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[iwakeupalone]

I started this thread because I’m big on lyrics & I think Amy was a great lyricist! There’s a line in probably every song of hers that really stands out for me. One of my favourites – “It’s not hard to understand why we just speak at night, the only time I hold your hand is to get the angle right”

[iwakeupalone]

ohhhhhh and possibly my favourite- "Over futile odds, laughed at by the gods, and now the final frame, love is a losing game" ♥

[what'sinsideher]

I'm with you on that! Lyrics are a big thing for me too and that's one of the reasons I love Amy. She could say so much in so few words, she was an amazing songwriter. I had to do a top 5!

1) "B- I woulda died too, I'da liked to" (Some Unholy War)
2) "Why you so upset? Baby, you weren't there and I was thinking of you when I came" (I Heard Love is Blind)
3) "So we are history, the shadow covers me, the sky above a blaze that only lovers see" (TDOTO)
4) "I can not play myself again, I should just be my own best friend, not fuck myself in the head with stupid men" (TDOTO)
5) "What kind of fuckery are we? Nowadays you don't mean dick to me" (Me and Mr. Jones)

[crol]

"For you I was a flame / Five story fire as you came"

I cringed when I saw Dionne singing this... wonder if she knows what it means?

[Iulian]

Lately I'm obsessed with:
The sky above, a blaze that only lovers see


And I'm always gonna be a fool for In My Bed, her best lyrics imo:

It's Something I Know You Can't Do
Seperate Sex With Emotion
I Sleep Alone The Sun Comes Up
Your Still Clinging To That Notion

Oh, It's You Again Listen This Isnt A Reunion
So Sorry If I Turn My Head
Yours Is A Familliar Face
But That Don't Make Your Place Safe
In My Bed My Bed My Bed

The Only Time I Hold Your Hand
Is To Get The Angle Right

[aries_124]

there's so many great lines

"its got me addicted/ does more than any dick did" (addicted)
"i can see you ahead of me/ but im not always forward thinking" (what it is)
"Yes he looked like you / But I heard love is blind (i heard love is blind)
"the only time i hold your hand, is to get the angle right" (in my bed)

[Chloë]

WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS?

The lyrics of LIALG - this stuff belongs with the greats, methinks

Wake Up Alone:

Drowning in me we bathe under blue light

His face in my dreams seizes my guts
He floods me with dread
Soaked in soul
He swims in my eyes by the bed
Pour myself over him
Moon spilling in
And I wake up alone

Her writing abilities were soo underrated, how can we ever find a voice AND writer like that again?

[Pepper]

- It's not safe for us, not even in the evening 'cos I've been drinking
- You left me here alone; I drank so much and needed to touch
- When he comes to me I drip for him tonight. Drowning in me we bathe under blue light

[Dani14]

The 1st one that comes to my mind right now is

"And although my pride is not easily disturbed
you sent me flying when you kicked me to the kerb" XD

[Elsie]

I started this thread because I’m big on lyrics & I think Amy was a great lyricist! There’s a line in probably every song of hers that really stands out for me. One of my favourites – “It’s not hard to understand why we just speak at night, the only time I hold your hand is to get the angle right”

That one definitely!

Off the top of my head

- ...and carry you even though you're bigger, cuz don't you know you crush my tiny figure
- maybe we could talk 'bout things if you was made of wood and strings
- we put it in writing, but who you writing for?
- mister ultrasensitive, i'll never let myself forget you
- blue without my green
- without girls like you there's no nightlife, all those men just go home to their wives
- he's just not as tall but i couldn't tell, it was dark and i was lying down
- don't you know sisters come before carpet burns and blisters LOL
- ...should just be my own best friend, not fuck myself in the head with stupid men
- i cried for you on the kitchen floor
- i'm not gonna meet your mother anytime, i just wanna grip your body over mine. please tell me why you think that's a crime? :spiteful:

The line in my sig too, I think that song is my favourite one lyrically. It's so raw and beautiful. I mean they all are but that one especially imo.

what kind of fuckery is this tops everything though, best opening line in a song ever.

[aries_124]

oh its you again listen this isnt a reunion (in my bed)
Thats what I need you to do.. Are you..GAY (stronger than me)

[AFKAR7]

And the men notice you with your Gucci bag crew. - Reminds me of my wife and her friends when I first met them.

His message was brutal but the delivery was kind.

And I was thinking of you when I came - one of the reasons I feel in love with her music is that being a Prince fab for 30 some odd years now, many of her lyrics reminded me of how how he writes. I have no problem saying this as a guy, his lyrics were hot. Hers are just as hot to me.

There's more but those came to mind first.

[amydinah]

i love you much，it's not enough。you love blow and i love puff。
and life is like a pipe，i ‘m a tiny penny rolling up the wall inside

[Miss Mermaid]

the first verse of tears dry on their own pretty much blows me away.

if i had to choose a favourite line from that verse it would be: 'To walk away, i have no capiticity.'

amy didn't know how good she was. that was part of her magic.

Edited by Miss Mermaid, 24 August 2011 - 09:49 AM.

[lolainas]

-Me and my head high and my tears dry, get on without my guy, you went back to what you knew, so far removed from all that we went through (B2B)
-Hey, little rich girl you've been away for so long
And now little rich girl, my words are in this song
Hey, little rich girl my love for you is gone (dunno why i love this part)
-you'll never get my mind right (in my bed)
- I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told ya, I was trouble (You know, I'm not good)
-Though I’m rather blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned
Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame (love is a losing game)
- Nobody stands in between me and my man (Me & Mrs Jones)
-You give me a smile and I'm wrapped up in your magic (MMFL)
-Today my bird flew away
gone to find her big blue jay
starlight before she took flight
i sung a lullaby of bird land everynight (October Song)
- It's not just my pride
It's just 'til these tears have dried (Rehab)
- Just me, my dignity and this guitar case (Some Unholy War)
- All I can ever be to you, is a darkness that we knew (Tears Dry On Their Own, I like first part)
-\'Cos since I\'ve come on home
Well my body\'s been a mess
And I miss your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won\'t you come on over? (Valerie)
- Drowning in me we bathe under blue light (Wake up alone, I only put this quote but I love the WHOLE song)