best lyircs?

[CircaEnder]

what bands do you think have the best lyircs..

mine would have to be

tbs
brand new
DC
straylight

[MaybeOneDay]

Streetlight Manifesto

"Here's To Life"

How did Camus really die that night?
Were they right?
When he died was it really his time?
Or was it suicide?
And Holden Caufield is a friend of mine
We go drinking from time to time
and I find, It gets harder every time

Back Off!
You're out on the street again
Don't you stop!
Did you know you couldn't swim?
Back Off!
You're out on the street again
I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!

Hemingway never seemed to mind the banality of a normal life
and I find it, It gets harder every time
So he aimed the shotgun into the blue
Placed his face in between the two
and sighed, "Here's To Life!"

Back Off!
You're out on the street again
Don't you stop!
Did you know you couldn't swim?
Back Off!
You're out on the street again
I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!

Hey there Salinger, What did you do?
Just when the world was looking at you
To write anything, that meant anything
You told us you were through
And it's been years since you passed away
but I see no plaque, and I see no grave.
And I can't help believing, you wanted it that way.

Vincent Van Gogh, Why do you weep?
You were on your way to heaven, but the road was steep
And who was there to break your fall?
We're guilty, One and All

And I don't know much, but I do know this
With a golden heart, comes a rebel fist
But I can't help agreeing with those that would not quit.

And it makes me sick when I think of it
All my heroes could not live with this
and I hope you rest in peace
Because with us, You never did!
And K.D.C., you were much too young!
And you changed my life!
But I draw the line at suicide!
Here's To Life!!

[Coronary Parasite]

brand new, say anything, silent majority, any band with neil rubenstein in it, and the honorary title, i'm sure there are more but that's good enough...

[CROMagnon]

brand new, northstar, alk3, thrice, saves the day, mcr, spill canvas, fsf (the first two incarnations, i'm still playing wait and see with #3)

[CircaEnder]

spill canvas is one i missed..they have awesome lyrics
thrice also have very good lyrics

the others i dont listen to :lipsrseal

[CROMagnon]

spill canvas is one i missed..they have awesome lyrics
thrice also have very good lyrics

the others i dont listen to :lipsrseal
i find it hard to believe you don't listen to saves the day or further seems forever, seeing as how chris carabba started in fsf

[CircaEnder]

i havent liked any of the new singers for fsf, but yes i love their first cd.I just cant get into the newer stuff..i dont think its bad at all.

and i think ive listend to saves the day a few times..i liked em, i just never got into em.

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

Bright Eyes
Thrice
Alkaline Trio

Fall Out Boy(can i say it? fuck yes i can.)

[The Bled 13]

Have you not heard of Circle Takes The Square and Hot Cross? They write the best lyrics in my opinion.

[CircaEnder]

ive heard of em ..just never listend to them. Could you post some of their best lyrics?

[Coronary Parasite]

ive heard of em ..just never listend to them. Could you post some of their best lyrics?
circle takes the square have their lyrics on their site, i just checked em out, good stuff, but it's hardcore so i'm not sure if you're into that music

[The Bled 13]

I can't type dude, just go to the webpages. Plus, I'm busy fighting with you on the other thread. HAHAHA!

Anyways, SKA, even though I don't like any of it - tell amazing stories, so they write pretty good lyrics. A lot of it is funny, but it's all very creative. No, I'm not talking about those douche bags known as Reel Big Fish, they could all be shot for all I care.

[CircaEnder]

i dont like bands that just scream with no singing or very little singing..but i read some of the lyrics and yes they are pretty damn good (still reading)

[The Bled 13]

Well I like harder stuff. It sounds better to me, their live shows are better to me.

[Jack123]

Fall Out Boy
Saves The Day
Dashboard
Soco

[CircaEnder]

soco yes very much so, i like fall out boys song titles more than their lyrics really hehe, but i like em alot

[BustaNutz]

I do have a soft-spot for pop-punk. I like SoCo and Fall Out Boy probably more than I should. But I wouldn't go so far as to say they have the BEST lyrics. Don't get me wrong, they're definitely not bad, but not the best either. Although to be fair, this is a subjective category so you can't say definitively one way or the other who the best is.

