Favorite Song Lyrics

[Beantown]

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Thought of another one that is probably one of my favorite songs..

And all our sins,
Come back to haunt us in the end,
To hang around and tap us on the shoulder,
And smile silent,
It's all implied,
You'll die trying to live this down,
You might as well forget it,
Still I'm convinced,
Wondering what if is the worst thing there is,

So we bottled and shelved all our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days,
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be,

And all these lines fall short of what I had in mind,
A failed attempt to capsulize a feeling,
So I just try,
Fail and try and try again,
Someday I swear I'm going to get it,
Because I'm convinced that giving in is the worst thing there is

[Watson]

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Excerpt from Down in a Hole by Alice in Chains:

<3

[Marino]

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Here's a couple I like:

I love that Straylight Run song.

[afro_dogg20]

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A couple that I can think of:

KRS-One - Step into a world

I'm not sayin i'm number one, uhh i'm sorry, i lied
I'm number one, two, three, four and five
Stop wastin your money on marketing schemes
And pretty packages pushin dreams to the beams
A dope mc is a dope mc
With or witout a record, all can see

Bob Marley - Could You be Loved

Don't let them fool ya,
Or even try to school ya, Oh, no!
We've got a mind of our own,
So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right,
Love would never leave us alone,
A-yin the darkness there must come out to light.

Brand Nubian - Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian
Not on a bandwagon following a fad
Making use of the knowledge that we already had
Grand Pu, here to send the mind into a frenzy
I bet I'll swing something this summer for the benzi
Seep into the mind the brain and activate the pelvis
Keeping the blind deaf dumb and blind is Elvis

[YuNgWuN]

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With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.

Anything from Tool Or APC. Maynard is and should go down as the best, if not one of the best songwriters of our time.

[Bornindamecca]

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Anything from Tool or NIN. Zao has had some special moments. From Rappers, Eminem, Lupe and Jay-Z have had their moments for me.

[Cane_Mutiny]

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A couple that I can think of:

KRS-One - Step into a world

Bob Marley - Could You be Loved

Brand Nubian - Brand Nubian

Very nice choices...


EDIT: I missed STPO's picks - also excellent

[slickdtc]

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Great thread topic.

Good to see other Rise Against fans out there. It's my favorite band and I can find real meaning in every single one of their songs. Here's my favorite:

Suffering from something
We're not sure of
In a world
There is no cure for
These lives we live
Test negative for happiness
Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open
Single file like soldiers on a mission
If there's no war outside our heads
Why are we losing?

[Chorus: x2]
I don't ask for much (Life less)
Truth be told I'd settle (frightening)
For a life less frightening, (Life less)
A life less frightening (frightening)

Hang me out to dry
I'm soaking
With the sins of knowing
What's gone wrong
But doing nothing
I still run
Time again I have found myself stuttering
Foundations pulled out from under me
This breath is wasted on them all
Will someone answer me

[Chorus x2]

Is there a God tonight
Up in the sky
Or is it empty just like me? (Just like me)
A place where we can hide
Out from the night
Where you are all I see (Where you are all I see)
So blow a kiss goodbye then close your eyes
Tell me what you see (Tell me what you see)
A lifetime spent inside this dream of mine
Where you are all I see

[Chorus x2]

I take this song as being about complacency and how we just kind of sit back and let everything happen instead of going out there and making a difference. We're all kind of drones, which happens to be the title of another song by Rise Against with significant meaning to me.

And recently, off The Sleeping's new album, "What It Takes", my favorite track entitled, "Bomb the World", has some lyrics that recently I can definitely feel.

When your body's lost it all
But you don't feel like letting go
Bomb the world
When your heart hates everything
But you don't want to let it win
Bomb the world

Keep struggling, living and trying again
**** hurts but you've got to get used to it
Keep struggling, living and trying again
Show them all you'll explode

Bomb the world

When every place feels like a hole
But you keep crawling to save your soul
Bomb the world
When your life's lowest of low
And you're ready to recover control
Bomb the world

This song, to me, means that stuff can be rough but you always have to say, **** it, I'm going to keep plugging away and living my life. I've had many things happen to me in my life (and I'm sure it pales in comparison to what others have faced), but I've never been depressed or anything like that because when I do think about letting it all defeat me, I just say I'm not going to let myself fall victim to myself. The whole 'bomb the world' line and 'show them all you'll explode' means you're going to fight back and not letself be taken over. That's my take on it.

