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Vanessa Carlton => General Vanessa Carlton Discussion => Topic started by: ManuelD on April 09, 2007, 03:35:01 am
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Which are your favorite lines?
Here are some of mine:
From "Who's to Say"
Stand up straight
Do your trick
Turn on the stars
Jupiter shines so bright
When you're around
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Who's to say we won't stay together?
Who's to say we aren't getting stronger?
Who's to say I can't live without you?
Who are they anyway? Anyway they don't know
and from "Ordinary Day"
Take my hand,
Live while you can
Don't you see your dreams lie right
In the palm of your hand
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There's better quotes from Who's To Say! like this one
...and you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember...
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There's better quotes from Who's To Say! like this one
...and you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember...
^^^ One of my favorites...
Also
White Houses
So I go, and I will not be back here again, I'm gone as the day is fading...
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stand up boy. i shine so bright when you're around
who's to say
I feel so far from where i've been. so i go, and i will not be back here again.
white houses
watch the sun, it paints an orange sky
afterglow
but i don't want to play these silly games, i just want to live
faces
and there are a ton more, but i won't bore you. :razz:
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Very Good Topic ^^
Ordinay Day
Just a boy, just an ordinary boy, but he was looking to the sky
This Time
I feel it in my veins, i just walk away, this time
Best Behaviour
And i'm still hloding on, maybe we can still be friends?
White Houses
It's alright, and it's nice not to be so alone
Superhero
Superhero. won't you come save my day?
Heroes and Thieves
Heroes and thieves at my door, i can't seem to figure them out anymore
Give me a year or two, i'll mend my ways and see these mistakes
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my favs are:
C'est la Vie
"boy you swallow truth like honey"
Ordinary Day
"take my hand/live while u can"
White House
"My first time/hard to explain/rush of blood/and a little bit of pain"
Thousand Miles
"if i could fall/into the sky/do u think time/would pass me by/cause u know i'd walk a thousand miles/if i can just see you tonight
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I go out and drink to your health
And I go home, I only hurt myself
Best Behavior
I go back to that afternoon
The way we kissed
And it ended too soon
Well, what did I say
I'll never push you away
With anybody else it never feels true
How can I explain what I been going through?
No matter what I do it's only you
:heart: My absolute favorite.
Best Behavior
And all the constellations shine down on you and me
And if you dont believe me
Just put your hands on me
PYHOM
I could stay in bed all God damn day
And sweetly waste away
All Is Well
If only you could tell me it’s okay, and me listen
'cause it already is
All Is Well
and it’s all true, and good and merry
'cause you see through the tears
and they come every night
without reason meaning why
All Is Well
Well darlin' it's you I'm without
H&T
boy you swallow truth like honey
Funny how the things you need will find you
The things you want will leave you wanting some more
Everything that comes along reminds you
You can either rise above or you can hit the floor
Last Fall
Hold me now and see the sun fill the sky
Let me down and see the day has gone by
Afterglow
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my favorite
White Houses
What I gave you is yours to keep
This time
I feel it in my veins, I just can't walk away, this time
the one
you'll never know that I was the one
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White Houses:
so i go,
and i will not be back here again
Half a week before the winter
Half a week before the winter,
the chill bites before it comes
Swindler
And now i'm lost
And now i run from you
And now i see
just how i bleed from you
and all the lies all the lies
how could i let you in
Rinse:
And if she runs away, she fears she won't be followed
What could be the worse than leaving something behind
And as the depth of oceans slowly become shallow
It's loneliness she finds
If only he was mine
Sway:
Say you would, say you could
Say you'd come and stop the rain
Say you'd try and hold me tight
And you just give me away
Make me high on lullabies
A melody for me to sway
Say you would, say you could
And you don't do anything
Once again sway:
Hold my head up to the lies that you feed me
And I'll fall under the spell you cast as you let me down
And there are much more but that are the ones i love most. Her lyriks are just so great and touch me deep within. She sings the words i mostly can't find to exspress my feelings and to realease them. She's great
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San Francisco...
