Favourite Lyrics

[Haladflire65]

Hey everybody I was just listening to one of my favourite songs and I was just struck by how awesome its lyrics were. I did a search of the music forums and didn't find a thread devoted to lyrics, so I wanted to create this thread! Lyrics are a huge part of songs for me and I feel like good ones are pretty scarce nowadays. Share your favourite lyrics! Here are a few of my favourites.

Spoiler for phantom by Fukuyama Masaharu:

He has become strong, striving constantly to seize everything,
Searching endlessly for the power to take over all good and evil

A deeply deformed past, and countless betrayals have transformed him

He has become an Asura, he will never come back to this place, he was sworn to that
Family bonds and blood linkages are all hindrances, he has discarded them

To deceit and sin, he no longer feels pain
To friendship and sacrifice, he no longer looks back
To the wilderness he goes, to the ends of his desires

Challenging the ghost of his great father
It was once an endless battle
His mother's love, like wings embracing and protecting him
The last testament to his humanity
The last.......

A thirsty heart, but no-one is there anymore
Ice cold lips, but they seek no-one and accept no-one

He has gained power, but he continues on his journey, without end
As if he fears not to lose anything again
Without a shred of love, he goes on his way.

Poetic and haunting, I love the epic picture it paints in my mind! I imagine a lone samurai standing alone in a misty mountain or something...

Spoiler for Michishirube by Fukuyama Masaharu:

I like those hands, living this simple life everyday,
To bring us up into adulthood, I like your hands.
Showered by rain, they kept working on,
sowing each seed one by one,
You must have had to give up your dreams,
yet you always showed me your smile

We meet with Love; believe in Love; get hurt by Love,
We despise Love; then forgive with Love and learn how to Love
I was battered by wind, confused and in doubt,
Along my path, your smile showed me the way

I like this sea, this long and curving route,
Along the shore where you were born and grew up.
Coming here, I feel my regrets have eased
Not stopping when hurt, not concerned even in pain,
you said Success is the way
As I strive to move on through failure, I see your kindness

We meet with People; believe in People; get hurt by People,
We despise People; then forgive People and learn to understand People
I was battered by wind, in tears or laughter,
Along my path, your smile showed me the way

When I am battered by wind, I race on,
you showed me how to survive
I like these hands. Look! They look like your hands,
I like those hands of yours which brought us up into men

Nostalgic and beautiful...

Spoiler for Daybreak's Bell by L'arc~en~Ciel:

Hey, is there any other way I can meet you? It's sad.
I don't want you to get hurt, even if it kills me... please.
Even if our fate gets engulfed into the sinking sea.

Please, ride the winds and ring the daybreak's bell
Like a bird, my wish is over their airspace
Cross the countless waves and face tomorrow
I will protect you, my life I trade in for your pain
Stop the wars.

Hey, why do people keep repeating their mistakes?
I loathe this blood, flowing in people who haven't made any progress.
Fighting each other with flames, in this land that belongs to no one.

If a clear future comes, even flowers
dwell in weapons. My wish is over their airspace.
Someone, please wake me up from this nightmare
It this dream comes true, My life I trade in for your pain
How much will I have to pray for it to reach the sky?

Now, the morning glow shines on the oceans and on me.

Please, ride the winds and ring the daybreak's bell
Like a bird, my wish is over their airspace
Cross the countless waves and face tomorrow
I will protect you, my life I trade in for your pain

Flap your wings and don't turn back, take my thoughts with you, and fly into the skies.

Wishes can't be brought down by anyone.

Again, it's haunting and beautiful stuff.

I like Japanese song lyrics a lot but there's the downside of getting translated... that's why I prefer just seeing them in their original language

[SuzushinaYuriko]

I love looking up lyrics as well. There are some that are well-written and really speak out to you.

school food punishment, besides from rocking, has a distinctive way of writing lyrics. I don't think I can describe their style of music as anything other than artistic.

