"We can fuck forever but you will never get my soul." - the Gun Club


"Baby, will you eat that there snack cracker in your special outfit?" - Southern Culture on the Skids


"10:30 the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's the Wurzer kid looking up in a tree. I said, 'what are you lookin' for?'
He said, 'I'm looking for my burrow owl.' I say 'Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick! Everybody knows the burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground. Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway??' Now Stewart, do you think a kid like that is gonna know what the queers are doing to the soil?" - Dead Milkmen.

People always try to shove my face into the ground when all they really want to do is suck out my motherfukcing brain.

System of a Down, "Sugar"

"In order to survive you, I must first survive myself"
- Tool, Bottom

the 3 men i admire most, the father, son and the holy ghost caught the last train for the coast.

I admit I skimmed through some of the posts, so some of these might already be in the thread:

"Would you like to learn to fly? Would you like to see me try?"
-Pink Floyd

"It's not enough.
I need more.
Nothing seems to satisfy.
I don't want it.
I just need it.
To feel, to breathe, to know I'm alive."
Tool - Stinkfist

This one always makes me really emotional
"My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away
My my, hey hey.

It's out of the blue and into the black
They give you this but you pay for that
And once you're gone you can never come back
When you're out of the blue
And into the black

The king is gone but he's not forgotten
This is the story of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye."
Neil Young - My my hey hey

you said we were an accident
you'll always be my favorite one

My Favorite Accident by Motion City Soundtrack

you've got me wrapped around your wrist
covering those memories
Time After Next by incaseoffire

Don't start me talkin'
I could talk all night
My mind goes, sleepwalkin'
While I'm putting the words to right.

-Elvis Costello, Oliver's Army

When I hold you, in my arms
And I fell my finger on your trigger
I know, nobody can do my no harm
Because, happiness, is a warm gun

-Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun

And on a lighter note:

I am the Eggman
I am the Eggman
I am the Walrus
Goo goo g'joo (or however the hell you spell it)

Mister City Policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.
I'm crying, I'm crying.

-Beatles, I am the Walrus

One line that really put a lump in my throat the first time I heard it:

"You never took us fishing Dad, and now you never will."

From Lost Boys Calling, by Roger Waters. It's the closing credits music to Legend of 1900. The whole song is very melancholy, and that one really stabs you.

-Mikey

thought of another great one this morning...

"Penguins are so sensitve to my needs"
-Lyle Lovette, Penguins

in your arms, I feel so safe and so secure
every day is such a perfect day to spend
alone with you

- Genesis, Follow You, Follow Me


"gimme a HOOOO if you've got your funky bus fare!"
- Gap Band, Double Dutch Bus

it's Simple Plan- addicted

this is from the Beastie boys song " Hold It Now- Hit It" :

Now I chill real ill when I start to chill
When I fill my pockets with a knot of dollar bills
Sipping pints of ale out the window sill
When I get my fill I'm chilly chill
Now I just got home because I'm out on bail
What's the time? it's time to buy ale
Peter eater parking meter all of the time
If I run out of ale it's Thunderbird wine
Miller drinking chicken eating dress so fly
I got friends in high places that are keeping me high
Down with Mike D. and it ain't no hassle
Got the ladies of the eighties from here to White Castle

a little bit more than a line but it really cracks me up.

Hatebreed - We still fight ( was really blasting this one when the Iraq war began)

Talk of the causes you support
Voice your misdirected views
You only comment on the things you don't have the power to change
Do you even think before you speak
Do you know what it is you condone?
Take a look at the world today
You've taken your freedom and safety for granted

How do you justify (you have no right)
The way you disgrace those who gave their lives
And how do you justify (you have no right)
The way you disrespect those whose loved ones died.

Everyday is a different crusade
You revolt from the safety of your fantasies
Privileged, you've never fought for a thing
You'd be the first to go if there was real anarchy
All your jargon makes me sick
You're the farthest thing from an activist
You've lost sight of what's important and real
You've taken your freedom and safety for granted

(How do you justify...)

Kill!

This is dedicated to all those who gave their lives to uphold their beliefs
Not to those who try to demean their sacrifices
You have no right.

For those who fought our rights and for those who gave their lives.
And for the families whose love ones died.
It's their honor for which we still fight.

