Quotes about song-lyrics

Kevin Dalton - Faubush Hill -

Put some fiddle in the middle, it'll make it better. Warm your heart like an old love letter. Make you feel like the day you met her.

Neha Yazmin - Chasing Pavements

JAMIE'S SONG 'I Had No Choice':I had no choice, I had to be hers.And now she’s gone, I have to be hurt.She’s not the one that I wanted,She’s just the one that I had.She’s not the one that I’d chosen,She’s just the one I got given.I never said, ‘Hey, she’s the one for me,’It was already built in me.I didn’t say, ‘Hey, she’s so pretty,’It’s just these eyes were made to see… her.I had no choice, I had to be hers.And now she’s gone, I have to be hurt.I had no choice, that’s how it was written.I had

Marilyn Manson -

Light a candle for the sinners set the world on fire

Boyz II Men -

time made me stronger, you're no longer on my mind

Bob Dylan -

Ah, but I was so much older thenI’m younger than that now

Ray Lamontagne -

But everything I have to give, I'll give to you

Jim Morrison -

We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us

Adam Young Owl City Cave In -

If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said thatevery mushroom cloud has a silver lining.

Shannon L. Alder -

Our CrossOur little circle hides in the mind,It's difficult to miss but hard to find,It goes unspoken but yet it speaks,From backward years to forward weeks,We can't forget but why even try,Two of a kind doesn't know goodbye,It's a silent question that God won't share,A breeze we feel but seems unfair,Distant, rare but only madness can see,It's something deeper than any infinity,Because we walk this parallel path up and down,There is no circle to hold us circus clowns,So let's give it a symbol a

Kris Kristofferson -

Her close friends have gathered.Lord, ain't it a shameGrieving togetherSharing the blame.But when she was dyingLord, we let her down.There's no use cryin'It can't help her now.The party's all overDrink up and go home.It's too late to love herAnd leave her alone.Just say she was someoneLord, so far from homeWhose life was so lonesomeShe died all aloneWho dreamed pretty dreamsThat never came trueLord, why was she bornSo black and blue?Oh, why was she bornSo black and blue?Epitaph (Black And Blue)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement.

John Lennon - Imagine

Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou may say that I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one

Tim Minchin -

Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?

Simon Curtis -

I don´t need you to believe in me/I know how to change my destiny/Sit down, about to rewrite our history

Brad Paisley - Hits Alive

She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarett. She broke his heart. He spent his whole life trying to forget. We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time. But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind until the night.He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger.And finally drank away her memory.Life is short but this time it was bigger,Than the strength he had to get up off his knees.We found him with his face down in the pillow.With a note that sai

John Lennon -

I get by with a little help from my friends.

About Time -

There’s a song by Baz Luhrmann called Sunscreen. He says worrying about the future is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life will always be things that never crossed your worried mind

Rascal Flatts -

You think you're lost but you're not lost on your own. You're not alone. I will stand by you, I will help you through when you’ve done all you can do.If you can’t cope, I will dry your eyesI will fight your fight, I will hold you tight and I wont let go

Rascal Flatts -

I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long, I'm moving on

Alanis Morissette -

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

Rob Sheffield - Love Is a Mix Tape

You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?" I long to live out this moment in real life.

Bob Dylan -

There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief...

Lady Gaga -

We are not just Art for Michelangelo to carve, he can't rewrite the agro of my furied heart- Lady Gaga 10/22/10

Roger Waters -

Wish You Were Here So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running

Bruce Springsteen -

The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.

Faith No More - Faith No More - The Real Thing

Droplets of yes and no, in an ocean of maybe.

Real Friends -

I said I'm selfish, I'm a liar and I'm brokenShit runs through my head every day that I would never tell anyoneYou're just like meThe only difference is that I'm honest enough to scream my flaws in the lines of this song

Marc Cohn -

You can go a hundred miles a second Don't have to drive no lousy cab Got everything you want and more man And the King picks up the tab You walk around on streets of gold all day And you never have to listen To what these customers say and I know...

Marc Cohn -

There's a stranger in a car Driving down your street Acts like he knows who you are Slaps his hand on the empty seat and says "Are you gonna get in Or are you gonna stay out?" Just a stranger in a car Might be the one they told you about Well you never were one for cautiousness You open the door He gives you a tender kiss And you can't even hear them no more --All the voices of choices Now only one road remains And strangers in a car Two hearts Two souls Tonight Two lanes You don't know where yo

Oliver -

When I write I like to give equal justice to lyrics, too. I want the song to have meaning for me so I can make it have meaning for the audience.

