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Greatest ONE LINE from a song!

538 replies

Clawdy · 28/02/2025 09:05

For me, it's :
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. (Me And Bobby McGee )

OP posts:
Hedjwitch · 28/02/2025 09:16

"You are the only thing in any room you're ever in". Starlings by Elbow

WhoDatNow · 28/02/2025 09:29

I wished on them but they were only satellites

AquaFurball · 28/02/2025 09:32

I'm tired of being what you want me to be.

autisticbookworm · 28/02/2025 09:34

We shared each other like an island until exhausted close our eyelids.

Snow patrol and Martha wainwright

Doggymummar · 28/02/2025 09:35

Selling pictures of herself to German businessmen - Pulp

offmynut · 28/02/2025 09:39

So so many but I'll start with.
You dont own me.

Gotback · 28/02/2025 09:41

Changing my life with a wave of her hand

  • The Beatles, Here There & Everywhere.
bumblebeedum · 28/02/2025 09:44

A friend in need is a friend indeed

user1471538275 · 28/02/2025 09:47

Do I really see what's in her mind?
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing

Ok it's two lines, but still. 'Slipping through my fingers - Abba'

I think it describes parenting well - just when you think you've figured it out, they change again and you're left chasing understanding of the new phase.

TranquilityofSolitude · 28/02/2025 09:47

Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude...

aspidernamedfluffy · 28/02/2025 09:48

Give me some time to be me - Free Me by Cast

ihateexcel · 28/02/2025 09:48

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die. Queen - the show must go on

Ankhmo · 28/02/2025 09:49

"My head fills like a junk shop
In desperate need of repair"

That Sinking Feeling - TheThe

middleofnowhere666 · 28/02/2025 09:49

Well I ain't a bitch till you make me one. Alaura Lynne.

Kayemm · 28/02/2025 09:56

I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time

Witchita Lineman

I know I'll think of loads more

bettbburg · 28/02/2025 09:58

WhoDatNow · 28/02/2025 09:29

I wished on them but they were only satellites

Is it wrong to wish on space hardware ?

bettbburg · 28/02/2025 09:58

TranquilityofSolitude · 28/02/2025 09:47

Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude...

Getting a cab and travelling on buses

Alonglongway · 28/02/2025 10:00

I'd beg for some forgiveness
But begging's not my business

poppetandmog · 28/02/2025 10:01

You showed me colours you know I can't see with anyone else.

saveforthat · 28/02/2025 10:01

In my life, I love you more. Beatles

BettyBardMacDonald · 28/02/2025 10:02

Kayemm · 28/02/2025 09:56

I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time

Witchita Lineman

I know I'll think of loads more

This is a good one.

I read somewhere that WL is the "perfect pop song." It is hard to beat.

beguilingeyes · 28/02/2025 10:02

Wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door - Eleanor Rigby. That line always stops me in my tracks. so clever.

And a lighthearted one..

If looks could kill I'd need a licence for my face - Del Amitri

EveryKneeShallBow · 28/02/2025 10:03

WhoDatNow · 28/02/2025 09:29

I wished on them but they were only satellites

It’s wrong to wish on space hardware, I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care.

Busybusybusy73 · 28/02/2025 10:04

It's hard to get by when your arse is the size of a small country

National Express by Divine Comedy

Kingsleadhat · 28/02/2025 10:04

Life's a long song...but the tune ends too soon for us all. Jethro Till, Life is a Long Song

Speaking strictly for me, we both could have died then and there. Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust

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