Lyrics or quotes that make you cringe.

[Megalodon]

Ghost division by Sabaton has one of the finest drum beats I've ever heard...and some of the most bizarre lyrics I've had to experience. They're not even difficult to understand. They're just... odd.

How exactly are they odd? It's a song about the 7th Panzer Division during the Fall of France, the lyrics are no more odd than any other Sabaton song (or the genre for that matter).

 

[Colour Scientist]

Can I just go with 'Anything Bob Dylan ever says'? The man's voice is termites in the ears.

Whatever about having an issue with his voice, he's an amazing lyricist.
I don't think he fits the bill for cringey quotes or lyrics.

 

[shootthebandit]

There wont be snow in africa this christmas time

Im pretty sure anyone who has climbed kilimanjaro will tell you otherwise

feed the world, let them know its christmas time

Considering a large part of africa are islamic this is ridiculous, i thought we'd past the point of forcing our religious doctrone on people in exchange for feeding them

 

[OneCatch]

There wont be snow in africa this christmas time

Im pretty sure anyone who has climbed kilimanjaro will tell you otherwise

feed the world, let them know its christmas time

Considering a large part of africa are islamic this is ridiculous, i thought we'd past the point of forcing our religious doctrone on people in exchange for feeding them

Another oft-repeated and slightly ridiculous charity-ish, pacifistic one is "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"

I'll let Sam Rockwell take this one:


Hans: "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, I believe that wholeheartedly."

Billy: "No it doesn't. There'll be one guy left with one eye. Hows the last blind guy gonna take out the eye of the last guy left, who's still got one eye? All that guy has to do is run away and hide behind a bush..."
"Gandhi was wrong, it's just that nobody's got the balls to come right out and say it."

 

[Silverbeard]

Ghost division by Sabaton has one of the finest drum beats I've ever heard...and some of the most bizarre lyrics I've had to experience. They're not even difficult to understand. They're just... odd.

How exactly are they odd? It's a song about the 7th Panzer Division during the Fall of France, the lyrics are no more odd than any other Sabaton song (or the genre for that matter).

That's just it. I can't tell you in words how odd the words are. They just feel odd. Nothing else I've heard from them sounds as odd as Ghost division.
Price of a Mile, for instance, is very moving in that smashing strings sort of way. Ghost Division, though... bah, I can't explain it. But I can listen to it from hours on end, so maybe the problem lies in my ears.

 

[Mersadeon]

About 90% of the Bible. I don't know what hits me worse the rules about rape or the mass genocide. Or the father trying to kill the son. Or God making a bet with Satan about that guys life.

I think that's very contextual. When some "holier than thou" person quotes the bible, it's cringey, but otherwise I think it's a pretty cringe-less book - it's a fun read, if you ignore all the "and then Ishmael had three sons, and their names were come on nobody wants to know this, and the first of them had six children, and so on please make it stop" of the old testament. I mean, come on, it's essentially a book about how much of a dick god can be, and then a book about anti-roman propaganda.

EDIT: Also, on topic: Everytime someone just takes a famous persons words and thinks they are automatically true and deep just because they are on Wikiquotes. Seriously, quoting Nietzsche doesn't make you look very intelligent if you're essentially living a kind of life that Nietzsche would find idiotic.

 

[tell'emstevedave]

'Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it. A kiss can be deadlier if you mean it.'
(Catwoman, Batman Returns)
What the hell, Tim Burton!! That makes most of the dialogue in the first Batman seem like Shakespeare.

 

[Socius]

First and foremost: Grace Kelly by Mika.
I honest to God want to stick bared wire dipped in hydroflouric acid in my ears when I hear it.

I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like

Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you walk out the door!

 

[Feedmeketamine]

Theres a kid rock song where he rhymes "things", with the word "things", and its not ironic because kid rocks doesnt know what irony is unless his whole life is an elaborate satire which I truly hope it is.

 

[Socius]

Theres a kid rock song where he rhymes "things", with the word "things", and its not ironic because kid rocks doesnt know what irony is unless his whole life is an elaborate satire which I truly hope it is.

You're thinking about "All summer long", and yes, that is cringeworthy.

 

[CorvusFerreum]

I'll go for a fruit so low it touches the ground and say "Chabos wissen wer der Babo ist" by Haftbefehl [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYbeCcDZFI]. It translates to "Chabos know who's the Babo" and if that doesn't make any sense to you rest assured that you are not alone.
Despite being a native speaker of the language I suppose the song is written in I have not a fucking clue what this guy is talking about, except for a few glimpses on coke, Ferraries and people getting punched.

