#97

High, higher than the sun
You shoot me from a gun
I need you to elevate me here
At the corner of your lips
As the orbit of your hips
Eclipse, you elevate my soul

I’ve lost all self-control
Been living like a mole
Now going down, excavation
I and I in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high, elevation

A star lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you could educate my mind
Explain all these controls
I can’t sing but I’ve got soul
The goal is elevation

A mole, digging in a hole
Digging up my soul, now
Going down, excavation
I and I in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high, elevation

Love
lift me up out of these blues
Won’t you tell me something true
I believe in you

A mole, digging in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down, excavation
I and I in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high, elevation

Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation

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#98

oh good Lord, I must’ve actively blocked out the words when this was played everywhere and anon. Beyond awful. Fucking Bono :confused:

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#99

Oh Asian boy
What drugs are you on?

#100

Glamourous Indie Rock And Roll by The Killers or Little James by Oasis.

#101

No Limp Bizkit yet huh?

“I did it all for the Nookie,
So you can take that Cookie,
And stick it up your YEAH”

“Maybe life is up and down
But, my life’s been what to now?
I crawled up your butt from hell
And that’s when things got turned around”

“Time is something that might change me,
But I can’t change time,
So fuck it.”

#102

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#103

This has gotta be up there.

I remember thingking KFC would be a perfect date
But your a vegetarian
I found it out to late
Then you laughed it off and told me, another place another time
Since then I’m eating tofu with a salad on the side

#104

As bad as they are written down, they are even more cringe worthy when listened to.

The “love… Lift me out of all these blues” bit is the quiet breakdown and then it tries to break into an epic final chorus.

Except the first sound of the chorus is Bono proclaiming: “A MOLE!”.

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#105

This is a bad lyrics thread not a good one

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#106

I can’t believe the ‘I crawled up your butt from hell’ is actually legit, had to google it. Unbereeeeevable!

#107

I remember hearing that on the radio and immediately despising Bruno Mars with such a powerful intensity

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#108

The early draft of Rhythm Is A Dancer needed work.

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#109

It’s just dawned on me that the line

Wake me up before you go-go don’t leave me hanging on like a yo-yo

is proper shit.

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#110

Great example of how good pop =/= good poetry

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#111

Haha it’s great!

Although begs the question - which part of the line did George write first do you think? Do you think he came up with “Wake me up before you go go” as the hook and then resolved it with the second part? Or was the line “…hanging round like a yo yo” one he came up with and needed something else to go with it (and invented a memorable lyrical hook in the process)?

Should’ve asked him that but it’s too late now.

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#113

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I get that he’s trying to be clever with cash/cashews and that stunning ‘statues’ finish, but has he ever bought nuts in his fucking life

Even if I win the lottery I will always be appalled at how much this 150g of nuts costs

edit: deeez nuuuuuuuts

https://www.marksandspencerfoodhall.co.uk/product/roasted-and-salted-cashews--03a583b6-4490-46a5-b088-ef5a08187dc3

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#116

“Travelling at the speed of light
That’s why they call me Mr Fahrenheit”

Literally no correlation between those two things.

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#117

Feel like if they had just extended go to go-oh it would have landed better

#118

You used to be such a delicate kid/A lonely fish in a sea full of squid

I love Death Cab, but this clanger from their most recent album makes my skin crawl

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#119

I have no idea how I remember this, but I seem to recall an interview where he said that someone left him an actual note that said ‘wake me up before you go go’. Although he could just have been BSing the interviewer out of boredom, of course.