Here's something new....What is your favorite lyric from a song?

I really love this line in the Old Man's child song Behind the Mask. It's so badass.

I'm reborn with a demon's heart
Which is black like the deepest dark


and his lyrics to Soul Possessed are very cool too(I didn't write all of it):

Transformed into the night
I'm at one with the dark,
I have life within my strength
yet it feels like I'm dead.

I feel hate

Born as man, raised as demon
Only death will do us apart
the beast in my inner self
awakes...

A lord from within,
A demon inside.
Together as one
we will grow strong.

We feel hate

I really admire the chronological way he said "I feel hate" and "we feel hate," like his inner beast is now here unlike before as he was in the process of being "transformed."

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I like this verse from Morbid Angel...

"We spit on the virgin lamb
And mock the words he spoke
His ways not worthy of me
We choose to burn in the pits of hell."

It shows that they are begotten to none but their own belief.

And this one from Slayer...

"Bastard sons begat your cunting daughters,
Promiscuous mothers with your incestuous fathers.
Engreat souls condemned for all eternity,
Sustained by immoral observance a domineering deity."

It just sounds badass.

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hehe South of Heaven's a good song..

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There's a number of Moody Blues songs that have been my inspiration. This is one of my favorites I like to play and sing.


"My Song"

I'm going to sing my song
And sing it all day long
A song that never ends
How can I tell you, all the things inside my head.

The change in these past years
Has made me see our world
In many different ways
How can I tell you, love can change our destiny.

Love can change the world
Love can change your life
Do what makes you happy
Do what you know is right
And love with all your might
Before it's too late

Where did I find all these words
Something inside of me is burning
There's life in other worlds
Maybe they'll come to earth
Helping man to find a way

One day I hope we'll be in perfect harmony
A planet with one mind
Then I could tell you
All the things inside my head

I'm going to sing my song
And sing it all day long
A song that never ends
How can I tell you, all the things inside my head.

I'm going to sing my song
A song that never ends

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Iced Earth - Jack

I know what real pain is
and you will too!

Iced Earth - The Last Laugh

Now you die!

Opeth - The Leper Affinity

I am beyond death
Midst a dreaming affinity
---
Come erotic communion
In it's splendour
---
Lost are days of spring
You sighed and let me in

Keep the beast inside
Shackled within my hide
Screaming out too late
Loosing to my hate

Grew together with your skin
And paced the trails of sin

Opeth - Master's Apprentices

There is a wound that is healing

Opeth - Deliverance

Walk with me
You'll never leave
Wait to see
Your spirit free

Tell me how
Your heart's in need
As I drown
You in the sea
---
The piercing sounds you make
Soaring higher higher now
And once left in my wake
Your memory's nothing but the scars on me
---
Face down beneath the waterline
Gazing into the deep

Opeth - By the Pain I See in Others

Outside in the park
The days move along
And nothing ever changes

They have nothing on us
We've known all along
That nothing ever changes

[end]

That's all I can think of now...

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Here's one of my favorites. I like the mood of the first two verses, and the sentiments of the final one:

Begin the day with a friendly voice,
A companion unobtrusive
Plays the song that's so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood.

Off on your way, hit the open road,
There is magic at your fingers
For the Spirit ever lingers,
Undemanding contact in your happy solitude.

...

One likes to believe in the freedom of music,
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity.

Another that always spoke to me:

Behind the eyes
Is a place no one will be able to touch
Containing thoughts
That cannot be taken away or replaced

You should all know this one:

Nothing's ever easy when you do it yourself
All you can do is try
Life's not unfair
Life's just life
Death not suicide

Another

Your backbone is shaking
The pounding and aching are real
It drives you back down
Into the blackness
The cold ugly blackness you feel
It's all coming unglued

I've seen you drown
Thru the ashes I've watched you burn.

Last, and probably hardest to choose for me, because this is, at the moment, probably my favorite album, lyrically, but here's a few parts culled from it:

You paint the sky in obsidian lies
And come what may, never will I know
How you changed time
The riptide lies ahead
All my passions now are dead
I can see the path you never thought to follow
I feel so hollow

I stand before you, a shadow of a man
Behind these eyes self destruction
Swims through my mind
I'm confusion and contempt
I am the void
You are the emptiness of black tomorrow
I feel so hollow

and

We fall into the spaces blind
The puzzle so unkind
The lotus eaters fly
We watch the random patterns form
Insidious and cold
And bloom into the unknown

Please God, why can't you hear us?
Please God, why aren't you listening?

