Favorite Lyrics (Shout them out, LOUD AND PROUD!)

[DivCruz]

In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
And all of the panic inside starts to fade.
Hopelessly drifting,
Bathing in beautiful agony.

Dream Theater - A Nightmare To Remember

[austinjhnsn]

In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
And all of the panic inside starts to fade.
Hopelessly drifting,
Bathing in beautiful agony.

Dream Theater - A Nightmare To Remember

One of my favorite parts of that album!

[austinjhnsn]

In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
And all of the panic inside starts to fade.
Hopelessly drifting,
Bathing in beautiful agony.

Dream Theater - A Nightmare To Remember

One of my favorite parts of that album!

[BennyWhatever]

In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
And all of the panic inside starts to fade.
Hopelessly drifting,
Bathing in beautiful agony.

Dream Theater - A Nightmare To Remember

If there was an award for best instrumentation to go with a lyric passage, this would win. It's just so awesome to listen to.

[AHart96]

Tell me how it feels to live a lie.
Tell me do you know that it won't ever be the same
You can't deny, the house of cards just hit the floor.
Don't tell me you can save it in the end.
There's nothing you can do,
Cause when it's gone you know it won't come back again.
But you don't listen anymore.-Alter Bridge, Addicted to Pain

These lyrics really hit home for me. It definitely sums up the way I feel towards an ex of mine, so I can definitely connect with it. One of my favorite lyrics ever written

[Jaredr24]

"God help those who help themselves, and forget about everyone else.
You lost your nerve, you missed the point.
God help those with open hands, may they never feel burden again.
Ya I'll stand up for those who can't.
I'll close the distance."
"Sometimes You're the Hammer, Sometimes You're the Nail" - A Day to Remember

Not sure if there's many other ADTR fans around here but that's one of my favorite lyrics from Common Courtesy for sure. I haven't been that big of a fan of them until that album came out Tuesday and I previewed yesterday and bought it. I listen to it a lot so I won't get too burnt out on Fortress (if that's possible)

But these lyrics speak to me and should with a lot of people. Imagine if we took time to help others instead of being so focused on ourselves and what we want? This world would be so much better off than it is today for sure. By far my favorite song on the album.

[Lotha]

Below are some of the songs that I listen A LOT to in difficult times, and I'll probably be listening to them a lot in the next days. So these are off the top of my head, I may post some more, differently themed lyrics, later.

I'm still there, everywhere
I'm the dust in the wind
I'm the star in the northern sky
I never stayed anywhere
I'm the wind in the trees
Would you wait for me forever?
Stratovarius - Forever

Once my life was plain and clear, I recall
Once my ignorance was bliss
Nightfall came like a serpent's kiss to my troubled mind
Why, oh why my God
Have you abandoned me, in my sobriety?
Behind the old facade, I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide...
Kamelot - Abandoned

^ My favorite from Kamelot

You steal my only hope and make me stay awake another night
I wish you bear with me, stay near me, when the autumn leaves have fallen
Solitude, my pain - the last thing left of me...
If you fall, I'll catch
If you love, I'll love
And so it goes, my dear
Don't be scared, you'll be safe
This I swear, if you only love me back!
I am the playwright and you are my crown
Make me cry for your love, like you've done many times
So I know - I can't write these storylines without you
Lady Pain, make me strong! Can't we be together,
Without them, forever?
Sonata Arctica - The Misery

^ One of my favorites songs ever and my favorite by Sonata.

Sad night, the weeper of starwind sky
Take me where the shimmering lights are fading out
Through the shadows of hate and through the fires of grace
I followed the voice in the night, beautiful as black sky,
But nothing I found

My thoughts are captured by the magical chants
Of the spirits, but I cannot see them with these dead eyes
Lost I am in these dismal dreams
Lost I am forever in my life

The snow is falling on the withering leaves, I am left in the cold
The shadows are crying in the moonlight
Is this night the last of my life

Have we arrived from our journey, I must ask you now
At last I can cry, 'cause these sad words are calling me tonight
My eyes bleed for you my star, my pride and the love of my heart
But why did you have to fly so far, I raged and it tore me apart
I promise to you with sadness and hate
Wherever I might go, you will know...

I give my life to the withering leaves
To the bleeding moonlight
To the crying shadows
I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU
Wintersun - Sadness and Hate

^ This is an IMMENSE song and means and speaks a lot to me. I can't stress enough how much this song gets me.

The misery I know,
Like a friend that won't let go
Is creeping up on me now once again

^ Love it, so melancholic in a way

My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to cut me,
I'll bleed forever
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score

Great topic, Andy II ^_^ I'll post more in the future probably and I really enjoyed reading the other lyrics!

[Doom]

Let the wind carry you home
Blackbird fly away
May you never be broken again

Beyond the suffering you've known
I hope you find your way
May you never be broken again

Alter Bridge - Blackbird

Don’t close your eyes
Something beautiful is still alive
Don’t close your eyes
Never turn away and let it die

Alter Bridge - Cry Of Achilles

This song means the most important thing to me, it brings a lot of memories:

Get up (get up)
Come on (come on)
Why're you scared? (I'm not scared)
You'll never change
What's been and gone

Cos all of the stars
Are fading away
Just try not to worry
You'll see them some day
Take what you need
And be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

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Once upon a time I swore I had a heart
Long before the world I know tore it all apart,
Once upon a time there was a part of me I shared
years before they took away the part of me that cared

Five Finger Death Punch - Battleborn

A happy home, a fairy tale, a broken dream
Gave me a life, then turned away
Killed everything, why!?

