[trash-talk] Worst Garbage lyric ever?

Brendan Kelly garbageotaku at yahoo.com
Tue May 10 21:11:57 PDT 2005


"I am afraid that there's much to be afraid of here today"
 
I just want to point out that "here today" really goes with the next part.  It's more like the beginning of the next line than the end of this one.
 
I am afraid that there's much to be afraid of.
Here today and gone tomorrow.
 
Sorry, I don't mean to be all anal about it.  It just looks and sounds a lot better to me when presented like that.  Still, those lines never bothered me; I actually rather like them.  I think the lyrics that bug me the most are in the first verse of Nobody Can Win:
 
And it won't end like a movie
Where the good guy always wins
 
1) It sounds a little cheesy to me.  It's like a lyric I might write, but I'd never be completely happy with it.  For that reason, I'd kinda like to know how Shirley feels about this lyric from the writer's perspective.  2) At first listen, it sounds like she's trying to rhyme "everyone wins" with "good guy always wins", so "wins" with "wins".  Once you get to the second verse, it's apparent that there's no real rhyme scheme ("fly" and "begins"), but the "wins" and "wins" thing still bugs me once in a while.
 
Anyway, I absolutely adore Nobody Can Win, but if I had to pick out the g-lyrics that bug me the most, I think those would be they.
 
- g.o.


Mark Perry <msp0 at yahoo.com> wrote:Well ... do you feel like being a bit critical? What is the worst
Garbage lyric, in your opinion.

For me it's from Breaking Up The Girl:

"I am afraid that there's much to be afraid of here today"

I cringe whenever I hear it ... it's a pity because I love the song!

cheers,
mark

"Love can be so strange
Don't it amaze you?
Every time you give yourself away
It comes back to haunt you
Love's an elusive charm and it can be painful
To understand this crazy world
But you're not gonna crack
No you're never gonna crack"
- Run Baby Run, Garbage
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