Ask Lemmy

I don’t take good pictures 'cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup

Such a funny juxtaposition from the Beatles.

The best version is "Across the Universe" from Let it Be... Naked

The years have seemed short but the days go slowly by Two loose kites falling from the sky Drawn to the ground and an end to flight

-The Shins - "Pink Bullets"

“No, his mind is not for rent

To any god or government,

Always hopeful yet discontent,

He knows changes aren’t permanent,

But change is.”

Rush - Tom Sawyer

All creatures born are born to die / but before then survive / some creatures born they never live / but still they are alive

Gwar - Biledriver

ive got six things on my mind

youre no longer one of them

(desire as a sylph figured creature who changes her mind)

desire as by prefab sprout

Fuck Bill O’Reilly

• Tyler the Creator, Radicals

"It's Never Been a Fair Fight" from Craig Finn

They said there weren't any rules But there were so many goddamn rules They said that they'd be cool But there were so many goddamn rules

If the cops shut down the shows Just remember that we tried And I'll meet you at the place we crashed In 1999 If you're still staying there I'll take that as a sign That the drugs all ganged up on you It's never been a fair fight

Growing up in the punk scene and losing a lot of friends, the whole song really hits me hard.

When the wind's against you Remember this insight That's the optimal condition For birds to take flight Now the wind's against you Don't give up the fight

Enter Shikari - Airfield

Next year can wait 'till next year, I am here alive

Chainsaw brotherhood - Bourbon boys

"Sexual violence doesn't start and end with rape

It starts in our books and behind our school gates

Men are scared women will laugh in their face

Whereas women are scared it's their lives men will take"

Idles - Mother

I cried the first time I heard this song.

Ben Gibbard sure writes some poignant lyrics, e.g.:

You may tire of me

As our December sun is setting

Cause I'm not who I used to be

No longer easy on the eyes

But these wrinkles masterfully disguise

The youthful boy below

Who turned your way and saw

Something he was not looking for

Both a beginning and an end

But now he lives inside

Someone he does not recognize

When he catches his reflection on accident

I'm not here; this isn't happening 🎵

Relatable lines from Thom Yorke in Radiohead's "How to disappear completely" off of Kid A.

Based on a true story.

A recent one from Tierra Whack

The more I get to know you the more I think less of you

Pull up rockin', smack a racist in the face
Jet out, and leave 'em screamin' in the place
I come straight from the heart, you come straight from hate
And if you’re threatenin' someone I ain’t gonna sit around and wait
I just smacked two cops, I’m waiting to see what the case is
Because my hands automatically smack people who are racist

• 2 Mello, Pull Up

Did you ever wonder why we had to run run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?

Talking Heads - (Nothing but) Flowers

Here we stand
Like an Adam and Eve
Waterfalls
Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
Birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs, cars have run on gasoline
Where? Where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
You've got it, you've got it

We caught a rattlesnake
Now we've got something for dinner
You've got it, you've got it

There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
You've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawn mower
You've got it, you've got it

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With the beautiful highway
This used to be real estate, now it's only fields and trees
Where? Where is the town?
Now, it's nothing but flowers

The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But, I guess I was wrong

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
You've got it, you've got it

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
You've got it, you've got it

I miss the honky tonks
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
You've got it, you've got it

And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
You've got it, you've got it

I dream of cherry pies
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
You've got it, you've got it

We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
You've got it, you've got it

This was a discount store
Now it's turned into a cornfield
You've got it, you've got it

Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle

Their best song IMO, and weirdly a song many who are fans haven't heard.

Why would I stop loving you, a hundred years from now, it’s only time? It’s only time.

Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In an aeroplane over the sea

Scatman John, Scatman's world:

[Verse 1] Everybody's talkin' something very shocking Just to keep on blockin' what they're feelin' inside But listen to me brother, you just keep on walkin' 'Cause you and me and sister ain't got nothing to hide Scatman, fat man, black and white and brown man Tell me 'bout the color of your soul If part of your solution isn't ending the pollution Then I don't wanna hear your stories told I wanna welcome you to Scatman's World

[Verse 2] Everybody's born to compete as he chooses But how can someone win if winning means that someone loses? I sit and see and wonder what it's like to be in touch No wonder all my brothers and my sisters need a crutch I wanna be a human being, not a human doing I couldn't keep that pace up if I tried The source of my intention really isn't crime prevention My intention is prevention of the lie Yeah, welcome to the Scatman's World

"And it's your face, I'm looking for, on every street".

That one will haunt me for the rest of my life. For reasons similar to Knopfler's.

For me it's probably:

"Don't you do it
You're not even you yet"

I first heard Otep's Perfectly Flawed when I was early in transition and deeply suicidal. I'd already been hospitalized for it a couple of times. And then I heard this song and felt like it was speaking right at me. I'm still alive. Still depressed and working on it, but alive with the intention to continue. I don't know if the song actually helped or if it was all the other things I've tried, but it still resonates fondly for me so I'm comfortable calling that lyric my favorite.

From the Eagles, The Last Resort. I love the whole song but this verse hits me hardest.

Who will provide the grand design?  
What is yours and what is mine?  
'Cause there is no more new frontier  
But we have got to make it here  
We satisfy our endless needs  
And justify our bloody deeds  
In the name of destiny  
And in the name of God  

I can't explain to y'all how much time I don't have for this

Infinite amounts that ban exactly it, let's pack it in

Or spin some actual axes at each other, happy hunting

The trick is how to trap and stuff what's added up to nothing

Aesop Rock - The Cut

The moment that I let go of it was the moment I got more than I could handle. The moment I jumped off of it was the moment that I touched down.

Thank U - Alanis Morissette

Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me.

Echoes - Pink Floyd

All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet

The flames of hell they seemed so high

When I could barely see over the pew

I was only a boy when they told me that lie

But lord it felt so true

And that's a hell of a thing to do to a kid

Just to teach him right from wrong

You can burn in hell for the rest of your days

Or you can choose to sing along

Found this song on shuffle during a drive and had to pull over to cry out some religious trauma.

Favorite lyric is the sort of thing that changes constantly, but my favorite lyricist right now is undoubtedly Vessel from Sleep Token

Man just casually busts out bars like

"My, my, those eyes like fire, I'm a winged insect, you're a funeral pyre"

And

"Even if the earth breaks like burnt skin, And the heavens just won't open up for me"

But I'm also going to give a shout out to The Midnight for some genuinely insane lines.

"If the rent's too high we'll just buy cheaper wine" is one of the most uncomfortably present lyrics I have ever heard.

As soon as you're born, they make you feel small  
By giving you no time instead of it all  
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all  

A working class hero is something to be  

They hurt you at home, and they hit you at school  
They hate you if you're clever, and they despise a fool  
Till you're so fucking crazy, you can't follow their rules  

A working class hero is something to be  

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years  
Then they expect you to pick a career  
When you can't really function, you're so full of fear  

A working class hero is something to be  

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV  
And you think you're so clever and classless and free  
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see  

A working class hero is something to be  

There's room at the top they are telling you still  
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill  
If you want to be like the folks on the hill  

A working class hero is something to be  

Play me online
Well you know
That I’ll beat you

If I ever meet you,
I’ll Ctrl+Alt+Delete you

All About the Pentiums, Weird Al

As a child, an easy listening radio station soothed me to sleep. It kept the monsters at bay. I would not unpack nor understand the psychological abuse I suffered at home for decades. The song now reminds me that a late bloomer can still be beautiful. Crushes me to death every time.

It's the heart, afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul, afraid of dying

That never learns to live

Fun fact, the woman who wrote this song, Amanda McBroom, also played JAG Capt. Phillipa Louvois in the incredible Star Trek: TNG episode Measure of a Man

Let me take your hands

I'm shaking like milk

"Hamlet" by the group "Wise Guys". The whole song text is a very good summary of Shakespeare's text. Actually better than something I've seen being used in schools. And, of course, with a twinkle in the eyes.

Majority rule doesn't work in mental institutions

Pretty much everything from Aesop rock.

Here an example.

Death wish from day one, I wake up and it rain blood

Raincheck these fuck shows, I'm donezo, my brain's mush

Drumroll, I might piss straight, loose tooth in my spit shake

Every possible Futurama come trooping out of his pill case

Every time I look up from the paper I see animals exhibiting irregular behavior

Even though I know that it's a warning I am back on my old shit again like any other morning

Every time I peek out from the corner Birds are flying belly-side-up, fish are walking out the water

Even though it seem legit I'm right here til the season dip

I ain't seen shit I ain't seen shit