Song Quotes Thread

I do it for the joy it brings ‘cause I am a joyful girl
-Ani DiFranco

“ Like a little splinter buried in your skin
Someone else can carve it out, but when you've got the pin
It hurts a little less and you can even push it further in
When your body's screaming out, trust your mind's listening
Like a silhouette that you can barely see
As a shadow cast upon the ground, where you'll eventually
Lay forever, but the day goes on, the sun moves behind you
You get taller, bolder, stronger and the rearview only blinds you”
Twenty One Pilots-Choker

Keep in mind that a man's just as good as his word
It takes twice as long to build bridges you've burnt
And there's hurt you can cause time alone cannot heal
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills

Tyler Childers - nose on the grindstone

Remember the moment you know exactly where you're going
'Cause the next moment, before you know it
Time is slowing and it's frozen still
And the window sill looks really nice, right?
You think twice about your life, it probably happens at night, right?
Fight it, take the pain, ignite it
Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breathe fine and tie it
To a tree, tell it, "You belong to me
This ain't a noose, this is a leash
And I have news for you, you must obey me"

Holding on to you- tøp

“'Cause if you love me, you love all of me (ooh)
Or none of me at all”
Lizzo-If You Love Me

Pretty much the entire song, King's Crossing by Elliott Smith...I know the lyrics off by heart. It's a very cinematic dirge and he creates such vivid imagery with his lyrics, couple with the haunting instrumental, it's an experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmoPKlWDKRE

The king's crossing is the main attraction
Dominoes are falling in a chain reaction
The scraping subject ruled by fear told me
Whiskey works better than beer
The judge is on vinyl, decisions are final
And nobody gets a reprieve
And every wave is tidal - if you hang around
You're going to get wet

I can't prepare for death any more than I already have
All you can do now is watch the shells
The game looks easy that's why it sells
Frustrated fireworks inside your head
Are going to stand and deliver talk instead
The method acting that pays my bills
Keeps a fat man feeding in Beverly Hills
I got a heavy metal mouth that hurls obscenity
And I get my check from the trash treasury
Because I took my own insides out

It don't matter ‘cause I have no sex life
All I want to do now is inject my ex wife
I've seen the movie and I know what happens
It's Christmas time
And the needles on the tree
A skinny Santa is bringing something to me
His voice is overwhelming, but his speech is slurred
And I only understand every other word

Open your parachute and grab your gun
Falling down like an omen, a setting sun
Read the part and return at five
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
But I don't care if I *kitten* up
I'm going on a date with a rich white lady
Ain't life great?
Give me one good reason not to do it
(because I love you)
So do it

This is the place where time reverses
Dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Instruments shine on a silver tray
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me be carried away


Fireworks by Mitski is also another song, similar reasons to Elliott's song. Its a very accurate portrayal of depression imo. It gives me that tingly feeling in my chest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-txILGo0SM

One morning, this sadness will fossilize
And I will forget how to cry
I'll keep going to work, and you won't see a change
Save, perhaps, a slight gray in my eye


I will go jogging routinely
Calmly and rhythmically run
And when I find that a knife's sticking out of my side
I'll pull it out without questioning why


Also, another... Alvvays - In Undertow... the way it's written is pretty clever..and her...skepticism kinda resonates with me. It sounds sombre but actually its overall message is a positive one, Moving on... yada yada. That band is massively underrated

Particular the line,

"When you get old and faded out will you want your friends?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1n72aCdwdU

I love this SOOOO MUCH!!!! 😭 ❤️

“My girl, she feel the same
And dudes used to laugh at her
Now they wonder how she doin'
Ask her, I'd be flattered
Her brain's been gettin' bigger
*kitten* been gettin' fatter, yeah”

Thrivin- Ryan Caraveo

I can’t tell you how many ways that I’ve sat and viewed my life today
But I can tell you
I don’t think that I can find an easier way
So if I see you - walking hand in hand in hand with a three armed man -
I’ll understand-
But you shoulda been in my shoes yesterday-

Blind melon - St Andrews Fall

And I’m measuring my minutes on a clock that’s blinking 8’s -

"Rising like the smoke
You linger on me
You got me so high
I can finally breathe
You're walking poetry
It's what you do to me
It's what you do to me
Touch me with no hands
Hold me with your eyes
Unwind me with your mind tonight
Speak with no words
Show me and I'm all yours
Show me and I'm all yours"

May the good Lord be with you
Down every road you roam

And may sunshine and happiness
Surround you when you're far from home

And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true
And do unto others
As you'd have done to you

Be courageous and be brave

And in my heart you'll always stay
Forever young, forever young
Forever young, forever young