Seré Prince Halverson - All the Winters After

... that same hardware and tackle shop his dad got lost in for hours while Kache waited in the truck, writing lyrics on the backs of old envelopes his mom kept in the glove compartment for blotting her lipstick. Kache had written around the red blooms of her lip prints.

Bob Dylan - Vol. 1

The line it is drawnThe curse it is castThe slow one nowWill later be fastAs the present nowWill later be pastThe new order isRapidly fadin'.And the first one nowWill later be lastFor the times they are a-changin'.

Laurie Anderson -

History is an angel being blown backwards into the future

Cheryl Cory - Must've Done Something Good

It’s true—there are only, like, two songs about rainbows, including that one. He should be asking why there are so few songs about rainbows.

Bob Marley - Bob Marley - Legend

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Paul McCartney -

When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree,there will be an answer, let it be.For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see,there will be an answer. let it be.Let it be, let it

One Direction -

You don't know, oh, ohYou don't know you're beautiful.

Criss Jami - Killosophy

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.

Selena Gómez -

You have every right to a beautiful life.

Lil Wayne -

Love me or hate me, i swear it won't make or break me.

Parachute Band -

They call her love, love, love, love, love. She is love, and she is all I need.

Marvin Gaye -

And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong

Ray Lamontagne -

And baby, the way you move me it's crazy

Jon Bon Jovi - Best of Bon Jovi

Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear

Tim McGraw -

because being with you makes perfect sense

Jonny Lang -

I don't want to be in love but you're makin' me

V.C. Andrews - Flowers in the Attic

I wish the night would end,I wish the day'd begin,I wish it would rain or snow,or the wind would blow,or the grass would grow,I wish I had yesterday,I wish there were games to play...

Anna Nalick -

But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles

Paul McCartney -

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.

Jimi Hendrix -

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again

Gerard Way -

Would you destroy Something perfect in order to make it beautiful?

Taylor Swift -

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

Suzanne Collins - Mockingjay

Are you, are you Coming to the tree They strung up a man They say who murdered three. Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met at midnight In the hanging tree.Are you, are you Coming to the tree Where the dead man called out For his love to flee. Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met at midnight In the hanging tree.Are you, are you Coming to the tree Where I told you to run, So we'd both be free. Strange things did happen here No stranger would

Kylie Scott - Lick

I thought I could let you goI thought that you could leave and knowThe time we took would fadeBut I’m colder than the bed where we layYou let go if you like, I’ll hold onSay no all you want, I’m not doneBaby, I promise youDid you think I’d let you go?That’s never happening and now you knowTake your time, I’ll waitRegretting every last thing I said

Alter Bridge - Alter Bridge - One Day Remains

Ascend, may you find so resistanceJust know that you made such a differenceAll you leave behind will live to the endThe cycle of suffering goes onBut memories of you stay strongSome day I too will fly and find you again

Jason Mraz - Love Is a Four Letter Word

Sometimes it may seem dark, but the absence of the light is a necessary part.

Mark Knopfler -

Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start. / When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Regina Spektor -

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.

George M. Cohan -

Give my regards to Broadway,Remember me to Herald Square,Tell all the gang at 42nd Street,That I will soon be there;Whisper of how I'm yearningTo mingle with the old time throng,Give my regards to old Broadway,And say that I'll be there e'er long.

James W. Blake -

East Side, West Side, all around the town,The tots sang "Ring-a-rosie, London Bridge is falling Down;Boys and Girls together, me and Mamie O'Rorke, Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York.

Jacques Revaux - My Way

And now, the end is near,And so I face the final curtain.My friend, I'll say it clear,I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.I've lived a life that's full.I've traveled each and every highway;And more, much more than this,I did it my way.

Sara Bareilles - Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest

Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you liveMaybe one these days you can let the light inShow me...how BIG your BRAVE is!

Gayle Forman - Sisters in Sanity

There are monsters all around usThey can be so hard to seehey don't have fangs, no blood-soaked clawsThey look like you and me. But we're not defenselessWe're no damsels in distressTogether we can fend off the attackAll we gotta do is watch our backs.Your body is beautiful how it isWho you love is nobody's business We all contemplate life and deathIt's the poet who gives these thoughtsbreath.The monster is strong, don't be mistakenIt thrives on fear-keeps us isolatedBut together we can fend off

Keith Urban -

..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive

Keith Urban -

She laid her heart and soul right in your handsAnd you stole her every dream and crushed her plansShe never even knew she had a choiceAnd that's what happens when the only voice she hears is telling her she can'tYou stupid boy

Keith Urban -

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone..