[Pete1210]

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All of "American Idiot"

This part of "Hungry Heart":

Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home.
Dont make no difference what nobody says
Aint nobody like to be alone

[KG]

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Maliceof the Clipse - I'm Not You
Part of Malice's best verse ever.

That is one of my favorite songs yet alone verses ever. I just wish they would have left Styles off, LOL.

Malice's whole verse is like a self testimonial. He's admitting that what he talks about/does is wrong but then drops "where there's demand, someone will supply"

I always like Lupe's mockery of the rap video in Daydreamin

"Now come on everybody, let's make cocaine cool
We need a few more half naked women up in the pool
And hold this MAC-10 that's all covered in jewels
And can you please put your titties closer to the 22s?
And where's the champagne? We need champagne
Now look as hard as you can with this blunt in your hand
And now hold up your chain slow motion through the flames
Now cue the smoke machines and the simulated rain
But not too loud 'cause the baby's sleepin
I wonder if it knows what the world is keepin
Up both sleeves while he lay there dreamin
Me and my robot tip-toe 'round creepin
I had to turn my back on what got you paid
I couldn't see half the hood on me like Abu Ghraib
But I'd like to thank the streets that drove me crazy
And all the [COLOR=#000fff! important][COLOR=#000fff! important]televisions[/COLOR][/COLOR] out there that raised me, I was"

[Brandwin]

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Too tough, but this is one of my favorite verses from my favorite artisit.

Phonte - All For You

I was looking at your photograph amazed how I favored you
I remember being young wanting to play with you
Cause you was a wild and crazy dude
And now I understand why my momma couldn't never stay with you
From the roots to the branches to the leaves
They say apples don't fall far from the trees
I used to find it hard to believe
And I swore that I would
Always hold my family as long as I could
But damn
Our memories can be so misleading
It's misery
I hate to see history repeating
Thought you were the bad guy
But I guess that's why
me and my girl split
And my son is leaving
I did chores, did bills, and did dirt
But I swear to God I tried to make that **** work
'Til I came off tour to an empty house
With all the dressers and the cabinets emptied out
I think I must've went insane
Thinking I was in love, but really in chains
Trapped to this girl through the two-year old who carried my name
I tried to stop tripping
But yo, I couldn't and the plot thickened
That **** affected me, largely
Because I know a lot of people want me
To fail as a father
And the thought of that haunts me
Especially when I check my rear-view mirror
And don't see him in his car seat
So the next time it's late at night
and I'm laid up with the woman I'mma make my wife
talking 'bout how we 'gon make a life
I'm thinking about child support, alimony, visitation rights
Cause that's the only outcome if you can't make it right
Pissed off with your children feeling the same pain
So, Pop, how could I blame cause you couldn't maintain
I did the same thing
The same thing

[trobinson97]

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"You ain't nothin' but a hoochie momma
Hoodrat Hoodrat
Hoochie momma"

[Marino]

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I'll be the first to say
That now I'm ok
And for the first time
I've opened up my eyes
This was my worst love
You'll be the first to go
And when she leaves you for dead
You'll be the last to know

Last To Know by Three Days Grace

[dossier]

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think you gangster popped a few rounds
these kids will come through and murder a whole town
then sit back and smoke and watch it burn down
the graves get deeper the further we go down
Little Weapon - Lupe Fiasco

If you die, tell them that you played my game
I hope your bullet holes become mouths that say my name,
'Cause I'm the...
Put You On Game - Lupe Fiasco

[Watson]

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The voices in my head have all begun to sing
(the voices in your head have all begun to sing)
and they sure as hell hope I am listening
(I sure as hell hope you are listening)

It’s time to take ahold of what belongs to me
It’s time to walk away with no apologies
These voices in the mirror start quietly
And now they’re screaming back at me
This is my Birthright