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So, everyone...

What's some lyrics that you just love, for whatever reason?

For me, most of Emilie Autumn's works from Enchant have lines in them that are just... perfect. They sum up how I feel or they're worded beautifully.

In a courtyard
Used to sing as loud as she could
Locked away here
She's been quiet, lovely and good
But no one listens now
She lost her voice
She had no choice

If you sing loud and clear
Someone passing by will surely hear you
No you can't be afraid
If you ever want somebody near you
If you sing loud and clear
Someone passing by will surely hear you
No you can't be afraid

"Rapunzel"

One of my favorites. Sums up the loneliness I can feel, but it outright says you can't be afraid to keep going, that someone will hear you.

You seem so devoted
Your love is unconditional
You were self-promoted
I never asked you
You were my everything
My apparitional faith
Where are you when I am screaming to my God
What am I coming to

[...]

If I had another place to go
Would you break me, is it that you know
I have no choice but to rebuild again
I'm tied so hard I can't remember when
I last walked free upon these feet of mine
But I'll draw the line
There will come a time
When I am stronger
Your words won't hurt any longer

"Castle Down"

The first quoted verse was just always a favorite, especially the last two lines. The way it's sung, it's almost done so "My God, what am I coming to" is what she's screaming and not that she's screaming TO her God. A subtle thing, but it's an interesting way to twist the words.

The second quoted verse is obvious. I spent most of my life being broken by my peers, and in many ways people are still going to town on it. I'm rebuilding. I'm learning to walk free. But there will come a time, just not now.

Most of "Rose Red"

I just like the imagery in "Rose Red." The twist of "She rose that fell a flower." And, of course, the repetition of "No one wants to hurt me/But everybody tries."

ALL of "What If (Epilogue)"

The contradictions ("snowstorm burning") and the overall fairy tale feel of the song is just... beautiful. I actually had a "music video" built in my head for this song, which starts with a prince and a ragged and dirt covered female servant and ends with a full audience and the prince entering dirty and ragged and the female servant sitting on the throne decked out in jewels, only to disappear into a rose when he approaches and the hall is empty.

Nobody's listening
When your laughter
Starts to fade away
Between these walls
And rooms
And shadows
Faces each day
You awake to see
Your dreams unfold
Like a waltz
Like a waltz
And you start to dance...
Like a waltz
Like a rose
Like a breath
Like a ghost...

"Waltz," Amanda Rogers

Yeah, not Emilie Autumn, but Amanda Rogers is definitely a poet as well. "Waltz" is just a song that is... it's sad, but the music fits the words perfectly. It's lonely and delicate. Like a rose...

Now that my music geekery is over, anything anyone else is thinking about? There's a lot more from me (Kerli, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica, Delerium, Nine Inch Nails, Poe), but this is enough for now.