Rock is one of the most popular musical genres in the world, since the lyrics of its songs, clothing and staging have been part of the aesthetics, culture and philosophy of life of a large part of societies. of the world since its emergence in the 50s when it made its appearance.
Although one may think otherwise, the depth of his lyrics is very interesting, since they touch on social and cultural themes or thoughts that seek to vindicate values, and sometimes a way to rebel against a system.
Here we will review the best phrases from rock songs commented.
1. Your pride built a wall too strong that I cannot break through. (Scorpion)
Pride is a feeling that in certain situations causes a lot of damage.
2. Optimism is my best defense. (Rod Stewart)
You always have to have confidence and security.
3. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. (The Beatles)
Love conquers all.
4. I suffer temporary madness, I go down to earth and cross the dividing line, which separates madness and reason in this story. (Extremoduro)
There are situations in which what seemed like madness can actually be a way out.
5. I made you so mine that for a moment I forgot you. (Gustavo Cerati)
When you truly love, forgetting is almost impossible.
6. I will be there for you. She would live and die for you. I would steal the sun from the sky for you. Words do not express what love feels. (Bon Jovi)
True love is unique and special.
7. Rock is not to blame for your cholesterol. (Miguel Ríos)
For many people, rock is a genre that causes discomfort.
8. The party never ends. You can’t think about dying when the bottle is your best friend. (Skid Row)
It refers to how harmful alcohol is.
9. War, children, is just a shot away. (Rolling Stones)
War leaves more negative consequences than benefits for those who experience it.
10. Be a simple kind of man. Be something you love and understand. (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Before we like others, we must like ourselves.
11. The pain of war cannot exceed the pain of the consequences. (Led Zeppelin)
The consequences generated by war are not always easy to overcome.
12. When I’m tired and thoughtful I hide in my music, I forget about the day and dream about a girl I used to know; I close her eyes and she fades away. (Boston)
Music is a very effective tool to relax after a busy day.
13. You will take my life, but I will take yours too. You will fire your musket, but I will pierce you. So when you wait for the next attack, you better resist, there is no turning back. (Iron Maiden)
Relationships can be difficult to understand.
14. All the paths we have to walk are difficult and all the lights that guide us are going out. (Oasis)
There are paths that are very difficult to travel.
15. Take my hand, take my whole life too, but I can’t help but fall in love with you. (Elvis Presley)
16. You can’t start a fire without a spark, I’m willing to get burned, even if we’re just dancing in the dark. (Bruce Springsteen)
Love is a kind of spark that consumes everything.
17. Don’t cry tonight, there is a paradise up there, darling. (Guns and Roses)
There are always beautiful things to see in the sky, so don’t stop looking up.
18. I want to be the only one who bites your mouth, I want to know that life with you is not going to end. (The Rodriguezes)
It is very beautiful to have someone to love.
19. His lips are like the edge of the galaxy, and his kisses are like the color of a constellation. (Arctic Monkeys)
Kissing your loved one is a wonderful thing.
20. How do you want to be my friend, if I would get lost because of you, if I mistake your caresses for fooling around if you look at me. (Palo Syrup)
Friendship can be transformed into something more beautiful.
21. Mom, I just killed a man: I put a gun to his head, pulled the trigger and now he’s dead. Mom, life has just begun and I’ve ruined everything. (What in)
One of the most poetic songs in rock that talks about regret and resignation. Although each person can interpret it however they want.
22. Here we are! Here we go! All aboard and hitting the road. Here we go! To rock and roll around the world. (Status quo)
It’s very nice to go for a walk and listen to good rock.
23. I want to know what love is, I want you to teach me. I want to feel what love is, I know you can teach me. (Foreigner)
Love is a feeling that we should all feel, even once in our lives.
24. I’m the boy no one knows, I live a life I didn’t choose, but these thoughts in my mind are mine. (Iggy Pop)
Although we live a different life than we expected, our way of thinking is in line with our feelings.
25. Be careful with the moon say the stars, more beautiful than any I stay with her. (Tide)
A praise to the beauty of the moon in the night sky.
26. Honey you have to let me know…should I stay or should I go? If you say you’re mine, I’ll be here until the end of time. (The Clash)
It is always good to express our feelings.
27. Sad, like a dog on the highway, like a turtle in a hurry, like a nun in a brothel. Just, like when you left, like when a woman’s lips don’t touch you. (The escape)
Loneliness is a feeling that no one should feel.
28. If you ever feel like you want to give up, I won’t let you fall. When hope is gone, I know you will continue. (Nickelback)
It’s important to have someone to lean on when we’re tempted to give up.
29. Now that I have tried to talk to you and make you understand, all you have to do is close your eyes, extend your hand to me and touch me. Keep me close and never let me go. (Extreme)
Being able to talk to the person we love and express what we feel is a way of showing our love.
30. Through these fields of destruction, baptisms of fire. I have witnessed your suffering as the battle intensified. And even though they hurt me so much, in fear and alarm, you did not abandon me, my brothers in arms. (Say Straits)
True friendship is always present even in difficult times.