I heard that the singer cried when she was writing this song, and I can definitely see why:

Spoiler for percentage:

If time is limited, the truth is that
I want to hold you so much; I want to tell you everything.

If I keep it a secret, it’ll rotate in an infinite loop.
Even if I’ve dreamed to the point of giddiness, it’s just an illusion that ends inside me alone, after all.
(You won’t die from loneliness.)
With my heart dancing for the eternity of the exchange,
I’m going around in circles. When I think of you, I feel scared, want to do it, want to break it down, get scared, feel pain.
(That’s reality.)

Inside the future you’re looking at, if you look so closely,
You’ll just realize it so well you’ll want to break it down -
That you can’t hold a monopoly.

If time is limited, the truth is that
I want to hold you so much; I want to touch every bit of you.
Just looking from outside the frame, the truth is that
I can’t stand it; I hate that so much, but it can’t be helped.

Watch over you without crossing a single line?
(If you block it off, the pain will soften up.)
Say the keyword and put it to an end?
(You can’t go back anymore.)

If the concept of time disappears, I’d like to continue gazing at you.
That alone would be fine; I need no luxury.
I’m so unafraid that I can see even when the moon is behind the clouds.
It’s okay if it wanes, because it will wax again.

If I may spit out all of my heart, the truth is that
I want to hold you so much; I want to touch every bit of you.
The percentage within you that I occupy is probably going down, I suppose.
Even if it disappears someday, if you’re smiling, that’s enough for me.

Kakenukeru is one of my absolute favorite songs from them, as it has this really uplifting feel:

Spoiler for kakenukeru:

I leave the city that’s being completed, and right now I’m flying to a place where my imagination can’t catch me.
I felt like the winds were changing. I can’t help wanting to dance; come along with me.

The traffic lights change easily. Once I get to them, they turn red.
Shift at one tempo and put out the go sign whenever.

It becomes hectic. I hit my switch, and the sound of the motor puts me online.
On the ocean of news, surfing, surfing; between the buildings, high speed, high speed!
Even if you’re pushed from behind, don’t hurry. Some soda will take us off line.
In the ocean above, jumping, jumping; on the waves of daytime, high speed, high speed!

Throw away any reasons to stop. Forget about tomorrow’s melancholy until today ends.
We’ll go on ahead, worry, and be destroyed. The miracles we can make in that time are overflowing through the world.

It becomes hectic. I hit my switch, and the sound of the motor puts me online.
On the ocean of news, surfing, surfing; between the buildings, high speed, high speed!
If you turn the curve, you’ll see it. As expected, we’re on time.
Going out of the course, swimming, swimming; through the break in the clouds, high speed, high speed!

We’re always in a real pinch,
But it’s always really a chance,
So I want to go for the keyword that’s right there and not let it escape.
I don’t want to be considerate and give it up.

My body is showing a response of rejection. On top of the rails, there’s the goal line.
At my own will, changing, changing; once that’s decided, high speed, high speed!

It becomes hectic. I hit my switch, and the sound of the motor puts me online.
On the ocean of news, surfing, surfing; between the buildings, high speed, high speed!
With the color of the wind changing, today, throw the switch, and brilliantly, it’s show time.
Into the sea of urges, diving, diving; through the clear weather I don’t know,
high speed, high speed!

Supercell is one of my favorite artists as well. They made all of the classic Vocaloid songs and have gone official with their skills, and their singles really touch the heart. There's a lot of emotion as each song tells a bittersweet story with ryo's masterful compositions and nagi's sweet voice heightening the experience. Sayonara Memories is my favorite because it just feels so real.

