Post 'em here:

"I never wanted anything so much, then to drown in your love, and not feel your rain" Gravity by Sara Bareilles

"I won't go as a passenger no, waiting for the road to be laid. Though I maybe going down, I'm taking flame over burning out. Compare, where you are and where you wanna be and you'll get nowhere" Uncharted by Sara Bareilles

"For a million lonely people, another lonely day, for a million hearts that open a million break" Lukas by Natalie Imbruglia

"Doesn't matter who we are, everyone has their scars" Scars by Natalie Imbruglia

Circus - Britney Spears

The very latest one ive heard? ed sheeran - A team ......

However many others I listen to that have good or insightful lyrics, people dont know too much about and too many to list ....

manic street preachers

4st. 7lbs."

I eat too much to die
And not enough to stay alive
I'm sitting in the middle waiting

Days since I last pissed
Cheeks sunken and despaired
So gorgeous sunk to six stone
Lose my only remaining home

See my third rib appear
A week later all my flesh disappears
Stretching taut, cling-film on bone
I'm getting better

Karen says I've reached my target weight
Kate and Emma and Kristin know it's fake
Problem is diet's not a big enough word
I wanna be so skinny that I rot from view

I want to walk in the snow
And not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
And not soil its purity

Stomach collapsed at five
Lift up my skirt my sex is gone
Naked and lovely and 5st. 2
May I bud and never flower

My vision's getting blurred
But I can see my ribs and I feel fine
My hands are trembling stalks
And I can feel my breasts are sinking

Mother trys to choke me with roast beef
And sits savouring her sole Ryvita
That's the way you're built my father said
But I can change, my cocoon shedding

I want to walk in the snow
And not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
And not soil its purity

Kate and Kristin and Kit Kat
All things I like looking at
Too weak to fuss, too weak to die
Choice is skeletal in everybody's life

I choose my choice, I starve to frenzy
Hunger soon passes and sickness soon tires
Legs bend, stockinged I am Twiggy
And I don't mind the horror that surrounds me

Self-worth scatters, self-esteem's a bore
I long since moved to a higher plateau
This discipline's so rare so please applaud
Just look at the fat scum who pamper me so

Yeh 4st. 7, an epilogue of youth
Such beautiful dignity in self-abuse
I've finally come to understand life
Through staring blankly at my navel

We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black

In those lyrics there's the universal going back to black that anyone might feel having been left by their lover. Then there's Amy Winehouse's blackness, which you get the impression is a darker place than many of us experience. It's the way she sings it.

Mariah carey - The roof

It wasn't raining yet (yet),
But it was definitely a little misty on that warm November night (but it was definitely),
And my heart was pounding (pounding),
My inner voice resounding (oh),
Begging me to turn away,
But I just had to see your face to feel alive (to feel alive),

And then you casually walked in the room (oh),
And I was twisted in the web of my desire for you (and I was twisted),
My apprehension blew away,
I only wanted you to taste my sadness as you kissed me in the dark (oh),

Every time I feel the need,
I envision you caressing me,
And go back in time,
To relive the splendor of you and I,
On the rooftop that rainy night,

And so we finished the Moët and started feeling liberated,
And I surrendered as you took me in your arms (you took me in your arms),
I was so caught up in the moment,
I couldn't bear to let you go yet,
So I threw caution to the wind and started listening to my longing heart (so I),

And then you softly pressed your lips to mine (oh),
And feelings surfaced I'd suppressed for such a long, long time (and I was lifted),
And for a while I forgot the sorrow and the pain (oh),
And melted with you as we stood there in the rain,

Every time I feel the need,
I envision you caressing me (envision you caressing me),
And go back in time (back),
To relive the splendor of you and I (you and I),
On the rooftop that rainy night,
Every time I feel the need (every time),
I envision you caressing me (envision you),
And go back in time,
To relive the splendor of you and I (you),
On the rooftop that rainy night,

Last night I dreamed that I whispered the words I love you,
And touched you so very subtly as we were kissing goodbye,
Oh,
Oh yeah, yeah,
Oh,
Pretty baby,
How I'm missing you,
Every time,

Gotta Be : STORMS by Fleetwood Mac (written by Stevie Nicks)

Every night that goes between
I feel a little less
As you slowly go away from me
This is only another test

