# Truisms in Pop Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247 "2000-11-01T15:47:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/21 "2000-11-01T22:51:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > \*\*Let’s try to get this thread back on track. The OP didn’t ask you for lyrics you think are _cool_ or _profound,_ for Christ’s sake. Rather, he asked for _truisms_… here’s a definition for those unclear on the concept: > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\*Truism: An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument. > > \*\* > \*\* Thanks Chef. You took the words right out of my mouth. Here’s some more: The Smiths: “Some girls are bigger than others, Some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls’ mothers.” Depeche Mode: “Death is everywhere, there are flies on the windscreen for a start, reminding us we could be torn apart tonight.” The Sundays: “I feel fine, don’t wake me up yet, The young and the old, they get everything, And its my turn.” More to come… ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/22 "2000-11-02T08:16:56Z")
One of the greatest truisms ever is in a Talking Heads song: “Water dissolving, and water removing. There is water at the BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN!” And then there’s a recent one by Pink Floyd: “So I opened my arms to my enemies, and I asked can we wipe the slate clean? But the told me to please go fuck myself Sometimes you just can’t win…” And of course, the greatest truism ever: “Life ain’t easy for a boy named Sue…” ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/23 "2000-11-02T08:29:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tommy the Cat \* > \*\*Another one by the Goo Goo Dolls (the song title escapes me right now): > > “And reruns all become our history.”\*\* It’s “Name”. Of all their stuff, it’s my favourite. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/24 "2000-11-02T12:19:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Oh. I love lyrics threads. This makes you my hero of the day JJ. > > Joydrop > "if i was beautiful like you, i would never be at fault > i’d walk in the rain between the raindrops, bringing traffic to a hault. > > but that will never be, that will never ever be. cuz i’m not beautiful like you. > i’m beautiful like me." > \*\* Ooh thanks, I love this song but I could never remember who the artist was. It is one of the most beautifully bitchy songs ever. Especially love the line I’d have so many friends, that if I ever hurt one, I wouldn’t have to make ammends. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/25 "2000-11-02T15:08:31Z")
Only time will tell if we stand the test of time (Van Halen) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/26 "2000-11-02T15:56:08Z")
The Smiths - “Pretty girls make graves.” Pearl Jam - “Corduroy” - “I’ll end up alone like I began.” The Smiths - “In my life, why do I smile at people who I’d much rather kick in the eye?” The Smiths - “Work is a 4 Letter Word” U2 - “The Fly” has several truisms: - “A man will beg and man will crawl, on the sheer face of love, like a fly on a wall.” - “Its no secret that a liar won’t believe anyone else.” - “Its no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest, Its no secret that ambition bites the nails of success.” ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/27 "2000-11-02T16:01:50Z")
No problem Mermaid, I love bitchy songs. I have a lot of them. Songs that give power to individuality are my favorite. sorry for the hijack…on with truth the rest of you. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/28 "2000-11-03T00:05:28Z")
“Once you know you can never go back” Otherside by RHCP ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/29 "2000-11-03T00:25:12Z")
I’m a bitch I’m a lover I’m a child I’m a mother I’m a sinner I’m a saint… What can I say? I am. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/30 "2000-11-03T00:48:23Z")
_Angkins_ That’s Bitch by Meredith Brooks ---
**Author:** ![weyrdchic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@weyrdchic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weyrdchic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/31 "2000-11-03T00:58:47Z")
“So many words for the broken heart / It’s hard to see in a crimson love / So hard to breathe / Walk with me, and maybe…” Yes. I know. But I think this is one of the more profound songs of the Backstreet Boys…then again, I can interpret ‘sardines on rye bread’. It’s all about context. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/32 "2000-11-03T01:18:24Z")
“Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me.” ---
**Author:** ![Ratatosk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ratatosk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ratatosk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/33 "2000-11-03T18:08:21Z")
I will have to vote for another Magnetic Fields song, “The Book of Love” - The book of love is long and boring no one can even lift the damn thing it’s full of charts and figures… but I love it when you read to me…\* That’s all I can remember, but it’s all true. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/34 "2000-11-03T19:03:32Z")
Rush (the group, not the pompous radio personality) has many. Some of my favorites: From _Limelight_ All the world’s indeed a stage, And we are merely players, Performers and portrayers, Each another’s audience Outside the gilded cage. From _Tom Sawyer_ He knows changes aren’t permanent, But change is. From _Subdivisions_ Some will sell their dreams for small desires Or lose the race to rats Get caught in ticking traps And start to dream of somewhere To relax their restless flight From _The Sphere: A Kind of Dream_ We can walk our road together If our goals are all the same. We can run alone and free If we pursue a different aim. From _I Think I’m Going Bald_ I looked in the mirror today; my eyes just didn’t seem so bright. I’ve lost a few more hairs. I think I’m going bald, I think I’m going bald. ---
**Author:** ![Althea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Althea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Althea)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/35 "2000-11-03T20:48:50Z")
“Your behaviour is so male - it’s like you can’t explain yourself to me.” - Dar Williams in “Mark Rothko’s Song” ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/36 "2000-11-03T21:54:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TopazAntares \* > \*\*_Angkins_ That’s Bitch by Meredith Brooks \*\* Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/37 "2000-11-04T00:05:32Z")
in the immortal words of elton john: Saturday, saturday, saturday, saturday, saturday, saturday, saturday, saturday, saturday saturday night’s all right. 🙂 But in all seriousness: Blink 182 “the party song” “some girls try to hard to impress with the way that they dress and those things on their chests and the things they suggest to me…” ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/38 "2000-11-06T03:17:14Z")
“Only love can break your heart” - Neil Young ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@The\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247/39 "2000-11-06T04:57:55Z")
From The Beatles “Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey” “The higher you fly, the deeper you go, The deeper you go, the higher you fly, So come on now…” Sadly, all too true [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truisms-in-pop-songs/39247.md?page=1)