What's the truest line you've ever heard in a song? 🤔

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Original:
Wenn dein MĂźtterlein tritt zur TĂźr herein,
und den Kopf ich drehe, ihr entgegen sehe,
fällt auf ihr Gesicht erst der Blick mir nicht,
sondern auf die Stelle, näher nach der Schwelle,
dort, wo wĂźrde dein lieb Gesichtchen sein.

Translation:
When your mommy steps in through the door
and I turn my head to see her,
on her face my gaze does not first fall,
but at the place nearer the doorstep,
there, where your dear little face would be.

Source: " Wenn dein Mütterlein "/“When your Mommy” – Friedrich Rückert (1833)

Inspiration: Poems by RĂźckert expressing boss grief following the death of his two young children from scarlet fever. Thet were not intended to be published.

Adaptation: Gustav Mahler, Kindertotenlieder (1904)

Why choose these lines?: I would paste the entire poem/song cycle here, but only posted the first part. So “true” in that I can’t imagine how the experience of losing a child could be stated in a more poignant or expressive way.

Video (best version, but no subtitles):

Yes, I am a buzzkill :unamused:

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Only two things in life that make it worth livin’
Is guitars that tune good and firm-feelin’ women

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83

It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under

(Grandmaster Flash)

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The line from that song that has been stuck in my head since I heard it is, “Neon King Kong standin on my back, can’t stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac”.

Dance to the beat
Shuffle my feet
Wear a suit and tie
And run with the creeps

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85

Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat

:sunglasses:

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86

… must be sang with a country twang?

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87

Many of the best songs are, or can be made better with it.

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I got friends in low places
Where the beer chases my blues away

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Screaming, screaming for vengeance

→ countrified →

Imma hootin’ and a hollerin’ for some payback

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The force lives within you

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What song is this? :thinking:

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"I wanna gag, I wanna choke
I want you to touch that little dangly dang
That swang in the back of my throat

Bring a bucket and a mop for this wet ass pussy,
Give me everything you got for this wet ass pussy"

Latest and greatest from Cardi B. Normalizing sex for everyone.

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93

Here’s one for my weekend in Gongguan:

Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
Oh oh!

Before you guys call the cops, be aware that these lyrics are asprirational, not descriptive.

Guy

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She classy.

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These days there’s men getting facials,
Manicured waxed and botoxed.
With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands, you can’t grip a tackle box.
With all of these men lining up to get neutered it’s hip now to be feminized.
I don’t highlight my hair, I’ve still got a pair, hey now honey, I’m still a guy.
My eyebrows ain’t plucked there’s a gun in my truck, now honey, I’m still a guy.

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If you’ve a date in Constantinople, she’ll be waiting in Istanbul.

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97

Unless the date is, like, really old! :grandpa:

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98

“I was looking for a job and then I found a job / But heaven knows I’m miserable now” (The Smiths)

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99

More Dead:

WITHOUT LOVE IN THE DREAM IT WILL NEVER COME TRUE

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And from the same song:

He’s gone and nothing’s gonna bring him back.

SOMETIMES WE LIVE NO PARTICULAR WAY BUT OUR OWN

ONCE IN A WHILE YOU GET SHOWN THE LIGHT, IN THE STRANGEST OF PLACES IF YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT

From Ramble on Rose:

THE GRASS AIN’T GREENER, THE WINE AIN’T SWEETER, EITHER SIDE OF THE HILL

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Goin’ where the climate suits my clothes

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