Songs/lyrics that get you every time...

Yes, this thread is all about the lyrics that just have profound effects on you whenever you listen to them. We all know songs like that, whether they make us sad, happy, pensive, or just plain angry....

I'll start off.

Isn't It A Pity by George Harrison

Isn't it a pity
Now, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity

Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity

Isn't it a pity
Isn't is a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity

Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Now, isn't it a pity

(6 times, fade the 6th)
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity

Here's a great version of it by Eric Clapton and (the late great) Billy Preston, played at the Concert for George. So beautiful

This one's just great:

White Trash Heroes by Archers Of Loaf

Frozen out of focus, the sunday crowd
Started dreaming of television turned up too loud.
Coded conversation, half baked and tired,
Left us sleeping on blacktops burning the motor mile.

And underneath the arcade, details collide
Theres good shopping, but all those patrons have too much style.
And moving in slow motion the boulevard started seeping
With them half-ravers and techno bars.

It is like below the neon sign
All speeding past the line and thrashing, Im in paradise.

Sealed in concentration, the lantern lights
Started shrinking on dead men drinking white liquor wine.
And I asked the complication, the methane gas (? )
Started leaking on bastards burning half red and black.

We cant ride on ________________ time
All speeding past the line and thrashing, Im in paradise.

And standing at the gates of nc state fair,
Saw you smoking with all those new friends youve got to spare.
And melting back in focus the sunday crowd
Started sleeping with white trash heroes, tvs turned down.

In their eyes, below the neon sky (? )
All speeding past the line and thrashing, Im in paradise.
We cant lie below ___________ time
All dreaming of the white trash heroes on the boulevard. it is like below the neon sky (? )
All speeding past the line and thrashing on the boulevard.
We cant lie below ___________ time
All dreaming of the white trash heroes, Im in paradise.

Both of these.

Originally Posted by What Is Life - George Harrison

What I feel, I cant say
But my love is there for you anytime of day
But if its not love that you need
Then Ill try my best to make everything succeed

Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side

What I know, I can do
If I give my love now to everyone like you
But if its not love that you need
Then Ill try my best to make evrything succeed

Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side
Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side

What I feel, I cant say
But my love is there for you any time of day
But if its not love that you need
Then Ill try my best to make everything succeed

Tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side
Oh tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side

What is my life without your love
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side

(fade
Oh tell me, what is my life without your love
Tell me who am I without you by my side

Originally Posted by Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix Experience (or the Dominos)

Well she's walking, through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams, and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free
It's all right she said, it's all right
Take anything you want from me
Anything

Fly on Little Wing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Little Wing

The World of Midnight song from the anime black lagoon by Minako "mooki" Obata

Someday I want to run away
To the world of midnight
Where the darkness fill the air
Where it's icy cold

Where nobody has a name
Where living is not a game
There, I'll hide my broken heart
Dying to survive

There, no one can see me cry
The tears of my lonely soul
I'll find peace of mind
In the dark and cold world of midnight

My fav are:
'Feeling Good', cover by Muse


Also 'Vicarious' by Tool

You want the lyrics find them for yourself.

Big booty ho's -- up wit it!
Hoochie mamas -- up wit it!
Let me see ya touch the ground!

I dont know your reputation
But all the brothers in the hood say it's all good
But the girl ain't #$%&, so you need to make a switch
Smackin' on ya lips with your hands on your hips
Triflin' slimy, don't try me
Playin' on the phone? You supposed to be grown
Ho, stop lyin', I ain't with it
Keep runnin' ya mouth and I'ma stick my dick in it
Hoochie hoodrat needs home training
Ghetto-ass always complaining
Tryin to clown in front of my friends
By the way, girl, can I get those ends?
F theatrics, you ain't no actress
Lay on the mattress and let a brother smack it
The girl is full of DRAMA!!
Hoochie hoodrat is a ho like her momma!

YOU AINT NUTHIN BUT A HOOCHIE MAMA! HOODRAT HOODRAT HOOCHIE MAMA!

Why not yah know?

Originally Posted by conanthebarbarian

Why not yah know?

Rofl...





Its like looking into a time capsule...

