What are the truest lyrics you ever read?
 

Sorry if this is a little unsuited for this forum, but I really wanted to hear some sensible replies.

My suggestion is from 'Nature Boy':

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."

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Secret O' Life by James Taylor

The secret of life is enjoying the passing of time
There aint nuthin to it
Any fool can do it

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You smoked me like a cigarette
I was burned, I was cast aside
You knew what you couldn't get
So you settled for my pride

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And you run and you run
To catch up with the sun
But it's sinking
Racing around
To come up behind you again

The sun is the same in a relative way
But you're older
Shorter of breath
And one day closer to death

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Everything counts in large amounts

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As I noted in another thread the other day,

"We're all just teenage enema nurses in bondage."

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Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue:
We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view.

Favorite by far. I don't know what it is, happiness, contentedness, I don't know, but at our core we all want the same thing. How we get there is how we are different.

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Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue:
We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view.

Favorite by far. I don't know what it is, happiness, contentedness, I don't know, but at our core we all want the same thing. How we get there is how we are different.

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(from the same song?):
She was married when we first met,
Soon to be divorced;
Helped her out of a jam I guess,
but I used a little too much force.

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i wish i didnt know now what i didnt know then

against the wind by bob seger

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Seger sometimes seems so minor, but at his best, he's one hell of a lyricist.

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Some Thought From Me

A Song About Love (amongst other things) - David Bowie - Heroes

And you
You can be mean
And I
I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers
And that is a fact
Yes we're lovers
And that is that

A Song About Addiction - Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine

boney's high on china white, shorty found a punk, don't you know there ain't
no devil, there's just god when he's drunk, well this stuff will probably kill
you, let's do another line, what you say you meet me down on heartattack and
vine.

see that little jersey girl in the see-through top, with the peddle pushers
sucking on a soda pop, well i bet she's still a virgin but it's only twenty-
five 'til nine, you can see a million of 'em on heartattack and vine.

A Sonf About Heartbreak - Radiohead - Thinking About You

Been thinking about you, and there's no rest,
should I still love you, still see you in bed.
But I'm playing with myself, what do you care,
when I'm not there.

All the things you've got,
she'll never need,
all the things you've got.
I've bled and I bleed to please you.

Been thinking about you.

A Song About War (or at least its what I feel the track is about) - Pink Floyd - Vera

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day
Vera! Vera!
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do ?

A Protest Song - Whats going on - Marvin Gaye
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

A song about love... or is it? - Lou Reed - Perfect Day

Just a perfect day
you made me forget myself
I thought I was
someone else, someone good

I have no idea what this means - Kaizers Orchestra - Kontrol Pa Kontinent

Den skal vær mann som kan gå med min hatt
Den skal vær kald som tar øve mi makt
Den skal ha nr 42 for å gå med mine sko

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Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya.

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Well, I've never prayed,
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind , I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

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Well, I've never prayed,
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind , I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

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Heroin makes good music

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Well, I've never prayed,
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind , I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

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Heroin makes good music

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Probably the truest thing ever said.

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money cash hoes

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Damn, [censored] wanna stick me for my paper,
damn, [censored] wanna stick me for my paper,
damn, [censored] wanna stick me for my paper,
damn, [censored] wanna stick me for my paper

'They heard about the Rolexes, and the Lexus
with the Texas license plates out of state,
They heard about the pounds you got, down in Georgetown
and they heard you got half of Virginia locked down;
They even heard about the crib you bought your moms up in Florida, the fifth corridor,"

Call the coroner,
There's gonna be a lot of slow singin', and flower bringin'
if my burglar alarm starts ringin'.
What'd you think all the guns is for?
All-purpose war, got the rottweilers by the door -
and I feed 'em gunpowder, so they can devour
the criminals, tryin' to drop my decimals,
damn, [censored] wanna stick me for my cream,
yo it ain't a dream, things ain't always what it seem
they're the one who smoked blunts wit' ya, see the picture,
now they want to grab the gats and come and get ya,
told ya Biggie won't slip, I got the calicos with the Black Talons loaded in the clip,
so I can rip through the ligaments, put [censored] in a bad predicament, where all the foul [censored] went,
touch my chedda, feel my Baretta,
[censored] what I'ma hit you with, you [censored] better duck..

etc.

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As I noted in another thread the other day,

"We're all just teenage enema nurses in bondage."

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whaaaaaa?


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Sunshine...ony my shoulders...makes me happy....

trite, but true nonetheless.

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Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue:
We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view.

Favorite by far. I don't know what it is, happiness, contentedness, I don't know, but at our core we all want the same thing. How we get there is how we are different.

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Yeah, that one is great.

One I've always liked is "Dont let the past remind us of what we are not now" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

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Cause now and then She'll get to worrying
Just because you haven't spoken For so long
Though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when she's gone
-Billy Joel, Tell Her About It

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Money
So they say
Is the root of all evil
Today

But if you ask for rise
It's no surprise that
They're giving none away

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A Song About War (or at least its what I feel the track is about) - Pink Floyd - Vera

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day
Vera! Vera!
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do ?



