Consequential Lyrics: Hand-written Lyrics of Consequence

Guests of last night's Consequential Lyrics Zine Launch at Melbourne's iconic zine emporium, Sticky Institute were invited to write down some lyrics that were of personal consequence to them and put them in the small black slotbox provided:

 

 Here are the lyrics they anonymously wrote down:

One thing in life so far I've wanted most of all,

It was to straighten out my bends and curves.

How to escape my shape?

Become vibration.
Frida Hyvönen - Straight Thin Line

While you try to find the lines

to speak your mind, and pry it

open, hoping for an encore...

And if it gets too late

for me to wait

For you to find you love me,

and tell me so

It's okay, don't need to say it

Fiona Apple

My days 

are numbered

1, 2, 3, 4

5, 6, 7

The Would-Be's - My Radio Sounds Different in the Dark

These little conversations

If I try my best

You know I never could say anything

In twenty words or less

(+14 more after the jump!)

I'd live a different story

if you were next to me...

Erasure - When I Needed You

Some boys kiss me,

Some boys hug me,

I think they're OK.

If they don't give me

proper credit, then

I just walk AWAY!

M, Material Girl

A crimson autograph is

what we leave behind

Graham Parker - Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions

Is it cold in here,

Or is it just me?

Lifelover - Shallow (2008)

It's times like these when I'm

on my way back out of

the woods...

Out of the Woods - Foals

clouds

violence

around

Melbourne

Friday

Vicious. You hit me with a flower.

You do it every hour

Oh baby you're so vicious.

Vicious by Lou Reed

Transformer (1974?)

Side 1, Track 1

Dan abnormal not normal at all

missed the point of the song

but it made being abnormal seem 

like the greatest thing in the world to

a 9 year old me. and completely

changed my life for the better or

worse

Something about last night,

what did you say,

Feels so cold on a sunny day

Overloaded mind as I walk this path

Think about you in a daylight bath

I feel like this on my way home

No place I'm going to is known

Girls like that

Girls like that don't go for

Guys like us

I want to see the facts

And she says, simply no

Uh uh

The Julio Iglesias

He just ain't scientific

I'll keep on looking for that lovin' feeling

I'll keep looking for that loving feeling

All of the chemists & witch doctors

They know what I'll never know.

The most remarkable thing

about coming home to you,

is the feeling of being in motion again...

It's the most extraordinary feeling in the whole world

The Mountain Goats - Going to Georgia.mp3

Even if you're miles away, I'm by your side

Don't you ever be lonely

Love will make it alright

Mariah

Elly,

I'm not someone who reads a lot into things

so my consequential lyrics are all form the hair metal catalogue. Here goes:

The bigger the cushion the better the pushin.

P. Stanley

where does love go when it dies

Def Leppard

Elle rocks

Gary xoxo
 

If you're inspired by these contributions and you want to share your Consequential Lyric, C&CM needs voice recordings from YOU (and other listeners like you!) for its final fan podcast of the Consequential Lyrics series. It's pretty simple, all you need to do is record yourself talking about a lyric that has some personal consequence and upload the voice recording and song to the Consequential Lyrics Entourage Box! Here's are some further details and FAQs! GET ON IT!