Favourite lyrics from a Meat song
 

My favourite Meat Loaf songs are 'Dead Ringer For Love' (from 'Dead Ringer'), 'Forever Young' (from 'Couldn't Have Said It Better'), 'Special Girl' (from 'Bad Attitude') and 'Bat Out of Hell' but one song that I've listened to recently and only started to notice properly is 'Objects in the Rear View Mirror (May Appear Closer Than They Are), it is unbelievabley moving and very emotional, it was shown on the big screens at Sheffield before the show and thats when it hit me and one me and mate's favourite motto's now is, "If life is just a highway, then the sole is just a car!" :!:

My favourite lyrics of all time are from IGLHFBOU, where it goes

"When the screws are tightening, and the tears are falling, I can hear you crying out to be saved"

I think it is SO emotional and sung with such power and brilliant music that I just have to love it! :cry:

My Favorit lyric would have to be "Everyones going nowere slowly there all fighting for the chance to be last therse nothing going wrong with goin nowere babey but we should be going nowere fast" I dont why buts it the one lyric that stiks in my head lol :D

My favorite is "We quiver when we touch. I can't believe I love you so much". It's an innocent lyric but it's so full of sexual heat :twisted:


Maria

Along the same lines as Shadow's suggestion, a favorite of mine is:

"Come closer to me now/like we're sharing the same skin" add the imagery of that lyric to the little shudder that Meat does as he sings it on the Storytellers DVD- instant goosebumps every time!

Sherrie

"Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you"

For me, that's the greatest line of all time. It suggests deep loyalty, over-intensive emotion and commitment. It's the most profound and sacred image I've ever known.

"everytime i do it just alittle bit longer, everytime i dream its just alittle big stronger than real life"
i like this cause i daydream a lot. and sometimes i get so caught up in them that i forget what i'm actutally doing you know like driving or having a coversation with someone. :)

Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer they are.

To bleed or not to bleed... :lol:

OK! I know it's not Meat, it's Jim!!!

My favourite is from "Anything For Love": "And maybe I'm lonely, and that's all I'm qualified to be!"

I thin mines would have to be :
'And there aint no coupe de ville hiding in the bottom of a crackerjack box'
the Lyric is amazing because of the little comedy part of it aswell, great!!

God.... this is hard cos theres so many...

At the moment it's

'Drag her by the hair, take her back to your cave..'

and

'I wanna take you in the backseat now and slowly drive you home..'

From "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste"

And one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already know.

There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste.

It's later than you think

And a kiss is a terrible thing to waste.



Surf's Up


And my body is burning like a naked wire

I wanna turn on the juice, I wanna fall in the fire

I'm gonna drown in the ocean in a bottomless sea

I wanna give you what I'm hoping you'll be giving to me

The most important lyrics i have found are these "you shouldn't tremble when we touch there's no reason for these fears" Why???? Because it's true!! Don't we all tremble when we are near someone we feel we could love??

"I'm brakin' out of my body.....and fly away.... like a bat outta heeeeeeeeeeeeell" :twisted:
Who never felt like that before??

By the way: Its really good that this topic is not on the official Frank Zappa homepage... just remembering the lyrics from "Bobby Brown".. uhhh :lol:

I've got an army style dog-tag hanging 'round my neck saying

"Breaking out of my body
And flying away
Like a Bat out of Hell"

Guess I must have a reason for that :)

other than that there's always

"Come on! Come on! And there'll be no turning back!
You are only killing time and it'll kill you right back!
Come on! Come on! It's time to burn up the fuse!
You got nothing to do and even less to lose!"

and on a final note: I know Meat does not sing these lines from "What You See Is What You Get", but they're so damn funny:

"You're not too skinny - not too fat
Loving you is where it's at!"

My current favorite is Heaven Can Wait.... but it can change daily. ;)

These lyrics are just stunning though... and every time I listen to the song I catch something else in it's message. There is a live version with Meat in concert and Jim on piano in accompaniment that is so pure.... the first time I heard it I cried like mad. ;) Gorgeous song...

:)

Di


Heaven can wait
And a band of angels wrapped up in my heart
Will take me through the lonely night
Throught the cold of the day
And I know, I know
Heaven can wait
And all the gods come down here just to sing for me
And the melody's gonna make be fly
Without pain, without fear

Give me all of your dreams
And let me go alone and away
Give me all of your prayers to sing
And I'll turn the night into the skylight of day
I got a taste of paradise
I'm never gonna let it slip away
I got a taste of paradise
It's all I really need to make me stay-
Just like a child again

Heaven can wait
And all I got is time until the end of time
I won't look back
I won't look back
Let the altars shine

It´s hard to choose ´couse there´s too many but I like this: I was so hypnotized by the smile in your eyes today.

That´s so nice.

I've always loved the lyrics from"I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us" proably one of my favourite Meat Loaf songs.

