U2 - One Step Closer

I'm around the corner from anything that's real

I'm across the road from hope

I'm under a bridge in a rip tide

That's taken everything I call my own

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

I'm on an island at a busy intersection

I can't go forward, I can't turn back

Can't see the future

It's getting away from me

I just watch the tail lights glowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

Knowing, knowing

I'm hanging out to dry

With my old clothes

Finger still red with the prick of an old rose

Well the heart that hurts

Is a heart that beats

Can you hear the drummer slowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

To knowing, to knowing, to knowing

Explosions In The Sky - Time Stops

...

Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - It Ain't Me Babe

Go away from my window

Leave at your own chosen speed

I'm not the one you want, babe

I'm not the one you need

You say you're lookin' for someone

Who's never weak but always strong

To protect you and defend you

Whether you are right or wrong

Someone to open each and every door

But it ain't me, babe

No, no, no, it ain't me, babe

It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe

Go lightly from the ledge, babe

Go lightly on the ground

I'm not the one you want, babe

I'll only let you down

You say you're lookin' for someone

Who'll promise never to part

Someone to close his eyes for you

Someone to close his heart

Someone to die for you and more

But it ain't me, babe

No, no, no, it ain't me, babe

It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe

You say you're lookin' for someone

To pick you up each time you fall

To gather flowers constantly

And to come each time you call

And will love you for your life

And nothin' more

But it ain't me, babe

No, no, no, it ain't me, babe

It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe

(Bob Dylan)

The Cure - Like Cockatoos

She walked out of her house

And looked around

At all the gardens that looked

Back at her house

(Like all the faces

That quiz when you smile...)

And he was standing

At the corner

Where the road turned dark

A part of shiny wet

Like blood the rain fell

Black down on the street

And kissed his feet she fell

Her head an inch away from heaven

And her face pressed tight

And all around the night sang out

Like cockatoos

"There are a thousand things" he said

"I'll never say those things to you again"

And turning on his heel

He left a trace of bubbles

Bleeding in his stead

And in her head

A picture of a boy who left her

Lonely in the rain

(And all around the night sang out

like cockatoos)

Green Day - Too Dumb to Die

Oh, oh, I love you

Oh, oh, I do

I got a sentimental illness for you

Please don't go away, oh yeah

I was a high school atom bomb

Going off on the weekends

Smoking dope and mowing lawns

And I hated all the new trends

Me and my friends sang

"Woah-uh-oh-oh-oh (woah-uh-oh)

Here's to the middle of the road

At least it's better than here"

Looking for a buzz

But all I got was Santa Claus

I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die

I feel like a cello

Lost somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high, too scared to dream

But too dumb to die

My daddy always was on strike

Going off with the teamsters

He said that everything will be alright

Not every Sunday can be Easter

The picket line screamed

"Woah-uh-oh-oh-oh (woah-uh-oh)

Don't cross, don't cross the line

Because you'll be a scab, not a martyr"

Looking for a cause

But all I got was Camouflage

I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die

I feel like a cello

Lost somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high, too scared to dream

But too dumb to... (haha, yeah, hey!)

Looking for a cause

But all I got was Camouflage

I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die

I feel like a cello

Lost somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high, too scared to dream

But too dumb to die

Björk - 5 Years

You think you're denying me of something

Well I've got plenty

You're the one who's missing out

But you won't notice

'Til after five years

If you'll live that long

You'll wake up

All loveless

I dare you

To take me on

I dare you

To show me your palms

I'm so bored with cowards

That say they want

Then they can't handle

You can't handle love

You can't handle love

You just can't handle

I dare you

To take me on

I dare you

To show me your palms

What's so scary ?

Not a threat in sight

You just can't handle

You can't handle love

You can't handle love, baby

You can't handle love

It's obvious

You can't handle

I dare you

To take me on

I dare you

To show me your palms

I'm so bored of cowards

That say they want

Then they can't handle

You can't handle love, baby

You can't handle love,

It's obvious

You can't handle

I dare you, I dare you

I dare you, I dare you

White Lies - Mother Tongue

The city stays high, all night

Lit up and shivering

Like a pinball table of fireflies

An echo of home, on the edge of life

Shot through the veins of an angel

I'm a devil in exile

But if you have forgotten

Your precious mother tongue

What do you think your mother

Would say of what you've done?

And if you can't remember the place

You call a home, or having trouble placing

Who's calling on the phone...

Who's calling on the phone...

Dip the nose of the car to the sugar lines

Out to the desert

Under cinnamon hills and moonshine

He said 'what can I do to make you mine?'

Kiss out the twang from my lips

On the way to big-time

But if you have forgotten

Your precious mother tongue

What do you think your mother

Would say of what you've done?

And if you can't remember the place

You call a home, or having trouble placing

Who's calling on the phone...

Who's calling on the phone...

Forgot your mother tongue

Forgot your mother tongue

Forgot your mother tongue

Forgot your mother tongue

But if you have forgotten

Your precious mother tongue

What do you think your mother

Would say of what you've done?

