133 Song Lyrics Quoted

In the world of music, lyrics have the power to transcend boundaries and resonate with our deepest emotions. Whether it's a single line that captures the essence of love, a verse that embodies rebellion, or a chorus that brings us to tears, song lyrics often become staples of our cultural experience. In this collection, we've meticulously curated the top 133 song lyrics that have left an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of listeners around the globe. Join us on a lyrical journey as we explore these iconic quotes, celebrating the artistry and emotion that only music can evoke. Let these words inspire, provoke, and connect as they have for countless fans before.

1. “Wish You Were Here So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here.” - Roger Waters

2. “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery.None but ourselves can free our minds.” - Bob Marley

3. “Don't criticize what you can't understand.” - Bob Dylan

4. “These are the seasons of emotion,and like the winds, they rise and fall.” - Led Zeppelin

5. “Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.” - Bob Marley

6. “We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us” - Jim Morrison

7. “Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.” - George Carlin

8. “We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...we all shine on...come on and on and on...” - John Lennon

9. “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.” - Jimi Hendrix

10. “The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.” - Bruce Springsteen

11. “You can go a hundred miles a second Don't have to drive no lousy cab Got everything you want and more man And the King picks up the tab You walk around on streets of gold all day And you never have to listen To what these customers say and I know...” - marc cohn

12. “Down the road in the rain and snow The man and his machine would go Oh the secrets that old car would know Sometimes I hear him sayin'...” - marc cohn

13. “There's a stranger in a car Driving down your street Acts like he knows who you are Slaps his hand on the empty seat and says "Are you gonna get in Or are you gonna stay out?" Just a stranger in a car Might be the one they told you about Well you never were one for cautiousness You open the door He gives you a tender kiss And you can't even hear them no more --All the voices of choices Now only one road remains And strangers in a car Two hearts Two souls Tonight Two lanes You don't know where you're goin' You don't know what you're doin' Hell it might be the highway to heaven And it might be the road to ruin But this is a song For strangers in a car Baby maybe that's all We really are Strangers in a car (Driving down your street) Just strangers in a car (Driving down your street) Strangers in a car” - marc cohn

14. “I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.” - Kris Kristofferson

15. “The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again” - Jimi Hendrix

16. “Remember to let her into your heart.” - John Lennon

17. “It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you HAVEN'T done.” - the butthole surfers

18. “Droplets of yes and no, in an ocean of maybe.” - Faith No More

19. “I get by with a little help from my friends.” - John Lennon

20. “Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.” - Cole Porter

21. “I called to wish you an unhappy birthday because you're evil and you lie and if you should die I may feel slightly sad, but I won't cry.” - Morrissey

22. “And each one there has one thing shared;They have sweated beneath the same sun,Look up in wonder at the same moon,And wept when it was all done,For being done too soon.” - Neil Diamond

23. “If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth.” - Sylvia Plath

24. “one love, one heart” - Bob Marley

25. “And now, the end is near,And so I face the final curtain.My friend, I'll say it clear,I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.I've lived a life that's full.I've traveled each and every highway;And more, much more than this,I did it my way.” - Jacques Revaux

26. “Lose your dream, you lose your mind.” - The Rolling Stones

27. “Assuming that all things are equal,Who'd want to be men of the people,When there's people like you?” - Arctic Monkeys

28. “Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou may say that I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one” - John Lennon

29. “Let your light shine, likeLet your light shine,I've got a bad case of turning it upIt's getting cold in here so fire it upI've got a bad case of turning it upIt's getting cold in here so somebody fire it upCome on and fire it” - Thousand Foot Krutch

30. “There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief...” - Bob Dylan

31. “We are not just Art for Michelangelo to carve, he can't rewrite the agro of my furied heart- Lady Gaga 10/22/10” - Lady Gaga

32. “Would you destroy Something perfect in order to make it beautiful?” - Gerard Way

33. “I thought I was a fool for no one;But ooh baby I'm a fool for you;You're the queen of the superficial;how long before you tell the truth?” - Matthew Bellamy

