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Just one line (or couplet)... from only one artist. Only one song.

 

ONLY ONE LINE!!! (or couplet).

 

 

I'm gonna have to think on this one for a little.

But maybe today....

 

"When they say it's all over

It's not all over, there's still the pain..."

-Thin Lizzy - "Running Back"

 

You may now unleash your Dylan quotes and whatnot.

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It's impossible for me to have one single favorite, but one of my all time favorites is:

 

"An underwater guy who controlled the sea

Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge

From New York and New Jersey"

 

Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

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And now we ride the circus wheel

With your dark brother wrapped in white

Says it was good to be alive

But now he rides a comet's flame

And won't be coming back again

The Earth looks better from a star

That's right above from where you are

He didn't mean to make you cry

With sparks that ring and bullets fly

On empty rings around your heart

The world just screams and falls apart

 

- Neutral Milk Hotel

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I've stated many times that I'm not really a lyrics guy. I am drawn to music by the music way more than any lyrical message, story or poem. That said, my favorite lyrics are ones that paint an image. One I really like is...

 

I watched waterbugs skate

as they draw figure eights as they draw

from the bottom of the lake as they draw

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And you know you gotta go

On that train from dublin up to sandy row

Throwing pennies at the bridges down below

And the rain, hail, sleet, and snow

 

 

...it's more the context than the actual lines themselves.

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