Love is dancing on my finger
..and She Floats..
She's as fine as dandelions blowin' in the wind
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"He's my first... mistake."
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"Stronger than the hands that hold you"
"'Till she learns that the heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man."
"Don't pretend to hold it in, just push it out"
"More than wanted"
"I should've known by the ice in his eyes, but you warmed me up with your so sweet demise"
"And if you don't believe me you never really knew us. you never really knew."
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San Francisco:
"Talking In The Mission Over Coffee/This Is My Utopia"
Best Behavior:
"I Go Out And Drink To Your Health. I Go Home. I Only Hurt Myself."
Such. Beautiful. Lyrics.
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San Francisco:
"Talking In The Mission Over Coffee/This Is My Utopia"
Best Behavior:
"I Go Out And Drink To Your Health. I Go Home. I Only Hurt Myself."
Such. Beautiful. Lyrics.
does anybody else think it's funny how people use extra points to make a point?
sorry for this completely.pointless.post.
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San Francisco:
"Talking In The Mission Over Coffee/This Is My Utopia"
Best Behavior:
"I Go Out And Drink To Your Health. I Go Home. I Only Hurt Myself."
Such. Beautiful. Lyrics.
does anybody else think it's funny how people use extra points to make a point?
sorry for this completely.pointless.post.
lol
I have noticed. And I love it!
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San Francisco:
"Talking In The Mission Over Coffee/This Is My Utopia"
Best Behavior:
"I Go Out And Drink To Your Health. I Go Home. I Only Hurt Myself."
Such. Beautiful. Lyrics.
does anybody else think it's funny how people use extra points to make a point?
sorry for this completely.pointless.post.
lol
I have noticed. And I love it!
As in "Real. Comfortable. Jeans." or Wal-Mart's "Good. Works." It puts a full-stop between each word, and is very noticible when spoken aloud, drawing attention. :wink:
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Some of my favourite lyrics that haven't already been posted in this thread are:
I should have known by the ice in his eyes
~PAPA
watch him as he goes
living in a golden afternoon that I'll never know
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cover me now, I'm bare in these dirty sheets
~MORNING STING
... she is an amazing lyricist; I love her use of imagery
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Some of my favourite lyrics that haven't already been posted in this thread are:
I should have known by the ice in his eyes
~PAPA
watch him as he goes
living in a golden afternoon that I'll never know
and
cover me now, I'm bare in these dirty sheets
~MORNING STING
... she is an amazing lyricist; I love her use of imagery
ooo those are some of my favorites too :D
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I love how beautifully she writes about losing her virginity. Some songs are like "yo son, I popped that bitches cherry and shit" whereas Vanessa writes like:
My first time
Hard to explain
Rush of blood
Oh - and a little bit of pain
On a cloudy day
Well it's more common than you think
He's my first mistake
I also like this line in "San Fransisco":
Over coffee this is my utopia
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Other than her talent with tone poem/program music/romantic era influenced music, I also like powerful lines from the song "Wonder," one of which, where the music stops to silence and then:
"When the sky starts ripping and falling"
That is friggin great. I love it.
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hold me now, and taste the sun-filled sky.
- original afterglow. i love that line.
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well right now because im obssessed with fools like me it would be...
the dreamers get punished most, by the truth they say.
its all in the little ways one reveals their loves gone away.
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We climb Tibetan mountains
Where we can barely breathe
I see the Dalai Lama
I feel him blessing me
Put Your Hands On Me has a lot of really beautiful imagery. If this ends up being the second single I think it'd be amazing if they shot the video in Tibet. How awesome would that be?
And you can't deny me
And you will oblige me
And It's my melody
I really like this portion of Private Radio because they're spoken from a stance of power. Such as, "This is what's going to happen and you can't do anything about it because I'm in control. Not you." And I just really like the way she delivers these lines.
