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Favorite final lines to a song
Was just listening to Springsteen's Brilliant Disguise and have always loved the final lines to that tune:
"Tonight our bed is cold I'm lost in the darkness of our love God have mercy on the man Who doubts what he's sure of" * * * So, what are your favorite final lines to a song? |
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"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
and I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind You could have done better but I don’t mind You just kinda wasted my precious time But don’t think twice, it’s all right |
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Stronger than dirt!
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And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They’d probably put my head in a guillotine But it’s alright, Ma, it’s life, and life only Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) |
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Not sure if it's the same idea, but I always get choked up by the final lines of Memphis. Whole song is about a guy missing a phone call from his girl Marie, and you assume it's his girlfriend. Then the final lines hit like a ton of bricks.
Marie is only six years old Information please Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee |
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Maybe not my favorite, but the most poignant: "Think I'll save suicide for another year" - from Frightened Rabbit's "Floating in the Forth". 10 years later lead singer/songwriter Scott Hutchinson committed suicide in the exact manner & location described in the song.
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“Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do’”
Hmm, I need to think of something more upbeat. |
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And a rock feels no pain.
And an island never cries. That really spoke to me when I was a teenager. My life is better now, and I prefer this ending: But wait! What do I see? Is she walking back to me? Yeah she's walking back to me! Oh, oh, pretty woman. |
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^ I remember an interview I read where Paul Simon says he hates that song and wishes he had never written it.
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oh wow, can't believe I forgot the Descendents' Coolidge:
I looked up one day and saw that it was up to me You can only be a victim if you admit defeat |
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Electric Light Orchestra "Mr. Blue Sky"
Please turn me over. |
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Dream Theater - The Glass Prison
Fell down on my knees and prayed "Thy will be done" I turned around, saw a light shining through The door was wide open The last line is amazing but it really needs context. The entire song is about the first 3 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Mike Portnoy explained, "It's about battling addiction and recovery and those were some things that I have dealt with in my personal life over the past few years. All three of the movements are written directly about the first three steps in twelve step recovery of Alcoholics Anonymous. So the first step in the first section of the song is admitting being powerless, the second step is needing the help of others, came to believe a power greater than ourselves to restore sanity. The third section is being willing to turn your life over to a higher power and handing over your will. So the three sections are directly out of the first three steps in AA." The lyrics leading up to the last line: Way off in the distance I saw the door I tried to open I tried forcing with all of my will and still The door wouldn't open Unable to trust in my faith I turned and walked away I looked around, felt a chill in the air Took my will and turned it over The glass prison which once held me is now gone A long lost fortress Armed only with liberty And the key of my willingness Fell down on my knees and prayed "Thy will be done" I turned around, saw a light shining through The door was wide open |
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"And in the end,
The love you take, is equal to the love, You make." |
Re: Favorite final lines to a song
Originally Posted by [email protected]
(Post 14065068)
"And in the end,
The love you take, is equal to the love, You make." That's awesome, man. |
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