Lyrics

For anyone curious enough to research my musical tastes (meticulously documented since I was fifteen) then look no further than here.

Lyrics give purpose to melodies and can elevate a good piece of music to greatness. Sometimes you can even just enjoy them on their own. Here are some of the best. (Click the titles to enjoy the whole songs in their full glory.)

“There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away,
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets”
Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

“She said you’re pretty good with words
But words won’t save your life
And they didn’t, so he died”
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations

“Life is about love, lost minutes and lost evenings,
About fire in our bellies and about furtive little feelings”
Frank Turner – I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous

“I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form;
Come in, she said, I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm

“Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact
Maybe everything that dies someday comes back”
Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City

“I don’t lightly use words like forever
But I will love you ’til the end of today;
And in the morning when I remember everything that you are
I know I’ll fall for you over again”
David Ford – Song For The Road

“She said the theme of this party’s the Industrial Age
And you came in dressed like a train wreck”
The Hold Steady – The Weekenders

“Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth,
But I got me a nice little place in the stars;
And I swear I found the key to the universe
In the engine of an old parked car”
Bruce Springsteen – Growin’ Up 

“And at once I knew I was not magnificent”
Bon Iver – Holocene

“So tall I take over the street
With highbeams shining on my back,
A wingspan unbelievable;
I’m a festival, I’m a parade”
The National – All The Wine

“You can blow out a candle
But you can’t blow out a fire;
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher”
Peter Gabriel – Biko

“As the prohets entered boldly into the bar
On the Boeing 737″
The Low Anthem – Boeing 737

“It went the dull and wicked ordinary way”
The National –  Secret Meeting