Spoiler for Sayonara Memories:

The cherry blossoms are blooming
as always, on that same hill road I've grown used to
Ah, this is farewell

Those days on which we cried and laughed
somehow just seem like yesterday
And this path, that's right
It's the path that reaches towards the future
That's how I felt

The news that the cherry blossoms would bloom earlier than usual
made you happy
I laughed
and said, "Isn't that right?"
even though in a very short while we won't be able to return here

These feelings I can't properly put into words
how could I try to tell them to you honestly?
Why don't I convey it
the end with the beginning

The road we took home together one day
is a special memory in my heart
I won't forgot it
SAYONARA MEMORIES

When spring comes,
we'll be on our own separate ways

Wishing for some day when we can meet again
I quietly whispered, "Farewell."
The sky is the same unchanged blue as that day
so it made me cry a little

I intentionally took a detour
even though it was a little longer, because I wanted to be by your side
I joked around,
said "I must have made a mistake."
You laughed, and your face was so radiant that I had to look away

These feelings I can't properly put into words
I held close to my heart and walked this path
I remember it,
that time you
called out my name
The two of us, on the road home in the twilight
I won't forget it
SAYONARA MEMORIES

I'm so glad
that we met

These cherry blossoms in full bloom
that I saw for the first time
How much have things changed
since that time, I wonder?

When I took one look at you, I thought
it seems like I'm falling in love with this person
Why is that, I wonder?
I just don't know
After that time, every day was so
much fun, yet in the same measure
painful

Sorry, somehow I can't say this very well
but see I, with you, how do I put it
with things left the way they are now
I just don't want to say farewell
I don't want to be just friends anymore
I decided I'd say it

I... you...
My feelings for you, always...
always, since a long time ago...

I loved you

Ah, I finally said it...

Sakomoto Maaya's Gravity stands out to me because it has nearly perfect English in it and you can feel the sorrow and loneliness of a person on their journey. This song really reflects Wolf's Rain perfectly.

Spoiler for Gravity:

Been a long road to follow,
Been there and gone tomorrow,
Without saying goodbye to yesterday

Are the memories I hold still valid?
Or have the tears deluded them?

Maybe this time tomorrow,
The rain will cease to follow,
And the mist will fade into one more today

Something somewhere out there keeps calling
Am I going home?
Will I hear someone
Singing solace to the silent moon?

Zero gravity
What's it like? (Am I alone?)

Is somebody there beyond these heavy aching feet?
Still the road keeps on telling me to go on...

Something is pulling me
I feel the gravity of it all

Gumi's Yowamushi Montblanc really stands out to me as a song that tells the story of a girl that's too afraid to move forward. I love DECO*27 and his songs.

Spoiler for Yowamushi Montblanc:

The thought of all these words
I loved it but it was heavy, is that it?

Who did we love? At that time
It seems it didn't disappear, though I still touched it

If I forget, that reflection will disappear

I don't think the truth is good
I'm still a weak bug
If we discuss this contract,
I will only fall into you once more

The thought of all these words
I loved it but it was heavy, is that it?

Who did we love? At that time
it seems it didn't disappear, though I still touched it

If I lose feeling, that inner voice will burn up

I think the truth is good, it can't be returned
I became scared again
The montblanc has a sweet taste
Barefooted, I want to be drowned in it's sweetness

That's right, you're here, and my choice is fading
I will now no longer tell you.

"It would be better if you died right now."

I don't think the truth is good
I'm still a coward
If we discuss this contract,
I will only fall into you once more

While thinking the truth was good,
"Be a lie," was what I hoped for
The results of my playing fell,
I was still being a coward montblanc

The repition after you entered ends,
That response made me struggle for breath

Megurine Luka's Just Be Friends is also a very popular song that details the breaking up of a relationship. I think the video adds a lot to the meaning of this, and it really hits home for those who have experienced the same situation.

Spoiler for Just Be Friends:

Just be friends All we gotta do
Just be friends It's time to say goodbye
Just be friends All we gotta do
Just be friends Just be friends...

It came to mind in the early morning yesterday
As if I gathered broken pieces of glass

What the heck is this? Drips from my cut finger
Is this what we really hoped for?

I knew it at the bottom of my heart, the hardest choice would be the best
My self-love refuses it and repeats self-contradiction
When can I tell it to you?