My favorites are Conor Oberst, Ben Gibbard, Blake Schwarzenbach, Elliott Smith and John Samson. Though I also appreciate Sufjan Stevens more and more everytime I listen to him.

[The Bled 13]

Blake writes the best stuff in Jets To Brazil. And it isn't a sin to dislike Jawbreaker. Ben Gibbard = Awesome. Conor Oberst = Awesome.

[The Bled 13]

Everyone has a soft spot for pop-punk. They really do. EVERYONE does.

I love The Ataris, I think they write really good lyrics and music. It isn't overplayed and I think it is all pretty original. I also think The Counting Crows are really good as well.

[CROMagnon]

counting crows are really good. i also happen to think dmb have some really good lyrics

[FckYouImSoRad]

Personally I think Tool and APC have the best lyrics of ever. but they aren't the genres you guys are talking about.

[FckYouImSoRad]

Everyone has a soft spot for pop-punk. They really do. EVERYONE does.

I love The Ataris, I think they write really good lyrics and music. It isn't overplayed and I think it is all pretty original. I also think The Counting Crows are really good as well.


Whoa, I agree with you on that one.

[CircaEnder]

Tool and apc do have really good lyrics

[punklet2101]

Brand New, Bright Eyes, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio

[ohlookitspaul]

dashboard
brand new
spill canvas
deltron 3030 (or the few songs that i've heard anyways)

[BustaNutz]

I am a big fan of DMB, everyone gives you shit if you like him, but he's very talented. I've never listened to much of Counting Crows, what I have heard I like though.

[YearsGoneBy]

buddy of senses fails writes the best lyrics in history!

[CROMagnon]

buddy of senses fails writes the best lyrics in history!
i know, even the boys night out guys are ripping him off

[SonEric84]

Whoa, I agree with you on that one.


As do I.

[MaybeOneDay]

I can't type dude, just go to the webpages. Plus, I'm busy fighting with you on the other thread. HAHAHA!

Anyways, SKA, even though I don't like any of it - tell amazing stories, so they write pretty good lyrics. A lot of it is funny, but it's all very creative. No, I'm not talking about those douche bags known as Reel Big Fish, they could all be shot for all I care.
I can't believe you just insulted Reel Big Fish.

I want to castrate you so badly right now.

[ohlookitspaul]

I can't believe you just insulted Reel Big Fish.

I want to castrate you so badly right now.
but he actually complimented ska for once.

[MaybeOneDay]

but he actually complimented ska for once.
I know. I was impressed by that until he insulted Aaron and the gang.

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

The Casualties Write The Best Lyrics Ever Oi Oi Fuck You Drunx Punx Oi!

[MaybeOneDay]

The Casualties Write The Best Lyrics Ever Oi Oi Fuck You Drunx Punx Oi!
Haha, don't get me started.


"UP THE PUNX!!!"

[Lueda Alia]

I cannot believe no one mentioned AFI yet...........

but okay.. my list:

afi
thrice
death cab
elliott smith
spoon
the cure
pedro the lion
the goodlife / cursive
the smiths
something corporate
brand new
bright eyes
jen wood


.. ok, all I can think of for now.

[Bishop]

Jets to Brazil do have some really great lyrics so whoever said that I commend you.

Shai Hulud, I don't know why, but I do.

Bob Dylan. If you don't like him you should just kill yourself now.

Alkaline Trio (Matt Skiba)
Social Distortion (Mike Ness)
Every Time I Die (Keith Buckley)
Conor Oberst
Cursive (Tim Kasher)
Death Cab for Cutie (Ben Gibbard)

[CircaEnder]

ill say ben gibbard too, but more for his work in the postal service

so the postal service and

does noone else like tbs anymore? cause lyrically they are one of the best..

[Coronary Parasite]

ill say ben gibbard too, but more for his work in the postal service

so the postal service and

does noone else like tbs anymore? cause lyrically they are one of the best..
i like tbs, that's why i mentioned neil rubenstein, they "borrow" his lyrics quite a bit...

[EMO-tionRomance]

Pete Townsend and John Lennon.

These guys are lyrical geniuses and could lick all these bands you guys are naming's balls, then describe how it tasted and it would be better.

Having said that, I like most of the bands you're all naming.

[CROMagnon]

i think early bruce springsteen is good lyrical material, as is some jethro tull

[Coronary Parasite]

Pete Townsend and John Lennon.

