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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: MrBump on April 15, 2008, 06:03:29 PM
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OK, don't know if it's been done before, but lets expose some genius/tragic songwriting, shall we?
First of, Genius! David Bowie/Tin Machine, the track is Crack City:
"And you the master dealer, may death be on your brow
May razors slash your mainline, I'm calling you out right now
May all your vilest nightmares consume your shrunken head
May the hounds of paranoia dance upon your stinking bed
Don't look at me you f*ckhead, this nation's turning blue
It's stink it fouls the highways, it's filth it sticks like glue
Gonna hit Crack City!"
Priceless!
Mark.
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Tragic:
Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
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Thieves in the night rob you blind
With surgical precision
You can't evade the eye in the sky
He got facial recognition
....
Ouch :oops:
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A recent billy Idol song would have to be a contender in the awfulness stakes:
I wanna* make you beg, juice running' down my leg...
* or is it "I'm gonna"?
:roll: :lol:
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The classic...
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
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The classic...
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
+Infinity.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear at the Airbourne and Billy Idol ones though. :oops:
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More Dylan:
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
Strike another match, go start anew
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
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Even allowing for the fact that they're my all-time favourite band, Exodus have had some pretty awful lyrics. There are so many painfully inane examples to choose from, but I think that this verse & chorus just take it:
See them sweat as the tables are set & the frenzy is about to begin
Eagerly they await the chance to swallow their bait & their patience is wearing thin
When they no longer bear to delay this affair, we serve it up thick & raw
Only cater our way, thrash $%&#in' filets, a banquet if you're hungry to brawl
Your last meal left you dissatisfied now the zoo keepers have arrived
First come, first served you better get in line, 'cos it's supper time
Yeah it's feeding time at the zoo, if you get too close you lose a finger or two
Soothing the savage beast in you is the last thing we wanna do
Yeah it's feeding time at the zoo, all the stories you heard, every one is true
Time has come for rendevous, it's feeding time for me & you
(Yet I still love the song because awful lyric or not, they sound like they're having so much fun playing it! :lol:)
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One of the greatest song ever, with possibly THE worst lyrics ever:
Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh what's becoming of me
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh don't you see what I mean
No dio. We don't see what you mean.
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" I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they would not teach me of in college"
So there you go folks, rhyme "knowledge" with "college" and you too could live in a huge Georgian mansion just like Sting.
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Whitesnake have tremendous lyrics, and quite horrid ones aswell.
The good:
You cry for mercy,
When you think youve lost your way,
You drift alone, if all your hope is gone
So find the strength and you will see
You control, your destiny,
After all is said and done
So take me with you,
Take me far away,
And lead me to the distant shore
Sail your ship across the water,
Spread your wings across the sky
Take the time to see
You're the one who holds the key,
Or sailing ships will pass you by
and the glorious:
I can't see you, baby,
I can't see you anymore, no more
You keep on loving me
Like I've never known before
I wanna superstitious woman
With a superstitious, a superstitious mind, an' I don't mind, baby
My heart is beating faster, babe,
It's beating like a big bass drum
You know you got me speeding, child,
Faster than a bullet from a gun
You're a superstitious woman
An' I got a superstitious mind, an' I don't care
So take me down slow an' easy,
Make love to me slow an' easy
I know that hard luck an' trouble
Is coming my way,
So rock me 'til I'm burned to the bone,
Rock me 'til I'm burned to the bone
And then we have the utterly horrendous yet incredibly rock'n'roll:
Walking down the street
You're the center of my universe
You got the world in your pocket,
my manhood in your purse
You ain't a bad girl, honey
No matter what the neighbours say
It's just that you were those skin-tight dresses
With your g-string tuned to A!
Sweet, sweet, child of the street
Heaven sent, you're an angel dressed in black,
Cool, stiletto strut, you're a drop jaw cardiac
You're the genuine, feline, prettiest girl I've ever seen,
With your thief of hearts smile
You're a certified pleasure machine
Sweet, sweet, child of the street
Dressed to kill in diamonds and fur,
You get what you want
With your pussy cat purr
But, the kittens got claws,
She'll tear your heart out
The kittens got claws,
She'll scratch your back
The kittens got claws
She'll tease an' please you
The kittens got claws,
She's a heart attack
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My vote for some of the best: Alter Bridge - Wayward One
And they cry
And they call
As the wayward walk alone
City lights
Urban sprawl
In a place no one should know
Shown no grace
Shown no love
These mean streets are meant for none
Take them back to the start
Let the purest of heart
Know their worth is still spoken
As they fight to exist
We neglect and resist
Let this circle be broken
Broken homes
Broken lives
They repeat themselves in time
It's passed on
Down the line
Till we heal the wounds inside
It's not too late
To make things right
Dress wounds with loves pure light
They're still waiting
They still cry
They still want to know they'll be all right
All I'm saying
Can we try?
