Poignant Lyrics?

[Big Perm]

I was getting coffee this morning, and was struck by the Modern English song "Melt With You". This may a bit obvious to some, but not a song I had heard in a while, I think there's a cover of it on a commercial somewhere, but maybe it's being away from my wife & home, but it got me. I couldn't stop listening to the words. Now, that being said, I'm not saying every moment of this song is penned brilliance, but mainly the stop the world and melt with you, I guess that's what I mean, that idea.

 

Moving forward using all my breath

Making love to you was never second best

I saw the world thrashing all around your face

Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace

I'll stop the world and melt with you

You've seen the difference and

It's getting better all the time

There's nothing you and I won't do

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(You should know better)

Dream of better lives the kind which never hate

(You should see why)

Dropped in the state of imaginary grace

(You should know better)

I made a pilgrimage to save this human race

(You should see why)

Never comprehending a race that long gone by

(I'll stop the world)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world)

You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

(Let's stop the world)

There's nothing you and I won't do

(Let's stop the world)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

The future's open wide

(Let's stop the world)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(Let's stop the world)

I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time

(Let's stop the world)

There's nothing you and I won't do

(Let's stop the world)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

The future's open wide

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I'll stop the world and melt with you

(Let's stop the world)

You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

(Let's stop the world)

There's nothing you and I won't do

(Let's stop the world)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(Let's stop the world)

I'll stop the world and melt with you...

[Whitty]

"Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House has always been a slightly guilty pleasure of mine. Any song that uses the word "deluge" gets bonus points.

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We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind

'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance

Well they're no friends of mine

[anodyne]

Sun's coming up and I can't decide To spill my emotions or keep them inside Go for a drive, go to the store I'm looking for something that can't be bought there I always wear a smile Because anything but a smile would make me have to explain And they wouldn't understand anyway I conceal my feelings so I won't have to explain What I can't explain anyway I can't decide I can't decide I can't decide anything I can't decide I can't decide I can't decide anything Every time I open my mouth I always wish I had kept it shut I gotta spill my guts - but I don't dare I take a look around, I know that no one else cares Sun's coming up and I can't decide To spill my emotions or keep them inside Go for a drive, go to the store I'm looking for something that can't be bought there I always wear a smile Because anything but a smile would make me have to explain And they wouldn't understand anyway I conceal my feelings so I won't have to explain What I can't explain anyway I can't decide I can't decide I can't decide anything.

[pnêyu]

As an unabashed '80s kid, I'd nominate "Tears" by the Chameleons UK as having some of my favorite lyrics from the decade:

 

Tears (The Chameleons)

 

It's just coincidence

Well, you can talk that way

But I have to say I don't believe in it

It was a chill of chance,

I decided to dance the days away

 

And I wasn't worried at all

Sneaking through the back door

No, I wasn't worried at all

Dreams are what you live for

 

Waiting for the light to turn green

Carry me home

To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen

Carry me home

Well, can you tell me how will it be now?

How will it be?

Can you tell me, how will it be now?

How will it be?

 

Well we were younger then,

And the days were long and slow

But were we wiser then?

I couldn't say, I wouldn't know

 

But I wasn't worried at all

I had someone to run to

And I wasn't worried at all

I knew which way the wind blew

 

Counting out the chaos and gloom

Carry me home

And I watched the ceiling spin round the room

Carry me home

Well, can you tell me, how will it be now?

How will it be?

Can you tell me, how will it be now?

How will it be?

 

In the real world, how will it be?

In a cold world, how will it be?

In a lonely world, how will it be?

Will the ghosts just stop following me?

 

No, now drawn into the sun

He was the only one

 

In the real world, how will it be?

In a cold, cold world, how will it be?

Beck and call, beg and crawl, how will it be?

Will the ghosts just stop following me?

 

No, now drawn into the sun

He was the only one

 

And so I'll remember you,

I'll remember the days and the thousands of ways you pulled me through,

And dream of all the things you've seen,

Of all the faces and all of the places you have been,

Now you have no phone and you have no name and you have no number,

And it comes to an end in the blink of an eye and it makes me wonder...

[brianjeremy]

I've always been fond of this one:

 

Caroline laughs and

It's raining all day

She loves to be one of the girls

She lives in the place

In the side of our lives

Where nothing is

Ever put straight

She turns herself round

And she smiles and she says

'This is it'

 

'That's the end of the joke'

And loses herself

In her dreaming and sleep

And her lovers walk

Through in their coats

 

Pretty in pink

Isn't she?

Pretty in pink

Isn't she?

 

All of her lovers

All talk of her notes

And the flowers

That they never sent

And wasn't she easy

And isn't she

Pretty in pink

The one who insists

He was first in the line

Is the last to

Remember her name

He's walking around

In this dress

That she wore

She is gone

But the joke's the same

 

Pretty in pink

Isn't she?

Pretty in pink

Isn't she?

 

Caroline talks to you

Softly sometimes

She says

'I love you' and

'Too much'

She doesn't have anything

You want to steal

Well

Nothing you can touch

She waves

She buttons your shirt

The traffic

Is waiting outside

She hands you this coat

She gives you her clothes

These cars collide

 

Pretty in pink

Isn't she?

Pretty in pink

Isn't she?

[Reni]

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[Lammycat]

I like that English beat tune, "Save it for Later." The lyrics are cool and the tune has some oomph to it.

 

Then there's this:

 

We don't follow fashion

That would be a joke

You know we're going to set them set them

So everyone can take note take note

 

When they saw you kneeling

Crying words that you mean

Opening their eyeballs eyeballs

Pretending that you're Al Green Al Green

 

Goody two goody two goody goody two shoes

Goody two goody two goody goody two shoes

Don't drink don't smoke - what do you do

Don't drink don't smoke - what do you do

Subtle innuendos follow

There must be something he's hiding

 

 

etc., etc.

[Atticus]

Adamant lyrics

[pnêyu]

Probably not the topic you want to hear right now, but Prefab Sprout's "When Love Breaks Down" is another fondly remembered tune:

 

My love and I, we work well together

But often we're apart

Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah,

Till love breaks down, love breaks down

 

Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather

The sweet September rain

Rain on me like no other

Until I drown, until I drown

 

When love breaks down

The things you do

To stop the truth from hurting you

When love breaks down

The lies we tell,

They only serve to fool ourselves,

When love breaks down

The things you do

To stop the truth from hurting you

When love breaks down, when love breaks down

 

My love and I, we are boxing clever

She'll never crowd me out

Fall be free as old confetti

And paint the town, paint the town

 

When love breaks down

The things you do

To stop the truth from hurtin

[pnêyu]

Last one, I promise, but I'd be remiss to not mention Bryan Ferry's "Slave to Love":

 

Tell her I'll be waiting

In the usual place

With the tired and weary

And there's no escape

To need a woman

You've got to know

How the strong get weak

And the rich get poor

 

You're running with me

Don't touch the ground

We're restless hearted

Not the chained and bound

The sky is burning

A sea of flame

Though your world is changing

I will be the same

 

The storm is breaking

Or so it seems

We're too young to reason

Too grown up to dream

Now spring is turning

Your face to mine

I can hear your laughter

I can see your smile

No I can't escape

I'm a slave to love

[lizish]

cool.

 

Shriekback - This Big Hush

 

Is there a fire in the sky is there a moon up there

Is there anything alive now this darkness is what I hear

This is a breathless silence a moment out of time

I see your face in the shadows the tell tale signs are in your eyes

More than I can hold in my hands running through the cracks like water

Aching with a passion inside as deep as the river

 

All desire the ashes and the fire

Turning the night inside and the light from you

 

Is there a flame in the dark is there a bright hard star

These creatures look the same now

We freeze wherever we are

We wake alone in blackness

We sleep wherever we fall

One dream all around us this big hush infects us all

Holding up on animal fear soaking up the waves underwater

Turned to music no one can hear

Forever in this half lit light

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I hold you in my arms

as the band plays

What are those words whispered baby

just as you turn away

I saw you last night

out on the edge of town

I wanna read your mind

To know just what I've got in this new thing I've found

So tell me what I see

when I look in your eyes

Is that you baby

or just a brilliant disguise

 

I heard somebody call your name

from underneath our willow

I saw something tucked in shame

underneath your pillow

Well I've tried so hard baby

but I just can't see

What a woman like you

is doing with me

So tell me who I see

when I look in your eyes

Is that you baby

or just a brilliant disguise

 

Now look at me baby

struggling to do everything right

And then it all falls apart

when out go the lights

I'm just a lonely pilgrim

I walk this world in wealth

I want to know if it's you I don't trust

'cause I damn sure don't trust myself

 

Now you play the loving woman

I'll play the faithful man

But just don't look too close

into the palm of my hand

We stood at the alter

the gypsy swore our future was right

But come the wee wee hours

Well maybe baby the gypsy lied

So when you look at me

you better look hard and look twice

Is that me baby

or just a brilliant disguise

 

Tonight our bed is cold

I'm lost in the darkness of our love

God have mercy on the man

Who doubts what he's sure of

[W(TF)]

The little faggot, he's a millionaire.