Favorite line(s) from any IM song

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permanenteddie

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Just curious to see what will show up here!
(and please no "dinosaurs..." line :innocent:)

Here are some of mine (from the 80's albums for the moment...more to come later on):

- A look at love, a dream unfolds, living here, you'll never grow old
- Mother natures' black revenge on those who wasted her life
- We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies
- Questions are a burden and answers are a prison for oneself
- I don't wanna die, I'm a God, why can't I live on?
- I'd like to think that when I die I'd get a chance another time and to return and live again, reincarnate, play the game, again and again and again
-...so until the next time, have a good sin
 
PROPHECY OF SKY GODS!!! THE SUN AND MOON!!!
And I will pray for you, Some day I may return, Don't you cry for me, Beyond is where I learn!
I don't wanna die, I'm a God why can't I live on?
Lost my life, Lost my dreams, Rip the bones from my flesh!

I think Bruces performance has a lot to do with these.
 
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"Bind all of us together,
Ablaze with Hope and Free,
No storm or heavy weather
Will rock the boat you'll see."

And, well, those first lines, but that's Chesterton, that doesn't count.

"Is that all there is? Can I go now?"


"There are times when I've wondered
And times when I've cried
When my prayers, they were answered
At times when I've lied"


"Here I am the knife in my hand
And now I understand why the genius must die"


"But I'll never go dancing no more
'Til I dance with the dead"


I'm sorry, this is definitely more than a "line", but I could name everything from this song:

"You're searching in the dark
clutching at straws to find a way
You take the Tarot cards and throw them to the wind

Your questions your beliefs,
your inner thoughts, your whole existence
And if there is a God then answer if you will
And tell me of my fate, tell me of my place
Tell me if I'll ever rest in peace

If you could live your life again
Would you change a thing or leave all the same
If you had the chance again
Would you change a thing at all
When you look back at your past
Can you say that you are proud of what we've done
Are there times when you believe
That the right you thought was wrong

All of my life I have believed
Judgment of Heaven is waiting for me"



"Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God,
Why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies,
All around is laid waste,
And in my last hour,
I'm a Slave to the Power of Death."



"He gave his life for us
He fell upon the cross
To die for all of those
Who never mourn his loss
It wasn't meant for us
To feel the pain again
Tell me why, tell me why"


But the greatest must be

"What is real? Futureal!"

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"The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death"

"Oh - my eyes they see but I can't believe
Oh - my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave"

"Well you can say I'm a devil and I wouldn't say no
But out here on the dark side - Hey! On with the show!"

"Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
We slip into the night"
 
Brave New World and Sea of Madness have most of my favorite lines. No need to quote them here.

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As the sun breaks, above the ground
An old man stands on the hill
As the ground warms, to the first rays of light
A birdsong shatters the still.
 
Too many to list, but I'll try to give some of my personal favorites. Bruce's voice has a lot to do with why these deliveries are so successful.

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Somebody cries from a cell, "God be with you."
If there's a god, why does he let me go?

Now it's burning his hands, he's turning to laugh
Smiles as the flame sears his flesh
Melting his face, screaming in pain
Peeling the skin from his eyes.

She came to me with a serpent's kiss as the eye of the sun rose on her lips
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry.
So we lay in a black embrace as the seed is sown in the holy place
And I watched and waited for the dawn.

Now his wings turn to ashes, to ashes his grave.

Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins
Silent the terror that reigned, marbled in stone
A shell of a man god preserved for a thousand ages
But open the gates of my hell, I'll strike from the grave

I don't want to die, I'm a god, why can't I live on?
When the Life giver dies, all around is laid waste
And in my last hour, I'm a slave to the power of death.

So it shall be written, and so it shall be done.

Just by looking through your eyes, he could see the future penetrating right in through your mind.
See the truth and see your lies, but for all his power couldn't foresee his own demise.

Withered hands, withered bodies begging for salvation
Deserted by the hand of gods of their own creation
Nations cry underneath decaying skies above
You are guilty, the punishment is death for all who live.

Eyes are closed and death is calling, reaching out its hands
To call upon the starlight to surround you.

Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shells,
He brought back their lives from the void.
Alien invasion brings nothing but death,
Mass exodus and plant life destroyed.
 
Two lines in Brave New World reveal incredible truth (for those who have ears to hear):

"what you see is not real, those who know will not tell"; and

"you are planned, you are damned in this brave new world".
 
A few more, from the 90's this time:

- When I've sat by the window and gazed at the rain, with an ache in my heart but never feeling the pain

- Trying to justify to ourselves the reasons to go, should we live and let live, forget or forgive

- In a room full of strangers do you stand with your back to the wall, do you sometimes feel like you're on the outside..........looking in ?

- I'm scarred for life but it's not my flesh that's wounded

- If you could live your life again would you change a thing or leave it all the same

- Inside the scream is silent, inside it must remain
 
- "The dreamers may die, but the dream lives on"

- "And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan"

- "Praying to god won't keep me alive, Inside my head feel the fear start to rise"

- "Somewhere, there's someone dying in a foreign land
Meanwhile, the world is crying, 'stupidity of man'"

- "Take a look at your last sky,
Guessing you won't have the time to cry"

- "The preacher loses face with Christ
Religion's cruel device is gone
Empty flesh and hollow bones
Make pacts of love, but die alone"

And of course the eternal
"You could have sailed the Hindenburg through her legs and never even have landing permission!"
 
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