Every night you do not come
Your softness fades away
Did I ever really care that much
Is there anything left to say

Every hour of fear I spend
My body tries to cry
Living through each empty night
A deadly calm inside

I haven't felt this way I feel
Since many a year ago
But in those years and the lifetimes past
I did not deal with the road

And I did not deal with you I know
Tho the love has always been
So I search to find an answer there
So I can truly win

Every hour of fear I spend
My body tries to cry
Living through each empty night
A deadly calm inside

So I try to say
Goodbye my friend
I'd like to leave you with something warm
But never have I been a blue calm sea
I have always been a storm
always been a storm
ooh always been a storm
I have always been a storm

We were frail

She said,
"Everynight he will break your heart"
I should have known from the first
I'd be the broken-hearted

I loved you from the start
Save us...
And not all the prayers in the world -- could save us


On 'Tusk'

Surely ABBA's 'The Winner Takes It All' is a contender

I don't wanna talk
About things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history
I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

The winner takes it all
The loser's standing small
Beside the victory
That's her destiny

I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules

The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear
The winner takes it all
The loser has to fall
It's simple and it's plain
Why should I complain

But tell me does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name
Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say
Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide
The likes of me abide
Spectators of the show
Always staying low
The game is on again
A lover or a friend
A big thing or a small
The winner takes it all

I don't wanna talk
cause it makes me feel sad
And I understand
You've come to shake my hand
I apologize
If it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see
The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all


From 'Super Trouper' http://www.musicchartheaven.com/Abba/supertrouper.htm

Not sure what the general opinion of rap is here, but some of Eminiem's songs are lyrically brilliant, if not always sane or clean.

Eg this bit from Not Afraid:

"I'mma be what I set out to be, without a doubt undoubtedly
And all those who look down on me I'm tearing down your balcony
No if ands or buts don't try to ask him why or how can he
From Infinite down to the last Relapse album he's still s**ttin'
Whether he's on salary, paid hourly
Until he bows out or he s**t's his bowels out of him
Whichever comes first, for better or worse"

There are loads more from him and other artists, but this will do for now.

Some of my favourite lyrics are:

The Kinks - 20th Century Man
This is the age of machinery,
A mechanical nightmare,
The wonderful world of technology,
Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare,

This is the twentieth century,
But too much aggravation
It's the age of insanity,
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem.

Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
My mama said she can't understand me
She can't see my motivation
Just give me some security,
I'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century.

You keep all your smart modern writers
Give me William Shakespeare
You keep all your smart modern painters
I'll take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough,

Girl we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here.

I was born in a welfare state
Ruled by bureaucracy
Controlled by civil servants
And people dressed in grey
Got no privacy, got no liberty
Cos the twentieth century people
Took it all away from me.

Don't wanna get myself shot down
By some trigger happy policeman,
Gotta keep a hold on my sanity
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here.

My mama says she can't understand me
She can't see my motivation
Ain't got no security,
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.

This is the twentieth century
But too much aggravation
This is the edge of insanity
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.

Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down
I said, who's that girl there?
I wonder what went wrong
So that she had to roam the streets
She doesn't do major credit cards
I doubt she does receipts
It's all not quite legitimate

And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Can see it in his eyes, yeah
That he's got a driving ban
Amongst some other offences

And I've seen him with girls of the night
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light
They're all infected but he'll be alright
Cause he's a scumbag, don't you know
I said he's a scumbag, don't you know

Although you're trying not to listen
Avert your eyes and staring at the ground
She makes a subtle proposition
I'm sorry love, I'll have to turn you down

And oh, he must be up to something
What are the chances? Sure it's more than likely
I've got a feeling in my stomach
You start to wonder what his story might be
What his story might be, yeah

They said he changes when the sun goes down
Yeah, they said he changes when the sun goes down
And they said he changes when the sun goes down around here
Around here

Look, here comes a Ford Mondeo
Isn't he Mr. Inconspicuous
And he ain't even have to say owt
She's in the stance ready to get picked up

Bet she's delighted when she sees him
Pulling in and giving her the eye
Because she must be ****ing freezing
Scantily clad beneath the clear night sky
It doesn't stop in the winter, no

And they said he changes when the sun goes down
Yeah, they said he changes when the sun goes down
And they said he changes when the sun goes down
Around here

Well they said he changes when the sun goes down
Over the river,going out of town
They said he changes when the sun goes down
Around here
Around here

And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Can see it in his eyes, yeah
That he's got a nasty plan
I hope you're not involved at all

Eminem - Stan

The song is almost perfect in everyway.

Kelly Clarkson - How I Feel

I think most people can relate to it.

Looks like I made a mess again
Heartbreak everywhere I step
This fire is getting hot again
But I touch the flame 'cause I'm a curious cat
Creeping where I don't belong
Finding out what I knew all along
Crying all alone
And it's all my fault, all my fault

Yeah, I did it again...again

Oh, I'm getting tired of believing
Even sicker of pretending
That it's not so bad, just wait it out
Oh, I think you're feeding me lies again
The only good man left wasn't him
And that's how I feel right now so just let me be
Let me be

It seems every time I find a good man
He's got a good little wife
I'm not jealous but I won't lie
I don't want to hear about your wonderful life
And babies everywhere I look
Trophy wives with their little black books
At this rate I'm gonna end up alone
It's probably all my fault, all my fault

Oh, another dead end:again

Oh, I'm getting tired of believing
Even sicker of pretending
That it's not so bad, just wait it out
Oh, I think you're feeding me lies again
The only good man left wasn't him
And that's how I feel right now

Bitter pill that I've swallowed
Just how low can my heart sink
Fairy tales from so long ago
Save them for someone that's not smart enough to know

'Cause I, I'm getting tired of believing
I'm through pretending
Yeah I'm broken and sad so I'll sit this one out
Oh I think you're feeding me lies again
The only good man left wasn't him
And that's how I feel right now

'Wait right here and I will hurry
I'll be back in the time it takes to break a heart'

The Shangri-Las - The Train From Kansas City

I'm going to say The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, just for how cleverly it's done. A man is about to be executed for a crime he swears he didn't commit. While undergoing the punishment, he recalls the Bible, and begins comparing the electric chair to the mercy seat of God. Then in his last breath, he admits to his sins and admits that he did commit the crime he was sentenced for after all. Extremely well done.

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/66400/

Johnny Cash's version of that is very good.

I usually have lyrics in a song that I really like for some reason here are some examples:


"You make my life worthwhile with the slightest smile then destoy me with a barely perceptable whisper" - Dreamer's Ball by Queen. Love these lyrics so easy to relate to

"I cried for you on the kitchen floor" - You Know I'm No Good by Amy Winehouse. Don't know why but these particular words appeal to me. Fantastic song

"On my birthday you sang me a heart of gold with a guitar humming" - You and I by Lady Gaga. Such a catchy song. Addicted to it.

Love these lyrics too

I'm calling virtually anything by the Dresden Dolls. Most of their songs have lyrics that manage to be both open to interpretation and hard-hitting. Their songs represent quite complex emotions and human reactions as well, which is a lot more unusual in music than it ought to be. So much of their stuff strikes a chord with me personally, as well.

Delilah:

There's no end to the love you can give
When you change your point of view to underfoot
Very good
You may be flat but you're breathing

And there's no doubt he's at home in his room
Probably watching porn of you from the fall
It's last call
And you're the last one leaving

And you thought you could change the world
By opening your legs
Well it isn't very hard
Try kicking them instead
And you thought you could change his mind
By changing your perfume to the kind his mother wore
Oh God Delilah, why?
I never met a more impossible girl

In this same bar where you slammed down your hand
And said "Amanda, I'm in love"
No you're not
You're just a sucker for the ones who use you
And it doesn't matter what I say or do
The stupid bastard's gonna have his way with you

You're an unrescuable schizo
Or else you're on the rag
If you take him back
I'm gonna lose my nerve
I never met a more impossible girl

At four o'clock he got off
And you called up
"I'm down at Denny's on route one
And you won't guess what he's done"
Is that a fact Delilah?
Larry tap let you in through the back
And use his calling card again
For a quick hand of gin

You are impossible, Delilah: the princess of denial
And after 7 years in advertising you are none the wiser

You're an unrescuable schizo
Or else you're on the rag
'Cause if you take him back
I'm gonna lose my nerve
He's gonna beat you like a pillow
You schizos never learn
And if you take him home
You'll get what you deserve

So don't cry Delilah
You're still alive Delilah
You need a ride Delilah?
Let's see how fast this thing can go

Ed Sheeran's A Team and Small Bump.