There wont be snow in africa this christmas time

Im pretty sure anyone who has climbed kilimanjaro will tell you otherwise

feed the world, let them know its christmas time

Considering a large part of africa are islamic this is ridiculous, i thought we'd past the point of forcing our religious doctrone on people in exchange for feeding them

Yeah, it's basicly "Merry fucking Christmas" [http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/151728/merry-fing-christmas] with charitable pretenses and without any selfawareness.

 

[MCerberus]

Pretty much anything where the guy singing starts bragging about how awesome he is and how he can beat/murder your ass without a thought. It's just always "LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOOOOOOOOOOOOK AAAAAAAAAT MEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Double points if it's audibly pitch-corrected.

 

[game-lover]

"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission." Or something like it.

I hate it. I really, really hate this one. Just pisses me off. Also, not sure I agree so I wonder where this came from. Real proper forgiveness I doubt comes so easily.

 

[Kenbo Slice]

This is probably the worst song I've ever heard lyrically:

There are no words to describe how horrible it is.

 

[Barbas]

Probably most things sung by Kanye West.

 

[Mister K]

Many many songs have this but here a few off the top of my head.

"You're so much cooler when you never pull it out
Cause you look so much cuter with something in your mouth"

Maybe I'm interpreting that wrong but it really makes him sound like a jackass with "you're hot so long as you keep dancing and don't speak". In fact a lot of Nickleback songs are either like this or pretentious though I suspect many of his songs are dry humor not serious. I'm hoping this song is one of them because it's disgusting.

Huh, I always thought that lyrics of this song were actually aimed at bashing such behaviour. Although, I may be wrong.

I think I'll go with old saying "Never say never". While it can be applied to certain situations (-"I'll never pass this test." -"Never say never".) It is often misused.

 

[DibsOnPyro]

"suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem"

Never have I ever heard a suicidal person react positively to this, in fact it's kind of insulting. "Sure your parents, partner, loved one, etc. hurt you in a really emotionally and/or physical way but that doesn't matter as long as I can make my self sound like a life saving hero."

 

[FalloutJack]

Can I just go with 'Anything Bob Dylan ever says'? The man's voice is termites in the ears.

Whatever about having an issue with his voice, he's an amazing lyricist.
I don't think he fits the bill for cringey quotes or lyrics.

Hey, I said 'everything he says', which is quite accurate if it is what it is when HE says it.

 

[Unsilenced]

I probably shouldn't say this one cause it's tied in with religion but Cassie by Flyleaf. Most song can have horrible lyrics and I won't really care but with that one the subject matter and the lyrics are enough to put me off because I see it as a pointless waste of life rather than a good thing.

"Do you believe in God?"
Written on the bullet
Say "Yes" to pull the trigger
"Do you believe in God?"
Written on the bullet
And Cassie pulled the trigger"

If I recall correctly, this is a reference to the Columbine High School massacre. A girl was hiding under a desk, one of the shooters found her and knowing she was religious this exchange happened.

Though there's some debate as to whether the exchange actually took place, or if it was even Cassie Bernal that this happened too.

I haven't read up on this subject in a while though, so I might have a few details wrong.

It didn't happen. There was a student that one of the shooters asked if they believed in god, but the "girl shot after saying yes" thing never happened.

 

[Eddie the head]

About 90% of the Bible. I don't know what hits me worse the rules about rape or the mass genocide. Or the father trying to kill the son. Or God making a bet with Satan about that guys life.

Except that's only 10% of the bible...

People misunderstanding or having misconceptions of the bible, due to not having read it at all, is what makes me cringe.

Aside: I wish the "religion and politics" section of the forums had less politics, and more religion, or separated those subjects into two different boards.

That impresses on me that you haven't read the damn thing. Most of the old testament is god wiping out people. The new testament isn't much better with the addition of hell. Wow you mean god loves me so much that if I don't love him back he is going to burn me in hell fire forever?

Plus the whole thing is based on the idea that we are born with "original sin" witch I find particularly cringe worthy. In psychology(you that pesky science based on facts) there is a subset called Transactional Analysis the basic null of there hypotheses is we are born "Ok." The idea that we are born with a fault just makes me cringe.