We take the hand of fate in vain
And wonder why your will
Seems cruel, controlled, and illogical

Do words fall on deaf ears?
Are we just too small?
Please make us understand

Please God, why can't you hear us?
Please God, why aren't you listening?
Please God, why must we fear you?
Pleae God, why did you take her away?

Are we your children?
Are we lost?

That last works best if you actually know the song, I suppose. A lot of lyrics lose their punch when you read them and can't hear how they're sung.

Aside from the one exception, I stuck to metal here, because there are too many good lyricists out of it to focus on if I expand the field. I tried to avoid the heyday of thrash and most of the New Orleans bands I like, since I could likely continue with them forever. Obviously there are more, but I'm trying to limit myself.

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I like those verses that end with "I feel so hollow." What band/album/song is that from? I'd like to hear more from that, and post as many as you want. just, kinda space it out...

....I can't get enough of Old Man's Child lyrics....

the last verse to The Dream Ghost:

Take my hand and walk with me
far within your own fantasy
fall into your deepest mind
and a place behind you will find

Chorus to Demoniacal Possession

I believe the devil
and I will burn in hell
those who he possess
shall walk the final way

my heart belongs to evil
my thoughts are truly black
nothing last's forever
and I will soon attack...

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Cunt this is a long time coming
Daddy's home and he's not alone
He's brought with him deviant plan
And a roll of tape in his hand
The girl looks on in horror
At the man that lurks before her
Her eyes widen with shock
As the fiend unsheathes his cock!

Just some great rhyme there^
Sorry about the caps here...
A FEW YEARS AGO, I SNUCK F.MERKURY INTO YOUR SONS ROOM
I GAVE HIM ANESTHESIA SO HE'D NEVER REMEMBER GETTING RAPED
YOU SPENT YOUR LIFE SAVINGS PUTTING YOUR KID THROUGH COLLAGE
THEN HE DIED OF AIDS, SO YOU WASTED YOUR MONEY FOR NOTHING
I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT DIE
I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT CRY
YOU THOUGHT YOUR SON WAS ON A DIET, SO YOU DIDN'T WORRY TO MUCH
AT THE FUNERAL, I TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENED, AND LAUGHED AT YOU
I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU SUFFERED ENOUGH
SO I SHOT YOUR WIFE IN FRONT OF YOU
I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT DIE
I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT CRY
BRACS, SUMMER CAMP, COLLAGE YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY
FOOD, CLOTHING, TRIPS TO DISNEY WORLD, YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY
BIRTHDAYS, CHRISTMAS, THE TOOTH FAIRY, YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY
LUNCH MONEY, FIELD TRIPS, TOYS, YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY

Thats just piss funny^

That would be 'The Death of Passion' from Nevermore's Dreaming Neon Black. I basically posted the entire song, since he just repeats the first verse again.

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carcass-buried dreams


WELLLLCAHHMMMMMM TO A WORLD OF HATE


carcass-blind bleeding the blind

whole song

amon amarth - 1000 years of oppression
"After a thousand years of opression
Let the berserks rise again
Let the world hear these words once more:
"Save us, oh lord, from the wrath of the Norsemen!"

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lmao. god i love AxCx, always great for a laugh. hey infinity, the best thing to do is here all the grindy stuff (i like it when you die, etc) and then hear the "picnic of love" album (thats the best way to enjoy that album.)

This one reminds me of my mate RIP
Testament - Down For Life

When I see my brother
What I see is like no other
What we had, forever lost

Can't deny our friendship
Feeling like it's time to end this
Bad relation ripped apart

When we were young and disarranged
We didn't know it any other way
Now we're grown he's still the same
People see him suffering

I am not about to run away
Turn my back to him
In his darkest hour

Give him will to fight, antagonise his thoughts
See him through his toughest times
Purify his weakened heart

For all the friends who feel the same
The way it was back in the day
The more we change, he stays the same
Will we ever see our friend again?

I feel that I cant protect my friend from himself

All I've got are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain inside my thoughts

Even as we speak
As troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mine
That's the way it was and always will be

When we were young and disarranged
We didn't know it any other way
Now we're grown he's still the same
People see him suffering

I feel that I cannot help my friend help himself

You can't hear what I say
Never going away
Still friends down for life
Can you still fight....fight.....fight

All I've got are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain inside my thoughts

Even as we speak
As troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mine
That's the way it was and always will be

In the end it's plain to see
What kind of friend he has been for me
All along, he could never see
Who he was and always will be

Picnic of Love

AxCx rule too much.

