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 Post subject: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same artist
PostPosted: Tue January 14, 2020 3:41 am 
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I can think of a few artists who have done this--repeat a passage of lyrics in multiple songs.

Sting - "O My God" and "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days
Since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me who ends up
Getting wet

Chris Cornell - "Sound of a Gun" and "Drown Me Slowly"
The open mouth of the city
Swallowed up the town
With the same old concrete
That I still walk down
And it seemed they put a shine
On this place when I was young
Maybe I just don't see it now

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Pearl Jam, "Porch" and "1/2 Full":

There ain't gonna be any middle anymore


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PostPosted: Tue January 14, 2020 5:23 am 
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I think Van Morrison uses the phrases "gardens all misty wet with rain" and "listen to the radio, jelly roll" in about 35 different songs


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Lumineers with Sleep on the Floor off Cleopatra and Life in the City off III:

"If the sun don't shine on me today
And if the subways flood and bridges break
Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave
Or will you rail against your dying day"

Which really irked me, especially with the Cleopatra name drop, as I adore Sleep on the Floor.

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 Post subject: Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
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I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
Don't know why I feel so skinned alive


Found in both Radiohead's "Myxomatosis" and "Cuttooth"


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bodysnatcher wrote:
I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
Don't know why I feel so skinned alive


Found in both Radiohead's "Myxomatosis" and "Cuttooth"

i never noticed that, but then many of thom's words are indecipherable


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tragabigzanda wrote:
Pearl Jam, "Porch" and "1/2 Full":

There ain't gonna be any middle anymore

He even says “it’s been said before” right after


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wease wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Pearl Jam, "Porch" and "1/2 Full":

There ain't gonna be any middle anymore

He even says “it’s been said before” right after

this somehow never occurred to me until this thread. i am idiot.

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Hip hop as a whole is the king of this.


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 Post subject: Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
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tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
Don't know why I feel so skinned alive


Found in both Radiohead's "Myxomatosis" and "Cuttooth"

i never noticed that, but then many of thom's words are indecipherable


Also "the dinosaurs roam the earth" appears in both "Optimistic" and "Where I End And You Begin".


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