More bad/nonsensical lyrics

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So I got the Feist album (I admit, I thought the 1 2 3 4 song in the ipod commercial was catchy). And there’s a song on it called “brandy alexander” where she’s singing “he’s my brandy alexander, always gets me into trouble…goes down easy” and I’m thinking oh cool, nice melody, cute lyrics…let’s look up all the lyrics since it’s a bit unclear in some spots. So I read the start:

“Though I’d like to be the girl for him and cross the sea and land for him…”

Ok, this is looking good, nice setup, it’s a unrequited love or an attraction to someone bad to her… and then…

“In milky skin my tongue is sand until the iridescent band begins to play,”

W…T…F? I mean I can come up with explanations for what that means, but couldn’t she write something that made a LITTLE more sense? It’s such a cute song and now I’m annoyed by the fact that that line is bad. :mad: How can I sing along now?

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Maybe the songwriter is aiming for people to not sing along…

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Well, it appears that most of the lyrics sites say that the lyric in question is:

On milky skin my tongue is sand
Until the ever distand band
Begins to play.

Which makes at least some sense. :slight_smile:

Feist doesn’t have a truly working website of her own, yet. Perhaps when she does, the lyrics will be posted.

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I don’t know if “Paralyzer” by Finger Eleven belongs more in this thread or the one about lyrics with bad grammar but every time I hear this song, which is quite often, it just pisses me off. Here’s a link, since we can’t quote entire songs and *every * *single * line in this song SUCKS. Hopefully the following doesn’t violate the rules as badly as it violates my ears.

" . . But so far, has not been good
It’s been shitty
And I feel awkward, as I should
This club has got to be
The most pretentious thing
Since I thought you and me"

“So far” hasn’t been good? I’m guessing this is a clever play on the saying “so far, so good” but it just sounds like English isn’t their first language. In fact, when I heard this song for the first time, I actually looked this band up, assuming they were from another country. I mean they *are * (Canada) but it *is * an English speaking country.

“It’s been shitty” is just lame. If the rest of the song was positively Shakespearean, this bit would negate it. Not only is it a completely stupid, unimaginative sentiment, they have to sing it as “shitEEEE” to make it fit the meter.

“And I feel awkward as I should” Somehow I don’t think the singer is being self-referential to the awkwardness he feels about singing such a stupid song. Which is a shame, because he really should.

“This club has got to be the most pretentious thing since I thought you and me”

This is the part that first got me to notice what strange and stupid lyrics this song has. This club is a place. A place !(unless he’s refering to a weapon, or perhaps a playing card. But he couldn’t be holding it because both of his hands are occupied; one nervously holding his drink, which isn’t cooling him, and the other holding himself. See lines 1 - 3 in link)

I could go on and on, as every single syllable of this song grates on my nerves, but I know I’m on the border of hijacktown already, so maybe I’ll start a new thread about songs that are complete shite :slight_smile:

Phew. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest; it’s been gnawing at me for some time.

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Van Halen, “Why Can’t This Be Love?”
lyric: Only time will tell if we stand the test of time.
Hmm…ya think? :smack:

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I can’t think of anything worse right now than the ones Diosa posted in thisthread:

The brakes off that pussy? I’m still shaking my head over this one.

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Not to mention the error in anatomy in the third line.

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That one actually doesn’t bother me; using “ass” as shorthand for someone’s entire person is pretty common, e.g. Your ass better be home by 10:00.

OK, it’s still pretty bad. :stuck_out_tongue: