Lyrics that make no damn sense

a classic album...but a WTF line.

My Own Way - Duran Duran

- "mouthwash jukebox gasoline" ("Devil's Haircut")
- "slap a turkey neck and it's hangin' from a pigeon wing" ("Loser")
- "hot milk, tweek my nipple" ("Hot Milk")
and so on

The worst offenders are the lyrics where they repeat them again and again (i.e. in the chorus) as if simple repetition will somehow grant meaning where none can be. eg the Sugababes, "In The Middle", "I'm caught up in the middle / Jumping through the riddle", IT DOES NOT MATTER how often you sing it girls it is NONSENSE!

'play in the sunshine' - prince

come again ? it may well be 1 of my favourite ever songs, from my favourite ever album but what in the name of...

'and i run just as fast as i can to the middle of my frustrated ph34rs'

say wha?

Underworld to thread.
Right. But also this one by Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, who may also be trying too hard, but in a corny way:

I can't find you
where are you barbedwired baby
Are you hiding?
But the objection's overruled
Why do I always play the fool
Please tell me what's inside the screen
Is it a barbedwired baby's dream?

ahem ...

I woke up at seven and my body was vibrating
I was wrapped up in a blanket
I was grey
Damp and sore
The bedroom was an engine and my heartbeat was erratic
(Like I think I'm at the racing
Like the night before)
I remember one girl standing
One was sitting on the ground
One was holding me up
The other pulling me down
And I couldn't decide which one was real
Because there wasn't a sound
(Like I was pregnant again... )

"Don't move don't blink don't think don't even breathe" she said
"Or the photograph will spoil
And cut you off at the head"
So I was sucking
I was sucking like a fat lady would
But I couldn't hold it down another second
(Bleagh!)
"Don't twitch don't shout don't think don't even breathe" she said
"Or the photograph will spoil and cut you off at the head"
So I was sweating
I was sweating like a fat lady would...
And I woke up
With a man inside my mouth
(This won't hurt at all... )

'There are women and children in boats/Crying and dying like Jews/Do you like tennis?'

that clearly must win.

I got my head shaved
By a jumbo jet
It wasn't easy
But nothing is, no

Blur: Song 2

The zebra spilled its plastinia on bemis
And the gelatin fingers oozed electric marbles
Ramona's titties died in hell
And the Nazis want to kill everyone.

John Trubee: Blind Man's Penis

not that that makes any more sense

-- Savin All My Love 4 u (savinallmylove4...), November 26th, 2003.

that makes sense. it's about someone who might be cool.

He wore a scarlet tunic
A blue-green hood
It looked quite good
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass
Fresh air at last
Wining
Dining
Biding his time

And then one day
Hooray!
Another way
For gnomes to say
Oooooo my

Look at the sky
Look at the river
Isn't it good?
Look at the sky
Look at the river
Isn't it good?
Winding
Finding
Places to go

And then one day
Hooray!
Another way
For gnomes to say
Ooooooooo my
Oooooooooooooooo my

Isn't that quite clear? A jumbo jet flew so near to his head that it shaved his hair off. And it "wasn't easy", because the jet was more likely to decapitate him or smash him altogether...

"It's like Murder She Wrote
Once I getcha out them clothes"

There's no context clues given for what he means by this. Angela Lansbury? Crime? Mystery? What does this have to do with nudity?

In context, all of the playing around will stop once he gets her out of those clothes.

Who was that man's religious studies teacher.

"i tried to dance britney spears"
--rufus wainwright, "vibrate"

OK, here's one song that I managed to finally work out! It was all in the punctuation. (I raised this on a different thread, can't find it now)

I often pray before I lay down by your side;
If you receive your calling before I awake,
Could I make it through the night,
Cherish the love we have!
we should cherish the life we live

etc.

So, if she dies, or if he doesn't die.. um, they should cherish their lives...

Actually, it's still cack-handed.

I've never understood why or how the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble.

I've got a ticket to the world.
But I've come back again.

http://www.pictures.vaty.net/uploaded_images/crazy_blondes-794828.jpg

Seriously wtf, that's something you carve into your skin with a shard of broken glass after not sleeping for a month.

Worst line ever from crap band:

"Play a fly track from your record collection /
It's your mix--congratulations!"

Ummmm, why exactly are congratulations in order?

yeah, he only came second to Franco's Spain!

I can't believe Cream hasn't warranted more inclusion here...

You've got that rainbow feel,
such good responses,
but the picture has a moustache.

"I will listen hard to your tuition."

Wow, Cream huh.

spanish folks trying to decipher the lyrics of kurt cobain

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=34522

Boo Radleys - Ride The Tiger

"I don't really need a fuel infected car"

Kind of makes sense, but doesn't.

