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Tell us what your favourite lyric is and why!

Posted by Ford James in Music

Song lyrics can resonate with us for a plethora of reasons. Perhaps they connect with us on an emotional level, they make us laugh, they use clever wordplay, you're impressed by the rhyme or rhythm, the list goes on.

This bounty is simple: tell us what your favourite lyric is and why! We're not looking for entire songs, just a line or two, a single verse at most, that you can explain why it's your favourite. The only criteria is that it must be a clean lyric - no bad language, please!

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FarmerTaz 11/14/2024, 10:45:08 PM

My favorite lyric would have to come from Def Leppard "Pour some sugar".

The lyric part that always makes me chuckle is "I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah" because it always plays during the summer and I always end up in a humid place. The song overall though has a very catchy tune and lyrics.

I have many other songs I enjoy but that song and its lyrics stick out to me.

JHenckes 11/12/2024, 10:44:32 PM

I'm a big fan of the band Imagine Dragons, and one of the things I love most about them is the way they approach themes of suffering and depression in a very well-done way, both in terms of melody and lyrics.

So I've chosen an excerpt from the song Wrecked, which is one of my favorites by the band. The song talks about the grief and suffering of loss (whether of a loved one, a friend, a lover, the music is accessible to various feelings of loss) and this excerpt portrays that well:

Days pass by and my eyes stay dry, and I think that I'm okay
'Til I find myself in conversation, fading away
The way you smile, the way you walk
The time you took to teach me all that you had taught
Tell me, how am I supposed to move on?

These are the first sentences of the song, it doesn't hide what it's about, it shows the suffering right from the start in a clear way and without needing to be expository. It's because of this approach that I think the band is one of the best in the world.

0ffworld 11/12/2024, 9:52:11 PM

I present to you, Aesop Rock. The person with the biggest vocabulary in modern hip-hop.

To be exact, he is the rapper with the highest number of unique words used within his first 35,000 lyrics, as per The Pudding. (latest update January 21, 2019)

https://pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html

You can pick a song and it'll be 99% different to any other track he's done. The way Aesop Rock forges music is definitely unique in hip-hop. Drums on the Wheel is one of my favorite songs by him, with verses such as:

I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that "Do you read me?"
You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink
I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf
No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north

It's very difficult for me to not just post all of the lyrics of this one! 😃

Note:
The following video features no overly explicit lyrics. There is one s-, but no f-word in it, just FYI.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/N1iUN-J-lSs?feature=oembed

There are many hip-hop artists out there, some would say there are more than we need. But in my opinion, people like Aesop Rock stand out because they don't just lyrically outmaneuver the competition in their own genre, but also put many artists of other popular genres to shame by creating songs like this one - songs that feature more words and vocabulary than other artists' entire albums.

I can't help but get excited when I hear this one even though last.fm tells me I've listened to it over 200 times.

Hunter 11/11/2024, 3:24:25 PM

https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/7qKXSF8MilgyiL52oq1AA0?utm_source=oembed

The evergreen lyrics of SiM's Under the Tree resonate heavily with Attack on Titan thematically, aptly expressing an emotional tug-o-war between love, loss, and a never-ending sense of obligation. Their questions of purpose, loyalty, and the justification for fighting reflect very similar existential trials as the characters in the anime fight against war itself, mortality, and what freedom costs. In a disjointed and battered world full of evil words, the lines 'Let me hold you under the tree' or 'Let me carry your sins with you' make you yearn to find one another and comfort each other. There’s a bittersweet beauty in these words, both a balm and a dagger.

These lines aren’t just a message to one, but also a voice of those who have suffered too much, capturing a collective image of shared pain. It’s a promise to protect someone in the most vulnerable way—not out of mere duty, but a passionate love borne out of silence, invisible ink, and maybe even without definition. In a narrative where every breath on the other side of tragedy is born of sacrifice, this song reminds us that amidst everything falling apart, we can find peace, however fleeting, with those we love best.

Jimmy0916 / Cmdr Donald Duck 11/11/2024, 1:52:28 PM

There are many great songs with a great message out there, but imho the best lyrics ever come with The Rolling Stones' 1968 masterpiece Sympathy For The Devil.

