Most memroable lyrics line.

Arrgh, how could I forget the master wordsmith Neil Peart?!

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice" (so true)

My signature, from "Territories"

"And the boy pulls down his baseball cap and covers up his eyes"

"Any escape might help to smoothe the unattractive truth
That the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth"

"Gaze into his prism, knowing they are near
Leads them to the dungeons, spectres numb with fear
They bow defeated"

"Everyone would gather on the 24th of May..." (hehe my B-day)

And this one will be much more difficult: it's not English and it's not prog, but I get shivers every time I listen to this song:

Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel
und rüh' in einem stillen Gebiet
Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel,
in meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied

Actually, I hope nobody else has put this beautiful poem into music...

 

nacho wrote: Two beautiful ones: What did you dream? It's alright, we told you what to dream... And this one a little longer: And a ring of violet bruises They were pinned upon her arm. Two hundred francs for sanctuary and she led me by the hand To a room of dancing shadows where all the heartache disappears And from glowing tongues of candles I heard her whisper in my ear "'J'entend ton coeur" I can hear your heart I guess 99% of you will recognize them!

Yes I do. As for the 2nd: I love a lot of the lyrics on side two of Misplaced Childhood.

Also: "It was morning, and I found myself mourning etc..." The pun is a bit cliche, but on the album it works. "...There is no childhood's end..." Fantastic.

Stand up and fight, for you know we are right.
We must strike at the lies, that have spread like disease through our minds.

Steep, far too steep, grew the pathway ahead
Descent was the only escape
A wolf never flees in the face of his foe
Fang knew the price he would pay

Maybe it was infatuation or the thrill of the chase
Maybe you were always beyond my reach and my heart was playing safe
But was that love in your eye I saw or the reflection of mine?
I'll never really know for sure, you never really gave me time

But now I'm the snake in the grass, the ghost of film reels past
I'm the producer of your nightmare and the performance has just begun
It's just begun

 

There's a photo on the mantelpiece, when you bought your first guitar
And your girlfriend came to see you when you were the rising star
You knew your luck was holding when you filled the local hall
The first time and the last time that you thought you had control

 

I could be a million miles away
I'm a wandering stranger just trying to find some answers
And although you're there you're a million miles away

 

I think you all know the most of these. The last one is from Pendragon's A million Miles away, though I lost the EP I'll always remember that line

gdub411 wrote: Confidence has deserted me, with you it has forsaken me Confused and rejected, despised and alone I kiss isolation on its fevered brow Security clutching me, obscurity threatening me Your reasons were so obvious As my friend have qualified, I only laughed away your tears But even jesters cry Really one could take Fish's lyrics from nearly every song he ever wrote...he is that good.

 

That's one of my favourite songs

The rain auditions at my window
it's symphony echoes in my womb

Home is where the heart lies, but if the heart lies
Where is home, is where the heart lies, but where is home?

Dragon Phoenix wrote: nacho wrote: And this one will be much more difficult: it's not English and it's not prog, but I get shivers every time I listen to this song: Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel und rüh' in einem stillen Gebiet Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, in meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied Actually, I hope nobody else has put this beautiful poem into music...   I think Mahler was the only one.

BaldFriede wrote: nacho wrote: Dragon Phoenix wrote: nacho wrote: And this one will be much more difficult: it's not English and it's not prog, but I get shivers every time I listen to this song: Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel und rüh' in einem stillen Gebiet Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, in meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied Actually, I hope nobody else has put this beautiful poem into music...   I think Mahler was the only one. I'd like to add a little correction to the lyrics. It is not "rüh' " (which is not even a German word) but "ruh' " (which is poetical shortness for "rest", v.i.)

Right, I found the whole poem by Rückert and it reads:

Ich bin der Welt abhangen gekommen,
mir der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben,
sie hat so lange nichts von mir vernommen,
sie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben !

Es ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen,
ob sie mich für gestorben hält,
ich kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen,
denn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt.

Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel,
und ruh in einem stillen Gebiet.
Ich leb allein in meinem Himmel
in meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied.

I'm sure the typo is in my CD booklet: not speaking a single word of German, it's difficult for me to have invented the ü there... I'll check it tonight at home...

Jim Garten wrote: "The lord of lords, king of kings, has returned to lead his children home - to take them to the new Jerusalem" (do I really need to give the song title/band? )

Butterfly - Mariah Carey?



Seriously though, you're right. That is a great line and a great example of music fitting the words; just sends shivers down my spine every time, and I'm not really a huge fan of the entire song.

Christ, yeah. That whole end section just gives me the shivers. It's very spiritual, God bless Genesis.