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Sometimes giving up is the strong thing, sometimes to run is brave thing, sometimes walking away is the one thing that will find you the right thing from it's time to go by Taylor Swift. I just heard this song for the first time recently and something about this song and these lyrics in particular spoke volumes to me. In life, sometimes it is best to just walk away from a toxic situation. Hearing those words just validated that I made the right choice in ending a friendship years ago.

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I Love George Michael’s lyrics. This is my favourite song/lyrics by him.


Fastlove Pt 2

Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get... Gotta get up!
Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down

Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby

Looking for some education
Made my way into the night
All that bull**** conversation
Well, baby can't you read the signs?

I won't bore you with the details, baby
I don't even want to waste your time
Let's just say that maybe
You could help to ease my mind
Baby, I ain't Mr. Right

But if you're looking for fastlove
If that's love in your eyes
It's more than enough
Had some bad love
So fastlove is all that I've got on my mind

Ooh... yeah, yeah

Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby

What's there to think about, baby?

Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby
Oh, Oh, baby, baby

Looking for some affirmation
Made my way into the sun
My friends got their ladies
They're all having babies
But I just want to have some fun

I won't bore you with the details, baby
Gonna get there in your own sweet time
Let's just say that maybe
You could help to ease my mind
Baby, I ain't Mr. Right

But if you're looking for fastlove
If that's love in your eyes
It's more than enough
Had some bad love
So fastlove is all that I've got on my mind

Ooh... yeah, yeah

What's there to think about, baby?

Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down
Gotta get up to get down

In the absence of security
I made my way into the night
Stupid Cupid keeps on calling me
But I see lovin' in his eyes
I miss my baby
Oh, yeah
I miss my baby
Tonight
So why don't we make a little room in my BMW, babe?
Searching for some peace of mind
Hey, I'll help you find it
I do believe that we are practicing the same religion
Hoh, you really ought to get up now
That's right
Hoh, you really ought to get up

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We grew up listening to oldies, and no one does lyrics better than Simon & Garfunkel. One that always gets me is the climax of “America”:

”’Kathy, I’m lost,’ I said, though I knew she was sleeping.

’I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why.’

Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike

They’ve all come to look for America.”

From Brit’s catalogue, I think the subtle lyrical change after the first chorus in “Everytime” is brilliant, from “Everytime I see you in my dreams I see your face, it’s haunting me,” to “you’re haunting me.” It feels more personal, even accusational. Love it.

 

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This Used to be My Playground by Madonna. It's such a reflective to the past. The song makes me reflect on things such as ex lovers and friends and stuff.

Also. Frozen. "Love is bird she needs to fly, let all the hurt inside you die" like damn sis. That hits me!

Also In This Life cause of the Aids deaths.

Overall, Madonna's lyrics are pretty deep. She dares to speak her mind about what others see as inappropriate behavior but she often says what many of us think but don't dare to say.

Same with Taylor. Her lyrics are craaaaaazy. She has too many shivering lyric feels to name them but Folklore and Evermore are full of them!!!

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I consider this a pop song. And still one of my all time favorites. 

“I made my bed, and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets, and I don't mind saying
It's a sad, sad story
When a mother will teach her daughter
That she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better 
Shut up and sing 
Or my life will be over?”

 

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I hope you hang yourself with your H&M scarf
While j-----g off listening to Mozart
You ***** and moan about LA
Wishing you were in the rain reading Hemingway
You don't eat meat
And drive electrical cars
You're so indie rock it's almost an art
You need SPF 45 just to stay alive

You're so gay and you don't even like boys
No you don't even like
No you don't even like
No you don't even like boys
You're so gay and you don't even like boys
No you don't even like
No you don't even like
No you don't even like...

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"Stole" by Kelly Rowland, especially after I realised it's about a school shooting.

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He was always such a nice boy
The quiet one
With good intentions
He was down for his brother
Respectful to his mother
A good boy
But good don't get attention
One kid with a promise
The brightest kid in school
He's not a fool
Reading books about science and smart stuff
It's not enough, no
Cause smart don't make you cool, whoa

He's not invisible anymore
With his Father's 9 and a broken fuse
Since he walked through that classroom door
He's all over primetime news

Mary's got the same size hands
As Marilyn Monroe
She put her fingers in the imprints
At Manns Chinese Theater Show
She coulda been a movie star
Never got the chance to go that far
Her life was stole
Now we'll never know

No no no no oh

They were crying to the camera
Said he never fitted in
He wasn't welcomed
He showed up the parties
We was hanging in
Some guys puttin' him down
Bullying him round round
Now I wish I woulda talked to him
Gave him the time of day
Not turn away
If I woulda been the one to maybe go this far
He might have stayed at home
Playing angry chords on his guitar

He's not invisible anymore
With his baggy pants and his legs in chains
Since he walked through that classroom door
Everybody knows his name

Mary's got the same size hands (Oh)
As Marilyn Monroe
She put her fingers in the imprints (Ooh)
At Manns Chinese Theater Show
She coulda been a movie star (She coulda been a movie star, oh)
Never got the chance to go that far
Her life was stole
Now we'll never know
(Now we'll never know, oh)

Greg was always getting net from 20 feet away (20 feet away)
He had a try out with the Sixers
Couldn't wait for Saturday (Saturday)
Now we're never gonna see him slam
Flying high as Kobe can
His life was stole (Stole)
Oh now we'll never know

Now we'll never never never know
Mmm now we'll never never never never know
Stole (Stole)
Oh whoa yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Mary's got the same size hands (Same size hands)
As Marilyn Monroe (Oh)
She put her fingers in the imprints
At Manns Chinese Theater Show (She was gonna be a star)
She coulda been a movie star (Oh no)
Never got the chance to go that far (Never got the chance)
Her life was stole (Stole, stole)
Oh now we'll never know
(Now we'll never never know, no)

Greg was always getting net from 20 feet away (He had game, oh)
He had a try out with the Sixers
Couldn't wait for Saturday
Now we're never gonna see him slam (Never see him)
Flying high as Kobe can
His life was stole (Stole, oh)
Oh now we'll never know
(Now we'll never never know)

Oh no no no
Yeah their lives were stole

"Cool" by Gwen Stefani, she really captures that feeling of nostalgia for bygone days that you know will never come back, big dreams that never really materialised & the intensity of your first love.

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[Verse 1]
It's hard to remember how it felt before
Now I found the love of my life
Passes, things get more comfortable
Everything is going right

[Chorus 1]
And after all the obstacles
It's good to see you now with someone else
And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
I know we're cool

[Verse 2]
And we used to think it was impossible
Now you call me by my new last name
Memories seem like so long ago
Time always kills the pain


[Chorus 2]
Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made

Look how all the kids have grown
We have changed, but we're still the same

After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
I know we're cool
Yeah, I know we're cool

[Chorus 3]
And I'll be happy for you
If you can be happy for me
Circles and triangles
And now we're hangin' out with your new girlfriend

So far from where we've been
I know we're cool
I know we're cool

[Outro]
C-cool, uh-uh, I know we're cool, uh-uh
I-I know we're cool
C-cool, yeah, I know we're cool
Me and you

"Northern Star" by Hole. Ugh, so heart-wrenching.

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[Verse 1]
And I cry and no one can hear
Inhale
The blinded eyes that see
The chaos
Bring the pitiful to me
Even though I'm wide-awake, I will
And blackest night and I wait for you
It's cold in here there's no one left
And I wait for you
And nothing stops it happening
And I knew, I'd cherish all my misery alone

[Chorus]
And I wait, staring at the Northern Star
I'm afraid it won't lead me anywhere
He's so cold he will ruin the world tonight
All the angels kneel into the Northern Lights
Kneel into the frozen lights

[Verse 2]
And they paid, I cry and cry for you
Ghosts that haunt you with their sorrow
I cried 'cause you were doomed
Praying to the wound that swallows
All that's cold and cruel

Can you see the trees, charity and gratitude
They run to the pines
It's black in here blot out the sun
And run to the pines
Our misery runs wild and free
And I knew, the fire and the ashes of his grace...

[Chorus]
And I wait, staring at the Northern Star
I'm afraid it won't lead you very far
He's so cold he will win the world tonight
All the angels kneel into the frozen lights
Feel their hearts they're cold and white

[Bridge]
And I want you
And blessed are the broken
And I beg you
No loneliness, no misery is worth you
Oh tear his heart out cold as ice it's mine

[Chorus]
And I wait, praying to the Northern Star
I'm afraid it won't lead you anywhere
He's so cold raining on the world tonight
All the angels kneeling to the Northern Lights
And I pray begging to the Northern Star
I'm afraid it won't lead you anywhere
He's so cold he will rule the world tonight
All the angels kneeling to the Northern Lights
Kneeling to the frozen lights
Feel their hearts they're cold as ice

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I love the lyrics to Radar. It alway seemed so tongue n cheek. 

On a more personal note, I love these lyrics to Sickotoy by Dum Dum.

What should I do to never fall in love again?
One stupid question, with no answer in the end
I try to stay out of the same affection's chain
But I find myself fall-fallin’ in love again

and

Do you believe in things like "planets have aligned"
In that perfection when two destinies collide?
You lose control and then emotions multiply
Can try to run, but it's too late to hide

[Pre-Chorus]
And I tried to reset my mind
Change what I feel inside
You change the winter into summertime
I can’t with those butterflies
Who cares if love is blind?
Now that you came around, can’t live without you
 

I love these lyrics by Sash! - Raindrops. I can relate...

Hold my hand, let's chase the sun
We both know something's begun
Nothin' feels that real without you
Wanna learn so much about you
Shining star, I've seen your face
Everything falls into place
Nothing else seems to matter
You bring me to life
 
See it burning in my eyes
Don't want words
Don't want no lies
They say more than what is spoken
Promises always get broken
Feels so lonely
Won't you show me
Where I need to be
You bring me to life
 
Evaporate Me by Mandy Moore feels haunting to listen to, it captures my inner emotions so well......
 
The desert I wander lacks its mirage
There's no mistaking the barrage
Of sand and wind that tears my skin
Leaving what's without, exposing what's within
Forsaken, left here in my barren desolate

[Chorus]
My soul is evaporating, won't you saturate me
Won't you saturate me?
Rain down on me with life
My soul is evaporating, won't you saturate me
Won't you saturate me?
Storm around me, bring the tide
 
[Bridge]
The dunes that shift, drift and lift in the wind
Cover up my hope as I start to give in
To the cracks and creases and the dips in my will
As I am pushed toward the brink, I drink down arid swill
 
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I was gonna say the chorus of Till the world ends is very inspiring : "oh oh oh oh oh oh" :jlostare_jennifer_lopez_staring_blink:

Now seriously all of the Stripped album by Christina Aguilera, I have never heard lyrics so deep with that much vocabulary from a mainstream american pop artist, it was amazing :oprah_well_there_you_have_it_proof_see_hand:

 

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On 17.1.2021 at 2:13 AM, Justin Woodpond said:

These lyrics tell a story of an imagined scenario, yet it is more than likely a stark reality for some.

Anohni, the British born openly transgender artist wrote Drone Bomb me, a love song, from the perspective of a girl in Afghanistan. She’s a 9-year-old whose entire family’s been killed by an American drone bomb. She is looking up at the sky, tears falling, and she’s gotten herself to a place where she wants to be killed by a drone bomb too. 

Love, drone bomb me  
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
Blow me from the side of the mountain
Blow my head off
Explode my crystal guts
Lay my purple on the grass
I have a glint in my eye
I think I want to die
I want to die
I want to be the apple of your eye
So drone bomb me
(Drone bomb me)
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
Blow me from the side of the mountain
Blow my head off
Explode my crystal guts
Lay my purple on the grass
(Lay my purple on the grass)
Let me be the first
I'm not so innocent
Let me be the one
The one that you choose from above
After all
I'm partly to blame
So drone bomb me
(I'm partly to blame)
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
(I need to love)
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
(I'm not so innocent)
Blow my head off
Explode my crystal guts
My blood, my blood
(Choose me)
My blood
(Choose me)
Choose me tonight
Choose me
Let me be the one
The one that you choose tonight
Choose me
Tonight
Tonight

Live it’s even more effecting

 

I love that song and the whole album! So powerful

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Robyn - Indestructible

So many of her songs are so powerful lyrically! Truly obsessed with her

And I never was smart with love

I let the bad ones in and the good ones go

But I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before

I'm gonna love you like I'm indestructible

Your love is ultramagnetic

Not again it's taking over

This is hardcore

And I'm indestructible

 

 

 

 

 

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Close my eyes by Mariah

“i was wayward child with the weight of the world that i held deep inside

life was a winding road and i learned many things little ones shouldn't know

“funny how one can learn

to grow numb to the madness and block it away” 

Petals by Mariah 

“I've often wondered if there's ever been a perfect family

I've always longed for undividedness and sought stability

A flower taught me how to pray

But as I grew, that flower changed

She started flaying in the wind

Like golden petals scattering

And I miss you dandelion

And even love you

And I wish there was a way

For me to trust you

But it hurts me every time

I try to touch you”

Oh Father by Madonna

“It's funny that way, you can get used

To the tears and the pain

What a child will believe

You never loved me

You can't hurt me now

I got away from you, I never thought I would

You can't make me cry, you once had the power

I never felt so good about myself

Seems like yesterday

I lay down next to your boots and I prayed

For your anger to end

Oh Father I have sinned”

:crying1_britney_sobbing_tears_2006_sad:

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