Your favourite lyrical pieces?

[Torniojaws]

So, in contrast to the other thread, post your favourite lines! Do not post entire lyrics, just a single line or two that really catch your ear in a good way

Soilwork - Structure Divine
"Back to normal a feast on moral, served on a silver plate"

Suburban Tribe - Frozen Ashes
"And when the last breath of smoke is fading into the cold moonlight
there's nothing left to hide but frozen ashes"

Soilwork - The Analyst
"Guilty by association, sinner of mankind
I'm forced to build my life upon this hidden path I just can't find"

Laibach - Achtung
Denken ist nicht immer wissen und wissen ist keine weisheit
Schlafen ist noch nicht das sterben, abert todt is immer bereit

("Thinking isn't always knowing, and knowledge isn't wisdom
Sleep isn't death, but death is always ready")

Dark Funeral - 666 Voice Inside
"666 demons inside - to kill them all only one must die"

Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
"Now I'm not looking for absolution, forgiveness for the things I do"

 

[guitarguru777]

Dream Theater - Wait for Sleep
She shuts the doors and lights and lays her body on the bed, her images and words are running deep

Halford - Made In Hell
The memorys of 68' When the wizard shook the world, metal came from foundry's where the midlands sound unfurled

Nevermore - I Vovager
In observation, I analyze All the aspects of humanity that I despise

Nevermore - A future uncertain
To set our mind free you must first just listen. Don't waste your life on worthless hate and contradiction

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Dio
WHO CRIES FOR THE CHILDREN? I DO.

Sonata Arctica
-Mother always said my son, do the noble thing...etc

The Acacia Strain
- I believe that Hell is real, hell is other people. I'm a burning building you can't save me.

In Flames
Spent some quality time, with the demon of mine.

Children of Bodom
Fuck you. (The part in you're better off dead)

Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy.....srsly guise.

Got it baaaaad soooo baaaaad I'm hot for teacher

Dillinger Escape Plan.
All the lyrics in Gold teeth on a bum.

 

[P-E]

Soilwork - Structure Divine
Beware the millions of senses locked in this rusty cage, a frenetic rage. (SO GROOVY)

 

[MattB74]

I've always liked "Brainstorm" by Morbid Angel. They're not the deepest lyrics out there, but I love to growl along with it. Particularly the "They* Speak My Name In Toooooooooongues!" part. It just fits the song perfectly.

(*Even though that's an example of using the mysterious "They" in a song...)

 

[Decimator]

Rush has the greatest lyrics of all time (IMO)!

Rush - Subdivisions
"Growing up it all seems so one-sided, Opinions all provided"

Rush - Mystic Rhythms
"Primitive things stir the hearts of everyone"

Rush - Chain Lightning
"Hope is epidemic, Optimism spreads
Bitterness breeds irritation, Ignorance breeds imitation"

Rush - Anagram
"Reasoning is partly insane, Image just an eyeless game"

...and many more

 

[LeSedna]

Nevermore
"I sell my heart for stones"

 

[drew_drummer]

Tool - Parabol/Parabola
Tool - Stinkfist
Tool - Prison Sex

 

[slashvanyoung]

Dream Theater - Wait for Sleep
She shuts the doors and lights and lays her body on the bed, her images and words are running deep

Kevin Moore is a genius..

Got it baaaaad soooo baaaaad I'm hot for teacher

DLR is absolutely priceless..

Rush has the greatest lyrics of all time (IMO)!

... and Rush untouchable.

I'd like to add:

"It's always funny until someone gets hurt... And then it's just hilarious!" (FNM - Ricochet, but originally a Bill Hicks quote)

"Just a rhyme without a reason" (yeah, you know that one)

"Auschwitz, the meaning of pain, the way that I want you to die. Slow death, immense decay, showers that cleanse you of your life" (the most vicious, insulting and discomforting lines ever put on a record)

"Original Americans, turned into second class citizens" (Anthrax - Indians)

"I played the jester perfectly when misery delivered me" (Warrel Dane - Your Chosen Misery)

"There is no stronger drug than reality" (Nevermore - Seed Awakening AND Noumenon)

"He'll back the car over grandma, then dissect her cat" (S.O.D. - Sargent "D" And The S.O.D.)

"Walls of thought - strong and high" (AIC - Sea Of Sorrow)

"In the darkest hole you'd be well advised, not to plan my funeral before the body dies" (AIC- Grind)

"I'm here to put the dick in Dixie and the cunt back in Country" (Hank III - Dick in Dixie)

 

[DanLights]

The mars Volta - Meccamputechture
Everyone stabs all the time, persuasion devours your sympathy. Everybody's chosen to help the shovels that bury me

 

[Paulie!]

