We used to have a thread with song lyrics back in the day So I'm resurrecting it. Post lyrics to songs you love, lyrics that mean something to you, or just that you enjoy

I'll start. Good Morning Beautiful by Deftones (basically every Deftones song has amazing lyrics)

One of these days you'll break me of many things
Some cold white day,
But you're crazy if you think I would leave you This way
You
Should wake up (Wake up)
Before the wrath comes
Me and you could take off (Take off)
Before the wrath comes, soon
And one of these days I pray it will be sometime soon
On a day like today,
You'd be crazy not to want me to teach you
The way
You
Should wake up (Wake up)
Before the wrath comes
Me and you could take off (Take off)
Before the wrath comes, please
Well I know what you're like
I've read it on the walls
You're too tired, you choose heaven over the
Earth and me but come on
Please
You
Should wake up (Wake up)
Before the wrath comes
Me and you could take off (Take off)
Before the wrath comes
Well maybe you should take off
Yeah you should take off (Take off)

Wow a new thread!

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC the greatest allegory in the musical world

[Intro]
Let's begin!

[Verse 1]
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
Spreading wisdom and cash around
Fed the starving and housed the poor
Showed the Vatican what gold's for

[Chorus]
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
Oh my!

[Verse 2]
Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all
Emptied churches and shopping malls
When he spoke it would raise the roof
Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth

[Chorus]
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
Oh my!

[Verse 3]
Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
Governments who would slur his name
Plots and sex scandals failed outright
Peter merely said any kind of love is alright

[Chorus]
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?

[Verse 4]
Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
Had him nailed to a chunk of wood
He died grinning on live TV
Hanging there he looked a lot like you
And an awful lot like me!

[Chorus]
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?

[Outro]
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin?
Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead
Oh my, oh my, oh!
Don't it make you want to cry, oh?

LP

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling
I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming (confusing what is real)
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling (confusing what is real)

Three Days Grace

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one would ever change this animal I have become
And help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)
I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times I've lied
(So many times I've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one would ever change this animal I have become
And we believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
And we believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell
(This animal, this animal, this animal
This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
And we believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
And we believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

Nathan Sharp (NateWantsToBattle) - Take Me Anywhere

It's underneath my skin
These god forsaken memories
The puppet takes the stage, he'll carry on
Forgotten who I am
But all the world keeps telling me
It may be where you live but it's not your home

I got a one way ticket straight out of here
And I don't know where it goes
It's not the destination, it's the crawl
Was it out of love, or out of fear?
If you ask me, I don't know
You forget how to want, once you've had it all

You can't take me anywhere
You can't take me anywhere
I got a way back home and an open door
To everything I left, face-down on the floor
You know you can't take me anywhere

It's underneath my skin
Like ink that's still reminding me
A night where everything's not as it seems
A thousand whitened smiles
But none contain no empathy
Paper thin, they're seeing right through me

I got a one way ticket straight out of here
And I don't know where it goes
Ignore the rise but everyone sees you fall
Was it out of love, or out of fear?
If you ask me, I don't know
You forget how to want, once you've had it all

You can't take me anywhere
You can't take me anywhere
I got a way back home and an open door
To everything I left, face-down on the floor
You know you can't take me anywhere

It's easy to see it
Too hard to believe it
But once in a while
You just gotta come clean
Now you try to hide it
But you can't deny it
It's falling apart, tearing up at the seams
I give it my best
Secretly I'm a mess
But sooner or later
It's bound to rise
There's so many warnings
That I've been ignoring
Now it's shutting down

You can't take me anywhere
You can't take me anywhere
I got a way back home and an open door
To everything I left, face-down on the floor
You know you can't take me anywhere

You can't take me anywhere (Take me anywhere)
You can't take me anywhere (Take me anywhere)
I got a way back home and an open door
To everything I left, face-down on the floor
You know you can't take me anywhere
Take me anywhere

