Lyrical Appreciation Thread

[EdHunter]

Funnily enough, there's not a single thread devoted to the fine art of lyrics. Considering how many bassists also write the words (myself included), it seemed like something worth doing.

Here's a few of my favourites:

The Aftermath - Iron Maiden (Steve Harris)
Silently to silence fall
In the fields of futile war
Toys of death are spitting lead
Where boys that were our soldiers bled
War horse and war machine
Curse the name of liberty
Marching on as if they should
Mix in the dirt our brothers' blood

Once a ploughman hitched his team
Here he sowed his little dream
Now bodies arms and legs are strewn
Where mustard gas and barbwire bloom
Each moment's like a year
I've nothing left inside for tears
Comrades dead or dying lie
I'm left alone asking why

Under the Sun - Black Sabbath (Geezer Butler)
Well I don't want no Jesus freak to tell me what it's all about
No black magician telling me to get my soul out
Don't believe in violence, I don't even believe in peace
I've opened the door and my mind has been released

Well I don't want no preacher telling me about the god in the sky
No I don't want no one to tell me where I'm gonna go when I die
I wanna live my life, I don't want people telling me what to do
I just believe in myself, 'cause no one else is true

Time - Pink Floyd (Roger Waters)
The Sun is the same
In a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath
And one day closer to death

And one of mine....
Only the Dead
When all is said and all is done,
When the battle’s lost and the battle’s won.
When the rivers run red with blood,
When the ground below has churned to mud,
Look into their eyes and what do you see?
Bloody repeats of our history.
How can we know what were fighting for,
If only the dead have seen the end of war.