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best opening lyrics

Posted: Sat February 08, 2020 10:58 pm
by stip
tidal waves dont beg forgiveness/crash then on their way

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sat February 08, 2020 11:01 pm
by stip
while they are simple lyrics I’ve always loved ‘so she said/have I got a little story for you’. i love how it feels like it could go anywhere- that may be eddie’ delivery though

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sat February 08, 2020 11:07 pm
by knee tunes
stip wrote:while they are simple lyrics I’ve always loved ‘so she said/have I got a little story for you’. i love how it feels like it could go anywhere- that may be eddie’ delivery though
I always thought it was "son, she said...."

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sat February 08, 2020 11:08 pm
by knee tunes
"the waiting drove me mad" is standing out

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sat February 08, 2020 11:54 pm
by Matters
knee tunes wrote:
stip wrote:while they are simple lyrics I’ve always loved ‘so she said/have I got a little story for you’. i love how it feels like it could go anywhere- that may be eddie’ delivery though
I always thought it was "son, she said...."
It’s “son, she said” at least according to the album notes.

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sat February 08, 2020 11:55 pm
by Matters
“He won the lottery when he was born
Took his mother’s white breast to his tongue”

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sat February 08, 2020 11:57 pm
by Matters
stip wrote:tidal waves dont beg forgiveness/crash then on their way
This one is really good.

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:11 am
by Habitman
Posted this the other day in the Parting Ways (song of the moment) thread:

“Behind her eyes there‘s curtains And they’ve been closed to hide the flames” is perfect. Amazing tone setter.

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:12 am
by E.H. Ruddock
I want for to lay down

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:25 am
by bodysnatcher
My lips are shakin', my nails are bit off

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:27 am
by Matters
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I want for to lay down
We have a winner.

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:44 am
by LoathedVermin72
I’m not sure anything can beat “one, two, three, four, five against one”

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:48 am
by Matters
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I’m not sure anything can beat “one, two, three, four, five against one”
Power high, power low. You can take ‘em all to school.

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:52 am
by bodysnatcher
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I’m not sure anything can beat “one, two, three, four, five against one”
May i present you with, "I used to be a crustacean in an underwater nation"

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:54 am
by digster
Habitman wrote:Posted this the other day in the Parting Ways (song of the moment) thread:

“Behind her eyes there‘s curtains And they’ve been closed to hide the flames” is perfect. Amazing tone setter.
Binaural has quite a few, as I've been thinking.

There's a girl on the ledge, she's got nowhere to turn
Cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burned

Pretty much sums up that character in just two lines.

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 3:57 am
by Stardog Champion
knee tunes wrote:"the waiting drove me mad" is standing out
This and Last Exit were the first two to come to mind.

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 4:02 am
by knee tunes
Stardog Champion wrote:
knee tunes wrote:"the waiting drove me mad" is standing out
This and Last Exit were the first two to come to mind.

Ha! That was the other stand out for me too...look ma watch me crash

:heartbeat: that

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 4:06 am
by Kevin Davis
Plaque on the wall says that no one's slept here
It's rare to come upon a bridge that has not been around or been stepped on


I don't really understand these lyrics but I really like them.

But, I think my personal favorite is:

Oh please, let it rain today
This city is so filthy, like my mind in ways

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 4:12 am
by knee tunes
I often wonder how many lyrics I don't actually know.

probably alot

Re: best opening lyrics

Posted: Sun February 09, 2020 8:32 am
by Pages_in_a_book
Oh, something to remember me by