Best lyrical phrase

1."All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players" (Rush, LIMELIGHT; that whole song is a huge lyrical hook, indeed)

High as a wave
But I'll rise on up off the ground.
You are the light and the way
They'll only read about
I only pray heaven knows
When to lift you out

10000 days in the fire is long enough.
You're going home...

You're the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fist at the gates saying,
"I have come home now!"

Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father,
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.

"It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my
Give me my wings!"...

Tool - 10,00 DAYS: Wings Part 2


'as a disembodied spirit I a dead, and yet unborn, I have passed on to olympus as was told in tales of old, to the city of immortals marble white and purest gold,' - rush, cygnus x 1 book 2

'His claim was phrased quite simply, yet he never voiced it loud, I am he the chosen One,' - Genesis , One for the vine


'You're older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death,' - Floyd, Time

'An angel on a harley pulls across to meet a fellow rolling stone, puts his bike upon his stands leans back and extends a scarred and greasy hand,' - Roger Waters - 501 TPACOH

'The Weaver in the web that he made,' -ELP, Tarkus

'O boy! running man is out of death,' - Genesis - Anyway

'how wonderful to be so profound,
when everything you are is dying underground.'- Genesis - Anyway

Mr Antonio "Toni" Pagliuca (Le Orme):

Edited by paolo.beenees - February 25 2008 at 08:18

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paolo.beenees wrote: Mr Antonio "Toni" Pagliuca (Le Orme): 1. From "Sguardo verso il cielo" (Looking at the Sky) La colpa d'esser vivo e non poter cambiare / come un ramo secco abbandonato / che tenta inutilmente di fiorire (The guilt of being alive and not able to change / like an abandoned dry branch / which tries in vain to bloom)   2. From "Figure di cartone" (Cardboard Silouhettes - about a demented woman in an asylum) Stringi forte al petto il tuo cuscino / e sul muro bianco si disegna / il profilo di una donna con il suo bambino (You hold your pillow tight to your breast / and the silouhette of a woman with her child / appears on the white wall)   3. From "La Fabbricante D'angeli" (The Angel Maker - about illegal abortion) Sul ventre già fiorito di un'ingenua ragazzina / La luna si ferisce passando i vetri rotti (On the already flourished womb of an innocent girl / the moon hurts itself by passing the broken glasses)   4. From "Regina al Troubadour" (Queen at the Troubadour - about a runaway girl) Regina al Troubadour, regina della neve / Son tutti attorno a te perché non sai dir no / Distribuisci a ognuno il bene più vicino / facile, facile (Queen at the Troubadour, queen of the snow / everybody's around you, because you can't say "no" / You give out to everybody / the closest at hand gift / so easy, so easy)   5. From "Un Angelo" (An Angel - difficult to say what this could be about!) Ho conosciuto un angelo / mi stava accanto da sempre / Da dove viene non so / Forse è sceso da un mondo lontano / Ora che tu sei qui ritrovo la forza di continuare / di andare avanti Giardini di carillon, di suoni gentili / profumo di miele, di terra bagnata Annuncio la mia gioia / ho un raggio di sole che mi riscalda (I've known an Angel / he's always been close to me / I don't know where he's from / Maybe he came down from a faraway world / Now that you're here I find again the strength to hold on / to go on Gardens of carillons / of gentle sounds / smelling like honey / like wet ground I announce my joy / I've got a sunbeam keeping me warm)   6. From "Calipso" (a comparison between Ulysses and a migrant) Poiché riconosco la tua canzone / e il disegno sul tuo telaio, a te rivolgo, dolce Calipso / questo mio pensiero Non sono un'austera divinità / ma solo un uomo che sta seguendo la via / illuminata dalla tua immensa statua Dona libertà per il tuo amato eroe / accolto e poi nutrito / ora è molto triste sai / rivuole la sua terra / anche se la notte era tanto calda sotto la bandiera di stelle (Since I recognise your song / and the drawing on your loom / I dedicate to you, sweet Calipso / this thought of mine I'm not an austere god / but only a man who's following the way / lit by your huge statue Give freedom to your beloved hero / you welcome and nourished / Now he's very sad, you know / he wants back his own land / Even if the night was so warm under the star spangled Flag)

that deserves some clappies...

Atavachron wrote: She's leaving home after living alone for so many years

Edited by Ghost Rider - February 26 2008 at 04:12

"One of these days I'm going to chop you into little pieces"
- One of These Days - Pink Floyd  
The only vocal part by Nick Mason in PF entire career

ES335 wrote: In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky     And they stand there

Ghost Rider wrote: Atavachron wrote: She's leaving home after living alone for so many years   To quote my darling, this deserves some clappies... Probably my favourite Beatles song, together with another one...   "All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?"

no wonder I love the two of you as I do.... another one... this time.. McCartney solo.. .from his album Ram.

Too many people going underground,
Too many reaching for a piece of cake.
Too many people pulled and pushed around,
Too many waiting for that lucky break

here's one from the most underrated of the great lyricists... Donald Fagen.

Kids if you want some fun
See what you never have seen
Take off your cheaters and sit right down
Start the projection machine

 

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years