31. I saw you, I wasn’t looking for anyone and I saw you. (Fito Páez)
Love is like that, it is not sought, but it is found.
32. Every time I hug you the things I never told you seem to come out easily… because you are everything to me. (KISS)
A hug says more than a thousand words.
33. When I look into your eyes, you don’t tell me lies. You tell me the truth, your words guide me. This is all I have, all I would say… if this were my last day. (Poison)
The eyes never lie.
34. Everything you touch and everything you see is all your life will ever be. (Pink Floyd)
You have the power to direct your life.
35. They say that you have poison in your skin and you are made of thin plastic… they say that you have a divine touch and whoever touches you stays with it. (Futura Radio)
It refers to women who are frivolous.
36. Don’t ask me what I think of you, I couldn’t give the answer you want. (Fleetwood Mac)
Many times it is difficult to express to someone what you think of them.
37. Send me dead flowers to my wedding and I won’t forget to put roses on your grave. (The Rolling Stones)
We must always return blessings to those who do us wrong.
38. I want to know… have you ever seen the rain falling on a sunny day? (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Life brings many contradictions.
39. What’s the point of being immortal if you can’t die of love? (Babasonic)
The love is the force of the life.
40. It is the eye of the tiger, it is the emotion of combat, rise to the challenge of your rival. (Survivor)
A song that motivates us to never give up.
41. This fire is burning and is out of control. It’s not a problem you can stop, it’s Rock n’ Roll! (Guns N’ Roses)
He who loves rock feels an unleashed passion.
42. The seasons are not afraid of death, neither are the wind, the Sun or the rain. Come on baby, don’t be afraid of death. (Blue Öyster Cult)
You don’t have to be afraid of anything, much less death.
43. Stand up, raise your fist and come to the pagan festival, there is drinking at the bonfire. Neither the people nor a lord are of the same condition: they have the clergy, we have our sweat. (Wizard of Oz)
It refers to the unbridled life that some people have.
44. Obey your master! Puppet master, I’m pulling your strings. Twisting your mind and crushing your dreams. (Metallica)
Be careful of people who want to manipulate you as they please.
45. Every rose has its thorn as every night has its dawn, just as every cowboy sings a sad song, every rose has its thorn. (Poison)
Life gives us good things, but also some negative things.
46. O mother, tell your children not to do what I have done: spend their lives in sin and misery in the house of the rising Sun. (The Animals)
We are an example for others. So let’s not seek to be.
47. We learned more from a three-minute song than we learned in school. (Bruce Springsteen)
Throughout life, you learn more than at university.
48. Yes, I know that no one knows where he comes from and where he is going. I know it’s everyone’s sin, you have to lose to learn to win. (Aerosmith)
When everything goes wrong, don’t give up, but keep going.
49. Sometimes when I play that old guitar, I think about you and wonder what went wrong. (Bryan Adams)
Memories bring us joy and sadness.
50. All I want to do is be more like me and less like you. (Linkin Park)
You have to be yourself and not be a copy of others.
51. I don’t care if it hurts, I want to be in control. I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul. (Radiohead)
Many believe that being in control is being perfect. The bad thing is that perfection does not exist.
52. I try to laugh at this hiding the tears in my eyes because boys don’t cry. (The Cure)
There is an absurd belief that men do not cry, when the reality is different.
53. Share a little room of silence with me, lend me your suitcase of dreams tonight. Either you arm-wrestle me, or we play a single. Rub with me until you shine me. (Manolo García)
It’s always nice to have company.
54. Because your life is long and your flight high. You will smile and cry tears and everything you touch and everything you see is all your life will be. (Pink Floyd)
We will always have pleasant situations and others not so much.
55. How do you feel? How does it feel to not have a home? Being alone and without direction home. A complete stranger, like a rolling stone. (Bob Dylan)
Loneliness is not a good advisor all the time.
56. It’s my life, it’s now or never, because I’m not going to live forever, I just want to live while I’m alive. (Bon Jovi)
You have to live in the present, without thinking about the past or focusing on the future.
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57. I just want someone to tell me: “I will always be here when you wake up.” You know I like to keep my cheeks dry so stay with me and that will be done. (Blind Melon)
Having someone to share with is the most important thing in life.
58. You’re scared, your life is on it, but someone has to pull the trigger. (Barricade)
Fear is part of life. That’s why you have to learn to overcome it every time it appears.
59. I was born free! Free like an angry river, strong like the wind that collides with my face chasing dreams and running against father time. (Kid Rock)
We were born free and without ties, we learn that over time.
60. Why be alone, when we can be together? You can improve my life, I can start making you smile… (Mr. Big)
Living as a couple is the ideal state for human beings.
61. She used my head like a revolver, and set my conscience on fire with her demons. (Soda Stereo)
Never let others tell you what to think.
62. Freedom is just another word for nothing to lose. (Janis Joplin)
Freedom is the most precious asset that man has.
63. Get your head out of the mud, darling. Put flowers in the mud, darling. (U2)
There are always difficult situations in life.
64. Without love in our souls and without money in our coats, we cannot be said to be satisfied. But Angie, I still love you darling, everywhere I look… I see your eyes. (Rolling Stones)
Even if we have nothing but only love, we are still immensely rich.