And if you can't remember the place

You call a home, or having trouble placing

Who's calling on the phone...

Metallica - So What

So fucking what!

Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton

I've been to Eastbourne too

So what, so what

And I've been here, I've been there

I've been every fucking where

So what, so what

So what, so what, you boring little cunt

But who cares, who cares what you do

Yeah, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you

Well, I've fucked a queen, I've fucked Bach

I've even sucked an old man's cock

So what, so what

And I've fucked a sheep, I've fucked a goat

I rammed my cock right down its throat

So what, so what

So what, so what, you boring little fuck

But who cares, who cares what you do

And, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you

And I've drunk that, I've drunk this

I've spewed up on a pint of piss

So what, so what

I've had skank, I've have speed

I've jacked up until I bleed

So what, so what

So what, so what, you boring little cunt

But who cares, who cares what you do

Yeah, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you, you

I've had crabs, I've had lice

I've had the clap and that ain't nice

So what, so what

I've fucked this, I've fucked that

I've even fucked a school girl's twat

So what, so what

So what, so what, you boring little fuck

Well, who cares, who cares what you do

And, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you, you

So fucking what! Yeah!

(originally recorded by EAnti Nowhere League)

Snow Patrol - A Youth Written In Fire

Remember the first time we got high

We felt like the rampant lion's roar

We were elastic and then we were healed

Healed in the blinking of an eye

And then when the dawn cracked over us

The day wouldn't hit us hard at all

We could ride the morning into night again

We knew the days were there to waste

But these days that light hits so heavy

And those days feel like another life

This isn't like the first time anymore

And I've been chasing that too long

Digging for the lost memories

Of a youth written in fire

You've always said it's not too late for me

Well I sure am listening to you now

Believe in me so I can trust myself

'Cause there's a first time for that too

Remember the first time that we kissed

It felt like a planet forming

Though we were just novices at this

It felt like an ancient wisdom

There was lightning then

And those songs were all proved true

No wonder I still think so much about you

But these days my heart feels too heavy

And those days are someone else's life

This isn't like the first time anymore

And I've been chasing that too long

Digging for the lost memories

Of a youth written in fire

You've always said it's not too late for me

Well I sure am listening to you now

Believe in me so I can trust myself

'Cause there's a first time for that too

Arcade Fire - Suburban War

Let's go for a drive

And see the town tonight

There's nothing to do but I don't mind when I'm with you

This town's so strange

They built it to change

And while we sleep we know the streets get rearranged

And my old friends, we were so different then

Before your war against the suburbs began

Before it began

Now the music divides

Us into tribes

You grew your hair so I grew mine

You said the past won't rest

Until we jump the fence

And leave it behind

My old friends, I can remember when

You cut your hair

I never saw you again

Now the cities we live in

Could be distant stars

And I search for you

In every passing car

The night's so warm

Yeah, the night's so warm

I've been living in the shadows of your song

Living in the shadows of your song

In the suburbs I

I learned to drive

And you told me we would never survive

So grab your mother's keys we leave tonight

But you started a war

That you can't win

They keep erasing all the streets we grew up in

Now the music divides

Us into tribes

You choose your side and I'll choose my side

All my old friends, they don't know me now

Oh-oh

All my old friends, are staring through me now

Oh-oh

All my old friends, they don't know me now

All my old friends, they don't know me now

All my old friends wait

Gliss - In Heaven

Sit and talk, let's take a walk

In your presence

Any words you sing to me

They hit home like the ocean

Let's just walk around the lake

Get to know each other

Sit and talk, let's take a walk

All your words hit like the ocean

Open up your arms to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh ohhh

Open up your heart to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh ohhh

Let me see your smile now

In the sunshine

Let me see your hair go black

In the ocean, ohhh ohhh

Open up your heart to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh ohhh

Open up those arms to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh oh oh oh

Will you open…open up to me

Open up your arms to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh ohhh

Open up your heart to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh ohhh

Open up your arms to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh ohhh

Open up those hearts to me

I'm in heaven, ohhh oh oh oh

John Lennon - Working Class Hero

As soon as you're born they make you feel small

By giving you no time instead of it all

'Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school

They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool

'Til you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years

Then they expect you to pick a career

When you can't really function, you're so full of fear

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion, and sex, and T.V.

