Favourite lyrics and why

[Lord George]

Sniper by Harry Chapin, a great song with very emotionally charged lyrics, using lovely metaphors for blowing peoples brains out from a clocktower.

Also Venus in Furs by The velvet underground very, very good lyrics.

 

[cartzo]

the lyrics of "i can ride my bike with no handle bars", these days its rare that a popular peice of proper art comes out of the hip hop music scene, but this song really made me perk up and pay attention, the lyrics are clever and meaningful and the music was catchy, so it annoyed me how easily it was forgotten by the public, leaving me dissapointed with the crap left in its place.

 

[lupe]

Hmm... tough choices... close one between these 5 songs

Leonard Cohen - The future

Johnny Cash - Highwayman

Metallica - Sanitarium

Slayer - Skeletons of Society

Scorpions - Wind of Change

 

[Julianking93]

Your God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there!

Heresy-Nine Inch Nails

 

[GonzoGamer]

Anything by Tom Waits.
Especially anything from Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years, or Swordfish Trombone.

It's hard to figure out what the hell he's talking about but when you interpret it for yourself, you find your own personal meaning to the universe.

 

[Chaos Bringer]

SHE SAID ANY WAY YOU WANT IT!
THAT'S THE WAY YOU NEED!

 

[Banana Phone]

Pretty much the entire albums of Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Dark Side of the Moon, and The Wall (all by Pink Floyd)

example: "Brain Damage" from Dark Side

The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
Theres someone in my head but its not me. <--BOSS

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

 

[Insanum]

Really Love your peaches wanna shake your tree. The Joker.

Also:

There are few or more distressing sites than that of an englishman in a baseball cap. Libertines - Time for heroes.

 

[broutefoin]

my favorite lyrics would have to be from Cyanotic's suspension of disbelief

understanding reason leads to conflicts again
fortifying resolutions
in denial i reign
deriving fear from insecurity
rape you of your purity,
in time you'll learn to disbelieve a hope for all society.

born again to wallow in your own plague
never change vanity through broken mirrors

great lyrics

a close second would be form their song "deface"
a simple line, but it speaks to the misanthrope in me.

"I'm retired from the human race"

 

[Artemis923]

Let me lay down some black metal beauty.

Dissection-Where Dead Angels Lie

Spoiler

In the dawn an angel was dancing
sorrounded 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.

Nevermore has some great lyrics as well.

What Tomorrow Knows

Spoiler

Dreams lie smashed again
They've pinned your back to the wall
Like faded pictures of what might have been
Fate is cruel when dreams, like candles, fade
Smashed again down into the gray
Despise for a world turned cold
No one sees what tomorrow knows

There's a shame in blind suffering
Dishonor from the inside
Find hope from the voice within
Clear vision of your own mind

Mistakes you wear like your skin
You wish you'd never been born
Stand up, you can't escape your past
But fools will try just to forget
From where they came
Smashed again down into the gray
Despise for a world grown cold
No one sees what tomorrow knows

No more color to will to fade
To see life clearly, regretful nevermore
Take the time, make the time

There's shame in false victory
Dishonor from the inside
False pride, all you can't redeem
Clear vision of your own mind

 

[Inarticulate_Underachiever]

Carcass - Carnevourus Cacoffiny

The lyrics discuss turning human remains into a musical instrument, which I personally found hilarious.

Weezer - El Scorcho

The line "I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me" is just solid gold.

 

[Harold Donchee]

Oh no you Didn't by the Wojahn Brothers. Its from Mercenaries 2.

Fool tried to diss me
Now your gonna wish you were dead

Oh no you didn't
After I deliver
Your blood will be a river of red

Oh no you did
Better beware
When no one's there to defend you

Oh no you didn't
So many ways to kill
Its gonna be a thrill to end you

 

[dalek sec]

The lyrics for both "Master of Puppets" and "All Nightmare Long".

 

[CallmeMerry]

I really like White Apple Tree as a whole, specifically Snowflake and Zombies can't Dance. Really entertaining stuff. I'd also go with Kerli for Walking on Air (mainly cause I love irony in generally, and the music video is perfect in that aspect) and Beautiful Day cause it always puts me in a good mood. I'd also go with Dorian and Love's Tragedy Asunder by Demons and Wizards (much more my norm than Kerli and WAT).

 

[timmytom1]

I want to fuck you like an animal - NiN
I think the lyrics speak for themselves.

Wow that's oozing with creativity xD

It's a guy thing.

BS. You know how many girls I knew that went ape shit over that song when it first came out? They were all hot and bothered. Oh those were good times....

Hurt(Johnny Cash)

"I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar's chair"

You mean the cover of the Nine Inch Nails song by Trent Reznor? You people make me want to scream.

It`s the other way round actually,it`s a cash song ,at first i thought it was NIN too, but further research proved me wrong

 

[timmytom1]

The lyrics to N.F.L by anthrax , a brutal rip on John bellushi

 

[THEMANWHOIS]

You will find that money can not be Eaten! - LOG.
It applies to my socialist views and is metal.

Lamb of God have some pure awesome lyrics, one of my faves is from "Foot to the throat":

Like a bull in a china shop,
But the shelves have all been cleared.
A thief in an empty vault,
The sheep already sheared.
A screen door on a submarine,
An eagle with a broken wing,
Hope in a dead man's dream,
The sound of a bell
that will never ring.

You're just wasting time.

Also I like "The Sickbed of Cuchulainn" by The Pogues. It makes me smile

When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne
And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone
Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid
And you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids

Woot! The Pogues kick ass.

Let's see, mine would have to be This is How it Goes by Billy Talent:

Shitty weather,
Bad timing,
Lucky penny glued to the ground.
Dirty look from total stranger.
Hope you get lost and you're not found.

Take a look at
What we've become,
Nothing more than silhouettes of
A pretty family
On a postcard,
Picture perfect,
I don't want it!

Or...

Neverender by Coheed and Cambria:

Point your gun in another direction,
After you cried yourself to sleep
Here in there after the fire.

After the fire (I'll be home to say I love you and I'll be moving on)