Favorite song lyric? Lyric of the day?

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"I summer where I winter at and no one is allowed there."

Song: Celebrated Summer
Album: New Day Rising
Band: Hüsker Dü

"For some reason I can't explain,
I know St. Peter won't call my name."

- "When I Ruled The World", by Coldplay

"Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender?"

Song: Horses
Album: Horses
Artist: Patti Smith

This lyric keeps me going sometimes and pulls me up when I feel defeated.

"I sold my soul, and it was a lousy deal.

like the prizes you get in a happy meal"


Kanye West

The truth is never far behind, you've kept it hidden well.
If i live to tell the secret i knew then, will i ever have the chance again?

Madonna- Live to tell

Lua by Brighteyes

You looking skinny like a model
With your eyes all painted black
Just keep going to the bathroom
Only say you'll be right back
Well it takes one to know one kid
I think you've got it bad
But what's so easy in the evening
By the morning it's such a drag

Got a flask inside my pocket
We can share it on the train
And if you promise to stay conscious
I'll try to do the same
Well we might die from that medicine
But we sure killed all the pain
What was normal in the evening
By the morning seems insane

And I'm not sure what the trouble was
What started all of this
The reasons all have run away
But the feeling never did
It's not something I would recommend
But it is one way to live
Cause what is simple in the moonlight
By the morning never is

It reminds me of my mid to late teens when I was suffering depression, had eating disorders and was drinking heavily and taking drugs. Every morning was a battle to get through, but each evening I became someone else and felt the need to do these crazy things to cope with being who I was.

2 bits that stand out are

'whats so normal in the evening by the morning seems insane' as that is how it felt going from the person I was late at night - drinking a lot, making myself vomit, passing out asleep - to the person I was in the morning - waking up in my parents house surrounded by my innocent childhood things, the son of 2 hard working people who just wanted the best for me.

'And I'm not sure what the trouble was, What started all of this, The reasons all have run away, But the feeling never did' as that is what it became. It almost didn't matter in the end what was making me do these things, it was who I was, it was how I got through each 24 hours.

"I believe there's nothing to believe"

Song: Fresh Strawberries
Album: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions
Band: Franz Ferdinand

This is one of the very, very, very few songs that speaks to me on a personal level. I rarely listen to lyrics in songs and I don't remember liking this song at first as much as I do now, but it really grew on me. Actually, they might be one of the very few bands that consistently have lyrics I like the more that I think about it.

"Please have mercy on me.
Take it easy on my heart.
Even though you don't mean to hurt me,
you keep tearing me apart."
"Though you've got good intentions,
I need you to set me free.
I'm begging you for mercy."

Both from Shawn Mendes, song Mercy

It's been on my mind.

And then
The sphere of the moon, the sphere of Mercury, the sphere of Venus
The sphere of the sun, the sphere of Mars, the sphere of Jupiter
The sphere of Saturn, the sphere of fixed stars, the sphere of mobile stars
The torus continues into eternity, endlessly

My favorite!

It's just a spark but it's enough to keep me going...

- Paramore - Last Hope -

"Set sail across the open seas/'Neath the carousel you feel/Make your wish, what you believe/It's not the world that makes you cry/With you inside, the light will shine" - Song: Pearls by indie J-rock band OCEANLANE