# Favorite lines from songs ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2001, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077 "2001-05-11T07:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/1 "2001-05-11T07:21:02Z")
Oh, I know this topic has been done to death, but I’ve had one running through my head all day: We were once so close to heaven Peter came out and gave us medals Declaring us the nicest of the damned. (from Road Movie to Berlin by They Might be Giants) ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/2 "2001-05-11T07:42:01Z")
As long as there’s music, the topic will never be quite dead. “And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain That only drowning men could see him He said, ‘All men shall be sailors then Until the sea shall free them.’ But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human, He sank beneath your wisdom Like a stone.” –Leonard Cohen, “Suzanne” “Visions back me to the wall sometimes When I’m walking on my own” –Fields of the Nephilim, “Endemoniada” (although the exact lyrics are sort of a guess. Enunciate, Carl McCoy does not.) “Well I been abused and I been confused, and quite frankly, Lord, I am NOT amused, and I don’t believe we’ve been properly introduced!” –Doktors 4 “Bob”, “Told the Judge to Suck My Dick” “Rock over London! Rock on Chicago!” –Wesley Willis, in every single “song” he’s ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/3 "2001-05-11T08:53:29Z")
“No regrets; just lessons we haven’t learnt yet.” – ‘The Sweetest Decline’ by Beth Orton “I don’t pretend to know what you want, but I offer love.” – ‘Distant Sun’ by Crowded House “I hope you don’t remember everything I said Memories like roses, fading in my head. The things I said in anger, I should have said with love. I know some people never find what we’ve had plenty of. I’m watching the water, I’m waiting for the rain, To wash away the pictures in my head I know I’ll never see again.” – ‘Watching the Water’ by Pretty & Twisted ---
**Author:** ![darian00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@darian00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darian00)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/4 "2001-05-11T09:45:16Z")
“You can suck my dick and F\*\*KING LIKE IT!” -A song by Korn off the first album, I can’t remember which “…and if my day keeps going this way I just might have to break your f\*\*king face tonight!” -Break Stuff, Limp Bizkit “So close, no matter how far…couldn’t be much more from the heart…forever trust in who we are…nothing else matters.” -Nothing Else Matters, Metallica “And if I close my mind in fear, please pry it open. And if my face becomes sincere, beware. And when I start to come undone, stitch me together. And if you see me strut, remind me of what left this outlaw torn.” -The Outlaw Torn, Metallica so many others, so little space… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/5 "2001-05-11T09:49:58Z")
_The fawn-eyed girl with sun-browned legs Dances on the edge of his dream And her voice rings in his ears Like the music of the spheres_ [sub] **Rush** - _The Analog Kid_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/6 "2001-05-11T10:43:34Z")
All by Roger Waters, all from _Amused to Death_… “Can’t you see It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollars and cents Pounds shillings and pence Can’t you see It all makes perfect sense.” “They had sex in Pennsylvania A Brazilian grew a tree And a doctor in Manhattan Saved a dying man for free It’s a miracle.” “And the Germans killed the Jews And the Jews killed the Arabs And the Arabs killed the hostages And that is the news.” And the kicker… “This species has amused itself to death.” ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/7 "2001-05-11T10:52:56Z")
‘We’ve got the notion, That we’d quite like to sail the ocean’ ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/8 "2001-05-11T11:13:28Z")
Wish I was in Tijuana Eating barbequed iguana ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/9 "2001-05-11T11:21:27Z")
“The only real drug problem is scoring real good drugs” HEROJUANA by NOFX “Is my cock big enough/Is my brain small enough/For you to make me a star/Give me a toot, I’ll sell you my soul/Pull my strings and I’ll go far” PULL MY STRINGS by Dead Kennedys “I’m not a trendy asshole/I do what I want/I do what I feel like/I’m not a trendy asshole/I don’t give a fuck if it’s good enough for you/Cause I’m alive” SMASH by Offspring (ironic i know) Dead0man ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/10 "2001-05-11T12:21:09Z")
"You walk in clouds of glitter and the sun reflects your eyes. And every time the winds blows I can smell you in the skies. Your kisses are as wicked as an m-16. And you fuck like a volcano and you’re everything to me." Supernova by Liz Phair ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/11 "2001-05-11T12:53:19Z")
“Shorter lived and longer gone” - Pretty Penny by the Stone Temple Pilots. I think of that line often - in fact, I think of it whenever a former classmate dies. There’ve been a few. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/12 "2001-05-11T13:00:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by donkeyoatey \* > \*\*Wish I was in Tijuana > Eating barbequed iguana \*\* Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio 🙂 “F\*\*k me and marry me young”, The Sisters of Mercy - Driven like the snow. There´s a t-shirt with that print on as well. Another favourite is “Watch them do the falling over Watch them do the standing still” also by the Sisters of Mercy from the song Logic. /Andreas ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/13 "2001-05-11T13:09:43Z")
