What are the best lines from lyrics of a song you've ever heard?

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What are the best lines from lyrics of a song you've ever heard?

DrPepper12 · Accepted Answer

Run the Jewels - "A Report to the Shareholders"

Beware of horses

I mean a horse is a horse of course, but who rides is important

Sitting high with a uniform, barking orders, demanding order

And I'm scared that I talk too much about what I think's going on

I got a way with this, they might drag me away for this

Put me in a cage for this, I might pay for this

So I just say what I want like I'm made for this

But I'm just afraid some days I might be wrong

Maybe that's why me and Mike get along

Hey, not from the same part of town, but we both hear the same sound coming

Woo

And it sounds like war

Woo

And it breaks our hearts

When I started this band, didn't have no plans, didn't see no arc

Just run with the craft, have a couple laughs

Make a buck and dash, yeah

Get a little dap like "Yeah I'm the fucking man!", yeah

Maybe give a little back like, "Here, I do what I can"

It's all jokes and smoke 'till the truth start schemin'

Can't contain the disdain for y'all demons

Talk clean and bomb hospitals

So I speak with the foulest mouth possible

And I drink like a Vulcan losing all faith in the logical

I will not be confused for docile

I'm free, motherfuckers, it's not possible

Choose the lesser of the evil people, and the devil still gon' win

It could all be over tomorrow, kill our masters and start again

But we know we all afraid, so we just simply cry and march again

At the Dem Conven my heart broke apart when I seen them march mommas in

As I rap this verse right now, got tears flowing down my chocolate chin

Told the truth and I've been punished for it, must be a masochist 'cause I done it again

Ooh, Mike said "uterus", they acting like Mike said "You a bitch"

To every writer who wrote it, misquoted it

Mike says, "You a bitch, you a bitch, you a bitch"

Add a "nigga" for that black writer that started that sewer shit

I maneuver through manure like a slumdog millionaire

El-P told me, "F*ck them devils, Mike, we gon' be millionaires"

I respond with a heavy "Yeah"

Big bro says "F*ck that, toughen up

Stay ready, write raw raps, shit rugged rough"

The devil don't sleep - us either

El spits fire, I spit ether

We the gladiators that oppose all Caesars

Coming soon on a new world tour

Probably play the score for the World War

At the apocalypse, play the encore

Turn around, see El, and I smile

Hell coming and we got about a mile

Until it's over I remain hostile

RTJ (Killer Mike n El-P) & immortal technique is the most socially conscious music I've ever listened to. Try them. You'll ❤️ it!

AlexEfron · Accepted Answer

Amnesia - Camylio  Are you falling in love While I've been falling to pieces All these memories of us Wish that I had amnesia To forget that you left Cause you're still in my head Heartbreak Souvenirs - Anson Seabra I know time heals all wounds but it's taking too long Just 'cause I watched you go doesn't mean that you're gone 'Cause all I have is Heartbreak souvenirs Saying you were here I look around and I just Wish they'd disappear But you're everywhere I'm here without you drowning You stained my life surrounded by these Heartbreak souvenirs Saying you were here Changes - Hayd I've been going through the motions Learning how to pretend That everything is perfect And I've been sinking in an ocean Drowning but I'm silent Yet everyone thinks I'm afloat I'm running through mazes, mazes Maybe it's just a phase but regardless I'm flipping the pages, pages I'm going through changes But I swear I'm the same Could you show me some patience Along the way?

IslaTheWitch · Accepted Answer

Kovacs  My love all lyrics are great, but those lines make the point :D Ashes to ashes, dust to dust No you can't amuse me, so leave you must Ashes to ashes, dust to dust If the spell won't kill you, your ego does

Simslover92 · Accepted Answer

Coldplay, fix you And high up above or down below When you're too in love to let it go But if you never try you'll never know Just what you're worth Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you

flautistnaturist · Answer

1 O God, my heart doth long for Thee,
Let me die, let me die;
Now set my soul at liberty,
Let me die, let me die;
To all the trifling things of earth,
They’re now to me of little worth,
My Saviour calls, I must go forth,
Let me die, let me die.
2 The slaying power in me display,
Let me die, let me die;
I must be dead from day to day,
Let me die, let me die;
Unto the world and its applause,
To all the customs, fashions, laws,
Of those who hate the humbling cross,
Let me die, let me die.
3 My friends may say, “I’ll ruined be,”
Let me die, let me die;
But all I leave and follow Thee,
Let me die, let me die;
Their arguments will never weigh,
Nor stand the trying judgment day,
Help me to cast them all away,
Let me die, let me die.

there's nothing worthwhile left in this bullshit world anyway. have a child and they'll sterilize her before you can talk her out of it. devote yourself to the love of your life and legalized evil will turn her to satan while you hold out for her to get herself right when she runs off.

nobody wants to share communally for the Savior. everybody who doesn't is only headed for global madness ending in a writhing eternal moshpit of God awful uncomfortable. choose better.

TadCurious · Answer

Some of them knew pleasure
And some of them knew pain
And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
They went flying around in the rain
And their feathers once so fine
Grew torn and tattered

And in the end they traded their tired wings
For the resignation that living brings
And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
For the glitter and the rouge
And in a moment they were swept
Before the deluge

Now let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal its secrets by and by
By and by
When the light that's lost within us
Reaches the sky

KostasKouvalis · Answer

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer

I swear Neil Young may be the greatest lyricist to ever live.

