Who do you look up to as a lyric genius??

[pankie101]

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singer/songwriters, singers, lead vocals, bands...whichever you prefer..

i'll start off with:
Geoff Rickly of Thursday

[daiclerr]

lyricist of PROTEST THE HERO

and

LESTER CASTRO SANCHEZ OF SELFWILL from CCHC

you have got to listen to their songs. especially the song, NEW BALANCIAGA.

[jigsaw_0219]

brandon boyd - incubus...

[countrykidanthony]

mga singer-songwriters in the americana/folk/country scene mga nindot manulat ug lyrics...

JUSTIN McROBERTS- "The question isn't are you gonna die,you're gonna die/But will be done living when you do."- Done Living


BRAZOS STONE(Brady Ash)- "Happiness isn't a destination, it's the journey throughout life. It's not so much where you're going, but who's along for the ride."- Pleasurable Pain

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON- "Freedom's just another word for nothin left to lose." - Me and Bobby McGee

JASON GRAY- "We were made with these hearts meant to be open, Then we locked them away afraid of being broken, But we’re given each other to set it free, And you’re the one holding the key"- Holding The Key


and my favorite singer-songwriter of them all, ANDY GULLAHORN:

ORIGINAL CLICHE

All your fresh ideas are stolen
And your road less traveled by
Is just a worn out path broken in
With the blind leading the blind
You’re a pioneer of nothing
‘cause you reinvent the wheel
That’s been reinvented a million times before you came along
You’re like a broken record song

You can blame it on your daddy
For the role he never played
You can curse the ground he walked upon
And choose to walk the same
Neglecting those who love you
While you trust the ones who don’t
And you smoke the grass that’s greener
‘til it all goes up in flames
And you’re too far gone to change

But the price of being cool
Is to make the same mistakes
You’re story’s nothing new
Just an original cliché

You say that no one understands you
So you walk the world alone
Trying so hard to be different
That you’re really just a clone
In a community of loners
Like a blindfold to the eyes
So you don’t recognize
The chalky human outline on the floor
That says it’s all been done before

‘cause the price of being cool
Is to make the same mistakes
You’re story’s nothing new
Just an original cliché

You see it takes time for the circle
To make its way around
All that stuff you’re getting high on
Will only bring you down

Because the price of being cool
Is to make the same mistakes
You’re story’s nothing new
Just an original cliché

[joneschris.289]

I had the same question in mind!

For me, I prefer Neyo..

[rata]

daghan ayo ko ganahan nga lyricist.. two of them are Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. ill try to make a short list of my favorite lyricist....

Bjork
Adam Duritz (Counting Crows)
Gavin Hayes (Dredg)
Trent Reznor (NIN)
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Peter Gabriel
Sinead O'Connor
Jill Scott
PJ Harvey
Lou Rhodes (Lamb)
Geo-logic a.k.a Prometheus Brown (Blue Scholars)

[makuz]

conor oberst, no contest

[xxSTARLIGHT]

brandon boyd sd ko!

[CaseyR.]

Sus.. Brandon Boyd. hehehe. But dghan jd maayo.

[nomads]

Francis M.