Meaningful lyrics?

[shatteredtheframe]

Have you got any favourite lyrics that mean a lot, or are about friendship and that, but aren't really corny? Thanks.

[fruitfilledcow]

my 2 current favs are, 1. by CSS "music's my imaginary friend
2. by regina spektor "the sky be so big that it broke my soul"

[myblackthumbnail]

"See me coming, throw your man out the door"- From Custard Pie by Led Zeppelin.

[chandler]

"She makes my heart race every time she sits on my face"
- AC DC 'She's Got Balls.'

[chandler]

On a more serious note, I think Bloc Party's lyrics are some of the best around. Here's a sample:

"You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Well jump on, enjoy, you can gorge away
You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Jump right"
from This Modern Love

"Oh how our parents
they suffered for nothing
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
Like the 80s never happened.
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway.
Disappear here"
From 'Song For Clay'

As for songs about friendship and love?? I like to listen to depressing lyrics so not sure about that!

[chichi]

^^I love your signature, Chandler!

(There's another thread here somewhere about lyrics people love....but I can't remember the name of it or what section it's in. Sorry!)

[chandler]

Haha, thanks chich, I love those comics, they crack me up. I might have a new one coming soon, there's so many funny ones.

[evilincarnate]

My all time favorite:
"If you've lost your faith in love and music the end won't be long." - The Libertines

Other favorites:

"A mind that wants to wander around a corner is an un-wise mind. Now, is, be here now." - George Harrison

"All lies and jest, still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." - Simon and Garfunkel

"If you hate the taste of wine
why do you drink it till you're blind?
And if you swear that there's no truth and who cares
how come you say it like you're right?
Why are you scared to dream of god
when it's salvation that you want?
You see stars that clear have been dead for years
but the idea just lives on."
-Bright Eyes

"Yeah you, now you, now you
You’ve finally left school
Oh what on earth
Do you intend to do?
See if you can,
Take the man, go round town
Where all you Skins and Mods
Now get together
Make pretend
It’s 1969 forever
Find a girl, have a drink,
Have a dance and play."
-Babyshambles

"Sick of themselves
And sick of their slums
Give everybody a gun
And put it on the television
That’s Reality TV, I’d pay to see
Not lobotomized celebrities and wannabe’s" - The Libertines

“She said “I’ll show you a picture
A picture of tomorrow
There’s nothing changing
It’s all sorrow
Oh no please dont show me” - The Libertines

"You know I’ve tried so hard to keep myself from falling
Back into my bad old ways
And it chars my heart to always hear you calling
Calling for the good old days
Because there were no good old days
These are the good old days" - The Libertines

“It’s only blood from broken hearts that writes the words to every song.” - The Libertines

"Have we enough to keep it together
Or do we just keep on pretending
And hope our luck is never ending, no" - The Libertines

"And we’ll die in the class we were born
That’s a class of our own my love" - The Libertines

"Is it cruel or kind not to speak my mind and to lie to you rather than hurt you" - The Libertines

"“And if lust and despair
Are two bullets in the same gun
Well we’ve been playing Russian roulette
For far too long...”" - The Libertines

[Neon]

My favorite lyricist is Issac Brook from Modest Mouse, he's just a few of my favorite lyrics he's composed

''If lifes not beautiful without the pain,
Well i'd rather never ever even see beauty again''

''Well, the point was fast but it was too blunt to miss,
Life handed us a paycheck and we said,
'We worked harder then this!''

And the next one just amazes me with how brilliant is (if i had to pick a favorite...)

''If God controls land and disease,
keeps a watchful eye on me,
If he's really so damn mighty,
my problem is i can't see
Who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be?
Such a control freak?''

[evilincarnate]

I adore Issac as well...damn American indie artists have my heart.

[myblackthumbnail]

"I feel the pain of everyone.......and then I feel nothing......"- Dinosaur Jr.

"My mind's made up....to pacing cross' the floor, no point in staying.....we ain't saying more"- Jay Farrar

[chichi]

myblackthumbnail said:

"I feel the pain of everyone.......and then I feel nothing......"- Dinosaur Jr.

I love Dinosaur Jr.!!! And I love that lyric. Karma to you Mr. Nail.

[suneyedgirl]

I'm floating down a river
Oars freed from their homes long ago
Lying face up on the floor
Of my vessel
I marvel at the stars
And feel my heart overflow

Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river

Two weeks without my lover
I'm in this boat alone
Floating down a river named emotion
Will I make it back to shore?
Or drift into the unknown

Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river

I'm building an antenna
Transmissions will be sent
When I am through
Maybe we can meet again
Further down the river
And share what we both discovered
Then revel in the view

Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river

I'm floating down a river

- Aqueous Transmission - Incubus.

[myblackthumbnail]

Here are the lyrics to a song my kids won't let me play at home.

Our darling wandered far away while she was out at play, Lost in the woods she couldn't hear a sound...
She was our darling little girl the sweetest thing in all the world, We searched for her but she couldn't be found...

I heard the screams of our little girl, far away, Hurry Daddy there's and awful dreadful snake, I ran as fast as I could through the dark and dreary woods, But I reached our darling girl too late...

Oh I began to cry I knew that soon she'd have to die, and the snake was watching us close by, I held her close to my face she said daddy kill that snake, It's getting dark tell mommy goodbye...

To all parents I must say don't let your children stray away, They need your love to guide them along...
Oh God I pray we'll see our darling some day, It seems we still hear her voice around our home.

Here is a remake of the song.
www.sendspace.com/file/ot1tp5

[cheesecake134]

evilincarnate said:

If you hate the taste of wine
why do you drink it till you're blind?
And if you swear that there's no truth and who cares
how come you say it like you're right?
Why are you scared to dream of god
when it's salvation that you want?
You see stars that clear have been dead for years
but the idea just lives on."
-Bright Eyes

Aw, "We Are Nowhere and It's Now" is one of my favorite songs ever. I particularly like "I've got no plans and too much time/I feel too restless to unwind/I'm always lost in thought as I walk the block to my favorite neon sign".

GUH. I've never had something hit so personal. I could have written that. Only, I can't write that well.

Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" has one part with my favorite lyrics ever.

"Cause love's such an old fashioned word/And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night/And love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves/This is our last dance/This is ourselves"

[mangoturtles]

Not really about friendship, but it definitely fits the state I'm in.


Rainy Days and Mondays
by The Carpenters

Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
Nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me.

What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

[GirlAnachronism]

"Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
Much to blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that really he has no-one."

Jeff Buckley- Lover You Should Have Come Over.

"There's a man on the corner and his clothes are worn
And he's holding out his hand
You can see in his eyes as the people walk by
He knows they don't understand

See they just think
he's gonna take their money
And go and spend it on dope
Then a man stopped by him
and i saw a smile inside him
As he gently whispered hope

Well the tramp started to cry, just kept saying
"Why? why? why?
Can't you see i'm a down and out
I'm 32 and i've got this one pair of shoes
And a bad taste in my mouth
I think it's clear to see that even God don't love me
Or else why would he leave me this way"

Then Gabriel just smiled
and said be peaced my child
Salvation is here today

He got up to his feet and he sang Hallelujah
People were turning around in the street
He looked them in the eyes and he sang
"Hallejuah
There's someone here that you gotta meet
Someone you just gotta meet"

When the vagabond turned around
well without a sound Gabriel just smiled and disappeared
Then he looked to the crowd
and they were laughing out loud
But he could not see them for tears
When his vision came round
There was a young girl on the ground
And he knew she was finding it hard to cope
She never was a fighter until he lay beside her
And gently whispered hope

They got up to their feet and they sang Hallelujah
People in the street were turning around
They looked them in the eyes and they sang
"Hallelujah
There's someone here we have found"
They sang
"Hallelujah, Hallelujah
We are the voices crying in the wilderness
Hallelujah, Hallelujah"
The people in the street
started their sins to confess in a chorus of,
"Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Every knee will bow and every tongue confess
I'm the voice of one crying in the wilderness
Crying out
Hallelujah, Hallelujah" "

Foy Vance- Gabriel and the Vagabond.
Please check out this song. It's one of the most beautiful songs i've heard. If you like it buy his album. IT's amazing. Best one all year. Here's a link to that song:www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EsHGpIH58k

[double]

there are a lot that suddenly become profound when they were once quite mundane because of my ever changing state of mind. for now?

voxtrot - everday.

too lazy to google, aha.

[sovietkitsch]

Y'know that feeling when you see someone for the first time, and there's that instant attraction, like 'love' at first sight? These lyrics describe that feeling perfectly, I find.

Sioen - At a Glance

I sing a song
you pass me by and I am shooting stars in your direction
easy now 'cause I am drifting way too fast

I sing a song
it's maybe not the kind that makes you sad, i know
yet i sing along
but it's too late, you drove me mad and now i'm lost
it's in your way
it's in your smile
i want to find out who you are
it's innocent but in a flash you stole my heart and now i'm lost

it's in the way
at a glance
you struck me like an avalanche
I've got it bad
but easy now 'cause i am always drifting way too fast

i wanna feel, wanna grab, wanna hold you, get to know you
need to find out who you are
i sing a song
it's too late you passed me by and now i'm lost

i wanted to find out
i wanted to find out
i still want to find out
i wanted to find out

[chichi]

This is from Tori Amos....I think it's funny:

"Soon you'll be a superstar, get off the cross we need the wood."