Oh, say you, say me
Say always and forever more
I'll be your perfect little sugar bride
But oh, if you could see
The truth within our perfect harmony
Your melody is bringin' me down
C'est La Vie is easily one of Vanessa's most lyrically strong songs. The concept of having harmony with someone as a musical metaphor, and then to convey the image of the other person's melody within that harmony drowning out your own and suffocating you... it's awesome, enough said. Haha.
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Hm, there's probably a lot more than these...
Hands On Me:
And all the constellations shine down on you and me.
Heroes and Thieves:
I'm patiently waiting on these heroes and thieves at my door.
Annie:
I'd give my bones for you to live a few more years.
Stronger than the hands that hold you.
A Thousand Miles:
It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me.
Who's to Say:
And you say we're too young but maybe you're too old to remember.
Rinse:
She'd do anything to sparkle in his eyes.
Private Radio:
Midnight comes and I am on my own.
Dark Carnival:
In the still of the night, it is there you feel it most; in this dark carnival, where the end is close.
She Floats:
Got no secrets though I'm told she floats.
Hmmm.
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well! all of mine have been listed :lol:
rinse has great lyrics i think...the whole 'and if she runs away she fears she won't be followed..' etc etc.
best behavior is sweet- 'with anybody else it never feels true'
i like the fact she says 'take away my record deal' in nolita fairytale...not because its lyricaly amazing...or anything, because she's standing up for herself through song =]=]
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Best Behavior :
I go back to that afternoon
The way we kissed
And it ended too soon
Well, what did I say
I'll never push you away
With anybody else it never feels true
How can I explain what I been going through?
No matter what I do it's only you
hands on me:
And all the constellations shine down on you and me
And if you dont believe me
Just put your hands on me
Best Behavior:
I Go Out And Drink To Your Health. I Go Home. I Only Hurt Myself
Heroes and Thieves :
Give me a year or two, i'll mend my ways and see these mistakes
and afterglow
I don't want to play these silly games, i just want to live
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Home:
For me is a glimpse,
and a smile on your face,
the touch of your hands,
an honest embrace,
where i lay is you i keep,
this changing world i fall sleep
This has got to be my favourite lines from any song ever. I can play this part on loop a thousand times and never get sick of it.
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Home:
For me is a glimpse,
and a smile on your face,
the touch of your hands,
an honest embrace,
where i lay is you i keep,
this changing world i fall sleep
This has got to be my favourite lines from any song ever. I can play this part on loop a thousand times and never get sick of it.
It's one of mines too.
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Ummm my most favorite seems to be popular, from Who's To Say: "And you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember."
Swindler (I really like all the lyrics, but especially): "If I'm your little lamb, oh would you leave again? Oh no, I bet you'd stay for more."
Twilight: "Never cared, never wanted, never sought to see what flaunted. So on purpose, so in my face, couldn't see beyond my own place."
ATM (always had an affinity for): "If I could just hold you... tonight."
Papa: "Boy you give good..." (when she pauses, because of the innuendo ;)
Fools Like Me: "Fools like me, oh we love blindly. And the cracks don't count, it's gotta break in front of me... and it's breaking." (already a fav)
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My aboslute fave quote "right now" is from Nolita Fairytale
Take away my record deal, go on i don't need it
It's an awesome pile of words, because it's very independant but not in a bitchy way, she just says what she wants. I like it alot =o
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Actually, without a record deal we wouldn't really be getting any music from her (or she wouldn't really have the ability to get her name out there as easily).... so I don't think she's being entirely honest by saying take it away, I don't need it. She needs one, just not that one specifically!
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Actually, without a record deal we wouldn't really be getting any music from her (or she wouldn't really have the ability to get her name out there as easily).... so I don't think she's being entirely honest by saying take it away, I don't need it. She needs one, just not that one specifically!
But in the sense that you know, shes already perpared with another deal, because if she said that w/o having The Inc. then it'll be bull, coz she would need it :wink: