re: What's a song lyric that resonates with you?

But in the end
It doesn't even matter

I've always been crazy
But its kept me from going insane.

-Waylon

These shabby shoes I’m wearin’ all the time
Is full of holes and nails.
And brother, if I stepped on a worn out dime,
I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails

- Hank Williams, “I’ll Never Get Out if This World Alive”

Dead Flag Blues

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The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows

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Greg Allman
Soulshine

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written by Warren Haynes

If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take.
Cody Jinks

Danny Schmidt’s Stained Glass gets me every time. The whole song has a fantastic story from beginning to end, so everyone should read the full lyrics HERE.

But the one line that always gets me the most...

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And the prideful immortality of children in the home

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The line itself doesn’t do full justice to the impact of hearing it, since the line’s place within the broader story is a big component of what makes it impactful to me.

But still, every time I hear that line, I immediately get a crystal clear picture in my head of distant-future me sitting back in my rocker, watching my grandkids playing on the floor, and just being absolutely overwhelmed with contentment and satisfaction at a life successfully lived.

Mike D from "Pass The Mic"

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Well everybody rapping like it's a commercial
Actin' like life is a big commercial
So this is what I’ve got to say to you all
Be true to yourself and you will never fall

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Fun fact.. the 2nd "commercial" was supposed to be "rehearsal" but Mike fricked up the delivery and it got left in as a joke at his expense.

Copper Canteen (James McMurtry)

woke up last night in the grip of a fright scared to breathe for I might make a noise
This life that we craved so little we saved between the grandparents graves and the grandchildren's toys

We grew up hard and our children don't know what that means
We turned into our parents before we were out of our teens
Through a series of Chevys and Fords
The occasional spin round the floor at the Copper Canteen

Childish Things (James McMurtry)

Now my boy goes like a house on fire
He'll never burn out and he'll never retire
And I remember when I used to think like that
When I was young and the world was flat
But I'm forty some years old now and man I don't care
All I want now is just a comfortable chair

Hello In There (John Prine)

We had an apartment in the city
And me and Loretta liked living there
Well it'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own, and left us alone

John and Linda live in Omaha
And Joe is somewhere on the road
And we lost Davy in the Korean war
And I still don't know what for, it don't matter anymore

Donald And Lydia (John Prine)

Bunk beds, shaved heads, Saturday night
A warehouse of strangers with sixty watt lights
Staring through the ceiling, just wanting to be
Lay one of too many, a young PFC

Donald
There were spaces between Donald and whatever he said
Strangers had forced him to live in his head
He envisioned the details of romantic scenes
After midnight in the stillness of the barracks latrine

Even when winnings illogical losing still far from optional

TI





Eminem has a bunch, but I’ll just post the verse from beautiful pain:

You're so familiarized
With what having to swallow this pill is like
It happens all the time, they take your heart and steal your life
And it's as though you feel you've died
'Cause you've been killed inside
But yet you're still alive
Which means you will survive
Although today you may weep 'cause you're weak and
Everything seems so bleak and
Hopeless, the light that you're seekin'
It begins to seep in, that's the only thing keepin'
You from leapin' off the mothafreakin' deep end
And I'm pullin' for you to push through this feeling
And with a little time that should do the healing
And by tomorrow, you may even feel so good that you're willing
To forgive 'em, even after all the shite you been put through
This feeling of resilience is building
And the flames are burnin' quick as fire would through this building
You're sealed in, but you're fireproof
Flame retardant, you withstood it
And as you climb up to the roof, you're just chillin'
You look down, 'cause you're so over 'em you could put the heel of your foot through the ceiling

"frick you and your college dreams" - Pantera