Sweet Lyrics

[S<issors]

Metal songs/bands/albums with awesome lyrics. It's fine if some of the suggestions are ironic but let's not turn this into another cheesiest/funniest lyrics thread. Keep it to lyrics you genuinely like for whatever reason, and feel free to post a sample (of the lyrics, not the song).

 

[Seditious]

Dark Tranquillity - The Same
Hypocrisy - All Turns Black
Hypocrisy - Living to Die
In Flames - Gyroscope
Isengard - I Kamp Med hvitekrist (ok, I don't know a word of what he's saying, I just love the delivery/style of the vocals)
RaHoWa - Might is Right

 

[Einherjar86]

Some of my favorites:

Kiuas- And the North Star Cried:

"Our father's blood was spilled on the ice
And the north star cried in the night.
All the northern gods were violently driven to exile...
Gone are the days of the north star's reign,
Now her tears are all that remain;
But one day they'll wash the blood away and the spirit that once died shall rise again."

Kiuas- The Decaying Doctrine

"Fire reigns down from the heavens,
Pouring down upon those too weak to learn;
All the ruins of the dead religions
Standing tall as the enslaving doctrines burn."

Turisas- Five Hundred and One:

"The wind flew the raven banner with pride,
Eagles were soaring aloft,
Filled with hope and excitement side by side,
Five-hundred and one cast off.
Long is the way to the unknown,
Long is the way we have come.
At the head of the ships a horn was blown,
We sailed off with the morning sun.
Five hundred and one..."

Sabaton- Wolfpack:

"To their own shore came the World War
Gleaves and the Ingham leading the Bury west.
In their own track came the Wolfpack,
Gleaves led the convoy into the hornets' nest."

Borknagar- Liberation

"From every human complexity,
And nature's twisted analogy,
An urge to explain - to understand-
Springs out, with the notion to expand
The narrow view of what we are."

And to finish it off:

Amon Amarth- Runes to My Memory:

"When I am dead, lay me in a mound;
Raise a stone for all to see.
Runes carved to my memory..."

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Yay, another opportunity for shameless MaSu advertising.

Machinae Supremacy - Kings of the Scene

As time grows to be my reaper
I leave my mark behind
And history will be my keeper
But I am still alive

And where the ancient kings are buried
New kings will rise and stand
And so the torch is always carried
Passed from hand to hand

Machinae Supremacy - March of the Undead, pt. II

But life is so unfuckingfair
Look away and someone else
Will take your share
If you can't beat the system
Take your place
As part of the authority
That enslaves the human race

And other things that come to mind...

Anything penned by Devin Townsend (perhaps cheesy/funny at times but I really like his style)
Dream Theater - Space Dye Vest, and some other songs, those written by Portnoy in particular

...Can't really think of much else, I'm afraid I don't pay as much attention to the lyrics as I should (He's the one, who likes all our pretty songs, and he likes to sing along, and he likes to shoot his gun, but he don't know what it means... That actually hurts, Mr. Cobain.)

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Pavor

 

[waif]

Amon Amarth- Runes to My Memory:

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Also:
Amon Amarth - Masters Of War (possibly the most anti-Christian song ever written)
Emperor - Prometheus (whole album)
In Flames - Clad In Shadows
In Flames - Satellites And Astronauts
In Flames - Artifacts Of The Black Rain
Bloodbath - Eaten
The Clash - Death Or Glory
Behemoth - Conquer All
Behemoth - The Sermon To The Hypocrites
Dark Tranquility - The Dividing Line
Dark Tranquility - Punish My Heaven
Bathory - One Rode To Asa Bay
Manowar - Pleasure Slave (or the entire Kings Of Metal album)

many more I'll think of later...

 

[S<issors]

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Manowar - Pleasure Slave (or the entire Kings Of Metal album)

heh

 

[waif]

Single greatest bass line of all time. Best lyrics ever. Most epic guitar solo of all time. What's not to like?