To bring the wayward ones back home tonight
Bring the wayward one back home tonight
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From the Ayreon album 01011001:
(To a tune not dissimilar to 'Radio Gaga' by Queen)
"And on that shining day
There is a way
For our DNA
To find a world to stay
And on that shining day
There is a way
For our DNA
To find a world to stay
(With the same chordal backing but a different vocal line)
Do we have the right to create life?
And do we have the right to take it away?
YEAH!" :lol:
That last improvised addition of 'yeah' just ruined the song at first but it actually makes it as it just totally cracks me up!
From the same album:
"Let's break down the barrier
And do what no one has dared
Let's break the equation: E=MC2"
Lyrically there are also numerous horrific flashbacks to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds concept album.
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I love 01, but yes the lyrics are horrific. Not unlike Scenes from a Memory.
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Clutch: Careful With That Mic.
Not only does it make almost every hip-hop "dis" track ever recorded seem like witless playground garbage, it has the rare distinction of having jokes ehich are funny more than twice:
so tell me, when you took the practice scholastic aptitude test
did you know the answers or did you just guess?
you rely on gimmicks to amuse your fans
and act all urban to jack-up your sound-scan.
what's the matter with you? how come you rhyme monosyllabically?
is atrophy shrinking your entire vocabulary?
your style's like garbage cans meant to be taken out on a weekly basis.
ever since your first record you've been in a state of suspended animation.
you look like snuffaluffagus and australopithecus.
me cray, you abacus.
but enough about you, let's talk about me and how single-handedly i redefined the science of radio astronomy,
making nobel prize winners question their notions of reality.
oh, but i digress… you play sorry, i play chess.
king's pawn to b3, checkmate, go get some percosets.
careful with that mic, weezy.
do you really think it's that easy?
mmmm… this is really good ice cream!
you want some of it?
oh, my bad i didn't know you were lactose intolerant.
makes you pass gas, frightens all the girls away.
only friends you keep are those you pay.
always on the ready for the wack snack attack,
I carry sandwiches around in a straight-edge style jansport backpack.
got the gadget q gave bond. take control of your mind and make
you jump in a pond, go "quack quack" and flap your arms, leave you confused, but completely unharmed.
careful with that mic, weezy.
do you really think it's that easy?
do you really think it's true
that up above they can't hear you?
now both you and i know that the past ten years have been rather intense.
i'm ashamed to admit that i've been fooled by the seductions of violence.
people walking around with ugly auras.
at times i'm even tempted to seek the advice of dr. laura,
but i ignore her.
so i take a deep breath and count to ten,
ain't gonna let it get under my skin.
take a deep breath and count to ten.
think of all the nice places that i been
like back when i was waging peace against the visigoths,
i was tutored in the ancient mysteries by a wizened philosoph,
learned the polyrhythm of celestial time,
and wait for the one to come and get it done to finish the rhyme.
careful with that mic, weezy.
do you really think it's that easy?
do you really think it's true
that up above they can't hear you?
Written down, though, it loses a lot, as it's as much about the phrasing as the actual words.
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Neil Young has been my favourite artist for about 30+ years now and some of his lyrics are still awesome. This is a simple song but with lyrics that express a deep sense of loss - which it in fact was in this case for Young.
The Needle And The Damage Done
I caught you knockin'
at my cellar door
I love you, baby,
can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.
I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.
I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood
to keep from running out.
I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
like a settin' sun.
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hahaha +1 for Scenes from a Memory, they tell a good story but the lyrics are so literal its rediculous.
i love dream theater but their lyrics are either rediculously literal or pointlessly abstract:
"Tell me
Remind me
Chase the water racing from the sky
Always beside me
Taste the memories running from my eyes
Nervous flashlights scan my dreams
Liquid shadows silence their screams
I smile at the moon
Chasing water from the sky
I argue with the clouds
Stealing beauty from my eyes
Outside the soundness of your mind
Bathing your soul in silver tears
Beneath a blackened summer sky
Praying for time to disappear
Beneath a summer sky
Under glass moonlight
Night awaits the lamb's arrival
Liquid shadows crawl
Silver teardrops fall
The bride subsides to her survival
By your hand
I've awakened
Bear this honor in my name"
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WHAT??!
the awesome lyrics prize would have to go to Opeth, and more specifically anything from Ghost Reveries, probably Harlequin Forest.
