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The Best Song Lyrics of All Time

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100 of the Best Lyrics Ever

Want songs that are more than just good beats? These 10 lists of 10 great lyrics each capture all different emotions. The best part is, you'll be discovering tons of new music, because a lot of these artist are not well known!

Christian

The Top 10 Christian Lyrics

These Christian lyrics sound like they could have been written from behind the golden gates themselves.

Beautiful King- Danyew

Beautiful King,
has anybody seen
Your glory unfold?
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Hold My Heart - Tenth Avenue North

How long must I pray
Must I pray to You
How long must more...0 points

God of This City - Bluetree

You're the God of this city
You're king of these people
more...0 points

Saviour, Please - Josh Wilson

Savior, please take my hand
I work so hard, I live more...0 points

Cry On My Shoulder - Overflow

You say you're falling apart
Reached the end of the more...0 points

Sing Along - Sixteen Cities

When I look into the painted sky
I see so many colors
more...0 points

The Good King - Seabird

I can see it won't be easy to keep your head above more...0 points

Cry Out To Jesus - Third Day

To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before more...0 points

City On Our Knees - TobyMac

If you gotta start somewhere why not here
If you gotta more...0 points

Let it Fade - Jeremy Camp

Have you been walking on a surface that's uncertain?
more...0 points

Emotional

The Top 10 Emotional Lyrics

These songs are full of so much emotion, you can't just place them in one set category.

Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading more...1 point

How To Save A Life - The Fray

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit more...1 point

Dance On Our Graves - Paper Route

I hear something out there calling my name
No matter more...0 points

Young - Hollywood Undead

We are young!
But we have heart
Born in this world more...0 points

Never Alone - Barlow Girl

I waited for you today
But you didn't show
No no no
more...0 points

Whispers in the Dark - Skillet

Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine more...0 points

Song for the Broken - Barlow Girl

I am the comfortable secure
The definition of this more...0 points

Don't You Know You You're Beautiful - Seabird

Don't you remember
You were happy when you were younger
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Alone with the Sunrise - Stephen Jerzak

This is the first time that I've cried in a while.
more...0 points

If I Gave You My Life - Justin Nozuka

[Verse 1]
I fell in love with a voice in the midnight more...0 points

Hurt - Johnny Cash/Nine Inch Nails

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus more...0 points

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How To Save A Life - The Fray

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit more...0 points

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Shadow Of The Day - Linkin Park

I close both locks below the window
I close both blinds more...0 points

Whimsical

The Top 10 Whimsical Lyrics

When you need a laugh or a reason to smile, or are just feeling flat out silly, these lyrics are perfect.

A Little Opera Goes a Long Way - Sky Sailing

I'll save you
An echo from the hall
And I'll paint more...0 points

Dental Care - Owl City

I brush my teeth, and look in the mirror
And laugh more...0 points

Fly Me Away - Annie Little

Silver moons and paper dreams
Faded maps and shiny more...0 points

Pajama Party - Swimming With Dolphins

When you just can't sleep
and you're sick of counting more...0 points

On the Brightside - Nevershoutnever

I met a man of two feet tall
This man was quite ambitious
more...0 points

Upside Down - Jack Johnson

Who's to say
What's impossible
Well they forgot
This more...0 points

Mood Rings - Relient K

we all know the girls that i am talking about
well more...0 points

The Bird and the Worm - Owl City

If you're the bird
Whenever we pretend it's summer
more...0 points

When We First Met - Hellogoodbye

When we first met
Your hair was long and brown
You more...0 points

Smile - Uncle Kracker

You're better than the best
I'm lucky just to linger more...0 points

Love

The Top 10 Love Lyrics

Need to sing your loved one a song? Check out these fine lyrics!

Hero - Enrique Iglesias

(Let me be your hero)
Would you dance if I asked you more...1 point

Keeping Me Alive - The Afters

It's like I never lived
Before my life with you
So more...0 points

Vanilla Twilight - Owl City

The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and more...0 points

L'amour Toujour - Sagi Rei

Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close more...0 points

I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close more...0 points

Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

When I see your smile
Tears run down my face
I can't more...0 points

My Heart is Yours - Justin Nozuka

[VERSE 1:]
This morning I woke up beside the river
more...0 points

Smother Me - The Used

Let me be the one who calls you baby
All the time
Surely more...0 points

All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers

Dream dream dream dream
Dream dream dream dream
When more...0 points

Right Here Waiting - And Then There Were None/Richard Marx

Oceans apart,
Day after day,
And I slowly go insane
more...0 points

Cute

The Top 10 Cute Lyrics

Not feeling up to the deep scene of romance? Settle for something cute.

