What do you think is Stevie's worst lyric?

[equeen102289]

"The sky is not crying, the sky is blue. "

Most awful thing she has ever written.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by Josh2003

"And she stares at the stairs...ooh well there are many things to stare at these days"

lol That's another one I forgot about.

[Kayli]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Oh you guys. I actually have no problem with most of those lyrics. The two I do have a problem with are:

"They may tell you that you hold the world in you hands, but they always GIVE it back."
Shouldn't it be take it back?

"Seen anything today never seen anything like you"
LOL WUT? I always felt this line should have been "Seen many things today, but I've never seen anything like you."

You're right about the give back line. I never realized it until now. lol

[DestinyRules]

Originally Posted by silvasprings

Silver Girl is a minefield of cringes!

I think you mean Silver HURL! LOL!

[Nikolaj]

[QUOTE=APerfectLie;916712]Oh you guys. I actually have no problem with most of those lyrics. The two I do have a problem with are:

"They may tell you that you hold the world in you hands, but they always GIVE it back."
Shouldn't it be take it back?

OK, I'm impressed. Never have heard that very intelligent observation before, good one.

Now, intrepretations:
'They may tell you that you hold the world in your hands, but they always give it back'
ok...
I get it. They told Stevie she had the world in her hands, but then 'they' took the world out of Stevie's hands, and gave the world back to the world, because the world belongs to itself, not to or in Stevie's hands."
OR
it's not about Stevie, 'you' hold the world in your hands, but 'they' take the world out of your hands where it shouldn't be, and 'give it back'--- to the world, where the world should be, not in your hands!
And sure, someone else has the ability to remove the world where it shouldn't be and give it back- to the world! A public service, of sorts.

APerfectLie's is the perfect logical explanation, the lyric is sort of strange! But to those of us who lived during 'RAL'- giving the world back to the world makes almost as much sense as 'this is not the world, not the world, not the world, not the real world' lovely and trippy hooky "Nightmare" remix that was more interesting than the version on the RAL album cd. The remix is so cool, both the 7"inch edit and the extended version on the 'ICW' maxi single. I just love that grainy black and white cover photo of Stevie on the ICW maxi, she looks so stunningly, gorgeously decadent! So 'Rock A Little'
Now take the world out of your hands and give it back to the world!

[baboles]

Originally Posted by Josh2003

"And she stares at the stairs...ooh well there are many things to stare at these days"

Oooooh yes! I'm always like, "WTF?!" when I hear this lyric.

[baboles]

Originally Posted by equeen102289

"The sky is not crying, the sky is blue. "

Most awful thing she has ever written.

Not the best lyric, but I do enjoy how she sings this line.

[johnnystorms]

Originally Posted by equeen102289

"The sky is not crying, the sky is blue. "

Most awful thing she has ever written.

i actually like the vagueness of that lyric. "blue" being another word for sad. so is the sky not crying, but sad? or is the sky blue and happy (as in not "saddened" by clouds?)
i think it's a great play on words!

[Sanne2]

"You can ride high atop your pony
I know you won't fall...
'Cause the whole thing's phoney"

I hate how the album starts with that

[Dr.Brown]

I had originally chosen the lyrics from Docklands but was reminded that she didn't write them. Thank God! Still, my mind spins when I hear her singing about going down to a laudromat!

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by Josh2003

"And she stares at the stairs...ooh well there are many things to stare at these days"

Originally Posted by baboles

Oooooh yes! I'm always like, "WTF?!" when I hear this lyric.

I understand this too well. When you're in that frame of mind where activity is just beyond you and all you can do is find a quiet area to sit in, you find yourself staring at the oddest things just to pass the time. I had one of those days the other day, and after I found a quiet spot in the Drawing corridor I spent hours staring at a socket. I just didn't have the mental capacity for anything else.

[Josh2003]

She didn't write Docklands, people!

[LiquidDiamonds]

Originally Posted by Josh2003

"And she stares at the stairs...ooh well there are many things to stare at these days"

That reminded me of this:
"The closest you've ever come to me was to help me up the stairs
You stood in the middle of the stairway
You nearly dragged me up the stairs"

She had an odd fascination with stairs in the late 80s.

[holidayroad]

'Welcome to the choir, sir' (Welcome To the Room, Sara)

'Ooh, you're consistent. Hey, and that's good' (Love Is Like a River)....edit: I meant Listen To the Rain! I think I'm losing my memory at 36 years old!!!

[GypsySorcerer]

I agree with some already mentioned, like "stairs at the stairs." But holy hell, "Listen to the Rain" is one awful mess:

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...
There's no Beauty and the Beast here
No...no...no...
There's no Beauty and the Beast here!!

Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeechhhhhhhh!

"It's like a river, it's never ending" -- Illume

"I was born in the desert, so I know how it feels there" -- Desert Angel

"Rhinestone collections all the time...I wonder what Greta would say" -- Greta

"Such words to her over the phone" -- Thousand Days

"Well I talked to my famous friend last night; My third day up...well, his second nighter." -- Two Kinds of Love