James Blunt - I Really Want You

Many prophets preach on bended knee
Many clerics wasted wine
Do the bloody sheets
On those cobbled streets mean I have wasted time

Are there silver shores on paradise?
Can I come in from the cold?
I killed a man in a far away land
My enemy I'm told.

Another winner from Mr. Blunt. It's a sad attempt to mimic Bob Dylan or the Beatles, without having any meaning behind the nonsense other than filler meet his contractual obligations with his record company. Or to get laid. It's hard to imagine this guy (he's on the left) has any deep thoughts:

Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography

I walked a thousand miles to find one river of peace
I walked a million more to find what fish is which.

Besides the fact that I doubt Mrs. Simpson has traveled more than a mile without a driver, why would someone walk that far to find out about different kinds of fish? Does she not have access to 'the internets'?

Note: this is actually the "clean version" of the lyric. The actual lyric is:

I walked a million more to find what this shit means

Still, I think it would have been much easier to Google it.

Puff Daddy & Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

Young, black and famous
With money hangin' out the anus

Is that really the mental image you want to convey to your fans? Luckily for Puffy, he can try to blame co-writers Steve Jordan, Carlos Broady, Nasheim Myrick, Mason Betha, Greg Prestopino, Matthew Wilder, Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover, Clifton Chase, and Edward Fletcher for not pointing out what a poor choice of words this is.

Shakira - Whenever, Wherever

Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains.

Technically, there's nothing wrong the structure of this sentence. Yet, I think most people will agree there's something terribly awkward about what's being said. Maybe the meaning was lost in translation, but it seems like only a superficial woman who wanted bigger boobs would say this (to herself) to heal her ego.

Chad Kroeger - Into The Night

Like a piece to the puzzle that falls into place,
You could tell how we felt from the look on our faces.

How is understanding how someone feels by their expression like finding where a puzzle piece goes? I'm not seeing the analogy. And speaking of analogies:

And our voices rang like the angels sing

It doesn't quite work when two verbs are essentially the same thing. You either get rid of the second verb, or compare it to an action that isn't synonymous with the original. It's like saying 'he punches like a boxer hits'.

Miley Cyrus - See You Again

(Also from my original post here:)

I've got my sight set on you, and I'm ready to aim.

If you have your sight set on something, you're already aiming... dumbass.

James Blunt - You're Beautiful

(From my original post here.)

She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

If he has a plan, how does he not know what to do? The first verse seems to imply that he's worked out a way to get the woman to fall in love with him, and the chorus implies the opposite ('cause I'll never be with you). Either the person in the song is a schizophrenic stalker, or James Blunt, Sacha Skarbek and Amanda Ghost (it took three people to write this crap) are horrible lyricists.