Greatest lyricist/poet of the last decade?

AgeOfOddz · 11-17-2011, 12:46 PM

Who´s your favorite poet of the last decade? Post an excerpt of your favorite song of theirs.

Mine is Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown/Wolf Parade/Swan Lake.
This is from the Swan Lake song All Fires

There was a flood
A world of water
The mason�s wife
Swam for her daughter.

One thousand people
Did what they could.
They found the steeple
And tore out the wood.

Five hundred pieces
Means five hundred float.
One thousand people means
Five hundred don�t.
And it�s Teresa they love the best.

His imagery and story telling is amazing, almost ranks up there with Cohen and Curtis.

Bloody†Mary · 11-19-2011, 06:34 PM

I'd say PJ Harvey is the best lyricist of the last decade.

"Sometimes I can see for miles
Through water and fire
From England to America
I feel life meet my eyes

And it's the best thing
A beautiful feeling

A smile from San Diego
He is still a boy
Two ends to every rainbow
And a train from Mexico

But he's the best thing
A beautiful feeling

And when I watch you move
And I can't think straight
And I am silenced
And I can't think straight

It's the best thing Such a beautiful feeling"

She's a God tbh.

Atrocious · 01-05-2012, 05:47 PM

I won't call any individual the greatest, but my overall favorite (and it changes often) for the past decade is Jamie Madrox of Twiztid.

For rhymes like these:

Excerpt from "Karma"
----------
No relation
Or 2nd coming of dark spawn
We're preparing a path for the children of Babylon
In search of Zion
Or a chemical release
At least it gives us inner peace for a second so we can sleep
Riddled by day dreams & puzzled by life
All of us are running through darkness in search of the light
As the demons disappear like phantoms in mirrors
And reappear transformed in the form of your fears
I got a feeling that you think it's a phony and far fetched
Till you're devoid of all hope and virtually helpless
It's necessary to never let it get worse than its gotten
It'll go on forever even after your rotten
And depending on the karma of spirit
Dwelling in inner being
Will determine eternity
Unless you intervene
With your man made destiny
And the myth it withholds
You will never find the light
As long as your eyes are closed
---------------
---------------
Excerpt from "Feel This"
------------------
Speak to a tone re-adjust ear drums
Highly intelligent for a species labeled dumb,
Numb from the neck up zone as I perform
And through the energy we acquire we are re-born,
It's intense as we commence to dispense the ****
Spittin' verbal milk while you suckin' a sour tit
Inconsiderate to competitors trying to elevate
Intermixing intermingling with the venomous snakes
**** that you can go on and slither away
Simple minded mutha ****as swiping sugars from our Kool-Aid
Who made the sky red and swallowed the sun
And spoke the word of light to enlighten the mass of everyone
Ummm... I believe that's us
And when the mics are on, and we bust
It like an adrenalin rush
To your dome and mine too and everyone behind you
As long as you keep it Twiztid we'll always be beside you

11-17-2011, 12:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
AgeOfOddz Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 76	Greatest lyricist/poet of the last decade? Who´s your favorite poet of the last decade? Post an excerpt of your favorite song of theirs. Mine is Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown/Wolf Parade/Swan Lake. This is from the Swan Lake song All Fires There was a flood A world of water The mason�s wife Swam for her daughter. One thousand people Did what they could. They found the steeple And tore out the wood. Five hundred pieces Means five hundred float. One thousand people means Five hundred don�t. And it�s Teresa they love the best. His imagery and story telling is amazing, almost ranks up there with Cohen and Curtis. Last edited by AgeOfOddz; 11-17-2011 at 12:50 PM. Reason: Miss spelling

11-19-2011, 06:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bloody†Mary Groupie Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: no Posts: 23	I'd say PJ Harvey is the best lyricist of the last decade. "Sometimes I can see for miles Through water and fire From England to America I feel life meet my eyes And it's the best thing A beautiful feeling A smile from San Diego He is still a boy Two ends to every rainbow And a train from Mexico But he's the best thing A beautiful feeling And when I watch you move And I can't think straight And I am silenced And I can't think straight It's the best thing Such a beautiful feeling" She's a God tbh. __________________ I'm gonna Marry, The Night. I'm not gonna cry anymore.

01-05-2012, 05:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Atrocious Blastphemist the Xist Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pine Island, FL Posts: 100	I won't call any individual the greatest, but my overall favorite (and it changes often) for the past decade is Jamie Madrox of Twiztid. For rhymes like these: Excerpt from "Karma" ---------- No relation Or 2nd coming of dark spawn We're preparing a path for the children of Babylon In search of Zion Or a chemical release At least it gives us inner peace for a second so we can sleep Riddled by day dreams & puzzled by life All of us are running through darkness in search of the light As the demons disappear like phantoms in mirrors And reappear transformed in the form of your fears I got a feeling that you think it's a phony and far fetched Till you're devoid of all hope and virtually helpless It's necessary to never let it get worse than its gotten It'll go on forever even after your rotten And depending on the karma of spirit Dwelling in inner being Will determine eternity Unless you intervene With your man made destiny And the myth it withholds You will never find the light As long as your eyes are closed --------------- --------------- Excerpt from "Feel This" ------------------ Speak to a tone re-adjust ear drums Highly intelligent for a species labeled dumb, Numb from the neck up zone as I perform And through the energy we acquire we are re-born, It's intense as we commence to dispense the ** Spittin' verbal milk while you suckin' a sour tit Inconsiderate to competitors trying to elevate Intermixing intermingling with the venomous snakes that you can go on and slither away Simple minded mutha **as swiping sugars from our Kool-Aid Who made the sky red and swallowed the sun And spoke the word of light to enlighten the mass of everyone Ummm... I believe that's us And when the mics are on, and we bust It like an adrenalin rush To your dome and mine too and everyone behind you As long as you keep it Twiztid we'll always be beside you __________________ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.-Confucius Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.-Friedrich Nietzsche Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.-Lord Byron Popularity's bad for you. I avoid it like the plague.-Brian Mulrooney