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Songs With Your Favourite Lyrics

Beauts

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This isn't the 'Lyrics of the Day' thread. I'm pretty sure there was a similar thread to this before too but I thought I'd bring this back in a slightly different way.
What songs have your favourite lyrics in, or to word it better, are there any songs to you that stand out in particular as having really amazing lyrics?

Some songs which fit this description for me are:

Working Class Hero by John Lennon. The reason I think this is probably because I can first-hand relate to the song but Lennon's songs often had the full package when it came to lyric content. One line in particular that stands out in my mind is "they hate you if you're clever but they despise a fool".

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground by The White Stripes. I'm not a mushy love song type of girl so thank god this one isn't mushy. It's about as close as I will allow though, with lyrics like "every breath that is in your lungs is a tiny little gift to me". It uses a lot of imagery to paint the picture for you.

Sticks N Stones by Jamie T. Jamie T does this in every song too, but he's really witty when he's telling his story. "It's the only place but home I feel relaxed enough to crap/ I know it sounds crude but there's something in that"
 
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The one that really comes to my head right away is "The Fox" byt Ylvis. Ya, that one really speaks to me.

 
I know there's a thread similar to this one somewhere, but that's for very specific lyrics in songs; like maybe 4-8 lines of lyric. I'm assuming this is for entire songs, so that's how I'm doing this. This is gonna be a dumb list. Lyrics are really important to me, and when I'm dumb and hopeless it helps me so much when I find songs that find the words for me. Aside from that, I am really fond of songs with powerful lyrics, even if they don't necessarily apply to me personally.

Let's get edgy.

Hospital for Souls by Bring Me the Horizon
This is a progressive instrumental song with short but intense stanzas, but those few lyrics are pure gold so I'm tossing this in here. Also happens to be my favorite song by BMTH.
And then, I found out how hard it is to really change
Even hell can get comfy once you've settled in
I just wanted the numb inside me to leave
No matter how ****ed you get
The sun will return and you come back down
The funny thing is, all I ever wanted, I already had
There's glimpses of heaven in every day
In the friends that I have, the music I make
The love that I feel, I just had to start again

The days are // a death wish
A witch hunt for an exit
I am powerless

The fragile, the broken
Sit in circles and stay unspoken
We are powerless

Because we all walk alone on an empty staircase
Idle in the halls and nameless faces
I am powerless

Everybody wants to go to heaven
But nobody wants to die
I can fear death no longer
I've died a thousand times

A wasteful universe
And we don't know our soul was
Emptiness inside our heads
But no one dares to dwell

Throw // me // to // the flames!
Watch me burn!
Set // my // world // ablaze!
Watch me burn!

How are we on a scale of one to ten?
Could you tell me what you see?
Do you wanna talk about it?
How does that make you feel?

Have you ever took a blade to your wrists?
Have you been skipping meals?
We're gonna try something new today
How does that make you feel?

Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
In this hospital for souls

Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
In this hospital for souls

Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
In this hospital for souls

Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
Hold me close, tell me go, watch me burn
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
In this hospital for souls

Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
Hold me close, tell me go, watch me burn
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
In this hospital for souls

Venom by Bullet for My Valentine
From the album of the same name. Was released last year, so it's probably strange that I got such an attachment to it so soon. The deal is this: shortly after the album got released, I found myself in a situation that eerily paralleled the sorry circumstances perfectly described in the lyrics of Venom. Long story short, it helped me cope with it, but at the cost that I'll forever associate this amazing metal-ballad with something terrible.
You're nowhere even near me
But everywhere I go, I feel you
Can you feel me?
Why can't I just forget you?
I want to shed my skin to remove you
Can you hear me?

Now I'm giving up, I'm never looking back
Here we go again
You keep giving me a taste of your venom
You know I'm never looking back
Here we go again
I don't want another taste of your venom

How dare you play the victim?
These tortured eyes, they see right through you
Right through you (these tortured eyes)
But, still, you keep me captive
And make me feel like I deserve you
But I hate you, hate you!

Now I'm giving up, I'm never looking back
Here we go again
You keep giving me a taste of your venom
You know I'm never looking back
Here we go again
I don't want another taste of your venom

I feel asphyxiated
It's more than I can take
But nothing ever changes, in the end
No more, I'm suffocating
You've gone and lost your grip
But nothing ever changes, in the end

Here we go again
(But I) Hate you, hate you!

Now I'm giving up, I'm never looking back
Here we go again
You keep giving me a taste of your venom
You know I'm never looking back
Here we go again
I don't want another taste of your venom

Giving up, never looking back
Here we go again
You keep giving me a taste of your venom
You know I'm never looking back
Here we go again
I don't want another taste of your venom

S.C.A.V.A. by Hollywood Undead
I was actually pretty obsessed with this song for awhile. The lyrics are actually pretty ****ing deep and I dig it. Most common interpretation of the lyrics' meaning is that they're about the Rapture, though I don't think Hollywood Undead actually confirmed that. Since the song is technically a Part II of their song Paradise Lost, which is based on the poem, it'd kind of make sense, I guess. Not sure. Either way, I really like the song and its lyrics. This is the song that made Johnny 3 Tears my favorite member of Hollywood Undead.
When the end is getting closer
And the earth has burned the sky
Now repent, 'cause it's all over
Just let me die!

Here's the massacre
A mausoleum fit for me
Lived a hundred years
A hundred years I didn't see
Gave all my hope away
Isn't any left for me.
Bombs are splitting atoms
What can the future bring?
We can fill a million choirs
And wait 'till children sing
We can walk a million miles
And end up in the sea.
And our lungs just keep filling,
And lying when we breathe.
The world's filled with liars,
Liars like me!
And I look at my child
It's finite--this feeling.
Eyes blue like the sky
I see all of this meaning.
I reach up to God
And I ask if I'm dreaming.
So sorry I don't have
Those things that you're needing
And, darling, a kiss
Kiss me, I'm leaving!

When the end is getting closer
And the earth has burned the sky
Now repent, 'cause it's all over
Just let me die

As my body lies here broken
And I'm carried to the light
Now my heart is finally open
Just let me die!

Everybody says greetings and goodbyes
Everybody pays--no one knows the price
We know the price of sin
The sin of sacrifice
I know I'll sin again
But who can save me twice?
How much can we ask?
You'll get the answer first.
How much can we kneel
With the air that chills the Earth?
The air keeps getting colder.
My knees keep hitting dirt.
The innocent can cry without the guilty getting hurt.
You ask who you love and you don't know, no, do you?
The spirit of God just passes right through you!
You gave away heaven, handed right to you
And I can see it all. Tell me, is it true?
Kiss me, my darling. Darling, I need you.

Where do we go?
We go, oh, Lord, I don't know!
Where we go--
We don't know
I don't--!
Where do we go?
We go, oh, Lord, I don't know!
Where we go--
We don't know

Lord, I don't know!

When the end is getting closer
And the earth has burned the sky
Now repent, 'cause it's all over
Just let me die

As my body lies here broken
And I'm carried to the light
Now my heart is finally open
Just let me die!

The Grey by Icon for Hire
Similar to Venom, this was a song that I held really close to me during an inner struggle back in 2013. Its meaning is a little more ambiguous, in my opinion, but I was able to apply it to what I was dealing with and it helped me, nonetheless.
I am standing on the edge of returning or just running away
I am letting myself look the other way
And the hardest part in all of this is
I don't think I know my way back home
Is it worth the journey, or do I let my heart settle here?

How cold have I become?
I didn't want to
Lose you by what I'd done
Caught in the grey

I don't wanna look you in the eyes, you might call me away
I don't wanna give you the chance to make me stay
And the hardest part in all of this is
I know my way back, I don't want to go
And let you see all that has become of me

I should've known, I should've known
I didn't have a chance

How cold have I become?
I didn't want to
Lose you by what I'd done
Caught in the grey

It burns for a moment but
But then it numbs you
Takes you and leaves you just
Caught in the grey

You tell me--

In your deepest pain
In your weakest hour
In your darkest night
You are lovely

You tell me--

In your deepest pain
In your weakest hour
In your darkest night
You are lovely

How cold have I become?
I didn't want to
Lose you by what I'd done
Caught in the grey

It burns for a moment but
But then it numbs you
Takes you and leaves you just
Caught in the grey

In your deepest pain
In your weakest hour
In your darkest night
You are lovely

In your deepest pain
In your weakest hour
In your darkest night
You are lovely

I am standing on the edge of returning or just running away

Hope of Morning by Icon for Hire
Holy ****, I love this song. Not really a specific story or reason why, but I just really love this song. It's just really, really well-worded.
My mind's a kaleidoscope; it thinks too fast
Blurs all the colors 'til I can't see past
The last mistake, the choice I made
Staring in the mirror with myself to blame
Sometimes I'm afraid of the thoughts inside
Nowhere to hide inside my mind
I'm scared that you'll compare and I'll look a lifetime past repair
I second guess myself to death, I re-solicit every step
What if my words are meaningless? What if my heart's misleading this?
I try to capture every moment as it comes to me
Bottle up the memories and let them keep me company

