Best/Worst Lyrics In Pop/Rock music

I was just reading about this Dave Grohl guy actually by coincidence and remembered this thread. The article said he doesn't know how to read music and taught himself the guitar and drums without lessons. He actually learned how to play the drums by setting up stuff from around the house to look like a drum set and then just trying to imitate music he heard. Modern day musical genius it sounds like.

[quote]zeds dead wrote:

I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read

This is quite likely the best line ever in a "break-up" song.

Squid wrote: I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read

Idiot Wind, by bob

Had to sing a few lines in my head to get it, but I didn't need to look it up like I thought I might.

Best:

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

"Hello it's me. I'm not at home. If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone."

"In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade; and he carries the reminder of every glove that laid him down and cut him til he cried out in his anger and his shame--I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains..."

"Don't remind me of my failures, I have not forgotten them."

"I've been tryin' to get down to the heart of the matter, but my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter; but I'm thinking about forgiveness, forgiveness, even if you don't love me anymore."

"The road goes on forever, and the party never ends."

Worst:

"My Bel ami"

"Summer Rain"

"Jam Up and Jelly Tight"

"And I can't fight this feeling anymore I've forgotten what I started fighting for.. It's time to bring this ship into the shore And throw away the oars forever!"

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose" - Janis Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee

For some reason I find this lyric profound

Bad has been very well covered. I read entire thread, agree with Foo Fighters being great. Agree Roxy Music is solid, Simple Minds pretty good too from same era.

Nobody mentioned Nine inch Nail; Johnny Cash did a great cover of this:

I hurt myself today

To see if I still feel

I focus on the pain

The only thing that's real

The needle tears a hole

The old familiar sting

Try to kill it all away

But I remember everything

What have I become?

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know

Goes away in the end

You could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns

Upon my liar's chair

Full of broken thoughts

I cannot repair

Beneath the stain of time

The feeling disappears

You are someone else

I am still right here

What have I become?

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know

Goes away in the end

You could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

765tgb wrote:

"jesus christ im not scared to die,

im a little bit scared of what comes after.

do i get the gold charoit,

do i float through the ceiling?"

-brand new

Yes! Brand New, seriously EVERYTHING by Jesse Lacey is brilliant lyrically.

Bizarre Love Triangle- New Order

Many of the big ac/DC hits are surprisingly solid for their genre.

Skynard- Gimme three steps- shallow yet perfect.

I'm sure Dylan is great writer but I only want to hack my ears off when I hear his voice so, yeah.

worst: every Nickelback lyric

best: another vote for Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees"

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