Best Lyrics

It's good to have a giggle at the misses, but what about when BS really hit the sweet spot? I'll never forget someone on WIM describing Turn as a song which 'hit's you really hard and makes you feel weightless'. That, to me, is the essence of New Order.

I'm always impressed by:

All the stars and all the worlds Filling up this universe Could never be as close as us Will never shine as bright on us

(That better, Chris?)

It takes years to find the nerve To be apart from what you've done To find the truth inside yourself And not depend on anyone

So much so that I'm about to alter the favourite lyrics bit in my profile...

Snorri xxx

I feel so extraordinary somethings got a hold on me I get this feeling Im in motion a sudden sense of liberty

That's certainly one of my fvourites too Snorri.

Shug behave

Shug wrote: Arrivaderci it's one on one

don't come home too soon (oops wrong band!)

really though,

i work hard to give you all the things that you need and almost everything that you see I spent a life time working on you but you wont even talk to me

barney at his most bitter

and am i right in thinking he says twat at the end of the track?

It's a life that's made for mewhere I can be completely freeso long as I obey this soundthat echoes all around

I can't find my peace of mind without you.

Im too fecking lazy to remember them, but Ruined in a Day had ace lyrics.

"Every Second Counts When I Am With You I Think You Are A Pig You Should Be In A Zoo".

"I've Heard It All Before, I've Heard It All Before I Can't Hear It Anymore Your Hair Was Long, Your Eyes Were Blue Guess What I'm Gonna Do To You Oh, How I Cannot Bear The Thought Of You I Said, Oh, How I Cannot Bear The Thought Of You."

And of course...

"Turn The Heater On, Turn The Heater On."

William Morris. wrote: And of course...

"Turn The Heater On, Turn The Heater On."

Yes, one of Bernard's great lyrics

good cover thou, i don't know why some dislike it, it is actually romantic, unique for New Order

"I've lost You, I've Lost You"

"Constantly Harassed And Misunderstood"

"From My Head To My Toes To My Teeth, Through My Nose You Get These Words Wrong Every Time You Get These Words Wrong I Just Smile"

:D

up Down, turn around please dont let me it the ground tonight I think I'll walk alone find myself as I go home

"... There's no sense in telling me The wisdom of a fool won't set you free But that's the way that it goes And it's what nobody knows While every day my confusion grows..."

"Ask Me No Questions I'll Tell You No Lies The Past Is The Present The Future Is Mine You Just Can't Believe Me When I Show You What You Mean To Me You Just Can't Believe Me When I Show You What You Cannot See"

The throwaway "Metallic Blue Turned Red With Rust!" Runs Barney's best lyric/s down, at way over 60mph!

I think that Barneys Lyrics on Technique and Republic are generally pretty excellent....well written, lots of feeling, even slightly poetic.

As for other songs...

I think that

EGG Temptation Blue Monday Perfect Kiss This Time of Night Sunrise BLT True Faith Crystal Here to Stay WFTSC Turn And yes.....parts of Jetstream

All have pretty awesome lyrics.

I think that True Faith maybe Barney's finest moment, lyrically. One of his best vocals as well.

You've caught me at a bad time So why don't you piss off

When you are alone ta night you search yourself for all the things that you believe are right. If you give it all away you throw away your only chance to be here today. Then a fight breaks on your street , you lose another broken heart in al and of meat. My friend took his final breath. Now I know the perfect kiss is the kiss of death.

whatever you think of me ,you listen hard and i will make you see,,,

the streets are so empty this time of night,id rather walk on my own than fight.

quality

Well you don't get a town like this for nothing

I've watched your face for a long time, its always the same, i studied the cracks and the wrinkles you were always so vain. Now you live your life in the shadow in the pouring rain

Or another part of thieves like us. Oh, love is found in the east and west But when love is at home, it's the best Love is the cure for every evil Love is the air that supports the eagle

Great Great song. Benard has written some brilliant lyrics, and is under-rated

The whole of dream attack:

Nothing in this world Can touch the music that I heard When I woke up this morning It put the Sun into my life It cut my heartbeat with a knife It was like no other morning

I don't belong to noone But I want to be with you I can't be owned by noone What am I supposed to do

I can't see the sense in your leaving All I need is your love to believe in

Don't look into the sun It's not for me or anyone To steal the light out of the sky Is it really such a sin 'Cause if it is then I'll give in I can't live without your love

I don't belong to noone But I want to be with you I can't be owned by noone What am I supposed to do

I can't see the sense in your leaving All I need is your love to believe in And for you I would do what I can But I can't change the way that I am

the entirety of thieves like us is awesome...

my favorite part is:

i lived my life in the valleys l lived my life on hills i lived my life on alcohol i lived my life on pills.

so damn easy, but not done before by anyone else.

Shed song Anyone?

"They're all taking drugs with me"

Indeed!

The whole of True Faith.

There's no place where we can't goThere's no place where I have beenThere's no limit I can showThere's no level inbetween

Who told you that I would be back?You came here to seize my freedomI will send you falling slowlyTo the earth I see below me

I feel fine and I feel goodI'm feeling like I never shouldWhenever I get this way I just don't know what to sayWhy can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday

The whole of Love Less.

The whole of Leave Me Alone.

And finally, this from my favorite pre-TPK track, I don't knowNobody knowsNobody even triesTo find out what they want to know

A couplet that the bard would be proud of.

"you've got a vicious streak, for someone so young. You're like a solar flare, in the rising sun".

Beautiful, and 10 out of 10 for working cosmology into a pop song.

Round & Round - the song came out at a very impressionable time for me.