What are your favourite lyrics in a song?

Mine had to be Coldplay's God put a smile upon your face.

Now when you work it out,
i'm worst than you.
Yeah, when you work it out
I wanted to.
Now, when you work where to draw the line.
Your guess is as good as mine.

I don't know why, but those lyrics just sort of jumped out at me.

Weezer's Only In Dreams.

She started shakin' to that fine fine music

Bob Dylan's Changing of the Guards without a doubt. I would paste them here but that song is about 6 minutes long.

The subtle poetry of Andrew W.K.:

It's time to party, Let's party
Hang out with yourself and have a crazy party
Hey you, let's party
Have a killer party and Party!

Don't even try and deny it
'Cos you're gonna have a Party tonight
And you know we're gonna do it tonight
We're gonna lose it all
When you open your door!
Party, Party, There's gonna be a party Tonight!

Tension in my hand
When you're standin' there
Not thinkin' anything (It's time to Party!)
Doing it fast, When you're doing it long
Keep gettin' your money (It's time to Party!)
Pounding on one, touchin' yourself
It's not too late (It's time to Party!)
Open your mouth, we're all gonna come... In your face!

(Hey...)
It's time to... party, party, there's gonna be a party tonight!

The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door...and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother...i want to...fuck you

Ticking away
The moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground
In your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

.....And if you don't know where that's from, it's Time by Pink Floyd.

CRAWLING IN MY SKINNNNNNNNN!

IRON MAIDEN

The great Oingo Boingo (and the version by Patrick Stewart in American Dad made it even better):

" Weezer's Only In Dreams. "

I have a ton of favorite lyrics, but as of this moment, my highlight is "My Night With a Prostitute from Marseille".

"And now, outside, you see the waves in her eyes. And her, I won't mind, what you decide to swear by."

Also, A Postcard to Nina by Jens Lekman has great lyrics. (Look it up!)

"I just need to shower in your amber.
And bathe in your earth."
~Pig Destroyer, Piss Angel

I dont know why but i like thes lyrics a lot.

"Trapped in a hellish dream"     The Dark Eternal Night - Dream Theater

Try to be best
‘Cause you’re only a man
And a man’s gotta learn to take it

Try to believe
Though the going gets rough
That you gotta hang tough to make it

History repeats itself
Try and you’ll succeed

Never doubt that you’re the one
And you can have your dreams!

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ow-own

Seriously though, I choose Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row". I would copy and paste it here but doing so may break the internet as we know it.

CkY-96 quite bitter beings

Not much lyrics but i think they're dark and i like the lyrics and the guitar riffs in it.

Before someone else does it:

Now this is the story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And Id like to take a minute just sit right there
Ill tell you how I became the prince of a town called bel-air

In west philadelfia born and raised
On the playground where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool
And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys said were up in no good
Started making trouble in my neighbourhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
And said youre moving with your aunte and uncle in bel-air

I begged and pleaded with her the other day
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She gave me a kissin and she gave me my ticket
I put my walkman on and said I might aswell kick it

First class, yo this is bad,
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass
Is this what the people of bel-air livin like,
Hmm this might be alright!

I whistled for a cab and when it came near the
Licensplate said fresh and had a dice in the mirror
If anything I could say that this cab was rare
But I thought now forget it, yo homes to bel-air

I pulled up to a house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabby yo, homes smell you later
Looked at my kingdom I was finally there
To settle my throne as the prince of bel-air

It's between:

Life to lifeless, to eternity
life to lifeless, the cycle repeats
-life to lifeless, Killswitch Engage
or:
Life feels like Hell should
But this Hell's so cold
Pull another knife out
Stick it with the rest of them
When my back is full
Turn me around to face it
- Throes of Perdition, Trivium

Who are the Brain Police
Aahh ah ahahahaaa, aahh ah ahahahaaa
What will you do if we let you go home ,
And the plastics all melted,
And so is the chrome?
Who are the brain police?

Aahh ah ahahahaaa, aahh ah ahahahaaa
What will you do when the label comes off,
And the plastics all melted,
And the chrome is too soft?

Aaahhh!

Think Im very tired and Im going to die
I think Im going to die, I think Im going to die
Who are the brain police?

Aahh ah ahahahaaa, aahh ah ahahahaaa
What will you do if the people you knew
Were the plastic that melted,
And the chromium too?
Who are the brain police?



The Doors have a lot of really cool lyrics too.

You tell your boyfriend, if he says he's got beef,

I woke the same as any other day,

Brother will kill brother
Spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion
Something I dont understand

Fools like me,who cross the sea
And come to foreign lands
Ask the sheep,for their beliefs
Do you kill on gods command?

A country thats divided
Surely will not stand
My past erased,no more disgrace
No foolish naive stand

The end is near,its crystal clear
Part of the master plan
Dont look now to israel
It might be your homelands

Holy wars

Upon my podium,as the
Know it all scholar
Down in my seat of judgement
Gavels bang,uphold the law
Up on my soapbox,a leader
Out to change the world
Down in my pulpit as the holler
Than-thou-could-be-messenger of god

Wage the war on organized crime
Sneak attacks,repel down the rocks
Behind the lines
Some people risk to employ me
Some people live to destroy me
Either way they die

They killed my wife,and my baby
With hopes to enslave me
First mistake...last mistake|
Paid by the alliance,to slay all the giants
Next mistake...no more mistakes|

Fill the cracks in,with judicial granite
Because I dont say it,dont mean I aint
Thinkin it
Next thing you know,theyll take my thoughts away
I know what I said,now I must scream of the overdose
And the lack of mercy killings

-Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, Megadeth-

Not really a song, but it's cool none the less.

