Song lyrics that make you shiver

[GooseHinson]

"I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain us
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side"

Jim Morisson

[smartalecc5]

I truly truly find Amazing Grace to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.

Everyimte I hear it allows me to reflect and become happy. (Seriously)

[wiggie77]

Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence
Over Belleau Wood that night
For a Christmas truce had been declared
By both sides of the fight
As we lay there in our trenches
The silence broke in two
By a German soldier singing
A song that we all knew

Though I did not know the language
The song was "Silent Night"

Then I heard my buddy whisper,
"All is calm and all is bright"
Then the fear and doubt surrounded me
'Cause I'd die if I was wrong
But I stood up in my trench
And I began to sing along

Then across the frozen battlefield
Another's voice joined in
Until one by one each man became
A singer of the hymn

Then I thought that I was dreaming
For right there in my sight
Stood the German soldier
'Neath the falling flakes of white
And he raised his hand and smiled at me
As if he seemed to say
Here's hoping we both live
To see us find a better way

Then the devil's clock struck midnight
And the skies lit up again
And the battlefield where heaven stood
Was blown to hell again

But for just one fleeting moment
The answer seemed so clear
Heaven's not beyond the clouds
It's just beyond the fear

No, heaven's not beyond the clouds
It's for us to find here

"Belleau Wood"
-Garth Brooks

[nebben]

8th of november- Big and Rich

[RoundTower]

"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die"

Maybe this is a little too well known for most people, but it's the first thing I thought of when I read the thread title.

[dizong]

"Bodies" - Sex Pistol, doesn't make me shiver in a good sense, but it makes me shiver

"Drive" - The Cars

"Brain Damage" - Pink Floyd, kinda cliched but still "shivery" lyrics with the laughter:
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me till Im sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
Theres someone in my head but its not me.

[miajag]

Another Pink Floyd selection:

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Floating down
Through the clouds
Memories come rushing up to meet me now
But in the space between the heavens
And in the corner of some foreign field

I had a dream
I had a dream

Goodbye Max
Goodbye Ma
After the service
When you're walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell
And touch the silk in your lapel
And as the teardrops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail old hand
And hold on to the dream

A place to stay
Enough to eat
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what's more
No one ever disappears
You'll never hear their standard issue
Kicking in your door
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no one kills the children anymore
No one kills the children anymore

Night after night
Going round and round my brain
His dream is driving me insane
In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight
What's done is done
We cannot just write off this final scene
Take heed of the dream
Take heed




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[lgas]

The entire song "Mad World" originally by Duran Duran but only when performed by Sacre, as in the movie Donnie Darko. Most especially the line:

"I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had"

The song "Last Kiss" originally by J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers, but only the Pearl Jam cover gives me the shivers.

"I hung my head", naturally the cover by Johnny Cash, not the original by Sting/The Police.

I don't know what it is with the covers. I don't even normally like Pearl Jam as much as most people do.

[Tom1975]

And you
Bring me to my knees
Again
All the times
That I could beg you please
In vain
All the times
That I felt insecure
For you
And I leave
My burdens at the door

But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you

All the times
That I felt like this won't end
It's for you
And I taste
What I could never have
It was from you
All the times
That I've cried
My intentions
Full of pride
But I waste
More time than anyone

But I'm on the outside
And I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you

All the times
That I've cried
All this wasted
It's all inside
And I feel
All this pain
Stuffed it down
It's back again
And I lie
Here in bed
All alone
I can't mend
But I feel
Tomorrow will be OK

But I'm on the outside
And I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you

[1fog]

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our souls
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven

-Curious, do the younger 2+2ers consider this a classic as much as us old dudes?