Favorite Lindsey lines..

[Vianna]

Let's post our favorite Lindsey "lines" from a song..

I'll start with

"I keep the dream in my pocket, never let it fade away" from TITN

and

"There’s a shadow on my daddy’s stone, where he was laid, laid to rest.
I ask him is this just a dream, or is it just another test?
I turn my back against the cold, I turn my face into the wind
And I wonder will I ever, ever make it home again?
Shadow on daddy’s stone, ten years gone, it seems
I ask him will I ever stop, ever stop dreaming dreams?!
He said never, never, never..." from Street of Dreams

[strandinthewind]

You know all of our friends are gods
and they tell us how to paint our face

creatures who are on thier way
never poison their own well

Packin' up
Shakin' up's all you wanna do :laugh:

[shackin'up]

Packin' up
Shakin' up's all you wanna do :laugh:

well uh..got to agree here....huhuh.

[GateandGarden]

"Melodies awaken sorrows from their sleep"

"The dreams of a lifetime told me wrong." (Of course)

"Buy another picture
Tell another lie
Paint another picture
See who's surprised."

"Look around but you won't see me.
Just a picture of what I used to be."

Hillary

[strandinthewind]

And - must say the entire body of "I'm So Afraid"

Agony's torn at my heart too long

SHEEBUS!!!!!!

[dissention]

Peacekeeper is incredibly poetic to me, all of it.

Plus, I love this one:

"My heart was broken, my part was spoken, now the ground has opened all around me."

[jbrownsjr]

this whole reconvening was sort of an organic process :laugh:

[shackin'up]

Papahohoho papaaa 'ts a given thing papahohoho papaaa 'ts a given thing
papahohoho papaaa 'ts a given thing papapapapapapaaa.

[eclipse]

I still cannot find fault in the agony and emotion and vindictiveness in"think of me sweet darling each time you don't come..." ah Lindsey, will you always get in the last word???~~eclipse~~But we also always have Stevie replying....... :lol:

[amber]

"all alone, we go, oh daaaaaaaay after day. All alone, we suffer, oh to steal your heart away...It's the saaaaaaame old thing, in the saaame old way, all alone, we suffer...oh to steal your heart away...
so c'mon, lets go, lets rooollll away, if that's all, well there is, oh, to steal your heart away..."
"When times go bad, you can't get enough, won'tyoulaymedowninthetallgrassandletmedomystuh-uh-uf...DO IT!"
I like a bunch, but these are what came to mind right now...In the Too Much Information Files of Amber......(don't keep reading if you don't want to know)

ooo, i forgot - "time recedes with a fatal drop, dusty fury on the mountaintop, cut the cord, if you ca-a-a-an"
You know, Lindsey's a pfg lyricist.... :p :cool:
AMber





The first time i uh....Was outside in tall grass (and stuff) in the summer....makes me like the song more - but i didn't know the song then...
AMber

[GypsySorcerer]

"Whisper murder in your ear; you just keep it so well hid"

"We were long, long gone, looking in the window; long gone, far gone, down on Rodeo"

"Then I remember, when the moon was full and bright; I would take you in the darkness, and do the tango in the night"

[BlueGrass]

Whisper Murder In Your Ear
You Just Keep It So Well Hid

[dissention]

this whole reconvening was sort of an organic process :laugh:

UGH.

:rolleyes: :laugh:

[mondaymornin1]

Here are some of mine:

"You can love me baby but you can't walk out, someone oughta tell you what it's really all about."

and

"Packin up, shackin up's all you wanna do." Duh

and

"I'm a soul drifter and I'm out of this town, ain't no use hangin 'round, you see. My heart was broken, my part was spoken, now the ground has opened all around me..."

and

"Now someone is dead and gone. The hurt that you feel makes you strong. Time is allowed. Make him proud. Just go out and turn it on!" (I lost my brother 3 years after Lindsey wrote this :( , so I really gained a new appreciation for this song!)

and, of course, my signature.