Usually I don't care for lyrics, because most of them are just random words and sentences strung together. Many times you can't even hear what the singer is singing, especially when performing live. So what's the point of lyrics then? And if you actually do hear the lyrics, most of the songs are about the same stuff: love, heart break and relationship problems. Yawn. So the kind of lyrics I like are either quirky and very ambiguous, or deal with a very tough topic. Here's a few:

Massive Attack - Teardrop (very weird lyrics)
Faithless - Many songs (can be very thoughtful but also funny)
Cranberries - Zombie (extremely moving, the only song that has ever made my cry)

Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different words
So many different songs
We have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hill
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

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If ever one song captured a major historical event, it was The Scorpions: Winds of Change. I crossed the Iron Curtain in August 89 - two months before the Wall fell - and you could feel something big was in the air

Follow the Moskwa
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air
Can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past, forever
I follow the Moskwa
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell
For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Mariah Carey - 'We Belong Together'

Clever referencing of a Bobby Womack song ('If You Think You're Lonely Now') and a Babyface song ('Two Occasions')

I can't sleep at night when you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio singing to me:
"If you think you're lonely now..."
Wait a minute, this is too deep (too deep)
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial, trying to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
I only think of you and it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
...But I'm falling apart

One more Arrow - Elton John (Lyrics - Bernie Taupin)

He said I want to grow up
And look like Robert Mitchum
And I hope that when I'm gone
There'll be some say that I miss him
He must have been romantic
He must have sensed adventure
And I feel the steel of his strong will
In the frame around his picture
And he's one more arrow flying through the air
One more arrow landing in a shady spot somewhere
Where the days and nights blend into one
And he can always feel the sun
Through the soft brown earth that holds him
Forever always young
He could have been a boxer
But the fight game seemed so dirty
We argued once he knocked me down
And he cried when he thought he'd hurt me
Strictly from the old school
He was quiet about his pain
And if one in ten could be that brave
I would never hate again
One more arrow
One more arrow
One more arrow
Forever always young

Kate Bush : The Kick Inside - Beautiful Song, Beautiful Lyrics

I've pulled down my lace and the chintz.
Oh, do you know you have the face of a genius?
I'll send your love to Zeus.
Oh, by the time you read this,
I'll be well in touch.

I'm giving it all in a moment or two.
I'm giving it all in a moment, for you.
I'm giving it all, giving it, giving it.
This kicking here inside
Makes me leave you behind.
No more under the quilt
To keep you warm.
Your sister I was born.
You must lose me like an arrow,
Shot into the killer storm.

You and me on the bobbing knee.
Didn't we cry at that old mythology he'd read!
I will come home again, but not until
The sun and the moon meet on yon hill.

I'm giving it all in a moment or two.
I'm giving it all in a moment, for you.
I'm giving it all, giving it, giving it.
This kicking here inside
Makes me leave you behind.
No more under the quilt
To keep you warm.
Your sister I was born.
You must lose me like an arrow,
Shot into the killer storm.

I've pulled down my lace and the chintz.
Oh, do you know you have the face of a genius?
I'll send your love to Zeus.
Oh, by the time you read this,

From 'The Kick Inside' http://www.musicchartheaven.com/kbush/bushdisc.htm

John Denver - "Children Of The Universe"

A heritage of vision
Was given to us all
To smell the rose’s fragrance
To hear the songbird’s call
To watch the distant moonlight fill
The coming of the tides
To understand that life is more
Than always choosing sides

And some have seen what can be seen
Of sailing ships and kings
And some are given feet of clay
And some are given wings
And some must struggle just to breathe
Some have a golden spoon
And some will never leave the nest
While some walk on the moon

And don’t you know the life that lives
Within the silent hills
Is just as rich and beautiful
And just as unfulfilled
As man with all his intellect
His reason and his choice
Oh, who’s to say the nightingale
Has any less a voice

The silver dolphins twist and dance
And sing to one another
The cosmic ocean knows no bounds
For all that lives are brothers
The whippoorwill, the grizzly bear
The elephant, the whale
All children of the universe
All weavers of the tale

So palomino lie back down
And dream yourself to sleep
The hawk flies with the morning dove
The lion with the sheep
As far away as you may go
We’ll never be apart
It’s in your dreams that you will know
The seasons of the heart