I can't stand to see it no more
The way you're living with a goddess but you treat her like a slave
And you can't hold her back anymore
She's like a dreamer in a dungeon or an angel in a cave

And I'll be closer to you now than any other boy
And you know that what I'm saying is true
You're gonna break her up and tear her down and fade her away
And then there's no telling what I'm gonna do

I'll make you pay for everything that you do
I'll make you pay for everything that you do

But if you give me your girl, and then you give me your trust
And if you give me till the end of the night
I'm gonna love her for both of us
I'm gonna give her everything you always wanted to give
I'm gonna love her for both of us
I'm gonna take her every moment that she wanted to live

I'll let her shine like a jewel in the crown of the holy sun
You turned her into a ghost but she'll be burning when the night is done
I'll let her shine like a jewel in the crown of the holy sun
You turned her into a ghost but she'll be burning when the night is done

You gotta give me your girl and your trust
I'm gonna love her for both of us

You can't hide away anymore
You had a chance but you blew it and you'll never get it back
And your holiness was never so pure
She needs a fire in the heart and not a stabbing in the back

When the screws are tightnin' and the tears are falling
I can hear her crying out to be saved
And like a bolt of lightning I go answer the call
But she's singing like a siren to me over the waves

I never wanted to take away your lover
Until I heard her crying out to be saved
I always thought of you as one of my brothers
But she's singing like a siren to me over the waves
Singing like a siren to me over the waves
There ain't no holding me down!

Pud:o]

For me it has to be:

'No in or out
No loss or doubt
No living with or doing without
Where money ain't the power king
And kindness is the most precious thing

Where Angels sing'

Absolutely heart breakingly beautiful

Kim

:cry: Yoffie :cry: :cry:

Mine Would have To be "Speeding Up and Down The Spped Way On The Back Of ur Bike" From Bad Attitude

If I had to choose ONE SONG it would be For Crying Out Loud!
What about ONE LINE from each album... :roll:

- BOOH
For Crying Out Loud ... for taking in the sun when I'm feeling so cold, for giving me a child when my body is old...

- DEAD RINGER
I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us ... when the screws are tightning and the tears are falling, I can hear her crying out to be saved...

- MIDNITE
If You Really Want To ... he broke your heart, he left you crying, but he did not set you free, and now you feel like you can never love again...

- BAD ATTITUDE
Surf's Up ... I wanna turn on the juice, I wanna fall in the fire, I'm gonna drown in the ocean in a bottomless sea...

- BLIND BEFORE I STOP
Rock 'N' Roll Hero ... I sold my soul for rock 'n' roll when it didn't cost a thing, stacks of scratched up 45'S and taught myself how to sing...

- BOOH II
I'd Do Anything For Love ... maybe I'm lonely, and that's all I'm qualified to be, there's just one and only, the one and only promise I can keep...

- WTTN
Original Sin ... there'll be hell to pay someday, so put it all on the bill, 'cause we'll always be paying, and paying until, we're beyond expiration, with a license to thrill...

- THE VERY BEST OF
A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste ... and one of these nights, you're gonna show me that you already know, there's a feast waiting for you, and you're never even gotton a taste...

- CHSIB
Testify ... every cut that heals reveals a scar that you can never hope to hide, all the pain that you restrain keeps building up deep inside...


Patricia
... and so many more... :bunny:

What are your favourite lyric or lyrics in a Meat song?
 

(It often changes for me, but right now its)

If life is just a highway, and the soul is just a car. Then Objects In the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.

Its all good though 8)

I agree with you RSG...mine changes almost daily but currently "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" ...'We'll never be as young as we are right now' in particular.

jo

It has to be that stone cold classic: 'Tyre tracks and broken hearts. . .'

But right now it's:
"And all the Gods come down here just, to sing for me"
"I know that I've been released, but I don't know to where,
Nobody's gonna tell me now and I don't really care."

Definately the lyrics from "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste", this week anyway :wink:

Well, many favorites here too. But my 2 all-time favs are Is Nothing Sacred and Amnesty, just love the thoughts expressed.

T

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


I've already answered that question in detail in the Tyre Tracks topic...


Patricia
... we'll never be as young as we are right now! sounds good for me today! 8)

At the moment,

The middle bit of paradise "Let me sleep on it"

It's reminding me of me and my boyfriend. Except i'm singing male bits and he's singing female bits.

Mood today: :bicker: frustrated

All revved up with no place to go...


Patricia
... :p

Mine would have to be . . .

"And nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothings ever worth the cost"

Mine changes with my moods at the moment it's "Life is a lemon and I want my money back"!!! (Bit of PMT Ladies!!)

Two out of three ain't bad...

I know, i know, the mood has taken me today.


I know what it feel like to be all revved up with no place to go i feel that all the time.


I'm a bit depressed today, but the bouncy airhead you all know and love will be back soon.
mood today: :cry: upset

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to do a LostSoul and have a long list!

