I work at a gas station. My co-workers insist on listening to the radio rather than my "weird" CDs, so I listen to a whole, whole lot of crappy radio. The lyric that immediately leapt to mind was
I found a reason for me
to change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you.
What I love the most is that they could have just said "change" but they added "who I used to be" just so it would have the right number of syllables.
It's a non sequitur, too. You could perhaps change how you are "now", but there's no way to change the past.
Shit pop lyrics? Avril I think takes the cake by far. The song about the boy skater (spelled for some reason "Sk8r Boi") takes the idea of a Mary Chapin Carpenter song ("He Thinks He'll Keep Her", my favorite </sarcasm>) and runs with it about as far to the end of irritation that you can do. I realize that there's irony in the opening lyrics, which took some thought, but it's still very lame and ultimately nobody really cares that much, and in the end she's still not even attracted to the guy for anything about his personality, just his fame.
Also Milkshake. Dull, repetitive lyrics behind a really uninteresting beat. It could only be cool on some occasions that it is mocked.
My personal take on bad lyrics? I re-transliterated the lyrics to the song in my sig (which I do think is quite awesome) and put it up on the XKCD fora. Here you go:
I sit and watch the night sky, here all alone
As a shooting star passed through the sky
I wonder if you could have seen it too
And now I wish I could get back to you
But if I could fly and soar through the sky like the shooting star
I would fly to your side, to be right where
You are so far away and I know no matter what I must do
My will and love are strong, and I shall soon reach you
I sit here under the rain, with you in my mind
Remembering all the lovely things you've said
You once said the stars are lovely after the rain
And with your words in my heart, how can I complain
But if I could fly and soar through the sky like a shooting star
I would cast the brightest light, to shine into
Your heart, and though we've had to part, I know when you watch the sky
Your sorrows may not leave you, but you will smile and shine
I don't want you to fight, there all alone
I shall somehow reach you and find my home...
If I could fly and soar through the sky like a shooting star
I know I'd reach your side, even though
You are so far away, but in this single moment in time
We light up the night together as we travel through
The sky, somehow, living nowhere but here and now,
I would be right by your side, forever for all time
(OVERLY SAPPY)
