87 Inspirational Quotes From Lyrics

In the world of music, lyrics often serve as a profound source of inspiration, resonating with listeners by capturing emotions and experiences. From timeless classics to contemporary hits, song lyrics have the power to uplift, motivate, and encourage us through various stages of life. We've curated a collection of 87 of the most inspirational quotes from songs that have the ability to ignite passion, offer solace, and provide a fresh perspective. Whether you're seeking motivation, comfort, or a spark of creativity, these lyrical quotes are sure to inspire and empower you on your personal journey.

1. “I am no king, and I am no lord,And I am no soldier at-arms," said he."I'm none but a harper, and a very poor harper,That am come hither to wed with ye.""If you were a lord, you should be my lord,And the same if you were a thief," said she."And if you are a harper, you shall be my harper,For it makes no matter to me, to me,For it makes no matter to me.""But what if it prove that I am no harper?That I lied for your love most monstrously?""Why, then I'll teach you to play and sing,For I dearly love a good harp," said she.” - Peter S. Beagle

2. “I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours” - Bob Dylan

3. “Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you've never sung before, and you realize you've never sung the right words in that song? You hear them and all of a sudden you say to yourself, 'Life in the Fast Lane?' That's what they're saying right there? You think, 'why have I been singing 'wipe in the vaseline?' how many people have heard me sing 'wipe in the vaseline?' I am an idiot.” - Ellen DeGeneres

4. “So, you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus.” - Tori Amos

5. “I salute to you Commanderand I sneeze'Cause I have Nowan AllergyTo your policies it seemsWhere have we gone wrong America?Mr. Lincoln we can't seemto find you anywhere out of the millionsFrom the desertsTo the mountainsOver prairiesTo the shoresIs this just the Madness of King GeorgeYo GeorgeIs this just the Madness of King GeorgeYo GeorgeWell you have the whole Nationon all fours. ” - Tori Amos

6. “Am I the reason you breatheOr am I the reason you cry?” - Saliva

7. “One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.” - Stephen Sondheim

8. “The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel.” - Elvis Costello

9. “The past is a pebble in my shoe.” - Poe

10. “Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.” - Mick Jagger

11. “a lesson must be livedin order to be learnedand the clarity to see and stop this nowthat is what i've earned” - Ani DiFranco

12. “(It starts with)One thing, I don’t know whyIt doesn’t even matter how hard you tryKeep that in mind, I designed this rhymeTo explain in due timeAll I knowtime is a valuable thingWatch it fly by as the pendulum swingsWatch it count down to the end of the dayThe clock ticks life awayIt’s so unrealDidn’t look out belowWatch the time go right out the windowTrying to hold on but didn’t even knowWasted it all just toWatch you goI kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apartWhat it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I tried so hardAnd got so farBut in the endIt doesn't even matterI had to fallTo lose it allBut in the endIt doesn't even matter” - Linkin Park

13. “We have eyes and we have nervesesWe have tails we have teethYou'll all get what you deservesesWhen we rise from underneath.” - Neil Gaiman

14. “There is a place where the sidewalk endsAnd before the street begins,And there the grass grows soft and white,And there the sun burns crimson bright,And there the moon-bird rests from his flightTo cool in the peppermint wind.Let us leave this place where the smoke blows blackAnd the dark street winds and bends.Past the pits where the asphalt flowers growWe shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,And watch where the chalk-white arrows goTo the place where the sidewalk ends.Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,For the children, they mark, and the children, they knowThe place where the sidewalk ends.” - Shel Silverstein

15. “I used to dream, and I used to vow;I wouldn't dream of it now.” - Morrissey

16. “Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary and psychologically save me?” - Morrissey

17. “There are more than enoughto fight and oppose;why waste good timefighting the people you like?” - Morrissey

18. “Hold on to your friends.Resist - or move onBe mad, be rashSmoke and explodeSell all of your clothesJust bear in mind:There just might come a timeWhen you need some friends ” - Morrissey

