Meaningful lyrics (hardcore, punk, exploited, artist, band)

hookers with machineguns · 03-16-2005, 11:53 AM

Post your favorite lyrics/verses from a punk, crust, or hardcore song. Dont just post it, but also try to talk about what it means and why you like it. I hope this is interesting to you, because the focal point of punk music (IMO) is essentially the songwriting.

Also, there's a lot of musicians that have lyrics that are difficult to "decode" and can take on many interpretations. Post those for discussion.

Anarchy doll · 03-16-2005, 12:23 PM

you guys are all gonna sigh, but there are lots of lyrics that mean something to me....since you said,punk, hardcore or crust I am limited, I like every type of music....
so, I will say *get ready for criticism* my way by Sid Vicious.....they just remind me of a time when I was an unsavory character that care noting about anyone else and it is more something that I would sing to my X. "there were times...I'm sure you knew....when there was ****, **** all else to do......."
AND "today, I killed a cat, and my eyes sighed...I did not die by...and that, much more than this...I did it my way...."

I would be able to list more, but Hookers said he wanted punk, hardcore crust....there are more but I gotta give it a think...I guess Anarchy For Sale dedicated to my X as well, he is such a poser sometimes, but knows WAY too much!

Jonah · 03-16-2005, 01:08 PM

"Refusal" by Strike Anywhere

These lyrics speak for itself...however if anyone needs an explanation;
The first time I saw them, Tom said this is for all those women who are still struggling in this world. WOMENS RIGHTS! Amen.

sister
I won't let you go
I won't let them take you
into the silence of a past divided
brother
keep teaching the power
we only move together
away from the past that made us fall apart

I refuse to run and I will die
before I kneel in this life

systems
of profits we punish
with love as our weapon
and unity
unity rebirth in fire

I refuse to run and I will die
before I kneel in this life

are we crucified
we defend our birthright
equality betrayed
and every hour a voice is lost
but every rage defies the cost
embrace the whole world as your kin
truth to truth and skin to skin
begin

searching for an end to the bulls h i t reactions
another way to separate us
and end to the bulls h i t of separation
another way to keep us from truth

Fenixpunk · 03-16-2005, 01:30 PM

For the longest time the lyrics to "My Life" from Exploited was like an anthem to me, every line in the song was so powerful, and it reminds me exactly of how i was back in the day.

Let me live my life my way
Living it from day to day
I'll do the things that I want to do
It's up to me not up to you

GO AWAY GO AWAY LEAVE ME ALONE
I JUST WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF MY OWN
I DON'T WANT TO BE NOBODY'S CLONE

Don't try to tell me what to wear
How to dress or have my hair
I'll never listen to what you say
I'll never sell out there is no way
You say it's only a passing phase
The craze for teenage nowadays
It may only be a fashion to some
But we'll be here for years to come
Sex and drinks and lots of drugs
Passes the time when you're on the dole
There's nowt to do so you start your own band
And tour this god forsaken land..

All_Nite_Dinah · 03-16-2005, 03:32 PM

The Broadways "upton"

i'm not angry i'm a no good piece of ****
i hear that eeryday, it just rolls off my back
left out frustrated no one to talk to
alone with the thoughts in my head
the people i respect knock me down,
so i sit like a piece of garbage washed up on the curb
and it's funny in a place where one in ten have no money
i hear only one in ten encouraging words
"yeah the wisemen don't know ****,
it's a poor **** like me on the streets i got it all figured out"
said an old man piss drunk on a wednesday
a smile from his dirty toothless mouth made me smile
and he asked me for a smoke and some change
a cigarette was all i had to give
i sat around watching cars thinking stupid ****ing thoughts about
my friends and my girl and my school and myself
and i wished i could go drinking
where noone knew my name and i didn't know anyone else
i sat alone bored accomplishing nothing
another summer day, more thrown away sunshine
"now don't be offended and don't curse me out,
but i'm starving and i sure could use your dimes"
i looked up at a young man not much older than me
gave him a dollar and a smoke and some time
he said "i fought for uncle sam and now he won't fight for me
he threw me out when i was done serving time
i said i wouldn't go into special forces and kill
he said 'then stay out on the streets and ****ing die'"
yeah there's two kinds of prisons
some say one where you're locked up and everythings outside
and another where you're outside and everything is locked away

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-16-2005, 03:43 PM

Wanna know what the music industry is really like?

They said release ’remote control’
But we didn’t want it on the label
They said, fly to amsterdam
The people laughed but the press went mad

Ooh ooh ooh someone’s really smart
Ooh ooh ooh complete control, that’s a laugh

On the last tour my mates couldn’t get in
I’d open up the back door but they’d get run out again
At every hotel we was met by the law
Come for the party - come to make sure!

