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Thread started 08/21/15 9:57am

CockRoach

Prince's most meaningful lyrics?

Well, what's your favorite quotes/lyrics that are very meaningful?

1 of my favs:
"The only love there is, is the love we make"
Will is everything. The will to act.
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Reply #1 posted 08/21/15 10:25am

NorthC

It's not really the same, but I always thought his most honest lyrics were:
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe U think I'm being a little self-centered
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Reply #2 posted 08/21/15 12:05pm

Empress

I love all the lyrics to "sometimes it snows in April". Brilliant song.

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Reply #3 posted 08/21/15 12:20pm

Guitarhero

Empress said:

I love all the lyrics to "sometimes it snows in April". Brilliant song.

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Reply #4 posted 08/21/15 12:55pm

Empress

I love this one too -

There will be a new city with streets of gold

The young so education they never grow old

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Reply #5 posted 08/21/15 1:25pm

wouldntulove2l
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From “The Love We Make” ~

"Sacred is the prayer that asks 4 nothing, oh

While seeking 2 give thanks 4 every breath we take, oh

Blessed are we inside this prayer

4 in the new world, we will be there

The only love there is, is the love we make"

From “Condition Of The Heart” ~

"Love, it only seems 2 buy a

Terminal condition of the heart"

From “Life Can Be So Nice”~

"Morning glories never cry. My love for u, baby, drips"

(OK, so the last one might not necessarily be meaningful but it’s one of my all time favorite lines from a Prince song)

If a man is considered guilty
For what goes on in his mind
Then give me the electric chair
For all my future crimes"
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Reply #6 posted 08/21/15 3:41pm

purplepolitici
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"Some say a man ain't happy truly, til a man truly dies" hmmm. Whole song is deep nod.

For all time I am with you, you are with me.
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Reply #7 posted 08/21/15 4:15pm

dadeepop

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So many reasons why

(There's so many reasons why)

I don't belong here

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"The password is what."
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Reply #8 posted 08/21/15 6:40pm

Aerogram

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Too many to choose from, but for most people out there, the psychoanalytical chorus of When Doves Cry and the verses of Purple Rain are "it". He writes clever lines.

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Reply #9 posted 08/22/15 2:24am

HatrinaHaterwi
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Don't sleep 'til the sunrise, listen 2 the falling rain
Don't worry 'bout tomorrow, don't worry 'bout your pain
Don't cry unless you're happy, don't smile unless you're blue
Never let that lonely monster take control of U

Be glad that U r free
Free 2 change your mind
Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime
Be glad that U r free
There's many a man who's not
Be glad 4 what U had baby, what you've got
Be glad 4 what you've got

I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart.
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Reply #10 posted 08/22/15 2:28am

HatrinaHaterwi
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You're gonna have to fight your own damn war
'Cause we don't wanna fight no more

I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart.
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Reply #11 posted 08/22/15 2:32am

HatrinaHaterwi
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It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more

2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

This big ol' world can be so empty livin' in it all alone
I realize, in its best disguise, a pretty house don't make a home
There's a hunger deep inside of me, how the fire burns
I wanna give good love 2 someone and get good love in return, oh

I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart.
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Reply #12 posted 08/22/15 4:22am

Militant

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more

2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

This big ol' world can be so empty livin' in it all alone
I realize, in its best disguise, a pretty house don't make a home
There's a hunger deep inside of me, how the fire burns
I wanna give good love 2 someone and get good love in return, oh

I love this song so much.

They may not be "meaningful" although that's relative I suppose, but I love the poetry of the lyrics to "Space", they are so evocative.




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Reply #13 posted 08/22/15 5:12am

udo

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Dreamer.

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #14 posted 08/22/15 6:45am

iZsaZsa

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What?
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Reply #15 posted 08/22/15 2:00pm

wouldntulove2l
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Militant said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more

2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

This big ol' world can be so empty livin' in it all alone
I realize, in its best disguise, a pretty house don't make a home
There's a hunger deep inside of me, how the fire burns
I wanna give good love 2 someone and get good love in return, oh

I love this song so much.

They may not be "meaningful" although that's relative I suppose, but I love the poetry of the lyrics to "Space", they are so evocative.




One of my favorite Prince songs. It's so underrated. I especially love it live. I was fortunate enough to hear him play it very briefly at the Rimac Arena at UCSD back in 1997 on the Love4OneAnother Tour. I'll never forget it. Really wish he would resurrect it.

If a man is considered guilty
For what goes on in his mind
Then give me the electric chair
For all my future crimes"
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Reply #16 posted 08/23/15 12:06pm

CockRoach

.......nice...................very nice................

Will is everything. The will to act.
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Reply #17 posted 08/23/15 4:44pm

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So many but Sign o The times takes it home

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