I like it because in my interpretation there is a 'proof of concept of the Devil' hidden within the song in the lines about the Kennedys, no matter if the actual Devil had really been present at all the events mentioned in the song:

I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?"
Well, after all, it was you and me

Meaning: No believers, no Devil (or God). 🙏

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jwtyn-L-2gQ?feature=oembed

mypets 11/9/2024, 2:32:56 PM

I find it very difficult to choose anything to be my favorite, so I chose a song that always moves me EVERY time I hear it. It's a Brazilian song called “Naquela mesa” or at that table, by Nelson Gonçalves. In the lyrics, the singer refers to his late father, who used to sit at a table in their house, which today brings back many memories. I'm going to translate part of it for you:

“At that table he always sat
And always told me what it was like to live better
At that table, he told stories
That I now remember and know by heart
At that table, he brought us together
And happily told what he'd done in the morning
And there was so much sparkle in his eyes
That more than his son, I became his fan
I didn't know it hurt so much
A table in a corner, a house and a garden
If I only knew how much life hurts
It wouldn't hurt like this
Now there's just a table in the living room
And today no one talks about his mandolin anymore
He's missing from that table
And I miss him like crazy”

Perhaps translated, without the rhythm and rhyme, it's not the same. But it's very moving and makes me wonder what it would be like without my father with me. Here's the link if you want to listen:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ePW8z08IfdQ?feature=oembed

CMDR Henckes 11/8/2024, 4:19:02 PM

The International

Arise ye pris’ners of starvation
Arise ye wretched of the earth
For justice thunders condemnation
A better world’s in birth!
No more tradition’s chains shall bind us
Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall;
The earth shall rise on new foundations
We have been naught we shall be all.

This part of the International is one that makes me shiver the most. The lyrics is almost a anthem for all the works and encourage them to rise against oppression! And this especif. part of the lyrics tells exactly that, it reminds us that we are in the lower level of the society, many as the the lyrics say, starving and with no goods and still working and nothing will change, and the The International is talking of making a stand for change the world where the works have what they deserve and made with their works, with no more leeches to steal what we have produced!

Dydo 11/8/2024, 2:06:34 AM

SheMe, she, she, she... she, she, me
(...)

She

The hideous thing

Lives proud

Of what makes me ashamed

She

Being my opposite

Uses my body

As an address

Prey to weakness

My will still

Duels

With her.

I love how Tom Zé deals with words, rhythms and social arrangements. And this a great example of it.

He plays with the social dichotomies of man/woman by internalizing them, from the perspective of a man, which he is, as he expresses astonishment and rejection toward his "feminine version," who is proud of what makes him feel ashamed. Now, if it’s a “version” of himself, that pride isn’t external, but his own.

Still, it’s an “opposite,” yet one that resides in his body, which has a will that is captive to weakness - in other words, a will that isn’t truly his own, but rather subject to the social arrangements of gender, constantly wrestling with his femininity.

This femininity, incidentally, is also called into question, since masculinity/femininity are merely constructs assigned differently in different cultures, and, epistemologically speaking, can only be "identified", or named, when present, too, in ourselves, as explained in "Elaeu" (SheMe).

In short, reflecting on this made me feel a bit freer to be who I am. Some people - and they aren’t few - say that having long hair, wearing makeup, sewing, are "women’s things". To hell with that! If something is a man’s or a woman’s thing, then I am both and neither "male" or "female" - a manwoman? - because I don’t want to, nor will I, deny myself something I enjoy just because of what others think.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/IByJGEqqBCM?feature=oembed

Lanah Tyra 11/7/2024, 11:18:36 PM

This was definitely not an easy one, I kept going through lyrics which I know I used to have as my MSN status message, but somehow none of them felt the same now as they did back in the days. After every lyrics I checked which used to be my favourite at one point I kept thinking on a more recent one, the last line of this verse used to be my Discord status message for a long time, and one which defines how I make content and how I look at fellow FFXIV content creators:

To all of my children in whom Life flows abundant
To all of my children to whom Death hath passed his judgement
The soul yearns for honor, and the flesh the hereafter
Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bREZqkbI2WU?feature=oembed

AbyKwon117 11/7/2024, 11:12:45 PM

Fix you - Coldplay

"But if you never try, you'll never know, Just what you're worth".

"When you try your best, but you don't succeed, When you get what you want, but not what you need, When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep...Stuck in reverse".

I absolutely love this song both for the musical background and the lyrics, especially when you are having a bad day and you feel like everything is falling apart, but when listening to this song I feel that sooner or later everything is going to change and everything will be fine and As a person who suffers from depression, it's like a way to calm myself down and not give up.

jd-writes.com 11/6/2024, 11:35:43 PM

I've been looking out my window just trying to find something to re-ignite this engine
I've been crawling through this hardship like an all-terrain vehicle
Or a moth to a lantern, and I can't lie to myself any more
We're never gonna make it

All Terrain Vehicle - InMe

For years it painted this really vivid mental picture of a tough space buggy forcing its way through some hellish landscape, until I eventually realized that it was all internal. The singer's looking for something to make life worth living again, something worth fighting for, and he's realizing that looking for that thing is innate, part of him, something he can't not do.

And he's probably not going to find that thing that makes life worth living, but that's okay (or maybe it's not) because the pursuit of that thing is driving him.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5AHfJno16M0?feature=oembed

Alec_Turner 11/6/2024, 3:35:37 PM

I'm going to sneak in two (sorry).

