Why The Hold Steady are the greatest lyricists, ever.

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There are nights when i think that Sal Paradise was right.
Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together...
Sucking off each other at the demonstrations,
making sure their makeup's straight.
Crushing one another with collossal expectations,
dependent, undisciplined, sleeping late.

She was a really cool kisser and she wasn't all that strict of a Christian.
She was a damn good dancer but she wasn't all that great of a girlfriend.
He likes the warm feeling but he's tired of all the dehydration.
Most nights were crystal clear but tonight its like it's stuck between stations,
on the radio...

The devil and John Berryman took a walk together,
they ended up on Washington talking to the river.
He said "I surrounded myself with doctors and deep thinkers,
but big heads with soft bodies make for lousy lovers."
There was that night that we thought that John Berryman could fly,
but he didnt so he died.
She said "you're pretty good with words but words won't save your life,"
and they didn't so he died...

He was drunk and exhausted but he was critically acclaimed and respected.
He loved the golden gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters.
He likes the warm feeling but he's tired of all the dehydration.
Most nights were kind of fuzzy but that last night he had total retention.


these Twin City kisses
sound like clicks and hisses,
and we all come down and drown in the Mississippi River...

We drink
We dry up.
We crumble into dust.

We get wet, we corrode
We get covered in rust.


:yesway:
 

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Sort of reminds me of Fish. Very nice.
 

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One more:

"How a Resurrection Really Feels"

her parents named her halleluiah, the kids all called her holly.
if she scared you then she's sorry. she's been stranded at these parties.
these parties they start lovely but they get druggy and they get ugly and they get bloody...

the priest just kinda laughed.
the deacon caught a draft.
she crashed into the easter mass,
with her hair done up in broken glass.
she was limping left on broken heels when she said
father can i tell yr congregation how a resurrection really feels?

holly was a hoodrat.
now you finally know that.
she's been disappeared for years.
today she finally came back.

she said: st. louis had enslaved me.
i guess santa ana saved me.
st. peter had me on the queue.
the st. paul saints they waved me thru.
i was all wrapped up in some video booth,
when i heard her say i love you too.

she said i've laid beneath my lovers but i've never gotten laid.
some nites she felt protected. some nites she felt afraid.
she spent half last winter justa trying to get paid. from some guy she'd originally thought to be her saviour.

they wrote her name in magic marks, on stopsigns and subway cars.
they got a mural up on e.13th. that said halleluiah rest in peace.
Halleluiah rest in peace...

halleluiah was a hoodrat, and now you finally know that.
she's been disappeared for years. today she finally came back.

walk on back.
walk on back.
she said don't turn me on again.
i'd probably just go and get myself all gone again.
holly was a sexy mess. she looked strung out but experienced.
so we all got kind of curious.
walk on back...




Seriously, the degree to which I've gotten into these guys in the last year is pretty absurd, but they fucking rule. :lol: The best part is they sound like the E Street Band fronted by a seriously drugged up Springsteen. :lol:
 

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Correction, the greatest lyrics ever are the following:

Brothers I am calling from the valley of the kings
with nothing to atone
A dark march lies ahead, together we will ride like
thunder from the sky
May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her
pride
Hold your hammers high

Blood and death are waiting like a raven in the sky
I was born to die
Hear me while I live
As I look into your eyes
None shall hear a lie
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill

Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill
Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill

My father was a wolf
I'm a kinsman of the slain
Sworn to rise again
I will bring salvation, punishment and pain
The hammer of hate is our faith
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill

Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill
Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill

Rip their flesh
Burn their hearts
Stab them in the eyes
Rape their women as they cry
Kill their servants
Burn their homes
Till there's no blood left to spill
Hail and Kill
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill

Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill
 

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Funny, that doesn't LOOK like the Book of Heavy Metal... :scratch:

anyway, stay out of my The Hold Steady thread. :squint:
 

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"Hot Soft Light" is :yesway:

A great band if you like narratives.
 

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Funny, that doesn't LOOK like the Book of Heavy Metal... :scratch:

anyway, stay out of my The Hold Steady thread. :squint:

No. I will make you metal if I have to hijack every thread you make from here to eternity. :squint: Love hurts. :vince:

 
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