[celestenadia]

I wake up alone with it all
I wake up but only to fall
Lookin' out for love
Big,big love

And also non-lyrics...the first things that come to mind-
organic
full circle
healing
tenure
survival

[jbrownsjr]

UGH.

:rolleyes: :laugh:

isn't that weird!!!!!

[EnchantedSLN]

"Shadow all your hopes with love, live your life without a doubt
Outside in, inside out"

"Just a time within a time, a scheme within a scheme
A little world within a world, a dream, just a dream."

"You can hurt, you can heal, you can reach for the light
You could trust in yourself if you’d give it a try."

"Anyone at all could see you were dying, but no one was crying
And the lips you were kissing, night after night, all bathed in blue, all bathed in white..."

"It's been so long since I've held you, I'd forgotten what love is for."

"Faces of liars, faces of glass, walk on the wire but they won’t get past
Hold me darlin’, don’t let go, save each other from a world of woe"

"Sitting in the shade, under the dreaming tree
How the madness fades..."

Most of Peacekeeper, and all of I'm So Afraid.

[Johnny Stew]

"All the sainted sinners, they pay handsomely...."

"There's so many fine people that I believe in... they don't care where I'm going, it's not their show."

"Oh, I let you slip away -- there was nothing I could do... that was so long ago, still I often think of you."

"Somebody's gotta see this through -- all the world is laughing at you... somebody's gotta sacrifice, if this whole thing's gonna turn out right."

"Always do what you should -- always be good... and when push comes to shove -- pray for guidance from above...."

"The closing of a chapter... the opening of a door... brings forth life, where there was no life before...."

"I wonder if they'll ever understand... the trials of a freedom seekin' man...."

"Time recedes with a fatal drop... dusty fury on the mountaintop...."

"Ohh, the sun is hot -- a man is just a man... when the darkness comes, you've got to do with what you've got... I'm doing what I can."

"You can hurt, you can heal, you can reach for the light... you could trust in yourself, if you'd give it a try...."

"I have no children... just some design...."

"Every time that you make me smile, it's the same old way it used to be... and that's enough for me."

[TwistedGypsy]

"Two kinds of people in this world
Winners, losers
I lost my power in this world
'Cause I did not use it"

"Two kinds of trouble in this world
Livin', dying
I lost my power in this world
And the rumours are flying"

All of "Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind"


"There's a shadow on my daddy's stone
Where he was laid, laid to rest
I ask him is this just a dream
Or is it just another test?
I turn my back against the cold
I turn my face into the wind
I wonder will I ever, will I ever, ever make it home again?
Shadow on my daddy's stone
Ten years gone, it seems
I ask him
Will I ever stop, ever stop dreaming dreams?
He said never, never, never"

All of "Down on Rodeo"

"To the left
To the right
Up and down
In and out
To the left
To the right
In and out
Up and down
In and out
And around
That's right, baby
That's right, baby" Does anyone else get a little flushed listening to this? :o

And finally all of Twist of Fate, I'm So Afraid, Save me a Place, Say Goodbye and although there are no words to this song, I'm sure if there were they would be beautiful...Stephanie. Damn good piece of music! :thumbsup:
Brit

[dissention]

isn't that weird!!!!!

the point is: here we are!!!

;)

[seteca]

One of my favourite LB quotes is what he says at the end of the "Making Of Rumours" DVD....but I must admit that I'm not sure what he says exactly....does anyone know exactly what he says here?

"If you're any good at all, you know you can be better. You try to keep grounded in your process, in your work. And the challenge of doing that, emits/amidst (???) the madness of the set/said (???) machinery. Some people can do it, and some can't. I'm not saying that I've always been able to do that, but I am saying that I've always tried to do that. And then eventually you can define yourself, or a portion of yourself, through the choices you've made."

(The Chain is in the background, and he gives that really cool nod...! The first time I saw that it gave me goosebumps...!)

:cool:

[jbrownsjr]

A lot of people were wondering what happened to us, have we broken up whatever; well we're here to show you that, we just refuse to go away so!

[wondergirl9847]

All of ISA. See sig.

"melodies awaken sorrows from their sleep..."

All of Red Rover, but especially..."and the lips you were kissing, night after night, all were bathed in blue, all bathed in white.." :(

"I lost my power in this world, cuz I did not use it..." (VERY empowering statement)

"Peacekeeper don't tell why, don't be afraid to fight, love is the sweet surprise..."

All of Soul Drifter. My funeral song.

"and I was prayin', you'd be stayin..."

"It's so hard to find your way, when the liars come around, still it happens every day, so don't let it get you down..."

"I'm a lonely stranger in this time bomb town..."

Sesly, this could go on forever. :laugh:

[The Tower]

The best Lindsey lyric ever.....

"I am what I am
I am what I am
I am what I am
I am what I am

A family man
A family man"

Oy vey!!!! :laugh: :laugh: ;)

[face of glass]

"I am what I am
I am what I am
I am what I am
I am what I am

A family man
A family man"
And I actually agree. :nod:

(Well ok, "spontaneity" holds a special place in my heart too. :p)

[amber]

She sticks the camera right into her arm
Anything to forget what the trouble's about
It causes her pain,
That's part of the charm
She's down for the count then finally out

Miranda is taking the stars down
A little something to call her own
But the lion still rules Miranda
And Miranda is always alone

She sees her face in another magazine
And the walls all close in as the fancy takes flight
Can't stand to be loved,
But she loves to be seen
She slips down headlong into the night

[GypsySorcerer]

"She's a lot like you." Simple and chilling at the same time.

[MiniLindsey]

"Just like a little child,
Got to crawl away
It's the last chance for you"

"I never change, I never will
I'm so afraid, the way I feel"

"When the candles burn down
And the world's turned to stone
That's when you've got to fly, fly away home"

"Sanity, we long to see you"

"I can walk anywhere
I can walk anytime
But the lone highway
Is the only way"

"No one cares which way the wind blows
Someone's got to change your mind"

[AliP]

"Surprised to find someone willing to lose just to keep herself from falling apart."

"I swear, I swear, I swear
It's not too late
Wait for the light that might light our way
Wait for the right twist of fate"

[cliffdweller]

"All alone, we suffer."

"I guess I need to be alone, and I guess I need to be amazed."

"The dream of a lifetime, told me wrong
That everything is alright, and now it's gone."

"And the lips you were kissing, night after night
All were bathed in blue, all bathed in white."

"I wake up alone with it all
I wake up, but only to fall."

"Thought that our harmony, was the new harmony
Oh, it was a little strange, and the band...played...on."

[Imagine80]

"I've got to stop this obsession of revenge and fear
I've been running from everything that I once held dear
And it feels so cold; it feels like sin
I've got to stop this obsession and start living again."

"There can be little gain without some loss, and little redemption without forgiveness." (not from an actual song, but still good!!)

[Carolina Girl]

There are so many that it's almost impossible for me to pick favorites...but today's favorite is:

Two kinds of trouble in this world
Living
Dying

[golddustwoman77]

She sticks the camera right into her arm
Anything to forget what the trouble's about
It causes her pain,
That's part of the charm
She's down for the count then finally out

Miranda is taking the stars down
A little something to call her own
But the lion still rules Miranda
And Miranda is always alone

She sees her face in another magazine
And the walls all close in as the fancy takes flight
Can't stand to be loved,
But she loves to be seen
She slips down headlong into the night

I agree; I love the lyrics to "Miranda."