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Wow! I saw a spitfire display yesterday, and after it, I could hear, just about, "We'll meet again" by Vera Lynn being piped out from somewhere not too distant.

I thought of this Pink Floyd song.

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"The truth can't hurt you
it's just like the dark.
It scares you witless
but in time you see things clear and stark."

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"If I wasnt in the rap game
Id probably have a key knee deep in the crack game
Because the streets is a short stop
Either youre slingin crack rock or you got a wicked jumpshot
[censored], its hard being young from the slums
Eatin five cent gums not knowin where your meals comin from
And now the [censored] gettin crazier and major
Kids younger than me, they got the sky grand pagers
Goin outta town, blowin up
Six months later all the dead bodies showin up
It make me wanna grab the nine and the shottie
But I gotta go identify the body
Damn, what happened to the summertime cookouts?
Everytime I turn around a [censored] gettin took out
[censored], my momma got cancer in her breast
Dont ask me why Im [censored] stressed, things done changed"

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You can spend your whole life buildin'
Something from nothin
One storm could come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can love someone with all you heart
For all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk anyway
love em anyway

God is great but sometimes life aint good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like i think it should
But I do it anyway
Yeah I do it anyway

-Martina McBride, Do it Anyway

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"Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind." - Kansas

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There is something about this song that rings true for those who have kids.

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

Elton John/Bernie Taupin
The Greatest Discovery

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There I am in younger days, star gazing
Painting picture perfect maps
Of how my life and love would be
Not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection
My compass, faith in love’s perfection
I missed ten million miles of road I should have seen

Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together
Left each other one by one on the road to fairer weather
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
To the slim chance of love’s recovery

"Love's Recovery," Indigo Girls

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Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
...
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?

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"I've got too much energy to switch off my mind,
But not enough to get organised..."

Infected - The The

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"The memories of a man in his old age,
are the deeds of a man in his prime"

Free Four - Pink Floyd

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kind of a cheezy song; but this verse has always struck me as terribly true and sad-

"don't it make you sad to know that life
is more than who we are"

goo goo dolls

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There is NO sex in the champagne room.

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Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue:
We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view.

Favorite by far. I don't know what it is, happiness, contentedness, I don't know, but at our core we all want the same thing. How we get there is how we are different.

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Yeah, that one is great.

One I've always liked is "Dont let the past remind us of what we are not now" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

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CSN reminds me of this great one:
"We never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do."
- Southern Cross, CSN

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I really think that Dylan is in his own league. I think an entire thread could be devoted to his lyrics alone.

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Thats all right Ma
Its life and life only.

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Why's it so soft when the cannons unload on the others?
Why're we so loud when we say it wont happen to us?
Why does my mind blow to bits every time they play that song?
It's just the way that he sings, not the words that he says, or the band.
Im in love with this soul, it's a meaning that I understand.


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My Morning Jacket - The Way That He Sings

Because the last two lines pretty much sum up how I feel about a lot of my favorite music, theirs included.

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Really, there are so many it's hard to pick.

After an all night party at my house I spent an entire summer school class writing this one on the blackboard once.

<u>The Beatles: Within You and Without You</u>

We were talking
About the space between us all
And the people
Who hide themselves behind a wall
Of illusion
Never glimpse the truth
Then it's far too late
When they pass away

We were talking
About the love we all could share
When we find it
To try our best to hold it there
With our love, with our love
We could save the world, if they only knew

Try to realize it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows on within you and without you

We were talking
About the love that's gone so cold
And the people
Who gain the world and lose their soul
They don't know
They can't see
Are you one of them

When you've seen beyond yourself
Then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one
And life flows on within you and without you

<u>Jennifer Knapp: Kansas: Martyrs and Thieves</u>

Well I've never been much for the baring of soul
In the presence of any man
I'd rather keep to myself all safe and secure
In the arms of a sinner I am
Could it be that my worth should depend
By the crimson stained grace on a hand
And like a lamp on a hill Lord I pray in Your will
To reveal all of You that I can

<u>U2: The Joshua Tree: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For</u>

I have run - I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

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I think this is perfect forum material. I'll list a few artists then some lyrics.
Jewel, Fiona Apple, 2pac, Clipse, Goo Goo Dolls, Oasis, Tom Petty, Fabolous, REM, Sarah McLaughlin, Eminem, Outkast, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Shakira, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Maroon 5


Here are 2. But, there are so many:

I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've gotta rise above
- John Mayer

I keep my heads,
yeah, both of them where they're supposed to be
cause hoes can get you sidetracked and clapped
from close feet
-Jay Z

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I really think that Dylan is in his own league. I think an entire thread could be devoted to his lyrics alone.

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True.

A lot of the great lyrics aren't really great as "sayings" or observations in themselves, but because of the story or emotional picture they paint. Good examples: Julia by John Lennon, Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. This kind of makes it hard to judge lyrics against each other sometimes.

If we want to go by absolute truth, I have to give the nod to Missing Persons, with "Only a nobody walks in L.A."