19. “Because you wear a uniform, a smelly uniform...and so you think you can be rude to me.” - Morrissey

20. “I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.” - Morrissey

21. “I am hated for loving.I am haunted for wanting.” - Morrissey

22. “I still don't belong to anyone - I am mine.” - Morrissey

23. “You're not right in the head, and nor am I, and this is why....this is why I like you.” - Morrissey

24. “I'd love to...but only with you.” - Morrissey

25. “Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH!And look around ...can you blame us?!” - Morrissey

26. “Rush to danger; wind up nowhere.” - Morrissey

27. “Satan rejected my soul; as low as he goes,he never quite goes this low.” - Morrissey

28. “Tried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began.” - Morrissey

29. “Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.” - Morrissey

30. “Oh, I can't help quoting you, because everything that you said rings true.” - Morrissey

31. “We hate it when our friends become successful.” - Morrissey

32. “Diazapam (that's valium), temazepam, lithium, ECT, HRT - how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't give me anymore!” - Morrissey

33. “There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!” - Morrissey

34. “You don't like me, but you love me; either way, you're wrong.” - Morrissey

35. “I was wasting my time, praying for love.For a love that never comes, from someone who does not exist.” - Morrissey

36. “Take the time to make some sense for what you wanna say,And cast your words away upon the waves.Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today,And as they land upon the shore,Tell them not to fear no more.I'm not saying right is wrong,It's up to us to make the best of all the things that come our way.Cos' everything that's been has past,The answers in the looking glass.There's four and twenty million doorsOn life's endless corridor,So say it loud and sing it proud today.” - Noel Gallagher

37. “Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift - look out out kid, they keep it all hid” - Bob Dylan

38. “Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.” - Scott Westerfeld

39. “When I’m home alone I just dance by myselfAnd you pull my head so close volume goes with the truthSigning off 'I’m alright in bed but I’m better with a pen'The kid was alright but it went to his head” - Fall Out Boy

40. “So don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things that shine. [Ours]” - Taylor Swift

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

42. “Say you were split, you were split in fragments and none of the pieces would talk to you. Wouldn't you want to be who you had been? Well, maybe I'd want that too.” - Aimee Mann

43. “Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won't put these futures back together. All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn't be enough to bring me back to zero.” - Aimee Mann

44. “I'll fake it through the day somehow with Johnny Walker Red.” - Elliot Smith

45. “The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door. And last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my floor.” - Fiona Apple

46. “Remember when I moved in you and the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was, "Hallelujah.” - Leonard Cohen

47. “Just throw it all and live like there's no tomorrow.” - The Offspring

48. “Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.” - India.Arie

49. “[O]ne man's vulgarity is another's lyric.” - John Marshall Harlan

50. “Que fácil fue tocar el cielo la primera vez, cuando los besos fueron el motor de arranque, que encendió la luz que hoy se desaparece.Así se disfraza el amor para su conveniencia, aceptando todo sin hacer preguntas, y dejando al tiempo la estocada a muerte.” - Ricardo Arjona

51. “The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.” - Vanessa Carlton

52. “He'd like you to join the club that likes to saythere's no such thing as love ...” - Patty Griffin

53. “A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.” - Criss Jami

54. “Don't care what people sayJust follow your own wayDon't give up and use the chanceTo return to innocence.That's not the beginning of the endThat's the return to yourselfThe return to innocence.” - Enigma

55. “Music is the beat of a drum that keeps time with our emotions.” - Shannon L. Alder

56. “The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.” - Criss Jami

57. “If I knew what to doI'd do more than write a song for you” - Criss Jami

58. “I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart” - Christina Perri

59. “Well you found us strength and solutions but I liked the tensionAnd not always knowing the answers when you're gonna lose it, you're gonna lose it.” - Hayley Williams

60. “For mankind you've made your wintry bed.A shipwreck of your own mortality” - Marie Symeou