These guys are lyrical geniuses and could lick all these bands you guys are naming's balls, then describe how it tasted and it would be better.

Having said that, I like most of the bands you're all naming.
you're right...

also trent reznor, kurt cobain, beck, noel gallagher, steve klein and jello biafra...there are so fucking many...

[CROMagnon]

eminem, tupac, eric b., nas, black thought, run dmc, slick rick

[EMO-tionRomance]

you're right...

also trent reznor, kurt cobain, beck, noel gallagher, steve klein and jello biafra...there are so fucking many...

Yea but most tend to think of bands they're listening to and enjoying at the moment, not musicians and lyricists from before who are soooo much greater. I even did at first.

I was going to say the Transplants at first:

"This is for the misfits
The freaks and the runts
Fuck the mother fuckin
Back stabbin' cunts"

...Like angels singing from on high... True masterpiece.

[Coronary Parasite]

eminem, tupac, eric b., nas, black thought, run dmc, slick rick
yeah tupac! and mos def...i could go on forever...this is a running topic

[Coronary Parasite]

Yea but most tend to think of bands they're listening to and enjoying at the moment, not musicians and lyricists from before who are soooo much greater. I even did at first.

I was going to say the Transplants at first:

"This is for the misfits
The freaks and the runts
Fuck the mother fuckin
Back stabbin' cunts"

...Like angels singing from on high... True masterpiece.
you're right, when i saw this my frist thought was who am i listening to at the moment, and who's my favorite of those bands, i forgot about the musical staples like the beatles

or the clash! no one called joe strummer yet...jeez

[EMO-tionRomance]

You know, I almost like the stuff Mick Jones wrote better.

Don't get me wrong, I love Joe Strummer. I cried the day he died. I'm just saying.

Oh, and I looooove Big Audio Dynamite.

[ohlookitspaul]

oh eminem of course.

[Coronary Parasite]

You know, I almost like the stuff Mick Jones wrote better.

Don't get me wrong, I love Joe Strummer. I cried the day he died. I'm just saying.

Oh, and I looooove Big Audio Dynamite.
as long as the clash is mentioned, either writer is fine to talk about

[EMO-tionRomance]

as long as the clash is mentioned, either writer is fine to talk about
Sounds good to me.

[CircaEnder]

im not sure how many people this is going to piss off..but ima say a few..BUT

lyrically i find nirvana to be pretty not good, i mean this guy was coked up all the time and im willing to bet thats where most his lyrics came from..is when he was all messed up..even if not...nirvana awesome band yes...lyrically i dont hold them in my top 10..

[Coronary Parasite]

im not sure how many people this is going to piss off..but ima say a few..BUT

lyrically i find nirvana to be pretty not good, i mean this guy was coked up all the time and im willing to bet thats where most his lyrics came from..is when he was all messed up..even if not...nirvana awesome band yes...lyrically i dont hold them in my top 10..
he didn't do coke..want to revise your statement?

[CircaEnder]

k...he did drugs...either way..he wasnt as amazing as hes made out to be

[Coronary Parasite]

k...he did drugs...either way..he wasnt as amazing as hes made out to be
say what you want, but it's common knowledge he was on heroin not coke i was just making a point..

who's to say the people in your favorite bands didn't write while they were drunk or high anyway? i don't believe it's really a factor...

[CircaEnder]

i mean i figure some of them are drunk..or high, but i was just saying his lyrics arnt really good just werid and i figure that come from his drug addiction..it was really just a thought(sorry for getting his drug of choice wrong, not a huge fan of cobain)

[Coronary Parasite]

i mean i figure some of them are drunk..or high, but i was just saying his lyrics arnt really good just werid and i figure that come from his drug addiction..it was really just a thought(sorry for getting his drug of choice wrong, not a huge fan of cobain)
how old are you? when i was younger i didn't like them much o i was wondering if you're younger than me...

[CircaEnder]

im 17, i like some of their music and i respect what it did.I just dont get into it much

[Coronary Parasite]

im 17, i like some of their music and i respect what it did.I just dont get into it much
oh okay, then i know you came to that decision, some people here are like 13 and when i was 13 i did not like them at all so i wasn't sure...

