I love love love when Hoodie Allen says, "you ain't some handsome devil with a college degree." Makes me think, "Yeah, Bro', I'm working hard for the right thing."
I have so many favorites.. But guess depends on my mood for some. A lot of Eminem lyrics give me the chills because they are so wonderful and just well spoken/sung :p
It's really hard to choose, so here are some bits from several songs I love:
"I'm not living, I'm just killing time" - True Love Waits, Radiohead
"Showered and blue-blazered, fill yourself with quarters...
You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends
When you pass them at night under the silvery, silvery Citibank lights...
Another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults" - Mistaken For Strangers, The National
"There's only music, so that there's new ringtones" - A Certain Romance, Arctic Monkeys
"And even when you know the way it's gonna blow
It's hard to get around the wind" - It's Hard To Get Around The Wind, Alex Turner (a lyrical genius)
"Knock me down, I'll get right back up again
I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man" - Oh My God, Kaiser Chiefs
"Blame it on terror. Computer error.
The east and west coast and the post-consumer era.
The mayor, the president. The air, the elements.
Whatever's relevant but never look in to your mirror.
What you want, what you need is to be blameless.
Don't blame the DJ, it's the playlist. Cause blame is a slutty word.
Ex-planation, ex-ecution, ex-cuse share the same 'ex'."