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Favorite lyricists?
Johnny C:
The Long Winters' John Roderick.
--- Quote from: In "Ultimatum," he ---Student, why do you dream of me
When you dream of your acre of trees?
It was agreed I came to burn leaves
It's all I ever claimed to do
A ploughman i'll never grow into
...
My arms miss you
My hands miss you
The stars sing, i've got their song in my head
Oh, I don't want my words twisted
I don't want you to listen to close
Or wait for me impatiently
And I hope I can keep seeing you
As long as you don't say you're falling in love
--- End quote ---
Adding to the praise previously heaped on Spencer Krug, here's an interview snippet regarding "Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts."
--- Quote from: Coke Machine Glow ---CMG: Like, what’s a “Hungry Ghost”?
SK: It’s – ok I’m going to forget the details now, so I’m going to sound kind of dumb…But in one particular Buddhist religion – and don’t ask me why I referred to something Buddhist – but there are these neat characters in Buddhism that are these tortured characters. They symbolize one of the levels of Hell. I forget the name for it – but there are a bunch of different levels of Hell, and one of them is this level where hypocrites and liars go; not the worst sins, sort of middle-ground punishment. And when they get there, they turn into hungry ghosts, that’s the best translation for it. And hungry ghosts are always thirsty, and always hungry. They’re sort of like that character Tantalus in Greek mythology: he can’t eat or drink, but he’s always hungry or thirsty. And these ghosts, they have really tiny throats, so if they try to eat, it chokes them and they die, because they only have these little straws for throats. I THINK that when they drink water it turns into fire.
CMG: That happens to my grandfather.
SK: Yeah, so Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts is addressing my own generation, I guess. Insatiable thirsts, and hunger for whatever…
--- End quote ---
And let's face it, dude from Okkervil River. Will Sheff's stuff oughta be eligible for AP English kids to use on the exam. Look at Black Sheep Boy's habit of referencing preceding songs or the songs that follow: it's one dizzyingly allusory piece, and it succeeds on the strength of its actual poetic merit. The entire album is a case in point of his skills.
EDIT: I wish I could get ahold of some Novillero lyrics to prove it, but I'm lazy. Guys got skills, though: "Aim Right For The Holes In Their Lives" and "Habit Over Heart" are both stellar songs that lyrically live up to their titles.
Kai:
--- Quote from: Shaft ---GERARD WAY
I'M TELLING YOU I'M OK
TRUST ME
I'M NOT OK
I'M NOT OK I'M NOT O FUCKING K
WHAT A GENIUS
--- End quote ---
DUDE
GO LISTEN TO THE SONG, IT'S I'M NOT HAWOAAAAOKEY.
Johnny C:
HI'M NAH-HOT HOAW-KAY
ayePod:
Bruce Springsteen knows how to write a simple song that connects to the audience and is quite frankly a king when it comes to story telling.
Tom Waits makes you feel dirty with his lyrics. Just plain dirty.
But my all time favourite lyricist is Billy Bragg. Getting out sociopolitical ideas whilst being heartbreakingly funny is something that takes a genius.
Scytale:
Another lyricists I really enjoy is Bruce Dickinson, whilst Steve Harris writes the majority of Maiden's music / lyrics I really like the stuff Bruce comes up with both in Maiden and he's solo albums.
from "Revelations"
--- Quote ---
Just a babe in the black abyss,
No reason for a place like this,
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain,
An easy way for the blind to go,
A clever path for the fools who know
The secret of the Hanged Man - the smile of his lips.
The light of the Blind - you'll see,
The venom that tears my spine,
The Eyes of the Nile are opening - you'll see.
--- End quote ---
From "Powerslave"
--- Quote ---
Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins,
Silent the terror that reigned -
Marbled in stone
A Shell of a man God preserved -
From thousand ages,
But open the gates of my hell -
I'll strike from the grave
--- End quote ---
And then there is he's William Blake inspired stuff, which I think is just brilliant.
From "Chemical Wedding"
--- Quote ---
How happy is the human soul
Not enslaved by dull control
Left to dream and roam and play
Shed the guilt of former days
Walking on the foggy shore
Watch the waves come rolling home
Through the veil of pale moonlight
My shadow stretches out its hand
And so we lay, we lay in the same grave
Our chemical wedding day
--- End quote ---
and from "Killing Floor"
--- Quote ---
So this is dreamtime, and all is quiet
So this is dreamtime, and all is night
You've never been held by the hand of God
Who's rocking the cradle, if he is not?
He turned the oil into his blood
Panzer divisions burning in the mud
The stain of freedom, he's washed it out
Who's rocking the cradle, I have no doubt
Sleeping eyes awake
To see his hooded gaze
Whispers on the wind
The darker side of ecstasy
Satan has left his killing floor
--- End quote ---
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