In the slowly decaying world, I'm struggling but it's the only way
Carving your faded smiles, I pulled out the plug

I screamed with my hoarse voice, rebound and resonance echo in vain
Nothing is left at the end of the unchained me
Coincidences that sticked us degenerates into the dark and are broken in pieces
"No matter what we do, life is just like that" I mumbled
Somebody's tears flow down the dried cheeks

All we gotta do　Just be friends
It's time to say goodbye Just be friends
All we gotta do　Just be friends
Just be friends Just be friends...

Yesterday a tranquil night made me realize
It'd be useless to pick up fallen petals

Because it'd never bloom again
It's tiny but already dead on my palm
Our time stopped long ago

I remember the season we met first and your graceful smile
Bringing up old issues, we hurt each other as badly as possible
Our minds are full of thorns

With this continuous dull relationship
Grievously I can't change my mind
I still love you, I don't wanna be apart from you, but I have to tell you

It's raining heavily in my mind, I'm stunned, I'm standing dead, my vision is blurry
Despite my determination, the pain is still penetrating
The bond between us has come apart and is dying away in everyday
Goodbye, my sweetheart, it's over
We have to leave without turning back

Just once, just once, if I could have my wish to come true
I'd be born again and again and go see you on those days

I screamed with my hoarse voice, rebound and resonance echo in vain
Nothing is left at the end of the unchained me
The bond between us has come apart and is dying away in everyday
Goodbye, my sweetheart, it's over
We have to leave without turning back

It's all over

Madoka's ending Magia, apart from sounding freaking awesome, has some really powerful lyrics.

Spoiler for Magia:

Someday, the light of love that you set aflame in your eyes
Will transcend time
And surely destroy one dream
Of this world that hurries to its ruin.

Swallow down your hesitation.
What is it that you wish for?
On the path of yearning as greedy as this,
Will there be a transient tomorrow?

With power that can break through the darkness,
Something like the ancient magic
That I dreamed of when I was young,
I want to meet you and your smile.
What I hold in these frightened hands of mine
Is courage made of handpicked flowers.
My feelings alone are all that I rely upon,
A wish that will awaken
The light.

Someday, you will also wish for great power
For the sake of someone else, I suppose.
In the night when love captured your heart,
Yet unknown words are born.

If I can go on without losing my way,
I don’t mind if my heart is broken to pieces.
I want a spell
That can let me fight against
The sorrow that is always in front of my eyes.

You are a memory that continues to dream.
I am the sleepless tomorrow.
I will move forward in order to attain
The miracle of the two of us meeting.
What I hold in these frightened hands of mine
Is a sword of handpicked flowers.
My feelings alone are all that live,
A wish that I brandish
Within my heart.

When I used to like books about strange lands
Illuminated by captive suns,
I believed the fairy tales that
Taught us that wishes would surely
Come true. (Among the light and shadow…)

Gently, magic from ancient times
Bloomed wildly in silence.
“The power to change the world
Lies in those hands of yours,” it whispers.
Let us have an unending dream.
During this time I go through with you,
My feelings alone are all that live.
What will create life is
This wish.

[qwertyuiopz]

the saddest song in the world

Spoiler for :

my 2nd lyrically fav song

Spoiler for :

[Akmar]

Senses Fail - Angela Baker and my obsession with fire

[Khu]

You're all really depressing. :/

[Tsuyoshi]

Spoiler for Memento Mori, by Kamelot:

Who wants to separate
The world we know from our beliefs
And who sees only black and white
Distinguish loss from sacrifice
Some day we may come to peace
With the world within ourselves
And I will await you
Until I close my eyes
Close my eyes
Close my eyes

When your time has come
You know you'll be lonely once again
And the final winter comes to us all
Life is treacherous
But you're not the only who must pretend

We're a second in time
We're the last in the line
Of the prey that walks the earth
Good and evil combined

I am the god in my own history
The master of the game
I may believe if she would come to me
And whisper out my name
Sometimes I wonder where the wind has gone
If life has ever been
Sometimes I wonder how belief alone
Can cut me free from sin

