Whilst usually not in the league of traditional poetry (this be spoken or written) lyrics to music possess a certain charm. This form of poetry (which I consider it to be, since it usually rhymes, differs from normal written language and naturally follows a certain rhythmic pattern) is also known by a larger amount of people than traditional music. Most people can cite a Beatles song but are unable to quote, say, a poem by Wordsworth.
This is my own little collection of memorable lines, beautiful passages and funny quotes from .. lyrics to music.
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The perfect love song has no words It has only death threats And you can tell a classic ballad By how threathening it gets. The Beautiful South |
When I'm with you Neil Finn; Now We're Getting Somewhere
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Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home? Have I gone? And left you here alone? If I would, could you? Alice in Chains; Would |
The mightiest rose The absense of perfume The casual killers The military curfew The cardboard city An unwanted birthday The other side of summer.. Elvis Costello - The Other Side of Summer |
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It's five minutes past loneliness A week since dawn A hundred hours since you were here And life goes on.. The Sandmen |
It's raining on a cold and weary day I'm hiding - are you with me in a way? I wish you knew you've been on my mind.. Clouseau; Heaven |
| I loved you right from the start But the more I want you, the less I get Ain't that just the way things are.. Annie Lennox; Cold |
I don't pretend to know what you want.. But I offer love.. Neil Finn; Distant Sun |
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Give me a vision please And I don't mean heavenly I am an ordinary angel Just winning tiny victories And though ordinary angels fly Their wings weight heavily Hue and Cry; Ordinary Angel |
You're my funny Valentine Sweet comic Valentine You make me smile with my art. Your looks are laughable Unphotographical Yet you're my favourite piece of art.. Cole Porter |
| How I wish, how I wish you were here We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl Year after year.. Running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears
Roger Waters; Wish you were Here |
I don't know what to do Cos I still believe After all the foolish things we've been through I will always be a man who's open to.. ..persuasion.. Tim Finn - Persuasion |
| I'd love to stay here and be normal But that is so overrated Blur; Tracy Jacks |
She walks in beauty like the night Discarding the clothes in the plastic flowers Pornographic and tragic in black and white My Marilyn comes to my slum for an hour. Brett Anderson; Heroine |
| I'm not perfect But at least I'm trying. Clouseau; Nathalie |
Let's have one more for the lovers And one more for the friends, Cause drink to you is all I can do. Brett Anderson; This World Needs a Father |
| I will come to you at day time And I will watch you in your sleep I will take you to high places Touch your head and kiss your feet Though I may disappear from out of view You know I will never say goodbye And though you'll try to forget it I will make you call my name And you'll shout it to the blue summer sky Mark Seymour; Throw Your Arms Around Me |
I long to see the other side of things Hung on the cliff, in search of something big I can't look down; I can only retreat. Who knows one day I'll dive into the sea Here we all are, sitting like fools Struck by the rules of fate Is what we are, what we grown to believe? Live for the day we throw caution to the wind All we need is the courage to begin We might get hurt but never be scared again At once to feel the pleasure and the pain. Neil Finn; Better the Devil |