Dream Theater - Wait for Sleep
She shuts the doors and lights and lays her body on the bed, her images and words are running deep

+1 Kevin Moore writes gooood lyrics..

The Nuclear Option
"Blazing his way into eternity, on cigarettes and blasphemy."

Nevermore
"Please let me help you, bury your dead." (Per Arrangement and Delivery)

Cradle Of Filth
"They raped and left, five men of god, her ghost in the fog."
"Red roses for the Devil's whore" (Per Arrangement and Delivery)

Iron Maiden
"You'll take my life but I'll takes yours too, You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through"

Fall Out Boy
"So wear me like a locket around your throat, I'll weigh you down, I'll watch you choke. You look so good in blue."

-P

 

[ahjteam]

Mindless Self Indulgence - Shut Me Up
"I like my coffee black, just like my metal"

Faith No More - The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
"Don't you look so surprised, happy birthday FUCKER,
Blow that candle out, were gonna kick you, kick you"

Major Label - Dreamager
"The world dissapears as you close eyes"

Metallica - Damage Inc
"Fuck it all and fucking no regrets"

Mr Bungle - Retrovertigo
"Now I'm finding truth is a ruin
Nauseous end that nobody is pursuing
Staring into glassy eyes
Mesmerized"

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

"I can barely fit my dick in my pants"

Meatloaf wins!

Steve

 

[DanLights]

The whole "Damnation and a Day" album by Cradle of Filth is a lyrical masterpiece, also songwriting-wise, and production-wise, and pretty one of my favorite albums ever.

Megadeth - Holy Wars... the Punishment Due

Fill the cracks in with judicial granite
because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinking it
Next thing you know, they'll take my thoughts away
And I know what I said, now I must scream of the overdose
and the lack of mercy killings

 

[guitarguru777]

+1 Kevin Moore writes gooood lyrics..

Nevermore
"Please let me help you, bury your dead." (Per Arrangement and Delivery

DT hasnt been the same since he left

Oh ya the delivery on that one line in that song is CRAZY!

Shit I forgot one other one!
Warrel Dane - Brother
If I could play god do you know what I'd do?
I'd swim through your blood and kill the cancer in you

The entire song has such an amazing delivery I actually cry every time I hear it. Not to mention its about as auto biographical as it gets in my life as well... But when I see the video and he delivered that line right before the solo the look on his face was so ...... god I cant even describe it. It just sends chills down my spine every time I hear it!

I dare anyone to watch that video and watch his face at the 1:59 mark and not feel every word that he says!

 

[ratsapprentice]

I've always liked "Brainstorm" by Morbid Angel. They're not the deepest lyrics out there, but I love to growl along with it. Particularly the "They* Speak My Name In Toooooooooongues!" part. It just fits the song perfectly.

(*Even though that's an example of using the mysterious "They" in a song...)

YEESSSS! I love Vincent's vocals on that song!

Hatebreed - Perseverance

Origin - The aftermath (these fit so well with the song its ridiculous)

Cryptopsy - Slit Your Guts

"Permit me to introduce you to
"Tuesday"...
I favor her, this pretty blade
So tall and fine;
Hatred and violence are not
Our ways, but firm we are;
Squirming is useless, so is this
Colon, cry for me."

D.R.I - Beneath the wheel

"Go! Don't be late
first one out of the starting gate
run! Be on time
First one to cross the finish line"

S.O.D - Milk

"I woke up, can't wait to eat
Got my cereal, boy was I beat
Opened the fridge, and to my dismay
There was no milk, my mother will pay "

and the whole of Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized

 

[Paulie!]

Oh ya the delivery on that one line in that song is CRAZY!

Haha, I just copied what I put for the Cradle line and didn't change it..

I mainly just think it's a good opening line...

-P

 

[Paulie!]

The whole "Damnation and a Day" album by Cradle of Filth is a lyrical masterpiece, also songwriting-wise, and production-wise, and pretty one of my favorite albums ever.

+1 Best Cradle album by far.. I was not impressed by too much of what they did since, they've set their bar VERY high after that one...

-P

 

[ParsonsMatt]

I close my eyes
And sink within myself
Relive the gift of precious memories
In need of a fix called innocence

 

[grywolf627]

"So he pushed her down the stairs...to die,
NO! she cried.
In 1777...on the 7th day of July"

"I am alive, inside your wife.
Miriam's dead, I am her head!"

King Diamond FTW!!!