When you close your eyes
Mementos of summer retrieves your mind
Like a drizzled afternoon cleans the air
When the winter blows
You're glad you remember you really tried

And it comes to an end
Even winter... life fall
And we all have our beliefs
Pray for mercy for all

I am a man without a mystery
The deal is done within
I will embrace the coldest winter breeze
And pay for every sin

[Helena]
VICTORIA, NON PRAEDA
MEMENTO MORI

[Mephisto]
UNA VOCE... VOLO, NON VALEO
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI
MEMENTO MORI

[Ariel]
So subservant in your embrace
No more denial
No run away
This is the final
My last recall
And that's the price for what we learn
The more we know the more we yearn
Cause we're so alone

I am a man without a mystery
The deal is done within
I will embrace the coldest winter breeze
The journey can begin
I'm still the god in my own history
I still believe that she will come to me
And whisper out my name

Some day we may come to peace
And reach beyond behind the lies
And I will await you
Until I close my eyes
Close my eyes,
Close my eyes...

Ariel...
Ariel...
Ariel...

Spoiler for The Nomad, by Iron Maiden:

Like a mirage riding on the desert sand
Like a vision floating with the desert winds
Know the secret of the ancient desert lands
Your are the keeper of the mystery in your hands

Nomad, rider of the ancient east
Nomad, rider that men know the least
Nomad, where you come from no one knows
Nomad, where you go to no one tells

Undercover of the veil of your disguise
The men that fear you are the ones that you despise
No one's certain what you future will behold
You're a legend your own story will be told

Nomad, rider of the ancient east
Nomad, rider that men know the least
Nomad, where you come from no one knows
Nomad, where you go to no one tells

No one dares to even look or glance your way
Your reputation goes before you they all say
Like a spirit that can disappear at will
Many claim of things but no one's seen you kill

Nomad, you're the rider so mysterious
Nomad, you're the spirit that men fear in us
Nomad, you're the rider of the desert sands
No man's ever understood your genius

Those who see you in horizon desert sun
Those who fear your reputation hide or run
You send before you a mystique that's all your own
Your silhouette is like a statue carved in stone

Nomad, you're the rider so mysterious
Nomad, you're the spirit that men fear in us
Nomad, you're the rider of the desert sands
No man ever understood your genius

Legend has it that you speak an ancient tongue
But no one's spoke to you and lived to tell the tale
Some may say that you have killed a hundred men
Others say that you have died and live again

Nomad, you're the rider so mysterious
Nomad, you're the spirit that men fear in us
Nomad, you're the rider of the desert sands
No man ever understood your genius

[wigglypuff]

my favorite song, it fits me perfectly...

Unwell
All day
Staring at the ceiling
Making friends with shadows on my wall
All night
Hearing voices telling me
That I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something
Hold on
I'm feeling like I'm headed for a
Breakdown
I don't know why
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
Me
Talking to myself in public
Dodging glances on the train
I know
I know they've all been talking 'bout me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong
With me
Out of all the hours thinking
Somehow
I've lost my mind
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
I been talking in my sleep
Pretty soon they'll come to get me
Yeah, they're taking me away
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
Hey, how I used to be
How I used to be, yeah
Well I'm just a little unwell
How I used to be
How I used to be

[MetalCookie]

My favourite song, from my favourite band:

A Lesson Never Learned- Asking Alexandria

"Please you have to help me
This is not my true face
If you could see my soul
As I have seen my soul
I could show it to you
It's rotten
It's poison
Help me please

Please, give me a f**king excuse
I beg for just one reason to give you regret, regret!

