Best Prog Lyric. Ever.
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Topic: Best Prog Lyric. Ever.
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Subject: Best Prog Lyric. Ever.
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:26
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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! -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:29
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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 By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:31
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Supper's Ready ------------- 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:39
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Many.So many.Too many. ------------- 
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:39
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Script for a Jester's Tear- "As you grow up and leave the playground that whole song tops the best lyrics ever for me. "Now sad in reflection did I gaze through perfection Amazing ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: SirPsycho388
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:44
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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" ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:50
I agree ------------- 
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Ricochet wrote:Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 00:58
------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: D.Noisserger
Date 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 ------------- [IMG]http://www.painofsalvation.com/news/images/a-collage-change.jpg"> |
Posted By: ____VdGG____
Date 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  ------------- Iron throated monsters are forcing the screams; Mind and machinery box-press our dreams |
Posted By: AngleofRepose
Date 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. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 02:59
| I can't pick a single one. There are many. |
Posted By: Baza
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:00
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You dangling swinging Hey, hey Hey drip drip In a clearing where the sunrays dance amongst the forest's dense secrets La-la-la-la-la-la-laa la-la-la-la-laa... Yea, shall I cut you down Drip drip from your sagging lip Hey drip drip La-lalalalaa la-la-la-la-la-la-laa la-la-la-la-laaaaaaa |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:18
Hold thy peace, thou knave - hold thy peace |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date 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]. ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:38
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 foreverFish 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". -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:43
Just a pointer for others, bear in mind this thread is talking about one liners! |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:51
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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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 03:56
I'm pretty sure Hammill had this Shakesperean quote and double entendre in mind too. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Marwin
Date 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 ------------- http://myspace.com/toxicmindfin http://myspace.com/porcelainprog |
Posted By: rumos
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 05:26
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VDGG - Pilgrims I've dreamed but now, awake,
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 06:25
| It must be King Crimson's Epitaph. |
Posted By: ryba
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 06:35
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In the house where nobody laughs
And nobody sleeps In the house where love lies dying And the shadows creep A little girl hides, shaking, With her hands on her ears Pushing back the tears, 'til the pain disappears Mama says some ugly words Daddy pounds the wall They can fight about their little girl later Right now they don't care at all No matter what they say... No matter what they say... EVERYDAY PEOPLE EVERYDAY SHAME EVERYDAY PROMISE SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES EVERYDAY SUNRISE ANOTHER EVERYDAY STORY RISE FROM THE ASHES -- A BLAZE OF EVERYDAY GLORY In the city where nobody smiles And nobody dreams In the city where desperation Drives the bored to extremes Just one spark of decency Against a starless night One glow of hope and dignity A child can follow the light No matter what they say No matter what they say... If the future's looking dark We're the ones who have to shine If there's no one in control We're the ones who draw the line Though we live in trying times -- We're the ones who have to try Though we know that time has wings -- We're the ones who have to fly |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 06:36
"A flower?"  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:02
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"Dreamed I was an eskimo (...) Watch out where the huskies go, don't
you eat that yellow snow (...) Whippin' my favorite baby seal (...) And
the huskie wee wee, I mean the doggie wee wee, blinded me, temporarily."
------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:22
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My favorite one-liner is from "Wind At My Back" on Spock's Beard's Snow album: "My soul has been kissed just because you exist."
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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:51
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IDK why but I always loved this verse by Pink Floyd: Strangers passing in the street By chance two seperate glances meet And I am you And what I see is me Also, By Genesis: And it's- Hello babe With your gaurdian eyes so Blue Hey My Baby Don't you know our love is true I've been So far from here Far from your loving arms But the next line kinda ruins it ------------- www.myspace.com/hail_peter 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:55
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Since I have Yes going in the car, I'll vote for "Gold stainless nail, Torn through the distance of man" from Siberian Khatru and " Our gods awake in thunderous roars, and guide the leaders hand in paths of glory to the cause" from Gates. |
Posted By: V0lcaN0
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:59
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Definitely something from Peter Sinfield. A line that comes to my mind right now is "Children kneel in Jesus, till they learn the price of nails". But I believe that all his work with King Crimson is just beyond comparison. ------------- waiting for the showers to stop... |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 13:35
I love that line too. ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 13:52
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How about "Der Wurstplanet vertieft im Gebet mit Jesus wirkt sehr
verstört ohne TV"? Translation: "The sausage planet, absorbed in prayer
to Jesus, seems very agitated without tv". You have three guesses who sings this. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Harold Demure
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 14:07
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House With No Door
There's a house with no door and I'm living there at nights it gets so cold and the days are hard to bear inside. There's a house with no roof, so the rain creeps in, falling through my head as I try to think out time. I don't know you, you say you know me, that may be so, there's so much that I am unsure of ... You call my name, but it sounds unreal, I forget how I feel, my body's rejecting the cure. There's a house with no bell, but then nobody calls; I sometimes find it hard to tell if any are alive at all outside. There's a house with no sound; yes, it's quiet there there's not much point in words if there's no-one to share in time. I've learned my lines, I know them so well, I am ready to tell whoever will finally come in Of the line in my mind that's cold in the night, it doesn't seem right when there's that little dark figure running ... There's a house with no door and there's no living there: one day it became a wall ... well I didn't really care at the time. There's a house with no light, all the windows are sealed, overtaxed and strained NOW NOTHING IS REVEALED BUT TIME I don't know you, you say you know me, that may be so, there's so much that I am unsure of ... You call my name, but it sounds unreal, I forget how I feel, my body's rejecting the cure ..... Won't somebody help me ......? ------------- You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 14:07
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"Attention, all planets of the Solar Federation! Attention, all planets of the Solar Federation! We have assumed control... We have assumed control... We have assumed control..."  OK, so technically that's a two liner, repeated. ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 14:17
^ sweet. 
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Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 15:31
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We can walk our road together
More than one line, but... |
Posted By: the man machine
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 15:32
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"Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are" - Yes , Yours is no
disgrace "your hands and feet are mangos but you're going to be a genius anyway" - Phish , the mango song hahahhahaha!! |
Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 15:34
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A Change of Seasons by Dream Theater Still... You Turn Me On by ELP |
Posted By: VanBuren
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 15:37
| and so with gods and men, the sheep remain inside their pen though many times they find the way to leave |
Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 15:42
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The Police- De do do do, De da da da
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Posted By: Fusioned
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 15:46
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Really hard to make a decision but I'm going with:
"You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill" -Rush Always thought it was really funny  ------------- +FUSIONED+ 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 15:57
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Some truly mind boggling lyrics, which can be interpreted in so many ways, include:
------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Space Chief
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 18:09
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"And his multipile sons with their mandible tongues set crucified fires to petrified homes" The Mars Volta-"Cassandra Geminni" "The fate of all the world, I see, is in the hands of fools" King Crimson-"Epitaph" "YYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!" The Who-"Won't Get Fooled Again"
The best one, of course, is in my sig.
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Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 18:22
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supper's ready-genesis basically every song on the wish you were here album.-pink floyd epitaph-king crimson love reigh over me- the who 2112 man-erg-van der graaf generator ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants. 
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-rush