Lyrics that speak to you.

[Fingerpickingood]

Is there a particular song whose lyrics just grab you? Perhaps even a line or couplet? A chorus that really stirs your soul?

I'm a bit bored, and y'all are always entertaining.

 

[Aberdumbie]

And today is only yesterday's tomorrow. Uriah Heep.... Back in the 70's my teenage brain thought lyrics couldn't get any deeper... Thank heavens I grew up.

 

[Matthew_84]

 

[ArtechnikA]

From David Wilcox' "Eye of the Hurricane" :

Tell the truth, explain to me
How you got this need for speed
She laughed and said "it might just be
The next best thing to love."

Hope is gone and she confessed
When you lay your dream to rest
You can get what's second best
But it's hard to get enough

 

[Bodeanly]

"Teenage angst has paid off well; now I'm bored and old."

"I miss the comfort in being sad."

I have always been a Nirvana fanatic; however, these days, I often find myself skipping their songs when they pop up on shuffle. These lines still get me though.

 

[Biggbass]

The entire Hejira album

 

[Lobster11]

Forward! he cried, from the rear
And the front rank died
And the generals sat, and the lines on the map,
Moved from side to side

 

[jamro217]

Randall Bramblett has a knack for expressing the ordinary in poetic terms. All of his songs have something to offer. Not only that, but his sax, keyboard and vocal talents are astounding.

 

[Lobster11]

I'm a bit bored, and y'all are always entertaining.

If you've got free time on your hands, you should go practice instead of hanging around here.

....said the pot to the kettle.

 

[Bodeanly]

If you've got free time on your hands, you should go practice instead of hanging around here.

....said the pot to the kettle.

If I recall correctly, FPG had to hang up his bass for medical reasons, then stepped to the mic full time. Please forgive me if I'm wrong.

 

[Lobster11]

If I recall correctly, FPG had to hang up his bass for medical reasons, then stepped to the mic full time. Please forgive me if I'm wrong.

And please forgive me if you're right!

 

[Fingerpickingood]

If I recall correctly, FPG had to hang up his bass for medical reasons, then stepped to the mic full time. Please forgive me if I'm wrong.

ACTUALLY, I have good news on that front! I've been going through physical therapy three times per week, and here in the past couple of weeks I've been able to play a very limited amount!

 

[wmhill]

these are a few choice lines from Gordon Lightfoots "Sundown". Brilliant phrases in my book.

Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain

Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again

 

[bobba66]

"He had bullet holes in his mirrors"

 

[MVE]

Forward! he cried, from the rear
And the front rank died
And the generals sat, and the lines on the map,
Moved from side to side

Yeah, Roger Waters is pretty much my hero as far as poetry and lyrics go. Time and Wish You Were Here and SOYCD speak most to me most directly, but it's all genius.

My all time favorite line,
"...and you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking, racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death."

Pretty much a perfect description and abstract visualization of a single day and yet a metaphor for an entire lifetime at the same time.

 

[AngelsBassBall]

"It never meant that much to me to mean that much to you"
Neil Young.

This reminds me of my former marriage and how I am a better human solo. (This is a good thing people, not being negative)

 

[Bodeanly]

ACTUALLY, I have good news on that front! I've been going through physical therapy three times per week, and here in the past couple of weeks I've been able to play a very limited amount!

Yeah, I felt bad as soon as I said it. Glad you're doing better!

 

[Fingerpickingood]

Yeah, I felt bad as soon as I said it. Glad you're doing better!

Thanks for the feels. I genuinely appreciate it! I can play for about 15 minutes or so before it starts to feel like someone beat my wrist with a tackhammer. Baby steps. I'll get there!

 

[geoff_in_nc]

Quite a bit of Paul Westerberg's lyrics, but the one Replacements song that gets me verklempt every time is "Bast@rds Of Young" when he sings:
The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest
And visit their graves on holidays at best
The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them

 

[Joedog]

I hear you been layin' my old lady.
I like you Joe, but wives are hard to share......