What is lyrically your favourite song?

[Ayce_13]

I've always loved Nine Inch Nails songs lyrically, they are weird as hell, but one of their songs really stood out to me in terms of the lyrics. In the song "Only," Trent Reznor (musical genius of NIN) sings about being trapped in his own mind. According to the song, he makes up his own bad relationship in his head in order to hurt himself, he then realises that it was a mistake to do so, and he starts to stand up for himself against the person he made up. The pure selfishness and delusion in this song is amazin', this is probly my favourite song at the moment:

I'm becoming less to find as days go by
Fading away
Well you might say
I'm loosing focus
Kind adrifting into the abstract in terms of how I see myself

Sometimes I think I can see right through myself [x3]

Less concerned about fitting into the world
Your world that is
Because it doesn't really matter
(no it doesn't really matter anymore)
None of this really matters anymore

Yes I'm alone but then again I always was
As far back as I can tell
I think maybe it's because you were never really real to begin with
I just made you up to hurt myself [x6]
And it worked.
Yes it did!

[Chorus]
There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
There is no f**king you
There is only me
There is no f**king you
There is only me

Only [x3]

The tiniest little dot caught my eye and it turned out to be scab and I had this funny feeling
Like I just knew it was something bad
I just couldn't leave it alone, picking at that scab
Was a doorway trying to seal itself shut
But I climbed through

Now I am somewhere I am not supposed to be,
and I can see things I knew I really shouldn't see
And now I know why (yea now I know why)
Things aren't as pretty
On the inside

[Cerpin Taxt]

I've taken a great liking recently to Captain Beefheart's lyrics, not because they are particularly deep or anything, just because of how funny and strange they are. See what you think of these.

Captain Beefheart - Floppy Boot Stomp

The floppy boot stomped down into the ground
The farmer screamed 'n blew the sky off the mountains
Eye sockets looked down on the chestbone mountains
'n the sun dropped down, 'n the moon ran off,
His heels 'n elbows pale as chalk
'n all the comets collided 'n blew t' dust
For fear they'd be seen.
'n the sky turned white in the middle of the night
'n the sky turned white in the middle of the night
'n the big floppy boot stomped down into the ground
'n the red violin took the bow
to do the hoodoo hoe-down
'n the red violin took the bow
for to do the hoodoo hoe-down
The farmer jumped in ah circle 'n flung his chalk right down
Do-si-do the devil sho' showed 'n he broke of his horns
'n fiddled him down the road
through the fork
'n the farmer's floppy boot stomped down
Red tail squirmin' and the hot leg kicked
'n the fire leaped 'n licked
And when the boot came up, the fire went out
And hell was just an ice cube melting off on the ground.
And the bold caught down for to do the hoodoo hoedown
And the bold caught down for to do the hoodoo, the devil hoedown
To the fork, huddlin’ in a hollow, standin’ at the crossroads
With that bunged-up bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle
He had a sole red tail – once went red, now was pale
Fe Fi Fo Fum he was summoned up from hell
Booted down a spell
By a square-dancin’ farmer
By a square-dancin’ farmer, well
That old bum was sticking out his thumb
When the farmer drew up, said
"Listen son", and the horse compared his hooves.
"If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide
And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now
Pitch you from now to now."
And the hotlick kicked, and the fire leaped an’ licked
And the hotlick kicked and the fire just leaped an’ licked
And the hotlick kickin’ an’ the fire jus’ leapin’ an’ lickin’
And the fire leaped and licked

[Tyler Durden]

Definately Black Jesus by Everlast. The wordplay is awesome.

They call me white devil, black jesus
Heaven closes, hell freezes
Egos trippin, scripts keep flippin
Bloods keep bloodin, crips keep crippin
Time keeps slippin and I keep fallin
I cant see but I hear them callin, ballers ballin
Players playin, haters fightin, righteous prayin
Dont forget manhattan keep makin, brooklyn keep takin
Shook ones keep shakin, no time for fakin
Know what I mean, I aint choppin no bars just risin like cream
If you diggin the scene, you feelin the vibe
Throw your hands in the air, scream are you alive
Singin na, na, na, na, na, na

They call me black jesus, white moses
Heaven freezes, hell closes
B-boy posin, punk rock chicks, kids are alright but I need my fix
If you diggin the mix, feelin the drugs, if you keepin it real
If you livin like thugs, I spit kisses and hugs like forty five slugs
Come back on the run and kiss my love gun
Got a look thatll kill, voice thatll carry
Half a dozen women that think I want a marry
I got trouble on my mind, Im refusin to lose
But still I got a find someone to abuse, Im gonna run spread the news
Help say the word, jump the fuck back and just act like you heard

(chorus)
They call me white devil, black jesus
Heaven closes, hell freezes
Black jesus, white moses
Heaven freezes, hell closes
Singin na, na, na, na, na, na

They call me white sinner, black martyr, live wire
Fire starter, jungle brother, red neck cracker, freak of nature
New world slacker, sex junkie lookin for a dealer
You can play the leper girl and I can play the healer
Shit is only gettin realer, baby havent you heard
That the bird, bird, bird, yes the bird is the word
It go one for the trebble, two for the times, and three for my homies and four for the dimes
Singin lemons to the limes to the break of dawn
Excuse me (six minutes) everlast you on
And it go on and on like a rolling stone, baby, anywhere I lay my hat is my home

(chorus)
They call me white devil, black jesus
Heaven closes, hell freezes
Black jesus, white moses
Heaven freezes, hell closes
Singin na, na, na, na, na, na

[Cerpin Taxt]

That's a good one Nath.