Recently, I’ve been doing some (very bad) song writing and I’m looking for inspiration. Here’s some of my favourite lyrics, i look forward to your suggestions.
Sad - “I’m looking down at you smiling, and I didn’t feel a thing,” Eminem; When I’m Gone - “It’s too late when we die; to admit we don’t see eye to eye,” Mike + The Mechanics; The Living Years - “Just ‘cause you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there,” Linkin Park; One More Light - “I’m not here, this isn't happening,” Radiohead; How To Disappear Completely - “Everyone I know, goes away in the end,” Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails); Hurt - “The place I call my home, I could die here and nobody would know,” girl in red; Apartment 402 - “I never thought I'd die alone, I laughed the loudest, who'd have known,” blink-182; Adam’s Song - “Leave my life, I’m better off dead,” The Verve; The Drugs Don’t Work - “Your death, it won't happen to you; it happens to your family and your friends” / “If you can't survive, just try,”, The 1975; I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)
Love - “To die by your side; well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine,” The Smiths; There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you but I was just kidding myself,” Lewis Capaldi; Before You Go - “I just want you to know who I am,” Goo Goo Dolls; Iris - “I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you,” Lord Huron; The Night We Met - “I’m giving it my all, but I’m not the guy you’re taking home,” Calum Scott (Robyn); Dancing On My Own - “What’s the point in living life, when it's all for him,” Rex Orange County; Waiting Room
Misc - “Which came first, the chicken or the dickhead”, Arctic Monkeys; Pretty Visitors - “The sun is the same, in a relative way, but you're older; shorter of breath and one day closer to death,” Time; Pink Floyd