My Favorite LYRICS Of All Time [12.24.07]

Bruce Springsteen [Duh.]--Badlands
Well, for the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside,
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive....






So, here it is. I haven't established a certain set of criteria that a song has to meet in order for its lyrics to make this list, these ones are just lyrics that I really connect with [Especially the last one : P].
There isn't really a "set" order, exept that they're in order of most to least-favorite based on my mood right now at 1:58 in the morning, when my brain isn't functioning normal.
This list will get changed fairly often as I decide I like other lyrics....




Mark Hoppus [blink-182]--Going Away To College
Please take me by the hand,
It's so cold out tonight.
I'll put blankets on the bed;
I won't turn out the light,
Just don't forget to think about me,
And I won't forget you;
“I'll write you once a week” she said....
Why does it feel the same
To fall in love or break it off?
And if young love is just a game,
Then I must have missed the kick off.
Don't depend on me to ever follow through on anything,
But I'd go through hell for you, and
I haven't been this scared in a long time.
And I'm so unprepared so here's your valentine;
Bouquet of clumsy words, a simple melody.
This world's an ugly place,
But you're so beautiful to me....


Winn Butler [The Arcade Fire]--Antichrist Television Blues
Lord, would you send me a sign,
‘Cause I just gotta know if I’m wasting my time....


Chris Carrabba [Dashboard Confessional]--Vindicated
Defense is paper thin;
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now, to ever swim against the current,
So let me slip away....
So let me slip away....
So let me slip away....
So let me slip against the current,
So let me slip away....


Chris Martin [Coldplay]--The Scientist
Come up to meet you, tell you I’m sorry.
You don’t know how lovely you are.
I had to find you; tell you I need you,
Tell you I set you apart.
Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions.
Oh, let’s go back to the start....
Running in circles, coming up tails,
Heads on a science apart.
I was just guessing, at numbers and figures,
Pulling your puzzles apart.
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart.
Running in circles, chasing our tails,
Coming back as we are....


Shane Filan [Westlife]--Flying Without Wings
So, impossible as they may seem,
You've got to fight for every dream.
'Cause who's to know which one you let go
Would have made you complete?
Well, for me it's waking up beside you,
To watch the sunrise on your face....
To know that I can say I love you
In any given time or place....
It's little things that only I know;
Those are the things that make you mine.


Tom Delonge [blink-182]--Not Now
Come here, please hold my hand for now.
Help me, I'm scared, please show me how to fight this,
God has a master plan and I guess
I am in His demand....
I see a light it, feels good.
And I'll come back soon just like you would.
It's useless, my name has made the list.
And I wish, I gave you one last kiss....
Please stay until I'm gone.
I'm here hold on,
To me I'm right here waiting....
And take my one last breath,
And don't forget
That I will be right here waiting....


Mark Hoppus [blink-182]--Feelin' This
Look to the past,
And remember and smile.
And maybe tonight
I can breathe for awhile.
I'm not in the scene;
I think I'm fallin' asleep.
But then all that it means is
I'll always be dreaming of you....


Connor Oberst [Bright Eyes]--First Day Of My Life
This is the first day of my life.
I think I was blind before I met you.
Now I don’t know where I am,
I don’t know where I’ve been,
But I know where I want to go....
And so I thought I’d let you know
That these things take forever,
I especially am slow.
But I realize that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home....
And you said “This is the first day of my life.
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you....”


Bruce Springsteen [Duh.]--Better Days
Well, my soul checked out missing as I sat listening
To the hours and minutes tickin' away.
Yeah, just sittin' around, waitin' for my life to begin
While it was all just slippin' away.
I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come,
Or that train to come roarin' 'round the bend.
I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose
For a woman I can call my friend....
Now my ass was draggin' when, from a passin' gypsy wagon,
Your heart like a diamond shone.
These are better days,
There's better days shining through....
These are better days.
Better days with a girl like you....


Bruce Springsteen [Duh.]--Waitin' On A Sunny Day
It's rainin', but there ain't a cloud in the sky.
Must have been a tear from your eye....
Everything'll be okay.
Funny, thought I felt a sweet summer breeze.
Must have been you sighin' so deep....
Don't worry we're gonna find a way.


Jack Johnson [Jack Johnson]--Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Now I was sitting, waiting, wishing,
That you believed in superstitions,
Then maybe you'd see the signs.
But Lord knows that this world is cruel,
And I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool.
Learning loving somebody don't make them love you....


Robert Smith [The Cure]--Just Like Heaven
Daylight licked me into shape;
I must have been asleep for days....
And moving lips to breathe her name,
I opened up my eyes,
And found myself alone;
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved,
And drowned her deep inside of me....
You,
Soft and only
You,
Lost and lonely
You,
Just like heaven....


Mark Hoppus [blink-182]--Dammit
A day late,
A buck short.
I'm writing
The report
On losing,
And failing.
When I move,
I'm flailing now....


Mark Hoppus [blink-182]--Adam's Song
I traced the cord back to the wall;
No wonder it was never plugged in at all....
I took my time, I hurried up,
The choice was mine I didn't think enough.


Bruce Springsteen [Duh.]--Blood Brothers
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away.
We got our own roads to ride, and chances we gotta take.
We stood side by side, each one fightin' for the other.
We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers....
On through the houses of the dead,
Past those fallen in their tracks.
Always movin' ahead, and never lookin' back.
Now I'm out here on this road,
Alone on this road tonight.
I close my eyes and feel so manyfriends around me
In the early evening light.
And the miles we have come,
And the battles won and lost,
Are just so many roads traveled,
So many rivers crossed.
And I ask God for the strength,
And faith in one another
'Cause it's a good night for a ride,
'Cross this river to the other side....
But the stars are burnin' bright, like some mystery uncovered.
I'll keep movin' through the dark, with you in my heart,
My blood brother....


Billie Joe Armstrong [Green Day]--Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while....
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right;
I hope you had the time of your life....


Scarface, Willie D, Bushwick Bill [Geto Boys]--Damn, It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.
A real gangsta-ass nigga plays his cards right.
A real gangsta-ass nigga never runs his fuckin’ mouth
‘Cause real gangsta-ass niggas don't start fights.
And niggas always gotta high cap,
Showin' all his boys how he shot ‘em.
But real gangsta-ass niggas don't flex nuts,
‘Cause real gangsta-ass niggas know they got ‘em.
And everything’s cool in the mind of a gangsta,
‘Cause gangsta-ass niggas think deep.
Up three-sixty-five a year 24/7,
‘Cause real gangsta ass niggas don't sleep.
And all I gotta say to you
Wanna-be, gonna-be, cocksuckin', pussy-eatin' prankstas;
‘Cause when the fire dies down, what the fuck you gonna do?
Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta....
And damn, it feels good to be a gangsta,
I mean one that you don't really know.
Ridin' around town in a drop-top Benz,
Hittin' switches in my black six-fo'.
Now gangsta-ass niggas come in all shapes and colors;
Some got killed in the past.
But this gangsta here is a smart one;
Started living for the lord and I'll last.
Now all I gotta say to you
Wanna-be, gonna-be, pussy-eatin' cocksuckin' prankstas:
When the shit jumps off, what the fuck you gonna do?
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta....
And damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.
A real gangsta-ass nigga knows the play.
Real gangsta-ass niggas gets the flyest of the bitches;
Ask that gangsta-ass nigga Little Jake.
Now bitches look at gangsta-ass niggas like a stop sign,
And play the role of Little Miss Sweet.
But catch the bitch all alone, get the digit, take her out,
And end up hittin' the ass with the meat.
‘Cause gangsta-ass niggas be the gang playas,
And everything’s quiet in the clique.
A gangsta-ass nigga pulls the trigger,
And his partners in the posse ain't tellin' off shit.
Real gangsta-ass niggas don't talk much;
All you hear is the black from the gun blast.
And real gangsta-ass niggas don't run for shit,
‘Cause real gangsta-ass niggas can't run fast.
Now when you in the free world talkin' shit, do the shit.
Hit the pen and let the mothafuckas shank ya.
But niggas like myself kick back and peep game,
‘Cause damn, it feels good to be a gangsta....
And now, a word from the President:
Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta,
Gettin’ voted into the White House.
Everything’s lookin’ good to the people of the world,
But the Mafia family is my boss.
So every now and then, I owe a favor gettin' down,
Like lettin' a big drug shipment through.
And send 'em to the poor community,
So we can bust you know who.
So voters of the world, keep supportin' me
And I promise to take you very far.
Other leaders better not upset me,
Or I'll send a million troops to die at war.
To all you Republicans that helped me win.
I sincerely like to thank you.
‘Cause now I got the world swingin' from my nuts,
And damn, it feels good to be a gangsta....