1) "Something small falls out of your mouth and we laugh"
from "100 Years" by The Cure

I love the simplicity of that but how it also conjours up such a rich image at the same time.

2) "But if you've lost your faith in love and music, oh, the end won't be long
Because if it's gone for you, well, I too may lose it and that would be wrong"
from "The Good Old Days" by The Libertines

I've always loved that line. I had a badge made with "Faith In Love And Music" written on it many years ago and I still wear it and keep that faith!

Shovel 11/6/2024, 2:53:04 PM

Mine is Outer Space by 5 Seconds of Summer and the line I love is

“Nothing like the rain when your in outer space”

I love this line so much, it makes you appreciate all the smaller things in life or just things you take for granted. The line is simply telling you that when you’re in an atmosphere where it doesn’t rain, you will miss that! That goes for a lot of things in life.

yan57436 11/6/2024, 3:37:35 AM

Brazil was under a military dictatorship and music was censored, so some artists created a way to protest albeit in a “hidden” way, which we find in “Cálice” by Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil. “Cálice” in Portuguese means chalice, but ‘cale-se’ means shut up, making a direct reference to the oppressive regime we were subjected to, and they have an extremely similar pronunciation, so the regime simply didn't notice the veiled criticism and allowed it to be published.

The whole song is a critique, so I've highlighted the verses that interested me the most:

"Pai, afasta de mim esse cálice / "Father, take this chalice away from me

De vinho tinto de sangue." / Of red wine made of blood.”

Did you notice the chalice and the red wine made of blood?

Another excerpt:

"Sei, que há muito tempo eu venho tentando / “I know, that for a long time I've been trying

Calar o grito da garganta / To silence the cry in my throat

De alguém que está fazendo o meu caminho." / Of someone who's paving my way.”

Again, the oppression and attempt to silence the voice of individuals

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9y2xB90A0CY?feature=oembed

FMarques01 11/4/2024, 11:25:15 PM

The most emblematic lyric for me is Luiz Gonzaga's “Asa branca”. It reminds me of the hardships of drought and suffering in the Brazilian sertão. It also reminds me of the struggle and resistance of the people of the sertanejo against the hardships of the climate. In short, it's simply a work of art by our “King of Baião”.

When I heard the earth burning

Like a St. John's bonfire

I asked God in heaven, wow

Why such cruelty?

I asked God in heaven, wai

Why such cruelty?

What a brazier, what a forge

Not a foot of planting

I've lost my cattle for lack of water

My sorrel died of thirst

I lost my cattle because I had too much water

My sorrel died of thirst

Even the white wing

Flapped its wings from the sertão

Then I said goodbye, Rosinha

Keep my heart with you

Then I said: Goodbye, Rosinha

Keep my heart with you

Today, many miles away

In sad loneliness

I wait for the rain to fall again

For me to go back to my countryside

I wait for the rain to fall again

For me to come back to my countryside

When the green of your eyes

Spreads out in the meadow

I assure you, don't cry, you see

I'll come back, you see, my heart

I assure you, don't cry, don't cry

I'll come back, my heart

Borrrrr 11/2/2024, 9:42:50 PM

https://www.youtube.com/embed/B2MytIu36DQ?feature=oembed

Love Like You

Song by Steven Universe

If I could begin to be
Half of what you think of me
I could do about anything
I could even learn how to love

When I see the way you act
Wondering when I'm coming back
I could do about anything
I could even learn how to love like you

"I always thought I might be bad
Now I'm sure that it's true
'Cause I think you're so good
And I'm nothing like you

Look at you go
I just adore you
I wish that I knew
What makes you think I'm so special"

If I could begin to do
Something that does right by you
I would do about anything
I would even learn how to love

When I see the way you look
Shaken by how long it took
I could do about anything
I could even learn how to love like you

Love like you
Love me like you

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After choosing several songs with beautiful lyrics, I decided on this song. Why? Because I believe that mellow songs come from the heart and a place of restlessness, allowing us to feel the honesty within. In its lyrics, we can sense the pessimism of someone toward the person they like, thinking that the other person is so good, so much so that when they leave, we can only admire them. In the end, they question themselves, wondering what makes them so special in that person’s eyes.

These lyrics feel very relatable to me because, somehow, we can do whatever we want, but that person is just too perfect to have, so we end up just admiring them. :)
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Larold 11/2/2024, 12:31:10 AM

From Deacon Blues by Steely Dan, a lyrical triumph of a song, these lyrics powerfully wrap up the vulnerable tale of an underdog musician:

I cried when I wrote this song
Sue me if I play too long
This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be

The song is ethereal and bittersweet, and one of my favourites lyrically from a group that constantly excels at writing.