34. “When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree,there will be an answer, let it be.For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see,there will be an answer. let it be.Let it be, let it be, .....And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light, that shines on me,shine until tomorrow, let it be.I wake up to the sound of music, mother Mary comes to me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.Let it be, let it be, .....” - Paul McCartney

35. “When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.” - Alanis Morissette

36. “..bright eyes and subtle variations of blue...” - Owl City

37. “Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends.If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.” - Jimmy Buffett

38. “the poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be...” - Bruce Springsteen

39. “Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.” - Paul McCartney

40. “And baby, the way you move me it's crazy” - Ray Lamontagne

41. “A lady that I know just came from Colombia. She laughed because I did not understand. She held out some marijuana uh-huh, said it was the finest in the land. I said, no-no-no-no, i dont smoke it no more. It only makes me fall on the floor.No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door. A lady that i know just came from Morrocco, Spain. She laughed because i did not understand. She held out a ten-pound bag of cocaine, said it was the finest in the land. I said no-no-no-no, i don't *sniff* no more, it only makes me fall on the floor. No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door.A lady that i know just came from Tennesee. She laughed because i did not understand. She held out a jug of moonshine, uh-huh, said it was the finest in the land. I said no-no-no-no, i don't drink it no more, it only makes me fall on the floor. No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door.Ringo Starr's No-No Song” - Ringo Starr

42. “Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear” - Ray Lamontagne

43. “The things that matteredWere broken and shatteredOne by one” - Jonny Lang

44. “I truly loved you, but now I'm walking away” - Jonny Lang

45. “I don't want to be in love but you're makin' me” - Jonny Lang

46. “But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles” - Anna Nalick

47. “And I'm a bad boy 'cause I don't even miss her. I'm a bad boy for breakin her heart” - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

48. “Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.” - Joni Mitchell

49. “They call her love, love, love, love, love. She is love, and she is all I need.” - Parachute Band

50. “Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear” - Bon Jovi

51. “Sit tight, I'm gonna need you to keep time Come on just snap, snap, snap your fingers for me Good, good now we're making some progress Come on just tap, tap, tap your toes to the beat And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well Don't you see, I'm the narrator, and this is just the prologue?Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wivesApplause, applause, no wait wait Dear studio audience, I've an announcement to make:It seems the artists these days are not who you think So we'll pick back up on that on another page And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well Don't you see, I'm the narrator and this is just the prologue Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wivesSwear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wivesSwear to shake it up, you swear to listenSwear to shake it up, you swear to listenSwear to shake it up, you swear to listenSwear to shake it up, swear to shake it upSwear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be your eyes” - Panic at the Disco

52. “Ah, but I was so much older thenI’m younger than that now” - Bob Dylan

53. “There's nothing you can do that can't be doneNothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy.Nothing you can make that can't be made. No one you can save that can't be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time. It's easy.Nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy.” - John Lennon

54. “I wish the night would end,I wish the day'd begin,I wish it would rain or snow,or the wind would blow,or the grass would grow,I wish I had yesterday,I wish there were games to play...” - V.C. Andrews

55. “The line it is drawnThe curse it is castThe slow one nowWill later be fastAs the present nowWill later be pastThe new order isRapidly fadin'.And the first one nowWill later be lastFor the times they are a-changin'.” - Bob Dylan

56. “you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry” - Taylor Swift

57. “She laid her heart and soul right in your handsAnd you stole her every dream and crushed her plansShe never even knew she had a choiceAnd that's what happens when the only voice she hears is telling her she can'tYou stupid boy” - Keith Urban

58. “It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone..” - Keith Urban

59. “..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive” - Keith Urban

60. “Her close friends have gathered.Lord, ain't it a shameGrieving togetherSharing the blame.But when she was dyingLord, we let her down.There's no use cryin'It can't help her now.The party's all overDrink up and go home.It's too late to love herAnd leave her alone.Just say she was someoneLord, so far from homeWhose life was so lonesomeShe died all aloneWho dreamed pretty dreamsThat never came trueLord, why was she bornSo black and blue?Oh, why was she bornSo black and blue?Epitaph (Black And Blue) Written by: Kris KristoffersonNote: "Epitaph" is about Janis Joplin.” - Kris Kristofferson

