Irredeemable Lyrics

[irony towers]

Rather than the knowingly obscure ("Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque," anyone?), lyrics to songs that are presumably meant to say something about, you know, life and stuff, yet wouldn't pass muster for 6B's English homework.

Having heard it on the radio today, I nominate Never Ever by All Saints:

I'll take a shower, I will scour

I will rub
To find peace of mind

You got my conscience asking questions that I can't find

Never ever have I ever felt so sad

The way I'm feeling yeah, you got me feeling really bad

More contentiously, perhaps, True by Spandau Ballet; the lyric seemed to take a different course from the melody. Why do I find it hard to write the next line? signposts the creative constipation, though I think that theme has been covered elsewhere.

[Snake Plissken]

Ghost. Toast.

Say no more.

[Lang Spoon]

Oh god you are a bad bastard Snake.

[Lang Spoon]

"Read some Byron, Shelley and Keats
recited it over a hip hop beat"

fuck the fuck off Bedingfield.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I've been to Nice
And the Isle of Greece
While I've sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
And showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
And I've seen some things
That a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me

So bad, so deliciously bad in so many brain squirming ways that it's utterly brilliant.

[Gangster Octopus]

Ah, the Never Been To Leeds song...

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Having heard it on the radio today, I nominate Never Ever by All Saints:

I'll take a shower, I will scour

I will rub
To find peace of mind

You got my conscience asking questions that I can't find

Never ever have I ever felt so sad

The way I'm feeling yeah, you got me feeling really bad

Hold on, what the fuck is this song actually about?

Every part of the song "In the Summertime" by mungo jerry

[Gangster Octopus]

And what's wrong with "And if her daddy's poor, you can do what you feel"?

[Etienne]

I know it's in their third or fourth language, but they are often very good lyricists. However 1-2-3 Apple Tree by Herman Dune is terrible throughout, but reaches a nadir with:
"..And you know how people shorten other people's names to show their affection
like if you called me Ray, if my name was Raymond
well your name ain't Susan but I would call you Sue
to show you how bad I like to be with you"

[Patrick Thistle]

The use of the other F word in Fairytale of New York.

[Patrick Thistle]

"You know I'm as serious as cancer"

- Snap

[Jah Womble]

'He had perceptively known that it wouldn't be nice
Because in 1980 he paid the price'

(and)

'With a Smith and Wesson .38
John Lennon's life was no longer a debate'

(The oft-mentioned I Just Shot John Lennon by The Cranberries)

[irony towers]

Oh, that's very choice, Jah. The McGonagall de nos jours.

[ad hoc]

John Webster was one of the best there was
He was the author of two major tragedies
The white devil and The duchess of Malfi-oh

[Patrick Thistle]

Some of this is ok and some of it is about moles

Elevation

U2

High, higher than the sun
You shoot me from a gun
I need you to elevate me here
At the corner of your lips
As the orbit of your hips
Eclipse, you elevate my soul

I've lost all self-control
Been living like a mole
Now going down, excavation
I and I in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high, elevation

A star lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you could educate my mind
Explain all these controls
I can't sing but I've got soul
The goal is elevation

A mole, digging in a hole
Digging up my soul, now
Going down, excavation
I and I in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high,…

[treibeis]

'He had perceptively known that it wouldn't be nice
Because in 1980 he paid the price'

(and)

'With a Smith and Wesson .38
John Lennon's life was no longer a debate'

(The oft-mentioned I Just Shot John Lennon by The Cranberries)

Fucking hell, that's awful. Particularly the "perceptively known".

[Snake Plissken]

Does anybody really know the secret
Or the combination for this life and where they keep it
Its kinda sad when you don't know the meaning
But everything happens for a reason
I don't even know what I should say
'cause I'm an idiot a loser a microphone abuser
I analyze every second I exist
Beating on my mind every second with my fist
Everybody want to run (run)
Everybody want to hide from the gun (gun)
You can take a ride through this life if you want
But You can't take that edge off that knife (no sir)
And now you want your money back (money back)
But your denied 'cause your brains fried from the sac
And there ain't nothing I can do
'Cause life is a lesson you'll learn it when you're through

Limp Bizkit - "Take A Look Around"

[Toby Gymshorts]

well swingin' on the front porch swingin' on the lawn
swingin' where we want 'cause there ain't nobody home
swingin' to the left and swingin' to the right
if i think about baseball i'll swing all night yeah

swingin' in the living room swingin' in the kitchen
most folks don't 'cause they're too busy bitchin'
swingin' in there 'cause she wanted me to feed her
so I mixed up the batter and she licked the beater

i scream you scream we all scream for her
don't even try 'cause you can't ignore her

she's my cherry pie
cool drink of water such a sweet surprise
tastes so good make a grown man cry
sweet cherry pie oh yeah

she's my cherry pie
put a smile on your face ten miles wide
looks so good bring a tear to you eye
sweet cherry pie yeah

swingin' to the drums swingin' to guitar
swingin' to the bass in the back of my car
ain't got money ain't got no gas
but we'll bet where we're goin' if we swing real fast

swingin' in the bathroom swingin' on the floor
swingin' so hard we forgot to lock the door
in walks her daddy standin' six foot four
he said you ain't gonna swing with my daughter no more

Presented without comment.

[Hot Pepsi]

Needless to say, any songs - and there are a few - referring to girls of 16 or 17 are, um, problematic.