[BustaNutz]

Most writers will say that they like to at least be smoking when they write. I guess it's the whole artistic side needing a release. I don't much buy it, though I tend to write my best when I'm tired, so whose to say. I suppose whatever works is what one should do.

[Shellular]

Hanson, allllll the way.

I mean , uhh Good Charlotte of course.

[CircaEnder]

Hanson, allllll the way.

I mean , uhh Good Charlotte of course.

as much as people will not agree

GC does a SOME good lyrics, most their stuff is just catchy.
but the NEW hanson cd has pretty good lyrics for what kind of music it is.
older ones no..not really lol

[ghostyouare]

1)Thrice - Cant even compete with him + a KICK ASS live show. / Get up kids - listen to 4minute mile and be amazed.
3)Anything Chris C. has wrote (until mark mission brand scar)

[CROMagnon]

say what you want, but it's common knowledge he was on heroin not coke i was just making a point..

who's to say the people in your favorite bands didn't write while they were drunk or high anyway? i don't believe it's really a factor...
i know some of my best work (not for a band, literary work i mean) happens when i've got a few sheets to the wind (i.e. drunk)

[FckYouImSoRad]

I've been reading through all the bands you guys have listed and it doesn't make any sense to me...you are naming people with good songs not good lyrics. There are a few here and there that I would agree with but most of the others are just like "Where in the hell did they pull that out of?" It's not about the way it sounds it's about the way it reads.

[CROMagnon]

I've been reading through all the bands you guys have listed and it doesn't make any sense to me...you are naming people with good songs not good lyrics. There are a few here and there that I would agree with but most of the others are just like "Where in the hell did they pull that out of?" It's not about the way it sounds it's about the way it reads.
examples?

[Coronary Parasite]

I've been reading through all the bands you guys have listed and it doesn't make any sense to me...you are naming people with good songs not good lyrics. There are a few here and there that I would agree with but most of the others are just like "Where in the hell did they pull that out of?" It's not about the way it sounds it's about the way it reads.

you're wrong

peace

[Shellular]

as much as people will not agree

GC does a SOME good lyrics, most their stuff is just catchy.
but the NEW hanson cd has pretty good lyrics for what kind of music it is.
older ones no..not really lol
yes. hot. new hanson = wonderful.

[FckYouImSoRad]

examples?

Tool, A Perfect Circle, 3 Doors Down, Third Eye Blind, Thrice, Counting Crows, The Used, The Postal Service, eck I'll think of more later.

[richter915]

shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker mother fucker tits fart turd and twat...

these lyrics sum up our generation.

[CROMagnon]

Tool, A Perfect Circle, 3 Doors Down, Third Eye Blind, Thrice, Counting Crows, The Used, The Postal Service, eck I'll think of more later.
you must be kidding

dustin from thrice is a genius
ben from postal service tells amazing stories, as does counting crows adam
bert from used has some incredibly poetic stuff going on

[FckYouImSoRad]

you must be kidding

dustin from thrice is a genius
ben from postal service tells amazing stories, as does counting crows adam
bert from used has some incredibly poetic stuff going on

NO NO those were the GOOD lyrics LOL

[CROMagnon]

NO NO those were the GOOD lyrics LOL
i was looking for examples of what you said weren't

[Shellular]

i was looking for examples of what you said weren't
I hope you know you're talking to like a 15 year old, Carlos.

[CROMagnon]

I hope you know you're talking to like a 15 year old, Carlos.
well, yeah.........

i really don't have an answer for that.

open mouth insert foot?

[FckYouImSoRad]

taking back sunday is a good band, they sound awesome but lyrically they aren't the best, Dashboard is also a great band but lyrically they don't fall even close to the best either


and yeah I am 15 and whats the problem with that?

[OnLegendary21]

Northstar
Saves The Day
Bright Eyes
Strike Anywhere
The Used
Saosin

[Shellular]

well, yeah.........

i really don't have an answer for that.

open mouth insert foot?
eh.

i dunno. i just like picking on her.

it's fun. remember. she's on my shit list.

[Coronary Parasite]

taking back sunday is a good band, they sound awesome but lyrically they aren't the best, Dashboard is also a great band but lyrically they don't fall even close to the best either


and yeah I am 15 and whats the problem with that?
chris isn't one of the best? are you high?

[Shellular]

chris isn't one of the best? are you high?
yeah. see. she has no idea what she's talking about.

[CROMagnon]

eh.

i dunno. i just like picking on her.

it's fun. remember. she's on my shit list.
oh yes i remember

fun fun fun

[Coronary Parasite]

yeah. see. she has no idea what she's talking about.
oh shelly much love :)

[YearsGoneBy]

im waiting for her to say senses fail has great lyrics

[FckYouImSoRad]

i hate senses fail. thanks for trying though.

[Shellular]

oh shelly much love :)
<3333

[Coronary Parasite]

im waiting for her to say senses fail has great lyrics
but, but "let's play doctor baby" is genious


OMG! like i'm buddyXcore

haha

[CROMagnon]

it is my opinion that senses fail, boys night out and hawthorne heights are the same band

any thoughts?

[Coronary Parasite]

it is my opinion that senses fail, boys night out and hawthorne heights are the same band

any thoughts?
i love boys night out with a passion

and i like hawthorne heights too, senses fail are far worse than any band that can be mentioened, ever

[YearsGoneBy]

it is my opinion that senses fail, boys night out and hawthorne heights are the same band

any thoughts?
they have similarities

[CROMagnon]

i love boys night out with a passion

and i like hawthorne heights too, senses fail are far worse than any band that can be mentioened, ever
see, musically i hear some differences

but then i read the lyrics, and they all have the same stock shock value images of blood, death and violence

[YearsGoneBy]

see, musically i hear some differences

but then i read the lyrics, and they all have the same stock shock value images of blood, death and violence
becuase its cool to talk about blood and sharp objects

[CROMagnon]

becuase its cool to talk about blood and sharp objects
it's xsceneXcorex

i don't hate any of those bands, i just think they'd be better if they were a little more creative

[CircaEnder]

taking back sunday is a good band, they sound awesome but lyrically they aren't the best, Dashboard is also a great band but lyrically they don't fall even close to the best either


and yeah I am 15 and whats the problem with that?



omg..... dude..seriously im sorry but tbs and dc are pretty much the best...
besides brand new..i cant think of better ...dude if you can show me lyrics from a band you think is better I SWEAR i could get a better dc or tbs lyric

[Bishop]

::Big ass cough:: Bright Eyes Cursive Morrissey Death Cab for Cutie Joey Cape Alkaline Trio ::Big ass cough::

Should I cough again and keep going?

[Coronary Parasite]

::Big ass cough:: Bright Eyes Cursive Morrissey Death Cab for Cutie Joey Cape Alkaline Trio ::Big ass cough::

Should I cough again and keep going?
i'm going to go slit my wrists for forgetting morrisey, and everyone else should do the same

[Bishop]

Ha, I remembered him. No slit wrists for me!

[CROMagnon]

i don't listen to morrissey, so i'm gonna go ahead and not injure myself

[Tristan Needler]

::Big ass cough:: Bright Eyes Cursive Morrissey Death Cab for Cutie Joey Cape Alkaline Trio ::Big ass cough::

Should I cough again and keep going?
yup this is the right answer to the question haha

[Lueda Alia]

::Big ass cough:: Bright Eyes Cursive Morrissey Death Cab for Cutie Joey Cape Alkaline Trio ::Big ass cough::

Should I cough again and keep going?
you mentioned pretty much everyone I listed... except for Alkaline Trio & Joey Cape....

[ohlookitspaul]

matt skiba is pretty good, i can't believe i forgot him

[EMO-tionRomance]

it's fun. remember. she's on my shit list.


Can I be on your shit list?

oOo Or am I already on it? :wink3:

[EMO-tionRomance]

::Big ass cough:: Bright Eyes Cursive Morrissey Death Cab for Cutie Joey Cape Alkaline Trio ::Big ass cough::

Should I cough again and keep going?

*grumble* :)

[FallingOut]

The person that said TBS has the best lyrics is just crazy, they arent that great.

Definitely some of the best Ive heard are Thursday, Death Cab for Cutie, Saves the Day (especially Stay What You Are), and Dashboard are really good.

[derricklc22]

You all have listed some very good bands. I would also like to add:

Ben Harper
Say Anything(Max Bemis)
The Format

I believe these bands write great lyrics, they all tend to speak to me in a certain way and I believe that is what makes great lyrics, how they make you feel.

Many bands that do this to me have already been listed so I wont bother doing it again.

[richter915]

rise against, strike anywhere, the blood brothers, thrice

[CircaEnder]

what im saying is yeah some of the bands you guys are saying have goo lyircs...but most i dont listen to..give me an example of their "good lyrics" cause im sorry to me tbs does have in the top ten lyrics....

say anything does have good lyrics.

[Love As Arson]

The lyrics of Taking Back Sunday suck. They basically consist of the vocalist repeating the same phrase over and over again.

Anyways, you can't touch these bands lyrically:

At The Drive-In
The Mars Volta
Dillinger Escape Plan
Mineral
You and I
Saetia
Hot Cross
Appleseed Cast
Thursday
Cave-In
Death Cab For Cutie
Yaphet Kotto
Bane
Thrice

There are others, but I think the list is long enough.

[CircaEnder]

The lyrics of Taking Back Sunday suck. They basically consist of the vocalist repeating the same phrase over and over again.

Anyways, you can't touch these bands lyrically:

At The Drive-In
The Mars Volta
Dillinger Escape Plan
Mineral
You and I
Saetia
Hot Cross
Appleseed Cast
Thursday
Cave-In
Death Cab For Cutie
Yaphet Kotto
Bane
Thrice

There are others, but I think the list is long enough.


ok for the last time...show me a line or something that makes these guys better cause i dont agree with any of those bands thrice comes the closest

[Love As Arson]

Requiescat by Hot Cross


A blessed hand to cover the cursed mouth born of faith
when tiptoeing around flights of fancy informs sonic acrobatics.
An esoteric words for what never held true;
a complicated rite forcing an answer through.
These are prayers for a sense left for dead
or an elegy on the end of a life I once led.
Learning that we inhabit a bedtime story, prophets whisper to fools.
Footbound and adrift and losing a game
for which we've written the rules.
Rip my heart to pieces.
Scatter them all to the wind.
And it's an ironic twist of fate, this bit of hypocritical fare,
when we're taught to look passed the suitable answers,
watch them dissolve and not even care.


As opposed to:

New American Classic by TBS


You've got to get better it's all in your head
We could live through these letters or forget it all together
See the months they don't matter it's the days I can't take
When the hours move to minutes and I'm seconds away

Just ask the question come untie the knot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
Retrace the steps as if we forgot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
We tried to avoid it but there's not a doubt
And there's one thing I can do nothing about

When all that you need is just a reaction
It's too much to ask for when there's no attraction anymore
When chasing our dreams is just a distraction
I want to remember when I know that I can't go back

Just ask the question come untie the knot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
Retrace the steps as if we forgot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
We tried to avoid it but there's not a doubt
And there's one thing I can do nothing about

There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing about.

Just ask the question come untie the knot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
Retrace the steps as if we forgot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
We tried to avoid it but there's not a doubt
And there's one thing I can do nothing

There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing about.


I think I've done my job to prove that Hot Cross is lyrically superior to TBS.

[CircaEnder]

man im sorry but...that tbs song...is alot better...lyrically and just as a song ...


but i guess good lyrics is subjective...the song you put seems to thrive on using adjectives that you usually wouldnt see associated with a word wich is cool...i like cleverness and something thought out..

other than that..i like tbs's first record alot more and lines like

"the truth is you could slit my throat..and with my one last gasping breath id apologize for bleeding on your shirt"- that to me...is awesome

[boysdontcry]

"the truth is you could slit my throat..and with my one last dying breath id apologize for bleeding on your shirt"- that to me...is awesome
that lyric is fucking stupid and if hear one more person mention it i will fucking flip out. seriously, it's not that great.

go listen to some norma jean you fucker.

[CircaEnder]

fuck you...lets see you come with something better than that? fucking loser..

its ok to compare it to another bands lyrics but...unless your going to come up with something better dont just say it sucks cause its pretty fucking awesome

[Greg]

not saying these are the best... just saying this is what i like... and yes im sure there is better out there but i dotn care

fall out boy
brand new
tbs (old)
head automatica
matchbook romance
thursday
green day
yellowcard
straylight run
the early november
thrice
rx bandits
the movielife (rip)

[CROMagnon]

sorry blankerton, tbs' lyrics aren't all that great

they have some good one liners, but on a whole, not very strong

[Bishop]

you mentioned pretty much everyone I listed... except for Alkaline Trio & Joey Cape....