When the hope of morning starts to fade in me
I don't dare let darkness have its way with me
And the hope of morning makes me worth the fight
I will not be giving in tonight

When I'm old and grey, or thirty, or whatever happens first
I'll need you to reassure me I didn't waste a verse
Or worse, what if my life's work is reduced to just myself
Like, never let you get a word in, while I dissect my mental health
Or lack thereof, whatever, there's too many things to track
I really can't remember if I'm insane or insomniac
Nowadays, all the kids want crazy, wanna diagnose themselves
Trade up made up epidemics, pass around prescription pills
But my disorder can't be cured by a bottle, blade, or dose
Self-disgust and selfishness tend to hold me awfully close
But I don't wanna let you see that, I don't want my friends to know
Self-disgust and selfishness take me everywhere I go

When the hope of morning starts to fade in me
I don't dare let darkness have its way with me
And the hope of morning makes me worth the fight
I will not be giving in tonight

Try as I might to keep it together
Why is recovery taking forever?
Fool the whole world, just until I get better
I'm terrified I'll be faking forever (faking forever)

On and on I wonder what went wrong inside my head
I don't have to have the answers, but tonight I wish I did
All the pain I can't explain away won't fade
All the the secrets silenced by the shame

Don't make me say it
Don't make me say it
Don't make me say it
Don't make me say it
Oh, oh, oh
Don't make me say it
Don't make me say it
Don't make me say it

When the hope of morning starts to fade in me
I don't dare let darkness have its way with me
And the hope of morning makes me worth the fight
I will not be giving in tonight

Endgame by Rise Against
Who doesn't like a good song about people being stupid and how they take everything for granted?
And on that day, they'll tell you
That life hung on with no clue
The warning signs were all dismissed
Or shattered down, so it goes

The kings all failed to tell us
The madmen failed to sell us
Of what would then befall
The only life we know

When they're burning signal fires
To guide us to the fields
We're building funeral pyres
The outcome of a final appeal

The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all we relied upon
I shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
'Cause all the shoulders on which to cry are gone

The paranoia gripped us
Berate and then consume us
The panic set in like a cancer to our hearts
Spreading through

We bet on finite genius
Or prayed for gods to save us
There was no answer, though
Disease tore us apart

With the bodies in the fields
So numb that we forgot how to feel

The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all we relied upon
I shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
'Cause all the shoulders on which to cry are gone

He looked at the fields and then his hands
All I need is what I have
Then fell a tear of happiness (oh, oh, oh, oh)

She watched the world crumble away
Is this the end of yesterday?
"Lord, I hope so," is all he said

All gone, are the old guards
Got all the cold, cold wars
Weightless, we go forth
On wings of amnesty

All we rely on now

The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all we relied upon
I shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
With no more shoulders, shoulders to cry on now

No more, no more (the weight that we once felt is gone)
No more, no more, no more, no more (the weight that we once felt is gone)
The weight that we once felt is gone

People Live Here by Rise Against
Rise Against always has really powerful messages in their songs, but I feel the mood of this one is a lot different from the majority of their other songs. For that reason, it stands out to me.
My God is better than yours
And the walls of my house are so thick
I hear nothing at all
I followed you out in the storm
But it carried you off
And I burned every picture of yours
Was that not enough?

My gun is bigger than yours
So let's arm the masses
And see what the bastards // do then
Walking tall once set us apart
Now we're down on all fours
Do you cry my name in the dark
Like I do yours?

These storms are getting stronger now
Trusses all bend and sway
Lightning hits; the power goes out in the fray
As the waves crash high
And the shoreline disappears
I will scream to the sky:
"Hey, people live here."

My dreams are not unlike yours
They long for the safety
And break like a glass chandelier
But there's laughter and, oh, there is love
Just past the edge of our fears
And there's chaos when push comes to shove
But it's music to my ears

May you be in Heaven
Before the Devil knows you're dead
May these winds be always at your back
'Cause when we're all just ghosts
And the madness overtakes us
We will look at the ashes
And say: "People lived here."

From the penthouse to the holy martyr
Sea to shining sea
From the coffins full of kindergartners
Is this what you call free?
From the hate that drips from all your crosses
Are your hands so clean?

And the wildfire and it's spreading far
From sea to shining sea
When we're all just ghosts
And the madness overtakes us
I will scream to the sky, yeah, I'll scream to the sky
Yeah, I'll scream to the sky:
"Hey, people live here."

Not in order by preference. As always, I alphabetize by artist because I'm dumb.
 
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She Don't Use Jelly from Flaming Lips

I know a girl who thinks of ghosts
She'll make ya breakfast
She'll make ya toast
She don't use butter
She don't use cheese
She don't use jelly
Or any of these
She uses vaseline
Vaseline
Vaseline

I know a guy who goes to shows
When he's at home and he blows his nose
He don't use tissues or his sleeve
He don't use napkins or any of these
He uses magazines
Magazines
Magazines
Magazines
Magazines

I know a girl who reminds me of cher
(reminds me of cher)
She's always changing
(she's always changing)
The color of her hair
(color of her hair)
She don't use nothing
That ya buy at the store
She likes her hair to be real orange
She uses tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines
Tangerines


The Science of Selling Yourself Short by Less than Jake

I've come to my senses,
That I've become senseless,
I could give you lessons on how to ruin your friendships,
Every last conviction, I smoked them all away,
I drank my frustrations down the drain, out of the way,
So I sit and wait and wonder,
"Does anyone else feel like me?"
Someone so tired of their routines and disappearing self-esteems,

[Chorus:]
I'll sing along,
Yeah with every emergency,
Just sing along,
I'm the king of catastrophies,
I'm so far gone,
That deep down inside I think it's fine by me,
I'm my own worst enemy

I could be an expert on co-dependency,
I could write the best book on underage tragedy,
I've been spending my time at the local liquor store,
I've been sleeping nightly on my best friends kitchen floor,
So I sit and wait and wonder,
"Does anyone else feel like me?"
I'm so over-dosed on apathy and burnt out on sympathy.

[Chorus]

Let the meaning slip away
Lost my faith in another day,
Self deprication seems okay,
I never thought I'd make it anyway

[Chorus]

I'm my own worst enemy [x5]
 

Dio

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Location
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Jizz in my pants-The Lonely Island

This song just speaks to the soul, got really powerful lyrics with such artistry to them. This ballad is the work of true wordsmiths.
Lock eyes from across the room
Down my drink while the rhythms boom
Take your hand and skip the names
No need here for the silly games
Make our way through the smoke and crowd
The club is the sky and I'm on your cloud
Move in close as the lasers fly
Our bodies touch and the angels cry
Leave this place go back to yours
Our lips first touch outside your doors
The whole night what we've got instore
Whisper in my ear that you want some more
And I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS

This really never happens you can take my word
I wont apoligize, thats just absurd
Mainly your fault from the way that you dance
And now I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS

Don't tell your friends or I'll say your a slut
Plus its your fault, you were rubbing my butt
I'm very sensitive, some would say thats a plus

Now I'll go home and change

I need a few things from the grocery
Do things alone now mostly
Left me heart broken not lookin' for love
Surprised in my eyes when I looked above
The check out counter and I saw a face
My heart stood still so did time and space
Never felt that I could feel real again
But the look in her eyes said I need a friend
She turned to me thats when she said it
Looked me dead in the face, asked Cash or Credit?
And I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS

Its perfectly normal, nothing wrong with me
But were going to need a clean up on aisle 3
And now I'm posed in an awkward stance because I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS

To be fair you were flirting a lot
Plus the way you bag cans got me bothered and hot
Please stop acting like you're not impressed
One more thing, I'm gonna pay by check

Last week - I saw a film
As I recall it was a horror film
Walked outside into the rain
Checked my phone and saw you rang and I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS

Speeding down the street when the red lights flash
Need to get away need to make a dash
A song comes on that reminds me of you and I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS

The next day my alarm goes off and I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS

Open my window and a breeze rolls in and I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS

When Bruce Willis was dead at the end of sixth sense I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS

I just ate a grape and I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS

I went-
JIZZED IN MY PANTS

Ok seriously you guys can we, ok?

I JIZZ RIGHT IN MY PANTS EVERY TIME YOU'RE NEXT TO ME
AND WHEN WE'RE HOLDING HANDS ITS LIKE HAVING SEX WITH ME
YOU SAY I'M PREMATURE I JUST CALL IT ECSTASY
I WEAR A RUBBER AT ALL TIMES ITS A NECESSITY

Cuz I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS
(I jizz in my pants, I jizz in my pants, yes I jizz in my pants, yes I jizz in my pants)
yes I JIZZ IN MY PANTS
(I jizz in my pants, I jizz in my pants)

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
 

Dan

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You can build a wall around you.
Stop the sun from shining in.
There'll be snow topped trees and a chilly breeze.
Always winter never spring.

Break out!
Reach out!
Make the walls tumble down down down
Break out!
Reach out!
Make the walls tumble down.
 

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