Favourite Lyricists

[law]

adam jones and maynard james keenan

yup, too right.

[jellyheadXC]

isaac brock

[yoda on mars]

oh my, it's obvious: omar/cedric (I donno who is really responsible for the lyrics)

[deathblow]

Serj Tankian (self-titled album)

"I had an out of body experience, the other day her name was jesus,
and for her , everyone cried, everyone cried , everyonecried!!
TRY HER PHILOSOPHY!!
TRY HER PHILOSOPHY!!
TRY HER PHILOSOPHY, TRY!!!
YOU'LL DIE FOR HER PHILOSOPHY!!
Crossed and terrored ravages of architecture lend me thy blades,   ... etc. "

Serj is an incredible poet,  all my other favs have been named already.

[Azwethinkweiz]

Serj is great on all the soad records.

[wheresmysnare]

Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place so near to her
Cannot find the comfort in this world
Artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers
Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere...

A truant finds home...and I wish to hold on...
But there's a trapdoor in the sun...immortality...
Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place so near to her
Cannot find the comfort in this world
Artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers
Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere...

A truant finds home...and I wish to hold on...
But there's a trapdoor in the sun...immortality...

As privileged as a whore...victims in demand for public show
Swept out through the cracks beneath the door
Holier than thou, how?
Surrendered...executed anyhow
Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor...

A truant finds home...and I wish to hold on, too...
But saw the trapdoor in the sun...

Immortality...
I cannot stop the thought...I'm running in the dark...
Coming up a which way sign...all good truants must decide...
Oh, stripped and sold, mom...auctioned forearm...
And whiskers in the sink...
Truants move on...cannot stay long
Some die just to live... Ohh... 





Underneath this smile lies everything
All my hopes and anger, pride and shame
Make myself a pact not to shut doors on the past
Just for today I am free



I admit it...what's to say
I'll relive it...without pain
backstreet lover on the side
of the road
I got a bomb in my tmeple
that is gonna explode
I got a .16 gauge buried
under my clothes...I play.
once upon a time I could control myself
once upon a time I could lose myself
oh try and mimic..what's insane
I am in it...where do I stand?
indian summer I hate the heat
I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
I got my hand in my pocket
so determined
discreet...I pray.

once upon a time I could control myself
once upon a time I could lose myself
once upon a time I could love myself
once upon a time I could love myself

once
once
once















i've used hammers made out of wood
i have played games with pieces and rules
i undeciphered tricks at the bar
but now you're gone, i haven't figured out why
i've come up with riddles and jokes about war
i've figured out numbers and what they're for
i've understood feelings and i've understood words
but how could you be taken away?
and wherever you've gone
and wherever we might go
it don't seem fair...today just disappeared
your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
we were but stones, your light made us stars
with heavy breath, awakened regrets
back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together..
but we were miles apart
every inch between us becomes light years now
no time to be void or save up on life
you got to spend it all..
and wherever you've gone
and wherever we might go
it don't seem fair...you seem to like it here
your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
we were but stones, your light made us stars
and wherever you've gone
and wherever we might go
it don't seem fair...today just disappeared
your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
we were but stones, your light made us stars













routine was the theme, he'd wake up and...wash and pour himself into uniform
something he hadn't imagined being...
as the merging traffic passed, he found himself staring, down, at his own hands..
not remembering the change, not recalling the plan, was it...?
he was okay, but wondering about wandering
was it age? by consequence? or was he moved by sleight of hand?
mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart
it was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly...
sometimes he hid in his radio, watching others pull into their homes
while he was drifting...
on a line, of his own, off the line, on the side
by the by, as dirt turned to sand, as if moved by sleight of hand
when he reached the shore of his clip-on world
he resurfaced to the norm
organized his few things, his coat and keys...
any new realizations would have to wait til he had more time, more time...
time to dream, to himself
he waves goodbye, to himself
i'll see you on the other side...
another man...moved by sleight of hand...



















excuses turn to carbon walls
blame it all on chemical intercourse
the swallowed seeds of arrogance
breeding in the thoughts of ten thousand fools that fight irreverance
the full moon is dead skin
the one down here's wearing thin
so set are the ten pins as the human tide rolls in
like a ball that's spinning
bombs dropping down
overhead, underground
it's instilled...to wanna live
bombs dropping down, please forgive
our hometown in our insignificance
turn the jukebox up he said
dancing in irreverance
play c3, let the song protest
the plates began to shift
perfect lefts come rolling in
i was alone and far away, hey..
when i heard the band start playin'
on the lip...late take off
bombs dropping down
overhead, underground
it's instilled...to wanna live
bombs dropping down, please forgive
our hometown in our insignificance
feel like resonance of distance
in the blood...the iron lies
it's instilled...
to wanna live
bombs dropping down, please forgive
our hometown in our insignificance
oh in our insignificance

[Mascara Snake]

Light Years is such a good and extremely sad song!

