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Lyrical Perfection
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MiracleMan said on January 8, 2004 01:57:
Yes—another best list thread. . .
What’s the best written Roxette lyric—your favorite, a turn of phrase that is just spot-on greatness? For me, the list starts with:
Been thinking about you
Without even trying I’ve done it
—Bringing Me Down To My Knees
(Beautifully stated—that’s being in love right there. Speaks to me every time.)
Vixzter said on January 8, 2004 07:02:
Its dying...
’sometimes I feel like dying...driving while i’m closing my eyes...’
makes more sense
tevensso (moderator) said on January 8, 2004 08:37:
Babe, come back before you leave
I’ll be the air for you when you breathe
I’ll be the rising sun
Close the door, let’s make love
All God’s angels sing above...
Into the rising sun
Zargo said on January 8, 2004 08:46:
It’s a crazy world out there.
Let’s hope our prayers are in good hands tonight.
regn said on January 8, 2004 09:43:
... The scent of magic, the beauty thats been ; when love was wilder than the wind...
i have more, but this came first to my mind
Kiwein1 said on January 8, 2004 09:51:
Tell me why it gets harder to know where I stand, I guess loneliness found a new friend - here I am!
Been thinking about you - without even trying I’ve done it
Some things in life won’t ever change - there’s a smell on a rusty chain...
..even the truth has got that bitter taste of a lie..
Every time I try to close my eyes you just enter my mind and you lay yourself down beside me... oh why?
Looking at you through the holes in the soles of my old brown shoes.
I’m staring at the ground, I wish I could bring the spring to your door, to the coldest side of town
Wherever you go, I’m going for you, oh, I was truly born to follow like fire and wood and paper and glue only a few were born to follow.
What’s she like? The yellow moon or the deep blue of the sea?
I don’t wanna know a night like this, the bad moon is shining over me. Don’t wanna feel like a lonely lover.
The sun is out, the stars are bright so let’s hang out
It’s a beautiful night. Let’s go to the park, that’s nice and green before it’s getting dark, you are the best I’ve ever seen, the clouds are slowly growing,
our love is slowly growing into a new new world.
Max-Tob said on January 8, 2004 10:26:
“You don’t understand me” lyrics really move me. And “The Weight of the World” are also very dear to me.
m-cvk said on January 8, 2004 12:11:
there are many phrases I like. The ones that pop up in my mind now are the lyrics of “Crush on you”. I like the way he’s playing with the lyrics :-)
Denstandigaresan said on January 8, 2004 12:21:
You’ve got the eyes of a child, but you hurt like a man, always do, always do.
lvninabx said on January 8, 2004 13:06:
...I wrap my arms around your naked shoulders, take cover for the night......
I want to give you all my love like water, to a blood red rose..
Beautiful
MiracleMan said on January 8, 2004 13:54:
Because I love the seesaw perspective of Happy Together—
. . .She was in love
He wasn’t sure
She wrote some letters
He tried to ignore
. . .She wanted a baby
But he wasn’t sure
He couldn’t make up
His mind anymore
I also like the idea behind these lines in Staring At The Ground—
I carry your wounded dreams
Like the devil’s deeds in the pocket of my jeans
tevensso (moderator) said on January 8, 2004 14:05:
I have to say that when Per, by default, gets shit for writing crappy lyrics it’s not always called for. Sure he can write some less meaningful lyrics from time to time, but for a non English native he sure puts out gems too.
Rony said on January 8, 2004 14:53:
“every little thing has changed today, little miss sorrow”
“she’s so vulnerable, like china in my hands, she’s so vulnerable, and i don’t understand, i could never hurt the one i love, she’s all i’ve got, but she’s so vulnerable, oh so vulnerable”
“it’s been so long, since i first met you, since we made love, you know how time flys...”
“i still hear my heart beat, the very first time we made love, life was a lazy rest in the sun...”
“i pick up the phone, i’m dailing that number and my heart like a stone, waits for the tone, oh i can’t make it on my own, and i’ll never stop believing...”
“i know what is right, and this is so wrong, alone in my bed better off on my own, the tv in on but the colors are gone, and latley youv’e been painting my world blue...”
“my world my life.... ooooohhhh why..”
“i try to call but i don’t know what to tell you, i leave a kiss on your answering machine, oh help me please is there someone who can make me wake up from this dream?”
“here comes the weekend, a nother walk down that lonely lane, another sunday that feels the same...”