MQC 10/31/2024, 4:11:56 PM

Scorpions - But the Best for You

Don't you agree that one thing is true
I'm not the best, but the best for you

Honestly... I think that after 30 years of happy cohabitation with my wife, this part is completely real, hehehehehe.

lebiadkin 10/31/2024, 11:30:30 AM

Probably the beginning of Leonard Cohen's "first we take manhattan, then we take Berlin", in which he describes the worst thing that can happen to an intellectual, from an artistic point of view: "they sentenced me to twenty years of boredom for trying to change the system from within".

Jaque 10/31/2024, 2:04:47 AM

"You can be a master, don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself standing in the hall of fame"

My favorite lyric it's from Hall of Fame (The Script) because it encourages you to be the best at what you do, no matter where you come from, who you are or what your motivation is.

Marcus 10/30/2024, 1:35:43 PM

My favourite lyrics are from the chorus of “100 Bad Days” by AJR. These lyrics are a way of saying that even bad days have interesting stories to them or that you can still find something good in a bad day.

“A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories,
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties. Yeah, no, I ain't scared of you.
No, I ain't scared of you no more.”

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2c4dB52ehAE?feature=oembed

Feddboii 10/29/2024, 8:09:56 PM

"My man full, he just ate, I don't duck nobody but tape
Yeah, that was a setup for a punchline on duct tape" - Nicki Minaj

it's one of those moments where you can't believe that was said, but it was

https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/4MRT0dDbhqFKl67WzhUbSw?utm_source=oembed

Block9 10/28/2024, 5:26:02 PM

My favorite song lyric is from Ariana Grande "We Can’t Be Friends." This song really hits deep because it talks about the difficult, bittersweet feeling of realizing that even though you care about someone, you just can’t be “friends” with them. It's about wanting more than just a friendship and the struggle that comes when you realize that staying friends might just hurt more in the end.

Ariana’s voice and the way she delivers the lyrics capture that mix of longing and heartbreak so perfectly. She expresses the pain of feeling close to someone but not being able to be with them the way you want. It’s relatable for anyone who’s been in that situation—where you want something deeper, but it feels impossible. The song’s message is a reminder of the tough choices we sometimes have to make in relationships and how letting go can be painful but necessary.

lyric:

I didn't think you'd understand me
How could you ever even try?
I don't wanna tiptoe, but I don't wanna hide
But I don't wanna feed this monstrous fire
Just wanna let this story die
And I'll be alright

We can't be friends
But I'd like to just pretend
You cling to your papers and pens
Wait until you like me again

Wait for your love
Love, I'll wait for your love

Me and my truth, we sit in silence
Baby girl, it's just me and you
'Cause I don't wanna argue, but I don't wanna bite
My tongue, yeah, I think I'd rather die
You got me misunderstood, but at least I look this good

We can't be friends
But I'd like to just pretend
You cling to your papers and pens
Wait until you like me again

Wait for your love
Love, I'll wait for your love
I'll wait for your love
Love, I'll wait for your love

Know that you made me
I don't like how you paint me, yet I'm still here hanging
Not what you made me
It's something like a daydream
But I feel so seen in the night
So for now, it's only me
And maybe that's all I need

We can't be friends
But I'd like to just pretend
You cling to your papers and pens
Wait until you like me again

Wait for your love
Love, I'll wait for your love
I'll wait for your love
Love, I'll wait for your love

I'll wait for your love
I'll wait for your love
I'll wait for your love
I'll wait for your love
I'll wait for your love

Alucard 10/25/2024, 9:10:09 PM

Only a song? Why not an entire album!?

In my case that would be the album Cruelty and the Beast from Cradle of Filth. The first time I heard it , in the year 1999, I 12 yo and the heaviest song I had listened to at the time was the works of Marilyn Manson (from my perspective, he was like the antichrist of music) and a friend’s boyfriend reached me and said “if you listed to this, your life will never be the same”.

Oh boy!! He was completely right!!

One of my favorite lines in the album, comes from the song “Thirteen Autumns and a Widow”. The entire album tells the story of the countess Barthory, how she died and is reborn, swearing vengeance upon those who caused her demise.

“"Amongst philtres and melissas
Midst the grease of strangled men
And eldritch truths, elder ill-omen
Elizabeth came to life again"

After that day, I have never stopped listening to metal, going down the rabbit hole of the most extreme metal sounds. From that day, I learned to appreciate the complexity in music, the voices, every instrument sounds, the effort every band pour in their work for us to enjoy. We don’t talk these days as we used to, but I thank him every day for the gift he gave me,curiosity and hunger for music knowledge.

TheHermit 10/25/2024, 5:01:24 PM

At the moment, my favorite lyric is from The Warning by Nine Inch Nails.