"Some days I just pray to the god of sex, and drums, and rock n roll"
"Maybe I'm lonely, that's all I'm qualified to be" His voice is just so flipping strong! I love it!!
*Entire last verse from IKYIYDCB*
"What about your school? It's defective. It's a pack of useless lies!" :wink:
"A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age"
"For taking and for giving and for playing the game. For praying for my future in the days that remain" First time I heard this song all the way through was on the LATW cd, by the time this lyric was sung, I was the one crying out loud!
"I'll let her shine like a jewel in the crown of the holy sun. You turned her into a ghost but she'll be burning when the night is done."
"They said he crashed and burned, I know I'll never learn why any boy should die so young" The emotion and power in this lyric is amazing!
And, being a born Sunderland girl, the obvious one:
"I'm so sick of black and white"!!! :twisted: :D :wink:

ok, heres my list

Anything for love - Will u cater to every fantasy I got, will u hose me down in holy water, if I get to hot (hot)

Reed em and weep - Like when an actor makes an exit at the end of a play

Life is a Lemon - Its a never ending attack, everythings a lie and thats a fact, Life is a lemon and i want my money back

Dead ringer - Im looking for anonymous and fleeting satisfaction, I wanna tell my daddy ill be missing in action

CHSIB - you have the right, to remain silent

thats it for the moment, lol

Awwwww! *HUGZ*

Mine are close enough!!

Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Will you build and emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?

Its that or:

Our love was as certain as the dawn.
As solid and safe as any love could be.
Our love was a star to wish upon.
And you thought that I'd saved you.
Could've sworn that you saved me.

Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
And the last thing I see is my heart
Still beating
Breaking out of my body
And flying away
Like a bat out of hell

I love it

Pud :twisted:

"C'mon closer to me now, like we're sharing the same skin" because it describes so perfectly that feeling of desired closeness

"I think it's time for you to come inside
I'll be waiting here with something that you'll never forget"
And I wouldn't :)

"It's 7:00am and I just want to call you
And tell you I'm falling in love
But, there's somebody else inside these four walls
If she smells you on my skin
I can't let her know where I've been
I wish I could be with you now
Wish I could love you out loud"
Been there .. captures it perfectly

And as this is about songs Meat sings ..
"May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the light that's surrounding you
...
And may you stay, forever young"

Beautiful words .. and may he do just that :)

Mine is!!

"I get up from the ground in the middle of morning, up from the ground in the middle of the evening, up from the ground and I've fallen back down". That whole song is the best when it's loud and your driving. It's also great when your at the gym and you don't feel like working out, then you put on Meat and it all gets easier.

Most, BostonCPA

At the moment getting ready for a night out so probably something like "When It's time to play rough I'm Masculine!"

Other wise it changes according to mood!!

Sorry to be a nitpick, but wasn't there exactly the same topic somewhere else? If so, see my answer there :p

William, you're linking to this topic. :lol:

Ahhhh... thanx rob!

erm... todays fave lyrics,

Where the rubber meets the road:

Cop in the front seat
lawyer in the back seat
getting it on video tape

makes me laugh!

mood today: :zzz: tired...

Well, I have a few faves as well, but the one that has always stuck with me- 'cause it's just so HOT is;

"You were licking your lips, and your lipstick shone, and I was dying just to ask for a taste."

Where the rubber meets the road is one of my favourite non- Steinman song, lyrically and musically!!

Today it's my sig - from Sailor to a Siren

'And you've been crying, want me to love you like i did before, and when it comes to you, you know i've got no choice..'

'I know you're love might be the death of me, but i'll run to you just the same..'

Just seems to really sum up just where my life's at at the mo..

I left a message at the hotel
They said you checked out
They said you aint coming back....

Reminds me of my hotel lift Meaty moment sorry folks :D just having a moment!

Surfs up Surfs up Surfs up
And soooooo am I
I wanna give ya some Love
Surfs up and sooooooooooooo am IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

loverly

Feleena
:D

So I ask myself "Do I love you so much
that I'm willing to let you go?"

So this is what it feels like
To be the one left behind

I don't want to be here wide awake
Clinging to a love that can't be saved

This time I'm not letting go
This time I'll have and I'll hold
This time I'm walking through fire
This time I'll feed your desire
This time I'll stand by your side
This time I will be your pride
This time I'm not letting go
This time I'll have and I'll hold
This time I'm walking through fire


Touch me
I'm so afraid to draw you close
Hold me
Before my hands fall away
I'll suffocate
If I can't breathe you in
And hold you there
Forever

I used to be a man of steel
And I used to take you in my arms
I used to be a man of steel
Now every bit of faith is gone
I used to be a man of steel
I used to take you in my arms
What's it going to take for us to break down and finally fall

She was a special girl
She meant the world to me
And I gave her everything
When I found her I'd been looking everywhere
And when I lost her, I was lost beyond despair

Dreams are hard to touch
Could it be I love her too much

Dreams they come and go
But thoughts, like love, will always grow

Every cut that heals reveals a scar that you can never hope to hide...from there until the ending of the song, really!

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Lyrics for Bob Dylan - Forever Young

May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

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This song just says it all for me

I must admit forever young i love all the lyrics.. same with the rest of the songs.
however.."Your never alone...."stays in my heart because of something that happend last year!!

From "Standing On The Outside":

I'm so tired of being alone,
In a world that feels so cold.
There's got to be a light that I can find.
There's gotta be a soul somewhere that shines for me!

Now I don't wanna live without love anymore
Just Wanna live my life
Love's gonna open up the door,
Show me it's light again!

From DIST:

And I need some sympathy here,
And I need someone to call my own!