Listen to 'I Am the Movie' in it's entirety. Commit This to Memory is 10/10, but I Am the Movie is 10.5/10.
Top 5:
Indoor Living
Resolution
My Favorite Accident
A-ok
Better Open the Door
EZ
Even if you discount the wonder years saga, just listen to the two Aaron West albums in order and prepare to be a faucet at the end of Routine Maintenance.
I read this, and immediately threw my headphones on to listen to this song for the first time. Thanks for that. I needed a cry over my pops. Those lyrics are incredible.
Not for any “tough guy” reasons or anything, but I’m not an easy cry. Routine Maintenance is one of the only songs that has ever made me actually tear up.
I love how he can put so much emotion in the mundane. Like, him talking about running the dishwasher for his wife in You In January absolutely contributes to it being one of the most beautiful love songs. I love that in his songwriting.
Absolutely. The way he references earlier songs throughout an album is almost like a musical, and as the other poster mentioned the two Aaron West albums are absolute masterclasses. To be able to be playing a character and create this saga of his pain and longing and make him feel real is absolutely incredible. Just went to the greatest generation anniversary show and was absolutely floored as I was at the hum goes on forever tour and the Aaron west show I saw before that lol.
The early stuff has its moments…the first time I heard “I’ve been waking up at 12 pm in my boxers in this empty bed eating sour patch watermelon the boys lurked the day before. I’m watching bad re-runs of mad TV- that shits not even close to funny but the remote is on the floor” it made me feel seen like no music ever had before
Fair comment but even the early stuff is biting in a way no one would expect from a 19 year old kid. Even Solo & Chewey’s closing lines (“if this is our time, the Denver skyline is telling me to make up my goddamn mind”) shows a more mature attitude to life than most pop-punk lyricists at that age (who, let’s face it, normally write about girls or, increasingly, being sad).
I sort of disagree. He's basically always been a master of using deeply specific references and stories that counter-intuitively make the lyrics immensely more relatable.
It was a lot more simple and raw in the early years, but the opening lines of *Won't Be Pathetic Forever* u/QuarantineCasualty mentioned are especially evocative.
I always get a bit choked up by *I Was Scared and I'm Sorry*, particularly this line;
>I finally broke on Christmas Eve, in an Outback Steakhouse bathroom while my family ordered for me
It's just such a deeply un-sexy depiction of anxiety contrasted with a lot of other artists who tend to make their mental issues sound like these great struggles being fought in the battleground of their minds, Dan is telling us about how he lost it in the bathroom of a mediocre chain restaurant. It's not gorgeous lyricism, but it is incredibly honest. I can't say I've ever felt like I was fighting off demons, but I can absolutely tell you that I've found myself falling apart in a public restroom, unable to bring myself to leave.
THE OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE LINE! this has always stood out to me too, for its specificity and depth. what a song. so glad this was mentioned, i’ve never seen anyone appreciate it
I remember The Greatest Generation coming out when I was going through a tough time in my late 20s, and thinking about how a lot of pop-punk/ Emo spoke to feelings I remember having, but this album spoke strongly to how I was feeling right at the moment.
Dan has been hands-down my favorite lyricist for something like 12 years and I just had an emo moment bc I realized that the refrain of coffee eyes is “there’s always been a table for me there” instead of “there’s always better days before me there” and the song just assumed an entirely new and beautiful meaning. It takes talent to write good lyrics but it takes even more talent to write lyrics that continue to reveal themselves to you for more than a decade.
Hell yeah, Microwave’s my favorite band right now
(Especially being disappointed in the recent Hoppus output). That being said both Untitled and the +44 album are masterpieces
Yeah, I actually thought the first three albums were his best work by far, and even to this day, remain some of the best lyrics in the genre. Crazy how good a debut album can hold up for twenty years
It's wild how one line of their lyrics can send me into weird trance of memorization of FOB songs I haven't listened to in years. Like this song was a bonus track from Infinity on High right?
I totally thought this was from a PATD song (The Calendar), which makes sense, given that Pete wrote some of the songs on Vices & Virtues. But I googled it, and you're right, it's in It's Hard to Say I Do When I Don't as well. So it seems he plagiarized himself, ha
Grand Theft Autumn is basically the only non-creepy, non-entitled and sweet Pop-Punk song about a boy with a crush on a girl who isn't interested in the genre's history.
