Lyrics
As many of you who know me may know, music is a big thing to me. I study it , listen to it, and play it. One of my favorite things about music is the lyrics in songs. You know, how sometimes the words to a song can just take you over, stick themselves into your head, and just leave a profound impact upon you. Well, here are some songs that do that, or something like that, to me. Hopefully you may know of some of these songs, and I hope you enjoy them as I did. Odds are you'll find at least one song you like; I've got a nice little variety. Well, as with my other pages, check back often; I'm sure I'll be updating. Hope ya like these songs!
Spaceship
by Angie Aparo
When you gonna grow up
Momma always said
Are you gonna walk around with a silly grin
And a bubble on your head
A spaceship landed by the mall
There was a big parade
Everybody got laid
And they burned all the books and the Chevrolets
And they grow so fast they never crawl
If you get tired of satellite flyers
And fame has let you down
Under the wire and over the moon
I'm around
When you gonna grow up
Momma always said
I just wanna walk around with a dollar bill
And a coat that never sheds
A spaceship landed on the water
It was a holiday
For the underpaid
Everybody got a haricut and lemonade
And the smiled just like it was their father.
Play me a groove one for my radio or for my love
That came and went
So many stories, hey man I'm sorry
Joe, this is just a song to pay the rent
...When you gonna grow up
Third Time Around
by Angie Aparo
He came from Ohio
Married the first girl again
And Somewhere in Reno
In his El Camino he never did see her again
No world can look like it did before
But this one comes pretty close
To the swinging door
One time's a shame
Two time and you're to blame
And you lose your precious crown
The Third Time Around
This ain't no freeway
You pay for it someday-I guess
He came from Ohio
Another day another stain on your map of regret
No world can look like it did before
But this one comes pretty close to the swinging door
And you get no sleep and you're over due
The faithful creep when they're leaving you
And you wonder why
One time's a shame
Two time and it looks like rain
And they say your luck is found
The Third Time Around
Wonderland
by Angie Aparo
Take a piece of the sky
Make it rain cherry wine
Give her love give her life
Give her mine
She's a child young and willing
In a world that's unforgiving
That in time takes all the living
From your soul
I stand in the night with a silver sword
Killing her demons beating 'em off her door
Sleep baby don't you cry
Daddy's got a worn-out lullaby
And I live forever dark and damned
To see you spend one minute
In Wonderland
She can run free forever
Still our blood runs us together
I'll be there if she runs home
For worse or better
I know you like Adam knew Eve
Ever tear you cry is a tear that I will bleed
Sleep baby don't you cry
Daddy's got a worn-out lullaby
And I live forever dark and damned
To see you spend one minuted
In Wonderland
What I Didn't Know
by Athenaeum
I complain
When nothing's even wrong
And you're ashamed
Cause you're not quite that strong
That's when I said I'll need
More than you can offer me
But I miss your face as you can tell
I hope my absence makes you well
Cause what I didn't know
Is I was killing you
I said a lot of things
That I didn't mean to
But I am older now
And I am sorry too
So I can wait awhile
If it brings me back to you
I am shy
I never speak a word
And you are numb
From all the things you never heard
That's when I said I'll need
More than you can offer me
But now I own an empty space
And I can't fill it with your face
Cause what I didn't know
Is I was killing you
I said a lot of things that I didn't mean to
But I am older now
And I believe in you
So I can wait awhile
If it brings me back to you
that's when I said I'll need
more than you can offer me
I'm gonna miss your face as you can tell
I hope my abscence makes you well, yeah
'cause what I didn't know
is I was killing you
I said a lot of things that I didn't mean to
but I am older now
and I believe in you
so I can wait awhile
if it brings me back to you
Time Ago
by Black Lab
i watch your window for hours.
moon has set down without us.
all by ourselves riding in the front seat watch the sun come up.
all by ourselves we would run.
remember?
it was so long ago.
it was a long time ago.
feel your hand close beside me.
hear the highway behind me.
all by ourselves we made love under the sleeping moonless night.
all by ourselves we would run.
remember?
it was so long ago.
it was a long time ago.
i couldn't stop you crying,
or stop myself from fighting back.
i tried but never hard enough.
don't you remember, love?
all by myself i can see it like it's right before my eyes.
by myself time goes by.
remember?
it was so long ago.
it was a long time ago.
21 Days
by Blink 182
My mind wanders as I'm trying not to fall in love with you
'Cause every time I awake I ponder on my mistakes of
What I said, it is always my esteem that I sure lose
Playing those stupid games as I always end up chasing you
I can't help myself anymore
Rehearsing my thoughts as I'm too scared to come to your door
I pushed it all aside just to stand next to you
But now you won't talk to me for something that I didn't do
It's not gonna work
And I'm trying not to think of you
I'm all confused as I think of the things that I would do
I'm all shook up as I get all nervous inside
My emotions are something that I will always hide
Apple Shampoo
by Blink 182
She didn't mean to deceive you, believe me
But sometimes the hardest part is conceiving
The good intentions that you had
Now only came to this
And although she saw the mark
The arrow missed
It isn't exciting reciting the stories
Of kind words turned hurting when routine get boring
Both getting tired of punk rock clubs
And both playing in punk rock bands
The start was something good
But some good things must end
And she said, "It could never survive
With such differing lives
One home, one out on tour again
We may never come back
The strike of a match
The candle's buring at both ends.
And now she knows too much
And I'm too fucked up
It's awkward trying to make my move
I'll pretend that I'm fine
Show up right on time
But I know I'll never be that cool
I never wanted to hold you back
I just wanted to hold on
But my chance is gone
I know / just where / I stand / a boy
Trapped in the body of a man and
I'll take what you're willing to give
And I'll teach myself to live
With a walk-on part of a background shot
From a movie I'm not in
She's so important
And I'm so retarded
And now I realize
I should have kissed you in L.A.
But I drove home all alone
As if I had a choice, anyway
Where are you coming from?
What are you running from?
Is it so hard to see?
And if you're feeling scared
Remember the time we shared
You know it meant everything (everything)
You know that it meant everything to me
You know that it meant everything to me
Dammit
by Blink 182
It's alright / to tell me / what you think / about me
I won't try / to argue / or hold it / against you
I know that / you're leaving / you must have / your reasons
The season / is calling / and your pictures / are falling down
The steps that / I retrace / the sad look / on your face
The timing / and structure / did you hear / he f*cked her?
A day late / a buck short / I'm writing / the report
On losing / and failing / when I move / I'm flailing now
And it's happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
Sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And I've been here for too long
To face this on my own
Well I guess this is growing up
Well I guess this is growing up
And maybe / I'll see you / at a movie / sneak preview
You'll show up / and walk by / on the arm / of that guy
And I'll smile / and you'll wave / we'll pretend / it's okay
The charade / it won't last / when he's gone / I won't come back
And it'll happen once again
You'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
And sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And you've been there for too long
To face this on your own
Well I guess this is growing up
Well, I guess this is growing up [4x]
Well, I guess this is growing up
D!ck Lips
by Blink 182
Please, mom
You ground me all the time
I know that I was right
All along
And I'm hoping
Remember I'm a kid
I know not what I did
Just having fun
You couldn't wait for something new
And yesterday I thought of you
It left me to think as if I couldn't walk away
It's too late, I fell through
Nothing to lose
A boy who went out when he finished all his chores
Nothing to do
They can't trust me because I blew it once before
Sh!t, dad
Please don't kick my @$$
I know I've seen you trashed
At least one time
Can I blame it
On one of my dumb friends
It's been awhile
Since I have used that line
You couldn't wait for something new
And yesterday I thought of you
It left me to think as if I couldn't walk away
It's too late, I fell through
Nothing to lose
A boy who went out when he finished all his chores
Nothing to do
They can't trust me because I blew it once before
(Alright)
Nothing to lose
A boy who went out when he finished all his chores
Nothing to do
They can't trust me because I blew it once before
Belgium
by Bowling for Soup
Lately i feel so small
Or maybe its just that my bed has grown
I never noticed it before but you were there
So how was i to know
BRIDGE
That this single bed
Was always meant for two
Not just anyone
It was meant for me and you
CHORUS
And now your halfway round the world
And im just a day behind
Nothin seems to fill the hole
That i have since you left my side
You'll always be my little girl
Though i cant hold you tonight
And now your halfway round the world
And i'm just a day behind
I wake up in the night
I turn around and find that you're not there
I just like to watch you sleep and lay by you
I love to feel you near
I think im going crazy
Everyday confusion starts to grow
I never noticed it before
But you were there so how was i to know
The Bitch Song
by Bowling for Soup
Is it ok if I speak to you today
You've been pissed off for a week now
but, nothing I could say could make you look up.
Or crack up. Is there anything that I can do
Anything to show you
(chorus)
You're a bitch
but, I love you anyway
OH OH You can't sing
But, You still put me to sleep
Baby, You're a bitch
Hey Hey Hey Hey
You make me sick
But, Don't ever go away
So you tell me that there's nothing left to say
I drive you face the window
Then you're in my face telling me to grow up
I wish you'd grow up
I can't wait until you fall asleep, I wonder if you know that
(chorus)
BREAK
(chorus)
Yeah you're a bitch but I love you anyway
So why don't you......Stay
Boulevard
by Bowling for Soup
Back there somewhere
I can hear her calling out .
I've got so much I can tell her
She knows I miss her,
I know she thinks about me too.
I can just cannot wait to kiss her
Bridge:
On the boulevard we danced
I tell her if I get the chance
Just what all this means to me.
Maybe I should say we can run away
Never look back
Never doubt it.
CHORUS
You don't owe me anything
I owe everything to you
Take my hand and
Hold on.
I think she likes me
I can see it when she laughs
She won't say it but I see it
Loves to wake me
Just to see if I'm asleep
Or just to tell me to move closer
Dance With You
by Bowling for Soup
How's it feel to be alone now
how's it feel to be by yourself
you got me, I didn't get you back
then you got me, again
(chorus)
You got inside through a hole in my defenses
and how you fit I'll never understand
but you got into me, and I got into you
and now, I wanna do it again
How's it feel to know now
whatcha think 'bout that
you got me, now we can't go back
you'll never get me again
I only wanna Dance with you
I only wanna Dance with you
You go up down turn around merry go round and round
shake it shake it two time dose doe cotten eyed joe
run around pull me down never gonna come around
I'm never gonna forget you
Glycerine
by Bush
must be your skin i'm sinking in
must be for real cus now i can feel
i didn't mind
it's not my kind
it's not my time to wonder why
everything gone white
everything's grey
now you're here
now you're away
i don't want this remember that
i'll never forget where you're at
don't let the days go by
glycerine
glycerine
i'm never alone
i'm alone all the time
are you at one
do you lie
we live in a wheel
where everyone steals
when we rise it's like strawberry fields
i treated you bad
you bruise my face
couldn't love you more
you got a beautiful taste
don't let the days go by
could've been easier on you
i couldn't change though i wanted to
shoulda been easier the three
our old friend fear and you and me
glycerine glycerine
don't let the days go by
glycerine
don't let the days go by
glycerine glycerine
glycerine glycerine
bad mood whine again
bad mood whine again
and she falls around me
i needed us more
we wanted us less
could not kiss
just regress
it might just be
clear simple and plain
well that's just fine
that's just one of my names
don't let the days go by
could've been easier on you, you, you
glycerine glycerine
glycerine
Mouth*
by Bush
you gave me this
made me give
your silver grin
still sticking it in
you have soul machine
soul machine
the longest kiss
peeling furniture days
drift madly to you
pollute my heart drain
you have broken at me
broken me
all your mental armor drags me down
nothing hurts like your mouth
your loaded smiles
pretty just desserts
wish it all for you
so much it never hurts
you have soul machine
stone at me
all your mental armor drags me down
we can't breathe when you come around
all your mental armor drags me down
nothing hurts like your mouth mouth mouth
your mouth mouth mouth
your mouth mouth mouth
we've been missing long before
never found our way home
we've been missing long before
where we'll find our way
you gave me this
made me give
you have soul machine
broken free
all your mental armor drags me down
we can't breathe when you come around
all your mental armor drags me down
nothing hurts like your mouth mouth mouth
your mouth mouth mouth
your mouth mouth mouth
all your mental armor
all your mental armor
and your mouth
mouth
*this one's for you, K!
A Letter to Elise
by The Cure
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
I know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire
The way they should
The way the blue could pull me in
If they only would
If they only would
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else
That hides away
From me and you
There're worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands can make
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms round
Yesterday
I stood and stared
Wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back
The way I wanted to
But I just can't hold my tears away
The way you do
Elise believe I never wanted this
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out...
So Elise
It doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this
And every time I try to pick it up
Like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up
It runs away through my clutching hands
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else
I can really do
At all...
Tiptoe
by Ani DiFranco
tiptoeing through the used condoms
strewn on the piers
off the west side highway
sunset behind the skyline of jersey
walking towards the water
with a fetus holding court in my gut
my body highjacked
my tits swollen
I'm sore
the river has more colors at sunset than my sock drawer ever dreamed of
I could wake up screaming sometimes
but I don't
I could step off the end of this pier
but I've got shit to do
and I've an appointment on tuesday
to shed uninvited blood and tissue
I'll miss you I say to the river
to the water
to the son or
daughter I thought better of
I could fall in love with jersey at sunset
but I leave
the view
to the rats
and tiptoe back
32 Flavors
by Ani DiFranco
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
and I'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you're going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said
both my parents taught me about good will
and I have done well by their names
just the kindness I've lavished on strangers
is more than I can explain
still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
just so I would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
til I'd passed and left them alone
and god help you if you are an ugly girl
course too pretty is also your doom
cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
and god help you if you are a pheonix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying back
I'm not trying to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
I'm not saying that I'm a saint
I just don't want to live that way
no, I will never be a saint
but I will always say
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you're starving
and eating all of the words you said
All My Fault
by Fenix TX (formerly River Fenix)
I guess we've had our fun, but it seems our fun is over now
and that's all right. It's all right
Time for me to move along and after all is said and done
I'll be all right. It's all right
Tell me something that's sure to break my heart
cause everythings my fault
and I know that I deserve to be alone
cause everything's my fault
Here we go again unsuccessful to make amends
but that's all right and it's all right
I've tried as hard as I can but I can't seem to understand
how it's all right and it's all right
Tell me something that's sure to break my heart
cause everythings my fault
and I know that I deserve to be alone
cause everything's my fault
I guess it's over now your honesty has all run out
but that's all right and it's all right
I just can't see how the hell you can make believe
that it's all right and it's all right
Ben
by Fenix TX (formerly River Fenix)
Ask me a question I'll tell you all I know
you ask for my advice and then you take a different road
you traveled oh so far left everyone who cared far behind,
left us all behind
How could I have ever saved you,
the only thing I'd ever done was cared.
