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top 5 lyrics that move your heart
I've been passed a couple of music memes, and a movie one too, over the last few weeks, but as you can imagine, I haven't really felt like doing any of them. So, just to be contrary, I'm going to do a bit of a meme that I found over at Eat Your Carrots. and which wasn't passed to me. It just got me thinking about all the songs that I love. I'm not sure that I could really name my top 5 lyrics, or even remember them off the top of my head, but these ones came to mind fairly quickly. I was going to give a little explanation about why I liked the lyrics but after 30 minutes of writing I gave up. It was just too hard. I guess what the songs have in common is an air of melancholy.
Duncan by Paul Simon
Couple in the next room
bound to win a prize:
they've been going at it all night long!
Maria's Little Elbow by Sparklehorse
she said 'I've really come to hate my body
and all the things that it requires in this world'
I bet you're out there getting drunk with all your friends and it'll get you
in the bathroom of a Texaco
Ten Storey Love Song by The Stone Roses
When your heart is black and broken
And you need a helping hand
When you're so much in love
You don't know just how much you can stand
Diamond's Smiles by Boomtown Rats
In the low voltage noise,
Diamond seems so sure and so poised
She shimmers for the bright young boys,
And laugh's “Love is for others, but me it destroys”
Bobby Peru by Luna
'S' is for sorry for all that I did
Now is the time to turn it all around
I know what is the matter so why can't I fix it
Forgive me please
UPDATE: a big apology to all you RSS reader types out there. I just couldn't get the layout of this post right and it was driving me a bit nuts. This is definitely the last time I will post it.
mr mcmuffin on 30 May 2005 @ 05:05 PM ✲ Permalink
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Ironically, it was looking pretty good via RSS in the first place ...
Posted by: Em | 30 May 2005 17:37:19
I hate the way that Typepad preview isn't really a preview. It takes me several rehashes to get a layout the way I want it.
Never heard any of your tunes, not even the Boomtown Rats one. Must have been after I left them for other bands.
Posted by: Steve | 30 May 2005 21:17:08
