they hurt you at home, and hit at you at school they hate you if you're clever, and they despise a fool till you're so ****ing crazy, you can't follow their rules
"I dreamed about killing you again last night, and it felt alright to me." Opening line of Via Chicago by Wilco.
I am calling, yes, I'm calling, just to speak to you For I know this night will kill me if I can't be with you If I can't be with you New York Telephone Conversation Lou Reed The message is very plain Oh, I hate your answering machine Answering Machine, Replacements
There are way too many useless lyrics and movie lines orbiting around my cranium. One completely senseless line is The Ramones-I’m not sorry for the things I do,Dooo Carbona Not Glue!
“I heard the news today, oh boy” “I used her, she used me but neither one cared We were gettin' our share”
Great one! “Feeling Minnesota” inspired a movie title. Not a great movie from what I hear (haven’t seen it though).
"Well, maybe you're a dancer, And maybe I'm the King of Old Siam." Jethro Tull Said She Was a Dancer Crest of a Knave
It is a great line but it needs the accompanying line to give it context. And I need you more than want you And I want you for all time
“My problems might seem meaningless, But that don’t make them go away”. : Neil Young “Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful”. : Jimi Hendrix “Come home cold and tiered, warm my bones beside the fire”. : Pink Floyd “You know something people, I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot a times I wish I could say I’m not white”. : Frank Zappa
"Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme." "And they say her flower is faded now, hard weather and hard booze. But maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse." -Richard Thompson
Too many to list... but since the first time I heard this one has always stayed in my head... "When you knock me down I get the f--- back up again!!" ~Hercules Mulligan (via Lin Manuel Miranda)
Yeah, when I heard there was a movie that aped that line for it's title, I immediately thought, "LAME."
And the people bowed and prayed To the neon God they made And the sign flashed out it's warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said: The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sound of silence* *more than one line, I know, but this vision that was planted in my brain in 1966 still remains, as vivid as ever
"She said I love the night, The day is OK and the sun can be fun, But I live to see those rays slip away"