Are you with me or are you on your own
It's time to choose your side
So choose your side
Are you with me or are you on your own
It's time to choose your side
So choose your f**king side

Could be the end of the world
I'd still be laid here on my own wasting my life away (x2)

Hear me now
Get off your knees
Nothing changes within you pray
I'm the closest thing to a God you'll ever know
Get off your knees

Open your eyes
I'll regret, never again
And I stand above you
I'll regret, never again
And I stand above you

And I can't feel this pain anymore
And I can't carry on this way
I'm hiding behind false eyes

Could be the end of the world
I'd still be laid here on my own wasting my life away (x2)

Over and over

F**kn' hell

F**K!"

[Kameruka]

Spoiler for English translation of Tsunagu Kizuna(Yosuga no Sora):

In the end, it was a season that I miss
When we yearned for tomorrow
In the summer days at the place I relied on
Every time we touched, they almost seemed to crumble
So I couldn't do anything

Hurting each other, the answer I reached
Is that I don't merely care about you

I want to hold onto my fleeting thoughts, the suffering thereof, and just about everything
Because I was able to see your kindness
Even if our connection changes its name someday
We were able to ascertain its meaning in each other, so as always, I'll call it our bond

My awkward smile held the loneliness of a rusty and unfading solitude
Within the illustrated happiness, where is my place of belonging?

I'll wish
That I want to be the place that spilling water drops return to at least

I'd like you to tell me your feelings that bloomed so small within the kindness
Even if I'm going to be hurt by them, it's okay
The smile you gave me, my deep thoughts, even my tiny bit of weakness-
Everything is precious to me

If I could look over the too-short distance, then from this moment and this place now
I can start walking little by little
Please smile, because I'm sure you'll guide my hand that our solid connection links to yours

No matter what, I want to tell you
That there's someone watching over us in the vast world
I'll definitely go weave
The two thoughts, yet a single one, linked to the faint sky

*sob sob* HARU!! SORA!!

[Soliloquy]

Spoiler for How Could I by Cynic:

How could I forget such a revelation
To love without fear and learn without question
How could I regret the meant occasions
I must begin this day again

Freedom and reason shine through
Paddle upon the clouds one's own canoe

How could I

Humility take charge of me
Drown me in truth's modest waters
Loosen your grip identity
Free me from an ego's falter

Love too often is only a dream
If I am harsh and unkind to myself
So I share these attitudes with you
Must I try? How could I?

Freedom and reason shine through
Paddle upon the clouds one's own canoe

Love's too often only a dream
If I am harsh and unkind to myself
So I share these attitudes with you
For in this spewing cavern of pride
How could I!

[Asuras]

Vicarious by TooL

Spoiler for Long song.:

Eye on the TV
Cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavor, it happens to be, like
Killed by the husband
Drowned by the ocean
Shot by his own son
She used a poison in his tea
And kissed him goodbye
That's my kinda story
It's no fun till someone dies.

Don't look at me like, I am a monster
Frown out your one face, but with the other
Stare like a junkie, into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother holds her child
Watches it die
Hands to the sky crying
"Why, oh why?"
Cause I need to watch things die
From a distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
You all need it to, don't lie.

Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause till the blood is flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
Nor brightest of stories told
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
I need to watch things die
From a good, safe distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same, so
Why can't we just admit it?

...


Blood like rain come down
Drum on grave and ground.

Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore
And
Voyeur
Stare at the
Transmittal
Sing to the
Death
Rattle
La la la la la la la lie
La la la la la la la lie
La la la la la la la lie
La la la la la la la lie

...


Credulous at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men
Pull your head on out your hippie haze
Give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again
The universe is hostile
So impersonal
Devour to survive
So it is
So it's always been.

We all feed
On tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire.

Vicariously I
Live while the whole world dies
Much better you than
I.

[RandySyler]

Spoiler for pretty long:

Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication

It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication

Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin is this your chin
Or is that war your waging

[Chorus:]
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication

Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
It's Californication

Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderon's not far away
It's Californication

Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population everybody's been there
and
I don't mean on vacation

[Chorus]

Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
From Californication

Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you're craving

Exemplifies Americanization and Californiacation greatly. It shows the...false dreams that Hollywood has, how it brainwashes people ("Sicker than the rest There is no test But this is what you're craving") and how it changes people ("Pay your surgeon very well To break the spell of aging").