Ringo Starr -

A lady that I know just came from Colombia. She laughed because I did not understand. She held out some marijuana uh-huh, said it was the finest in the land. I said, no-no-no-no, i dont smoke it no more. It only makes me fall on the floor.No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door. A lady that i know just came from Morrocco, Spain. She laughed because i did not understand. She held out a ten-pound bag of cocaine, said it was the finest in the land. I

George Carlin -

Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.

Thousand Foot Krutch -

It's not worth it!It's not workin'!You wanted it to be picture perfect!

Linkin Park -

Memories consumeLike opening the woundI'm picking me apart againYou all assumeI'm safe here in my roomUnless I try to start again.

Bruce Springsteen -

Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true,But you and I know what this world can do.So let's make our steps clear so the other may see.And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me.

Joni Mitchell -

Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

Walt Disney Company - Hercules

I’ll be there someday, I can go the distance.I will find my way, if I can be strong.I know every mile, will be worth my while,When I go the distance, I’ll be right where I belong. - Hercules

Dodie Clark -

Am I the only onewishing life away?Never caught up in the momentbusy begging the past to stayMemories painted with much brighter ink;they tell me I loved, teach me how to think.

Criss Jami - Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

Chance is your godThough you're falling free you will land hard

Lorde - Lorde - Pure Heroine Songbook

I'm kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air,So there.

Lorde - Lorde - Pure Heroine Songbook

We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves.

Bob Dylan -

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto #2: Cover-Up

Written up in marker on a factory sign:I struggle with the feeling that my life isn't mine

-- Neil Diamond. -

And each one there has one thing shared;They have sweated beneath the same sun,Look up in wonder at the same moon,And wept when it was all done,For being done too soon.

Lorde - Lorde - Pure Heroine Songbook

And nothing's wrong when nothing's trueBut I live in a hologram with you.

Courtney Giardina - Behind the Strings

And we'll let the world dance around us while you lie here in my arms. The beat of your heart is all the music I need to hear. I spent my whole life searching for this melody, so I'll listen while I hold you near.

brendon urie -

Love Is Not A choice

Kris Kristofferson -

I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.

LaShonda Bowman - My Soul Is Satisfied

Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white. They are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Panic at the Disco -

Sit tight, I'm gonna need you to keep time Come on just snap, snap, snap your fingers for me Good, good now we're making some progress Come on just tap, tap, tap your toes to the beat And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well Don't you see, I'm the narrator, and this is just the prologue?Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen

Ghost Town -

A place for the newly weds and nearly deads I'm counting the stones I hope you know I love you.Got a lot of friends 6 feet under us.Counting down the days till we join the party.Thoughts of your nightmare projected through mine...Breathing in these lies is no surpriseThese evil things are all we knowLets take these lives where we want to go.The future is our prize, when the stars align.Ghouls and ghosts will haunt my soul but they will never take me.Before I go, I want to show that we can make a

George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords

A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.

Christina Perri -

like a soulmate he's your penguin

Amanda Palmer -

The pattern's laid out on the bedWith dozens of colors of threadBut you've got the needleI guess that's the point in the end

Jason Robert Brown -

Maybe I'd see how you could be so certain that we had no chance...at all.

Allison Lonsdale -

Sit down and have a cup of coffeeWith your firm conviction that they're out to get youSit down and have a cigarette with your awful fear of deathI saw Milarepa at the all-night diner sharing a table with his personal demonsHe said You've got to invite them in with compassion on your breath Stop running away, 'cause nobody runs as fast as pain and sorrowStop pushing away, you're just making it hardStop putting it off, 'cause it'll be back to kick your ass tomorrowBreathe in, breathe out, let down

John Lennon -

We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...we all shine on...come on and on and on...

Lorde - Lorde - Pure Heroine Songbook

We're so happy, even when we're smiling out of fear.

Kasabian -

We fought an entire army with a bouquet of flowers back in the '70'sBut now you're taught to remain without will until you run out of energyAfraid that if you strive for an ideal you end up like a KennedyIt's like being on a treadmill every day but never losing any weight'Cause to see success the food before you digest has to changeWe're stressed and high, get depressed and dieBut still afraid to question whyOne of the biggest criminals I ever met wore a suit and tieWhen did we stop believing? W

Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift: Fearless

When all you wanted was to be wanted, you wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now.

R.E.M Sweetness Follows -

It's these little things, they can pull you underLive your life filled with joy and wonderI always knew this altogether thunderWas lost in our little lives

Sylvia Plath - The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth.

Sarah Dessen - Lock and Key

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

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