Favorite Lines from Favorite Songs

[swiftdog2.0]

I'm wandering, a loser down these tracks
I'm dying, but girl I can't go back
'Cause in the darkness I hear somebody call my name
And when you realize how they tricked you this time
And it's all lies but I'm strung out on the wire
In these streets of fire

Streets of Fire- Bruce Springsteen

 

[swiftdog2.0]

High school seemed like such a blur,
I didn't have much interest in sports or school elections.
And in class I dreamed all day,
Of a rock 'n' roll weekend

Story of my Life- Social Distortion

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I feel like a running politician
Just trying to please you all the time

5150- Van Halen

 

[swiftdog2.0]

We're always talking about peace
But it's pieces that we find
What's with all this tension?
What is on your mind?

Why are we always talking about peace?
But it's pieces that we find
Tell me what's with all this tension
Tell me what is on your mind

Leave It Alone- Living Colour

 

[KingAHolic]

Owner of a lonely heart
Much better than an
Owner of a broken heart

Owner of a Lonely Heart ~ YES

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Raise a toast to Saint Joe Strummer
I think he might have been our only decent teacher
Getting older makes it harder to remember
We are our only saviours
We're gonna build something this summer

Constructive Summer- The Hold Steady

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I love you so much, I love you so hard
It's like I don't have a name
And still my love was not enough
And I'm to blame

You're So Goddamn Beautiful- Burden Brothers

 

[danie]

Finally got around to checking this out... listening to it now.... beautiful.....

I'm so glad you like it...nothing compares to his voice.

 

[KingAHolic]

'cause the love that you gave that we made wasn't able
To make it enough for you to be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me you'd hold me
Until you died, till you died?
But you're still alive
And I'm here to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know

- You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette)

 

[swiftdog2.0]

It's up to you not to heed the call-up
'N' you must not act the way you were brought up
Who knows the reasons why you have grown up?
Who knows the plans or why they were drawn up?

The Call Up- The Clash

 

[swiftdog2.0]

She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton, back in 1965!
She had legs that never ended,
I was halfway paralyzed.
She was tall and cool and pretty,
And she dressed as black as coal.
If she'd ask me to I'd murder,
I would gladly lose my soul!

Behind The Wall of Sleep- The Smithereens

 

[FlakeNoir]

"But it's too late, to go back
I can see the darkness, through the cracks
Daylight fading, I curse the breaking
The day is gone
The day is gone

Run away
I'll just run away
Like a child
From all them to you...
And now I see
My most constant mistake
Is I don't know what I love till it's gone..."

"The Day is Gone" ~ Noah Gundersen & The Forest Rangers

 

[mjs9153]

in the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair..but Gollum and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her...her...her...and there ain't nothing I can do..

 

[Ragan]

This song got me through a rough patch...

"I've tasted a life wasted, and I'm never going back again" -Pearl Jam

And this one at another time...

"Riding high amongst the waves I can feel like I have a soul that has been saved, I can feel like I put away my early grave. Got to say it now, better loud than too late" - Pearl Jam

Another thing I had to learn too many times...

"Tried to endure what I could not forgive...Saw things clearer once you were in my rearview mirror. I gather speed from you ****ing with me. Once and for all, now I'm far away, it's hard to believe finally the shades are raised." -Pearl Jam

They're a band who have been through the worst things with me through their music.

Greatest lyric of all time: "I don't know where but she sends me there..." -The Beach Boys

"I believe in miracles because I'm one. I've been blessed with the power to survive, after all these years, I'm still alive. Oh I believe in miracles, I believe in a better world for me and you." -The Ramones

"We don't have to tell you what is right, we have all the faith it was not right." -Thurston Moore

 

[Debbie913]

I know it says "Favorite lines from favorite songs," but this song has a good message all the way through, in my opinion.

Spoiler: lyrics

Spoiler

We are all equal but we're individually different
and able to reach the impossible if we try.
We find faith and strength in the most unlikely places
and love sometimes eludes us, but we try.
We keep searching and one day we find ...

life goes on like a wheel
it keeps on turning, that's the deal.
Why are we running?
We're running so fast to keep from falling behind.
Problems come and they go and
in the end what will you show?
Why are we worried?
We worry so much, worry about falling behind.

Is it really all about the thing
of what you wear and what you think I'll think?
Who has more?
Arabs and Jews at war, I don't care anymore.
It's always the same tired story.
How many dead in the name of some god?
And what's the difference?
Don't give a damn about their differences.
Nothing's sacred once the shooting starts .

Life goes on like a wheel,
it keeps on turning, that's for real.
Why are we running?
We're running so fast to keep from falling behind.
What may come and what may go
and in the end what will you show for all your worries?
Why worry so much, why worry about falling behind?

The plans already in motion,
it happens whether we say.
The old world order is over,
intelligence and love win the day.
I won't regret one moment
life is too short for that, bring it on.

Life goes on and around like a wheel,
it keeps on turning, that's the deal.
Why are we running?
We're running so fast to keep from falling behind.
Problems come and they go and
in the end what will you show?
Why are we worried?
Why worry so much? Don't worry about falling behind.

 

[fljoe0]

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no innocence
We can't even think of a word that rhymes

Alice Cooper - School's Out

 

[danie]

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

~Evanescence - My Immortal

 

[The Nameless]

I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro raises like Olympus above the Serengeti

Toto - Africa. I like the fact that under no circumstances should these lyrics fit into the song, yet they managed to squeeze it in.

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

~Evanescence - My Immortal

Thanks Danie, I might just go and stick my head in the gas oven. I used to always listen to this and the rest of the Fallen album, don't know how I survived.

 

[danie]

Thanks Danie, I might just go and stick my head in the gas oven. I used to always listen to this and the rest of the Fallen album, don't know how I survived.

Sorry, Anthony! That album is depressing, isn't it? But it fit my mood tonight...

 

[danie]

I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro raises like Olympus above the Serengeti

Toto - Africa. I like the fact that under no circumstances should these lyrics fit into the song, yet they managed to squeeze it in.

This is a really great song, and your observation is spot on! Sooooo agree.