Seize the Day by Avenged Sevenfold. Very sad

Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
I see my vision burn, I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
These streets we travel on
Will undergo our same lost past
I found you here, now please just stay for a while
I can move on with you around
I hand you my mortal life, but will it be forever?
I'd do anything for a smile
Holding you 'til our time is done
We both know the day will come
But I don't want to leave you
I see my vision burn
I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
A melody, a memory, or just one picture
Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
Newborn life replacing all of us
Changing this fable we live in
No longer needed here so where do we go?
Will you take a journey tonight, follow me past the walls of death?
But girl, what if there is no eternal life?
I see my vision burn
I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
A melody, a memory, or just one picture
Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
Trials in life, questions of us existing here
Don't wanna die alone without you here
Please tell me what we have is real
So, what if I never hold you, yeah
Or kiss your lips again?
Woah, so I never want to leave you
And the memories of us to see I beg don't leave me
Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
Trials in life, questions of us existing here
Don't wanna die alone without you here
Please tell me what we have is real
Silence you lost me, no chance for one more day
Silence you lost me, no chance for one more day [then continues in the background]
I stand here alone
Falling away from you, no chance to get back home
I stand here alone
Falling away from you, no chance to get back home

Another Deftones one... every song is brilliant quite frankly. So much meaning

Poltergeist

What can I say
I think I had enough
I think you keep playing to play
Knowing that I feel sick
C’mon just say it
Just say you like to play
This game
Just to drive me wild
I let you pretend
But you know
Truth is that
I love you to death
Like you love this game
This time, there’s a common thread
And so I sit
And watch you play dumb I’d like to see
You play with the odds
On your plate instead
Come on just say it
Just say you like to keep this pace
Just to drive me wild
I let you pretend
But you know
Truth is that
I love you to death
Like you love this game
It keeps me hanging tight
What can I say
I think your head’s F**ked
Go on drive me wild
This time
There’s a constant thread
This time
There’s a common thread
That keeps me hanging tight
And it tells me something’s right
What can I say
I f**kin' had enough
I think you just play what you play
Knowing that I feel sick
C’mon just say it
Say you like to play this game
'Cause it drives me wild

Beware ... By you guessed it, Deftones. Their music is just so hot

You should know (by now) really
That this could end, really
You should know I could never make it work
Wake up
Let's pretend, really
Really
Babe
Do you like the way the water tastes
Like gunfire
And you knew but you could never say
Then come forth 'cause it's coming round
Round the water
Beware the water
You should know
Babe
At least pretend you did know why
It's not like you watch so go on take a drink
Really
Babe
Do you like the way the water tastes
Like gunfire
You knew but it was never safe
Take one more 'cause it's coming round
Round the water
Beware the water
Beware the water
Teeth are dry
From wind blows
If you come drinking
There you go
Beware the water
Beware the water
Beware the water
Do you like the way the water tastes
Do you like the way the water tastes?

Half Jack - The Dresden Dolls
I have no idea why this song hits me so hard, but gods does it make me an emotional mess. When Amanda Palmer was here earlier this year and performed it as her finale I was in tears through the entire thing

Half underwater, I'm half my mother's daughter
A fraction's left up to dispute
The whole collection, half of the price they're asking
In the halfway house of ill repute

Half accidental, half painful instrumental
I have a lot to think about
You think they're joking? You have to go provoke him
I guess it's high time you found out

It's half biology and half corrective surgery gone wrong
You'll notice something funny if you hang around here for too
Long ago in some black hole before they had these pills to take it back
I'm half Jill and half Jack

Two halves are equal, a cross between two evils
It's not an enviable lot
But if you listen you'll learn to hear the difference
Between the halves and the half knots

When I let him, when I feel the stitches getting sicker
I try to wash him out but like they say, 'The blood is thicker'
I see my mother in my face but only when I travel
I run as fast as I can run but Jack comes tumbling after

And when I'm brave enough and find a clever way to kick him out
And I'm so high, not even you and all your love could bring me down
On 83rd he never found the magic words to change this fact
I'm half Jill and half Jack

I'm halfway home now, half hoping for a showdown
'Cause I'm not big enough to house this crowd
It might destroy me but I'd sacrifice my body
If it meant I'd get the Jack part out

See Jack, run Jack, run Jack, see Jack
See Jack, run Jack, run Jack, see Jack
See Jack, run Jack, run Jack, see Jack
See Jack, run Jack, run Jack, run Jack, run

Grimes - Flesh without blood

You claw, you fight, you lose
Got a doll that looks just like you
Remember when we used to say (we used to say)
"I love you" almost every day
I saw the light in you
Going out as I closed our window
You never liked me anyway
Aye yeah, aye yeah
Yeah, I don't see the light I saw in you before
And no, I don't
And no, I don't
And no, I don't care anymore
(Now you’ll never know)
Baby, believe me
And you had every chance
You destroy everything that you know (that you know)
(Uncontrollable)
If you don't need me
Just let me go
You hate, you bite, you lose
After all, I just don't like you
It's nice that you say you like me (you like me)
But only conditionally
Your voice, it had the perfect flow
It got lost when you gave it up though
'Cause you want money, you want fame
Aye yeah, aye yeah
Aye, I don't see the light I saw in you before
And no, I don't
And no, I don't
And no, I don't care anymore
(Now you’ll never know)
Baby, believe me
And you had every chance
You destroy everything that you know (that you know)
(Uncontrollable)
If you don't need me
Just let me go
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ey, ey, sing along, baby
Then your heart beats on this sad song
Underground, underneath me
And the big things we could’ve had
Ey, ey, oh no
(Then your heart beats underground now)
(Now you’ll never know)
Baby, believe me
(Then your heart beats underground now)
And you had every chance
You destroy everything that you know
(Then your heart beats underground now) (Uncontrollable)
If you don't need me
(Then your heart beats underground now)
Just let me go
(Then your heart beats underground now)
(Now you’ll never know)
Baby, believe me
And you had every chance
You destroy everything that you know (that you know)
(Uncontrollable)
If you don't need me
Just let me go
(Then your heart beats underground now)
(Now you’ll never know)

B****** Brew - Crosses (Chino Moreno's side project band, so you know the lyrics are sexy AF)

As the moon ascends
The wolves come out to see the end
They hide from view and wait
To watch the ghost inside you come awake
And when the shots go off, you'll hear them call
My heart is racing just to see it all
To watch it crawl out of your changing shape
To take out your breath and watch it come awake
From the flames of the fire
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky
I watch you climb into me
With your knees open
On display, you taunt the beast again
'Cause when you move and shake
That thing inside you comes awake
As you dance against the breathing wall
My claws are out, I want to feel it all
Feel it crawl inside you, changing shape
Take out your breath and feel you come awake
From the flames of the fire
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky
I watch you crying into me
Say something, pray for something
Say something, pray or something
Say something, pray for something
Say something, pray or something
Say something, pray for something
From the flames of the fire
I feel you crawling to my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky
I watch you crying to me
Throwing shapes at the sky
I watch you climb into me
Say something, pray for something
Say something, pray to something

Crosses - The Epilogue (seriously beautiful song)

It's a strange day
The roses are in bloom
But in a strange way
I know somehow we're doomed
Look around through the town
Not a soul to be found
In silence, not a sound
There's no one around but you
In the back of the car
On the way from the bar
In silence, here we are
Reminding us how we're doomed
We'll get set it's time we've come to the end
We've circled around our doom
And I won't stop, not till I get what I want
And all that I want is you
In a strange place
When the sun goes down, we move
Into a strange phase
Like we've got nothing left to lose
So we slip through the town
With our heads in the clouds
In silence, not a sound
For miles and miles around
Fall asleep in the park
Underneath all the stars
In silence, here we are
Reminded of how we're doomed
Get set it's time we've come to the end
We've circled around our doom
Yeah, I won't stop, not till I get what I want
And all that I want is you
It's you
All that I want is you
Yeah, you
All that I want is you
So get set it's we come to the end
We've circled around our doom
Yeah, I won't stop, not till I get what I want
And all that I want is you
Now get set it's time we've come to the end
We've circled around our doom
Yeah, I won't stop, not till I get what I want
'Cause all that I want is you

Talking to myself - Linkin Park

Tell me what I've gotta do
There's no getting through to you
The lights are on but nobody's home (nobody's home)
You say I can't understand
But you're not giving me a chance
When you leave me, where do you go? (Where do you go?)
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
I admit I made mistakes
But yours might cost you everything
Can't you hear me calling you home?
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm talking to myself

Deftones - Drive

[Verse 1]
Who's gonna tell you when
It's too late
Who's gonna tell you things
Aren't so great

[Chorus]
You can't go on, thinkin'
Nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight?

[Verse 2]
Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall?
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call?

Who's gonna pay attention
To your dreams?
And who's gonna plug their ears
When you scream?

[Chorus]
You can't go on, thinkin'
That nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight?

[Bridge]
Who's gonna hold you down
When you shake?
Who's gonna come around
When you break?

[Chorus x2]
You can't go on, thinkin'
Nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight?

