Whats Your Favourite Lyric

I have been in discussion with a friend at work about our favourite lines from any song.

Thought it might be a good discussion for the forums here.

You are only permitted to pick one.

I'd also like to hear why because sometimes I don't understand why someone might pick something until the reason is explained and then I get to see that song in a whole different light. And it's a great feeling.

So. Mine is a lyric by a guy called sage francis from a track called Sea lion.

"Ma, look what I did ma, look what I did to my hands, I broke 'em. You gave me the stone, gave me the chisel but didn't show me how to hold 'em."

My mum left when I was 3 and then came back when I was 15. Felt like if she had been there to help me maybe id be in a better place. So it really speaks to me.

So what's your favourite line? And why?

I would like to post some funny Nashville Pussy lyrics but this is an all ages site so I won't do that. But I must say Kris Kristofferson wrote some great lyrics in his day for many successful artists. Johnny Cash sang one of his songs and was one of his earliest hits called "Sunday Morning Coming Down". All the lyrics to the song are great but this one verse really paints a picture I'm sure many can relate to.

Well, I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert

Here is a link to the two of them performing the song live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdMmcciQs8I

I declare the following lyrics by Maxi Jazz from the group Faithless to be near-perfection. They're so deep, exceptionally cool and self-empowering. It's a smooth rap so you need to hear the delivery though they also make a great read.

The music of the song is quite exceptional and I wouldn't really call it a hip hop track. Sorry, but I can't really pick just one line so I'm posting the lot:

Watch me ride
Take the words and the bass
Taste, and then swallow me
You're chasing the devil
Cause you're level if you follow me
For quality, and I make no apology
For linking my thinking with computer technology
Cause this is like a modern day hymn
For the new church
I search for the truth
I've got a hole in my tooth
I'm Uncouth, yes sir, I'm from the street
university
Where we learn to earn even in times of adversity
And always find the ease way out of a hard time
Petty crime sometimes
But now I'm inclined to find
A fresh direction
Check out the funky section
Cause this is the part where I start to rip up words
A comfort coming straight from my heart
I'm not a mystic
My views are realistic, simplistic
One special brew I get pissed quick
And get sick so I don't do it no more
I won't find peace of mind
Rolling around on the floor
The point I want to make is
You can never escape from your fate
The mistake is to take without giving
From within
You know how I'm living
I'm cool. I'm looking after myself
And I could never place wealth before my spirit
I feel it's unhealthy
The devil creep around you so stealthy, stealthy
Till ya get bold, rush the gold
And before ya time is over
Ya soul is sold, where's it gettin ya?
Competition starts swearing ya
Gold diggers setting you up
Soon be forgetting your existence?
Do ya need a for instance
I hafta admire your persistence
In sticking to a game plan
That brings ya pain man
And at the end of the day nothing is gained
So listen to the voice within
I'll see ya later
Pay heed to the Grand Oral Disseminator
I keep lying and trying
Denying the call from inside
Ya can't hide responsibility
So decide from today just who it's going to be
Thou shalt have no other god but me
So set ya free see
But you'll have to listen
And who's that false idol
I see you kissing?
Money, success and untold wealth, good health
And all ya have to do is love yourself
It's a fact you'll attract all the things that ya lack
So just chill
And get off the race track
And take a pace back, face facts
It's your decision
You don't need eyes to see
You need vision
Continue to view the lord as being separated
And you're living a lie that's been perpetrated
For many centuries, I wanna mention
These facts in my rap
I don't sing
But I wanna share the peace that it brings
My name is G.O.D
The Grand Oral Disseminator

faithless reverence (full version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb49W1u7QaY

I killed a man 'cause he killed my goat.
I put my hands around his throat.
He tried to reason with the sky and the clouds.
But it didn't matter, cause they can't hear a sound.

Mastodon - Curl Of The Burl

-Tim Wilson (R.I.P)
-"Bootyman"
-Super Bad Sounds of The 70s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdOstVSouao&feature=kp

"Look at that booty, show me the booty
Give me the booty, I want the the booty
Back up the booty, I need the booty
I like the booty, oh what a booty"

reason should be self explanatory
( )

"No, no. I say yeah, yeah.
No, no. I say yeah, yeah."

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

"No, no, no. Yeah.
No, no, no. Yeah.
No, no, no. Yeah."

Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome

im a little more than useless,
when i think that i cant do this,
you promise me that ill get through this,
and do something right,
do something right for once.

Relient K - More Than Useless

I think its pretty self-explanatory.

When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone

Lyrics can be interpreted anyway the listener chooses...obviously. When I first heard these lyrics, they moved me profoundly. I interpreted them as me being the child and catching a glimpse of absolute bliss, a meaning to my life.

My purpose for existing and all my hopes and dreams were caught in a glimpse. But like the lyrics say, I cant put my finger on what it was.

And now the child is grown. The dream is lost :[

Then there's always...

You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin' horny now

:]

What about....

I wanna shoot you down now for the things you did.
From far away I came, got away from seeing red.

I came a long way to see you,
Such a long way to see you.
I came a long way to see you,
Now I wish you were dead, wish you were dead.

That song was called Vagabond by Greenskeepers, just in case anyone was interested. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5UQE3QnZwI

Rippin' through like a missile,
Rippin' through my heart,
Rob me of this love.

Raise your weapon, raise your weapon... and it's over.

Love your ego, you won't feel a thing,
Always number one, the pen with a bent wrist crooked king,
Sign away our peace for your war,
One word and it's over.

Dropping your bombs now
On all we've built,
How does it feel now
To watch it burn, burn, burn?

Raise your weapon, raise your weapon... and it's over.

Absolutely love those lyrics I know it's about politics and war but to me it's more personal, "How does it feel now
To watch it burn" I have that tattooed on me, it makes me think of all the haters fueling the fire to keep me going !

Some cool tracks guys!

All good stuff.

For me I'll never forget a few simple words written by the most prolific and influencial songwriting team (at least in my book) ever assembled...Lennon and McCartney (Beatles).
Song is off the Abbey Road album - The End.

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"

What I got, you gotta get it, put it in you.

I'm holdin' out for a hero.

Holdin' out for a hero till the end of the niiiiight.

He's gotta be big and

He's gotta be strong...

Purple haze
All in my brain
Daily things
Dont seem the same
Actin funny
But I dont know why
Scuse me while I kiss the sky

Rollin down the street
Smokin indo
Slurpin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

Embrace this moment, remember, we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion.

Reaching Out To Embrace The Random,
Reaching Out To Embrace Whatever May Come.

"I use you..and I confuse you, and then I lose you, still you won't suspect me."
Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) Ladytron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVeEBMJt8vs&html5=1

"Now my friends lay me down to sleep.
A fifth of whiskey down by my feet.
If I should die before I wake,
tell everyone that I drank it straight."

Upon A Burning Body - Texas Blood Money

Blueeskies: that is a very cool quartet of lines!

How about this classic pair:

Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind

Silence can be violence
Sorta like a slit wrist

(from Bullet In The Head by Rage Against The Machine)

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence