Share a Favorite Song Lyric 5/3/2018

in #lyrics6 years ago

If you have been following me at all, you should know by now that I love music.

I love listening to new music, I love hearing old songs in a new way, I also love most any type of music.

I have an older record player and receiver at home and one of my favorite things to do is listen to albums on it.

I try to pick up new vinyl whenever I can at thrift stores, garage sales, and on Ebay. Amazon also started a program where if you purchase a copy of certain albums on vinyl you also get a digital download of the album.

That service by Amazon leads me to my lyric selection for this post.

I have always been a huge Counting Crows fan. They are probably one of my most favorite bands. Adam Duritz has a great way of weaving words together in a lyric that has intense and deep meaning.

I could, and will in the future probably cover many Counting Crows songs in this series.

Somewhere Under Wonderland

Is from their latest album and I picked it up through Amazon on vinyl. As I mentioned because of that I got a free digital copy of the album to listen to on my phone.

Their album before this was more of a cover album where they sang songs by other bands that they respected and enjoyed. While their newer album is more of a return to their roots, writing and singing their own songs.

I know it took me a bit to get here, but my favorite lyric is about halfway through the song:

I said headlights pin the highway down
Jesus spins the world around
And I’ll spend all my tomorrows coming down
Goodbye all my days.
I know I said I never loved you
But I might just try again tonight.

As I listen to this song, especially this part, I can just imagine driving somewhere in the night. Maybe back home or to an ex's house. I don't know if I can fully put into words how much this lyric moves me and part of me doesn't know if I should even try.

Give it a listen for yourself and see how it moves you.

Your turn! Share your favorite song lyric with me in the comments!

I'd love to hear a new hidden gem that means something special to you fellow Steemians!

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That's an interesting song/lyric you chose (although very different to my taste).
choosing a favourite lyric is a very tough choice; so many clever lines and catchy tunes. Marina and the Diamonds is someone with superb lyrics constantly, and this is from her song 'Immortals':

But if the Earth ends in fire
And the seas are frozen in time
There'll be just one survivor
The memory that I was yours and you were mine.

Very nice! I will have to check them out for sure! Thanks for sharing!

From Five Finger Death Punch's Far From Home

"All the places I've been and things I've seen
A million stories that made up a million shattered dreams
The faces of people I'll never see again
And I can't seem to find my way home"

Very nice. I am only familiar with one of their songs!

this is more of a ballad- think 80's stadium rock hair band ballad- it's a great song

Oh might be right up my alley. My dog is named Jovi after all...

Oh, I have many favourite lyrical songs)

Awesome post!! Keep it up and check out THIS POST as well as I have something similar.

Did not hear this song till now, good one :)

U had me at
Love and music.... brotatochip

Awesome! Glad to meet another afficianado.

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Slaid Cleaves' "One Good Year" has been resonating with me a lot this year:

Just give me one good year
To get my feet back on the ground
I’ve been chasing grace
But grace ain’t so easily found
One bad hand can devil a man
Chase him and carry him down
I gotta get out of here
Just give me one good year

Hopefully this reply isn't too late to be seen; I just saw this post via @theinbox and wanted to share one of my favorite songs. Thanks for letting everyone participate!

He no problem. I think I might turn this into an sort of contest in the future so feel free to stop back in. Thanks for the great lyric. I will be checking out that song tomorrow when I get to work for sure!

That's a great idea. This would be a fun weekly contest, I think.

Listening to your artist right now. This is the very reason I started this series. Great stuff!

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