“you wear them so well, those innocent eyes, you’re puting on a wonderfull descise, i want you so bad i’m pushing my luck, it feels like being hit by a truck”
Roxoholic said on January 8, 2004 15:47:
You crashed by the gate, captured my fate, salvation
my eyes could´t see, I hardly breathed, my heart was asleep, salvation.
I know you know it hurts, it hurts to be alone, the plan has gone wrong...
jobarth said on January 8, 2004 16:41:
...She wants political operations
She wants porno queen sensations
She wants wanted men’s discriptions
And some celebrity addictions
She wants access to the ANC
She wants lunch with British Royalty
She wants the management to tell her where
She can interview Marie and Per...
———————————————————–...
Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)...
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Ingenting är som det ska
Likadant från dag till dag
Allting följer samma mönster
Ser på stan ifrån mitt fönster
Människor på rad i kö, äta, jobba, sova, dö...
När man läser filosofer
Letar mellan gamla strofer
Tror man det var annorlunda
16-17-18 hundra
Icke så, mitt hjärta svider, samma sak i alla tider...
kriszta said on January 8, 2004 19:12:
I don’t know where you’re going and I don’t know why,but listen to you heart,before you tell him goodbye!!
#################################Every time you leave the room I feel I’m fading like a flower....
roxtexanet said on January 8, 2004 19:36:
@Tev: Yeah, you’re right... I’m one of the people guilty of slamming Per for some choice lyrics (the infamous, “Jefferson got hit by a westbound truck, I guess that didn’t make him look like a million bucks” springs to mind...), but these are rare exceptions, and nobody can say Per’s lyrics are boring or cliche, whatever you want to say about them. You’ll never see him writing, “Get on the floor, and let it go, just work that body, and let it go, just work that body, and grab somebody...” (God forbid!), a la Britney. And like you said, some of the people that wrote that kind of drivel don’t even have the excuse of English as a second language to stand behind.
My personal favourite: “Love always changed with the trees, the spring and the leaves, the waves on the seas, wilder than light the wind in your eyes led me astray, I never wanted it this way...” Very beautiful, loaded with imagery, just love it.
wendy said on January 8, 2004 19:40:
Love is lifting you up,and draggin’ you down,makes you go round ’n round “n round,....
zaine said on January 8, 2004 19:46:
wendy, I love that line!
also, “behind the curtain waits the sky, it’s rare I reel enough to cry. I’m drying up inside”
Roxrider_USA said on January 8, 2004 20:09:
This is so powerfull and simply profound:
“If I’ve been talking to the wall
It wouldn’t make any difference to you
That’s the art of being you” .
Awesome!
Later!
squigger said on January 9, 2004 02:23:
Too much to choose from!
Currently I like:
We’re very much the same, you and I
(the sweet hello, the sad goodbye)
Still waiting to get hurt, time after time
(the sweet hello, the sad goodbye)
When love lies in our hands, we run away and hide
And I can’t help but wonder why
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye
What’s she like?
The yellow moon or the deep blue of the sea?
Do you feel the same way you did when it was me?
What’s she like?
regn said on January 9, 2004 03:18:
” The sun through the trees ; it’s there a better place to be?”
Simple & Beautiful
Close2U said on January 9, 2004 11:00:
From the magic song:
In my life there has been lovin’ and lyin’
And I don’t need another reason to cry....
In my life there has been so many changes, and I don’t want to be left out in the rain....
And also the entire lyrics from “I Was So Lucky”...love that song.
(I sat up all night, just to watch smile when you’re sleeping....).
grtnx
MiracleMan said on January 9, 2004 23:40:
@Thomas—Knowing how well Per can and does write in English—the sentiments, the turn of phrase—I think it makes me more disappointed when he goes awry with some of the lyrical choices. But you’re exactly right: “for a non English native he sure puts out gems too”.
From Anyone: Everything, more or less, is looking so meaningless—always liked the way that turns over in the song, beautiful.
Shane said on January 12, 2004 22:28:
I love this thread - what a great topic! I like Per’s lyrics. Sometimes, I think that because English is not his first language, he uses words and phrases differently than English-speaking song-writers, which makes his lyrics fresh, clean, and sharp. I mean - “kissin’ is the wet sand” is classic!
My favourites:
Staring at the Ground - the entire song, especially “I wish I could bring the spring to your door/To the coldest side of town”
Breathe - “My eyes look torn, they were so strong/I wore the crown, I wrote the song...”
Anyone - “Anyone who has ever kissed in the rains knows the whole meaning”
C!B!B! - “I find the heart but then I hit the wall/Crash! Boom! Bang!”