We heard a cry

We've come to intervene

You will change your ways, and you will make amends

Or we will wipe this place clean

With the current state of the world, I feel like a supernatural intervention is what it would take to set things right. And there's such a matter-of-fact-ness to this lyric that I just love.

Henry 10/24/2024, 6:25:22 PM

Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

It was the song I listened to the most after my breakup with my ex-girlfriend.

I had a toxic relationship because my ex-girlfriend was extremely jealous and deprived me of doing the things I enjoyed so that I could dedicate 100% of my time to her.

Since I was in love with her at the time, I didn't realize how toxic it was; I thought it was something normal for a woman in love.

I only realized I was suffering when I lost my job and my grades in college dropped to the point where I almost lost my scholarship.

The line "I spent so much time, believing all the lies" is very profound for me, as it represents my anguish in thinking that all of that was normal.

Hangerhead 10/24/2024, 2:32:03 PM

The English Folk-Metal band, Sabbat, had a concept album "Advent of Insanity" which was based on the book "The Way of Wyrd" by Brian Bates (about a Roman Catholic missionary being sent by the Holy See, to convert the pagan Pictish and other old Brittanics, to Catholicism.

I'll only paste the first 2 verses but the background also had waves lapping sounds and those of a creaking ship.

A sea breeze echoes softly
Its song echoes through your mind
Leaves you thinking of tomorrow
And the life you left behind
Come turn your head to face the
Wind that fills enchanted sails
And drives you to your destiny
As silent sirens wail

A sad lament for travellers
Held in the hands of fate
Your future stands upon the prow
Your past drowns in the wake
What chance is there for sanity
When madness takes the helm
And steers you on a downward
Spiral to his lonely realm?

Makster 10/23/2024, 6:15:00 AM

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rggzoqxrYkQ?feature=oembed

Son of Man - Phil Collins

Out of all the Disney movies, Tarzan isn't one that is commonly ranked. However Phil Collins went hard on this Man Raised by gorillas especially the featured track Son of Man.
It's the classic Disney montage as our hero goes through a period of change as we see him grow up from a boy through adolescence to a man.

The lyics that stick with me are in the second verse:

In learning, you will teach
And in teaching, you will learn
You'll find your place beside the ones you love

Oh, and all the things you dreamed of
The visions that you saw
Well, the time is drawing near now
It's yours to claim it all

After 5+ years into a job, I've finally been promoted into a senior management role where I now have employees that I manage and have to train up. Through out all that time, I did feel like a boy having to shadow, learn new skills and departments, and not given a lot of responsibility but now I'm in a place amongst my peers and in a position of recognition and respect.
Essentially it's a place where I am claiming all the reaped benefits and fruits of labour that I sowed in the last 5 years so it is very bittersweet and rewarding

TrialByStory 10/22/2024, 1:26:38 AM

My favorite classic band is without question, Rush. And they've got a deep catalogue of great lyrics for me to pick from. My first instinct for this bounty was something from 2112, or maybe the chorus from Freewill, but what I've ultimately decided on a few lines from verse3 of Spirit of Radio:
"All this machinery making modern music
Can still be open-hearted.
Not so coldly charted,
it's really just a question of your honesty"

Which, yeah the song was largely a tribute to and lament of the loss of old-style, less commercialized radio, but this bit in particular I've always seen as a nod to music production in general or creativity as a whole. The way you don't need all the fancy tools, equipment, and software to make something good if you're heart's in it. But also the fact that even if some people call all the modern bells and whistles soulless, you don't have to ignore them to make something good either. The only thing that determines what you get out of the endeavor is what you put into it.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/g_QtO0Rhp0w?feature=oembed

Deleted user 10/30/2024, 2:13:48 AM

This bounty may seem simple at first glance, but it’s actually quite difficult. The challenge lies in the fact that choosing just one song lyric inevitably means leaving others out, which feels unfair. But let's give it a try.

If there’s one song lyric that stands out in my mind as a favorite, it would undoubtedly be "Will You Be There" by the legendary Michael Jackson, included in his 1991 Dangerous album.

Why? It’s simple: the lyrics of this song remind us of the importance of being there for others in times of hardship—something most of us have failed to do at some point in our lives.

I would like to share the following excerpt from the closing of the song, which, although it exceeds the suggested two lines, encapsulates its essence:

In our darkest hour, in my deepest despair, will you still care? Will you be there?
In my trials and my tribulations, through our doubts and frustrations.
In my violence and my turbulence, through my fear and my confessions.
And my anguish and my pain, through my joy and my sorrow.
In the promise of another tomorrow.

Braulio M Lara 🔹10/20/2024, 5:35:09 PM

https://www.youtube.com/embed/oqXgEQpBP5Y?feature=oembed

WHEN A MEN LOVE A WOMAN - BY PERCY SLEDGE (or Michael Bolton)

When a man loves a woman I believe that everyone who has fallen in love has already suffered for love, he must identify with this song, a deep, heartbreaking song that was originally created in the 60s by the singer Percy Sledges , but better known now by the great Michael Bolton.

