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Timeless lyrics and the writers/performers behind them 🎵🎙️📝

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Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Feb 5

For the longest time I had this idea for Twitter (X) but never got around to it. An account that celebrates timeless lyrics and the writers/performers behind them. Maybe it was meant for @bsky.app 🫣🤞

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · May 25

“What did Harvard teach you?”

🎵 Sea of Love (2013)
🎙️ The National
📝 Aaron Dessner / Matt Berninger

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · May 20

“Ring, ring, ring up the President
And find out where my baby went”

🎵 The KKK Took My Baby Away (1981)
🎙️ Ramones
📝 Joey Ramone

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · May 19

“Hysterical and useless”

🎵 Let Down (1997)
🎙️ Radiohead @radiohead.wastehq.social
📝 Philip Selway / Jonathan Greenwood / Edward O'brien / Thom Yorke / Colin Greenwood

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · May 18

“Tell me now, baby, is he good to you?”

🎵 I’m on Fire (1982)
🎙️ Bruce Springsteen
📝 Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Apr 4

“Oh, it won’t get better”

🎵 Avocado, Baby (2013)
🎙️ Los Campesinos
📝 Thomas Edward Bromley / Gareth David Paisey

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Apr 1

“I'm hot like six big women in a sauna, ya honor”

🎵 Ooh, Ooh Baby (1996)
🎙️ Taral Hicks feat. Missy Elliot
📝 Melissa Elliot / Terry Williams / Chad Elliot

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Apr 1

“Out of college, money spent
See no future, pay no rent”

🎵 You Never Give Me Your Money (1968)
🎙️ The Beatles
📝 Paul McCartney / John Lennon

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 16

“My weekend’s at an all time low”

🎵 Queen Bitch (1971)
🎙️ David Bowie
📝 #DavidBowie

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 15

“I should probably run for Mayor when I'm done, to be honest”

🎵 King Kunta (2015)
🎙️ #KendrickLamar
📝 Kendrick Duckworth / Ahmad A. Lewis / Stefan Kendal Gordy / Mark Anthony Spears / Whitney Allford

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 14

“Your lips are moving, you go on and on and on and on and on!”

🎵 You Dress Up For Armageddon (2007)
🎙️ The Hives @thehives.com
📝 Randy Fitzsimmons

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 13

“You'll make up for what I blew”

🎵 Perfect (1995)
🎙️ Alanis Morissette
📝 Alanis Nadine Morissette / Glen Ballard

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 12

“Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a Corvette”

🎵 Soon Forget (2000)
🎙️ #PearlJam
📝 Eddie Jerome Vedder

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 11

“Sometimes goodbye is the only way”

🎵 Shadow Of The Day (2007)
🎙️ Linkin Park
📝 Chester Charles Bennington / #LinkinPark

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 10

“We hope your rules and wisdom choke you”

🎵 Exit Music (For A Film) (1996)
🎙️ Radiohead
📝 Thom Yorke / Philip Selway / Colin Greenwood / Ed O’Brien / Jonny Greenwood

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 9

“But he's a fool”

🎵 Nothing Compares 2 U (1990)
🎙️ Sinéad O’Connor
📝 Prince (1985)

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 8

“What’s in that new world order?”

🎵 Anxiety (2025)
🎙️ #Doechii
📝 Jaylah Hickmon / Luis Bonfá / Walter Andre E De Backer

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 6

“You seem so far away”

🎵 Love Will Bring Us Back Together (1979)
🎙️ Roy Ayers
📝 #RoyAyers

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 5

“Well, pass me the whiskey, pass me the gin”

🎵 Always Alright (2012)
🎙️ Alabama Shakes ( @alabamashakes.com )
📝 Zachary Riley Cockrell / Heath Allen Fogg / Brittany Amber Howard / Steven William Johnson

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Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Feb 5

“Should we blame the government?
Or blame society?”

🎵 Blame Canada (1999)
🎙️ Sheila Broflovski / South Park
📝 Trey Parker / Marc Shaiman

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 4

“Gained the whole world for the price of your soul”

🎵 Lost Ones (1998)
🎙️ Lauryn Hill
📝 #LaurynHill

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 3

“I say tell me the truth but you don't dare”

🎵 Sleep to Dream (1996)
🎙️ Fiona Apple
📝 #FionaApple

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 2

“We can jump in the water and see what floats”

🎵 Starting Over (2020)
🎙️ #ChrisStapleton
📝 Chris Stapleton / Mike Henderson

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Mar 1

“No matter how he tried, he could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain”

🎵 Hey You (1979)
🎙️ Pink Floyd
📝 Roger Waters

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Feb 22

“Some put it on the Devil when they fall short
I put it on my ego, lord of all lords”

🎵 Count Me Out (2022)
🎙️ #KendrickLamar
📝 Dacoury Dahi Natche / Jason Kevin Pounds / Kendrick Lamar Duckworth / Mark Anthony Spears / Sam Dew

Great Lyrics Out of Context @greatlyricsooc.bsky.social · Feb 21

“I intended to be independently blue”

🎵 Love Me or Leave Me (1959)
🎙️ #NinaSimone
📝 Gus Khan / Walter Donaldson