- Feb 9, 2007
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Although most metal lyrics aren't worth paying much attention to, every now and then a band comes along who has a fairly witty lyricist. This thread is for posting the most clever, thought-provoking or simply hilarious lyrics of such bands. I only ask one thing: please do not post lyrics you think are cool simply because they're super gory or 'br00tal' - they're not as interesting as you think they are.
I'll start us off with a few of the more obvious ones:
Megadeth
"What do you mean I don't support your system? I go to court when I have to."
Iron Maiden
"Well you see me crawling through the bushes with it open wide.
What you seeing girl?
Can't you believe that feeling, can't you believe it, can't you believe your eyes?
It's the real thing girl.
Got me feeling myself and reeling around."
"Just sixteen, a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck.
I've got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas, and here I go."
Venom
"Heaven's on fire and there ain't nothing you can do
Heaven's on fire and when you die you'll go there too"
These two are borderline-metal I know, but quote-worthy enough that they deserve mention:
Alice in Chains
"What's my drug of choice?
Well what have you got?"
"Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway"
"You'd be well advised
Not to plan my funeral before the body dies"
"So there's problems in your life
That's fucked up
And I'm not blind
I'm just see-through faded,
Super jaded, and out of my mind"
Clutch
"Where rock is criminal, criminals rock"
"If you want to know Paradise,
And you want to know Hell,
Want to drink that cool clear liquor,
Better dig a little deeper in the well."
"Then against my better judgment I went walking out that door.
I smiled at one person then I nodded to three more.
One man asked me for a dollar, I asked him, 'What's it for?'
He said, 'I have seen them.' I said, 'Okay, it's yours.'"
"There's a woman down at 314
Who can't keep the stains on her kitchen floor clean.
And there's a man who's been knockin' on his own door for three years
Or has it been four?"
"I would like to love you,
I sure would treat you right.
We could take the trash out
Every Thursday night."
"Ribonucleic acid freak out, the power of prayer.
Long halls of science and all the lunatics committed there.
Robot Lords of Tokyo, SMILE TASTE KITTENS!
Did you not know that the royal hunting grounds are always forbidden?"
I'll start us off with a few of the more obvious ones:
Megadeth
"What do you mean I don't support your system? I go to court when I have to."
Iron Maiden
"Well you see me crawling through the bushes with it open wide.
What you seeing girl?
Can't you believe that feeling, can't you believe it, can't you believe your eyes?
It's the real thing girl.
Got me feeling myself and reeling around."
"Just sixteen, a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck.
I've got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas, and here I go."
Venom
"Heaven's on fire and there ain't nothing you can do
Heaven's on fire and when you die you'll go there too"
These two are borderline-metal I know, but quote-worthy enough that they deserve mention:
Alice in Chains
"What's my drug of choice?
Well what have you got?"
"Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway"
"You'd be well advised
Not to plan my funeral before the body dies"
"So there's problems in your life
That's fucked up
And I'm not blind
I'm just see-through faded,
Super jaded, and out of my mind"
Clutch
"Where rock is criminal, criminals rock"
"If you want to know Paradise,
And you want to know Hell,
Want to drink that cool clear liquor,
Better dig a little deeper in the well."
"Then against my better judgment I went walking out that door.
I smiled at one person then I nodded to three more.
One man asked me for a dollar, I asked him, 'What's it for?'
He said, 'I have seen them.' I said, 'Okay, it's yours.'"
"There's a woman down at 314
Who can't keep the stains on her kitchen floor clean.
And there's a man who's been knockin' on his own door for three years
Or has it been four?"
"I would like to love you,
I sure would treat you right.
We could take the trash out
Every Thursday night."
"Ribonucleic acid freak out, the power of prayer.
Long halls of science and all the lunatics committed there.
Robot Lords of Tokyo, SMILE TASTE KITTENS!
Did you not know that the royal hunting grounds are always forbidden?"
