Best rock lyric ever?

[P_Dubby]

"Spending warm summer days indoors, writing frightening verse
to a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg"

The Smiths - "Ask"

 

[Kevin Colt]

smashed a hole in my tv screen, too much too soon if you know what I mean...

 

[The Schu]

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you better stay with me....

 

[Butts]

We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic
Van the Man

 

[SparkyLB]

Drink scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel.

 

[TDGUNS]

Not a poll and I know there is no correct answer. Just wondering what lyric you think is the best ever.

I'm specifically saying lyric as opposed to lyrics. Just one line, not a whole verse or chorus.

I went to see Nine Inch Nails last night and I think Trent Reznor came up with the best rock lyric ever. First line to the chorus of Closer: I want to **** you like an animal.

It's nasty, vulgar, offensive, dangerous, and menacing but it's also sexy, fun, and crazy. It's a song that is rough enough for the boys but still sexy enough for the girls to get into as well. A nice balance. And it was a wonderful experience to be in a room with thousands of women screaming that line at the top of their lungs.

 

[TDGUNS]

Suspended animation a state of bliss (Learning to Fly-Pink Floyd)

 

[Speedhitter]

"The suitcase down the hall, does the talking"

 

[GeezerB]

Lord of Lord’s King of Kings has returned to lead his children home, to take them to the new Jerusalem
Song : Supper’s ready
Album : foxtrot
Artist : Genesis

 

[jaxom]

When I'm watchin' my TV and a man comes on and tells me
How white my shirts can be
But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarettes as me

 

[Modder]

Avon lady fills the creases
When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
That never move from their front gardens

Oh lovin a bit of The XTC!

 

[bassexplorer]

Maybe one day your name will be in light
The shrieking of nothing is killing me
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide

 

[Modder]

I widdle when I piddle 'cause my middle is a riddle. I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus.

Ian Dury

If you don't know, this references his early life as a polio victim.

He was truly a poet, I still like Rhythm Stick

 

[rollerskatedog]

Almost... cut my hair!

 

[Steven Braver]

Kacey Musgraves is considered “country”, but her lyrics are so much more:

Chorus:
Mama's hooked on Mary Kay.
Brother's hooked on Mary Jane
Daddy's hooked on Mary two doors down.
Mary, Mary quite contrary.
We get bored, so, we get married
Just like dust, we settle in this town.
On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go
Where it stops nobody knows
And it ain't slowin' down
This merry go 'round.

Coda:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary.
We're so bored until we're buried.
Just like dust, we settle in this town.
On this broken merry go 'round.
Merry go 'round.

Jack and Jill went up the hill.
Jack burned out on booze and pills.
And Mary had a little lamb.
Mary just don't give a damn no more.


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[Kevin Schnitzius]

You ain't no beauty but hey your alright

So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me

 

[The Schu]

30 Days in The Hole

 

[Modder]

Anger is an energy

 

[james maclagan]

-Break on through,to the other side ,- j.morrison
Scuse me,while i kiss the sky -jimi

They say she got use,on the night she was born,
-crankin' up, in a school zone. -heart
-Well we've got no Class,
-and we've got no Principals.-- alice cooper

I like 'wrapped up like a douche, you know the roamer in the night'....

Not a poll and I know there is no correct answer. Just wondering what lyric you think is the best ever.

I'm specifically saying lyric as opposed to lyrics. Just one line, not a whole verse or chorus.

I went to see Nine Inch Nails last night and I think Trent Reznor came up with the best rock lyric ever. First line to the chorus of Closer: I want to **** you like an animal.

It's nasty, vulgar, offensive, dangerous, and menacing but it's also sexy, fun, and crazy. It's a song that is rough enough for the boys but still sexy enough for the girls to get into as well. A nice balance. And it was a wonderful experience to be in a room with thousands of women screaming that line at the top of their lungs.

" No-one here gets out alive " jim morrison

 

[Richland123]

I can't drive 55