Favorite Verse of a song?

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  • intoodeep
    intoodeep Posts: 143
    I've always thought eddie was the master at using words or strings of words that no other writer could put in a song, much less sing, i.e.:

    Enmity gauged (whaaaat???)
    you underestimate me (perfect enunciation-my favorite line ever)
    all encompassing trip! (a tongue-twister only he can pull off)
    across the waste of space and fields of air I glide (beautiful)
    The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein

    "As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska....." - Gov Sarah Palin
  • Mr Pyjama
    Mr Pyjama Posts: 253
    Originally posted by artjam
    My favorite line has to be...
    "caught a bolt of lightning,
    cursed the day he let it go"

    that line alone would have made me think ed is the greatest songwriter of all time.

    It hits me like nothing else ever will.

    Didn't Jeff write that line??
    Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later...
  • Evanston29
    Evanston29 Posts: 35
    There are so many, I will just post the ones from songs I have been listening to a lot lately.

    *(the one that is in my signature below from Elderly Woman...small town)

    *and if hope could grow from dirt like me
    it can be done
    won't let the light escape from me
    won't let the darkness swallow me
    yeah!

    *a snowflake falls in may....that is just so beautiful

    *bee girl, you're gonna die
    you don't wanna be famous, you wanna be shy
    do your dances alone in your room
    becoming a star will become your doom
    bee girl, be a girl... :):)
    bee girl, be a girl...
    you know time is long, and life is short
    begin to live while you still can
    believe in nothing, believe me
    those who can be trusted can change their mind
    the anxious is the present
    unwrap your gifts, take your time
    everything you imagined
    needn't be stuck in your mind
    bee girl, be a girl...
    bee girl, be a girl...
    thank you
    06/06/03, 07/06/06

    And I learned that I was a liar
    Just like you
  • {[No_Code}]
    {[No_Code}] Posts: 4,059
    let's say knowledge is a tree
    its growing up just like me
    So that is how I learned the lesson that everyone is alone. And your eyes must do some raining if you are ever going to grow. But when crying don't help and you can't compose yourself. It is best to compose a poem, an honest longing or simple song of hope.
    That is why I'm singing
  • Amaterasu
    Amaterasu Posts: 317
    Checked your hands
    and studied the lines.
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    "I turned my back
    now there's no turning back"


    Just beautiful.
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • intoodeep
    intoodeep Posts: 143
    'i let go the rope, thinking that's what held me back.
    and, in time I realized, it's now wrapped around my neck.'

    that is profound
    The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein

    "As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska....." - Gov Sarah Palin
  • PrlGrl23
    PrlGrl23 Posts: 22
    I wish I was....
    ~The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying~

    One great big festering neon distraction,
    Ive a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
    Learn to swim.

    http://www.myspace.com/wrinkle_in_time
    http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i159/prlgrl23/
  • PrlGrl23
    PrlGrl23 Posts: 22
    I wish I was....
    ~The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying~

    One great big festering neon distraction,
    Ive a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
    Learn to swim.

    http://www.myspace.com/wrinkle_in_time
    http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i159/prlgrl23/
  • Trigger Shakes
    Trigger Shakes Posts: 9
    "my lips are shakin' my nails are bit off
    been a month since i've heard myself talk
    all the advantage this life's got on me
    picture a cup in the middle of the sea "

    "it's been about three days now since i've been aground
    no longer overwhelmed and it seems so simple now
    it's funny when things change so much
    it's all a state of mind"

    vacate is the word...vengeance has no place on me or her
    cannot find the comfort in this world
    artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers
    vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere...

    i cannot stop the thought...i'm running in the dark...
    coming up a which way sign...all good truants must decide...
    oh, stripped and sold, mom...auctioned forearm...
    and whiskers in the sink...

    i swear i recognize your breath
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
    me, you wouldn't recall, for i'm not my former
    it's hard when, you're stuck upon the shelf
    i changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate
    perhaps that's what no one wants to see
    i just want to scream...hello...
    my god its been so long, never dreamed you'd return
    but now here you are, and here i am

    and so on and so on. i could go on forever. All PJ lyrics to me have so much meaning
    "no longer overwhelmed and it seems so simple now"

    4/10/94, 10/02/96, 9/15/98, 9/16/98, 8/29/00, 8/30/00, 7/02/03, 7/03/03, 7/11/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06


    http://www.myspace.com/JDPC94
  • KCPJFan
    KCPJFan Posts: 58
    Such raw emotion and feeling in this one. Perfection!


    i'm gonna save you fucker, not gonna lose you
    i'm feeling cocky and strong, can't let you go
    too important to me, and too important to us
    we'd be lost without you
    i'm there, let yourself fall, i'm right below you now
    ".....this land is mine, this land is free
    i'll do what i want, but irresponsibly
    it's evolution baby...."
  • SoFaithfull
    SoFaithfull Posts: 13
    all the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead

    and....

    to myself i surrender, to the one i'll never please
    Theologians, they don't know nothin about my soul
  • daytripper
    daytripper Posts: 3
    I will walk...with my hands bound
    I will walk...with my face blood
    I will walk...with my shadow flag
    Into your garden, garden of stone...yeah...
    "With the birds I'll share,
    this lonely view."
  • WashDirtyFrank
    WashDirtyFrank Posts: 75
    routine was the theme, he'd wake up and...wash and pour himself into uniform
    something he hadn't imagined being...
    as the merging traffic passed, he found himself staring, down, at his own hands..
    not remembering the change, not recalling the plan, was it...?

    - Slieght Of Hand
    "This is a public service annowncement... with guitars!!"
  • MoonlightDrive81
    MoonlightDrive81 Posts: 44
    whatever the notion we lace in our prayers the man upstairs is used to all of this noise, i'm through with screaming. - faithful
    And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
  • huntj
    huntj Posts: 24
    you know love
    is better than a song
    and love is were, all of us belong---- so dont be shy, just let your feelings roll pn by and dont wear fear, cause nobody will no your there.
    Don't be so quick to judge, you're being judged yourself.
  • huntj
    huntj Posts: 24
    you know love
    is better than a song
    and love is were, all of us belong---- so dont be shy, just let your feelings roll pn by and dont wear fear, cause nobody will no your there.
    Don't be so quick to judge, you're being judged yourself.
  • sirjamston
    sirjamston Posts: 38
    the verses in given to fly are really well written but someone mentioned them earlier so i will quote my second favourite song lyrically:

    "i will hold the candle til it burns up my arm
    i'll keep taking punches until their will grows tired
    i will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind
    i won't change direction and i won't change my mind"
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Damn Rats, I thought I was the only one


    "Stunned by my own reflection
    It's looking back, sees me too clearly
    And I swore I'd never go there again
    Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down, you down, you down "

    How about:


    "who made, who made up, made up the myth
    that we were born to be covered in bliss?
    who set the standard, born to be rich?
    such fine examples, skinny little bitch
    model, role model, roll some models in blood
    get some flesh to stick, so they look like us
    i shit and i stink, i'm real, join the club
    i'd stop and talk, but i'm already in love"
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • PuckJam
    PuckJam Posts: 94
    I got a 2fer:

    Never shook Satan's hand look see for yourself
    You'd know it if I had that shit don't come off
    I rise and fall let me take credit for both
    Jump off a cliff don't need your help so back off
    I'll never suck Satan's dick
    Again you'd see it you know, right 'round the lips
    I'll wait for an angel but won't hold my breath
    'Magine they're busy, think I'm doin' OK...


    I remember when, yeah
    I swore I knew everything, ooh yeah
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah
    It's growin' up just like me, yeah...

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