Your favorite lyrics in a song?

[growlingsoulpup]

I noticed that the lyrical aspect of music doesn't get much love on these forums, which is a pity, because to me beautiful lyrics play a big part in making a beautiful song. Why not let's share our favorite lyrics in a song?

One of my favorite has to be Love Rescue Me from U2's Rattle and Hum. It's a song with a country soul to it, a slight folk sentiment accentuated by Bono's harmonica and Bob Dylan's singing on the chorus, but the lyrics have a wistful darkness and regret to it. It's spiritual without being religiously cliched, in fact, it turns religious cliche on it's head with lines like, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow/yea, I will fear no evil/I have cursed thy rod and staff/they no longer comfort me/said love, rescue me...". To me it's everything a good lyric should be, soulful, evocative, simple with flashes of grandeur. What about you guys? Share your favorite lyrics here!

 

[pedialite]

I just wanna start a circle pit by Against All Authority.. HAHA!

Too many to list.. I love lyrics just as much as I love music, many local bands tend to just heck care the lyrics.

 

[ShredNoob]

Waiting on the world to change - John Mayer
Dreaming with a broken heart - John Mayer

 

[screwlooose]

Sum41- Pieces. ;D

 

[Dime]

^^sum41-with me.

 

[Jugman]

haha yea sum 41. especially on the Chuck album.
i also like Come Clarity by In Flames. especially like the chorus

 

[Slimo]

plus44 - no it isn't
plus44 - chapter 13

 

[Dime]

yeah in falmes is cool too.
but alter bridge's in loving memory is the best.

 

[Krist]

11am by Incubus.

'Forgive my indecision, i am only a mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn'..

 

[screwlooose]

SMELLS LIKE TEEEEEN SPIRIT.!

 

[Jugman]

ah my lead guitarist is a hardcore fan of dream theatre and alter bridge. but he didnt go for dt's concert. heheh his girlfriend didn't let him.

 

[empihsrow]

but alter bridge's in loving memory is the best.

I agree In Moving Memory has one of the best few lyrics I have seen so far..

Insomnium's Mortal Share also has good lyrics.

I think Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing is good too.

 

[MichaelAngelo]

Everly Brothers - Devoted to you

"darling you can count on me
till the sun dries up the sea
until then i'll always be
devoted to you

I'll never hurt you i'll never lie
I'll never be untrue
I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue..."

 

[Blodstyre]

I agree that lyrics are the most under rated part of a song. To me, the lyrics is the most important part of the song. It somehow balances out how every other piece falls into place.

My fave lyric is Sadness and Hate by Wintersun. Like it also due to how the song is arranged. Everything seems to fall into place nicely. Well....almost everything....

Wintersun - Sadness and Hate

~Sad night, the weeper of starwind sky
Take me where the shimmering lights are fading out
Through the shadows of hate and through the fires of grace
I followed the voice in the night, beautiful as black sky,
But nothing I found

My thoughts are captured by the magical chants
Of the spirits, but I cannot see them with these dead eyes
Lost I am in these dismal streams
Lost I am forever in my life

The snow is falling on the withering leaves, I am left in the cold
The shadows are crying in the moonlight
Is this night the last of my life

Have we arrived from our journey, I must ask you now
At last I can cry, 'cause these sad words are calling me tonight
My eyes bleed for you my star, my pride and the love of my heart
But why did you had to fly so far, I raged and it tore me apart
I promise to you with sadness and hate
Wherever I might go, you will know...

I give my life to the withering leaves
To the bleeding moonlight
To the crying shadows
I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU~

Basically the whole lyric structure is nicely written...


~meh~

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

"ai sio gan mai? wa hor le gor kor! le hor wa le'eh c*** b**, wa hor le gor hor! na b** si bei ho, si bei ho, si be ho... ai sio gan mai? na b** pua c*** b**!!!"

Ai sio kan mai? - The Boredphucks

 

[visa]

"B-U-K-K-A-K-E, yeah!"

Astroninja, The Bukakke Udon Song

 

[tigi]

swing life away - rise against

"i've got some friends, some that i hardly know.. but we've had some times, i wouldnt trade for the world"

and many other rise against songs. their lyrics is way too beautiful

 

[growlingsoulpup]

My fave lyric is Sadness and Hate by Wintersun. Like it also due to how the song is arranged. Everything seems to fall into place nicely. Well....almost everything....

Wintersun - Sadness and Hate

~Sad night, the weeper of starwind sky
Take me where the shimmering lights are fading out
Through the shadows of hate and through the fires of grace
I followed the voice in the night, beautiful as black sky,
But nothing I found

My thoughts are captured by the magical chants
Of the spirits, but I cannot see them with these dead eyes
Lost I am in these dismal streams
Lost I am forever in my life

The snow is falling on the withering leaves, I am left in the cold
The shadows are crying in the moonlight
Is this night the last of my life

Have we arrived from our journey, I must ask you now
At last I can cry, 'cause these sad words are calling me tonight
My eyes bleed for you my star, my pride and the love of my heart
But why did you had to fly so far, I raged and it tore me apart
I promise to you with sadness and hate
Wherever I might go, you will know...

I give my life to the withering leaves
To the bleeding moonlight
To the crying shadows
I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU~

Wow that's really beautiful. You have that song? Can you send it to me online or something?

 

[Plastic]

Nothing else matters - Metallica.

Forever trust in who we are
And nothing else matters

All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters

Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

 

[Lithumn]

Live Forever In A Day - Ten Falls Forth

All of your days, you paint these pictures,
And tell these stories, of cliche heartaches.
What if I gave you something different?
Maybe I could sweep you off your feet.

If all these nights you wait for someone,
to hold you tight, well I've been here.
'Cause when, I gaze into your eyes,
I could live forever in a day,
Forever in a day,
Forever in a day yeah..

Well hold on, its never over,
Just take a breath, take a step back,
enjoy the ride,
'Cause I'm falling more in love with you every day yeah.

And I'll count my wishes, I'll think 'em out, I'll write 'em down,
And all my visions, I saw 'em then, I see them now,
And I'll write a love song, I'll get it down, but throw it out,
And I'll live forever in a day.

Well hold on, its never over,
Just take a breath, take a step back,
enjoy the ride,
'Cause I'm falling more in love with you every day yeah

Slow lay back song, something to chill on
Lenny Kravitz - I'll Be Waiting