These are the 15 best lyrics of 2018. From ridiculous lines that started memes to heartbreaking statements, all of these lyrics succeeded through precision and cleverness.
“La di da di da, slob on me knob
Pass me some syrup, fuck me in the car
La di da di da, muthafuck the law
Chitty chitty bang, murder everything”
— Future – “King’s Dead”
“No, you’re not gonna get what you need
But baby, I have what you want
Come get your honey”
— Robyn – “Honey”
“I just wanted to be one of The Strokes
Now look at the mess you made me make”
— Arctic Monkeys – “Star Treatment”
“All is well as long as we keep spinning”
— Thom Yorke – “Suspirium”
“Without my legs or my hair
Without my genes or my blood
With no name and with no type of story
Where do I live?
Tell me – where do I exist?”
— SOPHIE – “Immaterial”
“My pussy teaches 9th-grade English
My pussy wrote a thesis on colonialism in conversation with a marginal system in love with Jesus
And y’all still thought a bitch couldn’t rap, huh?”
— Noname – “Self”
“How dare you put Ye in my verses?
I’m selfish – I want all of the curses
I’m pre-bookin’ the churches, me versus three hearses
If we all go to Hell, it’ll be worth it”
— Pusha T – “The Story of Adidon”
“I had a good run playing horses in my mind
Left my heart out somewhere running
Wanting strangers to be mine”
— Beach House – “Drunk in L.A.”
“‘Cause nobody butters me up like you, and
Nobody fucks me like me”
— Mitski – “Lonesome Love”
“I wanna be emaciated
I wanna hear one song without thinking of you
I wish I was on a spaceship
Just me and my dog and an impossible view”
— boygenius – “Me & My Dog”
“I ain’t feel like this in a long time
I ain’t feel like this in a long time
I ain’t had shit in a long time
Just to feel like this, it took a long time, yeah!”
— Playboi Carti – “Long Time – Intro”
“I’m not a prop for you to use
When you’re lonely or confused
I want a love that lets me breathe
I’ve been choking on your leash”
— Soccer Mommy – “Your Dog”
“I switched the time zone, but what do I know?
Spending nights hitchhikin’, where will I go?
I could fly home with my eyes closed
But it get kinda hard to see, that’s no surprise though”
— Mac Miller – “Self Care”
“If we make you nervous
What is your purpose?
Worship your trigger
And ignore the figures”
— Moses Sumney – “Rank & File”
“Those who find discomfort in your goals of liberation will be issued no apology
And fuck Tom Brady”
— Parquet Courts – “Total Football”
Bitter Melodies 