Lyrics we love

Peel all of your layers off
I want to eat your artichoke heart

- Thom Yorke

Wonderful.

And when I have some words, this is the way I'll sing
through a distortion box to make them menacing

Yeah, then I'm gonna have to write a chorus
we're gonna need to have a chorus
and this would seem to be as good as any other place
to sing until I'm blue in the face

Happy with what you have to be happy with
you have to be happy with what you have
to be happy with what you have,
happy with what you have to be happy with
you have to be happy with what you have
to be happy with what you have, you have
to be happy with what you have to happy with

And for a second verse of terse economy
I'll brew another pot of ambiguity

Happy with what you have to be happy with
you have to be happy with what you have
to be happy with what you have,
happy with what you have to be happy with
you have to be happy with what you have
to be happy with what you have, you have
to be happy with what you have to happy with

Then I guess I'll repeat the chorus!
We're gonna repeat the chorus!
I guess I'll repeat the chorus!
We're gonna repeat the chorus!

King Crimson - Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With Gotta love Adrian Belew.

Words to make her stay: you said
Leave me and the plants die
A panic smile across your face
Corrugated browline
The hissing bitter punchline
Call when you can tie your lace

Oh the word's on the street, you've found someone new.
If he looks nothin' like me, i'm so happy for you.
I heard an old girlfriend has turned to the church-
She's tryin' to replace me, but it'll never work

Bad Cover Version - Pulp:)

I love that song and i love all of their stuff, so there may be a lot more lyrics from them and Jarvis Cocker as time goes on:P His solo stuff's actually very good:)

Starlings wrote:

Words to make her stay: you said
Leave me and the plants die
A panic smile across your face
Corrugated browline
The hissing bitter punchline
Call when you can tie your lace

I must say, these line appear unushered in my head a lot, i love them, they always make me smile, great imageary!

As soon as you're born
you start dying
So you might as well
have a good time
Sheep go to heaven
Goats go to hell

- CAKE

For me it has to be "You are the only think in any room you're ever in". Beautiful

Apart from Elbow, two Bloc Party songs stand out for me:

Skeleton:

"All my thoughts are all lies.
All my thoughts are all lies.
All my bones are so tired.
All my bones are so tired.
So young and so handsome,
So easily led.
They told me to wait,
I said:

It makes a man out of me.
It makes a man out of me.
It makes a man out of me.
It makes a man out of me.
You take the fun out of me.
You take the fun out of me.
You take the fun out of me.
You take the fun out of me.

Consistent to my fucking dream.
And I've paid my dues,
Just to get them all back.
A simple man, a simple desire.

What should I have said?
What should I have done?
The horses are here,
The damage is done.
So just take off your shirt,
And just take off your dress.
We can go dancing
On a Saturday.

It makes a man out of me.
It makes a man out of me.
It makes a man out of me.
It makes a man out of me.
You take the fun out of me.
You take the fun out of me.
You take the fun out of me.
You take the fun out of me.

And I've been consistent to my fucking dream
And I've paid my dues
Just to get them all back
A simple man, a simple desire

I'm just a skeleton.
I'm just a skeleton.
I'm just a skeleton. "

and The Present:

"If you're cold and you're alone
And you don't know where to go
You can call me anytime
Nothing's changed, I am still here

If you're running out of breath
And your building's burning down
You can jump, I will catch you
Nothing's changed, I am still here

With heavy hands and an absent mind
Did I blow your candle out?
With shortened words and a lack of time
Am I ever on your mind?

Was I cruel and never there?
Nothing to rely on
Was our romance a black hole?
You kept the better half than me

Well if you really wanted to know
Well no the earth's not moved for me since
I wish I could've given you lightness
The lightness that you deserve

And they say time is a healer
And time will look after you
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait
Come over

Come over

Why don't you come over?

Well if you really wanted to know
Well no the earth's not moved for me since
I wish I could've given you lightness
The lightness that you deserve

And they say time is a healer
And time will look after you
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Come over

And I stole you that ring
'Cause I wanted you to have it
And it wasn't about me, I just wanted you to have it
Your smile, baby your smile, baby I come alive

I feel so naked, like before we met
Last night I was so close to just calling you up
They say it takes time to heal the wounds
I can't wait, I can't wait
Come over"

...They've gone a bit shit now though.

I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging
in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely
is a dream

- Marcy Playground

This song sticks in my head every once in a while and I can't get it out.

The greatest interpreter of popular song in the 20th century was Francis Albert Sinatra. But, had he not had some of the finest lyrics at his disposal, it would have been a lesser story. Thank god, then, for people like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Sammy Cahn, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer et al.

