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What are some of your favorite lines in Gn'R songs? One of my favorite's is probably from Don't Damn Me - "We judge a book by it's cover and read what we want between selected lines". Very cool and true quote when you think about it.

What about yours?

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Well, basically all the lyrics in Estranged but especially these

Well, I jumped into the river

Too many times to make it home

I'm out here on my own, drifting all alone

and this from Better

Just use your head
And in the end
You'll find your inspiration

There's many more that I love but these have to be my favorites.


''It's harder to live with the truth about you than to live with the lies about me.'' Always liked that one.

I can't believe I forgot that one! I have loved it since the first time I heard it.

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In a similar thread years ago someone posted:

If we could take the time to lay it on the line

I could rest my head just knowing that you were mine, all mine

- november rain

It just stuck with me since then

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I liked "I won't ask of you, what I would not do" from Prostitute because Confucius had a quote along the lines of "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself"

So it kind of ties into The whole Chinese theme. I thought it was smart of Axl.

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We live and learn

And then sometimes it's best to walk away

Me, I'm just here hangin' on

It's my only place to stay at least

For now anyway

I've worked too hard for my illusions

Just to throw them all away

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I liked "I won't ask of you, what I would not do" from Prostitute because Confucius had a quote along the lines of "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself"

So it kind of ties into The whole Chinese theme. I thought it was smart of Axl.

What I love about Chinese Democracy, is that it references all kinds of literature that Axl has read over the years.

Confucius, Salinger, Hemingway etc.

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I'm taking time quiet consolation

In passing by this love that's passed away

I know it's never easy - so why should you believe me

When I've always got so many things to say

Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made

'Cause playful hearts can sometimes be enraged

You know I tried to wake you -

I mean how long could it take you

To open up your eyes and turn the page

Locomotive is one if the gnr songs lryically IMO

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Don't ever leave me

Say You'll always be there

All I ever wanted

Was for you

To know that I care

Just like children hidin' in a closet

Can't tell what's goin' on outside

I bought me an illusion

An I put it on the wall

I let it fill my head with dreams

And I had to have them all

And the last 2 minutes from Coma

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Brilliantly arrogant:

'Besides, you ain't got nuthin' better to do, and I'm bored!'

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truth is the truth hurts don't you agree? It's harder to live with the truth about you than to live with the lies about me. is one of my faves as well as When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I'll find another way
Find another day
With all the changing seasons of my life
Maybe I'll get it right next time
An now that you've been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds
You're back down on the ground
And you don't talk so loud
An you don't walk so proud
Any more, and what for

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Some of my favs...

Ask yourself
Why I would choose
To prostitute myself
To live with fortune and shame

But now the damage's done
And we're back out on the run
Funny how everything was roses
When we held on to the guns

Guess I needed sometime to get away
I needed some peace of mind
Some peace of mind that'll stay :awesomeface:

BTW... Funny to talk about GNR lyrics cause yesterday was the first time Silkworms made some "kind of sense" to me. Now I don't think I'll want to listen to it again...

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Immigrants and hooray for tolerance!s make no sense to me

They come to our country and do as they please

Not trolling. I just love the timing of how he comes in plus the venom behind it. He's just too good on that second side of Lies.

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No one's gonna bother me anymore

No one's gonna mess with my head no more

I can't understand what all the fightin's for

But it's so nice here down off the shore

I wish you could see this

'Cause there's nothing to see

It's peaceful here and it's fine with me

Not like the world where I used to live

I never really wanted to live

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"What I thought was beautiful don't live inside of you anymore".... that applies a lot to someone I used to know ¬¬

I think we all have an ex that that line applies to. Actually, a lot of SOD probably applies to a lot of ex's.

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For some reason I've always liked

On an ordinary day

Not in an ordinary way

The way Axl sings it gives me goose bumps every time.

I also like

Maybe we'd be better off without you anyway

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You got your bitches with

the silicone injections

Crystal meth and yeast infections

Bleached blond hair

Collagen lip projections

Who are you to criticize my intentions

Got your subtle manipulative devices

Just like you I got my vices

I got a thought that would be nice

I'd like to crush your head tight in my vice

PAIN!!!

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