Well I wasn't especially interested in going back and looking at 5 pages of posts. So kill me now.

[MaybeOneDay]

who are you to decide what are good and bad lyrics ? if you think some, or most of the bands/artists mentioned do not have good lyrics, then you're talking ridiculously. even if you're not a fan of a band at hand, you have to at least respect their lyrical content at hand. for example, i absolutely cannot stand bright eyes or the postal service, but i realize how good both of their lyrics are, and respect them.


oh and to add to streetlight manifesto for my list, because tomas kalnoky is a genius, i'll throw in brand new, thrice, afi, taking back sunday, and others i'll think of later.

[MaybeOneDay]

see, musically i hear some differences

but then i read the lyrics, and they all have the same stock shock value images of blood, death and violence
dude...any band who names a song "I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other Peoples Business" definitely takes the top spot.

Oh, and add Fall Out Boy to my list.

[in_your_eyes]

Requiescat by Hot Cross


A blessed hand to cover the cursed mouth born of faith
when tiptoeing around flights of fancy informs sonic acrobatics.
An esoteric words for what never held true;
a complicated rite forcing an answer through.
These are prayers for a sense left for dead
or an elegy on the end of a life I once led.
Learning that we inhabit a bedtime story, prophets whisper to fools.
Footbound and adrift and losing a game
for which we've written the rules.
Rip my heart to pieces.
Scatter them all to the wind.
And it's an ironic twist of fate, this bit of hypocritical fare,
when we're taught to look passed the suitable answers,
watch them dissolve and not even care.


As opposed to:

New American Classic by TBS


You've got to get better it's all in your head
We could live through these letters or forget it all together
See the months they don't matter it's the days I can't take
When the hours move to minutes and I'm seconds away

Just ask the question come untie the knot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
Retrace the steps as if we forgot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
We tried to avoid it but there's not a doubt
And there's one thing I can do nothing about

When all that you need is just a reaction
It's too much to ask for when there's no attraction anymore
When chasing our dreams is just a distraction
I want to remember when I know that I can't go back

Just ask the question come untie the knot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
Retrace the steps as if we forgot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
We tried to avoid it but there's not a doubt
And there's one thing I can do nothing about

There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing about.

Just ask the question come untie the knot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
Retrace the steps as if we forgot
Say you won't care Say you won't care
We tried to avoid it but there's not a doubt
And there's one thing I can do nothing

There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing
There's one thing I can do nothing about.


I think I've done my job to prove that Hot Cross is lyrically superior to TBS.

Owned! Hot Cross is where it's at in Rochester dude. Hell on Earth...you know what I'm talking about.

[Greg]

yea basically new tbs is really weak lyrically... so yea

[CROMagnon]

yea basically new tbs is really weak lyrically... so yea
old tbs, new tbs

lyrics never were a strong point for the band

[EMO-tionRomance]

I like TBS and I can admit lyrics are not their strong point.

They just have clevre one liners every once in a while.

[npa87]

sleepwell has decent lyrics for how young they are
and i think fall out boy has some of the wittiest lyrics i've ever read
saves the day are probably the most emotional lyrics
brand new is really good with lyrics
ummmm i like taking back sunday's music but i don't think their lyrics are that good
dashboard has very sophisticated lyrics
underoath is probly one of my favorites

[Greg]

old tbs, new tbs

lyrics never were a strong point for the band

true but i personally think the new ones arent half as good

[MaybeOneDay]

In my eyes, nobody beats Tomas Kalnoky:


me and mr. dylan on the ride home
we had a heart to heart about life
but neither him or me could decide for ourselves if we wanted to outlive that night
like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls
abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes
if only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole
what a wonderful world this could be!

so how many more examples until we break?
how many sacrifices must we make?
because we've all been there once before
and it looks like we've returned once more
is this the beginning or the end?

the last two soldiers on the battlefield
survivors of the war
they aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord
"if you're listening, i'm missing him
so somehow bring him home
how did it come to this?"
so the soldiers lift their rifles
they're aiming at the head
they think of their first love before they take their final breaths
and some where in the distance they hear something someone said: "how did it come to this?"