[grylsyjaeger]

Originally Posted by wigglypuff

Spoiler for size:

my favorite song, it fits me perfectly...

Unwell
All day
Staring at the ceiling
Making friends with shadows on my wall
All night
Hearing voices telling me
That I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something
Hold on
I'm feeling like I'm headed for a
Breakdown
I don't know why
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
Me
Talking to myself in public
Dodging glances on the train
I know
I know they've all been talking 'bout me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong
With me
Out of all the hours thinking
Somehow
I've lost my mind
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
I been talking in my sleep
Pretty soon they'll come to get me
Yeah, they're taking me away
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
Hey, how I used to be
How I used to be, yeah
Well I'm just a little unwell
How I used to be
How I used to be

Yeah I've always been fond of that song too.

My favourite song lyrically is LGFUAD by Motion City Soundtrack.

[Rushberry]

Favorite Lyric?
This is my most favorite lyric *oh lol

Spoiler for Krauser-san!!!:

Detroit Metal City - SATSUGAI

I am a terrorist from hell
Yesterday I raped my mom
Tomorrow I'll carve up my dad
I am a terrorist straight out of hell

I don't have a mom or dad
That's because I killed them
I don't have friends or lovers
That's because I killed them

Kill, kill, kill your loved ones
Kill, kill, kill everything

Murder, it's murder
Murder, it's murder
(KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!)
Dye your memories with blood
Murder, it's murder
Murder, it's murder
(KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!)
Dye your future with blood

Kill, kill, kill your loved ones
Kill, kill, kill everything

I rule over hell
This morning I ripped up my siblings
I turned my relatives to ash
I am a terrorist straight out of hell

I don't have siblings
That's because I killed them
I don't have a God or Buddha
That's because I killed them

Kill, kill, kill your loved ones
Kill, kill, kill everything

Murder, it's murder
Murder, it's murder
(KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!)
Dye your memories with blood
Murder, it's murder
Murder, it's murder
(KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!)
Dye your future with blood

Kill, kill, kill your loved ones
Kill, kill, kill everything

Murder, it's murder
Murder, it's murder
(KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!)
Dye your memories with blood
Murder, it's murder
Murder, it's murder
MURDER!

[ZGoten]

[See the cemetery sky
Carmine red and deep
Watch the oceans rising high
It?s the human stain]

Talk about the growing hunger
Ask why with deep concern
Don?t you think
the human race is ceaselessly vain

But it hurts to be alive, my friend
In this silent tide we're driftwood passing by
Don?t you wish you were a child again
Just for a minute
just for a minute more

Hear the ticking of a clock
The sound of life itself
No one really wants to die
To save the world

Tell me that you're torn asunder
From how we fail to learn

And tell me
as the earth goes under
Where?s your anger now

So it hurts to be alive, my friend
In this masquerade where all one day must die
Don?t you wish you were unborn again
Just for a minute
just for a minute more

Tic toc
The ticking that could tear asunder
The beating from a heart of stone
The lust of your divine prosperity

'Cause it costs to be alive, my friend
And this life that someone merely gave to you
That's the price you pay
Minute by minute
You beg for a minute more

[Forsaken-Waffle]

Spoiler for English translation for big dango family:

Dango, dango, dango, dango, a big dango family
Dango, dango, dango, dango, a big dango family

The naughty fried dango, the kind red bean dango
The Mid-Autumn Festival dango tends to dream a little
The prim sesame dango, the four dango on a skewer
Everyone, everyone comes together and it’s a family of 100s

The baby dango is always within happiness
The aged dango has its eyes narrowed

The chummy dango hold their hands together and make a big, round ring
They build a town on the dango planet and everyone laughs together
The rabbit is trying to wave in the sky; the huge moon
Is rounding up everything, happy things and sad things, too