It's because of you I'm broken
It's because of you I'm dead inside
I never asked to be here
It's because of you I'm godforsaken
I never wanted this
It's because of you I'm dead inside

Where did I go wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
No matter what I've done, you've always criticized me
What did I do wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
When it's said and done, will you remember me?

Five Finger Death Punch - The Devil's Own

^ yeah, I know, that song has a strong lyric.... I feel very connected to it..

Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know

So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No nothing else matters

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it

Three Days Grace - Never Too Late

Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost

Avenged Sevenfold - Seize The Day

Life wouldn't be so precious dear if there never was an end

Avenged Sevenfold - Acid Rain

Much has changed since the last time
And I feel a little less certain now
You know I jumped at the first sign
Tell me only if it's real
Memories seem to fade

Avenged Sevenfold - Buried Alive

House full of roses
A letter on the stairs
A tape full of messages
For anyone who cares
Collage of broken words
And stories full of tears
Remembering your life
'Cause we wish you were here

Nothing is harder
Than to wake up all alone
Realize it's not okay
It's the end of all you know
Time keeps passing by
But it seems I'm frozen still
Scars are left behind
But some too deep to feel

Avenged Sevenfold - Victim

[Crumbso]

Some lyrics that my friend wrote for a song we recorded. Neither he nor I are religious in the slightest (in fact quite the opposite) but he came up with these amazing lyrics about a man driven to desperate repentance by some unknown guilt from his past:

I'm on my knees
and I'm still screaming.
The burning bright light
is still beaming.

I'm still stuck.
I cannot move.
Am I man enough?
Is this what I need to prove?

My soul is hard
and full of pain.
From my memory's affair,
so it shall remain.

The sick and sorrow of tomorrow
should not strike me from my past.
The sick and sorrow of tomorrow,
if I pray to god, it might not last.

It's not too late
for me to turn.
My faith is young,
so I can learn.

Lose my way.
Lose my sight.
For just one chance for forgiveness,
forever I will fight.

My soul is hard
and full of pain.

The sick and sorrow of tomorrow
should not strike me from my past
The sick and sorrow of tomorrow,
if I pray to god, it might not last.

I'm a broken man
and I am here
to burn away
my doubt and my fear.

Forgive me now
and wash away my sin.
Then a new life,
I can begin.

The sick and sorrow of tomorrow
should not strike me from my past
The sick and sorrow of tomorrow,
if I pray to god, it might not last.

The sick and sorrow
(I lose my way.)
of tomorrow
(I lose my sight.)
Should not strike me
(I can't be helped,)
from my past.
(but I see the light.)
The sick and sorrow
(I lose my way.)
of tomorrow
(I lose my sight.)
Should not strike me
(Can I begin again, or do I pay the price?)

He's an amazing lyricist.

[DivCruz]

In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
And all of the panic inside starts to fade.
Hopelessly drifting,
Bathing in beautiful agony.

Dream Theater - A Nightmare To Remember

If there was an award for best instrumentation to go with a lyric passage, this would win. It's just so awesome to listen to.

It's very dramatic on that part and the wordplay..just.. I felt the emotion intended.

[DivCruz]

I don't know but, I'll just shout-out my lyric here:

I'm letting go of my past that's holding me from within
I'll stand up for what I've been fighting
I have gone too far, now I won't try to run away
This is the day of my redemption

"Touch of Reality"

[DivCruz]

Some lyrics that my friend wrote for a song we recorded. Neither he nor I are religious in the slightest (in fact quite the opposite) but he came up with these amazing lyrics about a man driven to desperate repentance by some unknown guilt from his past:

I'm on my knees
and I'm still screaming.
The burning bright light
is still beaming.

I'm still stuck.
I cannot move.
Am I man enough?
Is this what I need to prove?

My soul is hard
and full of pain.
From my memory's affair,
so it shall remain.

The sick and sorrow of tomorrow
should not strike me from my past.
The sick and sorrow of tomorrow,
if I pray to god, it might not last.

It's not too late
for me to turn.
My faith is young,
so I can learn.

Lose my way.
Lose my sight.
For just one chance for forgiveness,
forever I will fight.

My soul is hard
and full of pain.

The sick and sorrow of tomorrow
should not strike me from my past
The sick and sorrow of tomorrow,
if I pray to god, it might not last.

I'm a broken man
and I am here
to burn away
my doubt and my fear.

Forgive me now
and wash away my sin.
Then a new life,
I can begin.

The sick and sorrow of tomorrow
should not strike me from my past
The sick and sorrow of tomorrow,
if I pray to god, it might not last.

The sick and sorrow
(I lose my way.)
of tomorrow
(I lose my sight.)
Should not strike me
(I can't be helped,)
from my past.
(but I see the light.)
The sick and sorrow
(I lose my way.)
of tomorrow
(I lose my sight.)
Should not strike me
(Can I begin again, or do I pay the price?)

He's an amazing lyricist.

I'd love to listen to the song, man!

[maximzub]

Can't say exactly what are my favorite meaningful lyrics, but my favorite single line to scream out at the top of my lungs is a particularly recognizable one on this board...

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