Rate the song on the Moh's scale of LYRICAL hardness

8/10- there's a discreteness to just how 'wrong' he is, but the feeling of 'other'ness and self-loathing is clear.

Monster- Yes, I know it's from the Broadway version of Frozen, but look at the lyrics.

Deals with suicidal thoughts but the message is ultimately hopeful and life-assuring, 6.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Let Love In

6-7. Talks about the dangers of love, and shows how love can mess up your life.

Billy Joel - Sometimes a Fantasy

1.5 - Amusing, definitely a bit on the horny side, and somewhat creepy unintentionally but that be more of a post #Me Too! sort of thing where the crowd this is aimed at might not realize how creepy they might come off.

Lantern - Lucid Endlessness

Contemplating the abyss while standing on its edge, 8.

Tom Waits - Lullaby

Edited by Millership on Nov 26th 2018 at 1:54:42 AM

7/10, the song still has the structure of a soothing lullaby but ultimately turns the formula on its head by making it into something more dark and tragic.

Bonnie And Clyde: The Musical- Raise A Little Hell Lyrics here

For context, Ed Crowder was a sex offender who often violated his cellmates.

Edited by Spottedleaf on Dec 3rd 2018 at 1:23:27 PM

7/10 Clyde sounds desperate and pissed at his time at prison; he's sounds ready to snap.

(Fun Fact: Ed Crowder would be Clyde's first murder while in prison.)

Alice in Chains - Them Bones

Sadness and loneliness in the face of the inevitable, 8.

Blind Guardian - Blood Tears

An 8. The narrator is talking about something horrific that happened to him. It gets pretty graphic.

Sublime - Badfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKox6__hziY

Here's the lyrics

https://genius.com/Sublime-badfish-lyrics

You skipped my song.

Edited by pointless233 on Dec 18th 2018 at 6:01:30 AM

Johnny Cash-Delia's Gone (I know Johnny's not the original writer, but his is the most well-known version):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_OpclaG5x4

Edited by J79 on Dec 18th 2018 at 3:27:07 AM

Gives vibes of the narrator getting hopelessly stuck in an unpleasant situation, but not very descriptive when it comes to how unpleasant the situation really is, 7.

A Murder Ballad, but a clean language, 9.

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House

4/10 Seems to come off as happy at first, but later shows that it's ironic, and in reality it's not as happy as it claims to be.

Primus - Lacquer Head

7 - Humorous in spite of its self destructive subject matter and with a good ear for rhyme that makes it more fun than it does funereal.

Thaclthi - Ixaxaar

I'm going to probably go over 7 with this one, but here we go:

5 knuckle shuffle by Throbbing Gristle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXkOPY7KSxI

And a more obscure one from that era:

Partially Submerged by Cabaret Voltaire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf070F8HJWs

I think you forgot to rate my song.

I'd give your song a 6 or a 7.

The Throbbing Gristle song: there are a couple of f-bombs and mentions of drugs and it's all very negative, but it's also very random and unfocused, reminding ramblings of a Hollywood Tourette's patient, 6.

The Cabaret Voltaire song is unavailable in my country, and Google surprisingly doesn't come up with links to the lyrics, so on account of me already rating a song of yours, I'll give it a pass, if you don't mind.

The Doors - Strange Days

5, to be honest. Yeah it hints at some stuff, but it only hints, so there's not much to drive it any higher.

Queen - Death on Two Legs

6-7. Pretty vulgar and savage Take That!, but with a sense of humor

Acid Bath: Venus Blue

Song: https://vimeo.com/309029669

Lyrics: https://www.google.com/amp/s/genius.com/amp/Acid-bath-venus-blue-lyrics

Edited by Orangutans on Jun 25th 2019 at 11:12:16 AM

Kaleidoscope of violent imagery, 9.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson Blues

7. Mostly use metaphor and existential imagery rather than outright sadness.

Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round

I'd say an 8; most of the song is around 7 but the final stanza is at a 9.

Lyrics to Type O Negative - Who Will Save The Sane? and the song if you want

7 - I get the feeling this was supposed to have some sense of isolation and disillusion with I dunno, modern day society but the incredibly puzzling lyrical deviations from the sensible chorus turns it into some semi We Live In A Society fare.

Septic Flesh - Behind the Iron Mask

8. Some references to death, and in general feels dark and foreboding, but too abstract to make a 9. I was hovering on whether to call it a 7 or an 8. Then I decided, yeah, this warrants an 8.

Manic Street Preachers - 4st 7lb: https://genius.com/Manic-street-preachers-4st-7lb-lyrics

Edited by statisticalphiledelphia on Feb 1st 2020 at 1:07:18 AM

8. Pretty harrowing, and doesn't shy away at all from the self-harm it's depicting. Oof.

Alice Cooper - When Hell Comes Home