Best rock lyric ever?

[TheReceder]

I wake up every evening
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
And you're still probably working
At a nine to five pace
I wonder how bad that tastes

 

[TheReceder]

Younger men don't seem to need a purpose, they just stand and fight for everybody's cause, and older men see livin as a circus, the ones who stand up for the longest need applause.

 

[rendevouz]

´Scuse me will I kiss this guy.
Jimi Hendrix

 

[Rezdog]

Greetings from the North,


Stopped all pain, Stopped all sorrow.....

Real life will resume tomorrow


from National Holiday


Rezdog

 

[Yango]

Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around, choose your own ground.

Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be

Run, rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one

 

[bradd]

Only time will tell
If we can stand the test of time

 

[mindwell]

Broke another promise
And I broke another heart
But I ain't too young to realize
That I ain't too old to try
Try to get back to the start

--"Ride On," Bon Scott

 

[bassstrangler]

´Scuse me will I kiss this guy.
Jimi Hendrix

Wrapped up like a douche another roller in the night.

 

[Billoney]

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 experHoney

I get a little crazed when I hear you say "Where we gonna hide the dead bodies today?"--- from "Nobody's Leavin' Here Tonight" by Coven.

 

[JaseyT]

Man lots of good ones here so far! Two mentions of the new boss/old boss line as of my reading, pretty worthy.

My girlfriend says "[it's] Better to burn out than fade away" - been used in more than one song.

My favorites:
"Spaceship from another star / they ask me where all the people are / what can I tell them?...
... I tell them I'm the only one / there was a war, but I must've won." - Porcupine Tree, A Smart Kid (not very rockin', this one is deeply melancholy, but the band rocks plenty)

"The illusion is sealed / The band's all wrapped in chains
Wish their vibe was still real / Now it all sounds the same" - Self, Sophomore Jinx (a derisive missive about the record industry; lots of great lines in this one actually)

it's a whole chorus but the whole thing is just, maaannnn...
"Big bang, took and shook the world / shot down the rising sun
The end was begun; it would hit everyone / when the chain reaction was done
Big shots try to hold it back / and fools try to wish it away
The hopeful depend on a world without end / whatever the hopeless may say" - Rush, Manhattan Project (self-explanatory. This chorus has actually brought tears to my eyes a couple times.)

The Manhattan Project is wonderful. I love Neil's lyrics as a whole, but I think Power Windows had at least a couple stellar examples of his craft. Who wouldn't want to lie back on a car hood and listen to Mystic Rhythms?

 

[JaseyT]

Somewhere out on that horizon

I always loved In The City.

 

[fretter]

"Oh yeah, you!
I know that it's true
Do you have a clue
To what I'm gonna do?"

 

[Stranger Danger]

In the easy chair with my boots on
Melted whiskey in my hand
I couldn't have been asleep for more than three hours
Time to go to work again

Once more I beat the sunrise
And there's a dark breeze at my door
Raise the water from the well up to my face
How could a man like me be poor?

As long as there's water
Chilly wet water
Gimme some of that cool water

Well, my horse's eyes are glassy
He breathed the city in his lungs last night
I lead his natural body
To the trough to regain his might

Red rooster crow them blues here
That Old Blue he riled the bull
And the mornin's crying rays of sunrise
It hasn't rained for three weeks full

As long as there's water
Chilly well water
Gimme some of that cool, cool water

Venus light is rising
I lay my buckets inside the shed
And there's a man I see - a stranger
Leaning on the gate outside my fence

Said "I'm riding out from the city
Where they started holding water back last night
I was hoping I could get a drink from your well
Before I ride on to another city tonight"

Before I ride on to another city tonight
Before I ride on to another city tonight
Chilly well, chilly well water
Cool well, chilly well water
Before I ride on

 

[Stranger Danger]

so toss away stuff you won't need in the end
but keep what's important - and know who's your friend

 

[/\/\3phist0]

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.

Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy, diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie

 

[REV]

"Once while travelin' across the sky, This little planet caught my eye
And being curious I flew close by and now I caught here 'till I die"
Space Captain by Matthew Moore

 

[AngelDeVille]

I can gather all the news I need from the weather report.

 

[Stranger Danger]

Sim-Bop & Be-Bophone
Sky-Balls & Sax-Scraper

 

[Plake]

Dear God how have you been then?
I’m not fine, f**k pretending.

 

[Rich48]

Click Bang. Oh what a hang. Your daddy just shot poor me. And as I faded away I heard her say we don’t have to wait until tomorrow.

Jimi Hendrix. Wait Until tomorrow