How could I have ever blamed you,
you never promised that you would always be there
I'll never know what you were thinking on that night
you saw him on the road and took the angel for a ride.
He gave you confidence as you yeared for your own praise,
then took your soul away
Take a diffrent road take a chance to know
There's so much more than winning
Take a different way wait another day
Now it seems that it's too late and...
How could I have ever saved you,
the only thing I'd ever done was cared.
How could I have ever blamed you,
you never promised that you would always be there
Speechless
by Fenix TX (formerly River Fenix)
I never said a thing to hurt you
Its what I didn't say that made you cry
And in all honesty I never would have deserted you
I never dreamt that you would say goodbye
I'll close my eyes, tell another lie
think of yesterday, think of everything you said
There's nothing left to say
It's just another day without you here
and it seems a long long time since you went away
and I fear, I'll dream another dream about you clear
and I'm afraid to close my eyes
I'll close my eyes, tell another lie
think of yesterday, think of everything you said
There's nothing left to say
It's just another day without you here
and it seems a long long time since you went away
and I fear, I'll dream another dream about you dear
and I'm afraid to close my eyes
I'll dream another dream of you
cause that's all that I can do
I'll dream another dream today
and I'll dream my life away
I'll close my eyes, so I don't have to see you leave
tell another lie, anything to keep you here
think of yesterday, think of everything you said
Shimmer
by Fuel
She calls me from the cold
Just when I was low, feeling short of stable
And all that she intends
And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label
She say's she's ashamed
And can she take me for a while
And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past
But maybe I'm not able
And I break at the bend
We're here and now, but will we ever be again
'Cause I have found
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
Away again
She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her
She says that love is for fools that fall behind
And I'm somewhere in between
I never really know
A killer from a savior
'Til I break at the bend
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away...
Guess I'll let it go
Black Balloon
by the Goo Goo Dolls
Baby's black ballon makes her fly
I almost fell into that hole in your life
And you’re not thinking about tomorrow
’Cause you were the same as me
But on your knees
A thousand other boys could never reach you
How could I have been the one
I saw the world spin beneath you
And scatter like ice from the spoon
That was your womb
Comin’ down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Or are you someone’s prayer
You know the lies they always told you
And the love you never knew
What’s the things they never showed you
That swallowed the light from the sun
Inside your room
Comin’ down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
And there’s no time left for losin’
When you stand they fall
Comin’ down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you grow colder
All because I’m
Comin’ down the years turn over
And angels fall without you there
And I’ll go on to bring you home
All because I’m
All because I’m
And I’ll become
What you became to me
Long Way Down
by the Goo Goo Dolls
Oh here you are, there's nothing left to say
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out? did they throw you away?
Touch me now and I don't care
When you take me I'm not there
Almost human, but I'll never be the same
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
You're not supposed to be that way
And anything you want, there's nothing I could say
Is there anything to feel?
Is it pain that makes you real?
Cut me off before it kills me
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
Take another piece of me
Give my mind a new disease
And the black and white world never fades to gray
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Name
by the Goo Goo Dolls
And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
'Cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost or thrown away
And now we're grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
But if you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell em' your name
And scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
Did you get to be a star
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are
We grew up way too fast
And now there's nothing to believe
Reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell em' your name
I won't tell em' your name
Mmm, mmm, mmm,
I won't tell em' your name
Ow!
I think about you all the time
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are come back down,
And I won't tell em your name
Slide
by the Goo Goo Dolls
Could you whisper in my ear
The things you wanna feel
I give you anything
To feel it comin’
Do you wake up on your own
And wonder where you are
You live with all your faults
Chorus:
I wanna wake up where you are
I won’t say anything at all
So why don’t you slide
Yeah we’re gonna let it slide
Don’t you love the life you killed
The priest is on the phone
Your father hit the wall
Your ma disowned you
Don’t suppose I’ll ever know
What it means to be a man
Something I can’t change
I’ll live around it
Chorus
And I’ll do anything you ever
Dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothing that fall
May put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful
May do you wanna get married
Or run away
And I’ll do anything you ever
Dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothing that fall
May put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful
May do you wanna get married
Or run away
Chorus
J.A.R
by Green Day
My friend drove off the other day,
And now he's gone and all they say,
Is you gotta live cause life goes on
But now I see i'm mortal too
I can't live my life like you
Gotta live it up while life goes on
And I think it's alright
That I do what I like cause that's the way I wanna live
And so I give
And i'm still giving
And now I wonder about my friend
If he gave all he could give
Cause he lived his life like I live mine
If you could see inside my head
Then you'd start to understand
The things I value in my heart
You know that,
I know that,
Your watching me
Gotta make a plan
Gotta do what's right
Can't run around in circles
If you wanna build a life
But I don't wanna make a plan
For a day far away
While i'm young and while i'm able
All I wanna do is....
