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Best rock lyric ever?
- Thread starter AaronVonRock
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Just another face in the crowd
Wandering towards obscurity
Driven by the dull desires
Of a worn out routine
Stagnant in the suffocating silence
Of emotional exile
A fugitive from freedom
Surrenders to mediocrity
A helpless voice
Starting to sink
You could make a choice
But you never learned to think
Weary and weakened
Victims fall prey
To vague ideals
And passionless play
Systematic spontaneity
In synchronized society
Immersed in the cause
And the call of the day
Sacrificed inner needs
Give way
To shared individuality
In collective reality
A spirit of belonging
Satisfies your longing
But the truth is never seen
False sense of freedom grows
But dependency shows
You're part of the machine
A hopeless choice
Searching for someone real
You could find that voice
But you never learned to feel
Wandering towards obscurity
Driven by the dull desires
Of a worn out routine
Stagnant in the suffocating silence
Of emotional exile
A fugitive from freedom
Surrenders to mediocrity
A helpless voice
Starting to sink
You could make a choice
But you never learned to think
Weary and weakened
Victims fall prey
To vague ideals
And passionless play
Systematic spontaneity
In synchronized society
Immersed in the cause
And the call of the day
Sacrificed inner needs
Give way
To shared individuality
In collective reality
A spirit of belonging
Satisfies your longing
But the truth is never seen
False sense of freedom grows
But dependency shows
You're part of the machine
A hopeless choice
Searching for someone real
You could find that voice
But you never learned to feel
To have ambitions was my ambition
But I had nothing to show for my dreams
— Go4 “I Love A Man In Uniform”
But I had nothing to show for my dreams
— Go4 “I Love A Man In Uniform”
Reminds me of this:
I bought you mail-orderhttps://genius.com/24051033/Roxy-mu...I-bought-you-mail-order-my-plain-wrapper-baby
My plain wrapper baby
Your skin is like vinyl
The perfect companion
You float in my new pool
De luxe and delightful
Inflatable Dollhttps://genius.com/20012232/Roxy-mu...tache/Inflatable-doll-my-role-is-to-serve-you
My role is to serve you
[...]
Immortal and life sizehttps://genius.com/7472857/Roxy-mus...mmortal-and-life-size-my-breath-is-inside-you
My breath is inside you
I'll dress you up daily
[...]
Inflatable doll
Lover ungrateful
I blew up your body
But you blew my mind
Every night I tell myself I am the cosmos
I am the wind
But that don't get you back again
- Chris Bell
I am the wind
But that don't get you back again
- Chris Bell
Sheets and pillows torn to pieces, bloodstains on the wall.
Sheets and pillows torn to pieces, bloodstains all o'er the wall.
I wasn't injured when I left this morning.
Didn't leave the phone out in the hall.
-Frank Pratt (Honeyboy)/Lazy Lester
Sheets and pillows torn to pieces, bloodstains all o'er the wall.
I wasn't injured when I left this morning.
Didn't leave the phone out in the hall.
-Frank Pratt (Honeyboy)/Lazy Lester
Which reminds me of this:
Sunday morning with the New York Times
The sun is shining in my penthouse suite
My lady love is laying down some lines
They reach from Culver Beach to Easy Street
Before the mirror you apply your cream
Cosmetic secret of eternal youth
There's something the matter, no, it's just a bad dream
I know you'd leave me if you knew the truth.
I might as well be on Mars
I might as well be on Mars
Only the stars mean anything to you
I might as well be on Mars
I might as well be on Mars
I'm already that far away from you.
We lead such a sweet existence
But I'm reaching out to you in vain
You're disappearing in the distance
Of this alien terrain.
Of this alien terrain.
Sunday morning with the New York Times
The sun is shining in my penthouse suite
My lady loving down some lines
Miami Beach to Easy Street
Monday night, another day goes by
Your voice keeps telling me that life is sweet
You watch your star flash into the sky
And fall to earth again on Easy Street.
I might as well be on Mars
I might as well be on Mars
Only the stars mean anything to you
I might as well be on Mars
I might as well be on Mars
I'm already that far away from you.
I'm already that far away from you.
I'm already that far away from you.
I'm already that far away
I'm already that far away from you.
I'm already that far away from you.
I might as well be on Mars
She wuz walkin'
Down the street
In the alley
Her name was Sally
I never touched her
She never saw it when
She was hit by
Space Junk
She was killed by
Space Junk
Devo
Are We Not Men?
Down the street
In the alley
Her name was Sally
I never touched her
She never saw it when
She was hit by
Space Junk
She was killed by
Space Junk
Devo
Are We Not Men?
A man walks down the street.
He says, "why am I soft in the middle, now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo-opportunity.
I want a shot at redemption.
Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard."
Bonedigger, Bonedigger,
Dogs in the moonlight,
Far away in my well-lit room.
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly,
Get these mutts away from me.
You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.
A man walks down the street.
He says, "why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention,
And, whoa, my nights are so long."
"Where's my wife and family?
What if I die here?
Who'll be my role model,
Now that my role model is gone,
gone?"
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl.
All along, along,
There were incidents and accidents.
There were hints and allegations.
A man walks down the street.
It's a street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third world.
Maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the language.
He holds no currency.
He is a foreign man.
He is surrounded by the sound,
the sound.
Of cattle in the marketplace,
Scatterings and orphanages.
He looks around. Around,
He sees angels in the architecture.
Spinning in infinity,
He says, "Amen and Hallelujah"
He says, "why am I soft in the middle, now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo-opportunity.
I want a shot at redemption.
Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard."
Bonedigger, Bonedigger,
Dogs in the moonlight,
Far away in my well-lit room.
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly,
Get these mutts away from me.
You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.
A man walks down the street.
He says, "why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention,
And, whoa, my nights are so long."
"Where's my wife and family?
What if I die here?
Who'll be my role model,
Now that my role model is gone,
gone?"
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl.
All along, along,
There were incidents and accidents.
There were hints and allegations.
A man walks down the street.
It's a street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third world.
Maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the language.
He holds no currency.
He is a foreign man.
He is surrounded by the sound,
the sound.
Of cattle in the marketplace,
Scatterings and orphanages.
He looks around. Around,
He sees angels in the architecture.
Spinning in infinity,
He says, "Amen and Hallelujah"
Ain't no need to worry, ain't no need to cry.
You'll find out the answer, by and by.
I say don't worry, it's gonna be alright in the end.
Just say hey, all right, that's my life.
Alright.
Everybody wants to be in the know.
Everybody wants to be inside.
Everybody needs a place to go,
When it's cold outside.
But, I say don't worry.
It's gonna be all right, in the end.
Just say hey. Alright.
That's my life.
Alright.
All I want to say is,
OK, the rose is fine.
The sunset wine I drink
Makes my day.
I don't want to fight. Oh no.
That's my life.
Alright.
Holly came from Miami F L A hitchhiked across the U S A Plucked her eyebrows on the way. Shaved her legs and then he was a she. She said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side….
Not sure if it's the best, but Axl sure paints a dirty picture in the first verse of My Michelle. So vivid I can see it.
Your daddie works in porno, now that mommies not around
She used to love her heroin, but now she's underground
So you stay out late at night and do your coke for free,
Driving your friends crazy with your lifes insanity..
Your daddie works in porno, now that mommies not around
She used to love her heroin, but now she's underground
So you stay out late at night and do your coke for free,
Driving your friends crazy with your lifes insanity..