Ooh ooh ooh have we done something wrong?
Ooh ooh ooh complete control, even over this song

They said we’d be artistically free
When we signed that bit of paper
They meant let’s make a lotsa mon-ee
An’ worry about it later

Ooh ooh ooh I’ll never understand
Ooh ooh ooh complete control - lemme see your other hand!

All over the news spread fast
They’re dirty, they’re filthy
They ain’t gonna last!

This is joe public speaking
I’m controlled in the body, controlled in the mind

Total
C-o-n control - that means you!

sleepy jack · 03-16-2005, 05:01 PM

"Fiends CLub" Its almost exatly how everyoen at school treats me and my friends.I mean we never turn our backs on eachother but everyone else would tell every secret bout their friend to be cool.

We won't pretend that this is the end
We're not losers all of the time
We march and we fall
We're one and for all
It's just evil all of the time...
All the time...

We are the fiend club
We are the fiend club
We are the fiend club
Not you! Not you!

You dress so messed up
Your hair is too long
But I'm changing all of the time
We march and we fall
We're one and for all
It's just evil all of the time
All of the time
Evil all the time

We are the fiend club
We are the fiend club
We are the fiend club
Not you! Not you!

We are the fiend club

hookers with machineguns · 03-18-2005, 02:40 PM

Subhumans "Where's The Freedom"

We're going backwards
Into the sin of self-neglect
What do we stand for?
It's very easy to forget
The protest marches
Is it the done thing to object?
So where's the freedom?
Your conscience hangs around your neck
Where's the freedom?
We're going crazy
With paranoia, fear, and greed
Accepting standards
Believing what we hear and read
And when we think we've sussed out a new reality
But is this freedom just another hand from which we feed?
Where's the freedom?
We're going nowhere
In vicious circles we gyrate
The new sub-culture
With cliches painted on their face
We cannot see past
The elitest barriers we create
We reject the system
But put another in it's place
Where's the freedom?

hookers with machineguns · 03-18-2005, 02:44 PM

A Global Threat "We're All Equal in The End"

voice of televangelist to moms and dads at home
who will your kids listen to and who will they ignore?
tell them lies and feed them sh*t, don't those h*mos make you sick?
but are you gonna follow, or are you gonna lead?
we're all equal in the end
voice of white supremacist to moms and dads at home
who will your kids listen to and who will they ignore?
tell them lies and feed them ****, don't those n*ggers make you sick?
but are you gonna follow, or are you gonna lead?
we're all equal in the end
no voice of televangelist
we're all equal in the end
no voice of white supremacist
we're all equal in the end
this is our voice, this is it
we're all equal in the end

PsychobillyGirl · 03-27-2005, 03:27 AM

"wrapped in pink and dotted with hearts" - horropops.

thats me dude

03-16-2005, 11:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	Meaningful lyrics Post your favorite lyrics/verses from a punk, crust, or hardcore song. Dont just post it, but also try to talk about what it means and why you like it. I hope this is interesting to you, because the focal point of punk music (IMO) is essentially the songwriting. Also, there's a lot of musicians that have lyrics that are difficult to "decode" and can take on many interpretations. Post those for discussion. __________________ LASTFM

03-16-2005, 01:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jonah My real name is Renee. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 191	"Refusal" by Strike Anywhere These lyrics speak for itself...however if anyone needs an explanation; The first time I saw them, Tom said this is for all those women who are still struggling in this world. WOMENS RIGHTS! Amen. sister I won't let you go I won't let them take you into the silence of a past divided brother keep teaching the power we only move together away from the past that made us fall apart I refuse to run and I will die before I kneel in this life systems of profits we punish with love as our weapon and unity unity rebirth in fire I refuse to run and I will die before I kneel in this life are we crucified we defend our birthright equality betrayed and every hour a voice is lost but every rage defies the cost embrace the whole world as your kin truth to truth and skin to skin begin searching for an end to the bulls h i t reactions another way to separate us and end to the bulls h i t of separation another way to keep us from truth __________________ "If we take our strength- to market, to trade for their ugly beauty-Watch us grow up to war."

03-16-2005, 01:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Fenixpunk The Erroneous Hoodlum Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Side Phoenix Posts: 2,057	For the longest time the lyrics to "My Life" from Exploited was like an anthem to me, every line in the song was so powerful, and it reminds me exactly of how i was back in the day. Let me live my life my way Living it from day to day I'll do the things that I want to do It's up to me not up to you GO AWAY GO AWAY LEAVE ME ALONE I JUST WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF MY OWN I DON'T WANT TO BE NOBODY'S CLONE Don't try to tell me what to wear How to dress or have my hair I'll never listen to what you say I'll never sell out there is no way You say it's only a passing phase The craze for teenage nowadays It may only be a fashion to some But we'll be here for years to come Sex and drinks and lots of drugs Passes the time when you're on the dole There's nowt to do so you start your own band And tour this god forsaken land.. __________________ This message has been approved by Shawn Erroneous - The Declaimed

03-16-2005, 03:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
All_Nite_Dinah Not Impressed Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 741	The Broadways "upton" i'm not angry i'm a no good piece of ** i hear that eeryday, it just rolls off my back left out frustrated no one to talk to alone with the thoughts in my head the people i respect knock me down, so i sit like a piece of garbage washed up on the curb and it's funny in a place where one in ten have no money i hear only one in ten encouraging words "yeah the wisemen don't know , it's a poor like me on the streets i got it all figured out" said an old man piss drunk on a wednesday a smile from his dirty toothless mouth made me smile and he asked me for a smoke and some change a cigarette was all i had to give i sat around watching cars thinking stupid ing thoughts about my friends and my girl and my school and myself and i wished i could go drinking where noone knew my name and i didn't know anyone else i sat alone bored accomplishing nothing another summer day, more thrown away sunshine "now don't be offended and don't curse me out, but i'm starving and i sure could use your dimes" i looked up at a young man not much older than me gave him a dollar and a smoke and some time he said "i fought for uncle sam and now he won't fight for me he threw me out when i was done serving time i said i wouldn't go into special forces and kill he said 'then stay out on the streets and **ing die'" yeah there's two kinds of prisons some say one where you're locked up and everythings outside and another where you're outside and everything is locked away __________________ If I cant dance I dont want to be part of your revolution. DEATH TO FALSE DUDES!

03-16-2005, 03:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Wanna know what the music industry is really like? They said release ’remote control’ But we didn’t want it on the label They said, fly to amsterdam The people laughed but the press went mad Ooh ooh ooh someone’s really smart Ooh ooh ooh complete control, that’s a laugh On the last tour my mates couldn’t get in I’d open up the back door but they’d get run out again At every hotel we was met by the law Come for the party - come to make sure! Ooh ooh ooh have we done something wrong? Ooh ooh ooh complete control, even over this song They said we’d be artistically free When we signed that bit of paper They meant let’s make a lotsa mon-ee An’ worry about it later Ooh ooh ooh I’ll never understand Ooh ooh ooh complete control - lemme see your other hand! All over the news spread fast They’re dirty, they’re filthy They ain’t gonna last! This is joe public speaking I’m controlled in the body, controlled in the mind Total C-o-n control - that means you! __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

03-16-2005, 12:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anarchy doll punk rock mommy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in my mind Posts: 660	you guys are all gonna sigh, but there are lots of lyrics that mean something to me....since you said,punk, hardcore or crust I am limited, I like every type of music.... so, I will say get ready for criticism my way by Sid Vicious.....they just remind me of a time when I was an unsavory character that care noting about anyone else and it is more something that I would sing to my X. "there were times...I'm sure you knew....when there was **, ** all else to do......." AND "today, I killed a cat, and my eyes sighed...I did not die by...and that, much more than this...I did it my way...." I would be able to list more, but Hookers said he wanted punk, hardcore crust....there are more but I gotta give it a think...I guess Anarchy For Sale dedicated to my X as well, he is such a poser sometimes, but knows WAY too much!

03-18-2005, 02:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	Subhumans "Where's The Freedom" We're going backwards Into the sin of self-neglect What do we stand for? It's very easy to forget The protest marches Is it the done thing to object? So where's the freedom? Your conscience hangs around your neck Where's the freedom? We're going crazy With paranoia, fear, and greed Accepting standards Believing what we hear and read And when we think we've sussed out a new reality But is this freedom just another hand from which we feed? Where's the freedom? We're going nowhere In vicious circles we gyrate The new sub-culture With cliches painted on their face We cannot see past The elitest barriers we create We reject the system But put another in it's place Where's the freedom? __________________ LASTFM

03-18-2005, 02:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	A Global Threat "We're All Equal in The End" voice of televangelist to moms and dads at home who will your kids listen to and who will they ignore? tell them lies and feed them sht, don't those hmos make you sick? but are you gonna follow, or are you gonna lead? we're all equal in the end voice of white supremacist to moms and dads at home who will your kids listen to and who will they ignore? tell them lies and feed them ***, don't those nggers make you sick? but are you gonna follow, or are you gonna lead? we're all equal in the end no voice of televangelist we're all equal in the end no voice of white supremacist we're all equal in the end this is our voice, this is it we're all equal in the end __________________ LASTFM

03-27-2005, 03:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
PsychobillyGirl Groupie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1	"wrapped in pink and dotted with hearts" - horropops. thats me dude