Best opening line in a song

[PurpleStorm]

YO

Microphone check, one two, what is this?

Googled this one too. Tribe Called Quest. Love them.

 

[Noveltymortar]

This ain't rock and roll, this is genocide.

 

[tonysmasseuse]

"Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance"

And the rest of the lyrics are just as mellifluous. Moondance, courtesy of the one and only Van Morrison

 

[nac386]

“The bats are in the belfry,
The dew is on the moor,
Where are the arms that held me
And pledged her love before?”

-Tom Waits

“Wasted and wounded,
it ain't what the moon did.
Got what I paid for now.”

- Tom Waits

“The screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves.
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays.”

- Bruce Springsteen

Honestly, I could list 20 Springsteen songs that begin with a line that pulls you in right away.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

I like big butts and I will not lie.

 

[Within the Living Death]

Really don't mind if you sit this one out.

 

[tonysmasseuse]

Maybe the lateness of the hour
Makes me seem bluer than I am

- bill withers

 

[badascan]

I've seen jesus play with flames in a lake of fire, i was standing in...

 

[badascan]

i am the god of hellfire!

Thought for sure this was a Death Grips reference, turns out they sampled it. Not surprisingly...

 

[sleepyguard85]

I got blood on my hands and there's no remorse
And got blood on my dick 'cause I fucked a corpse.

 

[Fight To Win]

I ain't got no motherfuckin friends
That's why I fucked yo bitch, you fat motherfucker

First off, fuck ya bitch and the clique you claim

 

[Absolut]

Well, I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too

 

[badascan]

He rose up from the toilet, bearing gifts and bleeding from his ass - Dog Fashion Disco "Dr. Piranha"

 

[Bitcoin]

What's with these homies dissing my girl

 

[BayAreaGuy]

Everybody knows the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

 

[Fraz]

I don't have to sell my soul
He's already in me

 

[Luminosity]

Down the street you can hear her scream "you're a disgrace"
As she slams the door in his drunken face,
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool.

 

[Jackonfire]

Spotlights gleam across a Star Search nation
A million cries of "me" drown out the cruel frustrations of a normal life
It's a different kind of thinking
A whole new way of telling lies 'til they're true
When you're waiting for the light

Alice Donut - Tiny Ugly World

 

[Jackonfire]

Bless the father bless the son
Cross your heart 'cause you're the one
Collectin' moon-beams in the mornin'
Curvy sticks and wooden poles
Assistin' you in pluggin' holes
Plug them holes till you see straight through to the mind's eye

Ween - You Were the Fool

 

[BearGrounds]

Yo flipmode, toilet bowls explode
when doc, come drop a shitload.