The best Foo Fighters lyrics

2 December 2020, 16:00 | Updated: 12 January 2024, 13:32

Dave Grohl on stage with Foo Fighters in January 2016
Dave Grohl on stage with Foo Fighters in January 2016. Picture: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images

We celebrate some of Dave Grohl’s greatest ever lyrics, from Big Me to Run via Everlong and more.

  1. "I wonder, when I sing along with you, if everything could ever feel this real forever?"

    Everlong, 1997

    Foo Fighters - Everlong (Official Music Video)

  2. "Run and tell all of the angels, this could take all night. I think I need a devil to help me get things right."

    Learn To Fly, 1999

    Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly (Official Music Video)

  3. "It’s you I fell into."

    Big Me, 1995

    Foo Fighters - Big Me (Official Music Video)

  4. "I still remember every single word you said, and all the shit that somehow came along with it."

    Monkey Wrench, 1997

    Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench (Official Music Video)

  5. "One of these days the clocks will stop and time won’t mean a thing.”

    These Days, 2011

    Foo Fighters - These Days (Official Music Video)

  6. "Don’t let it go to waste, I love it but I hate the taste."

    All My Life, 2002

    Foo Fighters - All My Life (Official Music Video)

  7. "You make me dizzy running circles in my head."

    Breakout, 1999

    Foo Fighters - Breakout (Official Music Video)

  8. "There goes my hero, he’s ordinary."

    My Hero, 1997

    Foo Fighters - My Hero (Official Music Video)

  9. "It’s times like these you learn to live again."

    Times Like These, 2002

    Foo Fighters - Times Like These (Official Music Video)

  10. "I’m the voice inside your head… you refuse to hear.”

    The Pretender, 2007

    Foo Fighters - The Pretender

  11. "It’s a shame we have to disappear, no one’s getting out of here alive."

    D.O.A., 2005

    Foo Fighters - DOA

  12. "My past is getting us nowhere."

    A Matter Of Time 2011

    Foo Fighters - A Matter Of Time (Official Music Video)

  13. “In another perfect life / In another perfect light / We run.”

    Run, 2017

    Foo Fighters - Run (Official Music Video)

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