"Pools of sorrow; waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind."
~John Lennon, The Beatles 〚Across the Universe〛
One of the absolute best. That whole song, lyrically, musically, is a masterpiece. For all the shit that Lennon got & gets, he was a damn good writer.
"This ivory leg is what propels me! Harpoons thrust in the sky!"
~Brent Hinds, Mastodon 〚Blood and Thunder〛
Such a powerful delivery with (what my autism makes out to be) insanely cool imagery. Just a stormy sea with a lone man fighting to the death with a whale, lightning striking...