Last Nite Regrets
by Home Grown
A night of no rest, I was laying on her breast
A morning of regret, I realized I slept with my friend
A silent good-bye, she gave me no reply
I asked for a kiss
She answered with her fist
I fucked up again
I lost another friend
I am a user, I didn't mean to lose her
I couldn't keep my pants on, and she's hating me
Unable to think, had one too many drinks
When we were in bed, I was using my other head
Hating myself, I gave her no respect
I'm feeling like a pig, regretting what I did
I saw her again
She used to be my friend
No conversation, I had no explanation
She looked me in the eyes and she said to me...
Chorus:
She said "It's over"
She said "It's over"
She said "It's over"
Don't talk to me
And I said "I'm sorry"
"I'm sorry"
Chorus 3X:
Last night regrets
Kids
by Home Grown
Hey, think back when you were just a little kid, yeah
When everything you did , you always had so much fun
Lincoln logs and Tinker Toys
At school the girls would chase the boys
For some dumb reason I always ran
Prechorus:
Kids just havin fun
Nothing on our minds
Never on the run
Always havin a good time
A good time
Hey think back when, you first started kindergarten
When everyone in your class was your best friend
Dig a ton of tunnels in the sand
Painting pictures for our moms and dads
Knowing that they would be so proud
That "kid" resides in all of us, let it resound
Prechorus
Chorus:
A good time
Always havin a good time
Never wanting to grow old
Never wanting to grow old
Prechorus-chorus 2X
Reflections
by Home Grown
Reflecting on what we once shared
Now I know how much you really cared
You cared for me
I never did appreciate
The sacrifices that you made
You made for our love
our love
Chorus 2X:
I know that you deserve
More than I could ever offer
But I can't change who I am
And if you knew what was in store
Why did you persevere and endure
As long as you did
For our love
All the words left unsaid
I can't seem to get out of my head, my head
Believe me I meant you no harm, no harm
I'm sorry
Reflecting on what we once shared
Now I know much you really cared
You cared for our love
Suffer
by Home Grown
I saw my old friend the other day
It'd been 3 years since I went my separate way
I left him when he needed me the most
And up until this day I claimed innocence
Chorus 2X
And you suffered
I didn't mean to let you suffer
I didn't mean to let you suffer
I didn't mean to let you down
Nothing left for me at all
For selfish reasons I let a good friend fall
For circumstances that were beyond his control
I no longer claim my innocence
I didn't mean to let you down
I didn't mean to let you down
I didn't mean to let you down
I didn't mean to let you down
Miserable
by Lit
Stuck to a chair
Watchin' the Story about me
Everything goes by so fast
Making my head spin
Used up all of my friends
But who needs them
When you mean everything
I love the things that we should be fear
I'm not afraid of being here
So much the same
It makes me helpless alone
Nothing to share
Why should I
Care if you're near me
Give up all of my plans
But who needs them
When you mean everything
I love the things that we should fear
I'm not afraid of being here
SO much the same
It makes me helpless alone
You make me come
You make me complete
You make me completely miserable
I love the things that we should fear
I'm not afraid of being here
So much the same
It makes me helpless alone
You make me come
You make me complete
You make me completely miserable
Just Watch the Fireworks
by Jimmy Eat World
Here you can be anything.
I think that scares you.
I've been here before, but only by myself.
What giving up gives you and where giving up takes you.
I've had and I've been.
Here in center-frame, there's only air.
Just enough space to fit.
I said it out loud over and over but what do I know.
I said it out loud but it did not help.
I'll stop now.
Just so I can hear you I stay up as late as it takes, as long as it takes.
I promised I'd see it again.
I promised I'd see this with you now.
For Me This is Heaven
by Jimmy Eat World
The first star I see may not be a star.
We can't do a thing but wait.
So let's wait for one more.
The time such clumsy time in deciding if it's time.
I'm careful but not sure how it goes.
You can lose yourself in your courage.
The mindless comfort grows when I'm alone with my 'great' plans.
This is what she says gets her through it:
'If I don't let myself be happy now then when?'
If not now when?
When the time we have now ends.
When the big hand goes around again.
Can you still feel the butterflies?
Can you still hear the last goodnight?
Close my eyes and believe wherever you are, an angel for me.
