Members jcn37203 Posted October 9, 2003 Members Share Posted October 9, 2003 "You should have been in my shoes yesterday " -Blind Melon, 'St Andrew's Fall' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beowulf Posted October 9, 2003 Members Share Posted October 9, 2003 'Valhalla,I am coming'Immigrant SongLed Zeppelin band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J6P Posted October 9, 2003 Members Share Posted October 9, 2003 Kick my feet way down a shallow water,Shoe-fly, dragonfly get back to mother,Pick up a flat rock, skip it 'cross Green River. CCR - Green River. I just like it. One of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bigfun Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 "There's a rainbow of babies draped over the graveyard, where all the dead sailors wait for their brides. And the cold, bitter, snow has strangled each grassblade, and the salt from their tears washed away with the tide. Oh, I smiled on the Wabash, the last time I passed it, yes, I gave her a wink from the passenger side, and my foot fell asleep as I swallowed my candy, knowing he was in heaven before he died." John Prine I know it's more than a line, but what the hell, it's great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Awake77 Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 "Everyone I love is...dead" -Type O Negative "Outside the soundness of your mind, Bathing your soul in silver tears, Beneath a blackened summer sky, Praying for time to disappear" -Dream Theater "Spend some quality time, with this demon of mine. I like the way you struggle, but you know I'm here to win" -InFlames "Mother of creation wait, with this belt of skulls strap me down and sail this ship away..." -Mudvayne There's so much more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillyGrahamCracker Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 "She won't be forced against her will, She don't do drugs but she does the pill, oh yeah...."Teenage Fanclub "The Concept" "She's the cheese and I'm the macaroni...."Beastie Boys "Get it Together" "She said, 'I know what it's like to be dead...'"because "she" = "Peter Fonda" and "I know what it's like to be dead" = "I know what it's like to have a famous dad, a hot-ass sister, and Dennis Hopper to write a classic movie for me" The Beatles "She Said, She Said" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bmantx Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 I have been wearing out Bob Dylan "Love and Theft" the last few weeks. My backs been up against the wall so long it feels like it's stuck,Why don't you break my heart one more time, just for good luck. I'm driving in the flats in a Cadillac car, the girls all say your a worn out star. But my pockets are loaded and I'm spending every dime. Summer Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tarik Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 Another good one: "Nothing attracts a crowd, like a crowd..." Black Gold - Soul Asylum Dave Pirner is so good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesfirst Posted October 12, 2003 Members Share Posted October 12, 2003 Tried to find my way to heavenTook a few right turns to HellWasn't looking too goodBut I was feeling real well - Keith Richards:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlameScott Posted October 13, 2003 Members Share Posted October 13, 2003 "but i need your heartbeat to haunt me, your cold lips to breathe, a promise we'll wake up somewhere new." - Thrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members In Absentia Posted October 14, 2003 Members Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by Yeah " "so pure, so rare, to witness such an ugly godess" Magdalena - A Perfect Circle Not to be an ass, but the line is "to witness such an EARTHLY goddess" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members In Absentia Posted October 14, 2003 Members Share Posted October 14, 2003 A child's rhyme stuck in my head.It said that life is but a dream.I've spent so many years in questionto find I've known this all along. "So good to see you.I've missed you so much.So glad it's over.I've missed you so muchCame out to watch you play.Why are you running?" Shroud-ing all the ground around meIs this holy crow above me.Black as holes within a memoryAnd blue as our new second sun.I stick my hand into his shadowTo pull the pieces from the sand.Which I attempt to reassembleTo see just who I might have been.I do not recognize the vessel,But the eyes seem so familiar.Like phosphorescent desert buttonsSinging one familiar song... "So good to see you.I've missed you so much.So glad it's over.I've missed you so much.Came out to watch you play.Why are you running away?" THIRD EYE----TOOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yeah Posted October 14, 2003 Members Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by Canivaguitar1 Not to be an ass, but the line is "to witness such an EARTHLY goddess" Doh! I have always heard it as ugly, which meant I really liked the justaposition of the statement. Damn, now the line is next to meaningless, thanks for ruining a great song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thelonius Posted October 14, 2003 Members Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by mtl-blue "Baptize the baby in whiskey and licorice,What a lovey way, drowning sins in tooth decay"- from Jellyfish's song New Mistake. right on, I love sturmer...."I still get heartburn, when I think about all of the stamps I ate" Here are some of my faves (sorry I can't just do one) "I don't know how much more of this I can takeshe's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake" "Two newspaper editors like playground sneaks Running a book on which of them is going to last the week One of them calls to me And he says, "I know you" "You gave me this tattoo back in '82" "You were a spoilt child then with a record to plug" "And I was a shaven headed seaside thug" "Things haven't really changed that much" "One of us is still getting paid too much" -Elvis Costello "could ya take me to the store and then the bank?I've got five dollars I can put in the tankI got a court date comin' this juneI'll be drivin' soonPassenger...side...don't like ridin' on the passenger side" - Jeff Tweedy (wilco) "every artist is a cannibalevery poet is a thiefall kill their inspirationthen sing about their grief" - Bono "I was {censored}ed up by 5talkin' nothing but jivetold the bartender he'd never take me aliveall of this because my favorite showwas