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Actually - Forgot some absolutely fantastic lyrics - From a song I love.
DEP - Unretrofied.
Is the can half-diseased or is the disease half-canned?
And is the man half-machine or is the machine half-man?
I'm unretrofied for you
I'll just fake it in the end
Just save it for a new song and leave dead in the end
Time is wasted in the end
Wood-paneled wagon carpool dragons killing me again
Now they're looting our holes until there is nothing left
Calloused intentions it seems -- coward's invention at best
I'm unretrofied for you
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From my all time favorite lyricist, Richard Thompson, and the song Wood Of Darney...
When I showed you the picture, perhaps I felt jealousy
As your tears welled up with each reminisce
And my hands may be rougher and my tongue may be coarser
But I knew I could give you a love good as his
When you listen to the whole song it's just unbelievable how he manages to completely put himself into the role of a front-line soldier, and the feelings of fear and loss...
Amazing lyric.
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One of the worst:
How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb,
Without a soul (without)
My spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back....home
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I Can't Wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life- Evanescence.
Although this is just the tip of the dull, cliched, self pitying iceburg.
also [troll] everything between "there's a lady who's sure.." up to "...to be a rock, and not to roll"
It's bullshitee!
namby-pamby hippy cr@p! [/troll]
Favourite lyric?
A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet ?
When in this charming car
This charming man
Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat ?
Smiths - this charming man
Also, the line "tramps like us, baby we were born to run", just for the air-punching brilliance of it.
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OH shite!
I totally forgot to talk about cr@p lyrics!
Well surely there are no worse lyrics than these?
Unos, dos, tres, catorce [1,2,3,14]
Turn it up loud, captain!
Lights go down
It's dark
The jungle is your head
Can't rule your heart
I'm feeling so much stronger
Than I thought
Your eyes are wide
And though your soul
it can't be bought
your mind can wander
Hello, Hello
Hola! [Spanish for Hello]
I'm at a place called vertigo (żDónde está?) [Where is it?]
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something I can feel
Feel
The night is full of holes
Those bullets rip the sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the boys play rock and roll
They know that they can't dance
At least they know
I can sell the beat
I'm askin' for the cheque
Girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus 'round the neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music
Woooao
Hello, Hello
Hola!
I'm at a place called Vertigo (żDónde está?) [Where is it?]
It's everything I wish I didn't know
But you give me something I can feel
Feel
Check mated
Oh yeah
Hours of fun...
Coincides nicely with the other thread.
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The weirdest lyrics of all time. John Fogerty must have ate one hell of a mushroom:
Just got home from illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in, pretty soon Im singin,
Chorus:
Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door.
Theres a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur victrola listning to buck owens.
Chorus
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Wont you take a ride on the flyin spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Wondrous apparition provided by magician.
Chorus
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Wont you take a ride on the flyin spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today, Ill buy no sorrows.
Chorus
Forward troubles illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bother me tomorrow, today, Ill buy no sorrows.
Chorus
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My all-time favourite terrible line is from "Africa" by Toto.
I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
Best simile ever. Comparing a mountain... to a smaller mountain. Way to go guys. Oh, and technically Kilimanjaro isn't on the Serengeti either, but I suppose "sure as Kilimanjaro rises like another enormous mountain over the Kilimanjaro National Park" doesn't rhyme with "soiltary company". "Africa" by Toto: a strong contender for the worst song lyric ever?
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OH shitee!
I totally forgot to talk about cr@p lyrics!
Well surely there are no worse lyrics than these?
Unos, dos, tres, catorce [1,2,3,14]
Did anybody else catch the episode of The Now Show where Mitch Benn did a parody of this (because Bono was guest presenter on 'Today')?
It begins...
Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vierzig [1, 2, 3, 40]
And the chorus goes
Hello, Hello
This is Today on the radio
I don't know how it's gonna go,
But the fact that I'm doing it's quite surreal (not sure about this line)
Quite surreal..
