The most clever thing you've heard in prog lyrics
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Topic: The most clever thing you've heard in prog lyrics
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Subject: The most clever thing you've heard in prog lyrics
Date Posted: March 09 2012 at 19:01
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What is the most insightful thing that you have ever heard in all of the lyrics of the prog-rock catalog? In my case, (as much as I hate to admit it) it was "You've got to get in to get out" on 'Carpet Crawlers' from Genesis' "The Lamb." How about you?
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: March 09 2012 at 19:16
^ For Prog, an instrumental without even a title All snotty sarcasm aside, I do firmly believe the overriding majority of Prog lyrics are plain vanilla embarrassing However, Roger Waters can be fiercely proud of all the lyrics on DSOTM: Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time, plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Steve Wilson and Peter Hamill have written some good stuff and erm.....(I'm stuck now) but who can forget the Joycean rigour of the Lake/Sinfield/Miss Spain collaboration on that labyrinthine conceptual opus Love Beach: Yes it's great now you're a full time nurse But do be careful with the air-raids getting worse When I finally marched from Sandhurst I'd learned to put my fellow man first  Prog related has it's own kissing cousins too (Sabbath - War Pigs) Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black....masses, Oh lord yeah  ------------- 
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: March 09 2012 at 19:18
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I love how all the lyrics on Hatfield & the North's debut are basically "Hello, this is our band, we hope you like this album". ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: bb1319
Date Posted: March 09 2012 at 20:03
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Even though it's a bit typical and mainstream (hahaha), Pink Floyd's Time has probably my favorite lyrics ever...."Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day, fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way" ------------- "I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening." -Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: March 09 2012 at 23:35
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I was gonna mention "Time," but by this point it'd be rather redundant. I also admire Peter Hammill's ability to use metaphor, especially in songs like "Lemmings," "Forsaken Gardens," and "Still Life." Very insightful and well-thought-out, and very, very clever. Far too many individual lines to list here. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 09 2012 at 23:39
Give one that comes to mind ... one of the best.
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Mr. Maestro wrote:Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: March 09 2012 at 23:47
Hmmm... I guess my absolute favorite is from "Pioneers Over C." I am now quite alone Part of a vacant time-zone Floating in the void Only dimly aware of existence A dimly existing awareness ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Gallifrey
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 02:35
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The music of the future will not entertain. It's only meant to repress and neutralise your brain. Soul gets squeezed out. Edges get blunt. Demographic gives what you want. Now the sound of music comes in silver pills engineered to suit you, building cheaper thrills. ------------- http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Gentle Gryphon
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 03:52
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I'll go with KC's Epitaph..Best one I've heard so far..
''Knowledge is a deadly friend,if no one sets the rules..The faith of all mankind I see,is in the hands of fools..'' |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 03:57
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I like "After everything is said no God's a man." Speaking of KC "I talk to the wind. My words are all carried away." ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 05:38
| Peter Gabriel and David Byrne are propably my favorite lyricists. I can't think of any examples right now. But I just love how they write their lyrics. Especially Peter Gabriel, he makes everything seem so abstract. And by that I mean, how he often sings in metaphores and his english references. Or even his references in general. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 06:51
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You put on your brave face and slip over the road for a jar
Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar Laughing too loud at the rest of the world With the boys in the crowd You hide, hide, hide Behind petrified eyes Roger nailed it with that one. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 07:26
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I like Peter Hammils lyrics, especially the opening to 'Still Life'
Bob Calvert had some great moments; High Rise, Spirit of the Age spring to mind. Generally I don't pay too much attention to lyrics unless something very poetic (does that always equate to clever?) grabs me. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Trick of the lamb
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 08:23
| For me, DSOTM has the best lyrics ever. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 08:54
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Neil Peart had a real good one with "Limelight". I have no heart to lie I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend ... a real song about his ambivalence about being a rock star.
