My absolute fave lyrics of all time:

Garth Brooks, "The Dance":
"Holding you,
I held everything
For a moment,
Wasn't I a king?
But If I'd only known,
How the king would fall
Hey who's to say,
You know I might have changed it all

And now,
I'm glad I didn't know
The way It all would end
The way It all would go
Our lives,
Are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain,
But I'da had to miss the dance."


All of the following are from Death Cab For Cutie... I think they have some of the best lyrics.

"What Sarah Said" (definately check out the rest of this song, these are just my fave lines)
"And it came to me then that every plan
Is a tiny prayer to father time...

...Love is watching someone die

So who’s going to watch you die?"


"Brothers On A Hotel Bed"

"You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I’m not who I used to be
No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise
The youthful boy below who turned your way and saw
Something he was not looking for both a beginning and an end
But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize
When he catches his reflection on accident

On the back of a motor bike
with your arms outstretched trying to take flight
leaving everything behind
but even at our swiftest speed we couldn't break from the concrete
in the city where we still reside.
And I have learned that even landlocked lovers yearn for the sea like navy men
Cause now we say goodnight from our own separate sides
like brothers on a hotel bed"


"Transatlanticism"

"The Atlantic was born today, and I'll tell you how
The clouds above opened up and let it out
I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere
when the water filled every hole
And thousands upon thousands made an ocean
making islands where no islands should go (oh no...)

Most people were overjoyed; they took to their boats
I thought it less like a lake and more like a moat
The rhythm of my footsteps crossing flatlands to your
door have been silenced forevermore
And the distance is quite simply much to far for me to row;
it seems farther than ever before (oh no...)

I need you so much closer..."


And Switchfoot "Let That Be Enough" (again, check out the rest of the song)

:And it all seems so helpless
And I have no plans
I'm a plane in the sunset
With nowhere to land"



Sorry for all that... but I have SO many fave song lyrics. I'm sure I'll add more as I think of them