Cjwriter1997's Favorite Song Lyrics of All-Time

I feel like this line speaks to me the most. The chorus to this song is just beautiful. Chris Cornell speaks about the terror and cruelty we face through times of war and how we will persevere onward and survive it all, because humans are born to thrive. It can also be applied on a much more personal level however. This speaks from Chris' perspective on how he struggled with depression and survived until he could no longer. He tells us that we can fight through the dark times, and that we should keep persevering through it all. In a meta sense, he is telling us don't break your promise to survive like he did. If you look at it like that then it's honestly very sad but yet it's also motivating. This is why this line means so much to me, it tells me that dark times are okay, and that I can survive it. I won't break my promise and you shouldn't either.

A line that discusses the endless possibilty of growing as a human. We do not have to be the same ol, same ol'. We have the power, the drive, to truly make an impact and set a stand for ourselves. We want to stand out, we want to be someone. We continue to grow out in this spiral of ideologies and beliefs and we never stop growing. If we do we will be stuck in the same ol', same ol'. And when we reach the end we will have finally made our impact, our stance.

This was one that stuck out to me since I was kid. It's message simply states that everyone goes through suffering and pain, and it's how we survive that suffering, that pain, and how we learn from the experience, that shapes us as a person and makes us who we are. We learn from the past and we better ourselves from it.

As we grow we often forget about the people and things that made us who we are. We move on being influenced and inspired by new people and things which lead us to forget where we came from. Without them, some of us wouldn't be standing where we are now. So remember where you came from and appreciate those who have helped you.

This always stuck to me as one of the band's best lines. It's often a question we have when tragedy hits and we are stuck just not knowing what to do. It's a simple but effective line that reflects the state of many people's own tragic experiences, including Mike Shinoda himself. R.I.P. Chester

I see this as a man going through the regrets that he has at such a low point in his life. He thinks about if he had a chance to start over he would find a way to not make the same mistakes. In the album it's on, it's essentially where the main protagonists gives his one last cry for help before ending his life. Depressing indeed, but Reznor sings about in a way that is much more personal. It relates in a way that only one who has been through such regret can truly understand.

The entirety of FEAR. could be an entry. On a personal level, this song discusses Kendrick's worries from the times he was in the hood, to now where he has all the fame. This line pretty much says that because he has exploded into fame, this has only magnified his own fear. The way I interpret it is that fame and money can't take away the inner struggles we face as a person, in fact it probably makes it worse to manage.

Some think it discusses suicide, I believe this line is specifically the moment when you take everything of your past and leave it, move on and restart yourself. You leave everything, having it only to remembered as a time in your history, like watching it on an old videotape as you start with a perfect slate. It's a very somber song that ends one of my favorite albums.

I always loved Bad Religion's thought-provoking lyrics. This is from one of my favorite Bad Religion songs and this line in particular always stuck out to me. It makes me think how I often just do things to move forward without really knowing if it is really progressing anything. We just assume that we progress as the days goes on, but we never seem to fully encapsulate such concept. It's a bit existential but also thought-provoking and meaningful.