[Chrisbo]

Yeah, Light Years is probably my favourite track off of Binaural! And Immortality is simply a classic song!

[Paint Your Lips]

1. Jacob Bannon (Converge)
1. Aarom Weiss (Mewithoutyou)
1. Robert Lund (Kitty Wu)
1. Jeffrey Moreia (Poison the Well)
1. Thom York (Radiohead)

2. Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw, and i refuse to mention his side projects !)
2. Chino (guess)
2. Josh Scogin (ex-Norma Jean / The Chariot)

[Chrisbo]

Ah yes, Jacob Bannon! Definitely one of the best in the business! 

[yoda on mars]

john frusciante
sonic youth (I donno whose repsonsible for lyrics there)
dio (although I hate his voice)
amanda (from the dresden dolls)

[Azwethinkweiz]

shit, tom waits writes some of the most amazing lyrics.

[333tone]

shit, tom waits writes some of the most amazing lyrics.

that's true!

[tension_the_wire]

Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell

[endoeleven]

Chino.

[Azwethinkweiz]

brandon boyd,
bob dylan,
benjamin gibbard,
tom waits,
jeff buckley,
frank sinatra,
david gray.

those are probably my favorites. 

[wheresmysnare]

fucking hell, just looked at my old posts on this forum, kind of gone off pearl jam now, im liking billy corgans older stuff at the moment although looking at it retrospectively some of the lyrics sound a bit contrived now that we have 'emo music'.

[Battle-Axe]

Chino is definitely one of my favourite vocalists.

Phil Bretnall from Profane [http://www.myspace.com/profane] has also written some awesome lyrics. In a weird way, they sometimes remind me a lot of Chino's in the sense that sometimes they never really make sense at all... I'd like to sit and type out lyrics from their entire album but that would take too long :] So here's a few of my favourites of his:

Like Branding The Cattle - my favourite song of theirs

Though I cried for you I'll never sit through another day of burning
Your trust gave away a pre-emptive look at the way the tide is turning
A slight glimpse of how this waste of organs let the weakness grip

Heed the red time, for...
Read the next line, waste of life

To waste away, a lack of contradictions fade
And I'll save this day to my hideaway
And I waste away to a dead like state
Proven ways, fuck me like I said

Turning Bloodletting Into An Artform
Rise

Waste one more time
Past regrets shine

Raised in shadow, the god of emphasis
You accepted, bleeded into pulp
Not accepting the facts of this defined
Never question, reasons plagued with lies

Waste one more time
Past regrets shine

I take this time to say, if ever there was an easy way
The reason is too long

With every day, mime, readied with your haste
To acrid end mine, readied with no sense

Wake time, line ends

I Think I've Outstayed My Welcome

Beg to differ, sordid like an angel's filthy wing
Steal the pleasure born
And I'm coming back to you
By crook or fist I'll lather up your gracious smile and take my time

Blackened fingers always tell me where you might've been
And I'll be waiting numb
And I thought you would know by now

A brave assumption, realised by months of waiting clean
Forever rue my day
Well I'm coming back to find
You've turned off that little switch inside my gracious fallen tide

Without cause of immediacy
Graphic depictions, rational beauty
Bled through filters to analyse depth
Auspicious descent into drowning

His lyrics are a bit odd but I like them a lot, and he's a cool guy too :]

Also very high on my list:

Matt Fox and Matt Fletcher - Shai Hulud
Brock Lindow - 36 Crazyfists
Grady Avenell - ex - Will Haven
Serj Tankian - System Of A Down

[theshadeisatool]

Keith Buckley, no doubt, very entertaining and witty lyrics.

[Oldnewtype]

Jake Bannon, Cedric Bixler, Adrian Belew, Mike Patton