Renton 18051 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 It's metaphorical, as I've said. You'd probably be right if the meaning was right on the surface. But that is an example of "deep and meaningful" lyrics. You're joking, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35571 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 My favoutite metal lyrics: The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin That's what I said. The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand Or so I have read. My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo. I love to sink her with my pink torpedo. Big bottom Big bottom Talk about bum cakes, My gal's got 'em. Big bottom, Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind? I saw her on monday, twas my lucky bun day You know what I mean. I love her each weekday, each velvety cheekday You know what I mean. My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights Big game's waiting there inside her tights Big bottom Big bottom Talk about mud flaps My gal's got 'em. Big bottom Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind? At least that's funny though. Who wrote that anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Personally, I find POWER METAL lyrics preferable to these deep and meaningfuls. I mean, how can you listen to Manowar and take it seriously? You can't! That's why it's enjoyable: By moonlight we ride Ten thousands side by side With swords drawn held high Our whips and armours shine Hail to thee our infantry Still brave beyond the grave All have sworn the eternal vow The time to strike is now [Chorus:] Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Gone are the days when freedom shone Now blood and steel meet bone In the light of the battle's way The sands of time will shade How proud our soldiers stand With mace and chain in hand Sound the charge into glory ride Over the top of the vanguished pride [Chorus:] Victory, victory, Oh ! Victory, victory, Oh ! Victory, victory, Oh ! Victory, victory, Oh ! To the battle we ride We crossed a starlit sky No space no time We'll catch the wind Strange losses, men died We crossed a starlit sky And still no space or time We'll catch the wind [Chorus:] Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Sound of charge into glory ride Over the top of the anguished pride By moonlight we ride Ten thousand side by side [Chorus:] Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Kill, kill, Oh ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 There seems to be some sort of misguided belief on here that I like Erasure. I take it you think that Metallica stuff is poetry btw, since you felt the need to defend it. Not really, as I said at the start, I find them hilarious. I just find it funny that someone who seems to be amusical wants to wade in and slag other peoples taste off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18051 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 My favoutite metal lyrics: The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin That's what I said. The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand Or so I have read. My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo. I love to sink her with my pink torpedo. Big bottom Big bottom Talk about bum cakes, My gal's got 'em. Big bottom, Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind? I saw her on monday, twas my lucky bun day You know what I mean. I love her each weekday, each velvety cheekday You know what I mean. My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights Big game's waiting there inside her tights Big bottom Big bottom Talk about mud flaps My gal's got 'em. Big bottom Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind? At least that's funny though. Who wrote that anyway? Well it was Spinal Tap. But see, you can't tell the difference between a real metal band and a spoof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 My favoutite metal lyrics: The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin That's what I said. The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand Or so I have read. My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo. I love to sink her with my pink torpedo. Big bottom Big bottom Talk about bum cakes, My gal's got 'em. Big bottom, Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind? I saw her on monday, twas my lucky bun day You know what I mean. I love her each weekday, each velvety cheekday You know what I mean. My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights Big game's waiting there inside her tights Big bottom Big bottom Talk about mud flaps My gal's got 'em. Big bottom Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind? At least that's funny though. Who wrote that anyway? Sex Farm is better. Ploughing through your pea-patch, Poking your hay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35571 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 There seems to be some sort of misguided belief on here that I like Erasure. I take it you think that Metallica stuff is poetry btw, since you felt the need to defend it. Not really, as I said at the start, I find them hilarious. I just find it funny that someone who seems to be amusical wants to wade in and slag other peoples taste off. Slagging off is what I do best. It's my forte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInspiration 1 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) Not joking. Even if it is GCSE standard poetry, it can still be deep and meaningful, and besides some GCSE poetry is very famous and impressive, no? I'm sure you like bands where the song-writer isn't a poetic genius, but can still write good lyrics. Edited October 20, 2006 by TheInspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 On the subject of Metal and lyrics, by the way, here's a song about a death metal band. The lyrics are pretty good. The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton (Denton is a town in Texas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18051 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) Not joking. Even if it is GCSE standard poetry, it can still be deep and meaningful, and besides some GCSE poetry is very famous and impressive, no? I'm sure you like bands where the song-writer isn't a poetic genius, but can still write good lyrics. Inspiration, I'd stop there if I were you. Edit: btw when Gemmill said GCSE standard, I assumed he meant written by someone doing their GCSE, not written by a poet on the syllabus. Edited October 20, 2006 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Not joking. Even if it is GCSE standard poetry, it can still be deep and meaningful, and besides some GCSE poetry is very famous and impressive, no? I'm sure you like bands where the song-writer isn't a poetic genius, but can still write good lyrics. I think the GCSE bit referred to the age of the student, not the poetry studied at GCSE level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInspiration 1 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 That would still be a big exaggeration tbh. And anyway, you asked for deep and meaningful, so I gave you it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 That would still be a big exaggeration tbh. And anyway, you asked for deep and meaningful, so I gave you it... No you didn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInspiration 1 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Tbh, I'm not bothered with what you say, but it's not hindering the fact metal DOES have a lot of deep and meaningful lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Tbh, I'm not bothered with what you say, but it's not hindering the fact metal DOES have a lot of deep and meaningful lyrics. Show us some of them, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Tbh, I'm not bothered with what you say, but it's not hindering the fact metal DOES have a lot of deep and meaningful lyrics. Show us some of them, please. The ballad of Jimi Hendrix doesnt get more deep or meaningful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Show us some of them, please. Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy, Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify Can you help me occupy my brain? Oh yeah I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find, I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but (it's/I'm) too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Show us some of them, please. Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy, Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify Can you help me occupy my brain? Oh yeah I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find, I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but (it's/I'm) too late Still a bit naff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInspiration 1 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Tbh, I'm not bothered with what you say, but it's not hindering the fact metal DOES have a lot of deep and meaningful lyrics. Show us some of them, please. You want the standard of the poetry to be top notch too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) Tbh, I'm not bothered with what you say, but it's not hindering the fact metal DOES have a lot of deep and meaningful lyrics. Show us some of them, please. You want the standard of the poetry to be top notch too? No. Just not shit, please. More seriously, though, this is the entire point. If you can't parse lyrics without thinking 'that's bloody terrible,' it's very, very difficult to take them seriously enough to appreciate their depth and meaning. eg. Here are some lyrics I just came up with. It is about my mother having three months to live (hypothetical): All I feel is pain because the cancer is taking you life is cancer taking us all fuck cancer fuck life fuck you all. Edited October 20, 2006 by Patrokles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Show us some of them, please. Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy, Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify Can you help me occupy my brain? Oh yeah I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find, I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but (it's/I'm) too late Still a bit naff. Nevertheless, more about it than...say....27th May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Show us some of them, please. Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy, Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify Can you help me occupy my brain? Oh yeah I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find, I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but (it's/I'm) too late Still a bit naff. Nevertheless, more about it than...say....27th May The May songs are simple diary-entryish songs concerning five actual days in May. lyrics fit the form and don't aspire to anything deep and meaningful. There's the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInspiration 1 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Fine then, just got some Sonata Arctica. Their lyrics are very well written I think anyway. Sometimes I feel so out of time and place, trapped in a maze As if I was lost in someone else's life... The values I should keep in high regard don't mean a thing to me Do you ever feel a need to go back in time? A dream of mine... To travel far away and one day steal back my life In the end all I can do is to learn I live in a dreamland This time was not made for me, I have nowhere to land, no place to rest, Like a bird, without a nest, I'm gliding Under the clouds, forevermore How much suffocated anxiety can be held within? I was found guilty to a crime against myself. No need to hear the words again, I live and I'd die for my dreamland This time was not made for me, I have nowhere to land, no place to rest, Like a bird, without a nest, I'm gliding Under the clouds, forevermore I'll never have a chance, I can't understand I'm a misplaced man How could this backward land Learn to understand my dance What it's like, when every single smile hurts... I have never felt like home here Always missing something People aren't connecting Am I a misplaced soul? I live in a perfect Hell, I try finding my wishing well when I drop my last tear, I have accepted this life A true saint, that I am not, you have never seen me 'Cause I have always been there, standing by your side I'll never have a chance, I can't understand I'm a misplaced man How could this backward land Learn to understand my dance what it's like, when Every single moment pains me... Never felt like home here I am missing something My soul's in a wrong shell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster 0 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 OK, I take it back. It's thrash metal I have the real problem with, as I like some of the bands from some of the other 'softer' sub-genres. All these bands are officially shit and anyone who likes them should be, or has been, labotomised I have albums by most of those bands and i don't think you have a clue what you're talking about at all. Anthrax are one of the best metal bands ever, with thought provoking ltrics and excellent melody. To call them 'thrash' is simplistic and frankly just wrong. BTW, the wife typed this for me after my labotomy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 OK, I take it back. It's thrash metal I have the real problem with, as I like some of the bands from some of the other 'softer' sub-genres. All these bands are officially shit and anyone who likes them should be, or has been, labotomised I have albums by most of those bands and i don't think you have a clue what you're talking about at all. Anthrax are one of the best metal bands ever, with thought provoking ltrics and excellent melody. To call them 'thrash' is simplistic and frankly just wrong. BTW, the wife typed this for me after my labotomy Riding hard, high in the saddle Winged steed of unwearing flight Sweeping through air just like fire Swift of the foot, great of might Hear the screams Feel the bite We ride with death Tonight Here it comes You better hide Shoot the guns You're gonna die Conquering all, spreading terror Hoofs gallop in thunderous pound Devouring the souls of the wretched Trampling them down to the ground Gripping the reins of destruction Made of steel on his hands Holder of forces immortal Slaughtering all in his path Only thought that provokes is 'the fuck?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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