In the spirit of the recent poll about the greatest lyrics ever, I have decided to work out my own personal faves. In no particular order:

"There's a club if you'd like to go/you could meet somebody who really loves you/so you go and you stand on your own/and you leave on your own/and you go home and you cry and you want to die"
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths

"What will happen in the morning when the world it gets so crowded that you can't look out the window in the morning.......hey take a little while to grow your brother's hair, now, take a little while to make your sister fair"
Hazy Jane II - Nick Drake

"Freeze, don't move; you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life"
Shady Lane - Pavement

"Instincts that can still betray us/a journey that leads to the sun/soulless and bent on destruction/a struggle between right and wrong/you take my place at the showdown, I'll observe with a pitiful eye/as humble we ask for forgiveness/a request well beyond you and I"
Heart And Soul - Joy Division

"In a world where people have problems/in this world, where decisions are a way of life/other people's problems they overwhelm my mind/ they say compassion is a virtue but I don't have the time"

and

"Talk to your analyst, isn't that what they're paid for?/you walk, you talk...you still function like you used to/its not a question of your personality or style/be a little more selfish, it might do you some good"

Both from No Compassion - Talking Heads

I could think of so many more, but i'll leave it there.

In the spirit of the recent poll about the greatest lyrics ever, I have decided to work out my own personal faves. In no particular order:

"There's a club if you'd like to go/you could meet somebody who really loves you/so you go and you stand on your own/and you leave on your own/and you go home and you cry and you want to die"
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths

"What will happen in the morning when the world it gets so crowded that you can't look out the window in the morning.......hey take a little while to grow your brother's hair, now, take a little while to make your sister fair"
Hazy Jane II - Nick Drake

"Freeze, don't move; you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life"
Shady Lane - Pavement

"Instincts that can still betray us/a journey that leads to the sun/soulless and bent on destruction/a struggle between right and wrong/you take my place at the showdown, I'll observe with a pitiful eye/as humble we ask for forgiveness/a request well beyond you and I"
Heart And Soul - Joy Division

"In a world where people have problems/in this world, where decisions are a way of life/other people's problems they overwhelm my mind/ they say compassion is a virtue but I don't have the time"

and

"Talk to your analyst, isn't that what they're paid for?/you walk, you talk...you still function like you used to/its not a question of your personality or style/be a little more selfish, it might do you some good"

Both from No Compassion - Talking Heads

I could think of so many more, but i'll leave it there.