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over a year ago
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'Sun comes up, it's Tuesday morning hits me straight in the eye...' Cowboy Junkies
'Tiny tears make up an ocean Tiny tears make up a sea...' Tindersticks |
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My favourite lyricist now that Morrissey has gone all hateful is Nick Cave. This is from one of his more romantic songs, Into My Arms:
I don't believe in an interventionist God but I know darling, that you do/ But if I did I would kneel down and ask him not to intervene when it came to you |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My favourite lyricist now that Morrissey has gone all hateful is Nick Cave. This is from one of his more romantic songs, Into My Arms:
I don't believe in an interventionist God but I know darling, that you do/ But if I did I would kneel down and ask him not to intervene when it came to you"
Does that make his lyrics any worse though? Separating the man from the music is quite difficult for some I agree.
For what it's worth, I've always thought Morrissey was a tosser but love The Smiths. I'd still happily listen to them all day and appreciate Morrissey's gift as a lyricist. |
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To seek the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honey dew
And drink the milk of paradise
I had heard the whispered tales
Of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book, I took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops
Of eastern lands unknown
Time and man alone
Searching for the lost, Xanadu
To stand within the pleasure dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste anew the fruits of life
The last immortal man
To find the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
Oh, I will dine on honey dew
And drink the milk of paradise, oh, paradise
A thousand years have come and gone
But time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end
Weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost, Xanadu
Held within the pleasure dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a man, immortal man
Never more shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honey dew
And d*unk the milk of paradise.
Songwriters: Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart - Rush |
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"My favourite lyricist now that Morrissey has gone all hateful is Nick Cave. This is from one of his more romantic songs, Into My Arms:
I don't believe in an interventionist God but I know darling, that you do/ But if I did I would kneel down and ask him not to intervene when it came to you
Does that make his lyrics any worse though? Separating the man from the music is quite difficult for some I agree.
For what it's worth, I've always thought Morrissey was a tosser but love The Smiths. I'd still happily listen to them all day and appreciate Morrissey's gift as a lyricist. "
It's a good point and like you I love The Smith's, they meant a lot to me in the 80s but I find it hard to differentiate the art from the artist. Similar to Polanski, great film maker but awful man, that taints my view of films I loved before I knew about his tastes.
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Mine are mostly soppy but you can’t help what you like:
‘Your name and mine inside a heart on a wall, still finds a way to move me’
‘as you stand holding me, whispering how much you care, a thousand violins fill the air’ |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Was in a damaging controlling relationship, to hide yourself is your protection sometimes
These lyrics mean a lot to me;
Forgetting all the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else
Can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are
Linkin Park - Leave out all the rest 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh, you had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
When you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music 
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random  "
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh, you had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
When you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and..."
My karaoke tune when I'm forced to get up and sing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Snuff - $lipknot
Bury all your secrets in my skin
Come away with innocence and leave me with my sins
The air around me still feels like a cage
And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!"
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed |
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By (user no longer on site)
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See something just ain't right
See your government kill others
For a wage that's how we waste life
I bleed, you bleed, we bleed together
Getting lost up in the system
That teaches us to be separate
Easier to deal wi' us when we are split up in sections
As one, we're strong, hold on
Never let up, I'm fed up
Living in this world where they tell us
We're nothing without money to show
And to represent us, but
Fuck a skin color
Cause we're still brothers and sisters
Don't let them tell you any different
Was, so happy in this fiction
But the reality is cold, now
We saw how to leave it, but
This prison is killing
Everything we've been |
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed "
Hahaha Regulate is a tune!!! |
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Frank Turner- One Foot Before the Other... the entire song
Aaron Watson- That Look "There's something about Sinatra
And a bottle of Chardonnay
Without a single word
She takes my breath away
When she gets that look in her eyes
When she gets that want you, need to love you
Right now kind of look in her eyes" |
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Oh and another Frank Turner, Photosynthesise:
And if all you ever do with your life
Is photosynthesize
Then you deserve every hour of these sleepless nights
That you waste wondering when you're gonna die |
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Worst Sideshow Ever by The Men That That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing,
Or
Vampire Trousers by Evil Scarecrow
Or
Objects In The Rear View Mirror by Meatloaf
All awesome songs with cracking lyrics.