The thing I love about this one is that it's a giant metaphor. I urge LBXXX and Power to think about this one.

April Fools Day
Symptoms manifested, you must be tested. Opportunism from a
beast of minimal hate. But I was a devil without a cause and a
killer among thieves. To perpetrate betrayal in progress...Try
to put your money where your mouth is.
Sensitivity replaced....By the mouthwatering taste of
superficial expectations sporadically placed in every single
syllable.
In the presence of a genius, I'm shell-schocked!Designed for
spectators only. Proceed with unholy mire...Stupid and fucking
pointless desire!
Opportunism? Fuck, you must be wasted. We're not supposed to
be the beasts of maximum death and hate! Circles of friends
lie over the fuckin' rainbow. But it makes so much sense to be
dead, and so tasteful sinners blend repent and forgiveness.
Forlorn is the face of deceit that can't prosper in human
form...Because I don't believe in shit! After all, 'tis the
season for treason.

All Cannibal Corpses lyrics.

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Since mentioning them yesterday, I've been on a Nevermore kick when I wasn't out drinking. Here's some more:

The media machine knows what to do
It knows how to feed the poison to you
Useless information for your useless little lies
The tv lies, and pacifies

Do you believe everything you see?
Children of the void, come follow me
Denounce your faith and penance
The savior is unseen
I am the new drug
Your poison godmachine

In subtlety we obey through ink and broadcast wave
The doubts and fears that shadow media decay
Deprogram this affliction
And the cathode ray unclean
I am the last nail
The empty soulless scream

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Opeth has great lyrics too especially the moor, I think this is also mem's sig...

I awoke from the miasma
Passing swiftly through the moor
This is here, waters stir
And in the distance all that was lost
If you'll bear with me
You'll fear of me
You'd never leave me to
A fate with you

Most of the time Opeth lyrics are hard for me to understand but this one stands out.

Shit how could I forget about Sepultura....Propaganda

Why don't you get a life and grow up
Why don't you realize that you're fucked up
Why criticize what you don't understand
Why change my words, you're so afraid

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Pain of Salvation from "BE"

13. Iter Impius
Martigena, son of Mars
(Obitus Diutinus)
Music and arrangements by Fredrik Hermansson
Lyrics by Daniel Gildenlöw

I woke up today
Expecting to find all that I sought
And climb the mountains of the life I bought
Finally I'm at the top of every hierarchy
Unfortunately there is no one left
But me

I woke up today
To a world that's ground to dust, dirt and stone
I'm the king upon this withering throne
I ruled every forest, every mountain, every sea
Now there're but ruins left to rule for me
And... you see, it beckons me;
Life turned its back on us
How could you just agree?
...how? I just don't see...

I woke up today
To a world devoid of forests and trees
Drained of every ocean, every sea
Just like a useless brick upon the shore
The morning after the storm
That swept the bridge away
Relentless tide
No anger
Just this relentless time
That calls us all on
But...

I'm never crossing that line
Leaving this world behind
I will stay on my own
On this bloodstained throne
I rule the ruins and wrecks
And the dust, dirt and stone
I rule rage rod and rattling of bones

I am on my own
I am all alone
Everything is gone
Stuck forever here
Already cold

I'm never crossing that line
Leaving this world behind
I will stay on my own
On this bloodstained throne...

I'm never crossing that line
Leaving this world behind
I will stay on my own
On this bloodstained throne
I rule the ruins and wrecks
And the dirt and the dust and the stone
I'm the ruler of rage rod and rust
And the rattling of bones
Ruler of ruin
I rule the ruins

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My fave would have to be either

"shave your face with some mace in the dark"
from beck's "Loser"

OR

Modest Mouse
This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About (1996)
Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset

Oh noose tied myself in, tied myself too tight
Looking kind of anxious in your cross armed stance
Like a bad tempered prom queen at a homecoming dance
And I claim I'm not excited with my life any more
So I blame this town, this job, these friends
The truth is it's myself
And I'm trying to understand myself
and pinpoint where i am
By the time I get things figured out
I've change the whole damn plan
Oh noose tied myself in, tied myself too tight
Talking shit about a pretty sunset
Blanketing opinions that i'll probably reget soon
I've changed my mind so much I cant even trust it
My mind changed me so much I cant even trust myself

OR
Modest Mouse
The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
Lives

Well you were the dull sound of sharp math when you were alive.
Not ones gonna play the harp when you die.
And if I had a nickel for every damn dime I might have half the time.
do you mind?

OR (I promise this is the last one)

We named our children after towns
that we've never been to.
And it's true that the clouds just hunger around
like black Cadillacs outside a funeral.
And we were laughing at the stars
while our feet clung tight to the ground.
So pleased with ourselves
for using so many verbs and nouns.

But we were all still just dumb, dumb, dumber
than the dirt, dirt, dirt on the ground.
Well wings on flames, kings with no names,
well this place just ain't got right air right now.
You were so all over town but still so Crayola brown.
Well you should run 'round yourself right now.
And we were done, done, done
with all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around.
Circlin' round.




I think I'm adhd

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To Kill and Kill Again by Madder Mortem

To Kill And Kill Again

On the eleventh day, he reached out his hand
and made the sign of parting,
spoke the words of taking leave
and of never going back

To breathe the air of dreams
To walk upon a path of bodies
To know what carnal means
To live the law of hate and cold flesh

Wailing for the solace in a lie
No echo here. No truth. No time.

To blind the eye to see
To feed on every broken moment
To kill and kill again
To end it all while it's unfolding
To know the only way:
To love the beast and then to beg it
to die from every wound

Listen as the mourning herald sings
the dirge to which we march in time

Crawling naked 'neath the burning stars,
sleeping beauty dries

Never

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i like the last set of lyrics from Zyklon's Deduced to Overkill:

Deduced to Overkill, defunct totality.
An abstract netherworld with no absence of fundamentality.
It is where you will be.
Existentialism - living hell - condemned to be free

Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
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Discover and conceive the secret wealth
And pass it unto your breed
Become your own congregation
Measure the sovereignty of it's invigoration

We, who not deny the animal of our nature
We, who yearn to preserve our liberation
We, who face darkness in our hearts with a solemn fire
We, who aspire to the truth and pursue it's strength
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Twilight Odyssey by Garden of Shadows
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We traveled towards land unknown
Upon the winding path of fate
Uncertainty, our companion
Understanding, our destination
We looked above to the heavens
While fire blazed across the sky
And seared it a brilliant crimson
That quickly faded to gray...
Enchanted mist rained down upon us
Clouding the path with haze
Vertigo sensation rising within
As we hopelessly cling to vespers
And begin to slip away...
Into a vortex of undefined shapes
Trying to grasp
Some shred of reality
A futile endeavor
In this dreamlike world
Infinity's child surrounds
Where the golden chimeras fly
As a phantasmagoria unfolds before our eyes
As we yield to our invigorated senses
The existence we once knew falls away
And we spread our wings for the first time
With unparalleled abandon
We drink in the rich beauty
That lies in the forgotten wisdom
Of this unearthly realm...
It flows into us
As we bathe in the twilight glow
And the secrets of the universe
Are bestowed upon us
In a celestial coronation
As we rotate as one
In harmony with the spheres...
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Children Of Bodom - You're better off dead.

It's a hell for heroes and heaven for fools
That makes you the luckiest bastard on earth.

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anything by opeth, esp. hope leaves
"in the corner of my window, hangs a lonely photograph."
Creep by radiohead, the entire song.

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Bleeding
On your knees
My satisfaction is what I need
The urge
To take my fist
And violate every oriface

You all shold know that one

Babies asses profaned
By lustful
Psychopath' penises
Asses from which blood
And entrails' fragments
Spill out.
Inconceivable scream - tearing
Apart ears of the
Criminal
Who wants to fulfill
His sick mind,
Sick of emptiness that
Blows up his brain
Anal narcotic that allows
To unload animal lust.
Small object of orgiastic play
Choking in its yell - by sperm
Of the executioner
Who's got nothing
For his defense - except
Innocence
Raped eyes in deaf scream
Look for death that
Will release from
Pain,
Off "mother's pain",
When they came into
This world.

Oh jeasus, Anal Narcotic by Yattering, they are so disgusting.


black magic rites on this black evil night
begin with the slice of the blade
metal and blood come together as one
onlookers they gasp in dismay
taste the sweet blood of one another
sharing without any greed
bang you head as if up from the dead
intense metal is all that you need

murder in the front row
crowd begins to bang
and there's blood upon the stage
bang you head against the stage
and metal takes its price
bonded by blood

metal takes hold death starts to unfold
it's loud like the worlds at an end
your in a blood fury the metal won't stop
onlookers they bang at command
cutting your palm and drinking your blood
the power that few others dare
you feed the need to go out and kill
the same need that your blood brother shares

murder in the front row crowd begins to bang
and there's blood upon the stage
bang your head against the stage
and metal takes its price
bonded by blood

Ah its so classic

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