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The Single Greatest Line of Lyric

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"Awaiting the hour of reprisal, your time slips away.

 

Slayer - Raining Blood "

 

see the delivery of that line is what makes that one great more than the words within IMO

 

araya could be saying anything in that part of that song and it would still be godlike!

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"Her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs

For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs

Stepping up boldly one put out his hand

He said "I was just a child then now I'm only a man"

- Roger Waters

That's a great line from a great song from a great album, BAR.

 

I like:

 

Button your lip, and don't let the shield slip

Keep a firm hold on your bulletproof mask

Yes, definitely my favourite album lyrically. One more:

 

"And still the dark stain spreads between

his shoulder blades

A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves

And when the fight was over

We spent what they had made

But in the bottom of our hearts

We felt the final cut"

Another Waters classic:

 

You were caught in the crossfire

Of childhood and stardom

Blown on the steel breeze

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SparksSparksSparksSparksSparksSparks....

 

See, the writing's on the wall

You've bought the girl a wall

Complete with matching ball point pen

- something for the girl with everything

 

In 1900 you held hands and felt like you'd scored

In 1910 you'd never need a horse anymore

In 1920 you could dance

In 1930 lose your pants

In 1940 you could go war (really soon)

 

Just about anything Morrissey has ever used as a lyric...

 

As soon as I've transcribed the entire high pitched verse of 'Blue Rosebuds' off Duck Stab (Agent knows what I mean) I'll post that. Part of it is

 

An ether eating eskimo would gag upon your sight

Convulsed into oblivion from laughter or from fright

 

From 'The Electrocutioner' off the same album

 

I wish that all the suffering and all the misery

could be consumed inside my room

where switches set you free

 

I been feelin' that one recently. And Nick Cave screaming 'I AM FROM HELLLL' during 'Loose' by the Birthday Party is just beautiful.

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"Living is easy with eyes closed/Misunderstanding all you see/It's getting hard to be someone but it's all right/It doesn't matter much to me"

 

~ "Strawberry Fields Forever", The Beatles. For some reason this line really hits home for me.

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Hmmm....Alot of these lines are great, but for now, I would have to say this is my current fav.

 

"New Years eve was boring as heaven/I watched flies fuck on channel 11"

-"Private Eye" by Alkaline Trio

 

OR

 

"Maybe I'll catch fire,

Something warm to hold me,

Something pure to burn away the darkness

That hides inside my mind

All that evil shit's not hard to find

I guess I only claim to be nice"

-"Maybe I'll Catch Fire" by Alkaline Trio

 

OR

 

"Why does everyone feel like my enemy,

Don't want any part of depression or

Darkness, I've had enough

sick and tired, bring the sun, or I'm gone,

Or I'm gone"

"World So Cold"-Mudvayne

 

I know most of that is more that one line obviously but I put it down anyway. Dunno about the Mudvayne(I really like the lyrics still) but I think I chose it because I personally love the way "Why does everyone feel like my enemy" is delivered.

 

Anyway,

Im Out.

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Guest TheyCallMeMark

All my lies are always wishes

I know I would die if I could come back new

 

- "Ashes Of American Flags", Wilco.

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It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under...

That's probably the best rap song ever done. That and Rapper's Delight.

The 15-minute Rapper's Delight is the greatest rap song of all-time, at least in my world.

 

But rhymes like "He can't satisfy you with his little worm, but I can bust you out with my SUPER sperm," aren't all that insightful in the grand scheme of things...

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One thing I can't stand is these bitches

Tryin' to take my riches

When I ain't even got none

I never lied

You knew what I wanted all the while

My dick in your vertical smile

We kiss and hug and snug and tickle

But the bitch wouldn't even buff my fucking pickle

She fucked everybody else in the place

It's all good

Now let me headbutt your face

Bitch

 

-ICP "Bitches"

 

/not a serious entry

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"Who Are You?"

Actually I'd choose "Awww....who the fuck are you?"

 

 

I always come back to-

 

"and when the night is cloudy

there is still a light that shines on me

Shine until tomorrow, Let it Be

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I wonder if she's sorry, for leaving what we've begun.

There's someone for me somewhere, and I still miss someone.

 

The Man in Black, later kind of paraphrased by Dylan.

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Guest BAR
"Her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs

For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs

Stepping up boldly one put out his hand

He said "I was just a child then now I'm only a man"

- Roger Waters

That's a great line from a great song from a great album, BAR.

 

I like:

 

Button your lip, and don't let the shield slip

Keep a firm hold on your bulletproof mask

Yes, definitely my favourite album lyrically. One more:

 

"And still the dark stain spreads between

his shoulder blades

A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves

And when the fight was over

We spent what they had made

But in the bottom of our hearts

We felt the final cut"

Another Waters classic:

 

You were caught in the crossfire

Of childhood and stardom

Blown on the steel breeze

Some more from Mr Waters:

 

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive

And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes

And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall

Dial the combination, open the priesthole

And if i'm in i'll tell you what's behind the wall

 

Okay, one more

 

Sweetheart sweetheart are you fast asleep, good

'cos that's the only time that I can really talk to you

And there is something that I've locked away

A memory that is too painful

To withstand the light of day

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"Who Are You?"

Actually I'd choose "Awww....who the fuck are you?"

 

 

I always come back to-

 

"and when the night is cloudy

there is still a light that shines on me

Shine until tomorrow, Let it Be

i could swear that when i watched the anthology on tv back in 95, they showed a version with paul singing:

 

"i wake up to the sound of music, mother mary comes to me

there will be no sorrow, let it be"

 

at the end of that verse.

 

now, this to me sounds infinitely cooler than

 

"i wake up to the sound of music, mother mary comes to me

speaking words of wisdom, let it be"

 

because a) it actually rhymes, and b) it's not something that he already said in the first verse.

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Guest "Fruity" Frankie

"Let's pay teachers more and more..

Let's not waste money on Fuckin' war."

 

-Improv from a 2003 Pearl Jam Show.

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