Song lines that make you stop and think.

DrKJM

Not necessarily your favourite song line, but what song lines make you stop and think? For me, tonight anyway, it's "if fate should break my stride" from 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson.

finchy

Super Furry Animals


Spent some times in stormy weather
Under clouds of my dilemma
Now there's nothing much to do
But sit and rot in front of televisions
Staring back at me
I'm just waiting for the microwaves
To wash me into the sea

You know they don't give a f**k about anybody else (X4)
You know they

Out of focus ideology
Keep the masses from majority
Experts, brain washed, tumble dried
Left to bleed whilst vultures glide

You know they don't give a f**k about anybody else (X8)
You know they

You know they don't give a f**k about anybody else (X36)

Cleat Eastwood

"Happy memories leave a bitter taste"

LangerDan

"I was your dad. Now I'm your mum" - David Byrne
(Elective gender realignment surgery is surprisingly absent in the popular music canon)

bigmat

"I'll take a quiet life, a handshake and some carbon monoxide".

On my way home from office party

fevmeister

Lionel richie - climbing!

The whole song!

Velonutter

Just after my wife got diagnosed with Cancer - Zoom Fat Larry's Band

Zoom, just one look and then my heart went boom
Suddenly and we were on the moon
Flying high on the neon sky, oh

Bang, just one touch and
All the church bells rang
Heaven called and all the angel sang
Sunrise shine in the morning sky, oh

Zoom, you chase the day away
High noon, the moon
And stars came out to play
Then my whole wide world went zoom
(I passed the rainbow as it went flying by
Faster and faster we were higher than high)
For once in my lifetime I was finally free
And you came back to me

Oh, zoom you chase the day away High noon
The moon and stars came out to play
Then my whole world went zoom

Moonbeams dancing in the afternoon
Shadows blowing as the roses bloom
Looking down on a wonderland, oh

Smack, just one kiss and I was outta whack
All at once there was no turnin' back
Oh so far above the brightest star, oh

Just after my dear dog died, The Noisettes - I'll never forget you!

tim_wand

Verve: Bitter sweet symphony "I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah"

What other reason is there for listening to music especially after some good whiskey and melancholy :?:


Pink Floyd Wish you were here

"And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage? "

Quite eloquently describes the reason I resigned from the prison service when I could tell their lies no more!!!!

nunowoolmez

Radiohead 'like Spinning Plates'. Profound & thought provoking, the lyrics hit home for me on many levels. These lyrics can mean whatever you want them to really. Along with the incredible arrangement of the music & Thom Yorkes incredible vocal talent, this tune is incredible, & the lyrics will live with me.

"Like Spinning Plates"

While you make pretty speeches,
I'm being cut to shreds
You feed me to the lions,
a delicate balance

And this just feels like spinning plates
I'm living in cloud cuckoo land
And this just feels like spinning plates
My body is floating down the muddy river

nunowoolmez

Maybe a few too many 'incredibles' there.

heavymental

Only just heard about that shooting in the states. This song was in my head today and now it seems to fit the situation :-(
For what's the use in pressing palm
When children fade in mother's arms
It's a cruel world we've so much to lose
And what we have to learn we rarely choose

Kerguelen

'But they say that you sleep just a wink or two
And every new day is a turn of the screw
Cause when you've got everything nothing will do
Oh you got what you wanted all right'

-- Richard Thompson, You Got What You Wanted

And one that made me laugh:

'When you're done with all that dancing around
You'd make a lovely mother
Kids are such a pleasure
Just ask your brother'

-- Richard Thompson, Dear Janet Jackson

random man

'The Mississippi delta was shining like a National guitar' - Graceland for me is possibly the best opening line of any song ever, just makes me want to go and see if it does.

dabber

" Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"

Bob Seger - Against the wind

Frank the tank

From MY WAY

For what is a man what has he got
if not himself then he has not
To say the things he truely feels
and not the words of one who kneels

The song Per-so-nal-ly by Bobby Paris.

centimani

Simon and Garfunkel, The sun is burning in the sky


Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy bees
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky

Now the sun is in the West
Little kids go home to take their rest
And the couples in the park
Are holdin' hands and waitin' for the dark
And the sun is in the West

Now the sun is sinking low
Children playin' know it's time to go
High above a spot appears
A little blossom blooms and then draws near
And the sun is sinking low

Now the sun has come to Earth
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
And the sun has come to Earth

Now the sun has disappeared
All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
And the sun has disappearedThe Sun is Burning...

As a young teenager, those last two verses really got me. It is a beautifully sung song, then it turns from a picture of paradise to a picture of hell...in a verse.

agent_buchwald

'There's nothing worse than a bored man' Mark E Smith

pipipi

And if love remains,
Though everything is lost,
We will pay the price,
But we will not count the cost

'Bravado' by Rush

tim_wand

Frank the tank wrote:

From MY WAY

For what is a man what has he got
if not himself then he has not
To say the things he truely feels
and not the words of one who kneels

The song Per-so-nal-ly by Bobby Paris.

Good shout Frank, to quote Frankie, wish I d have gone for that one, Still its in my work Diary with Kiplings "IF"
and really would like both when they put me in the ground.

Cleat Eastwood

she may argue with her logic
And then she'll know the things I learned
That really have no value

Cleat Eastwood

Live, love, laugh and be happy.

Alain Quay

Out-talked by the mass media
To pay the bills it lies

antooony

From Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill.

'And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places'

Just love the lyrics of the whole song tbh.

byke68

I've noticed a (certain) lack of demons lately/and it really worries me sick - Darkthrone

Make of it what you will......................

cornerblock

At the foot of the mountain
Such a long way to climb
How will I ever get up there -
Though I know I must try
Baby, baby, baby won't you let me ride.


I don't necessarily stop and think of them, but I might sing them on the way up.

heavymental

Coincidence. Been learning foot of the mountain on guitar today. Good tune classic album.

cornerblock

It is indeed. The track after it, Shadow Of The Sun, is another great song.

carrock

Some lyrics from the final posthumous queen album made in heaven, particularly mother love, written by Freddie mercury just before his death................I'm a man of the world, they say that I'm strong.......but my heart is heavy, and my hope is gone.......

shockedsoshocked

The Beatles - In My Life

There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all

gmb

If sh*t were music, you’d be a brass band - Scott Walker

tomhowells

"I miss your stupid face
I miss your bad advice
I tried to clothe your bones with scratches
Super 8s, exaggerated stories and old tunes
But never by the moon
But not the state I'm in
The night will always win"

I guess the lesson is don't drink & think....

In fact, anything by Elbow.