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Favorite phrases in song

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Lyrics are like poetry. You have to read a lot of them to find the hidden gems. Post your favorite lryic phrase(no longer than 2 lines) that tough your soul.


"The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death"


Time - Pink Floyd
 

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There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.

Angel From Montgomery - John Prine
 

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The wheel is turning and you can't slow down,
You can't let go and you can't hold on,
You can't go back and you can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.



The Wheel
The Grateful Dead
(Hunter, Garcia, Kreutzman)
 
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You know you're semi-good lookin'
And on the streets again
Oh yeah, you think you're really cookin' baby
You better find yourself a friend, my friend
 

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I really like visual imagery in a song. For good examples of this from a couple of different angles, I would suggest - Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson), and Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground). Vangelis had some tremendous visual imagery in his songs back in the early 70's as well.

Ok, to answer the OP specifically, I'll go with this one from Starbucks, Moonlight Feels Right. The entire song is filled with visual imagery (something not always prevalent in a pop'ish song) so I'll just go with the opening lines from the verse...

"The wind blew some luck in my direction
I caught it in my hands today "
 

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I remember the face, but I can't recall the name.
Now I wonder how whatshername has been.
 

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Well, I have to cheat and use four lines, because the two lines I like wouldn't make much sense without the context.
These lyrics are from "Can You Run", by the Steeldrivers.
"Where contraband can be a man, with a musket on his shoulder.
I've got to stand up tall before I'm done,
Wrap these hands of mine around a gun,
Chase the taste of bondage from my tongue..."
The song is written from the perspective of a Civil War era slave just about to run to the North and join the Union army.
 

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There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.

Angel From Montgomery - John Prine
No fair!! If you want to use John Prine, you have to include ALL lyrics from ALL songs. Yep, he's THAT good!
 

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Lyrics are like poetry. You have to read a lot of them to find the hidden gems. Post your favorite lryic phrase(no longer than 2 lines) that tough your soul.


"The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death"


Time - Pink Floyd
By the way, which one's Pink?
 

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"I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time
'Cause at 5 o'clock, they take me to the Gallows Pole
The sands of time for me are running loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow, yeah!"
 

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Tool-Eulogy

So long
We wish you well
You told us how you weren't afraid to die
Well, so long
Don't cry
Or feel too down
Not all martyrs see divinity
But at least you tried

Same song

You've claimed all this time that you would die for me
Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own eulogy?
 

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"between thought and expression lies a lifetime"


Some Kinda Love - VU
 

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My feet is my only carriage,
so I've got to push on through
--B. Marley
 

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"I'm awalkin' down the street, like Lucky Larue
Got my hand in my pocket, thinkin' about you."
 

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dammit


*If her hair was still red
Ha! I didn't even notice and read the whole thing in Bob's voice, adding in the hair involuntarily.

My brain does perfect impressions.
 
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