Yeah fair enough, I just suppose you stated it in such a way that implied that yours was the objective answer. Not at all, everything I said in my previous posts is simply my opinion. Jamie, I think you seem to be confusing opinions with facts. Love his first 3 albums, particularly his self-titled. Taken out of context this almost sounds like something Blink 182 would write.
So leave me alone you ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks." "I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet whenever I want.
Some of them are great and he's definitely a talented song writer but I don't get how people can rank him up there with all time greats such as Dylan, Cohen etc. They're really not all that similar.Anyways, great list.ĭylan is literally leagues ahead of Elliott as song writer, it's not even remotely close.Įlliott's lyrics are somewhat overrated. And I massively prefer Elliott's music to what I've heard from Dylan. Nice list.īob Dylan's a great lyricist I prefer Elliott. He has so many that are pure genius though. "Why would you want any other when you're a world within a world?" - Can't Make a Sound "They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases." - Pitseleh Nobody borke your heart if you're alone it must be you that wants to be apart." - Alameda "Nobody broke your heart you broke your own cuz you can't finish what you start. But it's all right, some enchanted night I'll be with you." - Miss Misery And I cried a sea when you talked to me the day you said we were through. Who can really tell? She shows no emotion at all stares into space like a dead china doll." - Waltz #2 (XO) "She appears composed so she is, I suppose. The potential you'll be that you'll never see the promises you'll only make." - Between the Bars "Drink up, baby, stay up all night with the things you could do, you won't but you might.
"Don't you know that I love you? Sometimes I feel like only a frozen still life who fell down here to lay beside you." - Angel in the Snow His voice is overwhelming, but his speech is slurred, and I only understand every other word." - King's Crossing "It's Christmas time and the needles on the tree a skinny Santa is bringing something to me. "Looking for somebody's arms to wave away past harms." - 2:45 AM Waiting for sedation to disconnect my head, or any situation where I'm better off than dead." -Sweet Adeline "It's a picture perfect evening and I'm staring down the sun fully loaded, deaf and dumb and done. So leave me alone you ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks." - Needle in the Hay "Situations get fucked up turned around sooner or later." - Say Yes "Haven't laughed this hard in a long time better stop now before I start crying." - Twilight You ought to fuckin' stay the hell away from things you know nothing about." - Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
"You say you mean well, you don't know what you mean. "People were shouting and pushing and saying, 'I traded a smoke for a food stamp dollar.'" - Rose Parade "That's the one thing that he could never do, and it'll make a whisper out of you." - Condor Ave. "Someone's always coming around here trailing some new kill says I've seen your picture on a hundred dollar bill." - Angeles Cuz my feelings never change a bit I always feel like shit, I don't know why I guess that I just do." -I Didn't Understand "I waited for a bus to separate the both of us and take me off far away from you. "The spin of the Earth impaled a silhouette of the sun on the steeple and I gotta hear the same sermon all the time now from you people." - Everything Reminds Me of Her
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"Veins full of disappearing ink vomiting in the kitchen sink." - A Fond Farewell "You can do what you want to whenever you want to, though it doesn't mean a thing." - Ballad of Big Nothing Please share your favorite Elliott lyrics in the comments! For diversity's sake I only allowed one quote per song. I'm sure I've forgotten some golden quotes here, and many songs had multiple lyrics that could have been selected for inclusion. Elliott is my favorite lyricist, and this was a monumentally difficult list to craft.