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A thread on why Niall Horan is one of the best lyricists of our generation
"I'm flicking through the pages
I've written in my memory
I feel like I'm dreaming, oh, so I know, I know, I know, I know
That I'm never leaving, no, I won't go"
-Don't Forget Where You Belong
I've written in my memory
I feel like I'm dreaming, oh, so I know, I know, I know, I know
That I'm never leaving, no, I won't go"
-Don't Forget Where You Belong
"Lights off when they should be on
Even stars in the skies, they're wrong
Short days, when the nights are long
When I think of the things I've done
Don't matter how far I've gone
I'm always free to run home"
-Don't Forget Where You Belong
Even stars in the skies, they're wrong
Short days, when the nights are long
When I think of the things I've done
Don't matter how far I've gone
I'm always free to run home"
-Don't Forget Where You Belong
"Wanna drive in the night to the end of the earth and go over the edge"
-Never Enough
"The night is on your lips and I feel like I'm locked in
There's a million lights, I don't care if they're watching"
-Temporary Fix
-Never Enough
"The night is on your lips and I feel like I'm locked in
There's a million lights, I don't care if they're watching"
-Temporary Fix
"She'll run with your mind and pull you in tight
Then trade you in for something new"
-On the Loose
"Waking up to kiss you and nobody’s there
The smell of your perfume still stuck in the air"
-This Town
Then trade you in for something new"
-On the Loose
"Waking up to kiss you and nobody’s there
The smell of your perfume still stuck in the air"
-This Town
"And I want to tell you everything
The words I never got to say the first time around
And I remember everything
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
Wish I was there with you now"
- This Town
The words I never got to say the first time around
And I remember everything
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
Wish I was there with you now"
- This Town
"Because if the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
Over and over the only truth"
-This Town
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
Over and over the only truth"
-This Town
"I have heard, have heard you speak a million words
Now you're talkin' to me first
I never thought you would"
-Seeing Blind
Now you're talkin' to me first
I never thought you would"
-Seeing Blind
"My heart is hoping
You'll walk right in tonight
To tell me there are things that you regret
'Cause if I'm being honest, I ain't over you yet"
-Too Much To Ask
You'll walk right in tonight
To tell me there are things that you regret
'Cause if I'm being honest, I ain't over you yet"
-Too Much To Ask
"In this house of broken hearts
We made our love out of stacks of cards
And yes, we tried to hold on tight
'Cause we knew our love was hard to find"
-Paper Houses
We made our love out of stacks of cards
And yes, we tried to hold on tight
'Cause we knew our love was hard to find"
-Paper Houses
"Yeah, I paid the price and own the scars
Why did we climb and fall so far?"
-Paper Houses
Why did we climb and fall so far?"
-Paper Houses
"Then I look in my heart
There's a light in the dark
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me"
"When you lay there and you're sleepin'
Hear the patterns of your breathin'
And I tell you things you've never heard before"
-Flicker
There's a light in the dark
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me"
"When you lay there and you're sleepin'
Hear the patterns of your breathin'
And I tell you things you've never heard before"
-Flicker
"Hold me close but at a distance
Thinking I don't ever listen, but I do
I know sometimes it gets confusing
You might be lost but I ain't losing you"
-Fire Away
Thinking I don't ever listen, but I do
I know sometimes it gets confusing
You might be lost but I ain't losing you"
-Fire Away
"It's a hard road
As far as I can see
I don't know where I'm going
But I'll get back to you and me"
"Time has never been on our side
So would you wait for me?"
-You and Me
As far as I can see
I don't know where I'm going
But I'll get back to you and me"
"Time has never been on our side
So would you wait for me?"
