Worst Lyrics

[Gabble Ratchet]

Of Angels and Angles - The Decemberists.

There are angels in your angles
There's a low moon caught in your tangles
There's a ticking at the sill
There's a purr of a pigeon to break the still of day

As on we go drowning
Down we go away
And darling, we go a-drowning
Down we go away
Away

There's a tough word on your crossword
There's a bed bug nipping a finger
There's a swallow, there's a calm
Here's a hand to lay on your open palm today

As on we go drowning
Down we go away
And darling, we go a-drowning
Down we go away
Away

There are angels in your angles
There's a low moon caught in your tangles

 

[Slip'nn2Darkness]

^^^

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

I have no idea either. And since when do pigeons purr?

 

[Slip'nn2Darkness]

I have no idea either. And since when do pigeons purr?

I think on my worse day's I can write better songs than that one..

 

[LG]

I love the Decemberists...but I agree I have no clue what they are going on about in that song...

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

It's actually a really good song, it's only the lyrics that are bad XD

 

[Tiny Tim]

Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout the new sound, Funny... but it’s still rock and roll to me

Hot funk, cool punk, even if it’s old junk... It’s still rock and roll to me

Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways... It’s still rock and roll to me

Now I'm cofused. Are those lyrics you consider to be bad?

 

[METALPRIEST]

Now I'm cofused. Are those lyrics you consider to be bad?

No

 

[LG]

We were having a fun exchange TT then MP posted those lines from Billy.

 

[Tiny Tim]

Agreed... but are there interesting or unusual words, or an interesting combination of words?

I'm only asking since you usually listen for lyrics first.

Seems I've been singled out to defend my position here, but OK. An interesting combination of words. However, if you read my post a little more carefully, I was referring to my tendency to notice and remember unusual words. That could be a word I hear in conversation or in a movie, read in a book or hear in a lyric. I wasn't specifically talking about lyrics there. Using a lot five dollar words is not the key to good songwriting either.