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Post by admin on Nov 15, 2004 16:49:11 GMT -5
Long overdue, I know.
These are a just few of my picks:
"...my saviour's in a paper bag"
-- Tomorrow
"I know I placed those shoes upon your feet
For you to walk right in then over me
But I'm not so easy now..."
-- Overdrawn
"Well if something could die in an afternoon
Anything else was eventually doomed..."
-- Crisis After Crisis
"...Totally written off but there's laughter at chaos."
-- Pyromaniac
And possibly my all-time favorite lyric:
"You can follow me down
I'll go and chase my own reflection.
But I'll be watching you lie
From a thousand miles in any direction.
I'm going back to my cell.
If any kind of hero will do
I will borrow one and send him to you..."
-- New Kind of Hero
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Post by NewKindOfHero on Nov 20, 2004 19:49:23 GMT -5
a few quick picks from what I can remember in my current drunken state! ;D
"It's hard living your life
On a knife edge.
You either cut your feet and die where you bleed
Or fall of the edge. "
- Joed Out
"You're as wide and empty as some ocean.
I won't ever lie relieved on your shore.
But I just can't swim no more.
I want you to hold me,
I want you to hold me, enfold me
Don't stare so cold at me..."
- Gloom Junky
"I drink with you and it all tastes fine
Say I'll be yours as long as you'll be mine
I give you clouds to cling to
And I dance with you beating 2-4 time
You want me to waltz but it don't feel right
So why do I continue?"
- Hanging by Strands
Also all of Don't Send Me Away - short but brilliant!
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Post by Tourted Mime on Dec 10, 2004 17:51:31 GMT -5
When I would sing along with the record while driving, I couldn't read the Lyrics Sheet, and I couldn't figure out why Mr Downes would write the lyric:
"Buzzin' around my head like a tortured mime!"
I was bummed to find out he actually said "Tourted Fly", as my lyric is obviously superior.
And the next time you listen to WOW, you're gonna sing it too.
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Post by admin on Dec 11, 2004 2:58:17 GMT -5
The only thing I'd enjoy more than watching a mime being tortured would be watching it happen in slow motion... And DAMN -- I only just figured out who this is. Thought I'd edit it to add... heh heh Mr Roboburger.  |
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Post by chinchilla on May 16, 2005 17:41:17 GMT -5
"Sitting in your bedroom and you've sung all your last regrets;
Buzzing white lines on the screen of your TV set;
Re-light the last portion of your cigarette...
The only thing that you spared me to love was your breath
And now it's gone."
GENIUS SONG, TOTALLY GENIUS SONG!! This is my favorite Verlaines lyric.
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Post by cdjimmyjazz on Aug 12, 2007 2:43:45 GMT -5
(Yay, my first post!) Apart from the fact that every Verlaines lyric is my favourite, because they're just so much better than those of most other bands, here are few quotes that spring to mind:
"Tones of resignation
I'll probably see you 'round
Beautifully put down... a beautiful put-down"
(Slow Sad Love Song)
"The old man looked overbearing
As under his breath he started swearing
He didn't say yes
But then he's hard of hearing
He's hard of hearing me"
(Come Sunday)
"You don't know the ins and outs of desire
You don't know what makes a person tire"
(Just Mum)
"I dreamt I wasn't a human
I was really a snake
Is that any worse than what I woke to?"
(Faithfully Yours)
Also, the entire first verse of C.D. Jimmy Jazz and Me is an absolute favourite. Plenty other that currently don't spring to mind too. It's all quite simply exceptional work by Mr. Downes. The man deserves a statue. Now if only I had a lawn.
BTW: I've noticed that there's no album review topic for the wonderful "Some Disenchanted Evening". Is there going to be one? I'm curious to know what others think about this album and what their favourite tracks are.
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Post by Hyena_Tim on Apr 17, 2009 16:09:10 GMT -5
Pretty much all of "Crises After Crises" and "CD Jimmy Jazz and Me" I really enjoy, the first and last verses in the latter song really strike a deep chord in me.
And "Baud To Tears", being the very first Verlaines song I ever heard, has a special place in my heart.
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Post by gueuzeman on Apr 19, 2009 8:58:26 GMT -5
Too many great lyrics, how can I have a favorite?
Sucks like a fire in a mine.
Hammers and Anvils
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Post by ipafiend on May 2, 2009 3:51:21 GMT -5
By Monday
All the moneys...
Gone
(Down the road)
He should have had the sense to keep his dreams to himself
(It was)
I love that imported German beer
they know how to make it over there
(We're all gonna die)
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Post by darrenstedman on May 18, 2009 21:22:01 GMT -5
That last one's Bird Dog innit?
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Post by gueuzeman on May 19, 2009 0:18:37 GMT -5
Yes, Darren, I believe you are correct. Perhaps ipafiend has had a few too many india pale ales...Not that that's a bad thing.
But Graheme has made many drinking references.
"And you land in a public house..."
Whatever you run into
"Saw a guy drunk where the people would dance, and men of similarity, laugh out of charity"
C.D., Jimmy Jazz and Me
gueuze
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Post by darrenstedman on May 19, 2009 21:27:09 GMT -5
"bribes it with drinks, it says "ass-hole, I'll deal with you later" "
Jailhouse 4am
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