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FeralCats:
The obligatory Beefheart post. Probably my favorite lyricist.

Quietly the rain played down on last of the ashes
Quietly the light played down on her lashes
She smiled 'n twisted she smiled 'n twisted
Hideously looking back at what once was beautiful
Playing naturally magically
O' her ragged hair was shinin' red white n' blue
All 'n all the children screamin'
Why surely madam you must be dreamin'
You couldn't have done this if you knew what you were doin'
Well the gold fish 'n the bowl lay upside down bloatin'
Full in the sky 'n the plains were bleached white with skeletons
Various species grouped together according
To their past beliefs
The only way they ever all got together was
Not in love but shameful grief
It's not the way I'd like it t' get together
That's not the kind uh thoughts I'd like t' keep
The rain played lightly down down on the formaheap
O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall

-Captain Beefheart, Song:Bill's Corpse, Album:Trout Mask Replica

I love those lyrics. That entire album is a lyrical goldmine, as well as a musical one.

Ridicule:
Stutter step to the beat of a disparaged lover.
Dumb and pulsing we've become.
The bedroom door is an old black lung.
It's arrhythmic.
Uninviting and pliable.
With the noble irreverence of shrapnel she came for us.
Bore into our heads and found thoughtlessness.
Never minded the faithless courage of shame or the bravery of oblivion.

-every time i die - kill the music

Synchronicity:
This is what I give you
Rooftops with secret views
Fire escapes lead us to heaven
Train yards where we hide together

Nighttime’s our security
The stars watch us like guardian angels
Take these letters from an old sign
Now you got your inititals
~"Holy Names" by Pretty Girls Make Graves



I am kissing my first kiss
I am wishing my first wish
In my life we had such fun
You and me, we’re the only ones

We are sneaking out ‘til dawn
Out across the neighbor’s lawn
Smell of grass and cigarettes
Pirouettes around our heads

Oh, what did we know?
We were just sixteen and pretty
Oh, God only knows
I was just like any other boy
Oh-o-o

Staring through the window glass
I took your photograph
With my reflection looking back
Memories in white and black

Oh, what did we know?
We were just sixteen and pretty
Oh, God only knows
I was just like any other boy
Oh-o-o
Oh-o-o

I am kissing my first kiss
I am wishing my first wish
In my life we had such fun
You and me, we’re the only ones
You and me, we’re the only ones
You and me, we’re the only ones
You and me, we’re the only ones
~"Sixteen and Pretty" by Math and Physics Club

IronOxide:
"I LIKE PANDA PANDA PANDA PANDA PAN- PANDA!"

I really do love that song.

redbeardjim:
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
And you are young, and life is long
And there is time to kill today

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun

So 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

Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught
Or half a page of scribbled rhymes

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over
Thought I'd something more to say

Pink Floyd, "Time"

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