Friendship is the only beast never known to bite till its dead.
Last Illusion - J.F.Murphy and Free Flowing Salt

Friends keep telling me
I bear a striking resemblance to someone you used to know
But baby it's me
So why the hell you keep on calling me Flo

- Smash mouth - Flo

Remember I will always love you
As I claw your fucking throat away
It will end no other way
It will end no other way

- Tool - Pushit

Watching little children, with their fully automatics, they like to push the weak around.

- Soad - deer dance

Both from Jethro Tull's "One White Duck/0^10=nothing at all"

But my dreams are for dreaming and best left that
way --- and my zero to your power of ten equals
nothing at all.
--
But remember your way in is also my way out, and
love's four-letter word is no compensation.

i'm about as lonesome as a poor boy gets
and there's nothing i can do
cause it's dark out here
and i cant find you
oh...it dont get any lonlier than this

>steve earle>

...He gave the ladies a Lick and a Promise...

Aerosmith, "Lick and a Promise", ROCKS, 1976

Lyric in signature
 

See signature below for my favorite line from a song...

"I'm so lonely, You're so beautiful..."

~STAIND "Crawl"

"She shadows me in the mirror, she never leaves on the light
and some things that I say to her just don't seem to bite"
- Cars, All Mixed Up

I was listening to a lot of Randy Newman at the time...



No one likes us - I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paris
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono, baby,
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now

And The Bloodhound Gang:

Jimmy Jimmy y'all Jimmy damn Jimmy yea
Gimme the mic Rob so I can take it away
Got more lines than the welfare office
Are you upset you'll never get to be as clever as this?
Spreadin' quicker than your mom have a feel but don't cop it
Yeah I stole your beat but that's 'cause you dropped it
Crude as oil unrefined but slick
I'm gonna get you from behind like a gay convict
'Cause my name ain't Quasimodo but I still got a hunch
That like the Jim Jones cult I'll take you out with one punch
You're Spiro Agnew and I'm the Dick you answer to
You're sweatin' like a watermelon at a Baptist barbecue
Sneakin' up like celery yeah I'm stalkin'
I squeak like Stephen Hawkings yeah but I'm walkin'
Nose to ground so this Bloodhound will sniff and follow it
I hope you choke on your pride when I make you swallow it
Screamin' like a Mimi when you see me comin' near ya
Like a Kenny Loggins' record no one's ever gonna hear ya
Like a game of Hide and Seek it's all over if I see ya
'Cause you're yellower than tinkle and you'll be runnin' like diarrhea

BobaClark! MSI Rocks.

In the twilight of my life
I don't need no grammys
Rock my gay acceptance speech
Most of all I'd like to..

Thank god
For programming my beats
I'd like to thank god
for making me hard like I'm from the streets
God wrote all my dopest rhymes
Especially the ones about shooting niggaz and
getting fucking high

"Stop talking, negotiating
Your feebles attempts towards world peace -
HA! Gimme a fucking break.
Need world wide genocide
Planetary suicide
And when the whole damn world is dead -
There's your fucking peace."

Fuck yes. You sir have great musical taste.

Grateful Dead:

Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right. - Scarlet Begonias

One man gathers what another man spils. - St. Stephen

Phish:

Run like an Antelope, out of control!

Your TV is my teacher
Confessional and preacher
Forgive me lord for all this hate
I simply am inebriate

-KMFDM "Spit Sperm"

*looks at all the full songs*

I didn't know it was 'best song' :o

"When in doubt, I whip it out. I got me a rock 'n roll band...;) "

-Free For All

-The Motor City Madman...Mr. Ted Nugent

"You say you're jelous of my dic-tion, give me friction"
"F-R-I-C-T.I.O.N"

-Television, Friction

"Cock is my Buisness, and Buisness is good"

Pink Steel - We Fight for Cock

"i just wanna do it with you"
- mr t experience

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned...

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
Rush - Freewill

I cried when I wrote this song, sue me if I play too long.
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues

The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it.
Incubus - Wish You Were Here

Here are more...

