Lyrics

[The NZA]

Id agree, but then i couldnt pic out a part of "One Mic" to post, and no one rightfully looked at that long list.

Then again, youd have to A) Hear the song and B) At least kinda dig rap to appreciate the levels it works on anyway; i mean, if its fuckin great poetry but its in death metal or even punk i prolly wont go for it.

[JunkerSeed]

Hmm, since you brought up metal

 

eh.... full song but most of the lyrics are well spaced out...

 

Slaves!

Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh

Heed

To his every word, live in fear

Faith

Of the unknown one, the deliverer

Wait

Something must be done, four hundred years

 

So let it be written

So let it be done

I'm sent here by the chosen one

So let it be written

So let it be done

To kill the first born pharaoh son

I'm creeping death

 

Now

Let my people go, land of goshen

Go

I will be with thee, bush of fire

Blood

Running red and strong, down the nile

Plague

Darkness three days long, hail to fire

 

So let it be written

So let it be done

I'm sent here by the chosen one

So let it be written

So let it be done

To kill the first born pharaoh son

I'm creeping death

 

Die by my hand       (DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE)

I creep across the land  (DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE)

Killing first born man (DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE)

Die by my hand

I creep across the land  (DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE)

Killing first born man  (DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE)

 

I

Rule the midnight air the destroyer

Born

I shall soon be there, deadly mass

I

Creep the steps and flood final darkness

Blood

Lambs blood painted door, I shall pass

 

So let it be written

So let it be done

I'm sent here by the chosen one

So let it be written

So let it be done

To kill the first born pharaoh son

I'm creeping death

 

Metallica - Creeping Death  Goddamn, if I'd have learned about moses like this, catholic school would have fuckin rocked!  

[JunkerSeed]

And since you brought up punk.....

 

i stumbled in at 2am all drunk

and full of smoke

my wife said "i've had enough"

that's it, i'm sick, get out!"

so i stumbled down to kelly's pub

across the edge of town

and i told the boys me story

and we had another round

 

and we'll drink and drink and drink

and drink and drink and drink and

fight-yeah!(2x)

and if i see a pretty girl

i'll sleep with her tonight

i'll drink and drink and drink and

drink and drink and drink and fight....

 

-Buck o' Nine - Irish drinking song

[King of Snake]

"Doh ray mi, assholes!"

- The Dudley Corporation, Score

 

"Trace your outline in my bed

Place my hand where you'd rest your head

The cotton's cold and I can only hold

Your body in my memory"

- The Dudley Corporation, One In A Squillion

 

"When I learn I'll start to attack

The city that's built me, this city that laughs

At every plan I've ever tried to make

I'll pull it apart, I'll tear off its face

And watch it kick and scream and plead

The ambulance will go mee maw, mee maw, mee maw, mee maw, mee maw"

- The Dudley Corporation, A Song Against The City

[dinghy]

Bon Jovi is cool, but I would certainly not say everything of theirs is good. Always and It's My Life come to mind.

 Well you know, I was careful enough not to declare that everything they did was good. I said instead that I liked everything.

 

"-Standing in the rain

with his head hung low

couldn't get a ticket

it was a sold out show

Heard the roar of the crowd

he could picture the scene

put his ear to the wall

and like a distant scream

he heard one guitar!!

blew him away!

saw stars in his eyes

and the very next day

he bought a beat up six string...."

 

Juke box heroes -foreighner

[JunkerSeed]

Random lyrics from what I drove home listening to..

 

"And just outside I can heard the sounds

of the early morning street becoming way too loud

and the hum of the engines of the cars on the street, yeah on the street

And with this cigarette that I just lit

as I pass the 53rd St. Bridge

Right now the world just seems too big

so sit down and remind me how

this is the same old story of growing up and getting lost."

Less than Jake - Help save the youth of america form exploding

 

"Got on the 47, transferred to the 89

left town eastbound past all the city signs

and y'know sometimes it's hard to leave your past behind

and as I pass the crummy bars and beat up cars

nothing's gonna change my mind this time

By now you think I've found that things changed, just don't look that way to me

by now you think I've found that things change, and look rearranged to me

it never used to look that me."

Less Than Jake - Five State Drive

 

Which directly relates to....

"She says it's so funny how life burns out so fast

it's just another wasted day

A boring life in a boring town

with the same old crowd

and I used to say that I'd never stay

but I'm rotting here today

With that same old crowd that's always been around

and I always thought I'd be the first to go

That same old crowd that brings me down

another day in a boring town"

Less than jake - History of a boring town

 

And um, I promise I'm almost done, one of the best breakup songs you can listen to

 

"It's for the better your better half is gone

its O.K. you didn't need her anyway

and I don't want to hear you say nobody can take her place

and what more can I say you didn't need her anyways  

So you think of how it should've been

and "it's just over" keeps going through your head

you're hearing all those words

time and time again

watch the phone all night and think about what you should've said.

It's for the better your better half is gone"

Less Than Jake - Great American Sharpshooter

[JunkerSeed]

Hmm, come on, I know we've got more good lyrics than that... oh well, I'll keep posting some anyway, here's another quick radiohead snippet that's been in my mind.

 

"I wrapped you inside my coat

When they came to firebomb the house

I didn't feel pain, 'cause no-one can touch me

Now that I'm held in your spell

 

A beautiful girl

A beautiful girl

Can turn your world into dust..."

Radiohead - Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong

[MyLeakyBucket]

I'm being serious with this one, one of my fave songs on a soundtrack.

 

As I went down to the river to pray

Thinking about those good ol' ways

Oh who shall wear the robe and crown?

Good Lord show me the way

 

Oh sinners lets go down

Lets go down come on down

Oh sinners lets go down

Down to the river to pray.

 

                   - Alison Krauss, Down to the river to pray

[The NZA]

This whole song's great..

 

"They say music can alter moods, and talk to you

But can it load a gun for you, and cock it too?

Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude

Just tell the judge it was my fault, and i'll get sued.."

    - Eminem, Sing for the Moment

[JunkerSeed]

Here's one I learned how to play today

 

Just when you thought I was out of radiohead stuff to post...

 

Street Spirit (Fade out) - Radiohead

 

"Rows of houses all bearing down on me

I can feel their blue hands touching me

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out

 

This machine will not communicate

These thoughts and the strain I am under

Be a world child, form a circle

Before we all go under

And fade out again and fade out again

 

Cracked eggs, dead birds

Scream as they fight for life

I can feel death, can see it's beady eyes

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out again"

[BigChiefSlapaho]

And, when you gonna realize I'm the best you had?

Now you sittin' at home & you've got it bad.

Oh! I'm-a get nice and move slow.

So drink some prune juice & let the shit go.

 

- Ludacris f Usher - REMIX - U Don't Have To Call

 

 

Sorry, not the world's greatest lyrics, but perfect timing for me right about now.

[JunkerSeed]

umm, I guess I'll try to jumpstart this again because I think it's a good thread.  Here's a standout line from one of the many songs I heard tonight as I drove all over the fuckin place...

 

"Pledge your grievance to the flag,

'cause ya don't give blood then take it back again..."

Pearl Jam - Grievance

[Take Me To Your Lizard]

A song I'm always impressed with, every damn time I hear it, is Billy Joel's Piano Man. It's got great lyrics and real poetic meaning. Here's a bit:

 

'And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness

But it's better than drinkin' alone

 

... Chorus ...

 

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday

And the manager gives me a smile

'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see

To forget about life for a while

And the piano, it sounds like a carnival

And the microphone smells like a beer

And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar

And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"'

  -Billy Joel, Piano Man.

[Reverend Jax]

If there has EVER been more catchy lyrics (not necesarily good or inspired, just straight up catchy) than these, I've never heard them:

 

 

And I said

what about

breakfast at tiffany's

she said

i think i

remember the film

and as i recall

i think

we both kinda liked it

and i said

well that's

the one thing we got

 

 

Get out of my head!

[Take Me To Your Lizard]

Oh man Breakfast at Tiffany's I haven't heard that in a while *fires up Kazaa Lite*.

 

I thought I'd post these, from Bruce Springsteen's The River. Maybe it's just me, but there is something really striking about these lines. They are really evocative and downright erotic, to me anyway.

 

"Now I just act like I don't remember

Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car

Her body tanned and wet down at the reservoir

At night on them banks I'd lie awake

And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take."

 

The 'tanned and wet' bit always leaps out at me whenever I listen to the song. I think you probably have to listen to him sing it to get what I'm on about, but hey.

[JunkerSeed]

When this song comes on, you know that everybody is singing along...

 

"Early in the morning, risin' to the street

Light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet

Got to find a reason, a reason things went wrong

Got to find a reason why my money's all gone

But I got a dalmatian and I can still get high

I can play the guitar like a mother fuckin riot...

 

Life's too short so love the one you got,

cause you might get runover or you might get shot

Never start no static,

I just get it off my chest.

Never had to battle with no bulletproof vest.

Take a small example

A tip from me take all of your money and give it up to charity

Lovin's what I got  

It's within my reach

And the sublime style's still straight from long beach

It all comes back to you you're gonna get what you deserve

Try and test that you're bound to get served

Love's what I got

Don't start a riot

You feel it when the dance gets hot..."

 

Sublime - What I got

[Triumph]

i don't know how you fuckers havent mentoned such greats as lil' romeo yet with classic lyrics like his 2-way:

 

i wanna rock right now, im rob base and i came to get down

im not internaitonllay known, but im know to rock a microphone

 

its so good i swear ive heard it before but hey it takes two to make a thing go right

[the division of joy]

Megadeth - Reckoning day

 

I like the way that I make you itch

And all the reasons I give you to bitch

And how I make you wanna scream in pain

And feel your life is just a losing game

 

I like the way that you let me in

The way you look when the walls cave in

I like the way that your stomach knots

And how you cry for it all to stop

 

I like the way that you fool yourself

And make believe there's nobody else

I like the way that you stand in line

And beg salvation from the empty skies

 

Don't want no revenge

Ain't no pay back time

It ain't called getting even

Here comes the reconing day

 

I like the things that you try to fake

And your face when I see you break

And that you say you will pray for me

You realize you are prey for me

 

I like the way you stay on attack

No matter what, I keep coming back

And how you try to hold me down

But you end up driven to the ground

 

Don't want no revenge (don't want no revenge)

Ain't no pay back time (Ain't no pay back time)

It ain't called getting even (it ain't called getting even)

Here comes the reconing Day! (x8)

Edited July 8, 2006 by the division of joy

[crimsonfire]

Exodus - Sealed with a Fist

 

The honeymoons over and the loves gone sour

Her nagging has got you down

But you picked the wrong way to deal with it

You chose to slap her around

When you exchanged your wedding vows

Nobody said "you may now fist the bride"

Now that the little woman went and got her gun

The love ain't all that died

 

Chorus:

Jealousy

She knows you can't live without it

The bullet's speed

Cutting right through all your bullshit

Wedded bliss

Begane for her when the bullet's hit

Sixteen rounds in case she missed

Sealed with a fist

 

When she took your hand in marriage

It didn't mean right across the face

Small woman, big man, it takes a lot of guts

You're just a pussy in the first place

But now that your wedding chamber's

The one the bullet's in

Brave man, look at you, not so tough

When the hammer's cockin'

 

[Repeat Chorus]

 

The little woman had all the shit that she could take

Her intuition said "lock and load"

He-man, what's your plan to get out of this

She's gonna fill your ass with bullet holes

Guess who's bigger when she's squeezing the trigger

I got news, it isn't you

When they carry your body out over the threshold

You'll wish you never said "I do"