Throughout my years of
observation, I’ve noticed that a lot of people like music for the way it
sounds, for the lyrics, or for a combination of both. I’m the latter, and often
I find a song that I truly like both sounds appealing and has some clever lyrics that go beyond the scope of “la” and
“na” … though I’ll admit I enjoy a few of those songs as well.
The following is a
list of possibly my top 20 favourite lines from songs, for various reasons.
I’ve also added YouTube links where I could so you can enjoy these
poetic/funny/meaningful lyrics in context.
5 lines that make me go “awwwww…” and quietly resolve that I’m going to marry the
person singing the line.
"You told me I
was like the Dead Sea; you'll never sink when you're with me."
"I could write a
thousand more songs about you - before this one's done the next one's
begun."
"Home is whenever
I'm with you."
"Cause when she
sings, I hear a symphony, and I'm swallowed in sound as it echoes through
me."
"Give me
something fun to do, like a life of loving you."
5 lines that make me feel inspired… to change something, do something, or at least
just sing along.
"I've heard it
said that people come into our lives for a reason, bringing something we must
learn. And we are led to those who help us most to grow, if we let them, and we
help them in return."
"If failure don't
hurt, then failure don't work."
"Pick your
friends, forget the rest. You can't live your life being second best. The
critics talk of 'stubbornness', but you're just passionate."
"May your past be
the sound of your feet upon the ground."
"On my knees and
out of luck; I look up."
5 lines that make my smile muscles go into
action… and then satisfy my
heart, knowing my smile muscles have had a bit of a workout for the day.
"I've been
waiting to smile, been holding it in for a while. I'll take you with me if I
can, been dreaming of this since I was a child - I'm on top of the world!"
"'What's your
style and who do you listen to?' Who cares!"
Foster The People - Call It What You Want
Foster The People - Call It What You Want
"Want to break
the door down, just to greet the day."
"I had some brand
new shoes. They were all red, but they gave me the blues."
"The greatest
trick that the devil ever pulled was convincing women that they look better in
their makeup."
5 lines that make me think “totally…” and then sometimes… wait, what? Often I wonder
if lines in songs are made to sound clever but don’t actually mean anything.
Some of these lyrics I’m still undecided on, but they sound poetic so who
cares, right?
"I was raised up
believing I was somehow unique, like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes,
unique in each way you can see. And now after some thinking, I'd say I'd rather
be a functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond me."
"You've got to
cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your
voice."
"I don't have a
choice, but I still choose you."
"Love is like a
letter wrote, and life is like an envelope. You can choose who you give it to,
but you can't choose who will it give it to you."
"No one likes a
puzzle too easy to solve."
I'm sure you all have your own preferences on song lyrics, which is why these are just some of my favourites, not the absolute gospel on which are the best in the world. I also know they're quite cheesy, but as someone wise once told me, sometimes you've got to "embrace the cheese".
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