You can call me anything you like, but my name is Veronica.
Elvis Costello - Veronica

I love you just as much as I hate your guts.
Elvis Costello - Alibi

Meet me in outer space;
We could spend the night;
Watch the earth come up.
Incubus - Stellar

So lock up your daughter;
Lock up your wife;
Lock up your back door;
And run for your life;
AC/DC - TNT

Oh, they do respect her but - they love to watch her strut.
Bob Seger - Her Strut

Promises mean everything when you're little, and the world is so big.
Everclear - Wonderful

I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
U2

I have become comfortably numb.
Pink Floyd

"Great teeth, great legs, great body, but she had a bad attitude.
All my friends thought she was snotty, and my mom thought she was rude."
Chixdiggit

Please see anything by tom waits - he has the best vocabulary and richest imagery of anyone i can think of, but, how about these chestnuts from the odds:
-straight out of karate lessons / to register these hands...as weapons...
and
i like the smell, and endure the taste of / everything thats cheaper / if you ask me did i have a good time, i'll say / get the lights mr. grim reaper...

heh, I gotta admit, Wil Sasso from MadTV did a great Randy Newman, and his music has a good vibe to it too. (newman that is.)

this is me with the words on the tip of my tongue and my eye through the scope down the barrel of a gun, remind me not to ever act this way again, and this is you trying hard to make sure that you're seen with a girl on your arm and your heart on your sleeve, remind me not to ever think of you again.

-taking back sunday "timberwolves at new jersey."

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government.
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

The storms are raging on the rollin' sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet.
Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love

I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right.
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice

I've seen a million faces
And I've rocked tham all.
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

Suddenly my eyes went so soft and shaky
I knew there was pain, pain is not aching
Then Richie, Richie said
Hey man let's dress up like cops
Think of what we could do
Something, something said, you better not

-Television, Venus

Just victims of the in house drive by
They say jump, you say how high?

Bullet in the Head - RATM

"Laughter looks like crying with no sound, raindrops taste like tears without the pain." "Another Rainy Night" - Queensryche.

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. I Am the Walrus--Beatles

wise words from ODB

"If you wanna die you gotta drink my sperm,
The other way to die is eat a can of worms"

"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day"

I can't say that I love Jesus.
That would be a hollow claim.
He did make some observations
And I'm quoting them today.
"Judge not lest ye be judged."
What a beautiful refrain.

- R.E.M. (New Test Leper)

Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With The Man Who Sold The World

Cover by Nirvana

you say that money isn't everything.........but i like you to see you live with out it - silverchair

"lets talk about heaven and and the sun and the moon and the stars, while the devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car" NIN

also

"Im drunk, but right now I am so in love with you" NIN

As mentioned above, Nick Cave and Tom Waits just completely clean up in this category.

To add a few others:

16 Horsepower:

Lot's of good ole' fashion fire and brimstone religion:

"When will I hurt for heaven's sake.
When will I suffer for the sake of heaven."


Trailer Bride: - The only band to put the country back in alt-country.

"well my momma says 'that's a pretty good song, but you ought to be singing for jesus'
'I know I should, someday I just might, hope Jesus will forgive me tonight'"

-- Porch Song

"Poor little lightnin bug, I know just how you feel.
He's flashin hard at my porch light.
She's real pretty, she won't listen.
She's a white-hot 60 watt vixen."

-- Itchin' For You

fuck, that right there's the pinacle of song writing - a light bulb as a sex symbol.

Weird Al: Poodle-Hat: Bob
(Artist: Album: Song)

"...Got a red nugget, a fat egg under a dog, go hang a salomi, I'm a lassagna hog!"

Really, ever line in this song is great, but this is one of the best.

Do check it out.

"Nobody is perfect but I'm pretty fucking close" - Clawfinger :)

Father?

Yes son?

I want to kill you...

So matter-of-factly. Morrison was a genius.

also...

Everything is gonna be all right.

Bob Marley... Simple, pure, positive, POWERFUL.

"And I swear that I don't have a gun..."

Thanks for that, Kurt.

Nice to know we can take him at his word.

well captian morgan was a pirate dude
he use to jack motherfuckas and act real rude
as a real life person he wasn’t much fun
but he sure made a good ass bottle of rum
-OPM "El Capitan"

Spy vs. Spy, baby's a freak show
Line forms just to the right of your keyhole
- WSP "Bear Gone Fishin'"

Look at this big eyed fish swimmin' in the sea
Oh, how it dreams to be a bird, swoopin', divin' through the breeze
So, one day, caught a big old wave up onto the beach
Now, he's, dead, you see
Beneath the sea is where a fish should be

But, oh, God
Under the weight of life
Things seem brighter on the other side
-DMB "Big eyed Fish"

'Scuse me please, one more drink
Could you make it strong?
'Cause I don't need to think
She broke my heart
My Grace is Gone
One more drink and I'll move on
-DMB "Grace Is Gone"