61. “The houses have been condemned on Memory LaneI’m tired of this struggle that leaves everything the sameI’ve tried so hard to make it workthat I’m dying insideWell, you can take my pastBut you can’t have my tomorrowPromises that remain promises are useless and they’re cheapI wish I could put a price on words so I could make them keepI put so much faith in youI lost all my faith in meWell, you can take my pastBut you can’t have my tomorrowI’m giving up on giving upI can’t leave it all to prayer‘Cause the first step in getting betteris knowing what’s not thereYou said you’d make it betterand that just makes it worseWell, you can take my pastBut you can’t have my tomorrowYes, I want my life to lastSo you can’t have my tomorrowNo, you can’t have my tomorrow” - David Levithan

62. “Easy come, easy go,That's just how you live, oh,Take, take, take it all,But you never give.Should've known you was troubleFrom the first kiss,Had your eyes wide open.Why were they open?Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash,You tossed it in the trash, you did.To give me all your love is all I ever asked, 'causeWhat you don't understand isI'd catch a grenade for yaThrow my hand on a blade for yaI'd jump in front of a train for ya You know I'd do anything for ya Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain,Take a bullet straight through my brain!Yes, I would die for ya, baby,But you won't do the same.” - Bruno Mars

63. “And my head told my heart"Let love grow"But my heart told my head"This time noThis time no” - Mumford and Sons

64. “It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.” - Neil Young

65. “Skies are crying,I am watching,Catching teardrops in my hands.Only silence, as it's ending,Like we never had a chance.Do you have to make me feelLike there's nothing left of me?” - Demi Lovato

66. “I find peace when I'm confused, I find hope when I'm let down, not in me but in you.” - Switchfoot

67. “And it only hurts when I'm breathing My heart only breaks when it's beating My dreams only die when I'm dreaming So, I hold my breath--to forget” - Shania Twain

68. “But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,If I am dead, as dead I well may be,You'll come and find the place where I am lying,And kneel and say Ave there for me,And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,For you will bend and tell me that you love me,And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me” - Frederic Weatherly

69. “It’s not just all physicalI’m the type who will get oh so critical” - Tegan Quin

70. “And now I know that you're the oneI've waited my whole life forYou're budding leaves turning green in springYou're the fresh breath of air that summer bringsYou're the autumn sky painted in rainbow huesYou're the wintry ocean dancing in shimmering bluesYou're the air I breahteYou're the water I drinkYou're the fire inside meThe earth under my feet You're the one” - Kendall Grey

71. “I liked old time music but what i meant by that was the period from the 1930s through the 60s, nothing before and little after. Performers like fats waller, Sinatra, billie holiday, louis armstrong, rosemary clooney, ella, sammy Davis Jr, dean martin... If the lyrics weren't stupid. Words were important.” - Jeffery Deaver

72. “I stay out of sight and only whisper to you.Words I can’t say. Words you don’t need to hear. Words I can’t keep from tangling my way.Now, I can’t stand alone. I can’t ignore what I’ve been shown.You’ve claimed me and I don’t care who knows. You’ve claimed me and I don’t care if it shows.I’m weakened and I’m strengthened in your arms.You’ve claimed me and I need to feel you close.You stand wanting more than you could ever understand.I stand helpless, needing to give in to your every command. Wanting to see you smile has consumed me and tied both my hands.Nothing I offer could ever be worthy of your love.It’s a miracle that you saw me and never ran.I will spend my whole life trying to be the man you think I am.Now, I can’t stand-alone. Now, I am under your influence. I can’t ignore what I’ve been shown.You’ve claimed me and I don’t care who knows.You’ve claimed me and I don’t care if it shows.I’m weakened and I’m strengthened in your arms. You’ve claimed me and I need to feel you close.”“You hold fire within your gaze.It mesmerizes everyone you allow into your maze. I know nothing of your thoughts but I need to bask within the warmth of your rays. Nothing you do could ever be wrong. You’re forever perfect in every way.Now, I can’t stand-alone. Now, I am under your influence.You’ve taken over me and now, I can’t ignore what I’ve been shown. You’ve claimed me and I don’t care who knows. You’ve claimed me and I don’t care if it shows. I’m weakened and I’m strengthened in your arms.You’ve claimed me and I need to feel you close.”~ Dank Walker” - Abbi Glines

73. “Danger, Danger running cold              Knowing but fearing just the same               Death comes and yet you don’t let go              Standing while it’s steel bands hold              Don’t walk. Don’t walk where light can not shine              You know the warning has been told              It comes for what is mine and I know it will be so.             Let go, it’s all there is that’s left. Let go your sin has no wrath.              Danger was Hell’s last request.               Let go it’s all there is that’s left. Let go your sin has no wrath.              Forgiveness wasn’t given yet. Not yet. Not yet.              No regrets. ~ Dank Walker” - Abbi Glines

74. “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

75. “The voice sang on, “I am ready, I am ready, I am fine. I am fine, I am fine, I am fine.” I played it again. I was not fine.” - Kimberly Novosel

76. “Yet the only girl who'd love him is his mother...' - A Girl Worth Fighting For (song)” - David Zippel

77. “From time to timeI once wondered how one wanders from time to timeAnd think up the paradox lineSpeak of Epoch's crimeOh I lied, it hasn't happened yetBut bet you better believe it's such a habit thatI just said that in a past mindset” - Criss Jami

78. “You don't need this prep but I'm going to give it to you anyway. I can tell, I don't know any of you that well, but I can see it in your faces that and some of you have faces that remind me of what my face looked like when I was younger. I see some of you young people out there and I remember how hard it is to be young. And I remember how hard it is to be rejected the first time when you're young. And so what I want you to do is close your eyes. And I can see you, so don't cheat me here. Close those eyes of yours. Put 'em, real tight. And I want you to imagine the first person who broke you heart. The first person that didn't like you back, the first person that said shitty stuff about you. The first person that dumped you. The first person that changed their phone number because you called them 62 times in one day. The first person that didn't know how good you were and they missed you, they passed you by. Imagine that person and then I want you to sing at the top of your fucking lungs. I want you to sing. I want to heal that with you right now. (sings): Look me in the eye and tell me you dont find me attractive.Look me in the heart and tell me that you wont go. Look me in the eye and promise no love is like our love look me in the heart and unbreak broken it wont happen.” - Tegan Quin Live @ Cain's Ballroom 9 11 10

79. “I didn't have a heart until I meet you.That smile is killin me too.I can't look away.Can I always stay?I can't look away.I need to stay.I didn't have a heart until I meet you.” - Jenni James

80. “I bought the Heartbreak Hotel, on my own with no investors. Closed it down and opened the Fuck You, Get Over It bed and breakfast.” - Scroobius Pip

81. “The days get longer and the nights smell green I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.” - Modest Mouse

82. “Oh darkness, I feel like letting go.” - Sarah McLachlan

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

84. “Tears flood in youyour eyes burningyour heart scars with my name scratched deepMy face is gonemy heart betrayed by your lullabiesI’m a shadow of a girl insideHands are touching younothing takes the place of youHeart wrench, weeps goodbyeLullabies, beautiful and trustingBarely breathing as they break into dustLonely corners meSweeps me off my feetShows me it was better for meFingertips holding closeyour grip not as softFollows me to an empty bedI can’t stop the weakening of my soulmy body is dyingyour tune is holding my mindLet me gosee what I doNo controlNo youYou whisper your sweet goodbyeIf it is small it won’t interrupt my sleepBut my heart you keepYou say it’s for meBut who would be happy?Alone left out in the cold” - Mercy Cortez (LiveForeverAnon)

85. “I heard the voice of that bird, son of Polypas, whose piercing outcryand whose arrival announces to men the season when fieldsare plowed, and the voice of her broke the heart that darkens within me,since other men posess my flourishing acres now,and not for me are the mules dragging the plow through the grainland,since I have given my heart to the restless seafarer's life.” - Theognis

86. “You know I'm no good” - Amy Winehouse

87. “Right from the start, you were a thief, you stole my heart.” - P nk