The Mixed Tape of My Life

Hi! This is my page dedicated to my favorite songs. On this page you may find some of the quotes that I used on my music page, but these are the whole songs. (Note: Just because I like the song, doesn't mean I agree w/ every lyric. I just think that they are well-worded.)

Mona Lisa by Guster ~ Either Way by Guster ~ Stronger by Britney Spears ~ Fast As You Can by Fiona Apple ~ Animal Song by Savage Garden ~ Affirmation by Savage Garden ~ Jupiter by Jewel ~ Stay by Lisa Loeb ~ Insensitive by Jan Arden ~ Hey Leonardo by Blessid Union of Souls ~ Allstar by Smashmouth ~ Daydream Believer by The Monkees ~ Iris by Goo Goo Dolls ~ Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Back 2 Good by Matchbox Twenty" ~ Jumper by Third Eye Blind ~ Santa Fe from Newsies ~ Reflections from Mulan ~ Seasons Of Love from RENT


Mona Lisa
Guster

If in the morning you look up
Fake a smile and you sigh
Don’t fear the future
In the years to come you’ll learn
I used to sit and watch the pouring rain
I used to wish to be back home again
I hadn’t the strength then
I hadn’t the chance to reveal it
But it’s all in your hands
When do we begin?
Although you’re so sad
Discover things never had
It makes you wonder
A life alone you’ll learn
You’ll learn
When do we begin?



Either Way
Guster

You were almost kind, you were almost true
Don't let me see that other side of you
You have learned in time that you must be cruel
I'll have to wait to get the best of you
Poison in everything you said
Don't you, don't you?
Wonder what difference does it make......Either way
You were almost kind, you were almost true
Why give away that other side of you
Happens every time, so it must be true
Step on a kid, he'll grow up hating you
Poison in everything you said
Don't you, don't you
Wonder what difference does it make....Either way
Were you ever kind, were you always cruel?
Who's ever seen that other side of you?
Happened every time, so it must be true?
Where did you learn it's either him or you?
You were almost kind, you were almost true
Don't let me see that other side of you
You have learned in time that you must be cruel
I'll have to wait to get the best of you
Poison in everything you said
Don't you, don't you?
Wonder what difference does it make......Either way(2x)



Stronger
Britney Spears

Ooh hey. yeah

Hush, just stop
There's nothing you can
do or say, baby
I've had enough
I'm not your property as from today, baby
You might think that I won't
make it on my own
But now I'm...

CHORUS
Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing
me no more
I'm stronger

Than I ever thought that
I could be, baby
I used to go with the flow
Didn't really care 'bout me
You might think that I can't
take it, but you're wrong
'Cause now I'm...

CHORUS - repeat

Come on, now
Oh yeah

Here I go, on my own
I don't need nobody,
better off alone
Here I go, on my own now
I don't need nobody,
not anybody
Here I go, alright, here I go

CHORUS - repeat


Fast As You Can
Fiona Apple

I let the beast in too soon, I don't know how to live
Without my hand on his throat; I fight him always & still
O darling, it's so sweet, you think you know how crazy I am
-How crazy I am
You say you don't spook easy, you won't go, but I know And I pray that you will
-Fast as you can, baby run-free yourself of me
Fast as you can
I may be soft in your palm but I'll soon grow
Hungry for a fight, and I will not let you win
My pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will
Disprove your faith in man
So if you catch me trying to find my way into your
Heart from under your skin
-Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
Fast as you can
Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
Fast as you can
Sometimes my mind don't shake and shift
But most of the time, it does
And I get to the place where I'm begging for a lift
Or I'll drown in the wonders and the was
And I'll be your girl, if you say it's a gift
And you give me some more of your drugs
Yeah, I'll be your pet, if you just tell me it's a gift
Cuz I'm tired of whys, choking on whys
Just need a little because, because
I let the beast in and then;
I even tried forgiving him, but it's too soon
So I'll fight again, again, again, again, again.
And for a little while more, I'll soar the
Uneven wind, complain and blame
The sterile land
But if you're getting any bright ideas, quiet dear
I'm blooming within
Fast as you can, baby wait watch me, I'll be out
Fast as I can, maybe late but at least about
Fast as you can leave me, let this thing
Run its route
Fast as you can
Fast as you can
Fast as you can
Fast as you can


Animal Song
Savage Garden

When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
Television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Subway makes me nervous people pushing me too far
Got to break away so take my hand now because
I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet

I've been having difficulties keeping to myself
Feeling and emotions better left upon the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth they never lie
Which one is more human?
There's a thought now you decide
Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands
Would you like to make a run for it?
Would you like to take my hand?