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: javier0889
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 08:56
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/javier0889 |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 09:39
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Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri', Poisoned especially for you!
 ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 09:43
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One part of prog lyrics that i have found to be very helpfull on a personal level , was the: "Whats a nice girl like you doing in a place like this" thing.
 ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 10:03
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The line in my sig I thought was pretty insightful. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 10:07
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^'Tis a good one. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 10:37
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oh boy, way too many poignant lyrics, how bout pretty much everything penned by Neil Peart? this comes to mind, in light of my country's current rise of religious fanaticism since 2000.... "He is the God of nothing, if that's all that you can see.... He is the God of everything, he is inside you & me." ------------- "Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire |
Posted By: centum
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 12:08
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I absolutely adore the sheer bizarreness of Cardiacs' and Unexpect's lyrics but af far as clever lyrics go... I don't know... Zappa? I also find Devon Graves's (Deadsoul Tribe, Psychotic Waltz) lyrics to be very clever. There very poetic and are somewhat full of religious mysticism |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 12:18
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Fast and bulbous That's right, the mascara snake, fast and bulbous. Also, a tin teardrop. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 12:22
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"And you begin to wonder if the points of all the ancient myths are solemnly directed STRAIGHT! AT! YOU!" ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 15:06
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King Crimson — Epitaph Rush — Something for Nothing Rush — Losing It prog-related: Black Sabbath — Heaven and Hell Queen — Innuendo And, of course... there's Winston Churchill, dressed in drag, he used to be a British flag, plastic bag, what a drag! |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 16:28
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there are a lot of really insightful lyrics in the Tull albums Thick As A Brick and Aqualung, my favorite lines being "They'll teach him to play Monopoly, not to sing in the rain" "His cross was rather bloody, and he could hardly roll his stone, now Jesus save me" |
Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 18:23
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Pink Floyd is a band which lyrics are as strong as the music Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 18:32
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I'm not sure if this is my favourite, but I've always loved the intro of Wind Up - Jethro Tull with just Ian singing and his guitar. When I was young and they packed me off to school and taught me how not to play the game, I didn't mind if they groomed me for success, or if they said that I was a fool. So I left there in the morning with their God tucked underneath my arm -- their half-assed smiles and the book of rules. So I asked this God a question and by way of firm reply, He said -- I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays. So to my old headmaster (and to anyone who cares): before I'm through I'd like to say my prayers -- I don't believe you: you had the whole damn thing all wrong -- He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays. Well you can excomunicate me on my way to Sunday school and have all the bishops harmonize these lines -- ------------- 
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 18:36
Yeah, the opening to Still Life always gets me. So beautiful, melancholic and it just leads to a perfect climax. Peter Hammill is probably my favourite lyricist. -------------
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 20:18
Pardon me for this question that may sound pretty (for the lack of a better word) "basic" to you, but what's a sig?
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 20:19
That was insightful to you
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 20:26
I like that one.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 21:36
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 22:02
It's short for "signature," the short quote, phrase, or picture that you can add to the end of each of your posts. You can create one of your own in the member control panel. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 23:05
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THE X-MACHINES JUST WIPED AWAY ALL LIFE -Dan Swano ------------- 
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Posted By: ProgBlog
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 23:20
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The song is called "A Love Story" by Beardfish. The first part of the song tells of a couple's unstable relationship, and the conversation they have before she breaks up with him and leaves him. The last verse (very clever and insightful) is the man frantically trying to get her to stay...