[Outro x4]
Who's gonna drive you home?

Heilung - Carpatian Forest

More prose than a song, but is is on Heilung's studio album so it counts

Carpatian Forest
where trees are endless
Forest tightens fall to rest
And death is made for the queen,
Mushrooms gather in circles.
Where bears walk,
Dereliction houses dark spirits.
I'm coming,
Falls deep into darkness.
Stones rise in circles
Where drums roar;
Water whispers vibrating,
People dance under the moon, in circles.
Bone to ruin and sculpted dust.
I smell the thoughts of the gods.
Roots, promises blossom.

One of only a couple that I enjoyed from One More Light, "Talking to myself" by Linkin Park is especially poignant given what happened with Chester. He wrote it from the perspective of his wife, basically about how she feels when he becomes depressed, as he did quite often.

Tell me what I've gotta do
There's no getting through to you
The lights are on but nobody's home (nobody's home)
You say I can't understand
But you're not giving me a chance
When you leave me, where do you go? (Where do you go?)
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
I admit I made mistakes
But yours might cost you everything
Can't you hear me calling you home?
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm talking to myself

In Flames - Metaphor

You stole my pure intention
You are the sickness in between
Let me in, I'll bury the pain
You taught me to be sad at you
You almost made me take it all
Let me in, I'll bury the pain
You bend me and you shake me
You beg me then you break me
Let me in, I'll bury the pain
You made me feel like a sinner
Now you fear you'll die alone
Let me in, I'll bury the pain
The sickness that you are
The plague that made me starve
You think you can show me how I've come this far
I feel it's taking over
Everything falls dark
Break me open
The desperate cry

Mark Morton ft Chester Bennington - Cross off (this song was his last he ever recorded and the lyrics offer a glimpse into what was going on with him mentally)

Cross off the days gone
Cross off the days gone
Gone by
Wasting away
A self-inflicted slow decay
What should've been, what never was
Became the end for both of us
Heavy is the hand that points the finger (Finger)
Heavy is the heart that's filled with anger (Anger)
So lay them all to waste
Years you decided to erase
And cross off the days
So black out and hide behind the lines
Keep staring down the sun and hope the
Light will finally blind your eyes from seeing
Cross off the days gone by
Cross off the days gone by
Cross off the days gone by
Cutting you free
The phantom limb was part of me
You have lived, you have lost
The separation's worth the cost
Heavy are the words that go unspoken (Spoken)
Heavy are the promises now broken (Broken)
Will you learn to love the taste
Of the destruction in your wake?
Cross off the days
So black out and hide behind the lines
Keep staring down the sun and hope the
Light will finally blind your eyes from seeing
Cross off the days gone by
Cross off the days gone by
Cross off the days gone
Gone by
Making my way back from the madness
Shifting my thoughts from the blackness
And the sadness, but the fact is
I'm swinging through life like a clenched fist
[censored] sanity, I wanna bleed
Can't kill the pain, it's everything
It's all I feel
It's what I breathe
Turn the hate I breed into what I need
Heavy is the hand that points the finger (Finger)
Heavy is the heart that's filled with anger (Anger)
Did you survey everything you laid to waste
And cross off the days?
So black out and hide behind the lines
Keep staring down the sun and hope the
Light will finally blind your eyes from seeing
Cross off the days gone by
Cross off the days gone by
Cross off the days gone by

A Perfect Circle - Gravity

Lost again
Broken and weary
Unable to find my way
Tail in hand
Dizzy and clearly unable to
Just let this go
I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live
I fell again
Like a baby unable to stand on my own
Tail in hand
Dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go
High and surrendering to the gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live, I choose to live, I choose to live
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
Help me survive the bottom
Calm these hands before they
Snare another pill and
Drive another nail down another needy hole
Please release me
I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live,
I choose to live

Deftones - What happened to you?

In the winds of your cape
I've sailed with you
From the shore to the gates
We sway
We're alive somewhere else
Far ahead of our time
In a game of display
We break in two
We perform the ornate
Escape
We're alive somewhere else
Still asleep someplace new
We're ahead of our time
Floating through
The sky is falling down
This night belongs to you
Forty years in the winds
I've played with you
For the rest of our days
I'll remain
The sky is falling down
The night is calling you
A star is burning out
The sky belongs to you
We're alive somewhere else
Still asleep someplace new
Far ahead of our time now
Floating through