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hahaha +1 for Scenes from a Memory, they tell a good story but the lyrics are so literal its rediculous.
i love dream theater but their lyrics are either rediculously literal or pointlessly abstract:
"Tell me
Remind me
Chase the water racing from the sky
Always beside me
Taste the memories running from my eyes
Nervous flashlights scan my dreams
Liquid shadows silence their screams
I smile at the moon
Chasing water from the sky
I argue with the clouds
Stealing beauty from my eyes
Outside the soundness of your mind
Bathing your soul in silver tears
Beneath a blackened summer sky
Praying for time to disappear
Beneath a summer sky
Under glass moonlight
Night awaits the lamb's arrival
Liquid shadows crawl
Silver teardrops fall
The bride subsides to her survival
By your hand
I've awakened
Bear this honor in my name"
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WHAT??!
the awesome lyrics prize would have to go to Opeth, and more specifically anything from Ghost Reveries, probably Harlequin Forest.
The lyrics to Under a Glass Moon are improved somewhat by spelling phonetically:
"Nervous flashlights, canned margarine
Liquid shadows silence their screams
A spider at the mark
Chasing water from the sky
I argue with the clowns
Stealing beauty from my arse"
(later on)
Buy a pen
I'm a w**ker!
Baby sauna in my name!"
To avoid being a total pedant here are some of mine from a work in progress that I'd be interested to hear our opinions on:
Each time I lie down for the night
I have this recurring dream
I am in a world of emptiness
Confronted with a horrific apparition
I can't understand what it says
But I think it's important
His face is nothing but piece of skin
Riveted to his face
He's kept alive by electronic wizardry
His face is contorted into a grin
His lower teeth are like razors
Do you understand my plight?
This is based upon a picture I drew and named PLUG. It was originally a play around with numerous HR Giger themes to create a pastiche but I set about redrawing it from memory and the result was, shall we say, unique;
In addition to this description it has a single (left) eyeball in the middle of it's skin (which only covers the top right quadrant of the skull) and a screen over the right eye socket with the word 'PLUG' repeated indefinitely.
The incisor teeth have one letter each of 'PLUG' and the canines are grossly oversized as to extend beyond the lower jaw.
A pipe/wire surrounded by sheathing that resembles a human spinal column is attached to its left temple and on the left a metal spider has been welded to the bone.
A 12AX7/ECC83 valve is operating on the left hand side of its face just above the forehead.
The forehead has my signature.
Needless to say; it was a self portrait. 8)
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Fish's lyrics are genius.
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Sure is a lot to be said for instrumentals! :wink:
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The worst lines of poetry have to be these from Wordsworth, describing a pond...
I've measured it from side to side:
'Tis three feet long, and two feet wide.
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Personally I think these are without doubt, THE worst lyrics that have been written, and will ever be written.
I give it you, 'Des'ree' : Life...
Ooh, Yeah
Oh yeah
Oh Life
Oh Life
I'm afraid of the dark
'Specially when I'm in a park
And there's no one
else around
Oh I get the shivers
I don't wanna see a ghost
It's the sight
that I fear most
I'd rather have a
piece of toast
Watch the evening news
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
I'm a superstitious girl
I'm the worst in the world
Never walk under ladders
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/aTG ]
I keep a rabbits' tail
I'll take you up on a dare
Anytime, anywhere
Name the place, I'll be there
Bungee jumping, I don't care
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life
So after all's said and done
I know I'm not the only one
Life indeed can be fun
If you really want to
Sometimes living
out your dreams
Ain't as easy as it seems
You wanna fly
around the world
In a beautiful balloon
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Oh life, oh life..
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Actually, the VERY worst lyrics bar none are those of the awful Kate Nash. The takes all the charm of Lilly Allen, minus the ability to sing and write half decent songs, and talks absolute shitee over it. Lord I hate that woman. Oh, and sometimes she tries to put "big words" and things into her song to make them seem intellectual, but instead they make no sense...
Here's some of her exquisite writing -
And I use mouthwash
Sometimes I floss
I got a family
And I drink cups of tea
Or from a lovely number entitled "Dickhead"-
Stop being a dickhead,
Why are you being a dickhead for
You're just f*cking up situations
Why are you being a dickhead for
Stop being a dickhead,
Why you being a dickhead for
You're just f*cking up situations
Stop, now don't show
Just have a think before you
Will you, stop, now don't show
Just have a think before you
Will you stop, no don't show
Just have a think before you
Will you stop, don't show
Will you just have a think before you
My brain and my bones don't want to take, this anymore
No my brain and my bones don't want to take, this anymore
No my brain and my bones don't want to take with this anymore
No my brain and my bones don't want to take, this anymore, so
Why are you being a dickhead for
Stop being a dickhead
Why are you being a dickhead for
You're just f*cking up situations
Why are you being a dickhead for
Stop being a dickhead
Why you being a dickhead for
You're just f*cking up situations
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AngusYoung01's totally trounces the stuff I picked out from 01011001 (in terms of being cr@p, I mean; not in being better...)
01011001, whilst not as good as The Human Equation, where Arjen was firing on all cylinders, is still a fantastic album after a few listens.
Can I nominate Cannibal Corpse for bad lyrics?
EDIT: Just thought of 'Girlfriend' as sung by Avril Livine. Coming from a country where civilians are allowed to carry firearms you'd think she'd make an effort to be less annoying.
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I'll see your "Vertigo", and raise you "Elevation". Or "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" for that matter.
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EDIT: Just thought of 'Girlfriend' as sung by Avril Livine. Coming from a country where civilians are allowed to carry firearms you'd think she'd make an effort to be less annoying.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Good job she's rather attractive 8)
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One of my favourite lyricists is Peter Gabriel. In particular a song called blood of eden:
I caught sight of my reflection
I caught it in the window
I saw the darkness in my heart
I saw the signs of my undoing
They had been there from the start
And the darkness still has work to do
The knotted chords untying
Theyre heated and theyre holy
Oh theyre sitting there on high
So secure with everything theyre buying
{chorus:}
In the blood of eden
Lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
In the blood of eden
Lie the woman and the man
We wanted the union
Oh the union of the woman
The woman and the man
My grip is surely slipping
I think Ive lost my hold
Yes, I think Ive lost my hold
I cannot get insurance anymore
They dont take credit, only gold
Is that a dagger or a crucifix I see
You hold so tightly in your hand
And all the while the distance grows between you and me
I do not understand
[chorus]
At my request, you take me in
In that tenderness, I am floating away
No certainty, nothing to rely on
Holding still for a moment
What a moment this is
Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I can hear the distant thunder
Of a million unheard souls
Of a million unheard souls
Watch each one reach for creature comfort
For the filling of their holes
In the blood of eden
Lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
In the blood of eden
We wanted the union
Of the woman and the man
In the blood of eden
Lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
In the blood of eden
Lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
In the blood of eden
We've done everything we can
In the blood of eden
Saw the end as we began
With the man in the woman
And the woman in the man
It was all for the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man.
The blood of eden keeps running through me
Running through my veins
The blood of eden keeps rushing through me
When Im sure theres none that remains
The blood of eden keeps running through me
I can feel it in my bones
That blood of eden keeps rushing through me
Taking back what it owns
I have been playing this song endlessly today lol
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Personally I think these are without doubt, THE worst lyrics that have been written, and will ever be written.
I give it you, 'Des'ree' : Life...
Ooh, Yeah
Oh yeah
Oh Life
Oh Life
I'm afraid of the dark
'Specially when I'm in a park
And there's no one
else around
Oh I get the shivers
I don't wanna see a ghost
It's the sight
that I fear most
I'd rather have a
piece of toast
Watch the evening news
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
I'm a superstitious girl
I'm the worst in the world
Never walk under ladders
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/aTG ]
I keep a rabbits' tail
I'll take you up on a dare
Anytime, anywhere
Name the place, I'll be there
Bungee jumping, I don't care
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life
So after all's said and done
I know I'm not the only one
Life indeed can be fun
If you really want to
Sometimes living
out your dreams
Ain't as easy as it seems
You wanna fly
around the world
In a beautiful balloon
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Life, oh life
Oh life, oh life
Oh life, oh life..
Sambo, gee, thanks for re-traumatising me. I'd completely blocked this song out of conscious awareness due to the sheer awfulness of it. It is so bad it borders on genius. I really connect with it at an emotional level though, I would rather have a piece of toast than see a ghost.
