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Old 11-17-2011, 01:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Greatest lyricist/poet of the last decade?

Who´s your favorite poet of the last decade? Post an excerpt of your favorite song of theirs.

Mine is Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown/Wolf Parade/Swan Lake.
This is from the Swan Lake song All Fires

There was a flood
A world of water
The mason�s wife
Swam for her daughter.

One thousand people
Did what they could.
They found the steeple
And tore out the wood.

Five hundred pieces
Means five hundred float.
One thousand people means
Five hundred don�t.
And it�s Teresa they love the best.


His imagery and story telling is amazing, almost ranks up there with Cohen and Curtis.

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Old 11-19-2011, 07:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'd say PJ Harvey is the best lyricist of the last decade.


"Sometimes I can see for miles
Through water and fire
From England to America
I feel life meet my eyes

And it's the best thing
A beautiful feeling

A smile from San Diego
He is still a boy
Two ends to every rainbow
And a train from Mexico

But he's the best thing
A beautiful feeling

And when I watch you move
And I can't think straight
And I am silenced
And I can't think straight

It's the best thing Such a beautiful feeling"


She's a God tbh.
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I won't call any individual the greatest, but my overall favorite (and it changes often) for the past decade is Jamie Madrox of Twiztid.

For rhymes like these:

Excerpt from "Karma"
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No relation
Or 2nd coming of dark spawn
We're preparing a path for the children of Babylon
In search of Zion
Or a chemical release
At least it gives us inner peace for a second so we can sleep
Riddled by day dreams & puzzled by life
All of us are running through darkness in search of the light
As the demons disappear like phantoms in mirrors
And reappear transformed in the form of your fears
I got a feeling that you think it's a phony and far fetched
Till you're devoid of all hope and virtually helpless
It's necessary to never let it get worse than its gotten
It'll go on forever even after your rotten
And depending on the karma of spirit
Dwelling in inner being
Will determine eternity
Unless you intervene
With your man made destiny
And the myth it withholds
You will never find the light
As long as your eyes are closed
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Excerpt from "Feel This"
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Speak to a tone re-adjust ear drums
Highly intelligent for a species labeled dumb,
Numb from the neck up zone as I perform
And through the energy we acquire we are re-born,
It's intense as we commence to dispense the ****
Spittin' verbal milk while you suckin' a sour tit
Inconsiderate to competitors trying to elevate
Intermixing intermingling with the venomous snakes
**** that you can go on and slither away
Simple minded mutha ****as swiping sugars from our Kool-Aid
Who made the sky red and swallowed the sun
And spoke the word of light to enlighten the mass of everyone
Ummm... I believe that's us
And when the mics are on, and we bust
It like an adrenalin rush
To your dome and mine too and everyone behind you
As long as you keep it Twiztid we'll always be beside you
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