Not only are the lyrics absolutely stellar, but the vocal lines would scare the beejesus out of any modern day singer (and if yo doubt me, you try singing 'em).

Anyway, from an embarassment of riches, try this one out for size:

I've got you under my skin
I've got you deep in the heart of me
So deep in my heart, that you're really a part of me
I've got you under my skin

I've tried so not to give in
I've said to myself this affair never will go so well
But why should I try to resist, when baby will I know so well
That I've got you under my skin

I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of having you near
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear

Don't you know you fool, you never can win
Use your mentality, wake up to reality
But each time I do, just the thought of you
Makes me stop before I begin
Cause I've got you under my skin

Cole Porter

here comes the baker
i must bring him in
he charges tuppance a pound
and he thinks its no sin
when he do bring it in
its no bigger that your fist
and the top of the loaf
was all topped of with yeast
these are the rigs off the times
times me boys
these are the rigs of the times

Bellowhead (trad)

I'm really loving Mumford & Sons atm

Little Lion Man:

Weep for yourself, my man, you'll neverbe what is in your heart.
Weep, Little Lion Man, you're not as bave as you were at the start.
Rate yourself, and rape yourself, take all the courage you have left.
Wasted on fixing the problems that you made in your own head.

It's not your fault but mine,
And it was your heart on the line,
I really fucked it up this time,
Didn't I my dear? (Didn' I my dear?)

Tremble for yourself, my man, you know that you have seen this all before.
Tremble, Little Lion Man, you'll never settle any of your scores.
Your grace is wasted in your face, your boldness stands alone among the wreck.
Learn from your mother, or I'll spend your days biting your own neck.

It was not your fault but mine,
And it was your heart on the line,
I really fucked it up this time,
Didn't I my dear? (Didn't I my dear?)

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

It was not your fault but mine,
And it was your heart on the line,
I really fucked it up this time,
Didn't I my dear?

It was not your fault but mine,
And it was your heart on the line,
I really fucked it up this time,
Didn't I my dear? (Didn' I my dear?)

.


If your eye got poked out in this life
Would it be waiting up in heaven with your wife?


God Shuffled His Feet

I want to hold you but my hands are tied
I want to love you but I've been denied
I want to stay here but the morning sun won't rise

simple, but brilliant


Tie Up My Hands - Starsailor

Could someone it mine to make it italic?

Any reason you can't do it yourself? just put an i in square brackets before the text, then put /i in square brackets at the end.

oh will do that, then

Every day's a school day...

cheers, MT

I love Some Riots lyrics so incredibly much,

A friend of mine grows his very own brambles
They twist all around him 'til he can't move
Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles
What is my friend trying to prove?

The bruise turns a tall, gentle boy to a terrible totem
And the kids gather round trying to see what's inside
I think when he's drinking he's drowning some riot
What is my friend trying to hide?
Cause it's breaking my heart, it's breaking my heart
And it's breaking my heart to pull out the rain
Brother of mine, don't run with those fuckers
When will my friend start singing again?
When will my friend start singing again?

I also love the lyrics to Strawberry Fields Forever

and of course Nothing Else Matters by metallica will forever be in my heart,
So close no matter how far,
could not be much more from the heart
Forever trust in who we are
and nothing else matters

I also love the LYRICS of kaiser chiefs Love's not a competition (but im winning), but im not to fond of the song it self, but the lyrics are brilliant.

I won't be the one to disappoint you anymore,
I know, I've said all this and that you've heard
It all before,
The trick is getting you to think that all this was your idea.
And that this was everything you've ever wanted out of here,
Love's not a competition but I'm winning.
I'm not sure what's truly altruistic anymore,
When every good thing that I do is listed and you're keeping score,
Love's not a competition but I'm winning
Love's not a competition but I'm winning
At least I thought I was but there's no way of knowing,
At least I thought I was but there's no way of knowing,
You know what it's like when you're new to the game but I'm not,
I won't be the one to disappoint you,
I won't be the one to disappoint you anymore

likewise stockhaus

ohhh I love Mumford and Sons too.

If we are on Elbow....

'So I look for a plot where I can bury my broken heart'

When I'm sad, she comes to me,
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free.
It's alright, she says it's alright,
Take anything you want from me,
Anything.
Fly on little wing.

Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix

My fave Hendrix song. Ever.

Topaz wrote:

When I'm sad, she comes to me,
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free.
It's alright, she says it's alright,
Take anything you want from me,
Anything.
Fly on little wing.

Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix

My fave Hendrix song. Ever.

oh my god, little wing is most definitely the best hendrix song



"spitfire thin and strung like a violin"

and the lyrics to the wonderful song, "into my arms" by mr. Cave,
I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms


greatness