Which bands/artists have deep, poetic, lyrics?
I would say Enya has some really really beautiful lyrics. Also I always considered Jewels lyrics to be quite deep and often thought-provoking. Belinda Carlisle and Toni Childs would be two others. TLC had some, like Unpretty. I think most artists have a t least one deep and meaningful song, or poem. But those are the ones that get me most often.
The deepest, and most eloquent, lyrics I have read are those by Tom Waits. Utterly mesmerising in places, heartbreaking in others and sometimes just awe inspiring. ” he was in a wrecking yard in a switchblade storm in a wheelbarrow with nothing but revenge to keep him warm and a half a million dollars in numbered bills was the nightstick’s blanket in a February chill…” (Potter’s Field. T. Waits) For clever, erudite and often savagely brilliant imagery Fish from Marillion takes some beating. ” You’re just another coffin on it’s way down the Emerald Aisle Where children’s stony glances mourn your death in a terrorist’s smile, The bomber’s arm placing fiery gifrts on the supermarket shelves, Alley sings with shrapnel, detonate a temporary hell.
