What is your favorite song lyric??

I tried to edit this down to just a few lyrics but I can't. It's too beautiful.

"Well, I shook the hand of a weeping sparrow
And heard the most beautiful tune
Laid myself down upon a field of flowers
And searched through my dreams to find you
And lost all of yesterday's blues

And I walked in circles confused and scattered
And stumbled around as a fool
Lost in the maze of veins in my heart
'Til I woke up unconscious with you
And let go of yesterday's blues

'Cause you have a way that lets me breathe
And you have a way that sets me free
And you have a heart that can see right through
The bitterness of my yesterday's blues

Down in a city of shelters and shambles
I thought I had nothing to lose
I took for granted the wise words of strangers
And gambled until I was through
And lost all of yesterday's blues

'Cause you have a way that sets me free
And you have a way that lets me breathe
And you have a heart that can see right through
The bitterness of my yesterday's blues

Well, I shook the hand of the deepest sorrow
And waved a goodbye just to lose
Laid myself down below the endless towers
And searched through my dreams to find you
And lost all of yesterday's blues"

Yesterday's Blues- Ryan Bingham

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true
But oh no more.
That's why I hold,
That's why I hold with all I have.
That's why I hold.

I will die alone and be left there.
Well I guess I'll just go home,
Oh God knows where.
Because death is just so full and man so small.
Well I'm scared of what's behind and what's before.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.


Mumford and sons - after the storm

one of my all time favourites. Reminds me of a good friend who went through a very bad time, and we nearly lost her to depression. I told her these words like they were words of advice..

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

I want something good to die for, to make it beautiful to live.
Go with the flow - Queens of the Stoneage.

also, pretty much everything Arcade Fire have done!!

It's an old song, but I have always loved Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' I think it's a haunting and beautifully written song.

This song is such a tear-jerker! The Chromatics did a pretty cover of it, too.

My favourite song lyric would have to be:

"You could throw me a bone,
If I get too close you wake me up,
remind me softly to go
If I forget, won't you wake me up, remind me...
not to feel a thing
keep the dream tight
I can't feel a thing, my dreams are so tight
Can't feel anything, my dreams are too tight,
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?"
-- Hustle Rose, Metric

Kings of Leon, "Sex on Fire". The lyrics are pretty damn hot.

"Hot as a fever, rattling bones
I could just taste it, taste it
If its not forever, if its just tonight
We're still the greatest, the greatest"

"you're right, i get it
it all makes sense, you're the perfect person
so right, so wrong
let's all live in your imaginary life"

i get it-chevelle

pretty much anything else by chevelle, also love anything by fiona apple

Don't ask me what I think of you. I might not give the answer that you want me to

~Fleetwood Mac, Oh Well

If I had my way
I'd cut the calluses off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds with
Every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hand
The reason it still beats

Demonology and Heartache - Atreyu

Not sure of my favorite, but ones that come to mind.

"I want to believe in myself once again, so I dream of a man whose hope never ends. To kiss with a girl who's as lovely as you, I'd give you my heart if you gave me the truth. And for every tear that is list from an eye, I'd dig me a well where no man could destroy. I want to believe in a freedom so bold, but all I remember is the freedom of old"
Black Friday Rule by Flogging Molly

"Stand up tall, feel the Pain" + "There must be a heaven, because I've already spent my time in Hell"
When Angels Sing by Social Distortion

"We exist a world where the fear of illusion is real. And we cling to the past to deny and confuse the ideals. Once inside we can see an believe in a god we can't feel."
Temptation by The Tea Party

"I'm not alone because the TV's on, I'm not crazy because I take the right pills everyday"
Bleed American by Jimmy Eat World

"Hey boy, take a look at me. Let me dirty up your mind"
Queer by Garbage

"The problem's plain to see, too much technology. Machines to save our lives, machines dehumanize."
Mr. Roboto by Styx

"It's taken years but now I see, I'm not the man I thought I'd be."
Caps and Bottles by Dropkick Murphy's

"I was born in '49, a cold war kid in McCarthy times, stop them at the 38th parallel. Blast them yellow red to hell. Cold war kids were hard to kill, under their desk in an air raid drill. Haven't they heard, we won the war, what do they keep on fighting for?"
Leningrad by Billy Joel

Can you lie next to her
And give her your heart, your heart
As well as your body
And can you lie next to her
And confess your love, your love
As well as your folly
And can you kneel before the king
And say I'm clean, I'm clean

Chorus:
But tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart

A white blank page and a swelling rage, rage
You did not think when you sent me to the brink, to the brink
You desired my attention but denied my affections, my affections

So tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart

Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life
Oh, lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life


Mumford and Sons- White Blank Page

This song is awesome!

Love it!!!

the platters- twilight time

That was Kris Kristofferson.....right? Awesome singer....

Pearls and swine bereft of me
Long and weary my road has been
I was lost in the cities
Alone in the hills
No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel

[Chorus]
I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky

Friends and liars don't wait for me
I'll get on all by myself
I put millions of miles
Under my heels
And still too close to you
I feel

[Chorus]

I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightening
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night
The night

[Chorus]

I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightening
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night


I am the Highway .. Chris Cornell / AUDIOSLAVE

and about 10,000 eminem lyrics because vulgar or not he's a lyrical genius.

I second this. The man is mind blowing amazing. Anyone who slags him for being sexist/racist/bigoted etc has clearly NOT listed to any of his albums, cos he SO isn't! I have a could of tattoos in homage to John Lennon, my first and everlasting musical love, but I am sooooo tempted to get one representing Marshal Mathers too.

^^ yes! I agree! I'm considering using a quote from one of his songs as a tattoo! The man is inspiring and I credit his music for me getting through my break up better (mentally stronger/determined)