Lyrics That Hooked You

[-Lithium-]

I was just listening to Sublimes 'Boss DJ' for the first time. Then I heard this lyric:

"Just let the lovin' take hold
cause it will if you let it.
Im funky, not a junky
but I know where to get it."

I was into the song already, but as soon as I heard that I smiled and was instantly hooked on the song and have been listening to it a few times over the past hour or so.

Just thought I'd ask if there were any lyrics that have maybe really gotten you into a particular song. Maybe one that got you heard while already were listening, but just raised your interest. Or maybe a line you heard without hearing much of the song, and it made you want to hear the rest.

I'd list a couple more examples, but Im afraid this will get no-sold, so I just wanted to test the waters first...

[G✇JI☈A]

The lyrics to Televators by The Mars Volta has some really deep lyrics.

Just as he hit
The ground
They lowered a tow that
Stuck in his neck to the gills
-----------------------------------------------
One day this chalk outline will circle this city
Was he robbed of the asphalt that cushioned his face
A room colored charlatan
Hid in a safe
Stalk the ground
Stalk the ground
You should have seen
The curse that flew right by you
Page of concrete
Sting walks crutch in hobbled sway
Auto-da-fé
A capillary hint of red
Only this manupod
Crescent in shape has escaped

When I first heard this song I thought it was just about street violence. I later learned it was about a musician friend of the band who committed suicide.

[Dirty Hazy]

Merideth Brooks - B**** "I'm a goddess on my knees".

There just one one way to take that line, and I was like... HELL YEAH, B****!

[craigdanbeaton]

Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
you wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
for a moment that just don't come
Well, don't waste your time waiting
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
and these badlands start treating us good


Badlands - Bruce Springsteen

I'd never been a big fan of the guy, I always viewed him as old due to my mum liking him, then I heard that on the radio..

Now I own all of his albums and are near fanatic over him ;D

[wrestlesmarks]

Who let the dogs out
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
(woof, woof, woof, woof)


Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)


(woof, woof, woof, woof)


When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)
I tell the fellas "start the name callin'" (Yippie Yi Yo)
And the girls report to the call
The poor dog show down


Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)


After hearing the Baha Men tell their tale of love and love lost the first time I quietly weeped.

[b1gjames]

"I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" - got me hooked on Johnny Cash.

[Tarik Dee]

The Killers - This River Is Wild
Leaves are fallin' down on the beautiful ground
I heard a story from the man in red
He said the leaves are fallin' down
Such a beautiful sound
Son, I think you'd better go ahead
But you always hold your head up high
'Cause it's a long, long, long way down
This town was meant for passing through
Boy, it ain't nothin' new
Now go and show 'em that the world stayed round
But it's a long, long, long way down

You better run for the hills
Before they burn
Listen to the sound of the world
Don't watch it turn
I just want to show you what I know
And catch you when the current lets you go

Or should I just get along with myself?
I never did get along with everybody else
I've been tryin' hard to do what's right
But you know I could stay here all night
And watch the clouds fall from the sky
This river is wild
This river is wild

Run for the hills before they burn
Listen to the sound of the world
Don't watch it turn
But shake a little
Sometimes I'm nervous when I talk
I shake a little
Sometimes I hate the line I walk
I just wanna show you what I know
And catch you when the current lets you go

Or should I just get along with myself?
I never did get along with everybody else
I've been trying hard to do what's right
But you know I could stay here all night
And watch the clouds fall from the sky
Because this river is wild
Godspeed ya, boy
This river is wild

Now Adam's taking bombs and he's stuck on his mom
Because that bitch keeps tryin' to make him pray
He's with the hippie in the park coming over the dark
Just tryin' to get some of that little girl-play

You better run for the hills before they burn
Listen to the sound of the world
Don't watch it turn
I just want to show you what I know
And catch you when the current lets you go

Or should I get along with myself?
I never did get along with everybody else
I've been tryin' hard to do what's right
But you know I could stay here all night
And watch the clouds fall from the sky
The pain is hell in me tonight
Because this river is wild
Godspeed ya, boy
This river is wild
This river is wild
Godspeed ya, boy
This river is wild

Now the cars are everywhere
Raisin' dust at the fairground
I don't think I ever seen so many headlights
But there's somethin' pullin' me
The circus and the crew
Well they're just passin' through
Makin' sure the merry still goes round
But it's a long, long, long way down

[Bo Rida]

Billy Joel's "always a women" hooked me, mainly as my interpretation changes pretty regularly.

