Lyrics You Love

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 9:55pm

We have a thread for lyrics that make you cringe, so what lyrics make you marvel in awe of their greatness?

[J.]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 9:56pm

"Unpack the luggage, la la la." I just marvel at that!

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 9:57pm

98.2% of all Sondheim's.
-d.b.j-

...i can't think of any that jump out...

[J.]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 9:59pm

Ooo! Did I pick one in the 1.8%?

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:00pm

"Because reason says I should have died three years ago".- RENT

[J.]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:02pm

Hmm. Is that the best line in RENT? It's hard to try to ignore the melody when you're thinking abous lyrics. "Because reason . . ." is one of my favorite parts as far as music , not lyrics.

[BernieG]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:04pm

RENT-Moo with me! That's just so...I don't know, I just love it.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:05pm

It's in my signature No, not the Sean Penn quote.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:07pm

I think that Stephen Schwartz's music for his shows are all very clever and poignant.

42nd Street, Hairspray, Wicked, Fiddler, The Producers, Into the Woods, Urinetown, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Avenue Q, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline Or Change, Annie, The Wiz, Anything Goes, Sound Of Music, Cinderella, Hello Dolly!, Phantom, Les Miz....
all of these shows have wonderful lyrics and music, whether it be because of its simplicity, its funniness, its symbolism, or its intracy. The list goes on.
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I think that "Defying Gravity"s music and lyrics are one of the best of the past 20 years. And that scene may be one of the greatest theatrical moments in musical theater history. It makes the show overly complete!

Thats an opinion so dont kill me for having one. Updated On: 7/14/04 at 10:07 PM

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:09pm

Mourning all day & mourning all night.... ALW/Tim Rice

Updated On: 7/14/04 at 10:09 PM

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:12pm

Andrew Lloyd Webber only does music.
-d.b.j-

[M J R]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:14pm

Will my mama be there waitin' for me?
Smilin' like the way she does
And holdin' out her arms as she calls my name.
She will hold me just the same.

Only heaven knows How Glory Goes
What each of us was meant to be
In the starlight, that is what we are.
I can see so far.

- from How Glory Goes
Floyd Collins

[Britt0913]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:57pm

Angry men don't make the rules....
and guns don't right the wrongs.....

I just saw ASSASSINS, so of course that one is stuck in my head.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:00pm

You gotta have heart and music
Heart and music
Heart and Music make a song!
-A New Brain

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:05pm

"too many times I've seen the rose die on the vine, somebodies heart gets broken, usually it's mine"

"curtain up, light the lights..." I just like how thats put to music

"no day but today...."

"there's a fine fine line between love and a waste of your time"

[Emutional]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:06pm

Who cares about sleep when you can snooze in school? You'll never get to college but you'll sure look cool!

I'll eat some breakfast then change the world.

~Hairspray

Testing desire starting to learn
walking through fire without a burn, etc.

It's like I'm being tied to the hood of a yellow rental truck, etc.

~RENT

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:09pm

I love almost all the BARE lyrics, they're so moving.

Let the backlash begin, but i really like
"There are bridges you cross you didn't know you cross until you've crossed"
and it makes perfect sense to me.
ie. there are things that happen you don't know have occurred until after they have. I think it connects to Glinda very well, in the context of the show, and it's a great Cheno-belt example.

[Emutional]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:10pm

I agree with you, aspiringguy...that's my favorite line in the show. And I also know that it's Cheno's too.

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:15pm

I found it very...moving lol
It's especially moving after the show, because you see the anguish Glinda has for having to create this happy political figure who is endorsing the killing of her friend...very touching and emotional.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:44pm

"Slotted spoons don't hold much soup."

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:52pm

I think a lot of Schwartz's lyrics you have to look at the deeper meaning. Also a lot of times he writes lyrics that pertain to the show and are horrible out of context. It is in those cases where he shines as a composer.

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:58pm

agreed bwayboy
and just to avoid backlash as to no meaning in the made up word lyrics like "disgustingafied" and "degreenafied" they all connect to the creation of another world.
"know the slang you've got to know" refers to all the words that are used in OZ that Elphaba must learn to be "popular"
all IMO of course

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/14/04 at 12:03am

"Tell My Father
that is son
didn't run
or surrender.

Tell him how I wore the blue
proud and true
like he taught me.

Tell him
so he'll know.
I love him so.

Tell him not to cry
and say goodbye."


--TELL MY FATHER from CIVIL WAR. The lyrics are taken from different parts of the song but it is so beautiful. LOVE IT!!!

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/14/04 at 12:33am

"People like us we slip by through the cracks
We'll never be famous, so who's gonna care?
Nobody needs us, and everyone's had us
We're here, but not here
We'll be there, but not there
And where, where do we belong?
We only have ourselves
Where, where do we belong"
- People Like Us, "The Wild Party" [LaChuisa]

I used that song in a presentation for a psychology course once.
I love it.


I also really really really love Cathy's two major freak-out scenes from "The Last 5 Years" (in "See I'm Smiling" and "Climbing Uphill")
My friends (including Paul LW) and I got together for New Years Eve a couple of years ago, and stood around in a circle and just belted/acted out the freak-out songs.
SO MUCH FUN!!!


OH! And I love all of "I Get a Kick out of You".
Amazing song.

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/14/04 at 12:37am

I love JRB's lyrics. He can write very funny lyrics(Shiksa Godess) and really powerful lyrics(Songs for a New World).