"…JFK blown away…what else do I have to say? We didn’t start the fire…" ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/14 "2001-05-11T13:12:35Z")
Rat in a drain ditch Caught on a limb You know better But I know him. Like I told you What I said Steal your face Right off your head. – “He’s Gone,” Garcia/Hunter (Grateful Dead) Once in a while You can get shown the light In the strangest of places If you look at it right. – “Scarlet Begonias,” ibid If you plant ice, you’re gonna harvest wind. – “Franklin’s Tower,” ibid Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills One man gathers what another man spills. – “St. Stephen,” ibid MAN, this is strong weed. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/15 "2001-05-11T13:13:12Z")
How could I foreget? “…oh say does that Star Spangled Banner y-et, w-aaaaave…'or the Laaaaa-aaaaaand of the Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…and the home…of the Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavve…” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/16 "2001-05-11T13:33:01Z")
So many . . . “'Cause the record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance!” “And looking very relaxed, Adolph Hitler on Vibes” and “Roy Rogers on Trigger” “Mais je suis toujours fidele darling in my fashion.” “The way you hold your knife The way we danced till three The way you changed my life” “Go out and try your luck, you might be Donald Duck.” “She said she won’t be mine For all of Palestine, oy!” “Oh, your baby has gone down the plughole.” “While tearing off a game of golf I may make a play for the caddy” “And that glorious morn Jack the Ripper was born Ah-ha-ha-ha – those were the good old days.” “On the clear understanding that this kind of thing might happen.” “She plays Medea later this week.” “Silence in the Studio” Identification is left as an exercise for the reader. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/17 "2001-05-11T14:38:48Z")
For some reason this one sticks in my mind… He’s haunted by something he cannot define, Bowel shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse, Assail him, impale him, with monster truck force… Cake - The Distance. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/18 "2001-05-11T14:40:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > **Identification is left as an exercise for the reader. 😉 > . . . > “And looking very relaxed, Adolph Hitler on Vibes” > and > "Roy Rogers on Trigger"** Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, “The Intro and the Outro”. I’m pretty fond of “Gorilla, on Vox Humana” myself. > [@](#): > > **"Mais je suis toujours fidele darling in my fashion."** Cole Porter, “Always True to You in My Fashion” > [@](#): > > **"The way you hold your knife > The way we danced till three > The way you changed my life"** George & Ira Gershwin, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” (though it’s tempting to attempt some sort of Bobbitt joke) > [@](#): > > **"Oh, your baby has gone down the plughole."** Cream, “Mother’s Lament” I have my ideas on some of the others, but I’ll leave some for others to pick off. My own: “In these shoes? I don’t think so.” “Calling International Rescue No one else can save us like you do” “Bertha Lou, Bertha Lou I want to conjugate with you” “They got a lotta, lotta, lotta grey desks and chairs Uh-huh, at the Government Center” “She got big red lips She got big brown eyes When she treats me right it’s a big surprise” “She was a winner who became a doggie’s dinner . . .” Extra credit: “Well the Queen wrote me a letter Saying ‘You owe We some bread, From playing in your rockin’ rollin’ band.’ Well the guy I went to see Didn’t look much like a Queen to me You know, but he dug it When I bowed and kissed his hand.” ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/19 "2001-05-11T14:54:20Z")
I’ll translate it for ya, because it’s become my motto. \*Insanity is a narrow bridge. It’s banks are reason and desire\* - Du Riechst So Gut, Rammstein jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/20 "2001-05-11T15:05:47Z")
Oh here we go… You didn’t want to start this with me here… “My name is Cain and I am now un-Abel” -Jenny Says, Cowboy Mouth “Easy to bitch, easy to whine Easy to moan, easy to cry Easy to feel like there ain’t nothing in your life Harder to work, harder to strive Hard to be glad to be alive But it’s really worth it if you give it a try” -Easy, ibid “'Cause I might love you yes, but I love me more” -New Orleans, ibid “My eyelids said 4:30, but the radio clock said six And I was thinking up a reasonable excuse” -Louisiana Lowdown, ibid “How’d we ever get so chic? Who’s your favorite Kennedy? What’s the flavor of the week? I live next to Fugazi!” -Arlington, Emmet Swimming “'Cause if I play this here guitar Then maybe David Geffen will make me a star Then I could pay back my student loan” -Student Loan, Mary Prankster “Now don’t go thinking that I love you Just because I do 'Cause I never met a certainly I couldn’t misconstrue” -Tempest, ibid “What mood is that you wear this time? Why do you get high?” -High, Jimmies Chicken Shack “Even before my father’s father They called us all rebels Burned down our corn fields And left our cities leveled I can still feel the eyes Of those blue-bellied devils I’m walking round tongiht Through the concrete and metal” -Rebels, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Well it’s so hard to face That in this day and age Somebodies race could trigger somebodies rage” -Let’s Face It, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Look where all this talking got us, baby” -White, Discussion, Live I could go on and on and on and on… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077.md?page=2)