Apr 02, 2006 20:14
(since i'm obsessed with song lyrics anyway)
What are some really good first lines of songs in your music collection?
"I've been watching your world from afar, and i've been trying to be where you are
and i've been secretly falling apart, unseen..."
Strange and Beautiful by Aqualung
"Even before we call on Your name, to ask You oh God
When we seek for the words to glorify You, You hear our prayer..."
Pilgrims Hymn
"Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Still a little hard to say what's going on..."
Cannonball by Damien Rice
"sometime's i feel like i'm falling... fall back again..."
Seek Up by Dave Matthews Band
"Your call comes like a morning breeze You spread your wings and cover me
Underneath your shadow I will hide away, For there I've found my shelter and there i'd like to stay..."
Refuge by Darrell Evans
"May be different, but remember winters warm there you and I..."
Stay or Leave by Dave Matthews
"I've this creeping suspicion that things here are not as they seem
Oh reassure me, why do I feel as if i'm in too deep?"
The Stone by Dave Matthews Band
"Oh look at me dreaming of you, all I could hope is to have you
To have you walking with me, laughing so in love we two..."
Fool to Think by Dave Matthews Band
"Sun will shine no matter what I do
Sun shines bright now with you
What a wonderful thing for you to do..."
After Her by Dave Matthews Band
"You do it for the joy it brings, because you're a joyful girl
Because the world owes me nothing, and we owe eachother the world"
Joyful Girl by Soulive feat. Dave Matthews
"i thank you God for most this amazing day"
E.E. Cummings text set by Eric Whitacre
"Someday when i'm awfully low, and the world is cold,
i will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight..."
Way You Look Tonight
"The dawn is breaking, a light shining through
You're barely waking, and i'm tangled up in you..."
Collide by Howie Day
"I'm thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images
and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned..."
Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
"I'm all at sea, where no one can bother me
forgot my roots, if only for a day
just me and my thoughts sailing far away..."
All at Sea by Jamie Cullum
"We left behind a busy crowd, so it seems we slowed down..."
Ten by Jimmy Eat World
"I felt for sure last night, that once we said goodbye
No one else will know these lonely dreams, no one else will know that part of me..."
23 by Jimmy Eat World
"At the foot of the Cross, where grace and suffering meet
You have shown me your love through the judgment you received"
At the foot of the Cross (ashes to beauty) by Kathryn Scott
"Don't you fret, Messieur (sp?) Marius I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now, you're here... that's all I need to know..."
from Les Miserables
"You win, I quit, I'm certain you let my hands wander your hips just to leave me desparate now..."
Loud by Matt Nathanson
"Been waiting up for you to rescue me, to come around and cover everything
Relying on my best memories to breathe for me, breathe for me..."
Sad Songs by Matt Nathanson
"i tried leaving you at home, but every thought returns to you..."
Even the Streets by Matt Wertz
"i'm waiting with my arms up high, my eyes pulled tight to lines of worry..."
We Will be Disappointed Together by The Myriad
"I love the time and in between the calm inside me..."
Elsewhere by Sarah Maclachlan
"I'll sing it one last time for you, then i really have to go
you've been the only thing that's right in all i've done..."
Run by Snow Patrol
"In my weakness I find that your strength knows no bounds
in my loneliness i find that the everlasting arms surroung me
And even with this fragile heart, i find a place to rest here safe where you are..."
What a Child is meant to be from Surrender UK
OK, so I really like song lyrics, and those are some really good first lines... all good songs... you guys should check those babies out :)