Greatest Line from a song?

[Moffo]

I know people often post lyrics from a whole song on here, but i'm interested to hear what people think are the greatest lines of all time.

Please, no long winded lyrics, just one line from songs that really make an impact for you.

For Mine:

"Makes much more sense to live in the Present Tense" - Pearl Jam, Present Tense. The whole song is perfect but i just love that line

"He is alive, but feels nothing, so is he?" - Pearl Jam, I'm Open

"I found my friends, there in my head" - Nirvana, Lithium. Classic insight from Kurt

"All my friends are f**k ups, but they're fun to have around" - Whitlams, You Sound Like Louis Burdett - Just love it

The worlds gone cold, no one cares about love anymore, what will you say, when you see my face" - Jeff Buckley, What Will You Say

 

[Raider_69]

"How could you know what i need, when im the last thing on your mind" - Disconnected by Trapt

'And every time I think I've finally made it, I learn I'm farther away than I have ever been before' - Still Frame by Trapt

'There are many things that i would like to say to you, but i dont know how' - Wonderwall by Oasis

 

[crazy john]

You realise the sun doesn't go down, it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round - Flaming Lips, Do You Realize? (the whole song really)

I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight, in an everlasting kiss - Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run

We were talking, about the love that's gone so cold, and the people, who gain the world and lose their soul - The Beatles (George), Within You Without You

I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had - Tears For Fears, Mad World

Life means I hear my ears ring one more time - Jimmy Eat World, Digits

We held onto each other, like brother to brother, we promised our mothers we'd write - Billy Joel, Goodnight Saigon

Be the first one on your block, to have your boy come home in a box - Country Joe & The Fish, Fixin' To Die Rag

There's one more kid that'll never go to school, never get to fall in love, never get to be cool - Neil Young, Keep On Rockin' In The Free World

Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky - Pink Floyd, Shine On You Crazy Diamond

 

[NPK]

"the greatest of teachers won't hesitate
to leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate" - Live

 

[Balmain_Boy]

"I'm tired of standing on a pot of gold flecked paint" - Elliott Smith, The Biggest Lie

 

[raider_ktj]

I didn't care that you left and abandoned me, what hurts more is that I would still die for you -Armor for sleep, Car Underwater

You use to love me, you use to hug me, but that wasnt the case... everything wasn't ok -Avril Lavigne, Losing Grip

You are wrong, f*cked, and overrated, I think im going to be sick and its your fault, this is the end of everything, you are the end of everything -Slipknot, Everything Ends

 

[TUFF TITAN]

the sunday drivers are cruising round , i wish they'd all f**k off back to town (deep water ) richard clapton

;()

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

There's no better angsty lyric then the Smashing Pumpkins 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings' "Despite all my rage i am still just a rat in a cage"

 

[Azkatro]

Best line in a song?

There's only one, baby ...

Cocaine ... *chills out*

 

[Phillips]

"I wanna slit your throat And f*** the wound" - Slipknot, Disasterpiece

 

[Slappy]

Yeah I punched her, right in the mouth!
Just before my hand went way down south!

John Farnham - I'm in control, bitch!

 

[hrundi99]

"Everyone is making love or else expecting rain" - Dylan, "Desolation Row"

 

[Red Bear]

I am Emperor Ronald Regan, born again with fascist cravings - Dead Kennedy's

 

[Bomber]

I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
"Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash

He was a hot-headed man
He was brutually handsome
And she was terminally pretty
"Live In The Fast Lane" - The Eagles

I was a young boy that had big plans
Now I'm just another sh*tty old man
I don't have fun and I hate everything
The world owes me, so f**k you
Glory days don't mean sh*t to me
I drank a six-pack of apathy
Life's a bitch and so am I
The world owes me, so f**k you
"The Grouch" - Green Day

It's hard to kiss the lips at night
That chew out your ass all day long
Unidentified country music song

Went to a party, tried to drink myself happy
The steaks were washed away in the rain
Finished up in bed with an old acquaintance
She'll never be my friend again
"Home and Brokenhearted" - Cold Chisel

Can't drink the water in Sydney
Can't eat the food in Japan
Can't breathe the air in Los Angeles
But a million people think they can
"Never Had So Much Fun" - Frenzal Rhomb

I don't get a million bucks for getting out of bed
I don't get a million bucks when I punch blokes in the head
And even though we'll never have a Billboard Top 10 hit
At least we know Russel Crowe's band's a f**king pile of sh*t
"Russel Crowe's Band" - Frenzal Rhomb

 

[Citizen.Eras3d]

"How could you know what i need, when im the last thing on your mind" - Disconnected by Trapt

'And every time I think I've finally made it, I learn I'm farther away than I have ever been before' - Still Frame by Trapt

Great band :thumn

 

[gorilla]

OK ,not the greatest, but some of my favs - Nick Cave: Ship Song.
"Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down"
and
"Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around"

 

[brook]

Nick Cave has some of the best one-liners in murder ballads, problem is I can't think of anything that really stands on its own - they need to be taken in the context of the song.

 

[Azkatro]

Nick Cave has some of the best one-liners in murder ballads, problem is I can't think of anything that really stands on its own - they need to be taken in the context of the song.

Plus his particular delivery of them doesn't hurt.

 

[Alex28]

"is it heavier than air - tell us, is the black box lying?" - Cosmonaut - at the drive-in

"You came back to haunt me and I realized
That you were an island and I passed you by" - Warning Sign - Coldplay

"I've got a message for you and it's gone, gone, gone..." - Message - The Grates

"One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl
She's like grace from the earth
When you're all tuckered out and tame" - He Lays in the Reins - Iron & Wine/Calexico

"I don't pay enough attention to the good things when I've got 'em" - Middle of the Hill - Josh Pyke

"I try to talk to you, Can't get past the weather
The friend I thought I knew, Has found somethin', somewhere better" - Unsent Letter - Machine Gun Fellatio

"My band is better than your band
We've got more songs than a song convention - SING IT!" - To Hell With Good Intentions - McLusky

"If you read the history books you’ll see the same things happen again and again" - Short Memory - Midnight Oil

"I'm not here, this isn't happening" - How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead

"Bring down the government - they don't, they don't speak for us" - No Surprises - Radiohead

"It has to start somewhere
It has to start sometime
What better place than here
What better time than now" - Guerilla Radio - Rage Against the Machine

"Spent too much time wondering why I got a feeling" - Richard III - Supergrass

"Don't mean to be so insolent
But you know it's cause I love you" - Gabrielle - Ween

"How stupid is it - for all I know you want me too and maybe you just don't know what to do or maybe you're scared to say 'I'm falling for you'" - El Scorcho - Weezer

"It's become so obvious you are so oblivious to yourself" - Pot Kettle Black - Wilco

"I miss you like sleep..." - Heavy Heart - You Am I

God I listen to some sad and angry music...

 

[warren]

'wish i could stay sick with you' - foo fighters, generator

'To call at 7:03 and on your machine I slur a plea for you to come home
But i know it's too late
I should have given you a reason to stay' - death cab for cutie, a lack of colour

'can i come 'round and have a look in your eyes' - grinspoon, hold on me

'Tell me off in the hotel lobby right in front of all the bellboys and the
Over-friendly concierge' - pavement, shady lane

thats all i can think of for now
dont know why I love those lines, its just what stands out for me in the song