Three Lyrics That've Stuck With Me The Last Few Days

Sure, a song without lyrics can grab me emotionally. Whenever I hear the first tunes of Miles Davis' "It Never Entered My Mind", or Mozart's requiem even. And when on the Live At the Fillmore East album Allman hits the guitar solo on "Stormy Monday" it gives me goosebumps at the very least.However, a lot of songs use lyrics and don't have Allman guitar skills, and in order for a song to be special to me, it has to have good lyrics. Sure, I like to dance on whatever Justin Timberlake puts out or whatever Disco classic you put on, but those songs don't really mean much to me and are very much replaceable by anything else I can dance to.In the past week I've listened to quite some music (which I rarely ever do, I don't have any particular interest in music really, the reason I have this site is to counter boredom basically- and yes, I'm not serious with this comment) and three songs and their lyrics suddenly hit me and I played them over and over again.The first one is The Smiths' "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish". (http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=51285) Wit can be a great thing in a song, Cocker and Franz Ferdinand two prominent examples of it, and Morrissey uses it quite a bit as well. As a matter of fact, Pulp and The Smiths do a great job mixing wit with pointing out a problem or big emotion.In this song as well. I see this song as being about (and here I'm telling my interpretation, so not to say they actually intended it that way, and naturally songs can be interpreted in multiple ways, have different meanings, have multiple layers, work different for each person, and so on. So this is my disclaimer. :P) a man who starts a relationship with a woman, but then gets second thoughts and isn't sure anymore if he wants to go on and thinks about (or already has) bailing out on her. Basically what the title says, he started something he couldn't finish. Also great is how he, during every verse, repeats: "Typical me, typical me, typical me, I started something, and now I'm not too sure." The typical me bit shows how fully aware he is of his own character, but still can't change it, and maybe even hates himself for that.Second one was "Best Days" by Blur (http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=4431), which is something that really made me think a bit. Just look at the enlengthened chorus at the end: "Other people wouldn't like to hear you/If you said that these are the best days of our lives/Other people turn around and laugh at you/If you said that these are the best days of our lives/Other people break into a cold sweat/If you said that these are the best days of their lives/And other people turn around and laugh at you/If you said that these are the best days of our lives, of our lives".The thing is, it's quite haunting if someone says that these are the best days of our lives, isn't it? Because that would mean it doesn't get any better anymore. And what if you aren't satisfied with where your life is yet? That's why people, in the song, laugh at him when the person says that, and break into a cold sweat, because they don't want to believe him. But what if it really are the best days of our lives? Surely, I'm young, still got my health, can do whatever I want, have nice friends, no financial worries, do a study I like, and the world isn't melting yet; all stuff that could make someone say "well, these are the best days of your life mate", but heck, I don't want that!So, last one (gosh this post is getting far longer than I expected, wanted, and anyone would want to read) is "Martyr" by Depeche Mode (http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858626973). The song is about someone who loved someone, did everything for that person, but knew in their hearts that person didn't deserve it and that person was just playing games with that someone. Particularly haunting is this verse: I’ve been a martyr for love/I need to be by your side/I have knelt at your feet/I have felt your deceit/Couldn't leave if I tried.The chorus, a tad different every time, also is very striking. The first chorus, for example: I knew what I was letting my self in for/I knew that I could never even the score Those are three lyrics that hit me, and I can't stop listening to them and thinking about them since. And this is the stuff why I enjoy this kind of music more than I do Shakire or Black Eyed Peas and stuff. Some good wordsmiths around that can make me think or make me feel something (whether it's a cheerful or depressing emotion), and these stuck with me lately. Plus, they're just excellent songs as well! :)This is the song by The Smiths. ;)