----------------------------------------------------

well now i know it's hard when you don't know what to think
and every single smile us a foil and you're waking up
you might try but you won't get by until you're crucified for all the things you try to do
well i don't care if you sink or swim
and i don't care how you hold it in
as long as you don't bother me with all the things i don't bother you with
and 9 times out of 10 you might be right
but what about that time you know you're wrong?
you sing that same song
and everybody smiles but they'll never get along

come clean
no one should have have to live with the things you've seen
but you're living anyway
so can't stop the car and put her in park
and i step outside (god i hate this part)
when i see what i saw what i thought was a life that was more
than a chore and just doing what i need to get by
i don't care if you leave or stay
but you might as well split
because it's not the same as it was
when we said our last goodbye
and if you want the truth: i was hoping one of us would pass away
because it'd be much easier then
we would all get together and think about when
we were young we were dumb we were numb but in love
and i'm done so i'm sending out this letter today

[StartingLine182]

Some of my favorites would be...

Saves The Day
Fall Out Boy
Straylight Run
Ataris(I love So Long Astoria...the storytelling aspect)

[CircaEnder]

i dont know..i guess i just get more out of tbs lyrics than most people...i love their lyrics...but there is better (brand new,dc,stray light,jamison parker)

[Coronary Parasite]

i dont know..i guess i just get more out of tbs lyrics than most people...i love their lyrics...but there is better (brand new,dc,stray light,jamison parker)
i don't think jamison parker is that special at all

[CircaEnder]

i don't think jamison parker is that special at all


they are like one of those bands that you listen to every once in awhile..but i like some of their lyrics.Not the best though.

[Love As Arson]

Phoenix In Flight by Converge

And I write this to you my dear
For your eyes alone
I'm out of heart and these tanks are low
So cast your days to flame
And set your phoenix to flight
Let her turn to ash
Among those flourescent lights
Let your love drift deeper
Let her wings catch the sky
Just remember my name, girl
And remember what died
------------------------------

Number Five With A Bullet by TBS

we're gonna die like this you know
miserable and old
really gotta hand it to you
really gotta hand it to you
are you possitive
absolutely sure
well just get dressed, don't do this
just get dressed, don't do this

spend the night late listening to miles davis
you said it makes you want to fall in love
or be smart enough to keep your distance
you can't decide, you can't decide

we're gonna die like this you know
miserable and old
really gotta hand it to you
really gotta hand it to you
(well just so you know)
are you possitive
(when we get home)
absolutely sure
(we're through)
well just get dressed, don't do this
(we're through)
just get dressed, don't do this

it's a long way back south
(to where i belong)
well you've been there once or twice
(and you still don't like it)
i say you just never gave it a chance
(well give me a chance, give me a chance)
besides did you ever stop to think
that we could keep this up living like theives
(but you can't decide)
you can't decide
(no you can't decide)
well you can't decide

we're gonna die like this you know
(we're gonna die like this)
miserable and old
(miserable and old)
really gotta hand it to you
(miserable and old)
really gotta hand it to you
(well just so you know)
are you possitive
(when we get home)
absolutely sure
(we're through)
well just get dressed, don't do this
(we're through)
just get dressed, don't do this

are you positive, absolutely sure
are you positive

we're gonna die like this you know
miserable and old
really gotta hand it to you
really gotta hand it to you

well just so you know
(we're gonna die like this you know)
when we get home
(miserable and old)
we're through
(really gotta hand it to you)
we're through
(really gotta hand it to you)

just so you know
(are you positive)
when we get home
(aboslutely sure)
we're through
(just get dressed don't do this)
we're through
(just get dressed don't do this)

well just so you know
(we're gonna die like this you know)
when we get home
(miserable and old)
we're through
(we'regonna die like this, miserable and old)
we're through
(miserable and old)
well just so you know
(we're gonna die like this you know)
when we get home
(miserable and old)
we're through
(we're gonna die like this, miserable and old)
we're through


Converge wins, and Taking Back Sunday has , once again, been proven to be horrible lyricists.

[Coronary Parasite]

i like tbs, but the "lets fight tbs lyrically battle" is the best thing i have ever seen

[MaybeOneDay]

Yes, TBS definitely lost that second battle, even though I don't think those Converge lyrics are too special. So that's not saying much for TBS.