I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet

Sometimes this life can get you down
It's so confusing there's so many rules to follow
But I don't feel it because I just run away in my mind

When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
Television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Animals and children tell the truth they never lie
Which one is more human?
There's a though now you decide

Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands
Would you like to make a run for it?
Would you like to take my hand?

I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet.


Affirmation
Savage Garden

I believe the sun should never set upon an arguement
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self-esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogomy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe your family is worth more than money or gold

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones to disagree are millionares

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endore TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye


Everything You Want
Vertical Horizon

Somewhere there’s speaking
It’s already coming in
Oh and it’s rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you’re here and you don’t know why
But under skinned knees and the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won’t return

Chorus
He’s everything you want
He’s everything you need
He’s everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don’t know why

You’re waiting for someone
To put you together
You’re waiting for someone to push you away
There’s always another wound to discover
There’s always something more you wish he’d say

Chorus

But you’ll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It’s only what you’re asking for
And you’ll be just fine
With all of your time
It’s only what you’re waiting for
Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won’t return

Chorus

I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don’t know why
And I don’t know why
Why
I don’t know


Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)
Jewel

Venus de Milo in her half-baked shell
Understood the nature of love very well
She said, "A good love is delicious, you can't get enough too soon. It makes you so crazy you want to swallow the moon."
Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame

Take these stars from my crown
Let the years fall down
Lay me out in firelight
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side
Say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Could swallow the moon

My hands are two travelers they've crossed ocean and lands
Yet they are too small on the continent of your skin
Wandering, wandering I could spend my life
Traveling the length of your body each night

Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars from my crown
Let the years fall down
Lay me out in firelight
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side
And say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Could swallow the moon
Swallow the moon

Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars from my crown
Let the years fall down
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side

Amd say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Could swallow the moon
Swallow the moon
Swallow the moon
Swallow the moon


Stay
Lisa Leob

You say, I only hear what I want to
And you say, I only talk so all the time-so

And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving
I know that I did something wrong, cause I missed you
Yeah, I missed you

And you say that I only hear what I want to
That I don't listen hard
Don't pay attention
To the distance that you're running, or to anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative, no, no, no-bad

So I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
And this woman was singing my song
Lovers in love and the other runs away
The lover is crying cause the other won't stay
And some of us hover when we weep for the other who
Was dying since the day they were born, well
This is not that
I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown
And I thought I'd live forever
And now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhow, or anywhere with you.

And you said that I was naive
And I thought that I was strong
I thought "Hey, I can leave, I can leave"
But now I know that I was wrong cause I missed you
Yeah, I missed you

You said "You caught me cause you want me
And one day I'll let you go"
You try to give away a keeper, or keep me cause you know
You're just too scared to lose

And you say "Stay"

You say, I only hear what I want to



Insensitive
Jan Arden

How do you cool your lips
After a summer's kiss?
How do you rip the sweat
After the body bliss?
How do you turn your eyes
From a romantic glare?
How do you block the sound of a voice
You'd know anywhere?

Oh, I really should have known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Casual goodbyes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me
Maybe you might have
Some advice to give
On how to be insensitive
Insensitive, insensitive

How do you numb your skin
After the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood
After the body rush?
How do you free your soul
After you've found a friend?
How do you teach your heart it's a crime
To fall in love again?

Oh you prob'ly won't remember me
It's prob'ly ancient history
I'm one of the chosen few
Who went ahead and fell for you
I'm out of role, I'm out of touch
I fell too fast, I feel too much
I thought that you might have
Some advice to give
On how to be insensitive

Oh, I really should have known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Casual goodbyes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me
Maybe you might have
Some advice to give
On how to be insensitive
Insensitive, insensitive


Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)
Blessid Union of Souls

She don't care about my car
She don't care about my money
And that's real good because I don't got alot to spend
But if I did it wouldn't mean nothin'

She likes me for me
Not because I look like Tyson Beckford
With the charm of Robert Redford
Oozing out my ears
But what she sees
Are my faults and indecisions
My insecure conditions
And the tears upon the pillow that I shed

She don't care about my big screen
Or my collection of DVD's
Things like that just never mattered much to her
Plus she don't watch too much t.v.