61. “We're still so young and desperate for attention...” - Panic at the Disco

62. “I am very serious about my baby.” - Morrissey

63. “When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.” - John Lennon

64. “because being with you makes perfect sense” - Tim McGraw

65. “some things cost more than you realize” - Radiohead

66. “In My Daughter's Eyes LyricsIn my daughter's eyes I am a heroI am strong and wise and I know no fearBut the truth is plain to seeShe was sent to rescue meI see who I want to beIn my daughter's eyesIn my daughter's eyesEveryone is equalDarkness turns to lightAnd the world is at peaceThis miracle God gave to meGives me strength when I'm weakI find reason to believeIn my daughter's eyesAnd when she wraps her hand around my fingerOh it puts a smile in my heartEverything becomes a little clearerI realize what life is all aboutIt's hangin' on when your heartIs had enoughIt's givin' more when you feel like givin' upI've seen the lightIt's in my daughter's eyesIn my daughter's eyesI can see the futureA reflection of who I amAnd what we'll beAnd though she'll grow and someday leaveMaybe raise a familyWhen I'm goneI hope you'll seeHow happy she made meFor I'll be thereIn my daughter's eyes” - Martina Mcbride

67. “You think you're lost but you're not lost on your own. You're not alone. I will stand by you, I will help you through when you’ve done all you can do.If you can’t cope, I will dry your eyesI will fight your fight, I will hold you tight and I wont let go” - Rascal Flatts

68. “I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long, I'm moving on” - Rascal Flatts

69. “Mirrors on the ceiling,The pink champagne on iceAnd she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'And in the master's chambers,They gathered for the feastThey stab it with their steely knives,But they just can't kill the beastLast thing I remember, I wasRunning for the doorI had to find the passage backTo the place I was before'Relax,' said the night man,'We are programmed to receive.You can check out any time you like,But you can never leave ...” - The Eagles

70. “It was the way he wore the place. You expected him any moment to break into the kind of song that has suspicious rhymes and phrases like "my kind of town" and "I wanna be a part of it" in it; the kind of song where people dance in the street and give the singer apples and join in and a dozen lowly matchgirls suddenly show amazing choreographical ability and everyone acts like cheery lovable citizens instead of the murderous, evil-minded, self-centered people they suspect themselves to be. But the point was that if Carrot had erupted into a song, people WOULD have joined in. Carrot could have jollied up a circle of standing stones to form up behind him and do a rumba.” - Terry Pratchett

71. “I’m a fool with a size one head/I’ll change this heart of mine/This time, this time” - Richard Thompson

72. “Let me fall out of the window/With confetti in my hair” - Tom Waits

73. “I danced along a colored wind/Dangled from a rope of sand” - Tom Waits

74. “You can't start a fireWorrying 'bout your little world falling apartThis gun's for hireEven if we're just dancing in the dark” - Bruce Springsteen

75. “You have every right to a beautiful life.” - Selena Gomez

76. “Get up, get out, get away from these liars'Cause they don't get your soul or your fireTake my hand, knot your fingers through mineAnd we'll walk from this dark room for the last time” - Snow Patrol

77. “Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true,But you and I know what this world can do.So let's make our steps clear so the other may see.And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me.” - Bruce Springsteen

78. “I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul...” - Bob Dylan

79. “We didn't land on plymouth rock, Plymouth rock landed on us".” - Malcolm X

80. “I'm just a man, not a hero. just a boy, who wants to sing this song.” - Gerard Way

81. “A white feather drops at my feet, and I know you're guiding me to where I'm meant to be - Angel Wings” - Marie Symeou

82. “time made me stronger, you're no longer on my mind” - Boyz II Men

83. “I know something you don't....and that is.... I'M NOT WEARING ANY UNDERWEAR! We're gonna get sexy for a minute!” - Gerard Way

84. “Our love is like a songbut you won't sing along.” - Demi Lovato

85. “Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells, the happy endings, and the fairy tales, is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams. We carry on.” - Tim McGraw

86. “The sun will shine in my back door one day..” - Jerry Garcia

87. “It’s true—there are only, like, two songs about rainbows, including that one. He should be asking why there are so few songs about rainbows.” - Cheryl Cory