Pterodon · Answer

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking

racing around to come up behind you again

the sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older

shorter of breath and one day closer to death

—Pink Floyd, Time

Rangers · Answer

Defeat is not dishonor, our honor not bereft,
We should thank God that in our hearts this priceless boon has left.

And though we weep just for those braves who stood in proud array.
Beneath our flag and nobly died while wearing of the gray.
When in the ranks of war we stood and faced the deadly hail.
Our simple suits of gray composed our only coats of mail.
And on the awful hours that marked the bloody battle day.
In memories we′ll still be seen wearing of the gray.

Oh! should we reach that glorious place where waits a Sparklin' crown,
For everyone who for the right his soldier life lay down.
God grant to us the privilege upon that happy day,
Of claspin′ hands with those who fell while wearing of the gray.

It makes me cry mixed tears every time😢

AviatorTom · Answer

Arthur's Theme  ... If you get caught between the Moon and New York City The best that you can do The best that you can do is fall in love

purplepoppy · Answer

Old Mary Jones went to the fair in Caerau,
To buy a tea set;
But Mary and her teacups ended up in a ditch,
By drinking rather too much "tea". Sosban fach (translation)
"We take a pride in our virginity,
We take precautions, like having abortions," Whoredean school

SweetDripp · Answer

The screen door slams

Marys dress sways.

Like a vision she dances across the porch

as the radio plays

Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

hey, that’s me and I want you only.

Dont turn me home again

I just can’t face myself alone again.

bowenw · Answer

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

...

Oh, baby, you're the only thing in this whole world,
That's pure and good and right.
And wherever you are and wherever you go,
There's always gonna be some light.

abc3643 · Answer

You reap what you sow. 
 Put your face to the ground. 
 Here come the marching men, 
 Your colours wrapped around.

exitseven · Answer

There are so many good ones it is hard to pick just one. Maybe this one.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rGRP3jxwD_A

And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain

OtterMan68 · Answer

"I just can't seem to drink her off my mind." Rolling Stones: Honkey Tonk Woman

"She told me to come, but I was already there!" AC/DC: Shook Me All Night Long

"The exodus is here
The happy worlds are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older"

The Who: Baba O'Riley

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

Hard to say because I mostly listen to the bassline rather than the lyrics. I'm always getting mocked by the missus for having no soul lol
I can't help it though.. give me drums and bass over lyrics any time!

deus_ex_sisyphus · Answer

Confessions - Usher This by far, is the hardest thing I think I've ever had to do To tell you, the woman I love That I'm having a baby by a woman that I barely even know I hope you can accept the fact that I'm man enough to tell you this And hopefully you'll give me another chance This ain't about my career This ain't about my life It's about us, please

Noodle_fan · Answer

Can I act like an angel
If I live like a jerk
Can I keep on disguising
Can I make believe
That I don't deceive
No... no... no

Dirty money in my left hand
While the preacher's shaking my right hand
They made me a winner they made me a sinner
I don't know what to do

I'll have to carry on
As two persons in one

*from michael learns to rock

slatyb · Answer

When you knew that it was over, you were suddenly aware That the Autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair Windmills of Your Mind

Nikki1989 · Answer

Peter Hammill, specifically “the Lie” from Silent Corner and the Empty Stage.

Sonorous · Answer

I'd say when he said that line about stepping on his back:

Cheapskate · Answer

All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix (written by Bob Dylan) Most songs by the Arctic Monkeys Party and Bullshit by Biggie

WhiteSteve · Answer

Off the top of my head, you gotta love Pink Floyd’s “All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.”👍👍

ALLURING24 · Answer

And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

The_Sexpert · Answer

" In warrior's code , there's no surrender.. when his body says stop, his spirit replies NEVER" -Burning Heart, Rocky 4

loveslongnails · Answer

"Why don't you mind your own business? Cuz if you mind your own business, you won't be minding mine"

AngryCarl · Answer

Leonard Cohen wrote this song about Nico apparently:

Sharkstealth · Answer

Back from the dead down at club Med. We crave a different kind of buzz, that kinda luck just ain't for us. Fade into you.

Xia1994 · Answer

"I'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied" 😞

jamesgoldman · Answer

Too hard to whittle it down but plenty by the Northern Boys and John Cooper Clarke

LiamJHayden · Answer

Really the entire song "Through His Eyes" by David Zaffiro but especially the line "How can the seeing be so blind?"

Iron_Man · Answer

Hey” hey” good lookin””” what you got cookin”” how about cookin somethin up with me”””

CubaPirate · Answer

It's the kidney machines that pay for rockets and guns. Going Underground The Jam

Knaia · Answer

Put the world in your hands but not in your heart.

Cheerfull009 · Answer

Readers will not understand the language, so I avoid

Abdulwahh · Answer

Girl i wanna wrap you up, wanna kiss your lips i wanna make you feel wanted  Hunter haynes

NathanDavis · Answer

I could not pick just one in particular

elaphe · Answer

Most lyrics by Pink Floyd

DJB72 · Answer

Innocent Man by Billy Joel

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

Too many to name armenian girl

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