Freak of the Week
by the Marvelous 3
I spend a lot on all the clothes that I got
Cuz all the geeks that I meet, they all look kooler than me
What to do when they're all looking at you
Cuz you're the freak of the week, cuz you're on the TV
Can you make me a promise
Stop it before we begin
Will you hold onto my head
If I ever loose it again
I've got a shrink, I swear he's elvis I think
He wears the koolest suede shoes, when I come in with the blues
He thinks it's all about culture and art, but the truth of it is, that it rips me apart
Can you make me a promise
Stop it before we begin
Will you hold onto my head
If I ever loose it again
Tell me I sold out
Tell me I sold out go ahead
Long Day
by Matchbox20
it’s sitting by the overcoat, the second shelf, the note she wrote that I can’t bring myself to throw away and also reach she said for no one else but you, cuz you won’t turn away when someone else is gone
I’m sorry ‘bout the attitude I need to give when I’m with you but no one else would take this shit from me and I’m so terrified of no one else but me I’m here all the time I won’t go away it’s me, yeah I can’t get myself to go away it’s me, and I can’t get myself to go away oh God shouldn’t feel this way (chorus) reach down your hand in your pocket pull out some hope for me it’s been a long day, always ain’t that right and no Lord your hand won’t stop it just keep you trembling it’s been a long day, always ain’t that right
well I’m surprised that you’d believe in any thing that comes from me I didn’t hear from you or from someone else and you’re so set in life man, a pisser they’re waiting too damn bad you get so far so fast so what, so long (chorus) it’s me, yeah and I can’t get myself to go away it’s me, yeah and I can’t get myself to go away oh God I shouldn’t feel this way (chorus)
Push
by Matchbox20
she said I don’t know if I’ve ever been good enough I’m a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in and I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved by a hand that’s touched me, well I feel like something’s gonna give and I’m a little bit angry, well
this ain’t over, no not here, not while I still need you around you don’t owe me, we might change yeah we just might change (chorus) I wanna push you around, I will, I will I wanna push you down, I will, I will I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted I will
she said I don’t know why you ever would lie to me like I’m a little untrusting when I think that the truth is gonna hurt ya and I don’t know why you couldn’t just stay with me you couldn’t stand to be near me when my face don’t seem to want to shine cuz it’s a little bit dirty well
don’t just stand there, say nice things to me I’ve been cheated I’ve been wronged, and you you don’t know me, I can’t change I won’t do anything at all (chorus) oh but don’t bowl me over just wait a minute well it kinda fell apart, things get so crazy, crazy don’t rush this baby, don’t rush this baby (chorus)
Lullaby
by Shawn Mullins
she grew up with the children of the stars
in the hollywood hills and the boulevard
her parents threw big parties everyone was there
they hung out with folks like dennis hopper, bob seeger, sonny and cher
now, she feels safe in the bar on fairfax
and from the stage I can tell that she can't let go and she can't relax
and just before she hangs here head to cry
I sing to her a lullaby,
I sing everything's gonna be all right
rockabye, rockabye
she still lives with her mom outside the city
down that street about a half a mile
and all her friends tell her she's so pretty
but she'd be a whole lot prettier if she smiled once in a while
'cause even her smile looks like a frown
she's seen her share of devils in this angel town
but, everything's gonna be all right
rockabye, rockabye
I told her I ain't so sure about this place
it's hard to play a gig in this town and keep a straight face
seems like everyone here's got a plan
it's kind of like nashville with a tan
but, everything's gonna be all right
rockabye, rockabye
everything's gonna be all right
rockabye, rockabye
All in All
by My Friend Steve
Hey Victoria, do you still hide my letters
under the mattress you lay on with him?
Do you even remember putting them there?
I'd say probably not
But I'm here and I'm writing, by the light of the candle
That I once used when I'd write you
Oh Victoria, the girl in the flowered dress
It seems you've forgotten - is this some kind of test?
And if so, I hope I'm doing well
And on the Fourth of July while I sit and cry
You and Mr. Wonderful can have the time of your lives
Oh Victoria, did you have a good time in France?
Hey don't worry, 'cause nothing's going to change - you said
Words in the wind, well they certainly do come easy
Eight months now I've been waiting for you to come around
Beating my head against the wall - you never believed me
Why would you worry? Why would you worry?
----chorus----
All in all, I'd still say thank you. You showed me a life I never knew
All in all, I'd still say I love you. All in all, I surrender
All in all
----chorus----
It's Over Now
by Neve
She comes up and over time
She'll see what I could be
A cold routine or something
It just won't stop touching me
And I wait here another time
Like a thousand times before
I'm dropping out and faded
But I keep on wanting more
She comes up another time
And she really really doesn't care
That I can't keep time or the rhythm straight
'Cause it's one thing she don't dare
And it's alright I drop the line
Now it's one thing to be free
Well I never really had a thing for that
But it's everything I need
And you don't ever understand
It's right here in our hands
The outline of our lives
It's over now
And she wakes up from a deeper sleep
A nightmare through and through
She won't stop trippin' on the daytime vibe
But that's one thing I won't do
Then it's over and back again
And she's still on the attack
But I'm convinced I've found a reason
To keep her coming back
And you don't ever understand
It's right here in our hands
The outline of our lives
It's over now
You won't ever be happier
Until you find that special place where you belong
And you won't ever be happier
Until you find that only way
Until you find the only way back home
You don't ever understand
It's right here in our hands
The outline of our lives
It's over now
It's over now
It's over now
Don't Go Away
by Oasis
A cold and frosty morning there's not a lot to say
About the things caught in my mind
As the day was dawning my plane flew away
With all the things caught in my mind
And I wanna be there when you're...
Coming down
And I wanna be there when you hit the ground
So don't go away, say what you say
But say that you'll stay
Forever and a day ... in the time of my life
Cos I need more time, yes I need more time
Just to make things right
Damn my situration and the games I have to play
With all the things caught in my mind
Damn my education I can't find the words to say
About the things caught in my mind
And I wanna be there when you're...
Coming down
And I wanna be there when you hit the ground
So don't go away, say what you say
But say that you'll stay
Forever and a day ... in the time of my life
Cos I need more time, yes I need more time
Just to make things right
Me and you what's going on?
All we seem to know is how to show
The feeling's that are wrong
So don't go away, say what you say
But say that you'll stay
Forever and a day ... in the time of my life
Cos I need more time, yes I need more time
Just to make things right
And don't go away, say what you say
But say that you'll stay
Forever and a day ... in the time of my life
Cos I need more time, yes I need more time
Just to make things right
Yes I need more time
Just to make things right
Yes I need more time
Just to make things right
So don't go away...
Gone Away
by The Offspring
Maybe in another life
I could find you there
Pulled away before your time
I can't deal it's so unfair
And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it feels
Yeah it feels like
The world has grown cold
Now that you've gone away
Leaving flowers on your grave
Show that I still care
But black roses and Hail Mary's
Can't bring back what's taken from me
I reach to the sky
And call out your name
And if I could trade
I would
And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it stings
Yeah it stings now
The world is so cold
Now that you've gone away
Have You Ever
by The Offspring
Falling, I'm falling
Have you ever walked through a room
But it was more like the room passed around you
Like there was a leash around your neck that pulled you through
Have you ever been at someplace
Recognizing everybody's face
Until you realized that there was no one there you knew
Well I know
Some days, my soul's confined and out of mind
Sleep forever
Some days, I'm so outshined and out of time
Have you ever
Falling, I'm falling
Have you ever buried your face in your hands
Cause no one around you understands
Or has the slightest idea what it is that makes you be
Have you ever felt like there was more
Like someone else was keeping score
And what could make you whole was simply out of reach
Well I know
Someday I'll try again and not pretend
This time forever
Someday I'll get it straight but not today
Have you ever
Falling, I'm falling
Some days, my soul's confined and out of mind
Sleep forever
Some days, my darkest friend is me again
Have you ever
Someday I'll try again and not pretend
This time forever
Someday I'll get it straight but not today
Have you ever
When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay
So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
Cause I'd like to think the world is a better place
When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay
So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
Cause I'd like to make the world be a better place
When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay
So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
Cause I'd like to think the world is a better place
I'd like to leave the world as a better place
I'd like to think the world
I'll Be Waiting
by The Offspring
Once I had a friend that I could count on
So I thought
Well so it seemed
But times of need are not enough
To prove your friendship to me now
Once I saw a face that I believed in
But a mask was all there was
So who wears the masks and who wears the faces
Well I guess I'll never know
But as I stand here alone in a room full of people
With nothing to say
Beer on their minds, and smoke in the air
Call them feiends but they just don't care
Friend for life
Such shallow words for broken minds
Show me a friend for life
Cause I'll be waiting for that day to arrive
When I'll feel alive
I'll be waiting for that day
Once I found a love I had to know
Now we might know each other just too well
Cause when we're together we just can't get enough
Or is it we just can't get what we want
Once I saw a dream, I had to chase it
Dreams quickly turn to reality
Who's at fault in this game of yours and mine
Well I guess I'll never know
But as I sit here alone
Think of the girl who came softly inside me
The look in her eyes, the smell of her hair
Call her my own but is she really there?
Love for life
Such noble words for noble minds
Show me a love for life
Cause I'll be waiting for that day to arrive
When I'll feel alive
I'll be waiting for that day
Once I had a friend that I could count on
Times of need are not enough
Once I found a love I had to know
Now we might know each other just too well
Once I saw a dream I had to chase
Dreams quickly turn to reality
Now let me close my eyes
Because I don't want to see anything anymore
I Walk Alone
by Oleander
i can’t take this anymore
and i’m almost pretty sure
i’ve been here before
i can’t take this any longer
i won’t heal until i’m stronger
strong enough to not be afraid
of what anybody thinks
of what anybody says
about the way
about the way i am
so i’ll wait until the day
when those feelings fade away
then i’ll make my break
i can’t take this anymore
and i’m almost pretty sure
i’ve been here before
i can’t take this any longer
i won’t heal until i’m stronger
strong enough to not be afraid
so i leave it up to you
yeah i leave it in your hands
respect your wishes and your demands
but if it was up to me
honey we’d already be back at home
and living out our dreams
living out
everbody and everything i’ve known
never taught me how to stand up on my own
had to learn it from the one who let me go
now i walk alone, yeah i walk alone, yeah
living blissfully
i guess you had to step away
to make me want to be
a bigger man, a bigger man than that
i need you by my side
as i take it all in stride
I put away, i put away my pride
oh i leave it up to you
yeah i leave it in your hands
respect your wishes and your demands
but if it was up to me
honey we’d already be back at home
and living out….