"Oh, Oh, oh I love you so much my darling if you come back to me to shower me when I need that sunshine of a smile on your face. I would, I need, I didn't mean to be such a lazy fool ya I just-I just love you too much. Uh, and if you come back to me, I promise I would take you out to a fancy restaurant with ya and I would, I'll buy. Of course I'll buy. Yeah, I'll bring you flowers everyday and I will DO the dishes. And if you com...you can rest and just relax. I would NEVER beg for sex no. I would never, I would always put you first, you're my number 1 you know that darling, oh baby the love of my life. No, uh there's...no one else. I love you so much that if you don't come back to me I think I'm gonna die!" |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 10 2012 at 23:27
 At first I was reading this with a tone of a desperate guy (think Zappa's "Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder"), then I was trying to tie that to what you've said (very clever and insightful) and read the rest with a sarcastic tone. "Yeah, I'll bring you flowers everyday and I will DO the dishes." I think I got the "insight" part. |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 07:17
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So many great lyrics-Ian Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, won't get redundant. A favorite of mine is the chorus from Zappa'a "You Are What You Is:" Do you know what you are? You are what you is. You is what you am, a cow don't make ham. You ain't what your not, so see what you got. You are what you is and that's all it is. So many posers and fakes in the world, this hits home for me in a lot of ways.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 08:25
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To me, few lyricists are clever in prose. The must clever things lyrically come from delivery. In that, Gentle Giant's use of RD Laing's poetry in vocal rounds are the finest example.
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 14:05
And some others by Ian, Neil and Peter Here' s the everlasting rub Neither am I good nor bad I've give up my halo for a horn And my horn for the hat I once had You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that could kill I will choose a path that's clear - I will choose free will I have my fears so they do not have me |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 21:31
I disagree with almost everything in that song, but that line is very clever and very true. Some more from Peart: "Boys and girls together Mistake conceit for pride Ambition for illusion Dreams for self-delusion" "The world weighs on my shoulders But what am I to do You sometimes drive me crazy But I worry about you I know it makes no difference To what you're going through But I see the tip of the iceberg And I worry about you" Though, based on my selections, it seems I might be picking insightful lyrics, rather than clever ones. Oh well.
------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 21:54
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Two other examples i must refer to The ending of the song "Good Lord Knows" by Quatermass "Go and fight your war, rich fight till your poor Good Lord knows they won't be coming home, Still they ask for more" and also my favorite one liner is from the song "Playin' This Song Together" by the late Helmut Koellen, which is referred to as my signature quote below |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 22:04
I sincerely apologize for not being clear enough; I meant the most insightful, not necessarily just clever alone.
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Posted By: Lima96
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 22:54
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Beardfish's Destined Solitaire has lots of clever lines in their songs, perhaps also one of the highest cleverness/lyrics rate in modern prog.
Here goes one from the song Until You Comply, with one of the best cynical lyrics I've ever heard: could I be blind To the fact that we are all one All a part of this big vibrant whole citizens of the ant farm My thoughts are me But they spin out of control And I feel estranged Are we all wannabes? oh so hot and cool, ah feared and at the same time loved making blatant attempts to fit in There is nothing living left Life is a long queue to the urinal |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 11 2012 at 23:28
But the scary part is...what if it's true?  ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: DiamondDog
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 21:30
| Ba Ba black sheep is about as profound as it gets |
Posted By: Dr. of Progtology
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 22:56
This is number one for me too. Still gets me when I listen after all these years.
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Posted By: soundslikeorange
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 11:33
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when i speak to you it's in the language of the 20th century people the ones who are the stars of stage and screen everything i say has been taught to me by my favourite tv programme the one that i watch each and every week turn on tune in drop out if i concentrate i can break through the wash but only for a moment my lucid thoughts are lost and out of reach i would rather fall back into my familiar comfortable persona the one that my tv was bought to teach turn on tune in drop out 
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 13:32
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Gabriel's Get 'Em Out by Friday is fun, but with the exponential growth of population we are experiencing, I hope not prophetic...
