23 Of My Favourite Song Lyrics Of All Time

It just sounds so naff to say “I love music” doesn’t it?  Pretty much everyone will tell you that they have a connection with music and can tell you about tracks that are personal to them, taking them back to a time and a place in their lives. And whilst it is fair to say that I do really love music, it’s probably better to tell you that I love it because it has a great influence over me which transpires through what i’m wearing, the books i’m reading and the way I get on with my life. 


I was recently reading the blog of one of my old journalism classmates, Bethan who shared 36 of her favourite song lyrics and I thought immediately that this was the perfect way to express an opinion on music. So that’s exactly what i’m doing today, sharing 23 of my favourite song lyrics of all time. A lot of these tracks aren’t my favourite songs of all time but simply have particular lines in them that really click for me. 


Maybe through reading this, you’ll learn something about me from the list, my key take-aways are that Noel Gallagher’s songwriting most certainly hits a nerve… and I should have been 23 in the 1980s when the music matched the time!


*Excuse the formatting, Blogger is totally outdated as a platform now and can’t handle the sass!

505 – Arctic Monkeys

But I crumble completely when you cry

It seems like once again you’ve had to greet me with goodbye

I’m always just about to go and spoil a surprise

Take my hands off of your eyes too soon

—


4.

 

Come undone – Duran Duran

Mine, immaculate dream, made breath and skin, 

I’ve been waiting for you,

Signed, with a home tattoo,

 Happy birthday to you was created for you.

—


5.

 

Juicy – Notorious B.I.G

Now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay

damn right I like the life I live

‘Cause I went from negative to positive

—

6.

 

Roll with it – Oasis

Kiss the girl she’s not behind the door

Do you know I think I recognise your face

But I’ve never seen you before

I know the roads on which your life will drive

I find the key that lets you slip inside 

—


7.

Everybody wants to rule the world – Tears for fears

Welcome to your life

There’s no turning back

Even while we sleep

We will find you

…

There’s a room where the light won’t find you

Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, i’ll be right behind you

—


8.

She sells sanctuary – The Cult

The sparkle in your eyes

Keeps me alive

And the sparkle in your eyes

Keeps me alive, keeps me alive

—


9.

 

I knew you were waiting – Aretha Franklin feat. George Michael

Like a warrior that fights

And wins the battleI know the taste of victory
Though I went through some nights, consumed by the shadows

—

10.

Rooms on fire – Stevie Nicks

Well there is magic all around you, 

if I do say so myself

I have known this much longer than i’ve known you

—

 

11.

Sunrise – Simply Red

 I don’t know if it’s even in your mind at all

It could be me

At this moment in time

Is it in your mind at all

It should be me, it could be me forever

—

12.

Name of the game – ABBA

Your smile, and the sound of your voice

And the way you see through me

Got a feeling, you give me no choice

But it means a lot to me

So I wanna know

What’s the name of the game? 

—

13.

Ordinary World – Duran Duran 

Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue

Thought I heard you talking softly.

I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio

Still I can’t escape the ghost of you

—

14.

Love will tear us apart – Joy Division

When routine bites hard

And ambitions are low And resentment rides high

But emotions won’t grow

And we’re changing our ways

Taking different roads

—


15.

Supersonic – Oasis

I need to be myself

I can’t be no-one else

I’m feeling supersonic

Give me gin and tonic

You can have it all but how much do you want it?

—

16.

You overdid it doll – The Courteeners

I heard you coming in from town,

stilettos scrape the ground,

I saw you in your overcoat,

a random on your throat,

I know you this is not the girl,

that I used to whirl

—


17.

Don’t dream it’s over – Crowded House

There’s a battle ahead, many battles are lost

But you’ll never see the end of the road

While you’re traveling with me

—

18.

Only when you leave – Spandau Ballet

Laying in the after glow,

I only want to learn what you know,

But now you’re leaving…

How many hearts must you break?

—


19. 

Talk tonight – Oasis

All your dreams are made

Of strawberry lemonade

—




20.

Don’t be so hard on yourself – Jess Glynn

I came here with a broken heart that no one else could see

I drew a smile on my face to paper over me

The wounds heal and tears dry and cracks they don’t show

So don’t be so hard on yourself, no

—

21.

The dying of the light – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

And the cold against my shoulder

And it seems to last forever

And it makes me want to,

It makes me want to cry

—


22.

Last Christmas – Wham

A crowded room,

Friends with tired eyes.

I’m hiding from you

And your soul of ice.

My god I thought you were someone to rely on.

Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on.

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart.

—


23.

Native New Yorker – Odessey

And love, love is just a passing word

It’s the thought you had in a taxi cab that got left on the curb 

When he dropped you off and he stated firm