Got A FAv, Poetic English Lyric?

So a lot of us have our respected likings of the kinds of English songs we listen to. eg pop, alternative, rock, rap, hip-hop, techno, jazz, etc.

Are there any lyrics, in particular, which carry a great poetic significance to you?

To me there are a few – they all have an inside story to my friends and i – which is maybe why they are my favs. here are my few favs in particular, <<don’t laugh!!>> :slight_smile:

I wanna run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls,
and only in size,
I wanna reach out,
And touch the flame,
Where the Streets have no Name…

– by <> U2

Some things in life that once ever change
There’s the Smell of the Rusted chain
and of Love – disappearing like an aeroplane
Did my crying, out in the pouring rain
But i kept the rain, from falling down on me, all the time

– Roxette

and there are SOOOO many more…those were just 2 which come to mind.

So, are there any lyrics, which carry a great poetic significance to you?


Somethings in life that once ever change…there’s the smell of the rusted chain…did my crying - out in the pouring rain…

i've got lots-but one of them short but sweet-

i can't live with or without you. -u2 of course who is my fav band


"Dil hai ki manta nahin"- always 714

One of my alltime favs

The Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
"But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said,
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway wallsAnd tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

IMAGINE
By John Lennon

IMAGINE THERE'S NO HEAVEN,
IT'S EASY IF YOU TRY.
NO HELL BELOW US,
ABOVE US ONLY SKY.
IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE
LIVING FOR TODAY,

IMAGINE THERE'S NO COUNTRIES,
IT ISN'T HARD TO DO.
NOTHING TO KILL OR DIE FOR
AND NO RELIGION TOO.
IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE
LIVING LIFE IN PEACE,

YOU MAY SAY I'M A DREAMER,
BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.
I HOPE SOME DAY YOU'LL JOIN US
AND THE WORLD WILL BE AS ONE.

IMAGINE NO POSSESSIONS,
I WONDER IF YOU CAN.
NO NEED FOR GREED OR HUNGER,
A BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.
IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE
SHARING ALL THE WORLD,

YOU MAY SAY I'M A DREAMER,
BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.
I HOPE SOME DAY YOU'LL JOIN US
AND THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE.

Lyrics of the entire song When you Love a Woman by Brain Adams

MR FRAUDIA-
its soo wierd. i am searching for audio of that song at this very moment. its one of my favorites. sounds of silence. such a good song. anchal is that the song from hope floats? then i agree

I have heard that song so many times by John Lenon.

Oh Gosh there are so many :wink: :wink:

I need time to think

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Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?

(B.Adams/R.J.Lange/M.Kamen)

To really love a woman

To understand her - you gotta know her deep inside

Hear every thought - see every dream

N' give her wings - when she wants to fly

Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms

Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted

When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one

Cuz she needs somebody to tell her that it's gonna last forever

So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved a woman?

To really love a woman

Let her hold you - til ya know how she needs to be touched

You've gotta breathe her - really taste her

Til you can feel her in your blood

N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes

Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted

When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one

Cuz she needs somebody to tell her that you'll always be together

So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved a woman?

You got to give her some faith - hold her tight

A little tenderness - gotta treat her right

She will be there for you, takin' good care of you

Ya really gotta love your woman...

hey Fraudia & Anchal, those were really good
lyrics.
Thnaks! :)

all of Sade's lyrics

oh i was thinking of when you love someone by bryan adams. i like the song beautiful boy by john lennon


"Dil hai ki manta nahin"- always 714

After long thought i came up with these two hehehehe

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My last girlfriend didn’t like me thought she might be
Most likely a dyke she just didn’t excite me
Lefty? Yeah but that was alright
She was hotter than the sun but she just wasn’t that bright
My mistake she was more flaky than a leper colony
I think a wooden clothespin would have been much better company
Ass like a donkey acting funky gave her “L” now she’s a flunky
So my love for her died quicker than a batch of Sea Monkeys
Early bird gets the worm spread your legs or spread the word
So what if I’m not the smartest peanut in the turd
I’m white which goes with everything but I can come in any color
And I’m looking for the kind of girl that reminds me of my mother
But it’s hard to find a girl with a viper tattooed on her tushy
And how many girls do you know that can play the harmonica with their pussies?
Like em’ easy and hot and sweet like a Rice Krispie Treat, gee
You know what I really want in a girl? Me

I need to find a new vagina
Any kind of new vagina
It’s hard to rhyme a word like vagina
Calvin Klein, kind of. North Carolina

Women are like dog, doo, hear me through don’t interrupt
It’s just the older that they are the easier they get to pick-up
I’d fill the generation gap clean the cobwebs from her rafters
Old hens would rather put out than be put out to the pasture
No age just ain’t a gauge I like my girls like my cheese
Preferably for me fat-free American singles only
I want my next chick anorexic, the winner is the thinner
Won’t have to take her skinny ass out to a fancy dinner
Like Sizzler she got a beef we’ll chew the fat
If I forget to put the seat up I can put up with her crap
Let her lash out and crack the whip but not in bed I don’t play rough
No I can’t be tied down with a girl that wants me tied up
Just independent like NOFX ,smart like Janeane Garafolo
She’d use big words to make fun of me so that I would never know
Bestow upon me all her wisdom of the Dewey Decimal System, gee
You know what I really want in a girl? Me

I need to find a new vagina
Any kind of new vagina
It’s hard to rhyme a word like vagina
Kevin Klein? Kind of South Carolina

Vagina vagina vagina vagina
Vagina vagina vagina vagina

and this:
Ha-Ha! Well now we call this the act of mating
But there are several other very important differences
Between human beings and animals that you should know about

I’d appreciate your input

Sweat baby sweat baby sex is a Texas drought
Me and you do the kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about
So put your hands down my pants and I’ll bet you’ll feel nuts
Yes I’m Siskel yes I’m Ebert and you’re getting two thumbs up
You’ve had enough of two-hand touch you want it rough you’re out of bounds
I want you smothered want you covered like my Waffle House hashbrowns
Come quicker than FedEx never reach an apex like Coca-Cola stock you are inclined
To make me rise an hour early just like Daylight Savings Time

Do it now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin’ horny now

Love the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket
Like the lost catacombs of Egypt only God knows where we stuck it
Hieroglyphics? Let me be Pacific I wanna be down in your South Seas
But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean means “Small Craft Advisory”
So if I capsize on your thighs high tide B-5 you sunk my battleship
Please turn me on I’m Mister Coffee with an automatic drip
So show me yours I’ll show you mine “Tool Time” you’ll Lovett just like Lyle
And then we’ll do it doggy style so we can both watch “X-Files”

Do it now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin’ horny now

You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin’ horny now


Grab your glocks when you see 2PaK
Call the cops when you see 2PaK

This is one of my favorite songs by Procol Harum:

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, 'There is no reason
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well've been closed

She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
though in truth we were at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to agree
saying, 'You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway died

If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed

kay! i've got one -- a personal fav: :)

*He's bringing sweet salvation, let temptation take him in.
He's ever fear and every single sin.
He's the universe the love you've been imagining.
oh my lord, oh my lord.
And i am ashes
I am jesus
I am precious
could i be your girl. could i be your girl.

Put a chair against the door and turn the
lights down low
Write a letter to yourself -- no one will ever know
Tell them all about the girl who just refused to fall
Oh my lord

He's the very breath you feel inside your lungs at night
He's the bitter wind who's drying up your appetite
He's the darkness that seeps into your fading light
oh my lord, oh my lord.

I am ashes
I am jesus
I am precious -- could i be your girl,
Could i be your girl.
And i am worthless sounds compared to all your perfect words
Could i be your girl,coudl i be your girl.....*
-- Jann Arden

sighz damn desire.

[This message has been edited by kohal (edited April 23, 2000).]

hey guys,
just heard the new Everclear single.
<have you heard it?>
It’s so…sad, only because its about a young, innocent, normal kid going through a tough time with his family.
maybe the song deals with catharsism…which is why it saddens me everytime i hear it.
anyways, read the lyrics yourself

I close my eyes when i get too sad
i think thoughts that no one ever had
i close my eyes & i count to 10
hope it’s all over when i open them
i want the things that i had before –
like a star wars poster on my bedroom door
i wish i could count to 10
make everything will be wonderful again
i hold my mom & hold my dad while they get so mad
i hear them scream, i hear them fight
cuz i hate those bad words that make me wanna cry
i close my eyes when i go to bed & i dream of adventures that make me smile
i feel better when i hear them say “Everything will be wonderful someday”
Mamma says that in everything, “When you’re little then the world’s so big.”
I just dont’ understand how you can smile with all those tears in your eyes
Tell me everything is wonderful now

Please dont’ tell me that Everything is wonderful now.

Go to school & i run & play
Tell the kids that its all okay
i laugh a lot so my friends won’t know
when the bell rings, i just don’t wanna go home
go to my room, and i close my eyes
make believe i have a new life
don’t believe you when you say, “Everything will be wonderful someday”
Mamma says that in everything, “When you’re little then the world’s so big”
I just dont’ understand how you can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me, “Everything is wonderful now”

I just don’t wanna hear when you tell me “Everything wil be wonderful now”
Don’t wanna hear you say that, “I will understand someday” – no
Don’t wanna hear you say, “Life will go a different way” – no
I don’t wanna meet your friend [step dad/mum], & i don’t wanna start all over again
I just want life to be the same – just like it used to be
Someday, cuz i hate everything, cuz i hate everything – everyone & everything
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
Don’t tell me everything is wonderful now…

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[This message has been edited by kohal (edited June 10, 2000).]