Lyrics only Stevie can get away with (and we LOVE her for it)!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by laurie816

Let's see here...

Some of the ones that make me go HUH??

"Here I am dramatic"
"Here I am not waiting"
"Here I am not listening"

...I picture Stevie with a slide projector telling us where she is

LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!

Class, pay attention . . . . tap tap tap !!!!!!!

[blinker12]

"some carry a stiletto in their garter along with everything else....that they carry."
so, that's what she's got going on behind those layers of chiffon?

And I also loved laurie816's slide show image...

Here's my contribution to the weird lyrics, from the bridge of Edge of Seventeen:

The clouds never expect it
When it rains
But the sea changes colors
But the sea...
Does not change

[jadegypsy]

from Standback
"la la la la la, do do..." How very creative...

"it is green it is aquamarine, it is colors I have never seen" I actually adore this line but really, it does sound a bit, ummm yeah...

"you could be my silver springs my blue green colors flashing" anyone else and I would be like "ummm yeah..."

"just like the great dark wing, within the wings of a storm..."

"see your sunrise loves to go down..."

"like a diamond snake in a black sky" In earlier days I would've wondered "and what were we smokeing today?"

the lines don't make a great amount of sense per say but I do love the images they conjure up.

[EveryHour]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

"I am a cliff-dweller from the old school."

"In silence she says, 'Excalibur.'"

"Her horse is like a dragonfly, and she is just a fool."

I can't imagine any other vocalist making lines like those sound so moving and profound... but then, that's part of Stevie's genius, isn't it?

Yes. This is what I was getting at in starting this thread. Awesome choices!

[EveryHour]

Originally Posted by jadegypsy

from Standback
"la la la la la, do do..." How very creative...

"it is green it is aquamarine, it is colors I have never seen" I actually adore this line but really, it does sound a bit, ummm yeah...

"you could be my silver springs my blue green colors flashing" anyone else and I would be like "ummm yeah..."

"just like the great dark wing, within the wings of a storm..."

"see your sunrise loves to go down."

Good 'uns! Regarding the "la la la, do do!": not creative, true, but SO effective!

[EveryHour]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

"The clouds never expect it when it rains by the sea." (Casual listeners don't get this song at all.)

Isn't it:

"The clouds never expect it when it rains but the sea changes colors, but the sea does not change"?

("No the sea does not change, DOES IT?!" Sorry. Red Rocks attack. )

The rest of that verse fits well into this thread, too:
"So with the slow, (sad), graceful flow of age
I went forth with an age-old desire to please
On the edge of seventeen"

[EveryHour]

Originally Posted by laurie816

"ooh, and you're consistent HEY and that's good!"

Glad to see Street Angel picks! That song (Listen To The Rain) has more goodies for this thread:

"Well you're a victim
Phantom of the opera
And you've been everywhere
And you live in dark shadows

You do what you want to
Thre's no beauty and the beast here
No, no, no
There's no beauty and the beast here
You're not like anyone else
You're just an instant flash of light that shines!"

God, her vocals on this one are mind blowing too! I love this song! Sorry, I'm getting distracted

[EveryHour]

Sidebar:

I was listening to If I Were You and it's interesting to me that you can tell Stevie didn't write most of the song (she specified at the time that the part she wrote is the middle: "I believe that love is a living thing..."). Especially the "Every boy must learn to be a man / Well maybe I can help you, yes I can". That line makes a little grin appear on my face every time 'cause I just can't ever see Stevie writing such a line and it's weird to hear her sing it.

[snwriter]

Gotta love these...

You think you hear demons
I think you are the demon
In this place
Where the images are born
You remember your childhood
Aw, in fiery sequences
..and the sun goes down
Filling the air with color and the winds lift you up to God ...

You like to be twisted by the force
You like to be shaken by the wind

I know, you know
Watching you go is like dying
Is like dying

Take it to the limit
When the winds come up
Crazy men, crazy women
Cryin' out for love
You'd like to save her
But you just can't give it up

You'd rather be wrapped up
In the arms of the storm
You'd rather be wrapped up
In the arms of the storm
Crazy men, crazy women
In the arms of the storm

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by snwriter

Gotta love these...

You think you hear demons
I think you are the demon
In this place
Where the images are born
You remember your childhood
Aw, in fiery sequences
..and the sun goes down
Filling the air with color and the winds lift you up to God ...

You like to be twisted by the force
You like to be shaken by the wind

I know, you know
Watching you go is like dying
Is like dying

Take it to the limit
When the winds come up
Crazy men, crazy women
Cryin' out for love
You'd like to save her
But you just can't give it up

You'd rather be wrapped up
In the arms of the storm
You'd rather be wrapped up
In the arms of the storm
Crazy men, crazy women
In the arms of the storm

One of my fav. songs EVER!!!!!!!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by EveryHour

Isn't it:

"The clouds never expect it when it rains but the sea changes colors, but the sea does not change"?

("No the sea does not change, DOES IT?!" Sorry. Red Rocks attack. )

The rest of that verse fits well into this thread, too:
"So with the slow, (sad), graceful flow of age
I went forth with an age-old desire to please
On the edge of seventeen"

I think it is "but." Sometimes I sing "by" with it. Either way....

[EveryHour]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I think it is "but." Sometimes I sing "by" with it. Either way....

Of course...I was just checking myself!

[dissention]

"The light that shines through the shiny night is a lamp that I carried from my mothers home."

Such a cheesy line, but Stevie pulls it off.

I think the whole song "Imperial Hotel" falls into "only Stevie," as does "Ghosts."

[darklinensuit]

All of Sable on Blonde and Goldfish And The Ladybug
All of Nightbird, especially the line about pulling back the net

"Unbraid with all the love like a soft silver chain" (WTF!)

"Fire on fire/Rain on my face" (Love this quote)

"And timeless is the prisoner in disguise" (I'm picturing Saddam in Groucho glasses)

"Long nets of white cloud my memory"

"You are in love with/And I'm ready to sail/It's just a feeling"

"Rhinestone collections all the time"

"Take your violet and blue morning with you"

"In the crystalline knowledge of you"

"Sunflowers and your face fascinate me/You love only the tallest tree"

- Jake

[Janis_no1]

Wow these are brilliant, i cant read through them properly so im going to print these off and have a great laugh tonight!!