And although the song has completely good lyrics, the parts that I like the most are these.

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MY LOVELY LINES ARE:

-“ When a man loves a woman,

He'll spend his very last dime

Tryin' to hold on to what he needs.

He'd give up all his comforts

And sleep out in the rain”

blurred background — When a Men love a Woman - Lyrics

“I gave you everything I have,

Tryin' to hold on to your heartless love.

Baby, please don't treat me bad.”

This is my contribution with this heartbreaking song 🎶

Now l go to cry 😢 for a few minutes 😔

Hey is a joke

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Elech 10/19/2024, 11:56:55 PM

The lyric is 'How are your lungs' Now I don't really know why it is I like the lyrics but it makes you think what does the line actually mean but it can be interpreted in a lot of ways. I used to use this as my status on many platforms and I would always get responses to it. Often. 'Breathing how are yours' If you can answer the question though you know you're doing okay.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Ypnr33sEmg?feature=oembed

ScreamingRaven 10/19/2024, 7:38:50 PM

My Favourite Text is always from Adept - The Ivory Tower.

Listen up young hearts this world is yours
dont stop believing though you're scared have faith in yourself
and i'll promise that these anchors wont pull us down

we are the sun and the sea and the mountain

We are the children who still can believe
we have faith we have hope we have answers
In our heart is where we are free...

Honestly i just love it, it brings me back when i am Deep in my Depression and the World crushes on me. When my Chronic Pain succumbs me. It gives me the Feel i am not alone out there.

I Discovered the Band from and CS Source Fragmovie. And since that it is in my Head.

DarthHunter69 10/19/2024, 5:45:35 PM

Most of my favourite lyrics come from Mori Calliope, aka Demondice, aka Karen Callani. I know the bounty asked for only one lyric, but I can't help myself, there's just too many good lyrics to choose, so here are some of them. There are some lyrics I would like to include, but since they contain a bit of bad language, I opted to omit them.

Cursed Night

The days are blending together
Pretending like I don't notice
Drowning in mental fog so thick my hands might close where my throat is

The song starts off with this banger. This is exactly how I feel sometimes. Feels like the days are flying by and blending together. I like to pretend like I'm present in the moment but I'm just not. And the mental fog really feels like it will drown me. I don't know how this started, but I know it can't stay like this.

"Sayonara" to the sorrow of eternity alone?
Ya, right.
Part of the joke is that it's all that I've known

As much as I don't like to admit it, I desperately want to stop being alone, but the irony is that I've always been alone and I'm honestly afraid of actually having someone. To the point that I end up sabotaging myself and I never manage to get in a relationship. Feels like an eternal sorrow.

There's more of this song I would like to include, but it would make my submission way too big, there's some bad language in it and also it would be kind of redundant, so let's move on.

Dance Past Midnight

But "time" exists, don't know where it ran
Never enough for what I'm plan, plan, planning
I get tired, and I end up sleeping all day
I'm hardwired to be motivated halfway
There's so much stress I can't convey
Just do my best with the role I play

Okay, I have to stop here before I write down the entire song. I really, really love this song and its lyrics. I don't think any explanation is required, it just resonates deeply within me. It's a portrait of my heart. I highly recommend you listen to it.

Six Feet Under

This is the penultimate one, just for the sake of keeping this submission as short as I can make it.

Now feels like I'm singing six feet underground
This heart is beating without any sound
There are no second chances for me
Nobody's likely to come back around
Upon the ashes of what once grew here
I'll plant a seed and depart by nightfall
Was I the hero no one believed?
Was I the villain after all?

This is my favourite part of the song (which also happens to be the chorus). Something happened between me and a girl I liked and this part of the song pierced through my heart at the time, because it reflected exactly what I was feeling. There's no second chances in life. Once you screw up, it's game over. No restarting. When you screw up like this, you can feel like a villain - especially when the other person is actively trying to make you feel like a villain. But was I actually the hero no one believed in? I don't actually know. Of course, I really love the entire song, but this part in particular is very special to me.

Wish I Said

This one is not by Mori Calliope, but rather by Akuma Nihmune, who is my other favourite singer. I'm absolutely obsessed with most of her music currently, but for this submission I've chosen to share this one specifically.

Always was way too scared
Way too scared to face you
Face me
Help me
Help me
Let me pay for all my sins
Cowards don't deserve this love

This... just... ouch. It hurts, but in a healing way. That's me right there. This makes me want to actually try, to actually go and face my fears, especially my fear of rejection. I can't be a coward forever. I need to pay for my sins.