Everlast - What it's Like

We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange
He ask the man for what he can spare with shame in his eyes
Get a job you fuckin' slob is all he replied.

[CHORUS]
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues
Then you really might know what it's like [X4]

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love
He said don't worry about a thing baby doll I'm the man you've been dreamin' of
But three months later he said he won't date her or return her call
And she sweared god damn if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls
And she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the door
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore

[CHORUS]
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose
Then you really might know what it's like [X4]
I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie
I've seen the good side of bad
And the down side of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
Smoked the finest green
I stroked the daddy's dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends
Yo, it usually depends on where you start

I knew this kid named Max
He used to get fat stacks on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late He liked to get shit faced
And keep pace with thugs
Until late one night there was a big gun fight &
Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45
Talked some shit
And wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his pain
You know it crumbles that way
At least that's what they say, when you play the game

[CHORUS]
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose
Then you really might know what it's like [X3]
To have to lose...



Metallica  - Dyer's Eve

Dear Mother
Dear Father
What Is this Hell You Have Put Me Through
Believer
Deceiver
Day in Day out Live My Life Through You
Pushed onto Me What's Wrong or Right
Hidden from this Thing That They Call Life

Dear Mother
Dear Father
Every Thought I'd Think You'd Disapprove
Curator
Dictator
Always Censoring My Every Move
Children Are Seen But Are Not Heard
Tear out Everything Inspired

Innocence
Torn from Me Without Your Shelter
Barred Reality
I'm Living Blindly

Dear Mother
Dear Father
Time Has Frozen Still What's Left to Be
Hear Nothing
Say Nothing
Cannot Face the Fact I Think for Me
No Guarantee,it's Life as Is
But Damn You for Not Giving Me My Chance

Dear Mother
Dear Father
You Clipped My Wings Before I Learnt to Fly
Unspoiled
Unspoken
I've Outgrown That Fucking Lullaby
Same Thing I've Always Heard from You
Do as I Say Not as I Do

Innocence
Torn from Me Without Your Shelter
Barred Reality
I'm Living Blindly
I'm in Hell Without You
Cannot Cope Without You Two
Shocked at the World That I See
Innocent Victim Please Rescue Me

Dear Mother
Dear Father
Hidden in Your World You've Made for Me
I'm Seething
I'm Bleeding
Ripping Wounds in Me That Never Heal
Undying Spite I Feel for You
Living out this Hell You Always Knew

T-Pain's I'm on a boat...

The Clarks- Let it go

"Can anyone tell me why the things that are meant to stay they turn and go,
Can anyone tell me why we lust after the things we'll never know,
I'll just have to let it
I'll just have to let it go"

Great band that I recommend to anyone, they have not gotten the publicity I think they should have.

"We used to fight for building blocks. Now we fight for blocks with buildings that make a killing."
-D'evils by Jay-Z
I even love the triple meaning of the song title. (DeVille, The Evils, Devils)

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the fandango,
Thunderbolt and lightning,
very very frightening me,
Galileo, galileo,
Galileo, galileo,
Galileo ,figaro,
magnificooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me,
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity,
Easy come easy go, will you let me go,
Bismillah! no, we will not let you go,
let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go
let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go
let me go
Will not let you go
let me go
Will not let you go let me gooooooooooooooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

God, I could put so much in here... Let's see. Anything by Every Time I Die is amazing, but at the moment I've been listening to a lot of Maylene and the Sons of Disaster so I'm gonna go with:

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: Tale of the Runaways

I remember that winter all to well
We controlled out destiny, but in a moment
Hell rained down on our parade
And Ma was the last one to the grave
Planned our future never thinking anything could go wrong
But the World stopped spinning today

Legends are made in shallow graves
Raised to meet disasters embrace
Justice has it's place for Ma, the boys and me
The prime example of a dying breed

Our mother never meant this place
Raised to make the papers someday
Life here was cold, and hard
Planned our future never seeing
All the hell that was to come
I wouldn't want to be remembered any other way

Legends are made in shallow graves
Raised to meet disasters embrace
Justice has it's place for Ma, the boys and me
The prime example of a dying breed

No time for goodbyes, It happened so fast
Be assured we'll carry on...

Legends are made in shallow graves
Raised to meet disasters embrace
Justice has it's place for Ma, the boys and me
The prime example of a dying breed

"I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now"

Pretty much any song by the Smiths has similarly amazing lyrics.

I really like the powerful lyrics of Slayers Disciple and Cult.

I had a friend who died
For something he really loved
I had a friend who stood
For none of the above
I had a friend whose experience
Was riddled with scars
I had a friend who'd love to scare you
As was his affections
And tremble you did
'cause you weren't worthy of his friendship
I had a friend, but now
He's stranded on the Mesa st. exit
And sometimes I'm jealous
'Cause I'm still at the intersection

Eric Clapton, Tears in Heaven

Might have to backup a little bit further here to the old Pink Floyd Day's (Syd Barrett era)

Arnold Layne!
Arnold Layne had a strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine washing line
They suit him fine

On the wall hung a tall mirror
Distorted view, see through baby blue
He dug it
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne

Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person.
They gave him time
Doors bang - chain gang - he hates it

Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
two to know, two to know, two to know,
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne
Don't do it again.

Syd Barrett is a brilliant song writer.

That song was a nice surprise on the best of album I picked up a few years back =)

Octopus's Garden by the Beatles