The chummy dango hold their hands together and make a big, round ring
They build a town on the dango planet and everyone laughs together
The rabbit is trying to wave in the sky; the huge moon
Is rounding up everything, happy things and sad things, too

Dango, dango, dango, dango, a big dango family
Dango, dango, dango, dango, a big dango family

Dango, dango, dango, dango, a big dango family
Dango, dango, dango, dango, a big dango family

[David Watts]

A song by Victor Jara called Manifesto

Spoiler for dfd:

Yo no canto por cantar
ni por tener buena voz,
canto porque la guitarra
tiene sentido y razón.
Tiene corazón de tierra
y alas de palomita.
Es como el agua bendita,
santigua glorias y penas.
Aquí se encajó mi canto
como dijera Violeta;
guitarra trabajadora
con olor a primavera,
Que no es guitarra de ricos,
ni cosa que se parezca,
mi canto es de los andamios
para alcanzar las estrellas.

Que el canto tiene sentido
cuando palpita en las venas
del que morirá cantando
las verdades verdaderas.
No las lisonjas fugaces
ni las famas extranjeras,
sino el canto de una lonja
hasta el fondo de la tierra.
Ahí donde llega todo
y donde todo comienza,
canto que a sido valiente
siempre será canción nueva. now for the English translation I don’t sing for love of singing
or to show off my voice
but for the statements
made by my honest guitar
for its heart is of the earth
and like the dove it goes flying....
endlessly as holy water
blessing the brave and the dying
so my song has found a purpose
as Violet Parra would say.

Yes, my guitar is a worker
shining and smelling of spring
my guitar is not for killers
greedy for money and power
but for the people who labour
so that the future may flower.
For a song takes on a meaning
when its own heart beat is strong
sung by a man who will die singing
truthfully singing his song.

I don’t care for adulation
or so that strangers may weep.
I sing for a far strip of country
narrow but endlessly deep.

[WitchOfDoubt]

I don’t care for adulation
or so that strangers may weep.
I sing for a far strip of country
narrow but endlessly deep.

This is the best thing I've seen on this thread, and while I don't normally look at lyrics threads, discovering Victor Jara was definitely worth the time.

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Since I don't want to post entire huge songs, I'll just put my favorite lines, out of context:

Ring the bells that still can ring,
Forget your perfect offering.
There's a crack in everything;
  That's how the light gets in.

  - Leonard Cohen, "Anthem"

We want your pardon ere we go
For having agonized you so,
  So pardon us,
  So pardon us,
  So pardon us,
    Or die!

  - W. S. Gilbert, Ruddigore

[qwertyuiopz]

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall.

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call.
Call Alice
When she was just small.

When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low.
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know.
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"

My new favourite! lyrics about alice and lsd

[Fuyuno]

Spoiler for Father of Mine - Everclear:

Father of mine
Tell me where have you been?
You know I just closed by eyes
My whole world disappeared
Father of mine
Take me back to the day
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy
Back before you went away

I remember blue skies walking the block
I loved it when you held me high
I loved to hear you talk
You would take me to the movie
You would take me to the beach
You would take me to a place inside
That's so hard to reach

Oh!
Father of mine
Tell me where did you go?
Yeah, you had the world inside your hand
But you did not seem to know
Father of mine
Tell me what do you see?
When you look back at your wasted life
And you don't see me

I was ten years old
Doin' all that I could
It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
In a black neighborhood
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card
With a five dollar bill
I never understood you then
And I guess I never will

(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
My daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
Oh yeah

Yeah
Daddy gave me a name
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
Yeah
Yeah
Oh yeah

Father of mine
Tell me where have you been?
Yeah, I just closed by eyes
And the world disappeared
Father of mine
Tell me how do you sleep?
With the children you abandoned
And the wife I saw you beat

I will never be safe
I will never be sane
I will always be weird inside
I will always be lame
Now I'm a grown man
With a child of my own
And I swear, I'll never let her know
All the pain I have known

(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away)
Yeah
(Then he walked away)
Yeah
(Then he walked away)
Oh yeah