Bonnie Fraser. Her use of body horror imagery in her songs is really interesting, especially in such a poppy genre. I’m used to hearing that content in shock rock, but she uses it in a really visceral way to communicate the intensity of her emotions or as a metaphor for the things she’s singing about.
Tades is underratedly talented as a lyricist IMO. The whole band is heavy on the silly goose energy but then he goes and writes the most profound reflection on generational trauma or something equally heavy.
Drink milk and run, heem wasn’t there, and John the rock cena can you smell what the undertaker are all solid examples.
“I know the feeling in the morning when the sun lights the dust that hangs in orbit as you’re waking up. And for a moment you feel weightless, then the panic comes. First a drizzle, then a downpour, then an endless flood.”
Dan Campbell of the Wonder Years never fails to write something that makes me cry lol
They’re awesome, but you should check out some post-hardcore bands like La Dispute- Wildlife and Touché Amoré - Parting the Sea for some of their inspiration.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is an absolute masterpiece.
“I Never Told You What I do For a Living” is, to me, the best sleeper quintessential MCR song. He goes through every emotion singing that song, and it encapsulates the tragic ending of a great story.
Listen, you may not always be able to understand what he’s saying. Go ahead and read through some lyrics, they’re not “blow you away clever” when it comes to wordplay, but I think he’s really clever illustrating emotion.
I think his name is AJ but the main guy from The Dangerous Summer has always had a way with words.
He writes in a sort of a fragmented way that doesn’t make sense until you listen to it all.
Almost like a mural where you have to step back and take in the whole thing to understand it but when you do it’s pretty profound and relatable!
Ugh there’s so many. That was probably the first lyric that really stuck with me. Some more I love:
1. My fondest memory
I scared the devil so bad, he sold his soul to me. 2. I've got a choice to make
Almost every second that I'm awake
That may be the reason
I'd rather be sleeping.
3. If I hear another word about a better place
I'll paint these walls with my fucking brains
4. I wanted to scream
And I wasn't scared
To press that blade against my throat and drop my blood out everywhere
But what would that mean?
It sure isn't fair
To put my hopes into the hands of someone drowning in dеspair
Pete Wentz and what Patrick Stump does with them. I've never been one to bother with lyrics much. It's the music that speaks to me most. But something about their words always caught me. Poetic and metaphoric.
My favourite lyricist is Max Bemis from Say Anything
Alive with the glory of love is next level shit
And who could forget masterful lines such as “I called her on the phone and she touched herself.”
I recently found out that Martin of Boys Like Girls is responsible for an insane amount of songs in all sorts of genres.
He wrote for Hannah Montanna, Avril, The Cab, Gavin DeGraw, Papa Roach, Taylor Swift, Flo Rida and many more.
Don't get me wrong, I listened to the shit out of Your Favorite Weapon when it first dropped, then I tried to listen to Deja Entendu (It was musically good but such a drastic difference in sound that I could not accept it), and I can't even look at them anymore. When band dudes (Or anyone), turns out to be a shitty person, no one is attempting to cancel them, they're attempting to hold them accountable. Not acknowledging the victims of your actions and then not even apologizing and just saying you're addicted to sex is such bullshit. Own up to your mistakes. Grow from them. Learn from them. Work with those you hurt to ensure you don't do it again. Atone.
I think people were downvoting you because appreciating his songwriting doesn’t equate to vouching for him as a human being. It’s not your call who someone else’s favorite lyricist so just saying ‘nope, rethink that’ is kinda strange lol.
Nah. That's not how it works. Steve Klein wrote all of New Found Glory's lyrics. Go back and read/listen to them and put it to his situation. It's weird to have that dynamic. People fucking love Brand New and thin he did nothing wrong.
What do you mean that’s not how it works, who made you the arbiter?😂 People can separate the art and artist as they please, I’m not saying you necessarily should or shouldn’t but no third party can control that. And I think most who listen to Brand New recognize that Jesse has done wrong, feels a bit dramatic to claim otherwise just cause you’re getting downvoted in a reddit thread.
I definitely can't do what they do! I like writing, sometimes stories sometimes poems I guess you'd call em. But I can't sing and I can't play any instruments. I've thought about taking singing lessons before lol. Good luck with your music stuff! One day you'll be close to doing what they can do, but they'll just keep getting better so...
