# Best "Angry" lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919 "2005-05-22T01:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/21 "2005-05-22T04:28:58Z")
> [@DaddyTimesTwo](#): > > Alanis Morissette’s _You Oughta Know_ pops immediately to mind: > > - > > Does she know how you told me you’d hold me > Until you died, 'till you died > But you’re still alive > \* > > Kinda made her career. Yes, brilliant vitrol. And yet I can’t think of the song in the same way since I heard it was about Joey from Full House… ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/22 "2005-05-22T04:46:23Z")
Ron Isley’s “Busted.” The third degrees and lame ass excuses that make up the bulk of the lyrics are funny as hell, but the refrain is just terrific. _Go upstairs Back your bags While you’re at it Call a cab It’s obvious You’re playing around Go upstairs and get your shit And get the fuck up out of here_! ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/23 "2005-05-22T04:57:45Z")
**Staind** ’s _Mudshovel_ pretty much fits the bill. Look the lyrics up online…a sampler: I feel betrayed Stuck in your ways And you rip me apart With the brutal things you say I can’t deal with shit anymore I just look away Cause you can’t feel my ANGER You can’t feel my pain You can’t feel my torment Driving me insane I can’t fight these feelings they bring only pain You can’t take away Make me whole again ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/24 "2005-05-22T05:03:43Z")
First ones that came to mind: Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails Slip It In - Black Flag ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/25 "2005-05-22T05:03:48Z")
> [@rexnervous](#): > > **Staind** ’s _Mudshovel_ pretty much fits the bill. Look the lyrics up online…a sampler: > > I feel betrayed > Stuck in your ways > And you rip me apart > With the brutal things you say > I can’t deal with shit anymore > I just look away I should add that the lyrics alone don’t make the song…the music does. It is one hell of an angry song. ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/26 "2005-05-22T05:22:34Z")
I nominate Type “O” Negative’s “I know you’re fucking someone else.” Trust and you’ll be trusted Says the liar to the fool Lust - so what if you’re busted? In love and war there ain’t no rules ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/27 "2005-05-22T05:36:06Z")
First one that came to mind for me was **Dirt** by **Alice In Chains**. _I Want To Taste Dirty, A Stinging Pistol In My Mouth, On My Tongue I Want You To Scrape Me From The Walls And Go Crazy Like You’ve Made Me_ ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/28 "2005-05-22T05:44:00Z")
“I’m So Angry” _It’s like a poison to me It’s like you put me in shock You stick a needle in me Every time that you talk_ “Step on You” _You’re wrecking my day You ruin my nights I’m gonna strap on my spikes Because I’m ready to fight I’m gonna step on you!_ Both Alice Cooper, of course. I’ll add - “Why Trust You”, “Love’s A Loaded Gun” and about a dozen more. Alice does pissed off real good! 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/29 "2005-05-22T08:45:39Z")
Heya, Patty and Chuck! Nice of you to encapsulate all of that anger for a friend. **Reggie and the Full Effect** - _Songs Not To Get Married To_ is one of the best albums lyrically and musically that I have heard in some time. Great album! It is full of bitterness and 9 out of the 12 songs are angry or resigned, or both. They have a really cool and whimsically sad video for “Get well soon” featuring a newly divorced and lovesick Loch Ness monster on the skids. Funny as hell. Some songs and lyrics from _Songs Not To Get Married To_: [Caving](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/reggieandthefulleffect/caving.html) [The Trooth](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/reggieandthefulleffect/thetrooth.html) [Thanks for the Misery](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/reggieandthefulleffect/thanksforthemisery.html) [What the Hell is a Stipulation?](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/reggieandthefulleffect/whatthehellisastipulation.html) [Get Well Soon](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/reggieandthefulleffect/getwellsoon.html) [Playing Dead](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/reggieandthefulleffect/playingdead.html) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/30 "2005-05-22T10:01:53Z")
\*I’ve seen a lot of women who haven’t had much luck I’ve seen you looking like you’ve been run down by a truck […snip…] Well you may have been a pioneer in the trade of women’s wear But all you got was a mop up job washing other people’s stairs […snip…] Someone grab that bitch by the ears Rub her down scrub her back And turn her inside out `Cause I bet she hasn’t had a bath in years\* Dirty Little Girl, Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/31 "2005-05-22T10:31:47Z")
Bob Mould’s [“Sacrifice / Let There Be Peace”](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bob-mould/21875.html) > [@](#): > > To the grave from the cradle > We don’t rock anymore > Now I stand here with both feet > Planted firm on the floor > And if you’re planning a future > Of indefinite grace > You’d better start removing > The lines of deceit from your face > > A simple conclusion is all I require > If fire is the passion I only aspire to be free > Let me be free It’s not just the lyrics, but the way he sings them. Pretty intense. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/32 "2005-05-22T12:13:07Z")
**Paradise by the Dashboard Light** is an incredibly bitter song. Not about an ex, unfortunately, but about someone who really should be an ex. \*I swore I would love you to the end of time… So now I’m prayin’ for the end of time. Hurry up and arrive. 'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you I don’t think that I could really survive.\* ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/33 "2005-05-22T13:14:48Z")
When I’m bitter and angry I listen to The Wall, no matter what the source. It has the best sneering lyrics. (I guess there’s always The Smiths, but I don’t want to drive you to suicide :o) (Or would that be Blue Clocks Green? :)) Other than that, there’s always _Song for the Dumped_, by Ben Folds Five: _So, you wanted to take a break, slow it down some and have some space? Give me my money back, give me my money back, you bitch. Give me my money back, and don’t forget, to give me back my black t-shirt._ ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/34 "2005-05-22T13:30:33Z")
“Untouchable Face” - Ani DiFranco “_so fuck you and your untouchable face and fuck you for existing in the first place and who am i that i should be vying for your touch and who am i i bet you can’t even tell me that much_” ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/35 "2005-05-22T15:24:47Z")
\*Forward to Death, \* ,from those chipper campers Dead Kennedys: I don’t need your way of life I can’t stand your attitudes I can do without your strife I don’t need this fucking world I don’t need this fucking world This world brings me down Gag with every breath This world brings me down I’m looking forward to death ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/36 "2005-05-22T15:51:09Z")
I have always preferred “Your Breaking My Heart” by Harry Nilsson. Your breaking my heart; Your tearing it apart; So fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/37 "2005-05-22T17:16:28Z")
Oh, well then - To the tune of an old Twenties song, Jadda, Fuck ya Fuck ya F U C K Y A Fuck ya Fuck Ya F U C K Y A I really hate your fucking guts And I’d like to kick ya in the nuts, so Fuck ya Fucky ya F U C K Y A, I really mean it F U C K Y AAAAAAAA! You’ve gotta do a big finish at the end! 😉😃 I tend to think this was recorded by someone - Mclean & Mclean, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/38 "2005-05-22T17:28:41Z")
- I cannot blame it all on her To blame her all would be a lie For many a night I lay awake And wished that I could watch her die To see her accusing finger spurt To see flies swarm her hateful eye To watch her groaning in the dirt To see her clicking tongue crack dry \* “Brother My Cup is Empty” - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/39 "2005-05-22T19:34:42Z")
Another vote for Ben Fold Five’s “Song for the Dumped”. Also, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ “High School Dance” is quietly, creepily angry. ---
**Author:** ![Typically\_Sunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Typically\_Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typically_Sunday)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919/40 "2005-05-23T00:45:09Z")
Saves The Day’s “Rocks Tonic Juice Magic” is a good one. \*I’ll take my rusty spoons And dig out your blue eyes I’ll swallow them down to my colon They’re gonna burn like hell tonight \* And there’s always “Smack My Bitch Up” by Prodigy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919.md?page=3)