And she don't care that I can fly her
To places she ain't never been
But if she really wants to go
I think deep down she knows that
All she has to say is when

She likes me for me
Not because I hang with Leonardo
Or that guy who played in "Fargo"
I think his name is Steve
She's the one for me
And I just can't live without her
My arms belong around her
And I'm so glad I found her once again

And I'm so glad I found her once again
And I'm so glad I found her once again
Gazing at the ceiling
as we entertain our feelings in the dark
The things we're afraid pf are gonna show us
what we're made of in the end

She likes me for me
Not because I sing like Pavarotti
Or because I'm such a hottie
I like her for her
Not because she's phat like Cindy Crawford
She has got so much to offer
Why does she waste all her time with me
There must be something I don't see

She likes me fore me
Not because I'm tough like Dirty Hairy
Make her laugh just like Jim Carrey
Unlike the Cable Guy
But what she sees
Is that I can't live without her
My arms belong around
And I'm so glad I found her once again.

All Star
Smashmouth

Somebody once told me
The world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb
With her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an L on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Did it make sense not to live for fun?
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the backstreets?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow

(Chorus)
Hey now
you're an all star
Get your game on, go play
Hey now
You're a rock star
Get the show on, get paid
All that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold

It's a cool place
And they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now wait till you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The water's getting warm
So you might as well swim
My world's on fire
How about yours?
That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored
(To chorus x 2)

Somebody once asked,
Could you spare some change for gas, I need to get
myself away from this place.
I said Yup,
what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Did it make sense not to live for fun?
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the backstreets?
You'll never know if you don't go, GO!
You'll never shine if you don't glow.
(To Chorus)

Inside Out
Eve 6

I would swallow my pride
I would choke on the rhines
But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside
I would swallow my doubt turn it inside out find nothing but faith in nothing
Want to put my tender heart in a blender
Watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion
Rendezvous then I'm through with you

I burn burn like wicker cabinet chalk white and oh so frail
I see our time has gotten stale
The tick tock of the clock is painful
All sane and logical I want to tear it off the wall
I hear words in clips and phrases I think sick like ginger ale
My stomach turns and I exhale

I would swallow my pride
I would jump on the rhines
But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside
I would swallow my doubt turn it inside out find nothing but faith in nothing
Want to put my tender heart in a blender
Watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion
Rendezvous then I'm through with you

So Cal is where my mind states but it's not my state of mind
I'm not as ugly sad as you
Or am I origami
Folded up and just pretend demented as the motives in your head

I would swallow my pride
I would choke on the rhines
But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside
I would swallow my doubt turn it inside out find nothing but faith in nothing
Want to put my tender heart in a blender
Watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion
Rendezvous then I'm through with you

I alone am the one you don't know you need take heed feed your ego
Make me blind when your eyes close sink when you get close tie me to the bedpost

I would swallow my pride
I would choke on the rhines
but the lack thereof would leave me empty inside
I would swallow my doubt turn it inside out find nothing but faith in nothing
Want to put my tender heart in a blender
Watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion
Rendezvous then I'm through with you

Daydream Believer
The Monkees

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings.
The six o'clock alarm would never ring.
But it rings and I rise,
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes.
My shavin' razor's cold and it stings.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed.
Now you know how happy I can be.
Oh, and our good times start and end
Without dollar one to spend.
But how much, baby, do we really need.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

Iris
Goo Goo Dolls

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I Will Remember You
Sarah McLachlan

(Chorus)
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Remember the good times that we had
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
Now clearly I first saw you smiling in the sun
I wanna feel your warmth upon me
I wanna be the one
(To Chorus)

I'm so tired
I can't sleep
Standing on the edge of something much to deep
It's funny how we feel so much
But cannot say a word
We are screaming inside
Oh, we can't be heard
(To Chorus)