88. “You know its funny how freedom can make us feel contained” - Foster the People

89. “Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the darkSo soon, so soon.” - Jean Rhys

90. “The life I walk binds my hands it makes me take things that I don’t understand I walk this dark world unknowing of what they hold true, forgetting the me I once knew, until you. The life I walk eternally was all I knew nothing more held me here to this earth until you. I feel the pain of every heart I take I feel the desire to replace all that I have grown to hate Darkness holds me close but the light still draws my empty soul The emptiness where I used pain to fill the hole no longer controls me, no longer calls me because of you.” - Abbi Glines

91. “You weren’t meant for the ice, you weren’t made for the pain. The world that lives inside of me was not the world you were meant to contain. You were meant for castles and living in the sun. Thecold running through me should have made you run. Yet you stay. Holding onto me, yet you stay, reachingout a hand that I push away. The cold is not meant for you yet you stay, you stay, you stay. When I know it’s not right for you. The ice fills my veins and I can’t feel the pain, yet you’re there like the heat that sends me screaming in fear. I can’t feel the warmth I need to feel the ice. I want to hold it all in and numb it till I can’t feel the knife. Your heat threatens to melt it all and I know I can’t bear the pain if the ice melts away. So I push you away and I scream out your name and I know I can’t need you yet you give anyway and I run wishing you would run too. Yet you stay. Holding onto me yet you stay reaching out a hand that I push away. The cold is not meant for you yet you stay, you stay, you stay. When I know it’s not right for you. The blackness is my shield. I pull it closer still. You’re the light that I hide from, the light that I hate. You’re the light to this darkness and I can’t let you stay. I need the dark around me like I need the ice in my veins. The cold is my healer. The cold is my safe place. Youaren’t welcome with your heat you don’t belong beside me. I hate you yet I love, I don’t want you yet I need you. The dark will always be my cloak and you are the threat to unveil my pain, so leave. Leave and erase the memories. I need to face the life that’s meant for me. Don’t stay and ruin all my plans. You can’t have my soul I’m not a man. The empty vessel I dwell in is not meant to feel the heat you bring. I push you away and I push you away. Yet you stay.” - Abbi Glines

92. “The pattern's laid out on the bedWith dozens of colors of threadBut you've got the needleI guess that's the point in the end” - Amanda Palmer

93. “I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.” - Criss Jami

94. “Put some fiddle in the middle, it'll make it better. Warm your heart like an old love letter. Make you feel like the day you met her.” - Kevin Dalton - Faubush Hill

95. “But everything I have to give, I'll give to you” - Ray Lamontagne

96. “It's these little things, they can pull you underLive your life filled with joy and wonderI always knew this altogether thunderWas lost in our little lives” - R.E.M Sweetness Follows

97. “Love me or hate me, i swear it won't make or break me.” - Lil Wayne

98. “East Side, West Side, all around the town,The tots sang "Ring-a-rosie, London Bridge is falling Down;Boys and Girls together, me and Mamie O'Rorke, Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York.” - james w. blake

99. “Ascend, may you find so resistanceJust know that you made such a differenceAll you leave behind will live to the endThe cycle of suffering goes onBut memories of you stay strongSome day I too will fly and find you again” - Alter Bridge

100. “Jangan kau alas hatimu itu, dengan secebis warna kehitaman, dialah seperti anai-anai, lambat laun hancurlah dirimu.” - Bakri Johari

101. “Been a long road to followBeen there and one tomorrowWithout saying goodbye to yesterdayAre the memories I holdStill valid?Or have the tears deluded them..Something somewhere out thereIs calling...Zero Gravity, What's it like?Is somebody thereBeyond these heavy aching feet?Am I going home?Will I hear someone?Singin solace to the silent moonStill the road keeps on telling meTo go on...Something is pulling me,I feel the gravityOf it all.” - Maaya Sakamoto

102. “Even if the weather’s nice I don’t feel niceIt seems like the weather’s mocking meI fall into a situation whereI can’t deal with the anger and I struggleThe world apart from me is running fineYou’re living wellIt’s not fair, this isn’t fairI feel like people walking past me think I’m pitifulI can’t do anything right” - Hyuna

