Published on 12, July, 2020
I couldn't possibly pick an all time favourite, but here's some that spring to mind.
"Why did God make me feel there is more to be answered? Maybe God cannot remedy our souls if he tried?" - Kamelot, "Farewell"
"No one surveys the whole. Focus on things so small. But, life's objective is to make it meaningful." - Epica, "Sensorium"
"Horrifying fecal demons/ Rising up out of the caverns below/ Dark robotic astral zombies/ Eating the peasants who live in Glasgow." - Gloryhammer, "The Siege of Dunkeld" (from Glasgow, I laugh every time)
"I've got this madman in my mind, this prolific designer. And he's working overtime, and he gets all wired up." - Poets of the Fall, "Drama for Life"
"'No reason to get excited.' the thief he kindly spoke, 'There are many here among us, who think that life is but a joke." - Jimi Hendrix, "All Along the Watchtower".
Dylan again, well he is a Nobel Prize winner for literature.
Lay Down Your Weary Tune.
I stood unwound beneath the skiesAnd clouds unbound by lawsThe crying rain like a trumpet sangAnd asked for no applause
Lay down your weary tune, lay downLay down the song you strumAnd rest yourself 'neath the strength of stringsNo voice can hope to hum
Ewan MacColl
The first time, ever I saw your face.
The first time, ever I saw your faceI thought the sun rose in your eyesAnd the moon and the starsWere the gifts you gaveTo the dark, and the endless skies
Dylan, Positively 4th Street
"You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend
When I was down you just stood there grinnin'