DaminehGessle said on January 12, 2004 23:23:
This is my favourite ever: ” This silly game of love, you play, you win, only to lose”. I think THis song has the most beautiful lyrics. There are so many other great Roxette lyrics I can think of. But that one just destroys me.
felicity-brown said on January 13, 2004 01:00:
Like what Zaine chose, plus the following:
Spending my time ...”this silly game of love - you play, you win, only to lose”
But there are sooo many! :D
felicity-brown said on January 13, 2004 01:07:
Sorry, didn’t see that Damine had already listed this...
roxtexanet said on January 13, 2004 01:20:
@Miracle: Argh, totally forgot about “Anyone”... my very favourite from that song is “Everything more or less is looking so meaningless and fades to grey, lying awake on an ocean of teardrops, I float away... .” Just beautiful!
DaminehGessle said on January 13, 2004 20:08:
felicity-brown: No kidding?! That was my favourite quote said right above yours :).
felicity-brown said on January 15, 2004 00:11:
Nope, no kidding! Had I seen it, I wouldn’t have bothered wasting my time, typing a reply... ;)
DaminehGessle said on January 15, 2004 05:42:
You know that phrase has been moving me for the past oo 12-13 years? I have lived with that phrase. It’s my reply to those talking about love when I have nothing to say or don’t want to comment.
kachina008 said on January 15, 2004 19:31:
Ferdan, that is one of my favourite lines as well.
I was listening to HAND. there are SO many great lyrics here. like “7twnty7”....”mister do you know the way to salvation square”....ohhhh that is definitely a sexy Per song.
the best love song on HAND is “I was so lucky”. every single line in there is gold. I cried when I heard it in the car this morning. :P
malena said on January 15, 2004 20:40:
” you wear them so well those innocent eyes you’re putting on a wonderful disguise”
“there are no regrets just new connections”
“breath some faith into my chest”
“if i’ve been talking to the wall it wouldn’t make any difference to you _that’s the art of being you_”
“sometimes you wonder if this fight is worth while the precious moments are all lost in the tide”
“been thinking about you without even trying I’ve done it”
“stay in the sun reach for the moon make a little love in the afternoon you’re doing allright no way you’d go wrong this is the place where you belong”
.... and the list can go on forever
Johanlarsson said on January 16, 2004 01:53:
Never heard a tear drop so loud in my head, my heart.......
maiken said on January 16, 2004 11:43:
What’s she like
When you’re making love and stars are in her eyes
When she whispers in your ear that she’s in love
What’s she like
MiracleMan said on January 21, 2004 18:51:
She brought her raygun, an old harpoon
Just in case of accidents.
Why else would you bring along a harpoon?
ally77 said on January 21, 2004 20:09:
“She’s the top, she’s got the world on a string
She makes me boogie, makes me do anything, yea yea”
“Find a place to settle down.
get a job in a city nearby
and watch the trains roll on by”
“I’m staring at the ground
i’m bloodless, thrown away from the sun
what’s lost cannot be found
i can’t return your tears
if i ever live to be a thousand years”
“I see the car,
your hunter rides a silver Jaguar
And how I’d like a star before the sun.
I watch two silhouettes turn into one”
“She wants political operations
She wants porno queen sensations
She wants wanted men’s descriptions
And some celebrity addictions
She wants access to the ANC
She wants lunch with British Royalty
She wants the management to tell her
Where she can interview Marie and Per”
wedge_31 said on January 21, 2004 22:59:
“Feeling so small, I stare at the wall, hoping that you, think of me too”
Its the one line that makes me listen to SMT
MiracleMan said on January 22, 2004 01:27:
I try to read a book, but the story’s too thin. . .
I try to call, but I don’t know what to tell you
I leave a kiss on your answering machine
________________________
Is there someone I can talk to?
Someone out there on the line?
Does anybody want to hear what’s on my mind?
Does anybody want to know what’s on my mind?
bleu_argente said on January 8, 2004 05:40:
Great topic MM!
I would definitely have to say the following:
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The Look:
Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer she’s a juvenile scam, never was a quitter, tasty like a raindrop, she’s got the look.
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Absolutely brilliant! I’m calling my next showjumper Juvenile Scam, I just love those lines. Edgy without being competely weird.
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Run to You
Sometimes I feel like driving (or is it dying? CD book says dying, but it sounds like driving), driving while I’m closing my eyes, moving in and out of hiding, trying to catch the truth in my life...
...take a walk inside my dream, a church, a lonely road, where all the people come and go...
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Pretty much that whole song has huge meaning in terms of the lyrics, I just think they are brilliant...this song speaks to me, hits a nerve (but a good one, ha ha)
Love to know what other think :)