Wish I said hi to you 'fore you left
Now my world feels so cold
I wanna go back to you
Wish I spent some time with you 'fore you left
Now I feel down
I wanna go back to you

Again, I don't think an explanation is required. That's just how I feel whenever I fumble a girl. Or rather how I feel when I don't even try.

Well, that's it. I poured my heart on this submission. It's not about the bounty, it's about screaming my heart out and finally getting rid of this weight. I hope you enjoyed and I hope you check out these amazing artists. There's much more I'd like to share, but this will have to do for now.

CodyMaverick 10/19/2024, 10:40:29 AM

Honestly this is a very hard pick for me. There are a lot of songs that have deep meanings, but if I had to pick one right now it'd prolly be I'm still standing by Elton John.
The chorus to be exact

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

It sometimes brings me back to the time when I was going trough pretty hefty depressive thoughts. And I did consider few things. But in the end...I'm still standing.

Horror and Cats 10/19/2024, 12:36:54 AM

Jealous is the night when the morning comes, but it always comes

Morning Comes by Delta Rae is such a great song. That line has been the mantra on my Teams profile for nearly six years.

It’s like “time heals all wounds” or “this too shall pass,” but prettier

SIRCAM 10/18/2024, 6:53:48 PM

Enigma - The Child In Us.
This as short and simple song sing it in 3 languages: Sanskrit, Latin and English.

The song is one of my favorites for the content and message in each languages, personally it makes me feels conected with nature, with the entire planet, it makes me feel respect for everything that exist around me.

"Some day you came
And I knew you were the one
You were the rain, you were the sun
But I needed both, cause I needed you"

https://www.youtube.com/embed/B1wUVExfkkM?feature=oembed

NOTE: every person that listen this song will interpreted the meaning different from others.

Rixx Javix 10/18/2024, 6:48:52 PM

I first heard these lyrics in 1979. Since then I've heard them probably several thousand more times, so many that I can - if I put myself in the right mood - literally recite the entire album from start to finish. These are the lyrics that finish out the Wall by Pink Floyd and I didn't know it at the time back in 1979 - but these words would haunt me my entire life and career. As an artist, a creative, a writer and as someone who believes in standing up for what is right. Even today, I cannot read these words without becoming rather emotional.

Outside the Wall

All alone, or in two's,

The ones who really love you

Walk up and down outside the wall.

Some hand in hand

And some gathered together in bands.

The bleeding hearts and artists

Make their stand.

And when they've given you their all

Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy

Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall.

FirestormGamingTeam 10/18/2024, 5:24:37 PM

My fav lyrics are from Bennett - Lullaby - I struggle to sleep at night due to my EBD and this song helps when it comes on :)

Ahem

Why you afraid, to fall asleep
You'll be safe, here with me

When the dark is all you see
Follow the sound of the melody

Hush, my darling don't you cry
baby I will be your lullaby

And no more tears you'll sacrifice
Promise I will be your lullaby

Video below

https://www.youtube.com/embed/OXTJX3oM2fA?feature=oembed

DitchAdder 10/18/2024, 5:03:07 PM

I could honestly pick a lot of lyrics from the song 'Wet Leather' by Woods of Ypres.

As someone who suffers with chronic illness even the melodramatic chorus isn't too much for me!

But my favourite is "Life is the comfort of a good old friends advice, who says its all your fault and you standards are to high"

A year or so after I first got ill I had that moment and the lyric resonated with me ever since.

KPA1 10/18/2024, 8:30:52 PM

We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

Song by Tina Turner

Out of the ruins
Out from the wreckage
Can't make the same mistake this time
We are the children
The last generation (the last generation, generation)
We are the ones they left behind

And, I wonder when we are ever gonna change, change
Living under the fear, 'til nothing else remains

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond Thunderdome

Looking for something, we can rely on
There's gotta be something better out there
Ooh, love and compassion
Their day is coming (coming)
All else are castles built in the air

And, I wonder when we are ever gonna change, change
Living under the fear, 'til nothing else remains

All the children say
We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond Thunderdome

So, what do we do with our lives
We leave only a mark
Will our story shine like a light or end in the dark?
Give it all or nothing

We don't need another hero (hero, hero)
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond Thunderdome

All the children say
We don't need another hero (we don't need another hero)
We don't need to know the way home, ooh
All we want is life beyond Thunderdome

It's like a communication between us mankind and "E.B.E." (short for extraterrestrial biological entity).

ZanoroO 10/18/2024, 10:16:50 PM

Thunderstruck AC/DC

When me and my wife first talked on internet we were both listening to that song at the same time, so we adopted it as our song...

We are together for 5 years now

Makster 10/19/2024, 9:54:31 AM

I'm gonna have to bust out the karaoke machine to see which ones

Another excuse to have a karaoke night haha

NotAValveGame 11/7/2024, 2:46:18 AM

Its one of those songs you hear a clip of and you gotta see what the song is but don't want to ask because someone is gonna say Darude - Sandstorm.

