A thread for great song lyrics

[Matters]

I belong bodily to the earth
I'm just wearing old bones from those that came first
I’ve been unraveling since my birth
Gonna wander out there and see what I'm worth

[Higgs]

So you got caught with a flat, well, how about that?
Well, babies, don't you panic.
By the light of the night, it'll all seem alright.
I'll get you a satanic mechanic

[Higgs]

He's a poet, he's a picker,
He's a prophet, he's a pusher,
He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he's stoned.
He's a walking contradiction,
Partly truth and partly fiction,
Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

[Matters]

While the earth sinks to its grave
You sail to the sky
On the crest of a wave

[Matters]

Hold tight your babies and your guns

[epilogue]

I was bare and your word was still warm in hand

I think this might be my favorite lyric in all of pop/rock music.

[LoathedVermin72]

I really don't know what my all-time favorite lyric is. Never really thought about it? The closing line of Acid Bath's "Venus Blue" comes to mind...maybe: I know the pale thing in the darkest of places

Impossible thing to choose, I suppose.

[epilogue]

I really don't know what my all-time favorite lyric is. Never really thought about it? The closing line of Acid Bath's "Venus Blue" comes to mind...maybe: [i]I know the pale thing in the darkest of places[/i]

Impossible thing to choose, I suppose.

That's such an awesome line!

[Peeps]

There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
My pictures of you

Pictures of you - The Cure

or

The girl tried to kill me

The Girl tried to kill me -Ice T

[knee tunes]

The girl tried to kill me

The Girl tried to kill me -Ice T

Peeps

[epilogue]

And I hope I never see what your face looks like going

Best song lyrics of the year?

[Jorge]

Is there an implied sex reference there

[epilogue]

Absolutely, yes.

And because it's coming from Olivia, and given all the bullshit compare/contrast with Sabrina's writing, I think it hits especially hard.

But even if taken as an earnest statement about a love affair, I think it works and still resonates.

I think Olivia Rodrigo might be low key the best lyricist in the modern pop cannon. Never mind the musical cues and references.

[Jorge]

Whew, I'm glad it wasn't just an edibles thought

[epilogue]