cancelled last night on TVso I called up marie she'd have sex for freefor ten bucks an hour she'd listen to metalk about rock stars and models on dopeand why I can't cope with this scene" - Butch Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thelonius Posted October 14, 2003 Members Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by olddan She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcoholAnd I was just a soldier on my way to MontrealJohn Prine GREAT LINE!! One of my favorite Prine lines... couple of other great Prine-isms. "Two men were standing upon a bridgeOne jumped and screamed you lose" (kristopherson may have written that) "the air is just as still as the throttle on a funeral train" One of my favorites "I was sitting in the bathtubCounting my toesWhen the radiator brokeWater all frozeI got stuck in the iceWithout my clothesNaked as the eyes of a clown" I love this one because he's just being completely silly in the entire song. Perfectly crafted lyrics, but nothing too heavy...just being funny, and then he just NAILS you with the last line "naked as the eyes of a clown" That's a metaphor for the history books if I've ever heard one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ripfence Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 "I bet if you throw that ass in the air it would turn into sunshine" Sexy M.F. - Prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members In Absentia Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by Yeah Doh! I have always heard it as ugly, which meant I really liked the justaposition of the statement. Damn, now the line is next to meaningless, thanks for ruining a great song LOL!!! You're just being a whiny little bitch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vitaminny Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 Hope I'm not bordering on cliche, but Bono's been used, so... "What am I still to you?Some theif who stole from you?Or some fool drama queen whose chances were few?" -Jeff Buckley, "Morning Theft. It's all in the delivery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeRM Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 funny - When I'm horny like thirsty, she's a bottle of water. prophetic - In this great future, you can't forget your past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Picker Posted October 18, 2003 Members Share Posted October 18, 2003 and if I show you my dark sidewould you still hold me... tonight?And if I open my heart to you And show you my weak side What would you do? -Roger waters. There's flies in the kitchenI can hear em they're buzzin' And I aint done nothin' Since I woke up today. How the hell can a personGo to work in the mornin'Come home in the eveningAnd have nothin' to say. -John Prine Oh a false clock tries to tick out my timeTo disgrace, distract, and bother meAnd the dirt of gossip blows into my faceAnd the dust of rumors covers meBut if the arrow is straightAnd the point is slickIt can pierce through dust no matter how thickSo I'll make my standAnd remain as I amAnd bid farewell and not give a damn. -- Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terje Posted October 19, 2003 Members Share Posted October 19, 2003 Dylan has too many to even begin to mention. But actually my favorite comes from a T-Bone tune (it's not his writing, I don't know who wrote this). Science is busy making new thing out of old/The love I have for you is slowly turning cold/History has turned another page/I used to love you darling but this is a different age Remember, this was in the mid 40's in the US, times were looking good and science and the industry was going to save the world. A line can be made great by how it's sung too. Another T-Bone favorite is this one: You don't love me and I don't even care/I can get a woman like you baby anyplace, anywhere The thing is that he sings it with this cold voice, he really sounds like he means it. My favorite Dylan line is probably the one from Union Sundown: You know capitalism is above the law, it says it don't count less it sells/If it costs too much to build it at home you just buy it cheaper someplace else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members auditorium Posted October 22, 2003 Members Share Posted October 22, 2003 i'll throw out a handful for y'all; "all i ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you"- leonard cohen "iconoclastics had it coming for years- they know the prisons you have yet to fear"- cedric bixler-zavala, argueably my favorite current lyricist "the air was smoking, the streets were dry, and i wasn't joking when i said goodbye"- ani difranco, who did this song better on living in clip than anywhere else "silent scenes in motion means i'll wake you when we're there/time, it seems, in broken dreams, to sleep beside the stair"-phish, becase tom marshall is easily the robert hunter of our time and, of course, the tom waits quote in my sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesfirst Posted October 23, 2003 Members Share Posted October 23, 2003 You got that yellowjacket touch and your sting, it hurts so much you're such a bastard. - Ian Hunter Marie Provost did not look her best when the cops busted into her lonely nest in that cheap hotel down on Hollywood West July '29. She'd been lying there for 2 or 3 weeks Neighbors said they never heard a squeak But hungry eyes that could not speak said, "Even little doggies have got to eat" She was a winner, 'til she became her doggie's dinner She never meant that much to me. Oh, poor Marie. - Nick Lowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Conga Posted October 23, 2003 Members Share Posted October 23, 2003 I must be WAAYY Older than most on here. 1.) "Suit me if I play too long." Deacon's Blues - Steely Dan 2.) "Dawn came in this mawnin' like a junk-yard melody." Harbor Lights - Boz Scaggs 3.) "Then one night as I went down to the Commodore Hotel, I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well. And as he handed me a drink he began to hum a song; and all the boys sittin' at the bar began sing along. If you'll be my Dixie Chickin'...." Dixie Chicken - Little Feat. That's all I can think of right now...but there will be more. King Konga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesfirst Posted October 23, 2003 Members Share Posted October 23, 2003 I asked for waterShe gave me gasolineThat's the terriblest womanthat I ever seen - Howlin' Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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