EXTRACT FROM CONVERSATION OF JOE ORDINARY IN LOCAL PUBORAMA:
"I hear the directors of Genetic Control have been buying all the properties that have recently been sold, taking risks oh so bold. It's said now that people will be shorter in height, they can fit twice as many in the same building site." |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 14:47
 I love that as well. It leaves such a bizarre image in your mind.  -------------
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 15:09
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Jethro Tull's Weathercock: Or is it true to say the weather heeds the twinkle in your eye? Do you fight the rush of winter; do you hold snowflakes at bay? Do you lift the dawn sun from the fields and help him on his way? Ian Anderson paints a lovely picture here, methinks. -------------  
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Posted By: Desert_Storm
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 19:01
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Some nice ones here :) I think most of the ITCOTCK album counts as pretty clever, epitaph has been mentioned, but I also like quite a few other passages, like
Simple as it is, but belted out with such rage, and quite a good description of the 21st century man - or probably any man in most times Also the DSOTM, for me it's Us&Them especially:
Is such an insightful yet poetic description of what happens at war I also like Kevin Gilbert's lyrics quite a lot, like in the Suit Fugue (about a musicians correspondences with A&R men)
that last line :) or:
By the way, if anybody doesn't know that song, I have no idea how popular Kevin Gilbert is, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp_pczrUug4" rel="nofollow - here Or the whole lyrics of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGbvuSLtPJQ" rel="nofollow - When You Give Your Love To Me , most clever and fun love song I know. Other than that, there's quite a lot lyrics that I find very poetic and that I like to read, like real poetry does. Admittedly it's not as good most times, but sometimes how it fits with the music makes it sound so much better. Doesn't really count as "clever", though. ------------- "I want you to know that you and I... are not all that different. I mean, I, too, am a neat guy. And I, too, am just a love machine." -Friends |
Posted By: Cihan
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 22:24
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This is gonna seem a bit lame, But I really thought the lyrics to Kansas's "The Pinnacle" were quite crafty. Simple but had a huge impact on me when I first started listening to Prog rock. ------------- -I've so much to say- -and yet I cannot speak- -Come and do my bidding now - -for I have grown too weak- |
Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 22:47
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Peter Gabriel could have been a rapper Seriously, he rhymes very well The fleas cling to the golden fleece hoping they'll find peace Lenny bruce declares a truce and waves his other hand Marshall Magluin casual viewin head buried in the sand |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 22:49
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So, where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday? ------------- |
Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 22:49
I was just playing and singing this on my keyboard
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 00:05
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Most, if not all, of "The Court Of The Crimson King", though this line always gives me a chuckle: "The gardener plants an evergreen, whilst trampling on a flower." ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 00:14
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"If you think that it's pretentious, you've been taken for a ride."-It-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway-Genesis I'm not sure if it's about progressive rock critics, but I like to think it is.
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 02:12
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We cut all his eyes we did
Squeezed the lids and down the grog into hole He skip with cow eyed smile to the blissful Into craggy dress and WE WILL WE PRAISE HIM WE WILL PRAISE HIM off his pins Clear him of all sins Oh my! We sang with strength to carry on Encouraged him to sing along We sang of all the world and praised him HOORAY! Stay alive to live or without And he is down all over and out Admin Edit - deleted text due to possible copyright infringement ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 02:50
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"cuz its only knock and knowall....but I like it."