65. Night falls and dawn breaks in Paris, on the day it all happened. Like an endless madman’s dream, fortune has laughed at you. (The Union)
It refers to the nights spent in Paris.
66. We don’t need education, we don’t need our thoughts controlled, no dark sarcasm in classes; Teachers, leave the children alone. (Pink Floyd)
The educational system has always been and will be in question.
67. It is better to burn out than to fade away. (Neil Young)
It is better to have few things than to have nothing.
68. I keep looking for an answer, I never seem to find what I’m looking for. Oh Lord, I pray that You give me strength to continue because I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams. (Whitesnake)
There are dreams that cannot come true because they live only in fantasy.
69. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on. (The Beatles)
Life always continues despite everything.
70. When you are not there, the mornings are tinged with sad songs, they are like the light perfume that bathes you and marks you for a moment. (Manolo García)
When you are far from your loved one, nothing makes sense.
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71. I can’t talk like they do on TV. I can’t write a love song the way it should be written. I can’t do everything, but I would do anything for you. I can’t do anything… except be in love with you. (Say Straits)
When we are in love we are capable of anything.
72. If we were blind and had no other choice. Would we hate each other for the tone of our voice? (Anthrax)
It is not what is said, but how it is done that affects the relationship.
73. How to dance if our planet is spinning? How to sleep if the beds are burning? (Midnight Oil)
It’s not easy to stay calm when everything around us is different.
74. The preacher said, “You know you have the Lord on your side” and I was so happy to be informed of this that I ran 20 red lights on his behalf. (The Rolling Stones)
Many people do wrong things in the name of God.
75. You have orders to shoot at whatever you see, you have your finger on the trigger, but it doesn’t seem right to you: now you are in the army. (Status quo)
Sometimes we do things, even if they are wrong.
76. Let’s make a revolution, let our leader be the Sun and our army be butterflies. For the flag another dawn and for conquest understand that you have to change swords for roses. (Wizard of Oz)
We must always bet on peace and avoid war.
77. I want to live twice so I can forget you. I want to take you with me and I’m not going anywhere. (Andres Calamaro)
Forgetting the person we love can be difficult.
78. I see “forever” when I look into your eyes. You are everything I have ever wanted and I want you to be forever mine. Let’s make a promise until the end of time: we will always be together and our love will never die. (Firehouse)
Always being with that person we love so much is a dream that we hope will come true.
79. I don’t see myself loving anyone other than you for my entire life. When you’re with me baby, the skies will be blue for all my life. (The Turtles)
When you really love, it is impossible to be with another person.
80. My body burns, begins to scream, desire comes and breaks scandalously. Lust is caged until the storm breaks, I just have to do it with someone I choose. (Scorpions)
Being with that ideal person is what you should always bet on.
81. I was made to love you baby, you were made to love me and I can’t get tired of you baby, can you get tired of me? (KISS)
True love never gets tired.
82. A farewell was never so brief, I never believed it was final. I never loved anyone so much in my life, I never called a strange being my family. (Heroes of Silence)
All goodbyes are painful, even those that are necessary.
83. How can I explain it to him if when I do he never agrees? It’s always been the same, the same old story. From the moment I could speak, I was ordered to listen; But now there is an alternative and I know I must leave. (Cat Stevens)
When someone doesn’t understand us it’s better to say goodbye.
84. We have the right to choose, there is no way we are going to lose it, this is our life, this is our song. We will fight for the power of justice, do not choose our destiny, you do not know us nor do we belong to you. (Twisted Sister)
Never let others choose for you.
85. Strangers waiting from one side of the boulevard to the other, their shadows searched for each other in the night. Street lights, people living just to find a thrill, hiding somewhere in the night. (Journey)
The night lends itself to many things.
86. Is this love I’m feeling? Is this the love I’ve been searching for? Is this love or am I dreaming? This must be love because it really has me under control. (Whitesnake)
Discovering love is usually something complicated.
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87. I would walk 500 miles and walk 500 more, just to be the man who walks 1,000 miles to fall in front of your door. (The Proclaimers)
Everything can be achieved when we are in love.
88. Then I saw your face, now I am a believer. There is no trace of doubt in my mind, I am in love, I am a believer, I couldn’t let her escape even if she tried. (The Monkees)
Faith opens many doors.
89. Everyone talks to me, I don’t hear what they say, only the echoes in my mind. People stop to look, I can’t see their faces, only the shadows of their eyes. (Harry Nilsson)
Living in shadows is a degrading way of living.
90. You don’t know what you have until you lose it, I don’t know what my big mistake was. Now I know what I have: just this song. (Cinderella)
There are mistakes that cause us to lose very valuable people.
The lyrics of rock songs bring with them a series of lessons, you just have to know how to listen and understand.
I’m Emily Williams Jones, a psychologist specializing in mental health with a focus on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness. With a Ph.D. in psychology, my career has spanned research, clinical practice and private counseling. I’m dedicated to helping individuals overcome anxiety, depression and trauma by offering a personalized, evidence-based approach that combines the latest research with compassionate care.