Here are a few of my other favorites too:

(1) "The closing of a chapter
The opening of a door
Brings forth life
Where there was no life before"

and "Pray for guidance from above
Shadow all your hopes with love
Live your life without a doubt
Outside in, inside out"

(2) "So I'm sitting in the shade
Under the dreaming tree
Now the madness fades
Right here I'm going to be"

(3) "They told me that I never would recover
Still some say they knew me well
I said
"Stay by my side"
But no one said nothin'
I walk a thin line"


(4) Of course, "Packin' up, Shackin' up's, all you wanna do."


(5) "There’s a shadow on my daddy’s stone, where he was laid, laid to rest.
I ask him is this just a dream, or is it just another test?

Just to name a few. :D

[Nico]

"It would do no good to drown in the sea where no one remembers their name and nothing but nothing is free" ~ Castaway Dreams

"I hear your heart as you pass through; I know the pain that you feel I'll shepherd you"

and

"Lay your head down, no one will see; Cry me a river of new dreams, float
yourself free" ~ Under the Skin

"Nothing to prove your blood is mine; I have no children just some design; Woven mystery that fills up this womb; No little children left to go home ~ Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind

"We never took quite enough chances we never had quite enough time;
I did about a thousand dances but nothing would change your mind" ~ Down On Rodeo

"Living in exile ain't the way to go
It's just another way of dying
A whole lot of faces that you call your own
All those faces are crying
You either run or you hide
Now you slip now you slide
You say you will, but you won't
You either do or you don't" ~ You Do Or You Don't

"The nighttime filled with the cold winter chill
The rain is music on my window sill
The days are short, the nights are long
Won't someone show me where I belong" ~ Slow Dancing

"Swimming in the water
Goggle at the moon
The currents they caught her
Hiding in my room
Mirrors in her eyes
She was wet, she was soakin'
Ashes in the ocean and her heart was broken" ~ Great Day

"No one knows my name, walking down the street, baby, now"...and...

"Is it just that we must?
Is it hear that we gear?
Is it only that we're lonely?
Is it there that we dare?
Is it lies that we fight?
Is it whores we adore?
Is it god with a rod taking more, more, more?" ~ Wait For You

"I'm a little lost, let me find my way
I'm a little dead, let me live
Been living in the past, let me rise today
Lead a selfish life, help me give" ...and...

"You were living under the reign of kings
You were living under the gun
I know it made you do a lot of things
You wish that you'd never done" ~ The Right Place to Fade

"Give us a song but don't live what you sing, say what you mean but please don't mean a thing" ~ Underground

[mylittledemon]

"we never took quite enough chances, we never had quite enough time...did about a thousand dances, but nothing would change your mind"---DOWN ON RODEO

[michelej1]

Well, although I'll always say "Fate takes time," I can't go through the whole career, but let me do some of the most recent favorites:

"Tell me all your fear will allow. It doesn't matter who we thought we were. We ain't got time for that now."

"In my younger days, I was mistaken for a whore."

"Tarantula passes by the window, no one takes it as a sign."

"Everyone's peace lives side by side with their war."

And my favorite from UTS:

"I'm a madman out on a badman route"

"When the play is unoriginal and the cast scrapes and bows and the only way you can seize the day is to blend into the crowd . . ."

[DigYourGrave]

"She's so crazy, She's so lazy

So attractive, So reactive

..Dusty Fury on the Mountain Top. (the most evokative Lindsey lyrics ever. I always thought this was a reaction to Stevie's repetitive mountain image, and that really, there is fury on that mountain. Personal interpretation, probably all wrong.:rolleyes:)"Caroli-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hine ;)

"I won't be home tonight,
I'll just slip out of sight,
Lay down my visionary eyes,
Dancing on my cast away dreams"Cast Away Dreams

"You're here 'cos I say so. (Ohhhh hell! :laugh:)
Didn't wanna be this late
So don't make me
Don't make me wait!" IKINW


"You know I think all of us have, uh, some inner demons that we struggle with.
I think all of us have..*drum bang*.. There's one now!..
I was talking about my demons not yours..!!" technically TECHNICALLY, part of a song, so it counts. Had to put it in there, cracks me up everytime.:p

Say Goodbye, in its entirity.
I'm So Afraid, in its entirity.
Shut Us Down, in its entirity. :angel:

[Madness Fades]

Its not in one of his songs but its a great quote he made.