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 02:59
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For clever KC lyrics I'd go with The Worlds My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum. Always smile when I hear that one. I always enjoyed the UK Danger Money line "I could show you no mercy, well they don't pay me for that." A favorite Rush one that is border line clever is in part one of the Fear series. A song about how people perceive fear. "To you, is it movement or is it action? Is it contact or just reaction?And you...revolution or just resistance? Is it living, or just existence? Yeah, you! It takes a little more persistence To get up and go the distance" |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 07:49
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Most folks ignore The Final Cut, but it has my favorite moments from Roger Waters. Lyrically, it is Pink Floyd/Roger's peak - "Gunner's Dream" Good-bye Mags. Good-bye Ma. After the service when you're walking slowly to the car And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air You hear the tolling bell And touch the silk in your lapel And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band You take her frail hand And hold on to the dream. A place to stay Enough to eat Admin Edit - deleted text due to possible copyright infringement "Two Suns in the Sunset" like the moment when your brakes lock and you slide toward the big truck and stretch the frozen moments with your fear and you'll never hear their voices and you'll never see their faces you have no recourse to the law anymore and as the windshield melts Admin Edit - deleted text due to possible copyright infringement "The Fletcher Memorial" they can polish their medals and sharpen their smiles, and amuse themselves playing games for a while boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye with their favourite toys Admin Edit - deleted text due to possible copyright infringement Bitter, bitter stuff. It isn't prog, but the lyrical quality of Leonard Cohen needs to be mentioned. "Everybody knows" Everybody knows that its now or never Everybody knows that its me or you Everybody knows that you live forever Ahh, when you've done line or two Everybody knows that the deal is rotten Old black Joe is still pickin' cotton For your ribbons and bows Everybody knows Admin Edit - deleted text due to possible copyright infringement |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 12:12
I go with my "sig" from Marillion Fugazi as well...
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 09:06
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Robert Calvert made a lot great ones. my favorite is this: petro dollar, petro dollar, petro dollar, petro dollar, petro dollar, petro dollar, petro d' Allah" -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: stacyj
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 10:53
....after all they were carpet crawlers? eh?
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Posted By: stacyj
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 10:55
| ...ya know? ....then ya just dump the bag after ya vacum!!!! |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 11:36
Can't blame you ... if you did hear the stuff at a very young age.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 11:40
What does it mean?
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 12:07
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Like this small one :
where ego I go too ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 13:28
| ^ What song is that from and by who? 'Cause I can't find it in Google. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 15:42
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How can you fight a foe so deadly When you don't even know it's there? - Tony Banks ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 16:54
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From Pat Traver's album Putting It Straight, it is kind of prog, i guess from "Life In London", a song about the scene in England around 1977, I've always liked these lines "Well, I'd like to see, Some peace and harmony Well, everybody thinks differently, But that shouldn't mean a thing, Shouldn't mean a thing" |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 17:54
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"Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Out in the open Exposure" or as Fripp put it: "J.G. Bennett: It is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering. It is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering. X-P-O-S-U-R-E Exposure" ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: SigmundFloyd
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 13:37
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"Strangers passing in the street, by chance two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me" from Echoes by Pink Floyd. "I am you and what I see is me" What a line!
------------- “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ” ― George Orwell |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 14:06
I wonder what kind of exposure he was talking about. Limelight?
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Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: June 14 2012 at 03:04
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Rush - Losing It The dancer slows her frantic pace In pain and desperation, Her aching limbs and downcast face Aglow with perspiration Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire, With just the briefest pause, The flooding through her memory, The echoes of old applause. Peart really grew into a fantastic lyricist when he ditched the fantasy stuff, but for some reason that's all anyone seems to remember him for... Admin edit: deleted text due to potential infringement of copyright laws *Ta for the edit: it probably should have crossed my mind not to post the whole bloody thing. Sorry!
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 14 2012 at 03:08
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Rush - BU2B and Rush - BU2B2 story of my life. |
Posted By: Meddle71
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:15
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Everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon -"Eclipse", Pink Floyd I don't know how many people interpret this the way I do, but that's one of my favourite parts about music; it means different things to everyone. Anyway, the way I see it, this means that everything might be a little chaotic, going poorly, or "out of tune" at the moment, but just like an eclipse, it'll pass. Then everything will be under the sun again, and "everything under the sun is in tune". I think it's worded cleverly too; everything's fine, except for the fact that actually nothing is at the moment. But it will be! Those two lines single-handedly changed my view on music from something people listen to, to something people live through. ------------- And everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon |
Posted By: ScorchedFirth
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 06:23
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"Though the towers of the city are denied to we men of clay still we know we shall scale the heights some day. Frightened in the silence- frightened, but thinking very hard, let us make computations of the stars." ------------- breathing, eating, defecating, screwing, drinking, spewing, sleeping... 
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Posted By: Glucose
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 06:33
I agree. But it's so difficult to say, because prog rock is here to say only clever ideas. ------------- Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground 
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Posted By: Glucose
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 06:39
It's a mighty song and deffinitely one of the songs that changed my life. When i'm listening to it i have this vision:  ------------- Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:27
I've had to edit several posts so apologies for possibly spoiling the coherence and relevance of your submissions. Please don't quote entire song lyrics in this thread as we then lay ourselves open to the risk of possible copyright infringement innit? Admin Team -------------
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Posted By: -Radioswim-
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:47
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Ink in vain across the page now run from morning dew Hands which chance upon it lead to eyes which strain to read Heart which pound from love long overdue Lips which press together, stifle rhythmic heavy breathes Oh how she cries from vicarious love from the one he writes about She must have been so glad for him to throw it outif nothing else, a clever use of words :) I rarely find myself actually paying much attention to prog lyrics, to me it's always been about the music and the vocals are just sort of there as another instrument to compliment everything. don't get me wrong, I love me some good lyrics, but to be honest as long as the lyrics have a nice flow to them, they could mean almost nothing, it wouldnt matter to me ------------- 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 09:32
Very nice. I'll say more things later 'cause I gotta go to a yoga class.
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 11:47
Tell me I'm not the only one who rapped that in my head.
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 14:38
I always thought that he was excellent throughout his lyrical career, barring a few duds, though I would agree that his best lyrics were written after the 70's. I've always thought of Moving Pictures as his lyrical peak. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 16:21
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As everyone has already mentioned Hammill's Lyrics, my favorite come from Childlike Faith in Childhood's End. Two relevant sections: "Human we can all be, but humanity we must rise above, in the name of all faith and hope and love." and "And though dark is the highway, and the peak's distance breaks my heart, for I never shall see, still I play my part, believing that what waits for us is the cosmos, compared to the dust of the past. In the death of mere humans, life shall start." And here's a poignant set from Matching Mole's Signed Curtain: "This is the first verse. This is the first verse. And this is the first verse. And this is the first verse, verse. This is the first verse. And this is the chorus, or perhaps it's a bridge, or just another part of the song that I'm singing." ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 21:36
I think what Waters is trying to say is that truth can drive evil out ("and everything under the sun is in tune"), "but the sun is eclipsed by the moon" - truth can be overshadowed, and so things stop being clear. I see that when it comes down to the causation or advent of evil, confusion (the eclipse) is one of the usual suspects.
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Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: June 18 2012 at 22:11
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I love Hammill's clever rhyme of "empty" with "exempts me." "Compassion" you plead, as though they kept it in a box - I'd like to help you somehow, but I'm in the self-same spot: my condition exempts me. - Peter Hammill, "Arrow" |
Posted By: stacyj
Date Posted: June 19 2012 at 13:30
AMEN TO THAT !!!!
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Posted By: Ancient Tree
Date Posted: June 19 2012 at 16:13
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Porcupine tree trains Train set and match spied under the blind
Shiny and contoured the railway winds And I've heard the sound from my cousin's bed The hiss of the train at the railway head Always the summers are slipping away A 60 ton angel falls to the earth A pile of old metal, a radiant blur Scars in the country, the summer and her The whole lyrics of this song are just incredible Admin Edit - just a short quotation is permissible -------------  |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 19 2012 at 17:27
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------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Jonathan
Date Posted: June 21 2012 at 06:02
| The Lyrics to "Supper's Ready" by Genesis are very clevar to me because it was inspired by The Book of Revelations. It was the best song Genesis ever recorded with Pete. |
Posted By: P Brox
Date Posted: July 06 2012 at 02:59
Neil Peart writes some amazing stuff, my favorite is off of The Garden from Clockwork Angels. ------------- “If thine enemy offend thee, buy each of his children a drum.” -Anonymous |