And you think you're so clever and classless and free

But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

There's room at the top they are telling you still

But first you must learn how to smile as you kill

If you want to be like the folks on the hill

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

If you want to be a hero well just follow me

If you want to be a hero well just follow me

Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Shakedown 1979

Cool kids never have the time

On a live wire right up off the street

You and I should meet

Junebug skipping like a stone

With the headlights pointed at the dawn

We were sure we'd never see an end to it all

And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues

And we don't know just where our bones will rest

To dust I guess

Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below

Double-cross the vacant and the bored

They're not sure just what we have in store

Morphine city slipping dues down to see

That we don't even care as restless as we are

We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts

And poured cement, lamented and assured

To the lights and towns below

Faster than the speed of sound

Faster than we thought we'd go

Beneath the sound of hope

Justine never knew the rules,

Hung down with the freaks and ghouls

No apologies ever need be made

I know you better than you fake it to see

That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues

And we don't know just where our bones will rest

To dust I guess

Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below

The street heats the urgency of now

As you see there's no one around

Paradise Lost - Once Solemn

Once solemn, the things I’m leaving alone

Once solemn, the looks that turn one to stone

And I’m learning the highs and the lows of the panic inside

And I’m learning the highs and the lows of the fake promises

Your powers electrify me

Your prowess repels apathy

Your image can turn your soul to stone

I can’t find another way

I can’t find the words to say…

Unchaining the thing that’s holding me down

And it’s frustrating, the pressure’s getting me down

And I’m trying to live with a bad decision every day

It’s a fever that’s eating away in search of a fast release

Your powers electrify me

Devour the one that’s guilty

Your image can turn a soul to stone

I can’t find another way

I can’t find the words to say…

Alanis Morissette - You Owe Me Nothing in Return

I'll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance if you want it

I will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want if you need it

You can speak of anger and doubts your fears and freak outs and I'll hold it

You can share your so-called shame filled accounts of times in your life and I won't judge it

(and there are no strings attached to it)

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give

You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have

I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege

And you owe me nothing in return

You can ask for space for yourself and only yourself and I'll grant it

You can ask for freedom as well or time to travel and you'll have it

You can ask to live by yourself or love someone else and I'll support it

You can ask for anything you want anything at all and I'll understand it

(and there are no strings attached to it)

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give

You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have

I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege

And you owe me nothing in return

I bet you're wondering when the next payback shoe will eventually drop

I bet you're wondering when my conditional police will force you to cough up

I bet you wonder how far you have now danced you way back into debt

This is the only kind of love as I understand it that there really is

You can express your deepest of truths even if it means I'll lose you and I'll hear it

You can fall into the abyss on your way to your bliss I'll empathize with

You can say that you have to skip town to chase your passion and I'll hear it

You can even hit rock bottom have a mid-life crisis and I'll hold it

(and there are no strings attached)

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give

You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have

I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege

And you owe me nothing in return

The Cure - At Night

Sunk deep in the night

I sink in the night

Standing alone underneath the sky

I feel the chill of ice

On my face

I watch the hours go by

The hours go by

You sleep

Sleep in a safe bed

Curled and protected

Protected from sight

Under a safe roof

Deep in your house

Unaware of the changes at night

At night

I hear the darkness breathe

I sense the quiet despair

Listen to the silence

At night

Someone has to be there

Someone has to be there

Someone must be there

The Smiths - Rubber Ring

A sad fact widely known

The most impassionate song

To a lonely soul

Is so easily outgrown

But don't forget the songs

That made you smile

And the songs that made you cry

When you lay in awe

On the bedroom floor

And said : "Oh, oh, smother me Mother..."

No...

Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring

La...

The passing of time

And all of its crimes

Is making me sad again

The passing of time

And all of its sickening crimes

Is making me sad again

But don't forget the songs

That made you cry

And the songs that saved your life

Yes, you're older now

And you're a clever swine

But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

The passing of time leaves empty lives

Waiting to be filled (the passing...)

The passing of time

Leaves empty lives

Waiting to be filled

I'm here with the cause

I'm holding the torch

In the corner of your room

Can you hear me?

And when you're dancing and laughing

And finally living

Hear my voice in your head

And think of me kindly

No...

Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring

La...

No...

Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring

Do you

Love me like you used to?

Oh...

Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring

La...

You're clever

Everybody's clever nowadays

You're clever

Everybody's clever nowadays

You are sleeping

You do not want to believe

You are sleeping

You do not want to believe

You are sleeping

You do not want to believe

You are sleeping

A Perfect Circle - The Hollow

Run desire run

Sexual being

Run him like a blade

To and through the heart

No conscience

One Motive

Cater to the hollow

Screaming feed me here

Fill me up again

Temporarily pacify this hungering

So grow

Libido throw

Dominoes of indiscretions down

Falling all around

In cycles

In circles

Constantly consuming

Conquer and devour

Cause it's time to bring the fire down

Bridle all this indiscretion

Long enough to edify

And permanently fill this hollow

Screaming feed me here

Fill me up again

Temporarily pacifying

Feed me here

Fill me up again

Temporarily pacifying

The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy

The day is my enemy

The night my friend

The day is my enemy

The night my friend

Down!

Down, get down, get down, get down, get get down down down down

D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-Down!

The day is my enemy

The night my friend (down)

The day is my enemy

The night my friend (down)

Down!

Down!

Down!

Down!

The day is my enemy

The night my friend

The day is my enemy

The night my friend

Down, down, down, down,

Get down!

Get down!

Get down!

Get down!

The day is my enemy

The night my friend

The day is my enemy

The night my friend

Get down!

The day is my enemy

The night my friend (get down)

The day is my enemy

The night my friend

Down, down, down, down,

Get down, get down, get

Kaiser Chiefs - We Stay Together

The Strokes - 50/50

Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun