Lines from songs that you think are brilliant

[FleetwoodRaincoat]

My absolute favourite is "We don't need no education", followed closely by "You're dressed to kill ... and guess who's dying?"

What are your favourites?

No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no there's no limits!

will not pretend
I will not put on a smile
I will not say I'm all right for you
For you, whoever you are

And a song that makes me cry every time - Bloody Motherfucking Asshole by Martha Wainwright

On the other end of the spectrum.....

I saw, I came, I conquered
Or should I say, I saw, I conquered, I came 😂

Fireball by Pitbull

There's a lesson to be learned in all of this,
And that's all he gave to me.
Victory is learning how to bow out gracefully.
Don't hold your breathe,
The future's always hand-in-hand with fate
And part of growing up is knowing when to walk away

Catch and release, Wild Reeds (actually almost all of the Wild Reeds lyrics are great).

It's been said already upthread but also: it's so easy to love, it's so easy to hate, it takes strengh to be gentle and kind

Son can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes

Piano Man, Billy Joel

Breathe out
So I can breathe you in
Hold you in
And now
I know you've always been
Out of your head
Out of my head, I sang

And I wonder
When I sing along with you

If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when

Foo fighters - everlong

And tonight I thank the stars

As I count my lucky scars

For everything you've given me

Foo fighters - But, honestly

She'll grab your sweaty bollockes,
then slowly raise her knee.
Don't marry her, fuck me
And the Sunday sun shines down on San Francisco bay,
and you realise you can't make it anyway.
You have to wash the car,
take the kiddies to the park.
Don't marry her, fuck me

Or

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words, it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But, girl, you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

I am actually very loyal

You made me forget about
Have, want, exert
And all of a sudden, I feel proud
Of being, without saying a word

Forget About
Song by Sibylle Baier

I've got a perfect body
But sometimes I forget
I've got a perfect body
Because my eyelashes catch my sweat
Yes they do

Folding Chair by Regina Spektor

He took it all too far but boy could he play guitar - David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust

@Smiths84

Rubber Ring: The Smiths

The passing of time
And all of its sickening crimes
Is making me sad again
But don't forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now
And you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

Black: Pearl Jam

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky
But why
Why
Why can't it be
Oh can't it be mine

I love Black

Dire Straits - so many brilliant lyrics:

Well I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights
Yeah, life was just a bet on a race between the lights
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care

Telegraph Road

Pogues - Fairytale of new york

"You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you"

Frightened Rabbit - Backwards walk
"I been working on my backwards walk
There's nowhere else for me to go
Except back to you just one last time
Say yes before I change my mind"

Fleetwood mac - go your own way - planning on getting a print of these for dds room.
"If I could
Baby, I'd give you my world
Open up
Everything's waiting for you"

@BronwenFrideswide

Players only love you when they are playing - (so very true) Fleetwood Mac, Dreams

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget - Eagles, Hotel California

You've got to know when to hold, know when to fold up, know when to walk away and know when to run - (good advice) Kenny Rogers, The Gambler

Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you

Duran Duran, Ordinary World

Love all of these too 👍🏼

This pain
It is a glacier moving through you
And carving out deep valleys
And creating spectacular landscapes
And nourishing the ground
With precious minerals and other stuff
So, don't you become paralyzed with fear
When things seem particularly rough

Glacier
Song by John Grant

He said it’s all in your head, and I said ‘so’s everything’ but he didn’t get it (Fiona Apple, Paperbag - basically all of the lyrics in that song!)

First night of your life curled up on your own, looking at you now you would never know (Athlete, Wires)

I want to raise your spirits, I want to see you smile but know that means I’ll have to leave (Marshmello and Bastille, Happier)

Back when we were still changing for the better, wanting was enough, for me it was enough, to live for the hope of it all (Taylor Swift, August - agree that her lyrics are amazing)

Novacaine for the soul; you better give me something to fill this hole..... before I sputter out. (The Eels)

I was never cool in school
I'm sure you don't remember me
And now it's been 10 years
I'm still wondering who to be
But I'd love to mix in circles, cliques, and social coteries, that's me
Hand me my nose ring (Can we be happy?)
Show me the mosh pit (Can we be happy?)
We can be happy underground

Underground by Ben Folds Five

So now I'm praying for the end of time,
To hurry up and arrive.
Cos if ive gotta spend another minute with you I don't think that I could really survive.
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow,
But god only knows what I could do what right now!
I'm praying for the end of time it's all that I can do do do,
Praying for the end of time so I can end my time with you.....!
Well it was long ago and it was far away and it was so much better than it is today.

Love a bit of meatloaf.

"If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dream"

Van the man, Astral weeks

On the National Express there's a jolly hostess
Selling crisps and tea
She'll provide you with drinks and theatrical winks
For a sky-high fee
Mini-skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle
Back in '63 (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
But it's hard to get by when your arse is the size
Of a small country
And everybody sings, "Ba-ba-ba-da"
We're going where the air is free
Tomorrow belongs to me - Divine comedy ' National express'

and..
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care - Kirsty MacColl 'new England'

"I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did, I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you"

Nick Cave, into my arms

Oh, and can’t forget Billy Joel: So we’re living here in Allentown, and it’s hard to keep a good man down, but I won’t be getting up today

@amatsip

What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know goes away In the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt I wear this crown of thorns Upon my liar's chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair

Adore Johnny Cash, and this song in particular.

Mine is this from Taylor Swift

I’m like the water when your ship rolled in that night. Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife.

[quote StarCourt]@JamieFrasersSassenach I came in to say Romeo and Juliet.
Love that song so much it's very personal to me [/quote]
It's my favourite song. There's a video clip of Mark Knopfler singing one of the lines and he gets really choked up. Very emotional song.