So afraid to love you
More afraid to lose
I'm clinging to a past
That doesn't let me choose
Where once there was a darkness
A deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had
Oh, you gave me life
(To Chorus)

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

Back 2 Good
Matchbox Twenty

It's nothing, it's so normal you
just stand there I could say so much
but I don't go there cuz I don't want to
I was thinking if you were lonely
maybe we could leave here and no one would know
at least not to the point that we would think so

everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about somebody else
it's best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
but I'm lonely now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good

This don't mean that, you own me
this ain't no good, in fact it's phony as hell
but things worked out just like you wanted too
if you see me out you don't know me
try to turn your head, try to give me some room
to figure out just what I'm gonna do

and everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
it's best if we all keep this quiet instead
and I couldn't tell,
why everyone here was doing me like they do
but I'm sorry now, and I don't know how
to get it back to good

everyone here, is wondering what it's like to be somebody else
everyone here's to blame, everyone here
gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain,
everyone hides shades of shame,
but looking inside, we're the same, we're the same
and we're all grown now,
but we don't know how
to get it back to good

everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking 'bout somebody else
it's best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn't tell,
if anyone here was feeling the way I do
but it's over now, and I don't know how, it's over now
there's no getting back to good

Jumper
Third Eye Blind

I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend,

You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in,
And if you do not want to see me again, I would understand.
I would understand,
The angry boy, a bit too insane,
Icing over a secret pain,
You know you don't belong,
You're the first to fight, You're way too loud,
You're the flash of light, on a burial shroud
I know something's wrong,
Well everyone I know has got a reason, to say, put the past away
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again, I would understand,
I would understand
Well he's on the table, And he's gone to code,
And I do not think anyone knows
What they are doing here,
And your friends have left, You've been dismissed,
I never thought it would come to this, And I, I want you to know,
Everyone's got to face down the demons,
Maybe today, We can put the past away,
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend,
You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again, i would understand,
I would understand,
I would understand...
Can you put the past away, I wish you would step back
from that ledge my friend,
I would understand...

Santa Fe
Newsies

So that's what they call a family
Mother, daughter, father, son
Guess everything you heard about is true
So you ain't got any family
Well, who said you needed one?
Ain't ya glad nobody's waitin' up for you?

When I dream
on my own
I'm alone but I ain't lonely
For a dreamer night's the only time of day
When the city's finally sleepin'
All my thoughts begin to stray
And I'm on a train that's bound for Santa Fe
And I'm free
Like the wind
Like I'm gonna live forever
It's a feeling time can never take away
All I need's a few more dollars
And I'm outta here to stay
Dreams come true
Yes, they do
In Santa Fe

Where does it say you gotta live and die here?
Where does it say a guy can't catch a break?
Why should you only take what you're given?
Why should your whole life livin'
Trapped where there ain't no future
Even at seventeen
Breakin' your back for someone else's sake
If the life don't seem to suit ya
How 'bout a change of scene?
Far from the lousy headlines
And the deadlines in between

Santa Fe
Are you there?
Do you swear you won't forget me?
If I found you would you let me come and stay?
I ain't gettin' any younger
And before my dyin' day
I want space
Not just air
Let 'em laugh in my face
I don't care
Save a place
I'll be there

So that's what they call a family
Ain't ya glad you ain't that way?
Ain't you glad you got a dream called Santa Fe?

Reflections
Mulan

Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride
Or a perfect daughter
Can it be
I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see
That if I were truly to be myself
I would break my family's heart

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight
Back at me?
Why is my reflection someone
I don't know?
Somehow I cannot hide
who I am
Though I've tried
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

Seasons Of Love
RENT

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred tweny-five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand siz hundred minutes
How do you measure-measure a year?

In daylights - In sunsets
In Midnights - In cups of coffee
In inches - In miles
In laughter - In strife
In - Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure a year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love

Soloist #1:
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

Soloist #2:
In truths that she learned
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she died

All:
It's time now - To sing out
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends

Remember the love
Remember the love
Remember the love
Measure in love

Soloist #1:
Measure Measure your life in love

All:
Seasons of love...


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Musical Quotes

Music Quotes (may have some of the lyrics from these songs)

People Quotes

Book Quotes