Favourite lyric line?

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Trixiemix
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#16 Post by Trixiemix »

I like :

Wrapped in nostalgia
to queue for a show
Back to Trafalgar
One kiss then I'll go
Back to Trafalgar.........

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#17 Post by Chrispsb »

Yeah, that's a great line, too. Actually the whole song is absolutely fabulous.

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#18 Post by AlfonsoPSB »

We all make a mess
of our lives from time to time
It’s part of the process
that you stumble as you climb
And if you ever feel
the pain is far too big a deal
I say with pride
I’ll be on your side
You're being watched.

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#19 Post by Henry X »

I like lines as:

"All the way back home at midnight
you were sleeping on my shoulder"

And

"Like Christmas morning when you're a kid
Admit you love me and you always did"

And

"No more pain, no fear
No sorrow or dying
No waiting or crying
These former things have passed away
Another life begins today"

(Yes, I know this last one wasn´t written by Neil, but it fits so well in such a wonderful song!!... :wink: )

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#20 Post by glennjridge »

I also love the liberation line you mentioned.sometimes the simplest of lyrics can say so much.it has nice imagery.

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#21 Post by Docoboy »

"Haunted by my shy self,
the things we used to do
The sudden ghost of myself,
getting it on with you."

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#22 Post by Very »

All my former dreams
tender romantic schemes
revealed as so naive
To think I could believe

In love as the kindest law
not as a declaration of war
on my life and sanity
Now I know at last for me
love is a catastrophe

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Will I always need you?
Would you want me to?
Can you love me for good
the way you thought you could?


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Go to work and take your calls
Hang the fruits
of your labour on the walls
Such precision and care
What does it matter
if there's no one here to share

Flowers in the garden
blue wine
the "Waiting for Godot"
and so much modern time?

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Take my hand,
I've changed my mind again
Really, I believed it true
That all who fell in love were foolish
But I was wrong,
I've learned that lesson well
All the way back home at midnight
You were sleeping on my shoulder

Take my hand,
Don't think of obligations
Now, right now,
Your love is liberation

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Hey, Headmaster, what's the matter with you?
Why're you always so serious, why so blue?
All the kids in the school have seen you
Being patient with the boys who fool you
When you used to hit them with your ruler
So independent too
Hey, Headmaster, what's the matter with you?

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and much more...............

Their lyrics are brilliant !!!!

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#23 Post by markus »

"We all make a mess of our lives from time to time, it's part of the process that you stumble as you climb..."

Bulldog

#24 Post by Bulldog »

Decide it's time to reinvent yourself...

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#25 Post by Dipso »

Just when you least expect it, just what you least expect.
Prick up your ears.

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#26 Post by i probably would »

Blimey! So many to choose from and there have been some fantastic posts on here so far. Really hard to pick a favourite....

The boys have cut their hair short to look cool.

Hey headmaster is one of their best "b-sides".

SPCD1035

#27 Post by SPCD1035 »

black wrote:Will tears at last precede the turn
from summer warmth to sudden cold
as certainly as growing old?
:D Well said, sheer brilliance

They've written some wonderful lyrics over the years. Heres a couple of my favourites, not because they have any profound meaning to me I just love the pictures they conjour up in my mind

Just for the sake of it
make sure you're always frowning
It shows the world
that you've got substance and depth
You know life
is an impossible scheme
and love
an imperceptible dream


Christmas is not all it's cracked up to be
Families fighting around a plastic tree
Nothing on the TV that you'd want to see
And it's hardly ever snowing
The way it's meant to be


Teachers and artists
and Saturday girls
in suits or sequins
or twinsets and pearls


All of Your Funny Uncle

There's so many more lines but those will do for now :D

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#28 Post by GalataPSB »

For all of us
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There are people who think we lead
a fabulous life
One endless party
No pain or strife
If only they knew
the absolute truth



Sail Away
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When your life seems to difficult to rise above
Sail away, sail away
When your heart feels as dreary as a worn-out glove
Sail away, sail away
But when soon or late
you recognise your fate
That will be your great, great day
On the wings of the morning with your own true love
Sail away, sail away, sail away



No Time For Tears
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Oh brother
Waiting is so long
Life is soon over
It can't be wrong
to cast off
chains that still bind us
Let death remind us
we can be strong



Hey headmaster
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Hey, headmaster
what's the matter with you?
Why you always so serious? Why so blue?
All the kids in the school have seen you
being patient with the boys who fool you
when you used to hit them with your ruler
so independent too
Hey, headmaster, what's the matter with you

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#29 Post by psb-freak »

I like the bit on the first Paninaro video where Chris goes "You, you´re my lover, you´re my hope, you´re my dreams, my life, my passion, my love, my sex, my money, my violence,religion, injustice and death" :D
Interviewer:
-What would you tell someone about yourself if you wanted to impress them?

Chris:
-I´ve got a 12-inch plonker.

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#30 Post by Very »

psb-freak wrote:I like the bit on the first Paninaro video where Chris goes "You, you´re my lover, you´re my hope, you´re my dreams, my life, my passion, my love, my sex, my money, my violence,religion, injustice and death" :D
Speaking of Paninaro, I think it has the best bass line after West End Girls!
Madrid / Bucharest 2007

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