Favorite Lyrics

TheReverend · 03-20-2010, 03:00 PM

He who makes a beast out of himself
Gets rid of the pain
Of being a man

Degree7 · 03-20-2010, 06:45 PM

The one, the only, Peter Gabriel

The man is a poet, and in my mind, he could rival Bob Dylan.

Just take a look at Solsburry Hill:

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant

Or better yet, Humdrum:

Out of woman come the man
Spend the rest of his life gettin back where he can
As a bow, so a dove
As below, so above
From the black hole
Come the tadpole
With the dark soul
In coal she burn, she burn

As I drove into the sun
Didn't dare look where I had begun
Lost among echoes of things not there
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
From the white star
Came the bright scar
Our amobea
My little liebe schoen

Unforutaly, Gabriel's lyrics did take a turn for the worse with Us, or even before that with So.

DiSTANToblivion · 03-21-2010, 08:43 AM

I'm sorry but I just couldn't post just one line here:

"Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'."

scottsy · 03-21-2010, 08:48 AM

It was so good to see some peter gabriel lyrics posted onto this board... and the ones posted are some of his finest works... very awesome, very awesome indeed it was!

scottsy · 03-21-2010, 08:56 AM

Oh crap, I forgot I had a song line I wanted to post up here too!

This was first released in the eighties, but man it just seems to still ring so true today... of course, it's by my favorite band, The Church...

North, South, East and West

[rev. Aug. 30, 2007]

A war's being waged and the world's just a stage (in this city)
The real estate's prime, the number plates rhyme (liquidity)
Wear a gun and be proud, but bare breasts aren't allowed (in this city)
Dream up a scam and then rake in the clams (liquidity)

(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
North and south and east and west
(It has to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
North and south and east and west

I take my payment, I catch my flight
And don't wait up for me tonight
(You may find me there) and you might find me there
North and south and east and west

Have a quick throw or host your own show (in this city)
To a wolf from a lamb for just half a gram (liquidity)
The face of today just a scalpel away
Restore your lost soul for two dollars plus toll (liquidity)

Backs are patted when calves are fatted (in this city)
The emperor's clothes are the best for the proles (liquidity)
The guys with the brains are all bitter and vain (stupidity)
The guys with the luck got the bimbos and bucks (liquidity)

(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
North and south and east and west
(It has to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
North and south and east and west

I take my payment, I catch my flight
And don't wait up for me tonight
(And you might find me there) and you might find me there
North and south and east and west

North
South
East
West

Sweet Jane · 03-21-2010, 09:50 AM

"We'll die in the class we were born... a class of our own my love"

RainbowSocks14 · 03-21-2010, 11:03 AM

"Funny how it rained all day, didn't think too much of it then but it's starting to all make sense, oh I can see now, that all of these clouds, are following me in my desperate endeavor, to find my whoever, wherever she may be..."

Remembering Sunday - All Time Low

vinylrecords · 03-21-2010, 11:39 PM

i've been looking there's just nobody around,no sense looking for who can never be found-[i can't find-smokey].

Zaqarbal · 03-22-2010, 10:28 AM

"In my dream I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows, they learned to swim"

(U2, Until The End Of The World)

"Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is murder"

(Leonard Cohen, The Future)

But let me quote a non-English one:

"Si me quedo a oscuras,
Luz de la Locura, ven y alúmbrame"

That is:

"If I ever be left in the dark,
Light of Madness, come and enlight me"

(Fito & Fitipaldis, Por la boca vive el pez, translation)

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TheReverend · 03-22-2010, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

"In my dream I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows, they learned to swim"

(U2, Until The End Of The World)

Now to me that line is just stupid. My sorrows learned to swim?

