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thenewgreen  ·  3722 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who are your favorite lyricists and songwriters alive today?

Wilco, Via Chicago

  I dreamed about killing you again last night
  And it felt alright to me
  Dying on the banks of Embarcadero skies
  I sat and watched you bleed
  Buried you alive in a fireworks display
  Raining down on me
  You cold, hot blood ran away from me
  To the sea

  I painted my name on the back of a leaf
  And I watched it float away
  The hope I had in a notebook full of white, dry pages
  Was all I tried to save
  But the wind blew me back via Chicago
  In the middle of the night
  And all without fight
  At the crush of veils and starlight

  I know I'll make it back
  One of these days and turn on your TV
  To watch a man with a face like mine
  Being chased down a busy street
  When he gets caught, I wont get up
  And I wont go to sleep
  I'm coming home, I'm coming home
  Via Chicago

  Where the cups are cracked and hooked
  Above the sink
  They make me think
  Crumbling ladder tears don't fall
  They shine down your shoulders
  And crawling is screw faster lash
  I blow it with kisses
  I rest my head on a pillowy star
  And a cracked door moon
  That says I havent gone too far

  I'm coming home
  I'm coming home
  Via Chicago

  Searching for a home
  Searching for a home
  Searching for a home
  Via Chicago

  I'm coming home
  I'm coming home
that first lyric, holy shit.. So honest





thenewgreen  ·  3722 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have so many that I want to add to my list, but I'll stop with just one more:

Flaming Lips, Do You Realize

  Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
  Do You Realize - we're floating in space -
  Do You Realize - that happiness makes you cry
  Do You Realize - that everyone you know someday will die

  And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
  You realize that life goes fast
  It's hard to make the good things last
  You realize the sun doesn't go down
  It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

  Do You Realize - Oh - Oh - Oh
  Do You Realize - that everyone you know
  Someday will die -

  And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
  You realize that life goes fast
  It's hard to make the good things last
  You realize the sun doesn't go down
  It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

  Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
  Do You Realize