Shine on you crazy diamond.
- Pink Floyd

" This cat is asking if Iv'e seen his little lost passion/ Told him yeah, but only when peddle past him." -Aesop Rock

" Life's not a bitch, life is a beautifull woman./ You only call her a bitch cause she won't let you get that pussy./ Maybe it's because you don't share any similar intrests./ Or maybe your just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk a princess."- Aes Rock

"So then I work my way into their subconsciousness / I tell them
always use caution, now, cautiousness, because / Are you absolutely positive that you can make it without us and be prosperous? / You need to look at me and my accomplishments / Hey, I got an idea, let's start a partnership! /
It'll be just like livin' in a Harlequin / And we'll feed our pond fishies
ostriches / we'll feed the starved kiddies self-doubt lozenges / Just peeling layer after layer off their confidence / until it's one planet us homogenous / versus one gumball you optimists!!" Lyrics Born

....so many more.

In their heads...
In their heads...
ZOMBIES...
ZOMBIES...
ZOMBIES...

The Cranberries

Wake the FUCK UP people.

CANT YOU SEE I DONT LOVE YOU ANY MORE.....BLISSFUL AGONEY

freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
-me and bobby Mcgee Janis Joplin

see, to the common fowl the phoenix is sire/the most high of all things to ever have wings

cannibal ox-scream phoenix

"whereever i am, you'll always be, more than just a memory"

flogging molly

"So you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus"

Tori Amos

everybody knows it sucks to grow up
but everybody does

ben folds - still fighting it

Another vote for Tom Waits from "The Piano Has Been Drinking"
... The piano has been drinking... not me... not me... not me...

Add to that The Allman Brothers Band "Stormy Monday"
... The eagle flies on Friday. On Saturday, I go out to play.

And one probably nobody knows, just for fun, The Fugs from "Saran Wrap"
... Lick, lick, lick, lick, lick, my dick, dick, dick, dick, dick.

Thanks for listening.

"I will serve as an example to man as hope, by defending those I love with my life."

Shai Hulud - 'Solely Concentrating on the Negative Aspects of Life'

Stuttering, cold and damp
Steal the warm wind tired friend
Times are gone for honest men
And sometimes far too long for snakes
In my shoes, a walking sleep
And my youth I pray to keep
Heaven send Hell away
No one sings like you anymore

-Soundgarden, Black Hole Sun

so boundless I feel
and boundless all my fears
stop running back to old times
you loose your routine...
cause I found my path

- Apocalyptica - Path vol. 2

" I Think I'll ........ disapear now, and slip out sideways. " Disapear by The Crash Test Dummies .

"The knights always pestered the maidens,
to love them togeather, out in in the garden,
so they could watch each other."
Knights and Madiens by The Crash test Dummies

‘Cause I am barely breathing
And I can’t find the air
I don’t know who I’m kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don’t suppose it’s worth the price, worth the price
The price that I would pay
But I’m thinking it over anyway...

-Duncan Sheik

More than a "line" I suppose, but still very good.

playin' kiss covers
beautiful & stoned........

-wilco, "rock & roll drummer"

"It seems like the heart of the gods got a punch on my nose and it's starting to flow I think I might be sinking"
-Zep

"To be a rock and not to roll"

Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin.

"You say that i'm a sinner well ive got newes for you. I spoke to god this morning and he dont like you"

Ozzy Osbourne

Sorry I'm late
I was out destroying my liver
I couldn't wait
the sun was up for far too long today
and I can't see straight
but the two of you look awfully pretty
I couldn't wait --Alkaline Trio

"If heaven is for clean people, its vacant"

Matt Good

Well, we’re big rock singers. We've got golden fingers and we're loved everywhere we go. We sing about beauty and we sing about truth at ten thousand dollars a show.

No clue if they've been mentioned yet, but just in case:

"There's a road, in Oklahoma, straighter than a preacher and longer than a memory." Steve Earle

"We fell in love, love's a very deep hole." Loudon Wainwright III

There are many of course, but a couple good ones that always come to mind.

