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The Lost Chord 
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 Topic: Best Prog Lyric. Ever.
Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:26 |
What is the best one liner prog epic lyric ever.
I was thinking something from wake of poseidon by Crimson, i love the lines in that song, expecially "Bishops kings spin judgments blade, scratch faith on nameless graves"
amazing
Best one ever? Not sure, but i love that one!
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:29 |
How about this classic line out of Script for a Jester's Tear:
"So I'll hold my piece forever when you wear your bridal gown"
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:31 |
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Supper's Ready
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Ricochet
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:39 |
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Many.So many.Too many.
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video vertigo
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:39 |
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:44 |
Not sure about the best lyric EVER, but one of my favorites is from Yes - And You and I
"All complete in the side of seeds of life with you"
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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Viajero Astral
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:50 |
 Ricochet wrote:
Many.So many.Too many.
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I agree
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video vertigo
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:58 |
SirPsycho388 wrote:
Not sure about the best lyric EVER, but one of my favorites is from Yes - And You and I
"All complete in the side of seeds of life with you"
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 I was listening to Close to the Edge yesterday. I think And You and I may be one of Yes' stonger songs, lyrically, and thats saying a lot.
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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D.Noisserger
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 01:33 |
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For me, I think is "Comme un Fou" from French band Harmonium.
But if I have to name an english band : "Wish you were here" from Pink Floyd
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 01:41 |
Alot of VdGG is ,in my opinion, f**king brilliant, particularily tracks like Lemmings and The Emperor In His War Room, among tons of others, of course 
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Iron throated monsters are forcing the screams;
Mind and machinery box-press our dreams
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AngleofRepose
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 02:40 |
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Supper's Ready. I must say, though, I adore 'Chamber of 32 Doors'. And
yes, Wish You Were Here ranks pretty darn highly.
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 02:59 |
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I can't pick a single one. There are many.
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Baza
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:00 |
You dangling swinging
Hanging, spinning, aftermath
Your soft white flesh turns past me slaked with blood
Your evil eyes more damning than a demon's curse
Your lovely body soon caked with mud
As I carry you to your grave my arms your hearse
You stand before me defenceless
Your stare unchanging silent, cold, intense sears my brain
Hey, hey
Drip drip from your sagging lip
Liquid red down your body spread
Your soft breast glistens your deep navel fountains
Your shadow over chair
Your shadow over chair
Your shadow over chair like a 'plane over mountains
Hey drip drip
Hey drip drip
Hey drip dripa
La-lalalalaa la-la-la-la-la-la-laa la-la-la-la-laa
La-lalalalaa la-la-la-la-la-la-laa la-la-la-la-laa
In a clearing where the sunrays dance amongst the forest's dense secrets
You will softly rest your pale beauty enshrined by the sweet glade
Your body at peace even the earth will fill the crack where entered my blade
Where entered my blade
La-la-la-la-la-la-laa la-la-la-la-laa...
Hey hey hey hey...
Yea, shall I cut you down
Yes 'twould be a last physical communion
I'll be gentle I'll be gentle I'll be gentle I'll be gentle
I'll be gentle I'll be gentle I'll be gentle I'll be gentle
And not hurt you and not hurt you
And not hurt you na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na...
All right now
Drip drip from your sagging lip
Liquid red down your body spread
Your soft breast glistens your deep navel fountains
Your shadow over chair
Your shadow over chair
Your shadow over chair like a 'plane over mountains yea
Hey drip drip
Hey drip drip
Hey drip dripa
La-lalalalaa la-la-la-la-la-la-laa la-la-la-la-laaaaaaa
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:18 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
How about this classic line out of Script for a Jester's Tear:
"So I'll hold my piece forever when you wear your bridal gown"
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Hold thy peace, thou knave - hold thy peace
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martinprog77
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:22 |
I DONT KNOW IF IS THE BEST BUT IS ONE OF MY FAVORYTES IS ''EVERYONE IS ONLY EVERYONE ELSE/EVERYBODY'S GOT TO KNOW/EVERYBODY LIVES AND LOVES AND LAUGHT AND CRIES/ AND EATS AND SLEEPS AND GROWS AND DIES/EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS THE SAME THIS TIME.FANTASTIC THATS MARILLION [STEVE HOGARTH ERA].
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:38 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
How about this classic line out of Script for a Jester's Tear:
"So I'll hold my piece forever when you wear your bridal gown"
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Sorry, but first of all it is "peace" and not "piece", and second it's
a take-off of Peter Hammill from his song "Lost and Found" from the
album "Over":
"and I'll hold my peace forever
but I'll hold my passion more...
I'll be holding the door"
Fish is known to be a great fan of Hammill. The covers of "Fool's Mate"
and "Over" are lying on the floor on the cover of "Fugazi".
Edited by BaldFriede
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:43 |
BaldFriede wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
How about this classic line out of Script for a Jester's Tear:
"So I'll hold my piece forever when you wear your bridal gown"
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Sorry, but first of all it is "peace" and not "piece",
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 But knowing Fish, I supect it might still be "piece".
Just a pointer for others, bear in mind this thread is talking about one liners!
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Certif1ed
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:51 |
Easy Livin wrote:
BaldFriede wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
How about this classic line out of Script for a Jester's Tear:
"So I'll hold my piece forever when you wear your bridal gown"
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Sorry, but first of all it is "peace" and not "piece",
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But knowing Fish, I supect it might still be "piece".
Just a pointer for others, bear in mind this thread is talking about one liners!
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That's exactly what I was getting at - yes, it was inspired by Peter Hammill, but also, at it's roots, by Shakespeare;
The round "Hold thy peace, thou knave, hold thy peace" from "Twelfth Night" carries exactly that double entendre.
Fish uses multiple entendres in this context - "So I'll hold my peace forever when you wear your bridal gown", which are more appraent when you look at the full verse but we've had this discussion before - and it's one of my favourite Fish/Marillion lines.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:56 |
Certif1ed wrote:
Easy Livin wrote:
BaldFriede wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
How about this classic line out of Script for a Jester's Tear:
"So I'll hold my piece forever when you wear your bridal gown"
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Sorry, but first of all it is "peace" and not "piece",
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But knowing Fish, I supect it might still be "piece".
Just a pointer for others, bear in mind this thread is talking about one liners!
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That's exactly what I was getting at - yes, it was inspired by Peter Hammill, but also, at it's roots, by Shakespeare;
The round "Hold thy peace, thou knave, hold thy peace" from "Twelfth Night" carries exactly that double entendre.
Fish uses multiple entendres in this context - "So I'll hold my
peace forever when you wear your bridal gown", which are more appraent
when you look at the full verse but we've had this discussion
before - and it's one of my favourite Fish/Marillion lines.
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I'm pretty sure Hammill had this Shakesperean quote and double entendre in mind too.
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Marwin
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 04:33 |
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For me Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
or another one that i really like is Dream Theater - The Killing Hand
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