Song lyrics that make you shiver
 

So I was listening to some music the other night when a traditional Irish folk song, Brennan On The Moor, came on my iPod, and there's one verse which I absolutely love and it always sends shivers down my spine.

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Now Brennan's wife had gone to town,
Provisions for to buy,
And when she saw her Willie,
She began to weep and cry;
He says, "Give me that tenpenny";
As soon as Willie spoke,
She handed him a blunderbuss
From underneath her cloak.

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Of course reading it, you don't get the full impact, but if you can get your hands on an MP3 or something, preferably by the Clancy Brothers, it's absolutely incredible.

So what songs are like that for you?

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there's a Kate Rusby line that goes

"Is it wrong to wish you still need me" -

one of those nice wistful lines that makes you think about three girlfriends back....no biggie, but beautiful line the way she sings it - I spent a month trying to find a low harmony part to sing along with on the CD -

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as for today, I couldn't get Steve Earle's/Reckless Kelly's cover of Warren Zevon's "Reconsider Me" out of my head, so I found a site that sells indie mp3s and bought it straight out for 99 cents -

it's a pretty laid back cover, but when Steve and Reckless Kelly play/sing it, it feels like it's desperation angels -

RB

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"Finally I don't mind, worthless tries at finding something else...Your body breaks, your needs consume you forever"

Built to Spill - Else

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This topic is not conducive to forum discussion really. And folk is gay.

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and that's why you need a 2nd * by your name

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That might be true since it's difficult to convey something like this without being able to hear the actual song.

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And folk is gay.

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Please stop talking.

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and that's why you need a 2nd * by your name

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Turn your [censored] head rightside up you [censored].

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bro...this is SO not the night to try calling me out to the mat, but if you wanna party, I'm your huckleberry.

Translation: - make me turn it right side up, you [censored]

RB

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Whiskeytown,
How about "Lonelier Than This" from Steve Earle

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pretty good one - I love that album.

actually, from that album - "Over Yonder" blows me away - esp. since Steve has sat down and spent a last week with a fellow on Death Row and was a witness to the execution -

The warden said he'd mail my letter
The chaplain's waitin' by the door
Tonight we'll cross the yard together
Then they can't hurt me anymore

I am going over yonder
Where no ghost can follow me
There's another place beyond here
Where I'll be free I believe

Give my radio to Johnson
Thibodeaux can have my fan
Send my Bible home to Mama
Call her every now and then

I am going over yonder
Where no ghost can follow me
There's another place beyond here
Where I'll be free I believe

I suppose I got it comin'
I can't ever pay enough
All my rippin' and a runnin'
I hurt everyone I loved

The world'll turn around without me
The sun'll come up in the east
Shinin' down on all of them that hate me
I hope my goin' brings 'em peace

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The boys of Liverpool, When we safely landed,
Called myself a fool; I could no longer stand it;
Blood began to boil, Temper I was losin',
Poor ould Erin's isle They began abusin',
"Hurrah my soul," sez I, My shillelagh I let fly;
Some Galway boys were by, Saw I was a hobble in,
Then with a loud hurray, They joined in the affray.
We quickly cleared the way, For the rocky road to Dublin.

or

Out from many a mud wall cabin eyes were watching through the night
Many a manly heart was beating for the blessed warning light
Murmurs rang along the valleys to the banshees lonely croon
And a thousand pikes were flashing by the rising of the moon

or

Right proudly high over Dublin Town they hung out the flag of war
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky than at Sulva or Sud El Bar
And from the plains of Royal Meath strong men came hurrying through
While Britannia's Huns, with their long range guns sailed in through the foggy dew

or

Now you know what they say about beggars
You can't complain about the rules
You know what they are about beggars
You know who's the first to blame his tools
You never gave a damn about who you pick up
And leave laying bleeding on the ground
You screw people over on the way up
Because you thought that you were never coming down
Now he takes you out in Vaudeville Valley
With his hand up smothering your screams
And he screws you down in Tin Pan Alley
In the city of a billion dreams

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FYP

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hmmm, i dunno if any do but if so bruce would be singing them.

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"I was afraid to be alone
now I'm scared that's how I'd like to be"
Novemeber - Azure Ray

"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
in somebody else's sky
but why, why, why
can't it be mine"
Black - Pearl Jam

If you hear Black unplugged it is amazing.

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The hymn “How Great Thou Art”

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"Ice age coming, Ice age coming, let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides. We're not scaremongering, this is really happening."- Radiohead

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"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
in somebody else's sky
but why, why, why
can't it be mine"
Black - Pearl Jam



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yes

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that is an awesome choice. I've also always gotten chills from "It Is Well (with my soul)" but this is a completely different sort of chill factor.

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"I turned to look but it was gone, I cannot put my finger on it now, the child is grown, the dream is gone."

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Life goes on by 2pac. Not any lyrics in particular I guess just the whole song.

Yugoslav

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this one has always gotten me, probably partly due to the fact that I really dig a girl with a nice strong voice

"oh light the sky and hold on tight, the world is burning down"

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"magic" by ben folds five, but the point where it happens is during an instrumental.

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Life By The Drop - Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Symphony X - The Accolade II

On a cold and misty night,
a ring of torches light
the hallowed ground
where his father's laid to rest

In the reflection of a sword
he sees his destiny
and he swears up to the sky -
"You will not have died in vain"

Right as he says "vain" there is a rising chorus in the background that makes a perfect harmonizing bridge into the refrain. You've got to hear it.

http://www.swlapoker.com/uploads/sil...olade%20II.mp3

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"We're always trying to satisfy these wants and needs
Take you some time for that inner peace
When your eyes are open you'll see things differently
There's so much gloom hiding the reality"

Ziggy Marley

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Life By The Drop - Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Great song.

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"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
in somebody else's sky
but why, why, why
can't it be mine"
Black - Pearl Jam



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yes

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Whenever I, for the firs time, read lyrics of classic songs that I've heard 100s of times, but never actually read. All of Illmatic, Pharcyde (Passing Me Bye, Runnin'), anything like that usually gives me goosebumps.

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Still this pulsing night
A plague I call a heartbeat
Just be still with me
But it wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through
You’ve been so long
Well it’s been so long

And I’ve been putting out the fire with gasoline
Putting out the fire
With gasoline

See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
Tears can never dry
A judgement made can never bend

See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
You wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through

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"Nothing can compare
to when you roll the dice and swear
your love for me"

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Out of line post by me, so I stopped.

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I really can't stay - Baby it's cold outside
I've got to go away - Baby it's cold outside
I simply must go - Baby, it's cold outside
The answer is no - Ooh baby, it's cold outside

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if it had something to do with, "roll the dice" you should have posted it. that may be the worst over-used cliche in songwriting...i hate it.

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This always make me shiver

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It's a traffic jam when you're already late
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...

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Because someone wrote and released a song and forgot to actually look the word "irony" up in the dictionary.

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"irony" should be changed to "mild bad luck"

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"the night they drove old dixie down" by the Band

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"and often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key"

"and if they catch you in the back seat tryin' to pick her locks, they're gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box, you better run"

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When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'.
Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya.
At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in, he said
Fellas, it's been good t'know ya
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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Riviera Paradise - SRV

Who needs lyrics when you're that goddamned amazing?

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"and it's cause you thrilled me
silenced me, stilled me
proved things I never believed,
the face on you
the smell of you
will always be with me."
-Sinead O'Connor
"Three babies"

"When you were mine you were all I ever wanted to do.
I spend my time following her whenever she's with you.
I love you more than I did when you were mine."
-Blue Rubies