Now then, how about the following:
"My uncle Charlie is a cynical man
And his wife's a touch sceptical too
They've got one of those stickers in the back of their van that says "we've seen the prices at the zoo"
Well just the other day I knocked their door and said that I was passing
And Charlie launched a scathing attack
When I asked what I'd done he said "you stupid bar-steward"
We live in a cul-de-sac"
Half Man Half Biscuit - a Great British institution
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My vote for some of the best: Alter Bridge - Wayward One
And they cry
And they call
As the wayward walk alone
City lights
Urban sprawl
In a place no one should know
Shown no grace
Shown no love
These mean streets are meant for none
Take them back to the start
Let the purest of heart
Know their worth is still spoken
As they fight to exist
We neglect and resist
Let this circle be broken
Broken homes
Broken lives
They repeat themselves in time
It's passed on
Down the line
Till we heal the wounds inside
It's not too late
To make things right
Dress wounds with loves pure light
They're still waiting
They still cry
They still want to know they'll be all right
All I'm saying
Can we try?
To bring the wayward ones back home tonight
Bring the wayward one back home tonight
I must agree with you; Alter Bridge has killer lyrics, to say the least.
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Just thought of the PERFECT combination of the best AND the worst...
Burning, shooting, raping and a-looting...
(repeat...)
Warrior of Ghengis Khan, Bad News.
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Just thought of the PERFECT combination of the best AND the worst...
Burning, shooting, raping and a-looting...
(repeat...)
Warrior of Ghengis Khan, Bad News.
:lol: I think that lyrics that are intended to be bad don't count.
Sadly, that also disqualifies one of my favourite lyrics:
You are drunk & you are surly in latino lover mode
We all know what's on your agenda, we have broken the code
I've got no right to lay claim to her frame, she's not my possession, you c***
Get you hands of my woman motherf*****
(I tried to get this played by the DJ at my wedding, but the wife vetoed it... :))
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Good one on that Desiree one Sambo, had me in fits!
What about Jennifer Lopez,
Don't look at the rocks that I've got, I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block.
Best for me is Ugly by The Stranglers. The phrasing of these lyrics isn't shouted as it's written!
I could have read a poem called Ozymandias to her
Instead I lived for the moment
It was a futile gesture anyway
I was here, and she was here
Ana being broad, of minds and hips
We did the only thing possible
I guess I shouldn't have strangled her to death
But I had to go to work and she had laced my coffee with acid
Normally I wouldn't have minded but I'm allergic to sulphuric acid
Besides she had acne, and if you've got acne, well, I apologise for
disliking it intensely, but it's understandable that ugly people have
got complexes I mean it seems to me that ugly people don't have a chance
It's Only the children of the #$%!& wealthy who tend to be good
looking An ugly fart attracts a good-looking chick if he's got money
(x3)
It's different for Jews somehow. it'd like to see a passionate film
between the two ugliest people in the world. When I say ugly, I don't
mean rough looking, I mean hideous.
Don't tell me that aesthetics are subjective. You
Just know the truth when you see it, whatever it is
Muscle power (x4
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Great idea for a thread!
I've refrained from posting because there are so many songs with both great and awful lyrics, I had a hard time deciding what to post.
In the Best Lyrics column, I submit the following:
Shake Your Rump, by the Beastie Boys:
Mike D
Yeah?
with your bad self running things
What's up with your bad breath onion rings?
Well I'm Mike D and I'm back from the dead
Chillin' at the beaches down at Club Med
Make another record 'cause the people they want more of this
Suckers they be saying they can take out Adam Horowitz
Hurricane you got clout
Other DJ's he'll take your head out
A puppet on a string I'm paid to sing or rhyme
Or do my thing I'm
In a
lava lamp
inside my brain hotel
I might be peakin' or freakin' but I rock well
The Patty Duke the wrench and then I bust the tango
Got more rhymes than Jamaica got mangos
I got the peg leg at the end of my stump
Shake your rump
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If there's ever been a better lyricist than Steve Earle then I havemn't heard them. Album after album of nothing but brilliance. Interspersed with the odd disposable love song admittedly.
Worst, well, nu-metal springs to mind. Korn, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park., I feel embarrased for them all I really do, that many albums sold, folk just aren't gonna forget.
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Amazing lyrics?
Anything that comes from Bloodhound Gang.
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I love Neil Fallon's lyrics for Clutch. Impossible to pick a favourite, though.
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What about these:
I'd sign - a contract with the devil
I've tried - for so very long
I'd die - to become immortal
that's why I sing this song
Am I a wannabe? - have I no dignity.
Who'd give up all my life.. to be
In the book of heavy metal.. metal!
In the book of heavy metal
In life - I have no religion
besides the heavy metal gods
wear nothing but black skin tight leather
My skin's clad with Metal studs
Am I a wannabe? - have I no dignity.
I give up all my life to be..
In the book of heavy metal.. metal!
In the book of heavy metal
Some twenty years ago, the goods put down there feet,
So firmly in to the ground that no man of sword nor pen,
could ever chains the rules upon which
The very fundament of metal was made.
Read all about it, in the book of heavy metal
Read all about it, in the manual
Read all about it, in the book of heavy metal
Read all about it
Don't need no flashy house, no kids/car or ugly wife
the only thing I want, is what my parents don't
need no widescreen TV, No in all honesty
the only thing I want to be (to be or not to be)
In the book of heavy metal - In life - metal!
In the book of heavy metal - to death - metal!
I've signed - a contract with the devil
I'd like to become a star
I'd die - to become immortal
That's why I play the guitar
8)
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What about these:
I'd sign - a contract with the devil
I've tried - for so very long
I'd die - to become immortal
that's why I sing this song
Am I a wannabe? - have I no dignity.
Who'd give up all my life.. to be
In the book of heavy metal.. metal!
In the book of heavy metal
In life - I have no religion
besides the heavy metal gods
wear nothing but black skin tight leather
My skin's clad with Metal studs
Am I a wannabe? - have I no dignity.
I give up all my life to be..
In the book of heavy metal.. metal!
In the book of heavy metal
Some twenty years ago, the goods put down there feet,
So firmly in to the ground that no man of sword nor pen,
could ever chains the rules upon which
The very fundament of metal was made.
Read all about it, in the book of heavy metal
Read all about it, in the manual
Read all about it, in the book of heavy metal
Read all about it
Don't need no flashy house, no kids/car or ugly wife
the only thing I want, is what my parents don't
need no widescreen TV, No in all honesty
the only thing I want to be (to be or not to be)
In the book of heavy metal - In life - metal!
In the book of heavy metal - to death - metal!
I've signed - a contract with the devil
I'd like to become a star
I'd die - to become immortal
That's why I play the guitar
8)
I think that this has been posted on the wrong forum - there's already one about selling your soul for Rock 'n' Roll...
:wink:
Mark.
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Best and worst from Billy Bragg... can you guess which is which?
Go find the young men never to fight again
Bring up the banners from the days gone by
Sweet moderation
Heart of this nation
Desert us not, we are
Between the wars
and...
I am the milkman of human kindness
I will leave an extra pint
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I'm going to be very predictable and mention SikTh. They do have some great ones though:
Bitchin erected muscle lickin
Think I'd rather be chokin my chicken
and
I can't stand them, I can't stand this
About as much fun as drinking a pint of piss
Can't wear that and you can't smoke this
Bitter as a cold brew
Bitter as a cold brew pint of piss
do rather tickle me.
They do have the odd headscratcher as well:
Flogging the horses
Report in the office
Camels walking free
Drinking honey tea
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Politics aside, this lyric always gets me - such anger in the words!!!
A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell
You who raped our Motherland
I hope you're rotting down in hell
For the horrors that you sent
To our misfortunate forefathers
Whom you robbed of their birthright
"To hell or Connaught" may you burn in hell tonight
Young Ned Of The Hill
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Worst, well, nu-metal springs to mind. Korn, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park., I feel embarrased for them all I really do, that many albums sold, folk just aren't gonna forget.
CUT-MY-LIFE-IN-TO-PIE-CES.
THIS-IS-MY-LAST-RE-SORT
SUF-FO-CA-TION
NO-BREA-THING
:lol: :lol: :lol:
or, the gem
KEEP ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING
KEEP ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING (HUH!)
KEEP ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING (COME ON!)
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Shane MacGowan has a book of good ones, alright, Mr Bump.
I've always thought the line "You're the measure of my Dreams" from "Rainy Night in Soho" was pretty damned close to perfect. The whole song is a peach, like, but that line....gah, gets me nearly every time.
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell
I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
But there's a light I hold before me
And you're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first time
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams
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Shane MacGowan has a book of good ones, alright, Mr Bump.
I've always thought the line "You're the measure of my Dreams" from "Rainy Night in Soho" was pretty damned close to perfect. The whole song is a peach, like, but that line....gah, gets me nearly every time.
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell
I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
But there's a light I hold before me
And you're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first time
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams
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