Shudder to Think lyrics in general; these lines in particular:

All over town they've got these
Like, messenger girls, that ride around on innertubes
Their asses are all scraped up
Their eyes cold kick me off the bus, y'all

I can't stop staring at that photo of those two girls above and making the same face that I would if I were staring at someone with a really bad sunburn.

looking at it now and I'm actually making the same face as the girl on the right

"benezedrine telephone" -- Bush

These lyrics may not make any sense, but at least the video shows what's going on in the lyrics: ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFGwpTl9iLs

WTF, how did this thread get this far without any mention of Dylan???? He tured nonsensical lyrics into an art form. My favorite:

You raise up your head
And you ask, “Is this where it is?”
And somebody points to you and says
“It’s his”
And you say, “What’s mine?”
And somebody else says, “Where what is?”
And you say, “Oh my God
Am I here all alone?”

thinking about cypress hill:

"Sawed-off shotgun hand on the pump, left hand on the 40, PUFFIN ON A BLUNT, pump my shotgun, NIGGAS GETTIN' JUMPED"

ok first of all what the fuck do you have three hands? And second, even if you have your right hand on the pump, left hand on the 40, and the blunt in your mouth hands free, it's going to be kind of awkward to pump your shotgun with one hand. And why pump the shotgun at all if you're just going to jump someone?

maybe he's only holding the pump of the gun and he's pumping it by jerking the gun forward

like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J31uavVgOc

and maybe he can drop the 40 in honor of the guy he's about to shoot and simultaneously gain use of the hand he needs to pull the trigger

Duran Duran to thread. they seriously write songs like English is their second language

The wild boys are calling
On their way back from the fire
In august moon's surrender to
A dust cloud on the rise
Wild boys fallen far from glory
Reckless and so hungered
On the razors edge you trail
Because there's murder by the roadside
In a sore afraid new world

They tried to break us,
Looks like they'll try again

Wild boys never lose it
Wild boys never chose this way
Wild boys never close your eyes
Wild boys always shine

You got sirens for a welcome
There's bloodstain for your pain
And your telephone been ringing while
You're dancing in the rain
Wild boys wonder where is glory
Where is all you angels
Now the figureheads have fell
And lovers war with arrows over
Secrets they could tell

They tried to tame you
Looks like they'll try again

Wild boys never lose it
Wild boys never chose this way
Wild boys never close your eyes
Wild boys always shine

"Every day a little sadder...a little madder...someone get me a ladder" - ELP, "Still...You Turn Me On"

yeah, i was looking looking at the lyrics to Rio not too long ago, and was stunned at how bad they were:

Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice

Came to thread to say Simon Le Bon's entire lyrical history, but I see i'm late to the party.

now the figureheads have fell?

have

fell?

in a sore afraid new world

delightfully handsome and I enjoy listening to their songs very much but wtf, honestly

America: "Tin Man"; the chorus...

But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad.

Uhh, WTF???

Grateful Dead: "Brown Eyed Women":
"Dad made whiskey and he made it well.
Cost two dollars, burned like hell"

Sounds like Dad needs to refine his process.

"We get it on most every night, when that moon is big and bright."

The moon is not big and bright almost every night.

If the song is set on Earth, yes.

Ha, beat me to it

It's also "a supernatural delight" so maybe you're on to something.

Perhaps it’s set on an, um, dying Earth.

Good to know people will still be 'getting it on'.

The Moon is bigger and brighter than other objects in the night sky I guess, on the whole.

Talking about space

Look up, I look up at night
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees
Every chance that you get
Is a chance you seize
How long am I gonna stand
With my head stuck under the sand?
I'll start before I can stop
Before I see things the right way up

All that noise, and all that sound
All those places I have found
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you'd understand

Wham!, Club Tropicana:

All that's missing is the sea
...
Watch the waves break on the bay

Let's get drunk on Saturday
Walk up Primrose Hill until we lose our way

if you were drunk enough to lose your way on primrose hill you probably wouldn't be able to walk.

She was a day tripper
One way ticket yeah

A day tripper would buy a return ticket, no question.

stoopid beatles

oh when the day goes to sleep, and the full moon looks
and the night is so black, that the darkness cooks

Oi Greeny! If the moon is full, no way is the night also dark.

Yellow Submarine:

And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door

So... they're not all aboard?

Some of their friends have responded to the call of "all aboard" to get on the vessel. An unspecified number of those who did not board the vessel are readily available nearby.

Wham!, Club Tropicana:

All that's missing is the sea
...
Watch the waves break on the bay

― buffalo tomozzarella (ledge), Tuesday, May 31, 2022 10:41 AM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Apparently this crux is resolved by the mention of a lagoon in the next line? idk I'm suspicious but I don't know how lagoons work.

Interesting. So either it's a large lagoon with waves breaking in a bay, in which case why the is the 'missing' sea a problem? Or it's a small calm lagoon and the waves are breaking in a separate bay outside of the lagoon, still doesn't seem like a reason for complaint.

it's a mirage

i'm telling y'all it's sabotage