Do You Remember - Jack Johnson

Do you remember when we first met?
I sure do
It was more...1 point

Did it Hurt? - Nevershoutnever

I've been waiting my whole life
For a someone like more...0 points

Cute - Stephen Jerzak

You're eyes are blue like the ocean and baby I'm lost more...0 points

Bruises - Chairlift

I tried to do handstands for you
I tried to do headstands more...0 points

Such Great Heights - The Postal Service

I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
In our more...0 points

Take Me The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson

If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need more...0 points

If My Heart was a House - Owl City

You're the sky that I fell through
And I remember the more...0 points

Happy - Nevershoutnever

You make me happy, whether you know it or not
We should more...0 points

Fallin' For You - Colbie Caillat

I don't know but...
I think I maybe
fallin' for you
more...0 points

I'm in Love - Stephen Jerzak

I'm in love with a girl
Who is out of this world
She more...0 points

Meaningful

The Top 10 Meaningful Lyrics

These lyrics will definitely get you thinking.

Where is the Love - Black Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like more...1 point

Perfect - Simple Plan

Hey dad look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I more...1 point

Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
more...1 point

Start Again - Red

I remember everything,
Everything I loved,
I gave it more...0 points

What is Love? - Nevershoutnever

In a snitch like this
You gotta think and I don't think more...0 points

Bullet and a Target - Bliss n Eso

Intro by Vusi:
I believe that together we can really more...0 points

Imagine - John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell more...0 points

Good People - Jack Johnson

You win
It's your show, now
So what's it gonna be
'Cause more...0 points

Pretend - Lights

Once in a while
I act like a child
To feel like a kid more...0 points

Life is Wonderful - Jason Mraz

It takes a crane to build a crane
It takes two floors more...0 points

Beautiful

The Top 10 Beautiful Lyrics

Not only do these songs sound pretty, but the lyrics are so beautiful you might cry a little.

You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles more...1 point

Go Light Your World - Chris Rice

There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning, more...0 points

You Are The Moon - The Hush Sound

Shadows all around you as you surface from the dark
more...0 points

Hold Me - Weezer

I am terrified of all things.
Frightened of the dark.
more...0 points

The Beacon - A Fine Frenzy

You say your time has come
You're tired of waking up
more...0 points

Real Love - Regina Spektor

All my little plans and schemes,
Lost like some forgotten more...0 points

Oh Momma - Justin Nozuka

[Verse 1]
Give me that line again-
He's not coming more...0 points

Beauty From Pain - Superchick

The lights go out all around me
One last candle to more...0 points

'Til We See The Shore - Seabird

I promise with my life
I will bite my tongue
And I more...0 points

Held - Natalie Grant

Two months is too little
They let him go
They had no more...0 points

Sad

The Top 10 Sad Lyrics

Everyone needs to cry sometime. These can help jerk some tears from ya.

My Immortal - Evanescense

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish more...1 point

Leave Out All The Rest - Linkin Park

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one more...1 point

Angel - Sarah McLachlan

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
more...0 points

Silence - Jars of Clay

[verse]
Take
Take till there's nothing
Nothing to turn more...0 points

Save Him - Justin Nozuka

[Verse 1]
She loves him more
He loves her more,
Seems more...0 points

Somehow - Drake Bell

She stares at the moon
Her rhythms out of tune
Memories more...0 points

Curl Up and Die - Relient K

I don't like the steps I took
To get to look
Into your more...0 points

Fallen Embers - Enya

Once, as my heart remember,
All the stars were fallen more...0 points

Adieu - Enter Shikari

And I long for you to appear
After losing your way more...0 points

24 - Switchfoot

Twenty four oceans
Twenty four skies
Twenty four failures
more...0 points

Uplifting

The Top 10 Uplifting Lyrics

These songs cheer you up, inspire you, make you smile, and are conveniently located after the sad songs, just for you!

