Song Lyrics You Live By (or Relate To)

[Mandoli]

Kind of a fun thread, yes? I'm sure you've listened to a song that the lyrics hit you in the feels. And you can either relate to it, or you live by them so much that you just think of them if you're in that kind of mood.

What are they? I think the entire song of B-Movie's Nowhere Girl resonates with me. It feels like a song about depression.

[📚 Dianne 📚]

Since I'm getting a bit tired of hearing the word "Boomer" like it was a dirty word, I want to remind the young generation that:



And for those that think Boomers are useless olde phartes -may I remind you that you too will eventually become an epitaph to a new generations and also looked down their noses at!

[Teddybear8]

I can definitely relate to this one:

Ringo Starr - Don't go where the road don't go

When you wake up (I woke up) from a bad dream to the howling of a lonely night
You feel (felt) the walls come closing in like the victim of a one-way fight
I don't remember many yesterdays, I left a lot of things undone
Now I'm back and I'm here to say I'm looking after number one

Oh! Don't go where the road don't go
Oh, Don't go where the road don't go

Seeing people on the freeway takes me back to where it all begun
I was riding on a big wheel, I was walking in a midnight sun
I did a lot of favors then and asked for nothing in return
Now those friends have all disappeared, I guess there's still so much to learn

Oh! Don't go where the road don't go
Oh, Don't go where the road don't go
Oh, Don't go where the road don't go

'cause you'll never run, you'll never outrun the gun
Now I'm the man up on the wire
Not sung] Now I'm the man behind the wheel
When I said it don't come easy
Well I sure know how that feels

Oh! Don't go where the road don't go
Oh, Don't go where the road don't go
Oh, Don't go where the road don't go

'cause you'll never run, you'll never outrun the gun
Now I'm the man up on the wire
Not sung] Now I'm the man behind the wheel
When I said it don't come easy
Well I sure know how that feels

Oh! Don't go where the road don't go
Oh, Don't go where the road don't go
Oh, Don't go where the road don't go

'cause you'll never run, you'll never outrun the gun
Now I'm the man up on the wire
Not sung] Now I'm the man behind the wheel
When I said it don't come easy
Well I sure know how that feels
Don't go, don't go, don't go where the road don't go

[Teddybear8]

And also this one:

Motörhead - Orgasmatron


I am the one, orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand
My image is of agony, my servants rape the land
Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain
Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name
Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law
My name is called religion: sadistic, sacred whore

I twist the truth, I rule the world, my crown is called deceit
I am the emperor of lies, you grovel at my feet
I rob you and I slaughter you, your downfall is my gain
And still you play the sycophant and revel in your pain
And all my promises are lies, all my love is hate
I am the politician and I decide your fate

I march before a martyred world, an army for the fight
I speak of great heroic days, of victory and might
I hold a banner drenched in blood, I urge you to be brave
I lead you to your destiny, I lead you to your grave
Your bones will build my palaces, your eyes will stud my crown
For I am Mars, the god of war, and I will cut you down

[_Windows]

The meaning of this song can apply to any other country. (esp the bit "You got to know the truth
before you say that you got pride") This song pretty much captures what I love most about punk rock.

[James [a_leon]]

Song lyrics are a weird one. I never find that I related to entire songs, but usually just specific verses of 'em. And often these days I find I relate to how the song makes me feel as opposed to the words themselves.

That said, a few songs that always catch my attention for the lyrics.

Big Log from Robert Plant
Disease from Beartooth
Rx from Theory

[Sassy]

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going!"

[bigballofyarn]

I Was Born

By: Hanson

[Intro]
I was born to do something
No one's ever done, no one's ever done before
I was born to go somewhere
No one's ever gone, no one's ever gone before, oh!

[Verse 1]
A slice of the moon is my patch of green
I don't want a ticket to the same routine
I want to see the sights unseen
I want the extraordinary

[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody's waking to the same clock
I could never be another chip off the block

[Chorus]
'Cause I was born to do something
No one's ever done, no one's ever done before
I was born to go somewhere
No one's ever gone, no one's ever gone before
I was born to be someone
No one's ever been, no one's ever been before

[Verse 2]
Don't need a map, I can't be directed
I've got a madness, don't need the method
My heart is a weapon and my mind's electric
I'll shock the world when you least expect it

[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody's betting on the big guy
But don't underestimate the sting of the butterfly, oh!

[Chorus]
Cause I was born to do something
No one's ever done, no one's ever done before
I was born to go somewhere
No one's ever gone, no one's ever gone before
I was born to be someone
No one's ever been, no one's ever been before, before

[Bridge]
There's a road out in front of me nobody can see
I'm paving it as I go
Gonna take it wherever it leads, cause I want to be
Somewhere no one has been before

I was born to do
I was born to go
I was born to be someone, oh!

[Chorus]
And I was born to do something
No one's ever done, no one's ever done before
I was born to go somewhere
No one's ever gone, no one's ever gone before
I was born to be someone no one's ever been

[Outro]
I was born to do
I was born to go
I was born to be someone
No one's ever been, no one's ever been before

[Graham]

I'm a firestarter
Twisted firestarter

[📚 Dianne 📚]

Because of Veterans Day-this song means a lot to me. I weep everytime I hear it.


Arlington

Trace Adkins

I never thought that this is where I'd settle down

I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown

They gave me this plot of land

Me and some other men, for a job well-done

There's a big white house

Sits on a hill just up the road

The man inside

He cried the day they brought me home

They folded up a flag and told my mom and dad

We're proud of your son

And I'm proud to be

On this peaceful piece of property

I'm on sacred ground

And I'm in the best of company

I'm thankful for those thankful

For the things I've done

I can rest in peace

I'm one of the chosen ones

I made it to Arlington

I remember daddy brought me here when I was eight

We searched all day

To find out where my grand-dad lay

When we finally found that cross

He said, "Son this is what it costs

To keep us…

Now here I am, a thousand stones away from him

He recognized me on the first day I came in

And it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels

And saluted me

And I'm proud to be

On this peaceful piece of property

I'm on sacred ground

And I'm in the best of company

I'm thankful for those thankful

For the things I've done

I can rest in peace

I'm one of the chosen ones

I made it to Arlington

And every time I hear twenty-one guns

I know they brought another hero home to us

We're thankful for those thankful

For the things we've done

We can rest in peace

'Cause we are the chosen ones

We made it to Arlington

Yeah, dust to dust

Don't cry for us

We made it to Arlington

Source: LyricFind

[Retread]

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say, "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

Oh, but now old friends they're acting strange
And they shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

[~BUNNY~]

"It's okay.
There's beauty in the breakdown.
There's sun behind those gray clouds!"

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Mine would get me banned