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One Line Only: What's your favorite lyric?

HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Pick one line and one line only from the entire catalog*.

1. What is it?

2. Why is it your favorite?



*I understand that this changes with the wind so feel free to come back and update!
"A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    edited September 2009
    "I wish that I could hold you... I wish that I had."

    A reminder not to take what you have for granted because someday it (or you) will be gone.
    Post edited by DeLukin on
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Snoopy Died For Our SinsSnoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    "I shit & I stink, I'm real join the club....I'd stop to talk, but I'm already in love..."

    if you've ever been in a band and been trying to maintain a serious relationship....you get this lyric 110%
    "No way to save someone who won't take the rope,and just lets go..."
  • imissyoualreadyimissyoualready Posts: 438
    "I miss you already-ay-ay-ay-ay"
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  • xsmytxxsmytx Posts: 162
    If just once I could feel loved, oh, Stare back at me .
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    can't buy what i want because its free, can't be what you want because i'm...
  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,079
    DeLukin wrote:
    "I wish that I could hold you... I wish that I had."

    A reminder not to take what you have for granted because someday it (or you) will be gone.

    Reminds me of:

    "Caught a bolt of lighting...cursed the day he let it go"
    Presidential Advice from President-Elect Mike McCready: "Are you getting something out of this all encompassing trip?"
  • It_Wasnt_My_SurfaceIt_Wasnt_My_Surface Posts: 851
    "It wasn't my surface, most defiled"

    If I've ever told you about the relationship between my mother and I you will understand why.
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,617
    edited September 2009
    xsmytx wrote:
    If just once I could feel loved, oh, Stare back at me .


    This is mine as well. Since it's taken...how about a new line...

    "Dream the dreams of others then,... You will be no ones rival"

    Reminds you to think of others....and how you can help.
    Post edited by cincybearcat on
    hippiemom = goodness
  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    edited September 2009
    Just saw that I forgot to include mine...

    "I'm gonna save you, fucker/not gonna lose you"

    Genius. If you've ever watched someone else bottom out you'll get this line.
    Post edited by HeavyHands on
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • mydogmookieblaylockmydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    "seek my part ... devote myself ...my small self"

    is that one line?
    i repeat that in my mind all to often when looking to regain focus
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    "i will ride the wave where it takes me"

    I say this because a wave (life) is so powerful we can't really change the direction or the force. We can only get the best ride out of what we've got to work with. so i dig.
  • Jessie78Jessie78 Posts: 65
    "I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me...guaranteed."

    Just love it cause that's pretty much my philosophy in life. But in case this doesn't count since it's just EV ....

    "The waiting drove me mad...your finally here and I'm a mess"

    Cause I"m a wee bit impatient!! I can relate...
    "I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."
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  • SCMike10SCMike10 Posts: 195
    I changed by not changing at all...

    To me, that always reflected how I saw myself and the people around me; I watch my friends get married, divorced, buy houses, move back in with parents, etc- and to me I was still that same person I was at 18(quite some time ago!) :(

    Granted- heavier, balder, what-have-you, but my beliefs, emotions, fears, and loves really hadn't changed...
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  • nevmilesnevmiles Ottawa, ON Posts: 1,363
    "Triumphant are the angels if they can get there first" - Tremor Christ

    Love, Love, LOVE the way Eddie sings it . . . . just the melody of it.
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  • Sappy113Sappy113 Posts: 178
    "Every inch between us becomes light years now." But it really needs the next line to hit home: "No time to be void or save up on life". Pretty much it reminds to me to never take my loved ones for granted, that the most important thing you can do in life is devote yourself to someone and to not let myself drift away mentally from them.
  • guacamolejoeguacamolejoe Posts: 2,396
    usamamasan1 wrote:
    "i will ride the wave where it takes me"

    I say this because a wave (life) is so powerful we can't really change the direction or the force. We can only get the best ride out of what we've got to work with. so i dig.
    This has the most "meaning to me"
    "I'll hold the pain, release me"
    After having a 3 story wall explode & collapse on top of me( flat lined 3x that night, ICU for 9 weeks). I was going to physical therapy 5 days a week for 4 years. Every & I mean every morning I played RELEASE 4-5x before being picked up for therapy. Screaming my lungs out trying to "release" the mental & physical pain I was going through. Thank you PJ for helping me ease the PAIN :cry: .

    On a happier note, my favorite line after marrying my wonderful wife who is a flight attendant ( I can now fly anywhere on the cheap ;), see PJ any time I want 8-) )
    See it all. Oh, see the World!
    So, What you Giving ?........ (Thanks Speedy, Alesek, & Arq+friends)
    What You Giving

    I suggest you step out on your Porch.
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh, See the World!
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    "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, why can't it be mine"

    there is no reason to explain why,couse is the best lyrics ever written from human being for something that happens to all of us,,to has your heart broken..
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  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,997
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    "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, why can't it be mine"

    there is no reason to explain why,couse is the best lyrics ever written from human being for something that happens to all of us,,to has your heart broken..

    This was first one i thought of, when i saw the heading, for this thread. Oh so TRUE!!
  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,398
    Its funny when things change so much, Its all state of mind.
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    off backspacer:

    "Oh she leaned over the bed and with the lips above my head"

    cuz he aint talking about the ones on her face :shock: ;)
    Tour with fucking NOFX
  • ManofthepresenttenseManofthepresenttense Posts: 259
    no time to be void , or save up on life, you gotta spend it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    NO TIME TO BE VOID OR SAVE UP ON LIFE, YOU GOT TO SPEND IT ALL!!!!!!!
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    "Fuck to procreate till they are dead"
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    i'd tell you but it not for you to know.
    81 is now off the air

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  • mike-sizzlemike-sizzle Posts: 186
    makes much more sense....to live, in the present tense
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  • Paul AndrewsPaul Andrews Posts: 2,489
    "I gather speed from you fucking with me
    Once and for all I'm far away
    I hardly believe, finally the shades...are raised..."

    The whole song is hugely significant to me, but those lines brought it all home..
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  • Razor FaceRazor Face Posts: 53
    Ouch ... this is one tough call. I'm sure I'll think of another and want to take it back later ... but for my mood right now:

    "I will hold the candle 'till it burns up my arm!"

    Because in the end, if you dont' hold to your beliefs, what do you have?
    Even if it's followed by the bittersweet, "How much differnce does it make?"

    A close second,
    "Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire?"
    I'll ride this wave ... 
  • canadajammercanadajammer Posts: 263
    My favourites have already been written

    Love this one though:

    "Things were different then. All is different now.
    I tried to explain. Somehow."
  • knowyourrightsknowyourrights Posts: 41
    I know I was born...I know I will die...The in-between is mine...
  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,819
    Help me, help me from myself.
  • mbangel10mbangel10 Posts: 548
    We all walk the long road

    Sums up life in one little sentence....
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