37 Memorable Song Lyrics Quotes

Song lyrics have an extraordinary power to capture emotions, tell stories, and connect listeners to experiences both familiar and new. They often transcend the melody, leaving imprints on our hearts and minds. In this collection, we've gathered 37 of the most memorable song lyrics that have made lasting impacts across generations. Whether they evoke nostalgia, inspire, or offer solace, these lyrics showcase the profound and timeless artistry that music brings into our lives. Join us as we explore lines that resonate and reflect on the beauty and complexity of the human experience.

1. “A successful song comes to sing itself inside the listener. It is cellular and seismic, a wave coalescing in the mind and in the flesh. There is a message outside and a message inside, and those messages are the same, like the pat and thud of two heartbeats, one within you, one surrounding. The message of the lullaby is that it’s okay to dim the eyes for a time, to lose sight of yourself as you sleep and as you grow: if you drift, it says, you’ll drift ashore: if you fall, you will fall into place.” - Kevin Brockmeier

2. “A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists.Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.” - Vera Nazarian

3. “If you drive a car, I'll tax the street;if you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat; if you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.” - George Harrison

4. “I'd like to add her initial to my monogram...” - Ira Gershwin

5. “The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.” - G.K. Chesterton

6. “A theology that cannot be sung is not worth having.... Authentic Christian faith is not merely believed. Nor is it merely acted upon. It is sung - with utter joy sometimes, in uncontrollable tears sometimes, but it is sung.” - Reggie M. Kidd

7. “It's only when we understand [Jesus'] presence in the church as being the fulfillment of God's promise in Zephaniah 3:17 to "quiet you with his love" and "rejoice over you with singing" that a crucial aspect of our salvation comes into perspective. Jesus didn't coldly settle accounts for us. He doesn't bark us into improving ourselves. He united us to himself in the glorious communion he has enjoyed for eternity with his heavenly Father. He resides within us to heal the broken places and refresh cauterized hearts. He sings us into a new mode of existence.... When, as Paul does, we imagine Jesus singing nations into submission to his rule, our hearts come joyfully under the sway of a love that is infinite and powerful.” - Reggie M. Kidd

8. “A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.” - Thomas Aquinas

9. “I've made so many mistakes, so many corrections. I'm so far from perfect so many imperfections. But I'm a go getta I get up and go get it, so if you preaching prosperity, i wanna hit it.... ” - 50 cent

10. “Why be alone when we can be together babyYou can make my life worthwhileAnd I can make you start to smile” - Mr. Big

11. “I don't know why you care. He doesn't even know you're there” - NSYNC

12. “I miss everything about youCan't believe that I still want youAnd after all the things we've been through” - Colbie Caillat

13. “Poetry is the language of the soul;Poetic Prose, the language of my heart.Each line must flow as in a song,and strike a chord that rings forever.To me, words are music!” - Lori R. Lopez

14. “A song she heardOf cold that gathersLike winter's tongueAmong the shadowsIt rose like blacknessIn the skyThat on volcano'sVomit riseA Stone of ruinFrom burn to chillLike black moonriseHer voice fell still...” - Robert Fanney

15. “I doubt it is your styleNot to get what you set out to acquireThe eyes are on fireYou are the unforecasted stormBrianstorm” - Arctic Monkeys

16. “I don't care how impossible it seems.” - David Byrne

17. “Far over the misty mountains coldTo dungeons deep and caverns oldWe must away ere break of dayTo seek the pale enchanted gold.The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,While hammers fell like ringing bellsIn places deep, where dark things sleep,In hollow halls beneath the fells.For ancient king and elvish lordThere many a gleaming golden hoardThey shaped and wrought, and light they caughtTo hide in gems on hilt of sword.On silver necklaces they strungThe flowering stars, on crowns they hungThe dragon-fire, in twisted wireThey meshed the light of moon and sun.Far over the misty mountains coldTo dungeons deep and caverns oldWe must away, ere break of day,To claim our long-forgotten gold.Goblets they carved there for themselvesAnd harps of gold; where no man delvesThere lay they long, and many a songWas sung unheard by men or elves.The pines were roaring on the height,The wind was moaning in the night.The fire was red, it flaming spread;The trees like torches blazed with light.The bells were ringing in the daleAnd men looked up with faces pale;The dragon's ire more fierce than fireLaid low their towers and houses frail.The mountain smoked beneath the moon;The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.They fled their hall to dying fallBeneath his feet, beneath the moon.Far over the misty mountains grimTo dungeons deep and caverns dimWe must away, ere break of day,To win our harps and gold from him!” - J.R.R. Tolkien

18. “How dare you say it's nothing to me?Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.” - John Mayer

19. “Somewhere a bird sang, its chant hanging plaintive and melancholy in the still air...I think it's a sort of lark or something. Our tradition has it that they sing with the voices of lost lovers. If the stars are smiling on them, you will hear its mate call back in a moment.” - Jane Johnson

20. “People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.” - Michael Jackson

21. “God is the composer; you are the song.” - Steve Maraboli

22. “It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.” - Friedrich von Schiller

23. “If after hearing my songs just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps to strike a loved one it will all have been worth the while.” - Tom Lehrer

24. “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

25. “If I die tomorrow, I'll be alright because I believe that after we're gone, spirit carries on...” - Dream Theater

26. “I didn't know I was lostUntil you found meI never knew what love wasUntil you touched my handI lost myself long agoIn between your lipsAnd now here you areYou steal my breath awayUntil you I never really knew heavenCause until you it was only ever hellI didn't know I was so far goneUntil you brought me homeI promise you, girlI know you're shatteredI'll pick up your piecesAnd make you whole againCause until you girlI've been shattered tooSince my very first kissIt's only been you” - Christine Zolendz

27. “We need music the most when we’re feeling things really intensely. I think the most intense times in your life are when you’re either falling in love or losing it” - Taylor Swift

28. “Sir, don’t make a bigger fool out of yourself because I promise you, if my car is not here when I leave service today . . . just pray for rapture.” - Jevon L. Mack

29. “And then like a song we'd forgotten was even on the mix, you stepped into the house and my whole life.” - Daniel Handler

30. “Phải chứng kiến tận mắt, phải ôm người chết trong tay, phải khâm liệm cho một tử thi... người đó mới xem như thực hiểu đời, hiểu người, hiểu sự sống. Khi đã hiểu cái chết, anh mới bình thản và tự tin để quan sát tất cả những người không hiểu cái chết. Khi ấy anh thấy mình cần phải sống.” - Hồ Anh Thái

31. “Maybe the reason why all the doors are closed so you could open one that leads you to the perfect road.” - Katy Perry

32. “The bird music sank into her, like a song you used to know but forgot long ago. You hear a piano play it some day, and for a minute you feel a happy pain, but you don't know why. Bird felt like that.” - Katherine Catmull

33. “Lo que yo quiero, corazón cobarde,es que mueras por mí.Y morirme contigo si te matasy matarme contigo si te mueresporque el amor cuando no muere mataporque amores que matan nunca mueren.” - Joaquin Sabina

34. “When all that you've tried, leaves nothing but holes inside.” - Joe Brooks

35. “So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.” - Aaron Copland

36. “Forest deep, silent bellsThere's a secret no one tellsValley quiet, water stillLynburns watching on the hillApples red, corn goldAlmost everyone grows old” - Sarah Rees Brennan

37. “Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib, und Gesang,Der bleibt ein Narr sein Lebenlang(He who loves not Wine, Women and SongRemains a fool his whole life long)” - Martin Luther