Like the title says, what are your favorite lyrics?
I just heard one of my favorite verses today:
“In a seedy karaoke bar by the banks of the mighty Bosporus Is a Japanese man in a business suit singing “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians While the overweight Americans wear their patriotic jumpsuits”
“50 years from now what would I spend to live today again, 50 years from now will my savings account be worth what I’m missing now” - Day job by Emerson Brophy
"I drifted far away above this stranger's room, my thoughts got lost in the crowded streets of yesterday.
Until he stopped and asked if he had come too soon,
I shook my head and turned away" - Tina Dico
"These aren't tears of sadness because you're leaving me, I've just been cutting onions. I'm making a lasagne... for one" - Flight of the Conchords
And I try not to feel like it all goes wrong But I’ll come back around The sky won’t fall And the day won’t come down And I won’t feel what’s on the ground
I think everything’s fine It all feels right I’ll just stay here a while
Pretty much anything by Electric Six or Clutch. Honorable mentions to Soul Coughing and VNV Nation.
Karma chameleon, you come and go ⋅ Karma police, arrest this ho. ⋅ Karma’s a bitch, it gets a little jumpy when you come near.
– Electric Six, (It Gets a Little) Jumpy
Like Harry Truman dropping bombs out of the air ⋅ Like any self-respecting multi-billionaire ⋅ This is who you are, five dancing teenage boys ⋅ Who sing their way into our hearts ⋅ Backstreet’s back, alright
– Electric Six, Jimmy Carter
Next thing that I did was tap out Morse code ⋅ With a wooden nickel on the receiver of the phone ⋅ Before I could complete it, I was quickly overtaken ⋅ By the angry spirits of Ronald and Nancy Reagan
Not necessarily my favourite, but they have a similar amount of wackiness to yours:
Giants hiding in the bathroom Lightning in the living room As Einstein and Darwin do shots with the Greek god jocks The apocalypse is kinda cool. And if you’re needing something just ask Maybe Father Time can try to change your past Got Mister Sandman selling dreams by the gram Yeah, they’re worth it if you’ve got the cash.
There is another lyric later that I find interesting:
Grim Reaper in the hallway says he’s off the clock, as always. But I don’t feel so safe.
I feel like there’s some extra meaning behind it, specifically the “as always” bit, but I just haven’t figured it out yet.
The song is All Night by Fox Stevenson, by the way.
you are young and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun 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
Terrible visions in my sleep I can see your face again Terrible visions and I’m awake I can’t get away Terrible visions as you speak I can see you lying there dead
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