Echoes - Connor Kauffman

"All I hear are Echoes Echoes of you"

"It's your ghost that always follows me round the room"

"Yeah, you haunt the walls of my head"

"Feel you crawl in my bed"

"Wish our memories stayed dead"

"You live in my bones."

" Now all I hear are Echoes Echoes of you"

"Echoes Echoes of you"

https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1xN9RnDl0i6V5zvb2QdOlr?utm_source=oembed

Raven 11/7/2024, 11:58:42 AM

https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1PT0H11VO2JSWjsCPR0CBd?utm_source=oembed

Well, this was kind of difficult cause I really love music and I like a lot of songs, but when I started to think in which one I liked the most, I remembered a song that marked me, this song was dedicated to me by my best friend 17 years ago.

He died of pancreatic cancer, but before he left this world, he confessed to me he was in love with me and dedicated this song to me on my birthday, now every birthday I listen to it and remember him by and all the good moments we shared together, the name of the song is "Amor Libre by Natch" and this is my favorite verse:

"Siempre sabes ser mi guía y mostrarme las direcciones. En mis momentos de duda, ante las duras decisiones, que fácil lo pones, sin condiciones, ya ves, todo son celebraciones, no es normal que me emocione.

Cuando vienes y me creces y me meces en tu amor y en tus vaivenes de paz y sosiego, cada problema es un juego, tu amor me hace libre y a tu amor me entrego,

No pasa el tiempo si te tengo al lado
No existen sombras, desde que has llegado me has iluminado
(Tócame, siénteme, sabes que tu amor me hace invencible)
No pasa nada malo porque estas al lado
Tu amor hace libre a este loco enamorado
(Sabes que tu amor me hace libre)*

metal_ed666 11/7/2024, 5:36:21 PM

it has to be the line from Architects - Nihilist

I found God clutching a razor blade
He said, "Look at the f*****g mess they've made
They'd trade their hearts if they were made of gold
But they're as worthless as the souls they sold"

just fits the whole world these days and people are so greedy that they would sell their own hearts to make a profit

Architects - Nihilist (Lyrics)

okayameji 11/13/2024, 1:54:31 PM

My favorite song lyrics are in the song line entitled "Cara bahagia" by "Yotari" a singer from Indonesia. where the song says,

semua kata orang membuatmu meradang
dengarlah yang akan aku katakan

kamu berharga
kamu sempurna (sempurna)
coba lihatlah di cermin
senyuman indahmu itu

this line makes me feel that I am very valuable, i don't care what people say because who you are is you.

Rocha 11/13/2024, 3:15:44 PM

Many people won’t consider Eminem a Singer, but I think he is quite of a genius when we talk about writting songs. So i’ll pick lose yourself because that song gives me motivation to do things in my life.

BoomerMod11/13/2024, 3:32:55 PM

Rocha

Eminem really has a way with words! Are there any specific lyrics in Lose Yourself that really resonate with you? We're looking for:

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NorwayMan 11/13/2024, 3:24:47 PM

I gotta say that the lyrics for Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd are just great. It tells a lot, a story kind of. There might be some history behind it that I don’t know of, but I still love the band, the lyrics and of course the song.

BoomerMod11/13/2024, 3:37:16 PM

NorwayMan

That's an excellent song! I believe it's about Roger Waters being given strong medication right before playing a show when he was very sick.

Are there any particular lyrics that stand out to you? We're looking for:

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JarnoFarm 11/13/2024, 3:36:48 PM

Enimem because it has story in the music

Podi 11/13/2024, 5:03:17 PM

Thanks

gidzy1 11/14/2024, 12:02:41 PM

“I want something good to die for, to make it beautiful to live”

Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow

Chervo 11/14/2024, 2:55:17 PM

Sail
This is how I show my love
I made it in my mind because
Blame it on my ADD baby

This is how an angel dies
Blame it on my own sick pride
Blame it on my ADD baby

Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail

Maybe I should cry for help
Maybe I should kill myself (myself)
Blame it on my ADD baby

Maybe I'm a different breed
Maybe I'm not listening
So blame it on my ADD baby

Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail

La la la la la, la la la la la, ohh
La la la la la, la la la la la, ohh
La la la la la, la la la la

Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail

DaWa1dler 11/14/2024, 2:55:44 PM

So sind wir

Alda0sniper 11/14/2024, 7:20:48 PM

My favourite lyrics Is my name Is by eminem

Sturmer 11/14/2024, 8:09:13 PM

A Hope for a good catch!

It often helps to to move forward and overcome difficulties, i'm not a sailor, it's weird but it works!

Wellerman - is a sea shanty from the 19th century, originally sung by New Zealand whalers and sailors:

There once was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy O' Tea
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh)