Meaningful lyrics

I’m curious: what lyrics do you find provocative, poetic, or just personally meaningful?

For me, “my song” has always been “Embody The Invisible” by In Flames:

It reminds me of “Zarathustra’s Prologue” from Thus Spake Zarathustra. “Man is a rope, fastened between animal and Overman - a rope over an abyss…”

song

Dead Kennedys
Album: Plastic Surgery Disasters

Forest Fire

No junk food, just earthly goods
I ate weird berries in the woods
Now I’m seeing colors, I’m getting higher
I think I’ll start a forest fire

There’s a forest fire climbin the hill
Burning wealthy California homes
Better run run run run run run
From the fire

But some of us stay and watch
And we think of your insurance costs
And we laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh
At your lives

Windows covered with bars
Security guards
Is that a house or a fortress?
Against the rest of the world

Windows covered with bars
Security guards
Is that a house or a prison
How you gonna get out?

Electric bull and your tennis courts
Pink sports cars and your boats
Getting fried fried fried fried fried fried
By the fire

Windows covered with bars
Floodlights for the yard
It’s a pleasure to watch you
Watch it all melt

But hey!
What about the cocaine
Stockpiled in the basement
Be a hero and save it
You know you’re gonna need it

Where’s your brand new pretty wife
She might still be inside
Either save her or your cocaine from the fire

But the gates and doors are locked
'Cause the burglar alarms went off
Ever wonder why we laugh laugh
At your lives

Windows covered with bars
Fences spiked with barbed wire
Never looked so helpless
Engulfed in flames

Cameras watchin’ the walls
Don’t forget the dogs
Now you’re trapped in your prison
How you gonna get out

See the gerbil
Run run run run run run run run run
run run run run run run run run run
run run run run run run run run run
From the fire

-Imp

Empty Spaces
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces? Where waves of hunger roar. Shall we set out across this sea? In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar? Shall we drive a more powerful car? Shall we work straight through the night? Shall we get into fights? Leave the lights on? Drop bombs? Do tours of the East? Contract diseases? Bury bone? Break up homes? Send flowers by phone? Take to drink? Go to shrinks? Give up meat? Rarely sleep? Keep people as pets? Train dogs? Race rats? Fill the attic with cash? Bury treasure? Store up leisure? But never relax at all. All thanks to the Wall.

  • Pink Floyd.

I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’ garden in the shade
He’d let us in, knows where we’ve been
In his octopus’ garden in the shade

I’d ask my friends to come and see
An octopus’ garden with me
I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’ garden in the shade.

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus’ garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
because we know we can’t be found
I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’ garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they’re happy and they’re safe
(Happy and they’re safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’ garden with you.

‘We may lose and we may win though
We will never be here again’

part of ‘Take it easy’ by the Eagles

another

Wolfsheim - The Sparrows And The Nightingales Lyrics

How long have you been free
In this world of hate and greed?
Is it black or is it white?
Let’s find another compromise

And our future’s standing still
We’re dancing in the spotlight
Where’s the leader who leads me?
I’m still waiting! Leaving home…

And god is on your side
Dividing sparrows from the nightingales
Watching all the time
Dividing water from the burning fire… inside

Leave a light on in the night for me
That I can find you
Remember when we both where young
And reckless and so curious

Now you’re hiding from your child
A new day’s dawning
Remember that you felt alive… sometimes

And god is on your side
Dividing cruelty from tenderness
Watching all the time
Dividing fiction from reality

Move in circles, walk on lines
No human being in sight
Calm the winds and calm the seas
Try another kind of peace
Who fights this holy civil war?
A million men in uniform
Wo ist der Führer der mich führt?
Ich warte immer noch! Leaving home…

And god is on your side
Dividing presence from our1 history
Watching all the time
Dividing deaf men from the listening ones

Leave a light on in the night for me
That I can find you
Remember when we both where young
And reckless and so curious

Now you’re hiding from your child
A new day’s dawning
Remember that you felt alive… sometimes

And god is on your side
Dividing cruelty from tenderness
Watching all the time
Dividing fiction from reality

Move in circles, walk on lines
No human being in sight
Calm the winds and calm the seas
Try another kind of peace
Who fights this holy civil war?
A million men in uniform
Wo ist der Führer der mich führt?
Ich warte immer noch! Leaving home…

And god is on your side
Dividing presence from the history
Watching all the time
Dividing deaf men from the listening ones

Leave a light on in the night for me
That I can find you
Remember when we both where young
And reckless and so curious

Now you’re hiding from your child
A new day’s dawning
Remember that you felt alive… sometimes

And god is on your side
Dividing soldiers from the fishermen
Watching all the time
Dividing warships from the ferryboats…
Ferryboats

Come Take My Hand by 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor

I know a place
where the sun’s always shining,
with lovely flowers around everywhere.
Come take my hand,
I’ll show you I’ll guide you.
I know this place
it’s deep down inside you.
(x2)

Come take my hand
I’ll lead you just follow me.
To wonderland,
it’s deep down inside of you.
Come take my hand
I’ll lead you just follow me.
Come take my hand,
come take my hand.
(x2)

Fantasize, energize,
only you can rise, rise.
If you really wanna do it,
get in to it, baby move it.
Slip slide to the place,
bring a happy face, bass
Treble rebel is what I am,
I boogie in the wonderland.
It’s up to you to find,
what you’re looking for,
as I rock, rock, rock to the rhythm,
I can give you more, more,
from the soul, take control,
find yourself, never too old.
Come, Come take my hand,
and I will take you to this land.

Come take my hand
I’ll lead you just follow me.
To wonderland,
it’s deep down inside of you.
Come take my hand
I’ll lead you just follow me.
Come take my hand,
come take my hand.

Take a chance, to enhance,
on the floor as you dance.
Come, come take my hand,
travel with me to a land,
of happiness for everyone,
run, run here I come.
Pick it up, pick it up, don’t be late,
feel the groove don’t be late,
just go inside take a ride,
now you now you can’t deny.
What you feel is it real,
let it go and you will know,
what to do it’s up to you,
follow me it’s nothing new.
Come, come take my hand and
I will take you to this land.

Come take my hand
I’ll lead you just follow me.
To wonderland,
it’s deep down inside of you.
Come take my hand
I’ll lead you just follow me.
Come take my hand,
come take my hand.

(To be honest, however, it’s not as good as the song makes out)

He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
(We’ll miss him. 2x)
He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
(We’ll miss him. 2x)
(We’re gonna miss him. 2x)

So loooooong!
We wish you well.
You told us how you weren’t afraid to die.
Well so looooooong.
Don’t cryyyyy.
Or feel too down.
Not all martyrs see divinity.
But at least you tried.

Standing above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud.
(We’ll miss him. 2x)

Ranting and pointing his finger
at everything but his heart.
(We’ll miss him. 2x)
(We’re gonna miss him. 2x)

No wayyyyyy
to recall
what it was that you had said to me,
like I care at alll.
But he was sooo louuud.
You sure could yell.
You took a stand on every little thing
and soooo louuuuuuuuud.

You, could be, the one, who saves, me from, my own, existence.

Standing above the crowd,
he had a voice that was strong and loud
and I swallowed his facade cuz I’m so eager to identify
with someone above the ground,
someone who seemed to feel the same,
someone prepared to lead the way,
with someone who would die for me.

Will you?
Will you now?
Would you die for me?
Don’t you fuckin’ lie.
(Don’t you step out of line! 3x)
Don’t you fuckin lie.

You’ve claimed all this time
that you would die for me.
Why then are you so surprised
when hear your own eulogy?
(He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say. 2x)

Coome down.
Get off your fuckin cross.

We need the fuckin space
to nail the next fool martyr!

To ascend you must die!
You must be crucified
for your sins and your lies!
Goodbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye

The Stars are Projectors
Modest Mouse

In the last second of life they’re going to show you how
How they run this show, sure, run it into the ground

The stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our life down to this planet earth
The stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our minds down to this planet earth

Everyone wants a double feature
They want to be their own damn teacher, and how
The stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet earth

It’s all about the moderate climates
You got to be cold and be hot for sure
It’s all about the moderate climates
You want to be blessed and be cursed for sure

All the stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet earth
All the stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet earth

Everyone wants a double feature
They want to be their own damn teacher, and how
All the stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet earth

You’ve got the harder part
You’ve got the kinder heart and it’s true
I’ve got the easy part
I’ve got the harder heart, ain’t this true
Right wing, left wing, chicken wing
It’s built on finding the easier ways through

God is a woman and the woman is an animal
That animal’s man and that’s you
Was there a need for creation?
That was hiding in a math equation and that’s this:
Where do circles begin?

Dark Globe ‘Break My World’ - great anime video, too :smiley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN7U–IFhGA

O.P.P. from Naughty by Nature. A classic.

Army with harmony
Dave drop a load on 'em

OPP, how can I explain it
I’ll take you frame by frame it
To have y’all jumpin’ shall we singin’ it
O is for Other, P is for People scratchin’ temple
The last P…well…that’s not that simple
It’s sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten
It’s five little letters that are missin’ here
You get on occassion at the other party
As a game ‘n it seems I gotta start to explainin’
Bust it
You ever had a girl and met her on a nice hello
You get her name and number and then you feelin’ real mellow
You get home, wait a day, she’s what you wanna know about
Then you call up and it’s her girlfriend or her cousin’s house
It’s not a front, F to the R to the O to the N to the T
It’s just her boyfriend’s at her house (Boy, that’s what is scary)
It’s OPP, time other people’s what you get it
There’s no room for relationship there’s just room to hit it
How many brothers out there know just what I’m gettin’ at
Who thinks it’s wrong ‘cos I’m splittin’ and co-hittin’ at
Well if you do, that’s OPP and you’re not down with it
But if you don’t, here’s your membership

Chorus:
You down with OPP (Yeah you know me) 3X
Who’s down with OPP (Every last homie)
You down with OPP (Yeah you know me) 3X
Who’s down with OPP (All the homies)

As for the ladies, OPP means something gifted
The first two letters are the same but the last is something
different
It’s the longest, loveliest, lean-- I call it the leanest
It’s another five letter word rhymin’ with cleanest and meanest
I won’t get into that, I’ll do it…ah…sorta properly
I say the last P…hmmm…stands for property
Now lady here comes a kiss, blow a kiss back to me, now tell me
exactly
Have you ever known a brother who have another like ah girl or wife
And you just had to stop and just 'cos he look just as nice
You looked at him, he looked at you and you knew right away
That he had someone but he was gonna be yours anyway
You couldn’t be seen with him and honestly you didn’t care
‘Cos in a room behind a door no one but y’all are there
When y’all are finish, y’all can leave and only y’all would know
And then y’all could throw the skeleton bones right in the closet do’
Now don’t be shocked 'cos if you’re down I want your hands up high
Say OPP (OPP) I like to say with pride
Now when you do it, do it well and make sure that it counts
You’re now down with a discount

Chorus:
You down with OPP (Yeah you know me) 3X
Who’s down with OPP (Every last lady)
You down with OPP (Yeah you know me) 3X
Who’s down with OPP (All the ladies)

This girl ah tried to OPP me
I had a girl and she knew that matter-of-fact my girl was partner’s
that
Had a fall out, disagreement, yeah an argument
She tried to do me so we did it in my apartment, bust it
That wasn’t the thing it must have been the way she hit the ceiling
‘Cos after that she kept on coming back and catchin’ feelings
I said, “Let’s go my girl is coming so you gotta leave”
She said, “Oh no, I love you Treach” I said, “Now child please”
You gots to leave, come grab your coat, right now you gotta go
I said now look you to the stairs and to the stairwindow
This was a thing, a little thing, you shouldn’t have put your heart
'Cos you know I was OPP, hell from the very start
Come on, come on, now let me tell you what it’s all about
When you get down, you can’t go ‘round runnin’ off at the mouth
That’s rule number one in this OPP establishment
You keep your mouth shut and it won’t get back to her or him
Exciting isn’t it, a special kinda business
Many of you will catch the same sorta OPP is you with
Him or her for sure is going to admit it
When OPP comes, damn-- skippy I’m with it

