Favourite line in a Manics song?

[who's responsible?]

Hi all,

As a noob on here, I'm guessing this has all been done to death several times over, being that some of you have been on here since the internets were invented, but I was wondering what is your own personal favourite line (or couple of lines I suppose) from a Manics song..

My choice

Jealousy soothes rejection with a kiss

Just love the line, it's outstanding.

[starstruck]

for reasons i've never been able to explain,

and on the streets tonight an old man plays
with newspaper cuttings of his glory days

actually, my favourite is probably "overweight and out of date". i found that was a nice, neat way to describe myself in a non-negative / downer way, but when i put that as a status thing on facebook fuck me did it cause trouble, people were worried that i was depressed and suicidal. well, everyone except my fellow manic Manics....

[whiscat]

So many lines I love, but for now, from "Life Becoming a Landslide"

There is no true love
Just a finely tuned jealousy

and

A mile empty inside

Originally Posted by starstruck

and on the streets tonight an old man plays
with newspaper cuttings of his glory days

I love the imagery of that one.

[Littlesue]

Mine would be from The Love Of Richard Nixon
'cowering behind Divided Curtains'

[Karen]

Mmmm so many to choose from:

"If you stand up like a nail, then you will be knocked down".

[tzb]

"I would prefer no choice"

[Dext37 Fielding]

'the difference between love and comfort''

[nsebastian]

Such a difficult choice, but the line that always lingers in my mind:

"Silence is not sacrifice, crucifixion is the easy life."

[The Gutless Wonder]

'Monuments put from pen to paper turns me into a gutless wonder'

'Nobody loved you like me'

'A tiny animal curled in to a quarter circle'

'For your love nature has hemorrhaged'

Some of my faves.

[pingu]

all I want to do is live/no matter how miserable it is

it's not the most graceful or the cleverest of lines, but it rings so goddamn true.

it would've been 'these sunless afternoons I can't find myself' but Richey cadged that off Philip Larkin, the cheeky git

[nsebastian]

Originally Posted by Karen

Mmmm so many to choose from:

"If you stand up like a nail, then you will be knocked down".

That was just taken from a proverb, wasn't it?

[handsome_devil]

Your future glories all empty of thought/There's beauty doing nothing at all

[relic]

I have crawled so far sideways
I recognise dim traces of creation
I wanna die, die in the summertime, I wanna die

I have no idea why I love this line so much, or why it makes me feel so happy. I interpret it as a moment of epiphany, which is probably not what it was meant to be.

[Littlesue]

I have'nt a clue where any of these lines are from!! put the song titles down so you can then work it out.

[The Gutless Wonder]

'So much to write but not much to say'


(You'll just have to get your album booklets out Sue! Or Google them!)