Le Déserteur, France, 1954
Boris Vian
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtq...n-le-deserteur

Monsieur le Président
Je vous fais une lettre
Que vous lirez peut-être
Si vous avez le temps
Je viens de recevoir
Mes papiers militaires
Pour partir à la guerre
Avant mercredi soir
Monsieur le Président
Je ne veux pas la faire
Je ne suis pas sur terre
Pour tuer des pauvres gens
C'est pas pour vous fâcher
Il faut que je vous dise
Ma décision est prise
Je m'en vais déserter
Depuis que je suis né
J'ai vu mourir mon père
J'ai vu partir mes frères
Et pleurer mes enfants
Ma mère a tant souffert
Elle est dedans sa tombe
Et se moque des bombes
Et se moque des vers
Quand j'étais prisonnier
On m'a volé ma femme
On m'a volé mon âme
Et tout mon cher passé
Demain de bon matin
Je fermerai ma porte
Au nez des années mortes
J'irai sur les chemins

Je mendierai ma vie
Sur les routes de France
De Bretagne en Provence
Et je dirai aux gens:
Refusez d'obéir
Refusez de la faire
N'allez pas à la guerre
Refusez de partir
S'il faut donner son sang
Allez donner le vôtre
Vous êtes bon apôtre
Monsieur le Président
Si vous me poursuivez
Prévenez vos gendarmes
Que je n'aurai pas d'armes
Et qu'ils pourront tirer

Mister President
I am writing you a letter
Which you may read once
Perhaps when you find the time
I’ve just received
My military documents
To go to war
Before Wednesday night
Mister President
I don’t want to do it
I’m not on this earth
To kill other poor people
It’s not to anger you
I have to say
My decision is made
I’m going to desert
Since I was born
I’ve seen my father die
I’ve seen my brothers leave
And seen my children weep
My mother has suffered so much already
She’s in her tomb now
And laughs at bombs
And laughs at verses
When I was a prisoner
They stole my wife
They stole my soul
And my entire precious past
Tomorrow morning
I’ll close my door
In the face of those dead years
I’ll go on the road

I’ll beg me together a life
On the roads of France
In Brittany and the Provence
And I’ll say to the people
Refuse to obey
Refuse to do it
Don’t go to war
Refuse to leave
If blood needs to be spilt
Go spill your own
You’re a hypocrite
Mister President
If you pursue me
Warn your policemen
That I won’t have any weapon
And that they can pull their triggers

video available here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtq...n-le-deserteur

Muse- "Invincible"

Follow through
Make your dreams come true
Don't give up the fight
You will be all right
Cause there's no one like you
In the universe

Don't be afraid
What your mind conceives
You should make a stand
Stand up for what you believe
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible

And during the struggle
They will pull us down
But please, please let's use this chance to
Turn things around
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible

Do it on your own
Makes no difference to me
What you leave behind
What you choose to be
and whatever they say
Your soul's unbreakable

And during the struggle
They will pull us down
But please, please let's use this chance to
Turn things around
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible
Together we're invincible

And during the struggle
They will pull us down
Please, please let's use this chance to
Turn things around
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible

such a beautiful song imo.

Pink Floyd - The Darkside of the Moon - Time (1973)
Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
You 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 take you away

Pink Floyd - The Darkside of the Moon - Time (1973)
You run, and you run, to catch up with the sun but its sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but your older
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.

Pink Floyd - The Darkside of the Moon - Brain Damage (1973)
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

Pink Floyd - The Darkside of the Moon - Eclipse (1973)
All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel.
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save.
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy,
Beg, borrow or steal.
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say.
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight.
All that is now
All that is gone
All thats to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Were just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
year after year

Cream - Disraeli Gears - Tales of Brave Ulysses (1967)
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.

And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave ulysses:
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.

And you see a girls brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

Her name is aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing.

The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III - Since I've Been Loving You (1970)
'Cause I love you, baby, How I love you, darling, How I love you, baby,
How I love you, girl, little girl.
But baby, Since I've Been Loving You. I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh, yeah.