Chorus:
You down with OPP (Yeah you know me) 3X
Who’s down with OPP (This whole party)
You down with OPP (Yeah you know me) 3X
Who’s down with OPP (This whole party)

Break it down!

My mother told me just before she died
My mother told me just before she died
My mother told me just before she died
My mother told me just before she died

Oh daughter, daughter please don’t be like me
Oh daughter, daughter please don’t be like me
Oh daughter, daughter please don’t be like me
To fall in love with every man you see

But I did not listen to what my mother said
But I did not listen what my mother said
But I did not listen what my mother said
That’s the reason why I’m sittin in here today

Baby now she’s dead, she’s six feet in the ground
Baby now she’s dead, she’s six feet in the ground
Baby now she’s dead, she’s six feet in the ground
And I’m a child and I have been around

Do you remember the day baby you drove me from your door
Do you remember the day baby you drove me from your door
Do you remember the day you drove me from your door
Go away from here woman and don’t come here no more

I walked away and I rang my hands and cried
I walked away and I rang my hands and cried
I walked away and I rang my hands and cried
Didn’t have no blues and I couldn’t even turn around

-Elvie Thomas & Geechie Wiley
“Motherless Child Blues”

it’s a new dawn
it’s a new day
it’s a new life, for me
and I’m feeling good --Nina Simone

“In Your Eyes”-Peter Gabriel

love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes

love, I don’t like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes

It’s so… :cry:

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Cypress Hill - hits from the bong

Pick it
Pack it
Fire it up, come along
And take a hit from the bong
Put the blunt down
Just for a second
Don’t get me wrong
It’s not a new method
Inhale
Exhale
Just got an ounce in the mail
I like a blunt or a big fat cone
But my double-barrel bong
Is gettin’ me stoned
I’m skill it
There’s water inside don’t spill it
It smells like shit on the carpet
Still it
Goes down smooth when I get a clean hit
Of the skunky, phunky, smelly green shit
Sing my song
Puff all night long
As I take hits from the bong
Hits from the bong y’all

Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?
Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?

Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?
Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?

Let’s smoke that bowl
Hit the bong
And then take that finger off of that hole
Plug it
Unplug it
Don’t strain
I love you Mary Jane
She never complains
When I hit Mary
With that flame
I light up the cherry
She’s so good to me
When I pack a fresh bowl I clean the screen
Don’t get me stirred up
The smoke, through the bubbling water
Is makin’ it pure so I got ta
Take my hit and hold it
Just like Chong
I get the bowl and I reload it
Get my four-footer and bring it on
As I take hits from the bong

Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?
Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?

Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?
Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?

Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?
Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?

Hits from the bong
Can i get a…hit?

The Wretched-Nine Inch Nails

just a reflection
it’s just a glimpse
just a little reminder
of all the what about’s
and all the might have
could have been’s
another day
some other way
but not another reason to continue
and now you’re one of us
the wretched

the hope and pray
for better days
the far aways
forget it
forget it

it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it, did it?
it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it, did it?

now
you know
this is what it feels like
now
you know
this is what it feels like

the clouds will part and the sky cracks open
and God himself will reach his fucking arm through
just to push you down
just to hold you down
stuck in this hole with the shit and the piss
and it’s hard to believe it could come down to this
back at the beginning
sinking
spinning

and in the end
we still pretend
the time we spend
not knowing when
you’re finally free
and you could be

but it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn’t turn out quite the way that you wanted it

now
you know
this is what it feels like
now
you know
this is what it feels like

now
you know
this is what it feels like
now
you know
this is what it feels like

you can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
you can try to stop it but it…