Cringey common lyrical phrases

Anything comparing a heart to a lock and a key, or someone having the key to ones heart, or having a locked heart that needs a key.

Also I've been noticing the concept of someone needing "lovin" more than important life-sustaining things such as sleep and air.

 

Dianne Warren wrote the book.

 

Any lyric which refers to Rock n Roll. I'm looking at you AC/DC.

 

References to "Good Old Boys/Making noise" or
"Climb the Highest Mountain/Swim the Deepest Sea" or
Somebody's arms sheltering the other person from the storm

 

almost saying a swear word then chickening out and saying something else.

 

"You can run, but you can't hide" or variants thereof.

 

"I'll Stand By You/Won't Let Nobody Hurt You"

 

Just about all of the lyrics to most of the songs by Bad Company and Foreigner.

 

Rhyming car and bar

'We would pick a decade / We wished we could live in instead of this / I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists' laughably bad

Too many artists also rhyme Mind and Time

 

Forever Changes has some bad lyrics imo


The snot has caked against my pants

 

Or school with rules

 

They are.

 

"Bad, Bad Boy/I Need a New Toy"

 

He’s got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel,
The other on my heart.

 

I hate these sorts of threads because….

They’re always driving me insane
So I’ll go out walking in the rain
To remind me of the pain
And how I’ll never be the same
Since you left me yesterday
And blew out our love’s flame
So I’ll say it once again
Rain, plane, flame, train, crane, insane
So please can you refrain
From ever posting them again!
Cos we’ll all know who’s to blame
When the lyrics turn out lame

 

That lyric certainly paints a vivid picture, but is hardly a common lyrical phrase.

 

Mad bad sad lad

 

Rhyming trance with chance.

Abba - 'I was in a trance, when I kissed the teacher, suddenly I took the chance'
Morrissey - 'I lay awake in a trance, oh I just want my chance'

 

I can think of thousands of songs that don't rhyme 'beach' with 'out of reach'...

 

Great lyrics you mean.

 

Rhyming "waiting" with "anticipating".

 

Rhyming 'crime' with 'sublime'.

And a heart being torn apart.

 

"I like to rock"
"Are you ready to rock"
"Rock and roll all night"
"Let's rock"

etc.....




(and yes, I'm well aware of the irony of someone with my user name criticizing those types of lyrics, so don't bother pointing it out)

 

School/golden rule/cruel

Baby/maybe/(I don't mean) maybe

the phrase 'river of tears' - used by Dylan (once) and by Clapton in a song title.

Once I'm alerted to imperfect rhymes, I can't unheard them. Sadly, this includes the one in Wichita Lineman.

 

Also Wilson Pickett - “Land of 1000 Dances”