Who... and give an example.
....oh, and anything having to do with MCR will automatically disqualify you from your shot at best answer... regardless of the example used... The serious contenders for the title would be Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen.
DYLAN:
"I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light,
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space,
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face."
- Every Grain Of Sand
"Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing."
- Chimes Of Freedom
"Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow."
- Mr. Tambourine Man
SIMON:
"And all of these spirit voices sing:
rainwater,
sea water
river water,
holy water
Wrap this child in mercy, heal her -
Heaven's only daughter"
- Spirit Voices
"I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told.
I have squandered my resistance,
For a pocketful of mumbles - such are promises,
All lies and jest.
Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."
- The Boxer
"And I dreamed I was flying.
I dreamed my soul rose
unexpectedly, and looking back down on me, smiled
reassuringly, and I dreamed I was dying.
And far above, my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty, drifting away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying."
- American Tune
COHEN:
"Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A."
- Democracy
"Now, I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah..."
- Hallelujah
"I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the great beyond
They tied me to this table right here
In the tower of song..."
- Tower Of Song Tori Amos or maybe Kate Bush. Graham Nash
. Jim Morrison
"The End"
"Moonlight Drive"
"Five to One"
Many, many more... Serj Tankian (System of a Down)
Pure powerful lyrics - all political/commenting on government and ploicies in the U.S
GENIUS. Bob Dylan
Visons of Johanna:
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it John Lennon - "Imagine". Seriously, how can you beat that! Bob Dylan is far and ahead the best songwriter of all time. He is in a league of his own (Sorry John). They even teach college courses on his often-mystic lyrics.
"He not busy being born, is busy dying" Joseph Arthur- history- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkOat8zT...
Bob Marley- could you be loved
Tom Waits- pony
Joni Mitchell- chelsea morning
Neil Young- thrasher
Kris Kristofferson- for the good times Tori Amos for sure!! ROBERT PLANT
second only to.....
BOB DYLAN - hes been even been nominated for the noble peace price 3 times [as a potential candidate], amazing...thats an acheivement... |
