Savior (One more God rejected!) I have you back to the wall (One more God rejected!) Strike without grace Drink of the wine of the wrath of God (Fear!) Fear God and give glory to him For the hour of his Judgement has come to you! (Now!) When the thousand years have expired Satan will be released Judgement has come to you! Spoiler We'll sacrifice the son of Heaven! Man's greatest glimpse of fire red! Oh, how they're lost in their prayers for our greatest god! Let me sleep, please! I am a man, half-human! I am tired as heart and person weaken! On the name of God! I will not crack! Can you hear them? God! I will not crack! Can you hear them? Winners of the Edge award 2003 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. Freeze Posted November 25, 2020 If depth of feeling is a currency, Then I'm the man who grew the money tree, Some of your friends are too brainy to see, That they're paupers and that's how they'll stay 0 Share this post Link to post
Lucky_Edie Posted November 25, 2020 How'd I come to a mass all these things? like a tampon thief I had to pull some strings. 1 Share this post Link to post
Dark Pulse Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Way too many to name, but I'll put the first one that came to mind. And the second. You said "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was disqualified, but you didn't say shit about the rest of Pink Floyd's oeuvre. And there needs to be more. So why not this one? Edited November 25, 2020 by Dark Pulse 0 Share this post Link to post
AtticTelephone Posted November 25, 2020 @Dark Pulse Man, I forgot about the Animals album, and probably every other Pink Floyd album too. I love them all (cept DSOTM, which gets old sometimes, and also the last album which I forgot the name of, but it still has some good songs). 0 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) There's an ugly little wasel 'bout three-foot nine Face puffed up from cryin' 'n lyin' 'Cause her sweet little hubby's Suckin' prong part time (In the name of The Lord)Get a clue, little shrew Oh yeah, oh yeah Jesus thinks you're a jerkDid he really choose Tammy to do His Work? Robertson says that he's The One Oh sure he is, If Armageddon Is your idea of family fun, An' he's got some planned for you! (Now, tell me that ain't true)Now, what if Jimbo's slightly gay, Will Pat let Jimbo get away? Everything we've heard him say Indicated that Jim must pay, (And it just might hurt a bit) But keep that money rollin' in, 'Cause Pat and naughty Jimbo Can't get enough of itPerhaps it's their idea Of an Affirmative Action Plan To give White Trash a 'special break', Well, they took those Jeezo-bucks and ran To the bank! To the bank! To the bank! To the bank! And every night we can hear them thank Their Buddy, up above For sending down his love (While you all smell the glove)Jim and Pat should take a pole (Right up each saintly glory-hole), With tar and feathers too Just like they'd love to do to you('Cause they think you are bad And they are very mad)'Cause some folks don't want prayer in school!(We'd need an ark to survive the drool Of Micro-publicans, raised on hate, And 'Jimbo-Jimbo' when they graduate)Conviced they are 'The Chosen Ones' And all their parents carry guns, And hold them cards in the N.R.A. (With their fingers on the triggers When they kneel and pray)With a Ku-Klux muu-muu In the back of the truck, If you ain't Born Again, They wanna mess you up, screamin', "No abortion, no-siree!" "Life's too precious, can't you see!" (What's that hangin' from the neighbor's tree? Why, it looks like 'colored folks' to me Would they do that seriously?)Imagine if you will A multi-millionaire Television Evangelist, Saved from Korean Combat duty by his father, a U.S. SenatorStudied Law But is not qualified to practice itFather of a "love child" Who, in adulthood, hosts the remnants Of papa's religious propaganda programClaims not to be a "Faith Healer", But has, in the past, Dealt sternly with everything from hemorrhoids to hurricanesInvolved with funding for a 'secret war' in Central America Claiming Ronald Reagan and Oliver North as close friendsInvolved in suspicous 'tax-avoidance schemes', (Under investigation for 16 months by the I.R.S.)Claims to be a MAN OF GOD; Currenty seeking the United States Presidency, Hoping we will all follow him into The Twilight ZoneWhat if Pat gets in the White House, And suddenly The rights of 'certain people' disappear Mysteriously?Now, wouldn't that sort of qualify As an American Tragedy? (Especially if he covers it up, sayin' "Jesus told it to me!")I hope we never see that day, In The Land of The Free Or someday will we? Will we?And if you don't know by now, The truth of what I'm tellin' you, Then, surely I have failed somehowAnd Jesus will think I'm a jerk, just like you If you let those TV Preachers Make a monkey out of you!I said, "Jesus will think you're a jerk" And it will be true!There's an old rugged cross In the land of cutton It's still burnin' on somebody's lawn And it still smells rottenJim and Tammy! Oh, baby! You gotta go! You really got to go Nothin' ever (ever) happens in this town Feelin' low down (down), not a lot to do around here I thought that I would go right out of my mind Until a friend told me the news He said, "Hey, you know that vacant lot Right beside the gas station? Well, somebody bought it And on that spot they're gonna build a shop Where we can go buy bolts and screws" Since then I've been walking on air (air) I can barely brush my teeth or comb my hair 'Cause I'm so excited and I really don't care I've been waiting since last June For this day to finally arrive I'm so happy (happy) now just to be alive 'Cause any minute now I'm gonna be inside Well, I hope they open soon I can't wait, (no I) I can't wait (oh when) When are they gonna open up the door? I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the Hardware store In my sleeping bag I camped out overnight Right in front of the store, then as soon as it was light out I pressed my nose right up against the glass You know, I had to be first in line Gonna get me a flashlight and a broom Want a pair of pliers for every single room of my house See those hacksaws? Very, very soon One of them will be all mine Guys with nametags walking down the aisles Rows of garden hoses that go on for miles and miles Brand new socket wrenches in a plethora of styles All arranged alphabetically And they're doing a promotional stunt There's a great big purple sign out front That says every 27th customer Will get a ball-peen hammer free I can't wait, (no I) I can't wait (oh when) When are they gonna open up the door? I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the Hardware store I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the Hardware store Would you look at all that stuff They've got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters Trash compactors, juice extractor, shower rods and water meters Walkie-talkies, copper wires, safety goggles, radial tires BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers Picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters Paint removers, window louvres, masking tape and plastic gutters Kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables Hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles Pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication Metal roofing, water proofing, multi-purpose insulation Air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors Tire gauges, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors Trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers Tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers Soffit panels, circuit breakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers Calculators, generators, matching salt and pepper shakers I can't wait, (no I) I can't wait (oh when) When are they gonna open up the door? I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the Hardware store I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the Hardware store I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the Hardware store Edited November 25, 2020 by Doomkid 3 Share this post Link to post
Uncle 80 Posted November 25, 2020 Any Tom Waits song... One of the very few musicians I can think of that can strip down the music in a song to a bare minimum and have the lyric carry the entire weight.. at an entirely different (higher) level than any hip-hopper or otherwise word-driven type of musician 1 Share this post Link to post
Dark Pulse Posted November 25, 2020 13 hours ago, AtticTelephone said: @Dark Pulse Man, I forgot about the Animals album, and probably every other Pink Floyd album too. I love them all (cept DSOTM, which gets old sometimes, and also the last album which I forgot the name of, but it still has some good songs). That's borderline heresy that you'd forget Animals. 1 Share this post Link to post
beast Posted November 25, 2020 Wow some really good lyrics mentioned here. I have many favorites myself. We could be here all year if I had to think of all of them. Here are some. Earth Died Screaming, by Tom Waits Well hell doesn't want you And heaven is full Bring me some water Put it in this skull I walk between the raindrops Wait in Bug House Square And the army ants They leave nothin' but the bones And the earth died screaming While I lay dreaming of you The Great Below, by Trent Reznor staring at the sea will she come? is there hope for me after all is said and done anything at any price all of this for you all the spoils of a wasted life all of this for you all the world has closed her eyes tried faith all worn and thin for all we could have done and all that could have been At The Gates Of Silent Memory, by Fields of the Nephilim Yes today life that I knew So sick of all the people A blind moon over to the window Where the night has become elizium For the sleepless souls And our days to come You stand with dalila May be I'll just pass-away Or may be I'll stay But I feel alive with you And I feel some kind of heaven When I feel deep inside her I feel some kind of heaven Hear me Give me some kind of heaven So Much Is Lost, by Paradise Lost what this seems to be, what this seems to be, is real all of my life is changing you're the enemy, you're the enemy, i fear all of my life is changing, always some rearranging so much is lost, so much disharmony so much is lost, no voice of sympathy Bad Bad Thing, by The Diesel Whores I slept with my sister in nineteen-eighty-seven I'd been dreaming of her naked since I was eleven She'd took my hand and led me to her bedroom And then we lay on her sheets and kissed with the lights on Quivering with fear she bent to my ear and whispered We're doing a bad bad thing We're doing a bad thing Entombment Of A Machine, by Job for a Cowboy It bleeds! It breathes! What stands before us, is not a machine It breathes, it will bleed and it will dream! Its body is covered in hundreds of wires. and a mouth that attempts to speak, it attempts to lie Only murmurs, collapse from its jaws. ---- (The last one reminds me of the Cyberdemon) 1 Share this post Link to post
Zillah Posted November 25, 2020 Spoiler [Verse 1] You walk into the room With your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked And you, you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard But you don't understand Just what you will say When you get home [Refrain] Because something is happening here But ya' don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? [Verse 2] 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 "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" [Refrain] But something is happening And ya' don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? [Verse 3] You hand in your ticket And you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you When he hears you speak And says "How does it feel to Be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible" As he hands you a bone [Refrain] And something is happening here But ya' don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? [Verse 4] You have many contacts Among the lumberjacks To get you facts When someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you To all give a check To tax-deductible charity organization Aw, you've been with the professors And they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have Discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You are very well read It's well known [Refrain] But something is happening here And ya' don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? [Verse 5] Well the sword swallower, he comes up to you And then he kneels He crosses himself And then he clicks his high heels And without further notice He asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back Thanks for the loan" [Refrain] And you know something is happening But ya' don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? [Verse 6] Now you see this one-eyed midget Shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" And he says, "How?" And you say, "What does this mean?" And he screams back "You're a cow Give me some milk or else go home" [Refrain] And you know something's happening But ya' don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? [Verse 7] Well, you walk into the room Like a camel and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket And your nose on the ground There oughtta be a law Against you comin' around You should be made To wear earphones [Refrain] 'Cause something is happening And ya' don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Spoiler In her place, one hundred candles burning Her salty sweat drips from her breast Her hips move and I can feel what they're sayin', swayin' They say the beast inside of me is gonna get ya, get ya, yeah... Yeah... Black lipstick stains her glass of red wine I am your servant, may I light your cigarette? Those lips move, yeah, I can feel what you're sayin', prayin' They say the beast inside of me is gonna get ya, get ya, yeah... I beg to serve, your wish is my law Now close those eyes and let me love you to death Shall I prove I mean what I'm sayin', beggin' I say the beast inside of me is gonna get ya, get ya, yeah... Ah... Let me love you to... Ah... Let me love you to... Death To death... Ah... Let me love you to... Ah... Let me love you to... Death Am I good enough... For you? Am I good enough... For you? Am I...ah... For you? Am I....ah... For you? Am I good enough For you? Okay last one: Spoiler Cold concrete apartments Rise up from wet black asphalt Below them a few carcasses Of the long-gone age of privacy It takes a scary kind of illness To design a place like this for pay Downtown's an endless generic mall Of video games and fast food chains One by one, the little houses are bricked up and condemned A subtle hint to move before the rats move in This could be anywhere Could be anywhere, everywhere Those new kids at school seem cool But dad says not to talk to them Stick to your old friends, they're not our kind So now there's lots of fights So many people I know Come of age tense and bitter-eyed Can't create so they just destroy Come on, let's set someone's dog on fire Empty plastic culture slum, suburbia is a war zone now Sprouting the kinds of gangs we thought we'd left behind This could be anywhere Could be anywhere, everywhere Could be anywhere Could be everywhere Could be anywhere Kids at school are taking sides Along color and uniform lines My dad's gone and bought a gun He says he's fed up with the crime in this town This could be anywhere This could be everywhere This could be anywhere This could be everywhere This could be anywhere This could be everywhere This could be anywhere This could be everywhere I hope I'm gone before it explodes I linger late at night Waiting for the bus No amount of neon jazz Could hide the oozing vibes of death My dad's a vigilante now He's bringing home these weird-ass friends Like the guy who fires blanks at his TV When Kojak's on Or the guy who shows off his sub-machine gun to his sixteen year old daughter's friends Whose sense of pride and hope is being in the police reserve This could be anywhere Could be everywhere, could be anywhere, everywhere This could be anywhere This could be everywhere This could be anywhere This could be everywhere Everywhere! 0 Share this post Link to post
Zillah Posted November 25, 2020 But we all deep down inside the song with the greatest lyrics ever is this ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Murdoch Posted November 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, Zillah said: But we all deep down inside the song with the greatest lyrics ever is this ;) Ah yes, who can forget that famous hit "This video is not available" by chart topping hard rockers "Video unavailable". I loved them when I was a kid. 2 Share this post Link to post
Lippeth Posted November 25, 2020 Might be a region related issue. It's Miserlou by Dick Dale. Great song, though the lyrics are questionable. "Hup, hup, Hawww", while clever, is quite offensive where I come from. 1 Share this post Link to post
Boaby Kenobi Posted November 25, 2020 Son, I'm 30 I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty And I don't have a decent bone in me What you get is just what you see, yeah I see it so I take it freely And all the bad piss ugly things I feed me I never help or give to the needy Come on and see me 0 Share this post Link to post
Dark Pulse Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) Here's another one that might make you think, for entirely different reasons. Underrated, IMO. And well worth the listen. Legendarily it's the song that broke the group up as Mike Love couldn't understand what the lyrics of that last part ("Over and over / the crow cries uncover the cornfield / over and over / the thresher and hover the wheat field") meant, apparently thought it was a reference to drug culture, and the guy who wrote it (Van Dyke Parks) basically didn't know what they meant either (and possibly was also sick of Love haranguing him over it). See if you can catch the very subtle rap dropped during the second "Iron Horse" segment! Also remembered another real good one. A band that's talked about a bit less. Why? Edited November 26, 2020 by Dark Pulse 0 Share this post Link to post
Archanhell Posted November 26, 2020 I uh, have many song lyrics that I really love just because how strong they can convey certain feelings, so I will post two on Russian which I really love and always makes me feel a weird sadness or melancholy, yet I still listen to them. https://mrfz.fandom.com/wiki/Lullaby https://mrfz.fandom.com/wiki/Requiem When you play the games though, this does not hit like a car anymore, it hits like a damn truck. (At least, the second song so far, because the first one is from something of the CN Server, not Global.) And then there is Bury the Light from Devil May Cry 5 which makes you want to wreak havoc upon everything. https://genius.com/Casey-edwards-bury-the-light-lyrics (For full lyrics that you can easily read along and sing to.) 0 Share this post Link to post