03-20-2010, 03:00 PM	#371 (permalink)
TheReverend Strong and Quite Strong Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: When you get out on the interstate, take a left after the gas station Posts: 64	He who makes a beast out of himself Gets rid of the pain Of being a man __________________ One day dude, one day I'm just gonna get off the bus, an I'm gonna run into the woods an I'm never gonna come back. And when I come back, I'm gonna be the night master

03-20-2010, 06:45 PM	#372 (permalink)
Degree7 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 25	The one, the only, Peter Gabriel The man is a poet, and in my mind, he could rival Bob Dylan. Just take a look at Solsburry Hill: When illusion spin her net I'm never where I want to be And liberty she pirouette When I think that I am free Watched by empty silhouettes Who close their eyes but still can see No one taught them etiquette I will show another me Today I don't need a replacement I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant Or better yet, Humdrum: Out of woman come the man Spend the rest of his life gettin back where he can As a bow, so a dove As below, so above From the black hole Come the tadpole With the dark soul In coal she burn, she burn As I drove into the sun Didn't dare look where I had begun Lost among echoes of things not there Watching the sound forming shapes in the air From the white star Came the bright scar Our amobea My little liebe schoen Unforutaly, Gabriel's lyrics did take a turn for the worse with Us, or even before that with So. __________________ Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

03-21-2010, 08:43 AM	#373 (permalink)
DiSTANToblivion Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 505	I'm sorry but I just couldn't post just one line here: "Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin'. For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'. Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin'. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'. The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'." __________________ last.fm Journal deviantART

03-21-2010, 08:48 AM	#374 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	It was so good to see some peter gabriel lyrics posted onto this board... and the ones posted are some of his finest works... very awesome, very awesome indeed it was! __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

03-21-2010, 08:56 AM	#375 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	Oh crap, I forgot I had a song line I wanted to post up here too! This was first released in the eighties, but man it just seems to still ring so true today... of course, it's by my favorite band, The Church... North, South, East and West [rev. Aug. 30, 2007] A war's being waged and the world's just a stage (in this city) The real estate's prime, the number plates rhyme (liquidity) Wear a gun and be proud, but bare breasts aren't allowed (in this city) Dream up a scam and then rake in the clams (liquidity) (It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there North and south and east and west (It has to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere North and south and east and west I take my payment, I catch my flight And don't wait up for me tonight (You may find me there) and you might find me there North and south and east and west Have a quick throw or host your own show (in this city) To a wolf from a lamb for just half a gram (liquidity) The face of today just a scalpel away Restore your lost soul for two dollars plus toll (liquidity) Backs are patted when calves are fatted (in this city) The emperor's clothes are the best for the proles (liquidity) The guys with the brains are all bitter and vain (stupidity) The guys with the luck got the bimbos and bucks (liquidity) (It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there North and south and east and west (It has to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere North and south and east and west I take my payment, I catch my flight And don't wait up for me tonight (And you might find me there) and you might find me there North and south and east and west North South East West __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef. Last edited by scottsy; 03-21-2010 at 08:58 AM. Reason: to format lyrics in their intended manner...

03-21-2010, 09:50 AM	#376 (permalink)
Sweet Jane Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 547	"We'll die in the class we were born... a class of our own my love" __________________ Calvin: "Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?" Hobbes: "I'm not sure that man needs the help."

03-21-2010, 11:03 AM	#377 (permalink)
RainbowSocks14 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: England Posts: 1	"Funny how it rained all day, didn't think too much of it then but it's starting to all make sense, oh I can see now, that all of these clouds, are following me in my desperate endeavor, to find my whoever, wherever she may be..." Remembering Sunday - All Time Low

03-21-2010, 11:39 PM	#378 (permalink)
vinylrecords Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 20	favorite line from a song... i've been looking there's just nobody around,no sense looking for who can never be found-[i can't find-smokey].

03-22-2010, 10:28 AM	#379 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	"In my dream I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows, they learned to swim" (U2, Until The End Of The World) "Give me back the Berlin wall give me Stalin and St Paul I've seen the future, brother: it is murder" (Leonard Cohen, The Future) But let me quote a non-English one: "Si me quedo a oscuras, Luz de la Locura, ven y alúmbrame" That is: "If I ever be left in the dark, Light of Madness, come and enlight me" (Fito & Fitipaldis, Por la boca vive el pez, translation) . __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."