i would rather die than give you control

[claudelemonde]

my brother ed is probably seven. he barrels down the hallway into the living room where my sister and i are watching television on the couch; he launches into the air and lands dramatically, sinking his plastic teenage mutant ninja turtles scimitar into a floor cushion. "TERRIBLE LIE!" he howls. it is my fault: i have given him a case of the nine

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I GAVE YOU MY PURITY AND MY PURITY YOU STOLE

[hooveraardvark]

NIN was my teenage soundtrack. I ADMIT IT. though, it was more about the fragile than pretty hate machine. not that he has really progressed much, lyrically speaking, but i don't generally burst into hysterical laughter when listening to the downward spiral or the fragile.

my FAVORITE song on pretty hate machine is sin. oh. my. god. "STALE INCENSE, OLD SWEAT, AND LIES! LIES! LIES!" i won't claim that made any sense even when i was 14, but it sure was fun to shout. i am also fond of the one where the devil wants to fuck him in the back of his car. when drunk i am prone to singing either one, unfortunately my friends are mostly music snobs and simply think of NIN as "bad" instead of "sometimes good, but mostly LOLtastic", so i just get a lot of fishy-eyed stares instead of the intended mass karaoke effect.

i am so sad that he is old and fat now. it's all wrong.

Re: I GAVE YOU MY PURITY AND MY PURITY YOU STOLE

[hooveraardvark]

also i could have made that comment a lot longer with even more bad lyrics, but i refrained.

I'M DRUNK & RIGHT NOW I'M SO IN LOVE W/ YOU

[claudelemonde]

god we are all geniuses. i should have instituted a mandatory COMMENTS MUST BE SUBJECT-HEADED WITH YOUR FAVE PHM LYRIC IN ALL CAPS

AND I DON'T WANT TO THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO

[hooveraardvark]

LET'S KEEP GOING. MORE POSTS LIKE THIS.

LAY MY HANDS ON HEAVEN AND THE SUNNNN AND THE MOOOONNNN AND THE STARS

[kissorsleep]

1. I love that you used the word "poof." It's my current favourite label.

2. I have always been, & continue to be, such a NIN fan. Yes, I am a paid Spiral member.

That is all.

[claudelemonde]

"poofter" is also high on the list. it's so daintily offensive! whee

[chocolatebark]

oh man--Lyrics have never been Trent's strong point, although he's gotten way better. What always differentiated his singing was the way he sang it. The screaming, not the words.
Uhm, yeah, that's what I tell myself because if I stop to pay attention to the words in 'Terrible Lie' it's really embarassing.

[claudelemonde]

i mean--most songs have shitty lyrics. look at bryan adams 'heaven' which is a fantastic pop song--it is just a LIST OF CLICHÉS ABOUT LOVE. not everyone is dulli or staples or fuck it, even fat bob smith--in fact, almost nobody is. i guess it's just interesting how some clichés continue to apply, and some are just like, dang i was acting like a retard in 1993, huh.

I will never hate Bryan Adams because he wrote 'The only thing that looks good on me is you' which

[chocolatebark]

is one of those songs that's too ridiculous to die.

Oh man. 1993 I had the worst haircut in the world. I looked like an afghan hound wearing thick reading spectacles and I had this horrible grungy green jacket I wore everywhere, and I wrote bad poems with titles like 'Chalkboard Messiah..'.

uhm.

some things haven't changed that much, I guess.

black-jawed living room couch professor

[claudelemonde]

yr description actually exactly fits me too.

[mistercreepy]

i've always thought with lyrics that the art/poetry of it comes from the way they sing the words, not the words in and of themself. my favorite lyrics are almost wholly based on delivery, not content. in fact, my favorite poems (few and far between, not well read in em) are always ones where i can imagine how i'd like them to be said.

there are a few notable exception, sam cooke's a change is gonna come is a perfect little poem only enhanced by a great singer, great music, and shocking context.

[claudelemonde]

it took dulli's cover of 'strange fruit' for me to realize what a great poem it is, on its own.

[mojgani]

best avatar.

[mojgani]

ever.

[claudelemonde]

i went to a dinner party with the other planets
jupiter knocked up a spaghetti bolognese
but there was no parmesan
and i said, i'm made of cheese
why don't you just grate off a bit of me head
and they did
and it tasted of baby sick