The most important sentences in prog rock lyrics

[Yesspaz]

"And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around."

[podakayne]

"and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclisped by the moon"

that says tons

"There's always been Ethel.
Jacob wake up you've got to tidy your room now.....
And then Mr Lewis.
Isn't it time that he was out on his own?
Over the garden wall.
Two little love birds Coo coo to you.
Keep those mowing blades sharp.........."

or:

"And Harold Demure, who's still not quite sure, fires acorns from out of his sling.
Here comes the cavalry........"

Very of the time...........excellent lyric writing.

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by podakayne

"and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclisped by the moon"

My favorite lines from that song are "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon," and "The paper holds their (the lunatics) folded faces to the floor, and everyday the paperboy brings more."

P.S. I LOVE your new avatar! Now that's the Poda I know and love.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Yesspaz

My favorite lines from that song are "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon," and "The paper holds their (the lunatics) folded faces to the floor, and everyday the paperboy brings more."

"The paper holds their folded faces to the floor and every day the paper boy brings more."

One of the better political/anti-governemt lyrics of Roger Waters.

Just to hijack this thread back to the topic of "sentences", there are a number of great sentences in the lyrics of Pink Floyd. One of my faves from Animals ahs always been, "You radiate cold shafts of broken glass". Oh man, I'd hate to have a run in with that character!

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by VAXman

there are a number of great sentences in the lyrics of Pink Floyd. One of my faves from Animals ahs always been, "You radiate cold shafts of broken glass".

I think I already quoted from that song "And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around." I also like from that album "Charade you are."

[Rick and Roll]

From Father OSA (Styx)..

"Your life's a ship that's never been to sea"...

on the Rickter Scale tonight..shameless plug No 522...

[Wojtek]

This is so great in it's simplicity:

i have my fears
but they do not have me
(P. Gabriel)

Don't think anyone has mentioned some of the wonderful Moody Blues quotes.

"But I'm never going to lose your precious gift. It will always be that way.
And I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind someday........" New Horizons, Seventh Sojourn.

"Blasting, bursting, billowing forth with the power of 10 billion butterfly sneezes" Higher and Higher, To our Childrens..........

"So fly little bird, up into the clear blue sky.
And carry the word. Love's the only reason why" Land of Make Believe, Seventh Sojourn.

"Bluebird flying high, tell me what you see.
If you could talk to me, what news would you bring?
Of Voices in the sky......." Voices in the sky, In search of the lost chord.

And of Course:

"And I love you. Yes I love you. Oh! how I love you........" Nights in White Satin, Days of Future Past.

[coyote]

"It's Only Knock and Knowall..But I like It"..Gabriel/Genesis..last line from The Lamb

[Naganon]

"If you never saw it coming
Hooked you up with Coca-Cola coming
Nice and slippery."
ELP - Living Sin

[aramg83]

"Can You Tell Me Where My Country Lies?"

[kirk]

.."And we reach all this with movements in between the sad remark".

-K

Colour the thoughts that release within you.....

And the door was open wide,
and inside was a diamond chair,
where I sat when I was young,
I wrote down the words....."

[ProgressiveMan]

Genesis "The knife":
"Tell me my life is about to begin
Tell me that I am a hero,
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger."

Hmmmm....nice to see this thread again.

I've been listening to some CDs I haven't played in a while and the lines that have stuck in my mind for a while now are:

"There's a word and the word is love and it's right for me. It's right for me and the word is love" - Yes, Time and a word.

You can't keep an old hippy down....

[marquer]

Haven't read all the entries in this interesting thread, so perhaps this has been entered already:

From King Crimson's Islands

"Beneath the wind-turned wave
Infinite peace...
Islands join hands
'neathe heaven's sea".

Just love that image.

[progzealot]

Seeing as how what might seem important to me might not seem important to you and vice versa, here's mine...

"My zero to your power of ten equals nothing at all". Jethro Tull.

(sorry if this was in a previous thread,no time to go through them all)

[dinosaur]

Seems I missed this thread first time around, and this may have already been posted, but you gotta consider Tull:

"So you ride yourselves over the fields
and you make all your animal deals
and your wise men don't know how it feels
to be thick as a brick."

[VAXman(Admin)]

The blind eye sees the fragile vandalized.