Jdoe

So many great lines to mention from Overkill lyrics, but this one has always been one of my favourite from the song "The Cleansing":

My God made love
And my God made pain
I feel at home
Amoung the insane
I see sunshine
In the pouring rain
Welcome Home...oh yes
I recognize you

i'll make it to the moon if i have to crawl
-rhcp - scar tissue

"i got burned once,
oh wait that was only gonneria"

Wu Tang Clan - Shame

I didn't read the whole thread, so I'm not sure if these have been posted, but in the middle of "Hey you" there's a line that just makes my day every time I hear it. It goes (something like - it's off the top of my head)

"But it was only fantasy
The wall was too high as you can see
No matter how he tried he could not break free
and the worms ate into his brain"

It means so much more to me, too, after watching the pink floyd movie.

"For you to want me, For you to need me, For you to notice. . . me."
-- Dashboard Confessional

great, great tune ;)

Also
my signature is what I think is the best line in a song that describes myself :lol:

its from blind melon - no rain
for those who did not know

you can't turn a hoe into a housewife, hoes don't act right
-Ludacris

"This life is more than just a read-through."
-Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Can't Stop"

"Every night I say a prayer in the hopes that there's a heaven,
And every day I'm more confused as the saints turn into sinners,
All the heros and legends I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay,
And I feel this empty place inside, so afraid that I've lost my faith.
Show me the way..."
-Styx, "Show Me the Way"

I came home from work last evenin'
Found a note in the fryin' pan
Said "make yer own supper babe
I run off with the Fuller brush man"
now I miss the way she used to call my name,
the way she used to bitch n' moan
And if I ever go out and get married again
I'll never leave the wife alone.

John Prine

Fuck you
Feed up with you
Im not as good as you?
Fuck you Im better than you

-Korn

In you a star is born and
you cut a perfect form
someone forever warm
lay on lay on lay on lay on
-RHCP dosed

don't need a watch to waste your time...
don't need a gun to blow your mind...

John Lennon
Whatever Gets You Through The Night

"Lifes not a bitch life is a beautiful woman
You only call her a bitch cause she wouldn't let you get that pussy
Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests
Maybe your just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk the princess."
Aesoprock- Daylight

" I'm in the wasteland honey you know its true, no motherfuckers gonna tell me what to do"

Warriour soul-Wasteland

I will lift you up high enough only to bring you down. TOOL

"with one flat foot on the devil's. . .

WAAAAAING"


Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl

Maybe you just have to hear it but he drawls it out perfectly and it's hilarious.

"Inside your fetal brain there's probably a whore"

Misfits - Attitude

believer, speak not to me of justice, for none have I ever seen.. by God, I shall give as I recieve

Betrayer, speak not to me at alll, you and this world ripped my fucken heart outt.. again, again..again.. and again.

EMPEROR.

'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
-the joker
steve miller band
hell ya :)

Neither have I read through all the posts, oh well.

"James Joyce is fucking my sister"

Therapy? - Potato Junkie

"More drink, more dreams, more bed, more drugs, more lust, more lies, more head, more love, more fear, more fun, more pain, more flesh, more stars, more smiles, more fame, more sex"

The Cure - Want

"Hey! Must be a devil between us or whores in my head, whores at the door, whore in my bed"

Pixies - Hey

Okay, now I've looked through a few posts, I want to make one correction, Bigmouth Strikes Again is originally written by The Smiths. And speaking of Morrissey and Marr.......

"In a darkened underpass I thought oh god my chance had come at last, but then a strange fear hit me and I just couldn't ask"

The Smiths - There Is A Light, It Never Goes Out

"I didn't realise that you wrote poetry, I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry"

The Smiths - Frankly Mister Shankly

I could go on and on with Smiths lyrics, but will hold back my enthusiasm.

"Hi ho silver, away"

Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown

"I'm so lonesome I could cry"

Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Simplistic yet powerful, that's where I think Williams' genius lay.

So many more quotes for me to put in, but sleep beckons :s

.....i just hold on to nothing

to see how long nothing lasts........



-"paper tiger" beck

Im on a highway to hell-acdc

"And the young, they can lose hope cause they can’t see beyond today,...
The wisdom that the old can’t give away"

"Love Boat Captain"-Riot Act-Pearl Jam

With my feet upon the ground
I lose myself between the sounds
and open wide to suck it in
i feel it move across my skin
im reachin up and reaching down
im reaching for the random or
what ever will bewilder me
what ever will bewilder me
and following our will at wind
we may just go where no one's been
we'll ride the spiral to the end
we may just go where no one's been

"Lateralus" - Tool


or


There's no love in fear
"Pushit" - Tool