Like the title says, what are your favorite lyrics?

I just heard one of my favorite verses today:

“In a seedy karaoke bar by the banks of the mighty Bosporus Is a Japanese man in a business suit singing “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians While the overweight Americans wear their patriotic jumpsuits”

  • so many, I’ve been on a muse and imagine dragons binge lately.

    but instead of mentioning them much, I’m going to say one that caught me by surprise. Heard my wife’s music in the background the other day and this quote stuck in my head:

    “you kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath”

    just thought it was an excellent turn of phrase. turns out it was Taylor Swift lol.

  • girlfreddy
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    I try all the time, in this institution And I pray, oh my god do I pray! I pray every single day For revolution

    4 non blondes - what’s up

  • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    “Just like a drunk ballerina, stuck on a tilt-a-whirl.” - the dwarves, everybody’s girl

    “Bo peep erotica, my sweet demonica” - the dwarves, demonica

    love the phrase “she came in through the bathroom window” and most of the lyrics in that song.

  • you are young and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun 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

    • d00phyOP
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      21 year ago

      That’s always been one of my favorites, too Pink Floyd had a bunch of good ones.

    • @quicksand@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      I was lucky enough to see them live in Tucson in 2014. Such a great experience and it really hits hard when it’s live.

  • @backseat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So oftentimes it happens
    That we live our lives in chains
    And we never even know we have the key

    “Already Gone” by The Eagles

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    Pretty much anything by Electric Six or Clutch. Honorable mentions to Soul Coughing and VNV Nation.


    Karma chameleon, you come and go ⋅ Karma police, arrest this ho. ⋅ Karma’s a bitch, it gets a little jumpy when you come near.

    – Electric Six, (It Gets a Little) Jumpy


    Like Harry Truman dropping bombs out of the air ⋅ Like any self-respecting multi-billionaire ⋅ This is who you are, five dancing teenage boys ⋅ Who sing their way into our hearts ⋅ Backstreet’s back, alright

    – Electric Six, Jimmy Carter


    Next thing that I did was tap out Morse code ⋅ With a wooden nickel on the receiver of the phone ⋅ Before I could complete it, I was quickly overtaken ⋅ By the angry spirits of Ronald and Nancy Reagan

    – Clutch, X-Ray Visions

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    “Something kinda sad about the way that things have come to be. Desensitized to everything, what became of subtlety? And how can this mean anything to me if I really don’t feel anything at all?

    Tool - Stinkfist

    “Maybe I will always haunt you. Mark the somnolence with truth. Better hang your dead palace. Than have a living home to lose. In the River Ganges, God damns my name.”

    The Mars Volta - Vicarious Atonement

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      Stinkfist is timeless. Can’t help but sing along to it!

  • @ji88aja88a@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Morals aren’t a substance you can shove in someone’s ear,

    They’re basically a by-product of a mind thinking clear

    • The Plan, NOFX
  • @muertinez@lemmy.world
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    21 year ago

    “jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthehouse jumpoutthatbitch”

    -playboi carti

  • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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    I’ll get in my skin

    And I’ll only breathe for you

    Like you want me to

    Don’t get in my skin

    I feel you in my view

    Baby black and blue

    —In My Skin by Thornhill

    I don’t think it’s precisely about this, but it really describes how (autistic) masking feels to me.

  • @emmeram@lemm.ee
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    21 year ago

    Saint Joseph’s baby aspirin. Bartles and James. And you. Or your memory.

    You Or Your Memory by The Mountain Goats