Face Up - Lights

It's late and I am tired, wish I could spark a smile
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Rainbow Veins - Owl City

High rise, veins of the avenue
Bright eyes and subtle more...0 points

Stay Strong - Newsboys

You're in the moment now
A bitter root
A wandering more...0 points

One Day - Matisyahu

Sometimes I lay
Under the moon
And thank God I'm breathing
more...0 points

Love is the Answer - Weezer

There will come a day
When we transcend our pain
Until more...0 points

Echo Off The Sky - Poema

VERSE 1
Listen to me now
Don't go any further than
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Lions! - Lights

Give me a disaster,
Give me emergency,
Stand me at more...0 points

Stand in the Rain - Superchick

She never slows down.
She doesn't know why but she more...0 points

Sunny Days - Jars of Clay

Sunny days keepin' the clouds away
I think we're coming more...0 points

Can't Take It In - Imogen Heap

Can't close my eyes
I'm wide awake
Every hair on my more...0 points

Creative

The Top 10 Creative Lyrics

Sick of lyrics about the same things over and over? These songs are unique!

Strawberry Avalanche - Owl City

This is a world of dreams and reverie
Where I felt more...0 points

Giving Up The Gun - Vampire Weekend

Your swords grown old and rusty
Burnt beneath the rising more...0 points

Up in the Stars - Swimming With Dolphins

Look in these eyes
We know each other like our own more...0 points

They - Jem

Who made up all the rules?
We follow them like fools,
more...0 points

A Guide To A Marine Life - Falling Up

Float by open windows, what a shipwreck, what a shipwreck
more...0 points

Walking on Air - Kerli

Theres a little creepy house
In a little creepy place
more...0 points

Time of Your Song - Matisyahu

The world is moving to the song I hear,
Who's that more...0 points

Blue and Red - Sky Sailing

Oh satellite above
(Where are you?)
So many things more...0 points

The Call - Regina Spektor

It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into hope
more...0 points

Escape Artist - Take Cover

So wake up.
You're not the only one,
looking for yourself, more...0 points

Want to buy (or listen to demos of) these songs?

Just a few clicks away.

I've taken the first three songs of each list that are available on iTunes and put them up here. Feel free to explore them!

Track Artist Album  
Young Hollywood Undead Swan Songs
Vanilla Twilight Owl City Ocean Eyes
Start Again Red Innocence & Instinct (Bonus Track Version)
Angel Sarah McLachlan Closer - The Best of Sarah McLachlan (Deluxe Version)
My Immortal Evanescence Fallen
Strawberry Avalanche Owl City Ocean Eyes (Deluxe Version)
Hold My Heart Tenth Avenue North Over and Underneath (Bonus Video Version)
God of This City Bluetree God of this City
Dance On Our Graves Paper Route Absence (Bonus Track Version)
Never Alone BarlowGirl Never Alone (Studio Series Performance Track) - EP
A Little Opera Goes a Long Way Sky Sailing An Airplane Carried Me to Bed
Dental Care Owl City Ocean Eyes
Pajama Party Swimming With Dolphins Ambient Blue - EP
Keeping Me Alive The Afters Never Going Back to OK
L'Amour Toujours Sagi Rei Emotional Songs
Did It Hurt? Never Shout Never Me and My Uke - EP
Cute Stephen Jerzak Peace.Love.Truth. - EP
Bruises Chairlift Does You Inspire You
What Is Love? Never Shout Never What Is Love? (Bonus Track Version)
Bullet and a Target Bliss n Eso Flying Colours
Go Light Your World Chris Rice Short Term Memories
You Are the Moon The Hush Sound Like Vines
Hold Me Weezer Make Believe
Silence Jars of Clay The Eleventh Hour
Face Up Lights The Listening (Bonus Track Version)
Rainbow Veins Owl City Maybe I'm Dreaming
Giving Up the Gun Vampire Weekend Contra (Bonus Track Version)
Up In the Stars Swimming With Dolphins Ambient Blue - EP
Lyrics found on azlyrics.com, lyricsmania.com, christian-lyrics.net, musicsonglyrics.com, sweetslyrics.com, and youtube.com.

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  • Dom Feb 16, 2012 @ 2:26 pm | delete
    Limitless undying Love which shines around me like a million Suns it calls me on and on across the Universe.

    Most romantic line ever by John Lennon, The Beatles, Across the Universe.
  • Devildawvg13 Feb 1, 2012 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    This list is pointless without time by pink floyd
  • disappointed x1000000000 Jan 22, 2012 @ 8:51 pm | delete
    ever heard of radiohead?
  • Ben Aug 6, 2011 @ 10:38 am | delete
    You have "I will follow you into the dark" by red jumpsuit apparatus. It's a song by Death Cab for Cutie
  • SeptemberSolis Aug 6, 2011 @ 5:11 pm | delete
    Oh! You are right! I have no idea why I put that. That's one of my favorite songs! Thank you!

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