"If you’re any good at all, you know you can be better. You try to keep grounded in your process, in your work. And the challenge of doing that, amidst the madness...some people can do it and some can’t. I’m not saying that I’ve always been able to do that, but I am saying that I’ve always tried to do that. And then eventually, you can define yourself, or a portion of yourself, by the choices that you made. "

[Madness Fades]

You can fight, you can pray, you can reach for the sky
You can heal someone's soul, you don't even know why
Turn it on

[michelej1]

Its not in one of his songs but its a great quote he made.

"If you’re any good at all, you know you can be better. You try to keep grounded in your process, in your work. And the challenge of doing that, amidst the madness...some people can do it and some can’t. I’m not saying that I’ve always been able to do that, but I am saying that I’ve always tried to do that. And then eventually, you can define yourself, or a portion of yourself, by the choices that you made. "

Lindsey says some interesting things. I mean, even if it's not monumental, it sometimes resounds so deeply with me. As I always say, I love when he said of John that he could get John to back off if he wanted, but he doesn't. You learn to appreciate that tension of thinking that someone is going to run all over you (your guitar lines) and then they don't. I think that's a great quote about relationships in general. There's both a tension and a trust going on there. Friction and faith -- and that's the definition of "chemistry."

This is minor, but there was one interview where I think swimming came up and Lindsey said he went to a restaurant and the owner had all these pictures of himself playing sports in college or something and Lindsey observed that the guy must really not like being a restaurant owner.

I'm just paraphrasing here. The point is, I really liked that different way of saying he doesn't live in the past. He wasn't talking about Rumours or music or anything. He just looked at someone else's wall hangings and how they had nothing to do with the man's present life and made a statement about it.

As for lyrics, Memories awaken sorrow from their sleep . . .

Plus, Miranda is pretty solid all the way through. Every.single.line.

Can't stand to be loved, but she loves to be seen.

Loneliness follows Miranda and Miranda is always alone.

Miranda is taking the stars down, a little something to call her own.

She never comes. She always goes.

She slips the camera right into her arm, anything to forget what the trouble's about.

She slips down the shade and lets herself drown.

[Moz]

"And did you ever wonder the places we would go? And did you realize we felt your woe?"

"If we forgive ourselves we might be whole, but you know that wishing, wishing won't make it so?"

"What am I doing anyway? Telling myself it's not too late."

all of Street of Dreams

[wondergirl9847]

All of Red Rover, but this part in particular.

"You don't belong here
I guess you never did.
Whisper murder in your ear
You just keep it so well hid.

Anyone at all, could see what was missing
Could see you were dying, but no one was crying.
And the lips you were kissing, night after night
All were bathed in blue, all bathed in white....
Red rover, red rover, red rover, we come, we come, we come to take you over."

Also this...

"One of the quiet ones, one of the few..."

I just had to turn on my Zune player so I could listen to it. I love Red Rover SO much. I remember hearing it for the first time and being in awe. I'm getting teary just sitting here listening to it. Still gives me chills after all this time.

You all have mentioned some amazing lyrics by LB. :thumbsup:

[David]

Lola, Looooola
Sure knows how to please her man

(these are pretty great words)

[seekerj]

All of Red Rover, but this part in particular.

"You don't belong here
I guess you never did.
Whisper murder in your ear
You just keep it so well hid.

Anyone at all, could see what was missing
Could see you were dying, but no one was crying.
And the lips you were kissing, night after night
All were bathed in blue, all bathed in white....
Red rover, red rover, red rover, we come, we come, we come to take you over."

Also this...

"One of the quiet ones, one of the few..."

