Song lyrics that make you shiver

[troymclur]

"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me....
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see"

and


The Minstrel Boy (preferably the Hanz Zimmer/Joe Strummer version)
"The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's steel
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;

And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free
They shall never sound in slavery!"


Might not count since its a poem that was put into song form, but still great.

[Patton4]

"Tell ya, man, I'm stuck on this lovely girl

Course, to me, she means all the world

But then, she likes another guy

I fall down dead, she never sees the tears I cry"

Violent Femmes - Please Do Not Go

---- This song used to kill me back in college. Nowadays when I hear it, I still think back to a certain point in my life and it trips me out.

[troymclur]

Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.
Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music."

And then you got away, didn't you babe...

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that's all, I don't even think of you that often.

[posnera]

I'll second Long Black Veil - probably my favorite song ever.

My Dylan contribution:

You hurt the ones that I love best,
And cover up the truth with lies.
But one day you'll be in the ditch,
Flies buzzing around your eyes.
Blood on your saddle

- Idiot Wind


The first Bright Eyes song I ever heard was If Winter Ends. It completely freaked me out and I listened to it about 20 times in a row afterwards. It is really worth hearing, because the written lyrics don't convey the angst well enough.

If Winter Ends - Bright Eyes

i dreamt of a fever,
one that would cure me of this cold, winter set heart.
with heat to melt these frozen tears and burned with reasons
as to carry on.

into these twisted months i plunge without a light to follow
but i swear that i would follow anything
if it would just get me out of here.

and so you get six months to adapt
and then you get two more to leave town.
in the event that you do adapt we still might not want you around.

and i fell for the promise of a life with a purpose
but i know that that is impossible now.
and so i drink to stay warm
and to kill selected memories
because i just can't think anymore about that or about her tonight

i give myself three days to feel better
or i swear i'll drive right off a [censored] cliff
because if i can't make myself feel better
then how can i expect anyone else to give a [censored]

and i scream for the sunlight or a car to take me anywhere
just get me past this dead and eternal snow
because i swear that i am dying, slowly but its happening
and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere
just take me there and lie to me and say it's going to be alright
its going to be alright, yeah you worry too much kid,
its going to be alright.

- the line "i swear that I'm dying, slowly but it's happening" is the line I kept hearing in my head

[GBP04]

[ QUOTE ]
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the townhall lights
There were few at the scene, and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.

The judge said, Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die.
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me.

The scaffold was high, and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries over my bones.

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me.

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The Band does this song incredibly well.

[foureightsuited]

[ QUOTE ]

and i fell for the promise of a life with a purpose
but i know that that is impossible now.
and so i drink to stay warm
and to kill selected memories
because i just can't think anymore about that or about her tonight

i give myself three days to feel better
or i swear i'll drive right off a [censored] cliff
because if i can't make myself feel better
then how can i expect anyone else to give a [censored]

and i scream for the sunlight or a car to take me anywhere
just get me past this dead and eternal snow
because i swear that i am dying, slowly but its happening
and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere
just take me there and lie to me and say it's going to be alright
its going to be alright, yeah you worry too much kid,
its going to be alright.

- the line "i swear that I'm dying, slowly but it's happening" is the line I kept hearing in my head

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Yeah this song still gets me like it did the first time i heard it like 5 years ago. Hadnt listened it in a while till just a few minutes ago, nice pick. Probably still my favorite bright eyes song

[arsenal905]

Amazing grace is a great choice.

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun dont ever shine, I would shiver the whole night through.

or

All of Desolation Row

or

This is the end, my only friend, the end.

or

People tell me, its a sin
To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin
But I lost the ring
She was born in spring
But I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

[Mrs. Utah]

Elton John-The Greatest Discovery (obviously about a child discovering his new baby brother)
It might be more profound if you have had children

Peering out of tiny eyes
The grubby hands that gripped the rail
Wiped the window clean of frost
As the morning air laid on the latch

A whistle awakened someone there
Next door to the nursery just down the hall
A strange new sound you never heard before
A strange new sound that makes boys explore

Tread neat so small those little feet
Amid the morning his small heart beats
So much excitement yesterday
That must be rewarded must be displayed

Large hands lift him through the air
Excited eyes contain him there
The eyes of those he loves and knows
But what's this extra bed just here

His puzzled head tipped to one side
Amazement swims in those bright green eyes
Glancing down upon this thing
That make strange sounds, strange sounds that sing

In those silent happy seconds
That surround the sound of this event
A parent smile is made in moments
They have made for you a friend

And all you ever learned from them
Until you grew much older
Did not compare with when they said
This is your brand new brother
This is your brand new brother
This is your brand new brother

[JaredL]

Ben Harper "Gather 'Round the Stone"

[ QUOTE ]
You're too young to know
that you're too young to go
there's no freedom to be found
lying face up in the ground

ashes from an unfinished life
are all that's left
in a tear-drop-shaped locket
hanging from his mother's chest

you whip the back of freedom
‘till it bleeds an oil stream
then you sail down upon it
in your killing machine

old men who send children
off to die in vain
they will hear death's constant whisper
call remember my name

gather 'round the stone

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[prohornblower]

"Only time will tell if we stand the test of tiiiime!!"

Van Haggar
Why Can't This be Love