Power metal has generally some dumb lyrics, they just want to be outrageously epic that it becomes cheesy. If you read the lyrics by themselves, it's as if they write each line seperate from the lines previously, and just focus on being balls out ridiculous. It's almost like:
Line 1: "something to do with epic flames" Line 2: "hm, now let's do something epic about battle" Line 3: "now let's write something about epic lightning!"
Seriously. Look up any dragonforce song. Exhibit A, Body Breakdown chorus:
In my heart, in my soul, I am out of control Fly across the mountains and towards the distant sun Tears evermore we cry like before Feel the breakdown of my body - set me free
Exhibit B, Operation Ground and Pound
Far away will our eyes now see the day For today, the everlasting eternal sun Washed away the dreams of a brighter day Forever hold the dream inside the chance to fight another fight The breaking hearts that stand for all our lives Live tonight
LOL, it's hard to take them seriously sometimes, but the guitar work is just too awesome to resist.
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly. I'm crying.
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come. Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday. Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Mister City Policeman sitting Pretty little policemen in a row. See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run. I'm crying, I'm crying. I'm crying, I'm crying.
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye. Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess, Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun. If the sun don't come, you get a tan From standing in the English rain. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
Expert textpert choking smokers, Don't you thing the joker laughs at you? See how they smile like pigs in a sty, See how they snied. I'm crying.
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower. Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna. Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob. Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo... (etc.)
Paraphrasing John Lennon: "Let's have them analyse this one!".
Retarded lyrics don't bother me in pop music at all. I draw the line between musicians as entertainers and musicians as artists. Rihanna never, ever intended to let her music be art. She makes catchy music that people can listen to while not thinking at all, and it will sound catchy. "I am the Walrus" is a song intentionally written to sound ridiculous and nonsensical. The Beatles wanted it to be stupid, which is different from just not caring. Kurt Cobain wanted his lyrics to be bitter and meaningless, because that was how he percieved the world.
I would also say, that if the composition is good enough, then to hell with the lyrics, as long as they don't clash with the song. Prime example, "Bohemian Rhapsody". Even the friggin Muppets cover is amazing.
What I really can't stand is repetetive lyrics, obnoxious melodies and talentless compositions. Basically, if the song is annoying, then retarded lyrics just add insult to injury. The most common issue in modern pop is just the downright horrible abuse of everything electronic. It is possible to make synthesizers and voice effects sound good, it has been done, so why the fuck are we stuck with four different types of distortion that remove all sense of humanity? Why are we stuck with synth riffs that all sound alike, because producers can't figure out how to do new things? We are looking at late 80s style pop right now, just way more extreme because of the technological advancements.
I want to listen to pop. I want to listen to metal. I really want to listen to mainstream rock, rap or techno. I am more and more becoming the guy that listens to bands you've never heard of, because creativity and skill apparently equals underground.
"I hate terrorists, and I understand you. September 11, I'll never forget you. Rest in peace Catch the bad man, stop your plan, bin Laden, thank Allah. Yee c'mon. Stop the war. That's right."
the first part about falling into the sky isnt bad. "if you could fall into the sky" "IF" think about it. it could be cool. falling upwards into space or something. nothing with that lyric. its poetic and such.
On September 06 2011 13:04 Cloud9157 wrote: "We're all okay, until the day we're not."
Rise Against-Audience of One.
Nearly fell out of my chair when reading this, really =_="?
The meaning is that we all seem to be ok, we feel great, we feel like everythings all right, until it suddenly crashed down on us.
"Were all ok until the day we're not, the surface shines while the inside rots"
Suddenly realizing that youre not happy, that youve lost your way, lost yourself. Thats what the song is about and that whats the line means. Being ok, feeling ok, until it hits you.
/Fanboy
On September 06 2011 16:35 Turbogangsta wrote: i hate those RWJ cartoon music vids the lyrics make me cringe.
this song is actualy pretty decent but when i first listened to it i was like wtf "MMMM MMMM MMMM MMMM" thats the title
"I go hard in the motherfuckin' paint, nigga Leave you stankin' nigga, What the fuck you thinkin', nigga? I won't die for this shit or what the fuck I say (Brick Squad) Front yard, broad day with the SK See Gucci, that's my motherfucking nigga I hang in the Dale with them Hit Squad killers Waka Flocka Flame, one hood-ass nigga Ridin' real slow, bendin' corners, my nigga"
ALSO- Black Eyed Peas "You can look but you can't touch it, if you touch it imma(Sic) start some drama you don't want no drama no no drama no no no no drama."
Monday to Tuesday, Wednesday to Thursday, Friday to Saturday, Saturday to Sunday.. G g g g get with us, you know what they say- Party every day pp pp pp party every day.
By FAR my biggest annoyance in this realm is Fatboy Slim. Such annoying lyrics that try to sound cool, but actually make no sense, and repeat endlessly.
Cream on the inside, Clean on the outside Ice, ice ice ice, ice ice ice cream paint job.
and
Inside peanut butter, outside jelly seven days in a week seven different chevys black ss with the top blowed off, fucking with dem boyz get yo top blowed off
EPT