And she'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself 'cause she's always a woman to me

By the Libertines, still not sure why I like it so much.
Cornered the boy kicked out at the world,
The world kicked back a lot f***ing harder...

[Pervy Stone Cold]

Metallica's Devil's Dance

Snake
I am the snake
Tempting
That bite you take
Let me make your mind
Leave yourself behind
...Be not afraid
I got what you need, hunger I will feed

[Reptar]

We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home

My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I cant be my own
Id feel better dead

Nutshell - Alice in Chains

[shiranui]

I know some day you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky but why, why, why
Can't it be, can't it be mine?

"Black" became my favorite Pearl Jam song the instant I heard this part.

[spagett]

There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

The Smiths - How Soon is Now?

I have never come home from a party wanting to die or anything but at the time there was nobody in England writing lyrics like this about feeling alienated.

[Paul E. Funk]

'Did she wake you up just to tell you that it was only a change of plans' Neil Young - Harvest.

I knew instantly what it was referring to from some experiences in my family.

[Paul E. Funk]

Sept 5, 2009 9:45:29 GMT -5 spagett said:

There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

The Smiths - How Soon is Now?

I have never come home from a party wanting to die or anything but at the time there was nobody in England writing lyrics like this about feeling alienated.

God. I sang that on my way home last. When you can't pull at 42's there has to be something wrong.

[Angus Mcloud]

Bo Burnham: Im Bo Yo

Cause girls are like donuts when I be bustin bo nuts,
I can make em cream-filled or give them a layer of glaze
I'm like doug's friend Skeeter whenever I meet her.
Casue I skeet her so hard people call her Patty Mayonnaise.

[shiranui]

Sept 5, 2009 9:45:29 GMT -5 spagett said:

There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

That is a fairly accurate description of my latest night out.

[Soultastic]

Ain't no rest for the wicked - Cage the Elephant

I was walking down the street
When out the corner of my eye,
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me.
She said I never seen a man,
Who looks so all alone,
Could you use a little company?
If you could pay the right price,
Your evening will be nice,
Or you can go and send me on my way,
I said you're such a sweet young thing,
Why'd you do this to yourself?
She looked at me and this is what she said.

Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
I got bills to pay,
I got mouths to feed,
There ain't nothing in this world for free.
I know I can't slow down,
I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could,
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.

Not even 15 minutes later,
I'm still walking down the street,
When I saw the shadow of a man creep out of sight,
And then he swept up from behind,
Put a gun up to my head,
He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight,
He said give me all you've got,
I want your money not your life,
If you try to make a move I wont think twice,
I told him you can have my cash,
But first you know I've got to ask,
What made you want to live this kind of life?

He said there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
I got bills to pay
I got mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free.
I know I can't slow down,
I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.

Now a couple hours past,
And I was sitting in my house,
The day was winding down and coming to an end,
So I turned on the TV,
And flipped it over to the news,
And what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend,
I saw a preacher man in cuffs
Taking money from the church,
He stuffed his bank account with righteous dollar bills
But even still I can't say much
Because I know were all the same,
Oh yes we all seek out to satisfy those thrills.

You know there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
We got bills to pay
We got mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free.
Oh no, we can't slow down,
We can't hold back
Though you know we wish we could.
You know there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.

[Ducky Momo]

The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid,
And the marshals and cops get the same,
But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool.
He's taught in his school
From the start by the rule
That the laws are with him
To protect his white skin
To keep up his hate
So he never thinks straight
'Bout the shape that he's in
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

Sept 5, 2009 9:25:00 GMT -5 @shiranui said:

I know some day you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky but why, why, why
Can't it be, can't it be mine?

"Black" became my favorite Pearl Jam song the instant I heard this part.

GREAT one.

I'll add this by the Gaslight Anthem:

"And we've been burned by all our peers
Just from growing up around here
Our fathers' factories marked our cards
While Eden burned against the stars"

This, from "Ball and Chain" by Social Distortion:

"Well it's been 10 years and a thousand tears
And look at the mess I'm in;
a broken nose and a broken heart,
an empty bottle of gin
Well I sit, and I pray
In my broken down Chevrolet
While I'm singing to myself,
There's got to be another way"

There's more great lyrics in that one, but those, the opening verse, are the ones that hooked me.

There's some great ones in their song "Don't Take Me For Granted" as well.

Basically all of "The Pilgrim" by Kris Kristofferson.

And basically all of "The Pilgrim" by Kris Kristofferson.

[Shy Guy]

the veronicas- untouched

don't even think about the consequences
cause right now
you're the only thing thats making any sense to me


yeah... thats pretty much my life right now