I just had to turn on my Zune player so I could listen to it. I love Red Rover SO much. I remember hearing it for the first time and being in awe. I'm getting teary just sitting here listening to it. Still gives me chills after all this time.

You all have mentioned some amazing lyrics by LB. :thumbsup:

YES! YES! YES!

The lyrics to this song are mind-blowing!

I have to add this part:

"Why do you come around... so very much... you know it just brings you down...it's just something you can touch... you don't belong here.... I guess you never did..."

Absolutely BEYOND GENIUS !!!!

[AliceLover]

Just a few for right now, there are so many:

I'm a little lost let me find my way. Im a little dead let me live. Been livin in the past let me rise today, let my selfish life come again.

Wait for the light that might light our way, wait for the right twist of fate.

-Twist of Fate

You can hurt, you can heal, you can reach for the light, You could trust in yourself if you give it a try. - Pretty much my anthem song

Turn it On

[michelej1]

There's a passage in Bleak House where the housekeeper speaks of Honoria Dedlock's removed, independent manner and says "you go your own way."

I aways wondered if Lindsey had seen that line. Read it in school and had it stay with him, until he finally put it to a somewhat different use.

Michele

[TrueFaith77]

Right Place To Fade:

You were living under the reign of kings
You were living under the gun
I know it made you do a lot of things
You wish that you'd never done

&

Come along lay down and talk to me
Tell me all your fear will allow
It doesn't matter who we thought we were
We ain't got time for that now


Go Your Own Way

The line that changed my life:

"Packin' up, shackin' up is all you wanna do."

[buckingham101]

Looking out for love
In the night so still
Oh Ill build you a kingdom
In that house on the hill
Looking out for love
Big, big love

You said that you love me
And that you always will
Oh you begged me to keep you
In that house on the hill
Looking out for love
Big, big love

I wake up alone
With it all
I wake up
But only to fall

Looking out for love
Big, big love
Just looking out for love
Big, big love

[cbBen]

Surrender the rein
Surrender the reign
Surrender the rain

[michelej1]

Surrender the rein
Surrender the reign
Surrender the rain

You know what? I'm not even usually aware of that. I mean, when I first read the liner notes, I appreciated it, but I forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me. It's very beautiful.

We've heard FM likened to a kingdom -- in Stevie's songs at least.

Lindsey holds the reins, trying to guide the direction of the music and its creativity.

And rain . . . well, rain is not unlike the rain in Bel Air Rain, or even that in his rain room. It's about release, freedom and resignation, but not the cowed kind of resignation that's associated with giving up. It's more appreciation, acceptance and deciding not to fight against what is meant to be. As he said, running away from obsession and fear -- of course, all of the lyrics in that song are stark, strong and gripping.

It feels so cold; it feels like sin.

[cbBen]

Yes it's about letting go of control (rein), power (reign), and conflict (rain=tempestuousness=fighting) in a single breath. It's a song about Linsey letting go of his psychoses and saving himself from emotional ruin.

An amazing song and lyric. Lindsey is one of the real greats.

[jbrownsjr]

You'll win prizes
If you stay
Cos that's how we do it
In LLA

[shackin'up]

Go Your Own Way

The line that changed my life:

"Packin' up, shackin' up is all you wanna do."

:thumbsup: Guess whose favorite line that is, too... :thumbsup:

[michelej1]

Yes it's about letting go of control (rein), power (reign), and conflict (rain=tempestuousness=fighting) in a single breath.

Right and when I've been singing it for the last few years, I forgot about the different spellings and I was just thinking rain, rain, rain for all three, forgetting how it was different in the liner notes.

Michele

[cbBen]

A rare example where the words being in the liner notes actually makes a big difference -- because otherwise I think we'd all assume "rain rain rain."

The man can write!

[gypsy4life]

I go insane, Like I always do, and I call your name, she's alot like you....


days when the rain and the sun are gone...black as night...