-You and Me
"She closed the door
She hides behind the face nobody knows
She feels her skin touch the floor
She wants to fight
Her eyes are tired, nobody's on her side"
-Mirrors
She hides behind the face nobody knows
She feels her skin touch the floor
She wants to fight
Her eyes are tired, nobody's on her side"
-Mirrors
"As he walks away, she slowly breaks a smile
The skies are blue, haven't been for a while"
-Mirrors
The skies are blue, haven't been for a while"
-Mirrors
"'Cause I don't want it, don't want it to end
Those brown eyes, crying in a crowded bar
Every time we get this close
It's always pulling us apart"
-The Tide
Those brown eyes, crying in a crowded bar
Every time we get this close
It's always pulling us apart"
-The Tide
"All of my life, I've been sleepwalk livin'"
"All of my life, it's been heartbreak weather
Thinkin' to myself, it won't get better"
-Heartbreak Weather
"All of my life, it's been heartbreak weather
Thinkin' to myself, it won't get better"
-Heartbreak Weather
"Yeah, I see us in black and white
Crystal clear on a starlit night
In all your gorgeous colours
I promise that I'll love you for the rest of my life"
-Black and White
Crystal clear on a starlit night
In all your gorgeous colours
I promise that I'll love you for the rest of my life"
-Black and White
"And there's a vision I've been holdin' in my mind
We're sixty-five and you ask
When did I first know, I always knew"
"I can't promise picket fences or sunny afternoons
But at night, when I close my eyes
I see us in black and white"
-Black and White
We're sixty-five and you ask
When did I first know, I always knew"
"I can't promise picket fences or sunny afternoons
But at night, when I close my eyes
I see us in black and white"
-Black and White
"Dear patience
'Cause the last time that we talked seems like forever"
"Feels like you don't even know me
Just me and the stars can get lonely"
"'Cause the situation
Is like a mountain that's been weighing on my conscience"
-Dear Patience
'Cause the last time that we talked seems like forever"
"Feels like you don't even know me
Just me and the stars can get lonely"
"'Cause the situation
Is like a mountain that's been weighing on my conscience"
-Dear Patience
"'Cause on paper, you don't break them
But it hurts so bad the way you bend the rules"
"I pour myself a glass, it won't be the last
Just our medicine for now"
-Bend The Rules
But it hurts so bad the way you bend the rules"
"I pour myself a glass, it won't be the last
Just our medicine for now"
-Bend The Rules
"Like wolves, we run wild, let passion get too much
Let ourselves get burned by the fire
We're walking on wire, but nothin' feels higher
When I see that look in your eyes"
"Oh, you see the fool in my mind
Can't run and hide with your stare on me"
-Small Talk
Let ourselves get burned by the fire
We're walking on wire, but nothin' feels higher
When I see that look in your eyes"
"Oh, you see the fool in my mind
Can't run and hide with your stare on me"
-Small Talk
"We fight, we get high holdin' on to love
We came down 'cause there was nothing holdin' us
Is it wrong that I still wonder where you are?
Is it wrong that I still don't know my heart?"
"We wrote and we wrote
'Til there were no more words"
-Put a Little Love on Me
We came down 'cause there was nothing holdin' us
Is it wrong that I still wonder where you are?
Is it wrong that I still don't know my heart?"
"We wrote and we wrote
'Til there were no more words"
-Put a Little Love on Me
"Are you all dressed up but with nowhere to go?
Are your tears falling down when the lights are low?"
"When the lights come up and there's no shadows dancin'
I look around as my heart is collapsin'
'Cause you're the only one I need"
-Put a Little Love on Me
Are your tears falling down when the lights are low?"
"When the lights come up and there's no shadows dancin'
I look around as my heart is collapsin'
'Cause you're the only one I need"
-Put a Little Love on Me
"You've known someone for a long time
But you never really know who they are"
"If we're not gonna do this honestly
Baby, won't you give me back what you took apart?"
"I chase an old love just to feel loved
But it gave me nothin' that was real"
-Arms of a Stranger
But you never really know who they are"
"If we're not gonna do this honestly
Baby, won't you give me back what you took apart?"
"I chase an old love just to feel loved
But it gave me nothin' that was real"
-Arms of a Stranger
"Feels like the world locked us on an island
An island without waves"
"I swear it's hard to think, it's hard to breathe when you're in the air
I try to run, but you're everywhere I go"
-Everywhere
An island without waves"
"I swear it's hard to think, it's hard to breathe when you're in the air
I try to run, but you're everywhere I go"
-Everywhere
"And give me all the pain, give me everything
Don't hold back, don't hold back
Leavin' me in pieces, but I swear it's worth it every time
And it doesn't even cross your mind"
-Cross Your Mind
Don't hold back, don't hold back
Leavin' me in pieces, but I swear it's worth it every time
And it doesn't even cross your mind"
-Cross Your Mind
"Daydreamin' 'bout where your lips been
Pull my heart right out my chest, drive a train through
Still get up and forgive you"
-Cross Your Mind
Pull my heart right out my chest, drive a train through
Still get up and forgive you"
-Cross Your Mind
"My mind is complicated
Find it hard to rearrange it"
"'Cause I hate to see us like this
Breaking up on nights just like this
We should be shooting for them stars of gold"
-Still
Find it hard to rearrange it"
"'Cause I hate to see us like this
Breaking up on nights just like this
We should be shooting for them stars of gold"
-Still
"A thousand miles away from the day that we started
But I'm standing here with you, just trying to be honest
If honesty means telling you the truth
Well, I'm still in love with you"
-Still
But I'm standing here with you, just trying to be honest
If honesty means telling you the truth
Well, I'm still in love with you"
-Still
This was a long thread, but let'S not to forget the best advice Niall has ever given us
"𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉"
-Don't Forget Where You Belong
"𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉"
-Don't Forget Where You Belong
