Favorite Single Line of Lyrics
Mar 6, 2004 at 11:52 PM Post #16 of 84
From "My Back Pages" written by Bob Dylan but my favourite performance is by The Byrds.


Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
 
Mar 7, 2004 at 12:03 AM Post #17 of 84
My sig! (Flaming Lips)
 
Mar 7, 2004 at 12:08 AM Post #18 of 84
Not my favorite, but I thought Head-fi, and this thread in particular, are appropriate places to mention a line by Bjork in her song "Headphones" (Post):

"My headphones, they saved my life"
 
Mar 7, 2004 at 12:08 AM Post #19 of 84
Oh, and one more gem from Mr. Wayne Coyne:

"You realise that life goes fast/ It's hard to make the good things last/ You realise the sun dun go down/ It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round"

From Do You Realise?
 
Mar 7, 2004 at 2:55 PM Post #23 of 84
"And the Germans kill the jews and the jews kill the arabs and the arabs kill the hostages and this is the news, is it any wonder the monkey's confused?"

Roger Waters "Amused to death" album. track: "perfect sense"
 
Mar 7, 2004 at 4:12 PM Post #24 of 84
top 3

3. "why is the bedroom so cold, turned away on your side" Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Divison

2. "One of these days and it wont be long, you're gonna look for me and I'll be gone" I beleive to my soul by Ray Charles

1. "YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" Wont get fooled again by the who

Maybe not the greatest but possibly the coolest

"hey babe, take a walk on the wild side"- Lou Reed
 
Mar 7, 2004 at 10:41 PM Post #25 of 84
I've Been The One - Little Feet

my friends all say she had her chance / let's go shoot some pool /
you know a fool is just a fool
 
Mar 8, 2004 at 12:01 AM Post #26 of 84
"words. you're married to your pain"
-sunny day real estate

"i was in heaven, i was in hell, believe in neither, but fear them as well"
-modest mouse

"all of a sudden, the girl of my dreams, she never asks, she always screams"
"her sleep is troubled, her face will twitch, she wakes up angry, and i'm bewitched"
"her smile is forced, she always late, but she's not sorry, and i capitulate"
-luna (bewitched has to have some of the best lyrics of any song i've ever heard)

"intoxicated with the madness, i'm in love with my sadness"
-smashing pumpkins

"i'm not living, i'm just killing time"
-radiohead
 
Mar 8, 2004 at 2:27 AM Post #28 of 84
"Seems I'm not alone in being alone"
The Police
 

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