103. “If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said thatevery mushroom cloud has a silver lining.” - Adam Young Owl City Cave In

104. “A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.” - George R.R. Martin

105. “All you need is love.” - John Lennon

106. “Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?” - Tim Minchin

107. “Let It Be” - John Lennon

108. “If actions speak louder than wordsI’m the most deafening noise you’ve heardI’ll be that ringing in your earsThat will stick around for years” - Touche Amore

109. “Memories consumeLike opening the woundI'm picking me apart againYou all assumeI'm safe here in my roomUnless I try to start again.” - Linkin Park

110. “You don't know, oh, ohYou don't know you're beautiful.” - One Direction

111. “Closing up. Finally spent.You are gone.And now you're moving along.Heavy now. Tears remain.Hard pressed to rest.When all I feel like is a mess.Now, don't you worry your head.You're not my one and only friend.And I don't need you anymore.To leave me bruised and broken on the floor.You left me bruised. You left me broken.You left me bruised. You left me broken.” - K.A. Linde

112. “For quiet times disappear listen to the ocean” - Tupac Shakur

113. “While you’re singing something romantic, I can’t get the lyrics to ‘Love and Marriage’ out of my head, and that tune always reminds me of the jingle from Jeopardy.” - E.A. Bucchianeri

114. “Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.” - Aberjhani

115. “If I'd believed that stuff was true, I would have missed out on loving you.” - Janette Rallison

116. “Put your faith in what you most believe in.” - Phil Collins

117. “Soft silly music is meaningful, magical.” - Jeff Mangum

118. “Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.” - Regina Spektor

119. “like a soulmate he's your penguin” - Christina Perri

120. “Nobody prays for the heartless!Nobody gives another penny for the selfish!You're learning how to taste what you kill now.” - Caraphernelia by Pierce The Veil

121. “What if I can't forget you?I'll burn your name into my throat,I'll be the fire that'll catch you.What's so good about picking up the pieces?What if I don't even want to?” - Caraphernelia by Pierce The Veil

122. “Sunshine,There ain't a thing that you can do,That's gonna ruin my night” - Caraphernelia by Pierce The Veil

123. “You've gone and sewn me to this bed,The taste of you and me,Will never leave my lips again,Under the blinding rain,I wanna hold your hand so tight,I'm gonna break my wrist,And when the vultures sing tonight,I'm gonna join right in.” - Bulletproof Love by Pierce The Veil

124. “And god damit,I can barely say your name,So I'll try to write it,And fill the pen with blood from the sink.” - Bulletproof Love by Pierce The Veil

125. “Don't bother this love is a lie.I'm a chemical kid,You're a mechanical bride.” - Chemical kids and mechanical brides by pierce the veil

126. “The moment that's where I,Kill the conversation wrap this up a lie that I'm enjoying every minute with myself,And she could make hell feel just like home,So I'm never leaving her alone,But if your lightning lips aren't mine,Then I don't know the awkward stranger to my right,( but she's crying )” - Yeah Boy And Doll Face by pierce the veil

127. “Well you know I'm a ghost,Pull the note out my throat,And leave me alone,But it's all for you, all for you and more,He won't take her anymore.” - Falling asleep on a stranger by pierce the veill

128. “If I can not have you,Then nobody can.” - Pick up the phone by falling in reverse

129. “From the depths of hell,So far I fell,A deal made with the devil,After all the dust had settled,There's an hourglass of time,Counting down all of our lives,And with every grain of sand,Time is slipping through my hands.” - Don't mess with ouija boards by Falling in reverse

130. “She's like a bullet through an ocean,I still remember how you moved so slow,You tried to kill me with a shot gun,Bang!Now we're even,We don't stop till someone's bleeding!” - Million dollar houses the painter by pierce the veil

131. “When I sew you up...Don't let me,Stop bleeding,Tiny stitches that you placed into my skin,Won't let me go,And they're ruining the mood.” - Pierce the veil

132. “Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings not your flaws...” - Lauren Aquilina

133. “Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind” - Elvis Presley