WOMAN!
COME HERE!
REMOVE YOUR GARMENTS!
KNEEL BEFORE ME!
PLEEAAASSEEE MEE!

 

[Seditious]

Amon Amarth - Masters Of War (possibly the most anti-Christian song ever written)

a few runner-ups to that title:

To/Die/For - Lies (For Fools)
Vehemence - Kill for God
Vehemence - Trinity Broadcasting (Know Your Enemy)

I think it was true when someone said
Happiness fades away faster than pain
But you fools, you're breathing lies
Your sweet lies
You're looking for something you cannot get
Your hearts are lost in the vale of hope
Desperately you are waiting for
A miracle
But who'll catch you
When you falls?
No-one's there, you'll fall and you'll fall
You'll die with your sins
And then you're alone
Where is your god when things go wrong?
Again he leaves you alone
But still, you fool
You believe he'll save you
With your religion you think you're saved
And blessed blood runs in your veins
Living in fear hoping that you'll find your promised heaven
You believe that you're better than me?
You believe those lies 'cause you're weak
I didn't find my peace but I can tell
I'm stronger than you!

Where has the world gone, where is the warmth of the light?
What happened to living for the sake of life?
What kind of god tells you to die?
You ignorant slave - such a waste of life!

You want to die and kill for god

I should take this moment to thank you for helping the world to see
How religion is to blame for the end of humanity

They start with arms held up high, they have to thanks their Jesus
For all the donations now they can brainwash more of you
Call the number on the screen
Never mind the molesters, its all part of gods plan
Gods plan

Trinity on T.V.
Just keep watching
Know your enemy
Know your fucking enemy

Sickness
Let the bullshit healing begin
Bring your sickness to the main stage

Healing
Walk out to them, and then fall when touched
Your mind tells you, you are healed

Cancer
And then you'll die for your blind faith
All part of your fucking gods plan

. . .

In thirty seconds back on the airwaves prepare the spirit
And make sure we have 800 number
Operators standing by

Camera one fades from the commercial into a nice tight close up
The god man smiles and asks for money
Thank god for your money

Know Your Enemy

 

[tagradh]

Demilich have pretty cool lyrics I think.

 

[Nightmare_Heaven]

Demilich have pretty cool lyrics I think.

"Your screaming won't stop until your mouth has been
teleported thoroughly"


Moar favourites:

Katatonia-Brave
If you didn't know
All the moments
When I lose myself
I would tell the world
I guess I should know
The limits of the world
There are moments I find myself
Not breathing at all

Katatonia-12
I cannot breathe
I am losing life
The moon paints the skyline blue
She died so beautiful

Slayer-Spill the Blood
I'll show you sights that you would not believe.
Experience pleasures thought unobtained.
At one with evil that has ruled before.
Now smell the stench of immortality.

Abigor-Celestial
Life may have mercy but I've none
You can never guess what hell is like
Not a sea of fire...
Nor you'll find chains of ice...
But the word of God is unknown there
Nothing is what it seems
The dismal truth is so hard to face
You're just living in a dream - fear the awakening...
Now enter my castle of pain
Cross the path of sorrow and fear
There'll be no light until your soul ignites
'Til your soul ignites
Realise the truth...
I am the lord upon the nightsky
And I'll never serve in heaven
'Cause I rule in hell
But I am still dreaming
Unsilent...

Nile-Execration Text
I Kill Thy Name
And Thus I Kill Thee Again
In The Afterlife

Suffocation-Effigy of the Forgotten
How can you cry when someone dies?
The lord will greet him
With open arms, that's what he wrote
I will never beleive them
Victims of deception, forward to regression
I must defy him

Death-Secret Face
There is a mask
That covers up one's true intentions
Once removed, things become very clear
Analyze behavior patterns to see beneath
The person that is presented to you
Vulnerable through trust
Life is a twisted maze of obstacles
Presented by people with a secret face

Cynic-Celestial Voyage
Unseen truth, a divine surgery
Reveals view, windows of faith
The breeze to a raft of happiness
Guiding cue, calmness in a mental lake

A celestial voyage
To reach the shores and bathe
In pools of divine nectar

 

[sevag00]

My Dying Bride - For You. Only this came to my mind.

 

[Faint]

Primordial - The Coffin Ships

"Young hearts born with grief
Shall pay the penalty of truth
A season of stolen youth
Shall teach old hearts to break

It feels like I've been here before
Here where the animals lay down to die
So we stood alone on a distant store
Our broken spirits in rags and tatters

Nerve and muscle, heart and brains
Lost to Ireland, lost in vain
So you pause and you can almost hear
The sounds, they echo down through the ages
The creak of the burial cart
Here in humiliation and sorrow
Not mixed with indignation
So one is driven to exclaim
Oh god, that bread should be so dear
And human flesh so cheap"

Gives me the shakes everytime.

 

[tagradh]

Primordial do have some pretty cool lyrics.

 

[rms]

<Enter Nevermore song here>

 

[General Zaroff]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/band-recommendations-forum/332421-bands-great-lyrics.html

Thread I made awhile back, might find something you like.

 

[Einherjar86]

Primordial - The Coffin Ships

"Young hearts born with grief
Shall pay the penalty of truth
A season of stolen youth
Shall teach old hearts to break

It feels like I've been here before
Here where the animals lay down to die
So we stood alone on a distant store
Our broken spirits in rags and tatters

Nerve and muscle, heart and brains
Lost to Ireland, lost in vain
So you pause and you can almost hear
The sounds, they echo down through the ages
The creak of the burial cart
Here in humiliation and sorrow
Not mixed with indignation
So one is driven to exclaim
Oh god, that bread should be so dear
And human flesh so cheap"

Gives me the shakes everytime.

Oh gods, yes. "Here... where the animals lay down to die!" That line is friggin' amazing.

 

[sevag00]

Here are few sweet but sad and painful lyrics.

Happy Days
"Slowly and Painfully"

Once again....im left alone to rot...
This will never change...
I find myself lost in a world of pain...
I have become beyond depressed...
Beyond anger....
Beyond emotions....
Beyond everything....

Almost to the point of numbness....
Screaming myself to sleep each night...
Unable to think straight anymore....
Hating this life more and more...
Wanting it to be over already....
I lost everything i had...
I lost the will to live...
I lost myself in Depression...
I lost my emotions...
They are running wild...
I cannot control myself...
Trying to find a gun....
A razorblade wont work....
Let me put an end to this..
Once and for all...

Why continue on Contemplating..
Wether to live or die...
Why not just end it already..
Why not just waste this pathetic life..
That was already wasted to begin with..
The gun is ready to kill..

I walk up to the one person who once cared for me...
Who once thought i was important....
Who once said that i was their everything...
Who once told me that i was something special...
But those words seem useless now that she has moved on...
With someone else...

Were they lies?
Or was there actual meaning and pure emotion behind it...
Either way..it doesn't matter anymore...
It is over...
The one person I once had in my arms...
Is now at the bear hands of life....
I point the gun towards my head..
Staring straight into her eyes...
Tears falling down my face...
Bleeding all over...

And with my last breath...
I say to you...
I loved you.....

Nocturnal Depression
"Nostalgia"

And once again despair is kissing me
With her cold ghostly lips
My own destruction is leading me to my grave
That I digged for many times
And once again I'm becoming a spectral thought
Forgotten, sad, miserable shit
As I fall into the black spheres among lonely memories
You've broken us, piece by piece

The score of my soundtrack is written by blood
Music of suicide written in red
I did it myself, my wrists are also opened
And like my tears, it's cascading
Everything has been lost behind us
On my knees, hands on my face
The sun is appearing into the spring morning
Where I'm lying there's just nothing than my dust

Now you don't care about him
You live on the other side of feelings
But our February snow
is now covering my lifeless body

 

[Lord Kur]

the lyrics are the reason i don't listen to nocturnal depression much. they go overboard with the grief and seem whiney at times

 

[sevag00]

But they are fuckin awesome in every way.