Thought this might be some fun, so…

What are some lines from song lyrics that really hit you the right way? It could be that it’s deep and meaningful, or just something that amuses you. I’ll start:

Isn’t it funny how laughter looks like crying with no sound, and raindrops taste like tears without the pain ~ Queensryche - Another Rainy Night (Without You)

Droplets of “yes” and “no” in an ocean of “maybe” ~ Faith No More - Falling to Pieces

A smile as sweet as flowers
Wilted so and soured
Black tears stain the cheeks
That once were so admired
~ Dave Matthews Band - The Dreaming Tree

Her lovers queued up in the hallway
I heard them scratching at the door
I tried to tell her about Marx and Engels,
God and Angels…
I don’t really know what for…

But she looked good in ribbons
The Sisters Of Mercy ~ Ribbons

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    18 hours ago

    Is this how it is?
    Is this how it’s always been?
    To exist in the face of suffering and death
    And somehow still keep singing?

    Florence + The Machine - Free

    Also:

    I did my best, tried to impress, my childhood dream made flesh
    And my dresses and my flowering sadness, so like a woman to profit from her madness
    I was only beautiful under the lights, only powerful there
    Burned down at thirty-six
    Why did you dig me up for this?

    Florence + The Machine - One of the Greats

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    21 hours ago

    "And on I read, until the day was gone.

    And I sat in regret of all the things I’ve done.

    For all that I’ve blessed, and all that I’ve wronged.

    In dreams until my death I will wander on."

    Audioslave, Like A Stone.

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    19 hours ago

    “Democracy don’t rule the world. You better get that through your head. This world is ruled by violence, but I guess that’s better left unsaid”. Bob Dylan form his album “Infidels” and the song is called “Sundown on the Union”. The song is over 30 years old but Dylan saw it unwinding back then.

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    There’s a tool for everything A sawzall can set you free

    There’s copper in the hills, you ain’t gotta mine it. Just a pickup truck in the dead of night. Birds of a feather, they’ll flock and cry but the metal man don’t care which way you fly.

    -sawzall v surveillance, Nathan evans fox

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    23 hours ago

    “the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had” - Bad Word (Tears for Fears)


    “Well, Americans don’t care for much of anything
    Land and water the least
    And animal life is low on the totem pole
    With human life not worth more than infected yeast,”

    “Americans don’t care too much for beauty
    They’ll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
    They’ll watch dead rats wash up on the beach Complain if they can’t swim” - Last Great American Whale (Lou Reed)

    the entire songs is magnificent

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    On y a mis la tête contre une brique Que même la brique, elle a eu mal

    Which can be translated to

    We smashed his head against a brick So hard even the brick got hurt

    (From Renaud, Deuxième Génération)

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    Love, love is a verb
    Love is a doing word
    Feathers on my breath
    Gentle impulsion
    Shakes me makes me lighter
    Feathers on my breath
    Teardrop on the fire
    Feathers on my breath
    - Massive Attack - Teardrop

    Wanna be loved
    Not for who you think I am
    Nor what you want me to be
    Could you love me for me?
    Real love, with no strings attached
    I wanna give you me heart
    Don’t want to take it back
    And this is my chat (cho!)
    - Buju Banton - Wanna Be Loved

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    Kill him. Fucking kill him. Kill him already kill him. Kill him already. Kill him already. Kill him. JUST FUCKING KILL HIM. FUCKING KILL HIM.

    Shellac - Prayer to god

    I sing this almost daily when I read the news.

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    so practically this whole song (sorta half and really half of a half. its complicated) from jethro tull just becomes more and more relevant every year as the dystopia increases:

    There’s the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea
    And the motor car magical world long since ceased to be
    When the Eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree

    Incestuous ancestry’s charabanc ride
    Spawning new millions throws the world on its side
    Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse
    And those with no sandwiches please get off the bus

    The excrement bubbles
    The century’s slime decays
    And the brainwashing government lackeys
    Would have us say
    It’s under control and we’ll soon be on our way
    To a grand year for babies and quiz panel games
    Of the hot hungry millions you’ll be sure to remain

    The natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old
    And those with no homes to go to, please dig yourself holes

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    24 hours ago

    Dave the dope fiend shootin’ dope Who don’t know the meaning of water nor soap

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    Insanity laughs under pressure we’re breaking

    Queen - Under Pressure

    A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall

    Bo Burnham - That Funny Feeling

    (Honestly every line in that song is golden)

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    Not another motherfucking politician, doing nothing but something for his own ambition… The Power of Equality - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

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          12 hours ago

          Yeah bud. Your generation will never know talent like that. So, go sulk somewhere quietly or tell it you your prompt.

          Hey kiddo, when you delete your message, no message is sent to the inbox. This isn’t Reddit. So your cowardly bullshit won’t work here.

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    You do it to yourself, you do And that’s what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself

    ~ Radiohead, Just