Music has a unique way of capturing emotions and telling stories through powerful lyrics. Whether you're seeking inspiration, motivation, or just a meaningful phrase to express how you feel, song lyric quotes can resonate deeply. In this collection, we’ve curated the top 66 best song lyric quotes that have stood the test of time, offering insight, comfort, and a touch of poetic beauty. Dive in and find the words that speak to your soul.
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. “Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.” - Bob Marley
4. “We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us” - Jim Morrison
5. “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
6. “I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.” - Kris Kristofferson
7. “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
8. “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
9. “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
10. “If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth.” - Sylvia Plath
11. “Lose your dream, you lose your mind.” - The Rolling Stones
12. “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
13. “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
14. “Everybody Hurts When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang onDon't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimesSometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing alongWhen your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)If you feel like letting go, (hold on)When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friendsEverybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your handIf you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not aloneIf you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,When you think you've had too much of this life to hang onWell, everybody hurts sometimes,Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimesAnd everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold onHold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold onEverybody hurts. You are not alone” - R.E.M.
15. “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
16. “Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends.If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.” - Jimmy Buffett
17. “the poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be...” - Bruce Springsteen
18. “Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.” - Paul McCartney
19. “And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong” - Marvin Gaye
20. “The things that matteredWere broken and shatteredOne by one” - Jonny Lang
21. “But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles” - Anna Nalick
22. “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
23. “They call her love, love, love, love, love. She is love, and she is all I need.” - Parachute Band
24. “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
25. “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
26. “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
27. “We're still so young and desperate for attention...” - Panic at the Disco
28. “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
29. “because being with you makes perfect sense” - Tim McGraw
30. “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
31. “She's sweet on Wagner.I think she'd die for Beethoven.she loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,and Verdi's always creeping from her room.” - Electric Light Orchestra
32. “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
33. “History is an angel being blown backwards into the future” - Laurie Anderson
34. “Let me fall out of the window/With confetti in my hair” - Tom Waits
35. “I danced along a colored wind/Dangled from a rope of sand” - Tom Waits
36. “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
37. “You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?" I long to live out this moment in real life.” - Rob Sheffield
38. “I'm just a man, not a hero. just a boy, who wants to sing this song.” - Gerard Way
39. “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
40. “time made me stronger, you're no longer on my mind” - Boyz II Men
41. “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
42. “Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the darkSo soon, so soon.” - Jean Rhys
43. “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
44. “I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.” - Criss Jami
45. “But everything I have to give, I'll give to you” - Ray Lamontagne
46. “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
47. “Love me or hate me, i swear it won't make or break me.” - Lil Wayne
48. “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
49. “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
50. “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
51. “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
52. “Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?” - Tim Minchin
53. “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
54. “You don't know, oh, ohYou don't know you're beautiful.” - One Direction
55. “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
56. “For quiet times disappear listen to the ocean” - Tupac Shakur
57. “Hello again, friend of a friend, I knew you whenOur common goal was waiting for the world to endNow that the truth is just a rule that you can bendYou crack the whip, shape shift and trick the past againI'll send you my love on a wireLift you up, everytime, everyone, ooo, pulls away, oooFrom uou” - Metric
58. “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
59. “If I'd believed that stuff was true, I would have missed out on loving you.” - Janette Rallison
60. “Put your faith in what you most believe in.” - Phil Collins
61. “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
62. “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
63. “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
64. “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
65. “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
66. “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