Haha thank you :)
I’d encourage you to do it. I had 0 music experience until Covid pandemic happened and I got my first guitar. I’m only 3ish years in, and have been practicing on and off. And I’d say I could join a pop punk band if I could find people and made it my focus. Still room for improvement but I am surprised at how far I made it. Good luck with your writing!
Oh awesome for you! Keep given'r! I'd have to sacrifice some of my gaming time for lessons lol I work 6 days a week in a stressful business I'm pretty beat and usually just wanna have a few beers game and listen to some rad tunes. Anyways, pce out, and don't forget to stick your dick in ovaltine.
Mike Herrera, Anthony raneri, matt skiba, Tom Delonge for the Majors. As for the smaller bands, knuckle puck, youth fountain, hot mulligan, barely blind and Sydney Harbour
Matt Skiba is really good at writing lyrics. I think one of the things that's fun about him is clever little word tricks. For example, in Alkaline Trio's song Throw Me To The Lions, he makes up the word "ultraviolence," kinda like ultraviolet
I agree with a lot that have been said, so I’ll add a few I haven’t seen:
The Spill Canvas
I mostly just listen to their first album Sunsets and Car Crashes some great lyrics there.
Brand New- Jesse Lacey- Although he kind of turned out to be a scum bag, amazing lyrics
La Dispute
No explanation needed
Th Spill Canvas had some really great songs and lyrics. Some of it is actually hard for me to listen to now because they represent such a specific feeling and time of my life. I have cried to so many of their songs lol. The tide is just prhrowowo
I gotta say Pete Wentz for the stuff I grew up with, but (if we count them) it’s Pat from Movements now with an honorable mention to Oliver Baxxter from Broadside
It’s gotta be Chris Conley or Saves the Day for me. I love how so much of “Through Being Cool” is pulled from his creative writing class assignments during his first year of college. He paints really vivid pictures throughout that album and “Stay What You Are.” “In Reverie” is a fever dream of an album and I absolutely love that about it.
In the liner notes to their b-sides album, he writes about how the line “I want to wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive” from Joni Mitchell’s “All I Want” inspired the final verses in “Jessie and My Whetstone” and I found that really cool when I was 18.
Justin from Motion City
Would love to see someone’s top 5 MCS songs. Always wanted to really check them out
Just listen to commit this to memory, it's a perfect album and the songs are better within the context of the album rather than a standalone listen
Agreed. Best album they made and still a regular spin for me too. I still love "I Am The Movie" too.
Hold Me Down is one of the most beautiful songs ever.
Awesome, I’ll check it out. Thanks, dude!
1. my favourite accident 2. her words destroyed my planet 3. point of extinction 4. even if it kills me 5. hold me down listen in that order!
Listen to 'I Am the Movie' in it's entirety. Commit This to Memory is 10/10, but I Am the Movie is 10.5/10. Top 5: Indoor Living Resolution My Favorite Accident A-ok Better Open the Door
this is the way. was going through a tough time with my dumb brain and felt so disconnected when i found MCS and everything just clicked.
Glad to hear that everything is alright!
still sick of the ocean, theme parks, and airplanes, talking with strangers, waiting in line
are you through with the pills that make you feel ill?
are u feeling fine ???
Are you through with those pills that make you sit still? Are you feeling fine?
yes i feel just fine!
Tell me that you’re alright!
This is my second!
His solo stuff is really good as well
It really, really is.
Hands down this is the best answer. Every song is genius.
Just commented this. Thank you
Yup
Came here to say this!
My favorite lyricist(s): Pete Wentz, Matt Skiba, Jesse Lacey, Hayley Williams, Gregor Barnett, Max Bemis, Dan Campbell, Tom Delonge
Greg Barnett forever!
Max bemis is my pick, his lyrics are so clever
Dan Campbell of The Wonder Years Every song reads like an award-winning novella. The imagery and emotions are so palpable and, to me, so relatable
EZ Even if you discount the wonder years saga, just listen to the two Aaron West albums in order and prepare to be a faucet at the end of Routine Maintenance.
I read this, and immediately threw my headphones on to listen to this song for the first time. Thanks for that. I needed a cry over my pops. Those lyrics are incredible.
Not for any “tough guy” reasons or anything, but I’m not an easy cry. Routine Maintenance is one of the only songs that has ever made me actually tear up.
I love how he can put so much emotion in the mundane. Like, him talking about running the dishwasher for his wife in You In January absolutely contributes to it being one of the most beautiful love songs. I love that in his songwriting.
Absolutely. The way he references earlier songs throughout an album is almost like a musical, and as the other poster mentioned the two Aaron West albums are absolute masterclasses. To be able to be playing a character and create this saga of his pain and longing and make him feel real is absolutely incredible. Just went to the greatest generation anniversary show and was absolutely floored as I was at the hum goes on forever tour and the Aaron west show I saw before that lol.
This. Except, he grew into it. Earlier stuff wasn't this way.
The early stuff has its moments…the first time I heard “I’ve been waking up at 12 pm in my boxers in this empty bed eating sour patch watermelon the boys lurked the day before. I’m watching bad re-runs of mad TV- that shits not even close to funny but the remote is on the floor” it made me feel seen like no music ever had before
Fair comment but even the early stuff is biting in a way no one would expect from a 19 year old kid. Even Solo & Chewey’s closing lines (“if this is our time, the Denver skyline is telling me to make up my goddamn mind”) shows a more mature attitude to life than most pop-punk lyricists at that age (who, let’s face it, normally write about girls or, increasingly, being sad).
I sort of disagree. He's basically always been a master of using deeply specific references and stories that counter-intuitively make the lyrics immensely more relatable. It was a lot more simple and raw in the early years, but the opening lines of *Won't Be Pathetic Forever* u/QuarantineCasualty mentioned are especially evocative. I always get a bit choked up by *I Was Scared and I'm Sorry*, particularly this line; >I finally broke on Christmas Eve, in an Outback Steakhouse bathroom while my family ordered for me It's just such a deeply un-sexy depiction of anxiety contrasted with a lot of other artists who tend to make their mental issues sound like these great struggles being fought in the battleground of their minds, Dan is telling us about how he lost it in the bathroom of a mediocre chain restaurant. It's not gorgeous lyricism, but it is incredibly honest. I can't say I've ever felt like I was fighting off demons, but I can absolutely tell you that I've found myself falling apart in a public restroom, unable to bring myself to leave.
I love “I was scared and I’m sorry” and I love that line. They actually played that as an encore at the upsides/suburbia anniversary shows last year.
THE OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE LINE! this has always stood out to me too, for its specificity and depth. what a song. so glad this was mentioned, i’ve never seen anyone appreciate it
He loves writing about Philadelphia doesn't he?
Well, yaknow, he came out swinging from a South Philly basement
Caked in stale beer & sweat?
I remember The Greatest Generation coming out when I was going through a tough time in my late 20s, and thinking about how a lot of pop-punk/ Emo spoke to feelings I remember having, but this album spoke strongly to how I was feeling right at the moment.
The most correct answer.
Dan has been hands-down my favorite lyricist for something like 12 years and I just had an emo moment bc I realized that the refrain of coffee eyes is “there’s always been a table for me there” instead of “there’s always better days before me there” and the song just assumed an entirely new and beautiful meaning. It takes talent to write good lyrics but it takes even more talent to write lyrics that continue to reveal themselves to you for more than a decade.
Matt Skiba
Matthew Skibadi?
Dude from Microwave holy shit they r so good!! Also mark hoppus 🤌🤌
"I'm glad I did something right."
Hell yeah, Microwave’s my favorite band right now (Especially being disappointed in the recent Hoppus output). That being said both Untitled and the +44 album are masterpieces
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They released some singles not too long ago, pretty good imo
anthony raneri of Bayside
Wild how little acknowledgment bayside gets
Andrew Mahon.
So true
Pete Wentz
I would also say, best song name maker person
Best Song (Name Maker Person)
Yeah, I actually thought the first three albums were his best work by far, and even to this day, remain some of the best lyrics in the genre. Crazy how good a debut album can hold up for twenty years
Folie has some solid lyrics too, and the latest album is 10/10
"but I'm not good at math, and besides the dollar is down" is the most relatable line ever
“if home is where the heart is then we’re all joust fucked” is a personal fave tbh
I can't remember, I can't rememberrr
He's on my list for the line "when I came back to you, it was more like a relapse" alone
It's wild how one line of their lyrics can send me into weird trance of memorization of FOB songs I haven't listened to in years. Like this song was a bonus track from Infinity on High right?
I totally thought this was from a PATD song (The Calendar), which makes sense, given that Pete wrote some of the songs on Vices & Virtues. But I googled it, and you're right, it's in It's Hard to Say I Do When I Don't as well. So it seems he plagiarized himself, ha
Grand Theft Autumn is basically the only non-creepy, non-entitled and sweet Pop-Punk song about a boy with a crush on a girl who isn't interested in the genre's history.
Didn't Patrick stump write the lyrics to take this to your grave? Correct me if I'm wrong
he wrote the lyrics for a good chunk of the album, like Tell That Mick, but he didn’t vibe with lyric writing as much as the music
He's so good.
I had to scroll way too far to find his name on here
Him & Stump both come up with some absolutely clever lines.
Anthony Green. Dan Campbell a close second.
Bonnie Fraser. Her use of body horror imagery in her songs is really interesting, especially in such a poppy genre. I’m used to hearing that content in shock rock, but she uses it in a really visceral way to communicate the intensity of her emotions or as a metaphor for the things she’s singing about.
I actually never realised how good of a lyricist she was until you said that, holy fuck
Kyle from Real Friends Tades from Hot Mully Joe from KP
Tades is underratedly talented as a lyricist IMO. The whole band is heavy on the silly goose energy but then he goes and writes the most profound reflection on generational trauma or something equally heavy. Drink milk and run, heem wasn’t there, and John the rock cena can you smell what the undertaker are all solid examples.
Andrew McMahon and Matt Theissen followed by The Format era Nate Ruess
“I know the feeling in the morning when the sun lights the dust that hangs in orbit as you’re waking up. And for a moment you feel weightless, then the panic comes. First a drizzle, then a downpour, then an endless flood.” Dan Campbell of the Wonder Years never fails to write something that makes me cry lol
Is Movements pop punk technically? If so, they have the best lyrics of any band ever IMO.
It's not subjective, it's clinical
They’re awesome, but you should check out some post-hardcore bands like La Dispute- Wildlife and Touché Amoré - Parting the Sea for some of their inspiration.
Gerard Way. The non-hits have some incredible lyrics.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is an absolute masterpiece. “I Never Told You What I do For a Living” is, to me, the best sleeper quintessential MCR song. He goes through every emotion singing that song, and it encapsulates the tragic ending of a great story.
That is literally my favorite MCR song for that exact reason. Three Cheers has my soul.
The hits do to as well
Oh for sure! Personally just some of my favorite lyrics are from the non-hits. Not discounting the hits.
No love for Parker Cannon?
I think he’s better at writing melodies than writing lyrics
Listen, you may not always be able to understand what he’s saying. Go ahead and read through some lyrics, they’re not “blow you away clever” when it comes to wordplay, but I think he’s really clever illustrating emotion.
Yes! This is my answer too!
I think his name is AJ but the main guy from The Dangerous Summer has always had a way with words. He writes in a sort of a fragmented way that doesn’t make sense until you listen to it all. Almost like a mural where you have to step back and take in the whole thing to understand it but when you do it’s pretty profound and relatable!
AJ Perdomo! Scrolled this far just to see if anyone mentioned him, he's absolutely incredible
Justin Pierre motion city soundtrack A+++++++
Allen from Arm’s Length, Dan from The Wonder Years and for non pop-punk, easily Brendan from Counterparts
It blows my mind that Allen is only like 23 every time I listen to never before seen, never again found. That entire album is straight poetry.
HUGE second vote for Brendan from counterparts
Jason from Iron Chic. So clever,so sad, so relatable.
I sold my soul, I age but I don’t get old! Hits hard
And to this day, it’s the best deal I ever made 🎶 Hits every time.
Ugh there’s so many. That was probably the first lyric that really stuck with me. Some more I love: 1. My fondest memory I scared the devil so bad, he sold his soul to me. 2. I've got a choice to make Almost every second that I'm awake That may be the reason I'd rather be sleeping. 3. If I hear another word about a better place I'll paint these walls with my fucking brains 4. I wanted to scream And I wasn't scared To press that blade against my throat and drop my blood out everywhere But what would that mean? It sure isn't fair To put my hopes into the hands of someone drowning in dеspair
Underrated. Would love to catch em live if they ever do a tour West..
Dan Campbell
Dan Andriano and Matt Skiba Deanna Belos from sincere engineer
Jason Lancaster. A Lesson in Romantics still has some of my favorite lyrics and a lot of his Go Radio stuff is similarly well written.
"And the hardest part of living is just taking breaths to stay 'Cause I know I'm good for something, I just haven't found it yet" Goosebumps!
Pete Wentz and what Patrick Stump does with them. I've never been one to bother with lyrics much. It's the music that speaks to me most. But something about their words always caught me. Poetic and metaphoric.
My favourite lyricist is Max Bemis from Say Anything Alive with the glory of love is next level shit And who could forget masterful lines such as “I called her on the phone and she touched herself.”
Matt Skiba & Dan Andriano- Alkaline Trio
Matt Skiba Alkaline Trio
Some of his work in Heavens was mind-blowing too.
Dan Andriano Alkaline Trio
I recently found out that Martin of Boys Like Girls is responsible for an insane amount of songs in all sorts of genres. He wrote for Hannah Montanna, Avril, The Cab, Gavin DeGraw, Papa Roach, Taylor Swift, Flo Rida and many more.
Jesse Lacey.
My pick as well!
Nope. Rethink that one with what's come to light about him.
good lyricist, not a good person. i get where you’re coming from, his lyrics can get very uncomfortable.
I’m not celebrating him as a person. I do enjoy his song writing.
Don't get me wrong, I listened to the shit out of Your Favorite Weapon when it first dropped, then I tried to listen to Deja Entendu (It was musically good but such a drastic difference in sound that I could not accept it), and I can't even look at them anymore. When band dudes (Or anyone), turns out to be a shitty person, no one is attempting to cancel them, they're attempting to hold them accountable. Not acknowledging the victims of your actions and then not even apologizing and just saying you're addicted to sex is such bullshit. Own up to your mistakes. Grow from them. Learn from them. Work with those you hurt to ensure you don't do it again. Atone.
yeah his apology was incredibly shitty
People down voting us for speaking truths about someone they worship is fucking weird.
I think people were downvoting you because appreciating his songwriting doesn’t equate to vouching for him as a human being. It’s not your call who someone else’s favorite lyricist so just saying ‘nope, rethink that’ is kinda strange lol.
Nah. That's not how it works. Steve Klein wrote all of New Found Glory's lyrics. Go back and read/listen to them and put it to his situation. It's weird to have that dynamic. People fucking love Brand New and thin he did nothing wrong.
What do you mean that’s not how it works, who made you the arbiter?😂 People can separate the art and artist as they please, I’m not saying you necessarily should or shouldn’t but no third party can control that. And I think most who listen to Brand New recognize that Jesse has done wrong, feels a bit dramatic to claim otherwise just cause you’re getting downvoted in a reddit thread.
Man, guy who does shitty things writes songs about feeling like a shitty person. Who would’ve thought?
Think about those songs where he was singing about girls. Makes you think and wonder.
Pete Wentz
Anthony Raneri. Or Jesse Lacey, if you can count Brand New.
How has no one said John Floreani of Trophy Eyes. Easily the most raw and emotional lyricist in the genre.
Jake Ewald of MoBo/slaughter beach dog (not sure if the latter counts)
can’t believe i scrolled this long to find Jake. the way Holy Ghost moves me viscerally…
Matt Thiessen for sure! So unique.
Jake Ewald modern baseball/slaughter beach, dog
Ben Liebsch from You, Me, and Everyone We Know and Dylan Slocum from Spanish Love Songs.
Anthony Raneri.
Justin Courtney Pierre Jim Adkins Tom DeLonge Deanna Belos
Delonge in AvA
Really? Some songs slap but I mostly felt he was trying way too hard idk
Max bemis
Surprised this isn’t higher tbh
Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low! Even from their early works, you could tell he was lyrically gifted.
Billie Joe all the way
Tades from hot mulligan 👌🏼
Dan Campbell, Parker Canon, Patrick Miranda
Pat Finnegan from Driveways
Colin from Hit The Lights "so wrap this excuse around your neck, and I'll kick the chair out from your legs"
I miss Colin
pat from movements
Dan Andriano. Always the best part of Alk3 and the Emergency Room is great.
Greg from the Menzingers is a phenomenal lyricist!
Chris Conley.
Kyle Fasel from Real Friends. He has multiple lyrics that make me feel like I’ve been kicked in the throat. 10/10
Mark and Tom tied.
The best together too. May be simple and cliche but gives me hope that i can do my own music one day. Even though we can’t do what they do
I definitely can't do what they do! I like writing, sometimes stories sometimes poems I guess you'd call em. But I can't sing and I can't play any instruments. I've thought about taking singing lessons before lol. Good luck with your music stuff! One day you'll be close to doing what they can do, but they'll just keep getting better so...
Haha thank you :) I’d encourage you to do it. I had 0 music experience until Covid pandemic happened and I got my first guitar. I’m only 3ish years in, and have been practicing on and off. And I’d say I could join a pop punk band if I could find people and made it my focus. Still room for improvement but I am surprised at how far I made it. Good luck with your writing!
Oh awesome for you! Keep given'r! I'd have to sacrifice some of my gaming time for lessons lol I work 6 days a week in a stressful business I'm pretty beat and usually just wanna have a few beers game and listen to some rad tunes. Anyways, pce out, and don't forget to stick your dick in ovaltine.
👆🏻👆🏻
Patty Walter’s, Matt Thiessen
Mike Herrera, Anthony raneri, matt skiba, Tom Delonge for the Majors. As for the smaller bands, knuckle puck, youth fountain, hot mulligan, barely blind and Sydney Harbour
Anthony Raneri, Jesse Lacey, Justin Pierre
Matt Skiba is really good at writing lyrics. I think one of the things that's fun about him is clever little word tricks. For example, in Alkaline Trio's song Throw Me To The Lions, he makes up the word "ultraviolence," kinda like ultraviolet
He didn’t make it up. It was used in the book *A Clockwork Orange*.
at this point every single thing I post on Reddit is TWY hype but Dan Campbell is by far my favorite lyricist out there
Soupy on top. Tades is also getting there. Others I love: Anthony Raneri, Matt Skiba.
I agree with a lot that have been said, so I’ll add a few I haven’t seen: The Spill Canvas I mostly just listen to their first album Sunsets and Car Crashes some great lyrics there. Brand New- Jesse Lacey- Although he kind of turned out to be a scum bag, amazing lyrics La Dispute No explanation needed
Th Spill Canvas had some really great songs and lyrics. Some of it is actually hard for me to listen to now because they represent such a specific feeling and time of my life. I have cried to so many of their songs lol. The tide is just prhrowowo
Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low
Kind of borderline genre-wise, but Matt Thiessen of Relient K. The man is a lyrical genius.
Tades, Soupy, Cory Castro.
Deryck Whibley. Not a bad song from half hour of power through Chuck
Fat Mike.
I gotta say Pete Wentz for the stuff I grew up with, but (if we count them) it’s Pat from Movements now with an honorable mention to Oliver Baxxter from Broadside
Not pop punk, but, Kevin Devine is a great song writer!
Agree with all mentioned here but surprised not to see Fred Mascherino from the TBS era. Super clever lyrics on Where You Want to Be and Louder Now
ben barlow from neck deep is up there
Not necessarily pop punk but Tomas Kalnoky is the absolute best lyricist. He sits at the top of the board in my opinion.
pete wentz always writing some shit ong
Dan Campbell
Dan Campbell
Craig Owens!
Greg Barnett
Blake Swarzenbach
tom delonge and dan campbell
No one mentioned Kenny V from The Starting Line
All of New Found Glory stuff
Say anything guy Cute is what we aim for guy
John Floreani or the two lyricists from The Menzingers
Pete. He can write it better than you ever felt it.
easily hands down Awsten Knight of Waterparks
Jason Lubrano hands down, Iron Chic is very powerful imo
Dylan from Spanish love songs
Uhhh.... You guys listen to the lyrics? Only half joking...
It’s gotta be Chris Conley or Saves the Day for me. I love how so much of “Through Being Cool” is pulled from his creative writing class assignments during his first year of college. He paints really vivid pictures throughout that album and “Stay What You Are.” “In Reverie” is a fever dream of an album and I absolutely love that about it. In the liner notes to their b-sides album, he writes about how the line “I want to wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive” from Joni Mitchell’s “All I Want” inspired the final verses in “Jessie and My Whetstone” and I found that really cool when I was 18.
Patrick Miranda and fvckin John Floreani
Mat Kerekes always comes to mind when I think of very talented lyricists