Favourite Lyrics

No Oder, always on going list

Note - a lot of impact of lyrics is how they are sung or the musical backing , so some may lose effect on this list of course.

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" Up up down down left right left right B A start, Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart "
(Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches)

" All he needs is his life in a suitcase
It belongs to a friend of a friend "
(Underneath The Sky - Oasis)

" Didn't you see she were gorgeous
She were beyond belief
But this lad at the side drinking a Smirnoff Ice
Came and paid for her Tropical Reef "
(Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured - Arctic Monkeys)

" So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness, We're grateful and so strangely comforted "
(Brianstorm - Arctic Monkeys)

"Like I dont mind,
Be a big mistake,
For you to wait,
And let me waste your time,
Really love its fine,
Really love its fine"
(The Bad Thing - Arctic Monkeys)

" There's only music, so that there's new ringtones "
(A Certain Romance - Arctic Monkeys)

" There might be buildings and pretty things to see like that but architecture won't do
Although it might say a lot about the city or town I don't care what they've got keep on turning them down, It don't say the funny things she does "
(Despair In The Departure Lounge - Arctic Monkeys)

" Though the fear keeps me moving
Still my heart beats so slow "
(My Body Is A Cage - Arcade Fire)

" Broken glass, broke and hungry
Broken hearts and broken bones "
(Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies)

" Crooked landing, crooked landlord
Narrow laneway filled with crooks "
(Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies)

" We were looking for ourselves
But found each other "
(In The Car - Barenaked Ladies)

" Once I had this dream
Where I slept with her mom
A secret all along, unless Ive got this wrong
Unless she hears this song
Unless she hears it
On a tape inside her car
With her new husband and she
Turns to him and says i think thats me "
(In The Car - Barenaked Ladies)

" We groped for excuses not to be alone anymore "
(In The Car - Barenaked Ladies)

" Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same, When temptation calls, we just look away "
(What A Good Boy - Barenaked Ladies)

" Near where I live there's a viaduct
Where people jump when they're out of luck
Raining down on the cars and trucks below
(War On Drugs - Barenaked Ladies)

"if I'm again beside your body, don't tell me where it's been
it's cruel, unusual punishment to kiss fingerprinted skin "
(The Wrong Man Was Convicted - Barenaked Ladies)

" If you scream in your sleep, or collapse in a heap and spontaneously weep,
then you know you're in deep,
If you need her, you should be there,
Go home "
(Go Home - Barenaked Ladies)

"They're complicated people leading complicated lives,
and he complicates their problems by telling complicated lies"
(The Flag - Barenaked Ladies)

" If you're flummoxed and flushed
And your heartbeat is rushed "
(Go Home - Barenaked Ladies)

" Buried in the din of rotor noise and close explosions, I do my best to synthesize the sounds of my emotions "
(Helicopters - Barenaked Ladies)

" Forgive me father but i've fallen in love and thats all i have for confession today
(Blame it on Me - Barenaked Ladies)

" can't help anyone cause everyone's so cold
Everyone's so skeptical of everything they're told And even I get sick of needing to be sold "
(Helicopters - Barenaked Ladies)

" And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair, While the shy tormented youth sit way over there "
(This Is The Life - Amy Macdonald)

" You make me sick, but I love what we're doing here "
(You Make Me Sick - Egypt Central)

" I always leave with less than I had before (The Wrestler, Bruce Springsteen)

" A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side "
(Cemetry Gates - The Smiths)

" And when we wrote this story
How did it end?
It was you and me for all our lives
Go on dont say it
We'll try again
And if I just hold you
We could last But shes got salty tears down her face and it means that God this is the end "
(Denial, Revisited - The Offspring)

"Does she know how you told me you'd hold me
Until you died, till you died
But you're still alive"
(You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrisette)

"No.. no.. notorious!" :)
(Notorious - Duran Duran)

"Dont ask me to bleed about it, I need this blood to survive"
(Notorious - Duran Duran)

"I know that life is for the taking, so I better wise up, and take it quick
(Drinking in L.A - Bran Van 3000)

"Before the attraction ferments Kiss me properly and pull me apart"
(The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets)

"And all my words were bound to fall, I know you won't fail... "
(Fair - Remy Zero)

"I know it must be the killing time, Unwillingly mine"
(Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen)

"I want to talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long"
(Jesus Walks - Kayne West)

" They say music can alter moods and talk to you but can it load a gun for you and cock it too? well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude just tell the judge it was my fault, and i'll get sued "
(Sing for the Moment - Eminem)