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - Ten Years Gone (1975)
Did you ever really need somebody, and really need ’em bad
Did you ever really want somebody, the best stuff you ever had
Will you ever remember me, baby, did it feel so good
’cause it was just the first time, and you knew you would

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf the Second - Magic Carpet Ride (1968)
Well, you don't know what we can find
Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride
You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free
Close your eyes girl
Look inside girl
Let the sound take you away

I'd give you rep, but I have to spread some around first

Great choices

In My Life by The Beatles

There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends
I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
there is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Stairway to Heaven - by Led Zeppelin

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed
With a word she can get what she came for

Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
And you know sometimes words have two meanings
In the tree by the brook there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forest will echo with laughter
And it makes me wonder
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen
Yes there are two paths you can go by
but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
Your head is humming and it won't go because you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady can't you hear the wind blow and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our souls
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed
With a word she can get what she came for

And she's buying a stairway to heaven, uh uh uh.

mine is

Beyond the realms of death by judas priest

He had enough
He couldnt take anymore
Hed found a place
In his mind and slammed the door
No matter how they tried
They couldnt understand
They washed and dressed him
Fed him by hand

Yeah! Ive left the world behind
Im safe here in my mind
Free to speak with my own kind
This is my life, this is my life
Ill decide not you

Withdrawn hed sit there
Stare blank into space
No sign of life
Would flicker on his face
Until one day he smiled
It seemed as though with pride
The wind kissed him
Goodbye - and then he died

Yeah! Ive left the world behind
Im safe here in my mind
Free to speak with my own kind
This is my life, this is my life
Ill decide not you

Keep the world with all its sin
Its not fit for livin in
Yeah! I will start again
It can take forever, and ever, and ever
And ever, but Ill still win.

How many like him,
Are there still
But to us, all
Seem to have lost the will
They lie in thousands
Plagued and lost
Is nothing worth this bitter cost

Yeah! Ive left the world behind
Im safe here in my mind
Free to speak with my own kind
This is my life, this is my life
Ill decide not youkeep the world with all its sin
Its not fit for livin in

Beyond the realms of death.

Cat Stevens - Here Comes My Baby. The lyrics here are bitter but the vocal delivery is so sweet.

In the midnight moonlight Ill be walking a long and lonely mile.
And every time I do, I keep seeing this picture of you.

Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,
And it comes as no surprise to me, with another guy.
Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,
Walking with a love, with a love thats all so fine,
Never could be mine, no matter how I try.

You never walk alone, and youre forever talking on the phone.
Ive tried to call you names, but every time it comes out the same.

Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,
And it comes as no surprise to me, with another guy.
Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,
Walking with a love, with a love thats all so fine,
Never could be mine, no matter how I try.

Im still waiting for your heart, cuz Im sure that some day its gonna start.
Youll be mine to hold each day, but til then this is all that I can say.

Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,
And it comes as no surprise to me, with another guy.
Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,
Walking with a love, with a love thats all so fine,
Never could be mine, no matter how I try.

Badfinger's "Some Other Time" are also so bitter but somehow will also cheer you up. Maybe it's the fact the song kicks utter butt.

I can remember
Knowing you better some other time (low song)
I can remember
Being in love with a friend of mine
I've seen it before, now
It's always the same
Nothing can change any part
I know what you're doin'
I think it's a shame
I'm gonna have to make a new start
I can remember some other time
I could believe in, love has a reason for holdin' on (hold on)
I can remember being together and feeling strong
But somehow we lost it, drifted apart
It really took a piece of my heart
I've done it before now
It's always the same
I'm gonna have to make a new start
I can remember some other time
I've seen it before now
It's always the same
Nothing can change any part
I know what you're doin'
I think it's a shame
I'm gonna have to make a new start
I can remember some other time
I can remember some other time.

Spend my days with a woman and kind,
Smoke my stuff and drink...all my wine.
Made up my mind, make a new start.
Goin' California with an achin'...in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there,
with love in her eyes and flowers...in her hair.
-Led Zeppelin

He's got thirsting black lungs,
made of cold splintered shards,
they're the kind that will talk,
through a weezing of coughs.

And I hear it in every night,
in every pore,
and every time it just makes me oooaaahhaaaa!!!
-The Mars Volta