Best Lyric in a song

[Jezz8me]

I tried to find this thread and couldn't so if it is done, which it probably has please give me the link.

What is the best line you have ever heard in a song? Not full song lyrics but one line that stands out.

One of mine would have to be from Tom Waits' A Little Drop Of Poison
"Did the devil make to world while god was sleeping"
Not the best line ever but my favorite i could think of on the spot.

Marilyn Manson has just about no bad lyrics, I like the lyrics Arctic Monkeys do.

The best line in a comedic sense in a non-comedy song would have to be "Do you think Adam fancied Eve? but what if Eve could not conceive and Adam had to breed with Steve? We'd all be gay." - Robbie Williams, Secret song at the end of Nan's song

[Depth_Charge]

I don't have a "favourite lyric" as such, as there are just so many great lyrics out there, I could list them off for days.

But at the moment, I really dig the opening line to Snow Patrols' "Hands Open":

"It's hard to argue when, you won't stop making sense".

[The BurgerMeister]

from the song "drinker's peace" by Guided by Voices:

"Life was too real until you got there."

sure, it's about booze. but the whole song, and specifically that lyric, could be used to describe anything: a girl, a bass, a song, a god, an A/C unit in the midst of a sweltering summer heat wave... anything that can help you forget about life for a moment.

[Deacon_Blues]

"The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley comes first to my mind, as well as a lot of other songs by him like "Hotel California", "New York Minute" and "The Heart of the Matter". Sting is high up on the list too, as well as Steely Dan. They're all pretty different so it's it's hard to choose a single one as the best. But the one I first mentioned is very high up on the list, still trying to figure out what it's all about. It leaves a lot to the imagination to find out.

[arai]

this duran duran line always cracks me up
" Some people call it a one night stand , but we can call it paradise"
the essence of the 80s right there

[Phalex]

Peter Tosh "Equal Rights"

Everybody wants to go up to heaven but none of them wants to die

[sarcastro83]

"Do do do, do d-do dooooo"

Third Eye Blind's "Semi-Charmed Life"

[fenderhutz]

Elton John is SOOOOO EMO-

I Cut Myself on a Piece of Broken Heart.....

[Phalex]

Another good Elton John Lyric: "Hold me closer Tony Danza"

[stedtale]

"I'm Hot Blooded Chicken of the Sea."

[CelinderMotoMan]

Jellyfish- New Mistake

"So Father Mason clutching his crucifix
Baptized the baby in whiskey and licorice
What a lovely way.... drowning sins in tooth decay"

[jtkennedy9]

Rush - Witch Hunt "Those who know what's best for us, must rise and save us from ourselves."

[The Golden Boy]

I love the way Boz Skaggs says:

"he be makin' like bee line, heading for the borderline, goin' for broke..."

[905]

Frank Zappa

"There's no way to delay that trouble coming every day"

[MonetBass]

Originally Posted by jtkennedy9

Rush - Witch Hunt "Those who know what's best for us, must rise and save us from ourselves."

Dangit, you beat me to it. That's one of my faves, too.

Seems that when some innocents die
All we can offer them is a page in some magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food
This is what we've seen

--"Driven To Tears", the Police (Sting)

[SoComSurfing]

Whatever happens to happen always happens for the worst /
and if the worst is yet to happen, I hope it happens to you first.

Can't remember the song, but it's from the Bloodhound Gang.

[TrooperFarva]

Tool - Prison Sex

"I have found some kind of temporary sanity in this sh*t, blood, and c*m on my hands"

In context, it's a very meaningful lyric.

[Yngwie 4String]

Now, lifes a bowl of bagel dogs, but there are unpleasantries
Cold toilet seats, dentist chairs and trips to dmv-call it pointless

-Primus DMV

[Vic Winters]

Offspring - She's Got Issues

"She's playin' the victim, but she takes it all out on me."

If you've ever been in a bad relationship, this makes perfect sense.

[steve66]

Anything from Rush