Favourite single line though - Elephant boy is covered in jam - Elephant Boy by Evil Scarecrow |
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So many wonderful lyrics that mean so much... But father to son by cat Stevens.. Reasons I won't go into and just one verse...
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Why, think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed "
I have three of those four lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed
Hahaha Regulate is a tune!!!"
I remember buying the single on tape from Woolies. Played it to death and proudly know every word lol.
I keep meaning to sort my Spotify playlist into some sort of order. I'll be getting down and dirty and find myself rapping along to Regulate |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed
I have three of those four lol "
Wouldn't have you down as a Patsy fan...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed
Hahaha Regulate is a tune!!!
I remember buying the single on tape from Woolies. Played it to death and proudly know every word lol.
I keep meaning to sort my Spotify playlist into some sort of order. I'll be getting down and dirty and find myself rapping along to Regulate"
Warren G Spot |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed
I have three of those four lol
Wouldn't have you down as a Patsy fan... "
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"Eden - Hozier
Sex - The 1975
Underwear - Pulp
I want to applaud your taste in music
Oh I wouldn't. You haven't seen my playlists! Lol. SO random
ok you have the backstreet boys on there guaranteed with that reply!
Nah. NKOTB were the only boy band for me....Don Mcclean, Patsy Cline, NateDog and Warren G. Very random indeed
Hahaha Regulate is a tune!!!
I remember buying the single on tape from Woolies. Played it to death and proudly know every word lol.
I keep meaning to sort my Spotify playlist into some sort of order. I'll be getting down and dirty and find myself rapping along to Regulate"
Had the cd and yes I know all the words too! Hahaha |
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I like songwriters who can tell a story in a song so songs by Squeeze, the Beautiful South and evening Rod Stewart spring to mind.
So, Carry On Regardless by the Beautiful South; Up The Junction by Squeeze and You’re In My Heart by Rod Stewart are my favourites.
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By *abonWoman
over a year ago
L’boro/Ashby & Cheltenham |
1. Did I make money? Was I proud?
Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance
Or did I make you fucking dance?
2. Things change just wait for the good things to come
At the end of the darkest night comes the light of the sun
Say - hold on to the best things you got now
And grow something new with the rain in your soul
3. I could go home to my love
And live the life I've always wanted
Or I could go on running off
Into the night, lonely and haunted
And the strange thing is
I don't know which I prefer
As I sit here and watch the sun set on Sacre Coeur
4. Beloved child
You are the light of the world
Beloved child...
Go out, spread light to the world
Be strong, be kind, be brave
Know your mind
Know that you're are divine
Know that it's alright to be afraid |
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By *urflrCouple
over a year ago
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"Darlin Nikki by Prince lyrics are great.
Of course my fav song by him is When Doves Cry
I'm a huge Prince fan. Fav album of all time is Purple Rain. "
I LOVE that song!!! And when doves cry too, but the Beautiful Ones does it for me x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Some of my favourite lyrics
Blur - I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it. I'm paying the price of living life at the limit
Oasis - all your dreams are made of strawberry lemonade (hence the name!)
Courteeners - I never wanted this to happen this way. When do we ever, a little time called never. Retrospect is such a cruel invention, no cruel intentions, not a single bad one
Gerry Cinnamon - Well I’m a renegade of sorts, I roam the concrete jungle hunting idiots for sport |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Is there a better opening line than Happy Mondays-Kinky Afro?
Son, I'm 30
I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty
And I don't have a decent bone in me
What you get is just what you see yeah
I see it so I take it freely
And all the bad piss ugly things I feed me
I never help or give to the needy
Come on and see me |
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