Stupid song lyrics

[Bubba]

Do ever ever hear or read song lyrics and just think to your self "what the hell were they thinking?"

Someone recently sent me the lyrics to Horny by Mousse T. OK, it's hardly a classic song but makes you question what kind of smurftards are actually writing this crap?

Here are two lines from the second chorus.

I search from town to town but I still can't find my bird
I got so desperate that I sent a rocket to the moon

I mean what the actual smurf? If it is an actual bird she is looking for then checking random towns is hardly gonna help. Check the skies, genius.

Also, I really don't understand how an independent space program will reap any rewards... the financial implications are staggering! Not to mention that if the bird is there, then there is 100% chance that the bird will be dead.

What song lyrics have you heard that you hate... or just don't make any sense?

[Pike]

That song "Drive By" by Train bugs me because it goes from having a great lyric to a dumb one in a matter of seconds

"You moved to West L.A. or/New York or Santa Fe or/Wherever to get away from me" = I love this line, it rolls off the tongue and is just fun to say.

Then after the chorus he says something about how "My love for you went viral" and it sounds so dumb to me Your love went viral? So like, everyone on Facebook was talking about it, or...?

[Jiro]

THEY'RE METAPHORS

(sometimes awkward metaphors but)

EDIT: can a staff member who is feeling funny please edit some kind of hipster douchebag pretentious twatty image in here because I feel like my post needs it. otherwise please pretend there is one here

[Spooniest]

If it is an actual bird she is looking for then checking random towns is hardly gonna help. Check the skies, genius.

Um..."bird" is 60's Brit slang for "girl." And hyperbole is commonplace in songwriting...

But I still haven't figured out what the hell "a bustle in my hedgerow" is supposed to be, or why I would be alarmed, now.

[Bubba]

Yeah, fair enough. Maybe I took that song a bit too literally.

But if someone could explain these lyrics to me/defend their stupidity then I would be most grateful...

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter, and my Daddy said stay away from Juliet - Taylor Swift

Only time will tell if we can stand the test of time - Van Halen

She'll think I'm Superman not Super Minivan, how could you leave on Yom Kippur - Train

I kick plenty of ass, so call me an astronaut - Dr Dre

If the light is off, then it isn't on - Hilary Duff

[Quindiana Jones]

Swift is talking about Howlers.

[Spooniest]

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter, and my Daddy said stay away from Juliet - Taylor Swift

This line, and in fact this whole song, is trout. I smurfing hate that song for the way it made her career while being utter trout.

[Jiro]

Only time will tell if we can stand the test of time - Van Halen

If the light is off, then it isn't on - Hilary Duff

These two seem pretty straightforward to me. You can't tell if you're going to stand the test of time until the test of time actually transpires. And yeah, if lights aren't on, then they are most definitely off.

[Bubba]

They may be straight forward, but that doesn't stop them being stupid.

[Spooniest]

Then there's "I'm looking for a lover who won't blow my cover," from the Eagles (actually Jackson Browne), and "I been given just a minion, I been walkin' that there line" from Kid Rock. Even the Beatles are no exception, but they always manage to pull stupid songs into the realm of greatness.

Take, "Oh, Darling," (which I love) for example:

Oh, Darling
Please believe me
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm

Oh, Darling
If you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I beg you
Don't ever leave me alone

WHEN YA TOLD ME
YOU DIDN'T NEED ME ANYMORE
WELL, YOU KNOW, I NEARLY BROKE DOWN AND CRIED
WHEN YA TOLD ME
YOU DIDN'T NEED ME ANYMORE
WELL, YOU KNOW, I NEARLY FELL DOWN AND DIED

...And so on. Just reading the lyrics, they sound dumb and cliche...

But then you listen to the song...



And suddenly these stupid lyrics make perfect sense...can't explain it.

Btw, that reminds me of another one, from The Who:

"It's alarming how charming it is to be a-farming"

[LunarWeaver]

Periods, we all get periods
Every month, that’s what the theory is

Does Lily Allen think they're real or not?

[Pike]

If it is an actual bird she is looking for then checking random towns is hardly gonna help. Check the skies, genius.

Um..."bird" is 60's Brit slang for "girl." And hyperbole is commonplace in songwriting...

I do like that you're telling the Brit about British slang

[Sephex]

Nope. Nothing anyone will post will top this. It also has the added bonus of being so bad, you won't know if you should laugh or recoil in horror from your screen.

[Miss Mae]

Periods, we all get periods
Every month, that’s what the theory is

Does Lily Allen think they're real or not?

'Every month' is the theory, not periods themselves. They don't always come every month. /TMI

[Pumpkin]

Your daddy must've been a drug dealer
Why?
I don't know

I had to ride to school with some people who had interesting taste in music

Also, this whole song:



That's a rap song so you know... don't play it in front of your bosses and grandmas