everbody and everything i’ve known
never taught me how to stand up on my own
had to learn it from the one who let me go
now i walk alone
yeah I walk alone, yeah
i walk alone
i walk alone
i walk alone
i walk alone
i walk, oh yeah
33
by the Smashing Pumpkins
speak to me in a language i can hear
humour me before i have to go
deep in thought i forgive everyone
as the cluttered streets greet me once again
i know i can't be late, supper's waiting on the table
tomorrow's just an excuse away
so I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own
the earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
steeple guide me to my heart and home
the sun is out and up and down again
i know i'll make it, love can last forever
graceful swans of never topple to the earth
and you can make it last, forever you
you can make it last, forever you
and for a moment i lose myself
wrapped up in the pleasures of the world
i've journeyed here and there and back again
but in the same old haunts i still find my friends
mysteries not ready to reveal
sympathies i'm ready to return
i'll make the effort, love can last forever
graceful swans of never topple to the earth
tomorrow's just an excuse
and you can make it last, forever you
you can make it last, forever you
Crestfallen
by the Smashing Pumpkins
Who am I to need you when I'm down
and where are you when I need you around
your life is not your own
and all I ask you is for another chance
another way around you
to live by circumstance, once again
who am I to need you now
to ask you why
to tell you no
to deserve your love and sympathy
you were never meant to belong to me
and you may go but I know you won't leave
too many years built into memories
your life is not your own
who am I to need you now
to ask you why
to tell you no
to deserve your love and sympathy
you were never meant to belong to me
who am I to you?
along the way I lost my faith
and as you were, you'll be again
to mold like clay, to break like dirt
to tear me up in your sympathy
you were never meant to belong to me
you were never meant to belong to me
you were never meant to belong to me
who am I?
For Martha
by the Smashing Pumpkins
whenever I run,
whenever I run to you lost one
it's never done
just hanging on
just past has let me be
returning as if dream
shattered as belief
if you have to go don't say goodbye
if you have to go don't you cry
if you have to go I will get by
someday I'll follow you, and see you on the other side
but for the grace of love
I'd will the meaning of
heaven from above
your picture out of time
left aching in my mind
shadows kept alive
if you have to go don't say goodbye
if you have to go don't you cry
if you have to go I will get by
I will follow you, and see you on the other side
but for the grace of love
I'd will the meaning of
heaven from above
long horses we are born
creatures more than torn
mourning our way home
Tonight Tonight
by the Smashing Pumpkins
time is never time at all
you can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
and our lives are forever changed
we will never be the same
the more you change the less you feel
believe, believe in me, believe
that life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
we're not the same, we're different tonight
tonight, so bright
tonight
and you know you're never sure
but you're sure you could be right
if you held yourself up to the light
and the embers never fade in your city by the lake
the place where you were born
believe, believe in me, believe
in the resolute urgency of now
and if you believe there's not a chance tonight
tonight, so bright
tonight
we'll crucify the insincere tonight
we'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight
we'll find a way to offer up the night tonight
the indescribable moments of your life tonight
the impossible is possible tonight
believe in me as i believe in you, tonight
Monotone
by Splender
Roll over monotone
I've got something to say to you
I can't speak in stereo
And I don't want you to be confused
There's no need to analyze
There's no need to form an affliction
You're so bored and paralyzed
As you're making another excuse
I can't handle it, I'm intolerant
I rip off my shirt and I deal with it
I won't through a fit, I don't give a shit
I fall flat on my face in the back
Of this one
Collect me monotone
'Cuz I think I'm falling to pieces
I'm so strange, you should've known
While I lick all the salt off these wounds
For this one
I'm hating myself for
I want nothing more
We have such a strange design
You
by Shelby Starner
After hours of deep thoughts
I came to the conclusion you're just not
meant to be with me
Everytime there's a mistake
you leave
Suffering under my smile
I'd be better off, alone for awhile
crying to myself
Cuz I don't belong here
You're so different from me
Well, I want to be with you
But you make it so hard
And don't try to hold my hand
And don't try to understand
Don't tell your lies
I know them all
By now
You say you love me
and do you love her less than this?
No.
I can tell by those "I love you" kisses
you give her in front of me
and I don't want this any more than you do
and I don't want you to say
that it's all gonna be OK
Cuz I don't belong here
You're so different from me
Well, I want to be with you
But you make it so hard
And don't try to hold my hand
And don't try to understand
Don't tell your lies
I know them all
By now
Cuz I, I don't belong here
You're so different from me
Well, I want to be with you
But you make it so hard
And don't try to hold my hand
And don't try to understand
Don't tell your lies
We've been over this
A hundred times......
The Background
by Third Eye Blind
Everything is quiet, Since you're not around,
And I live in the numbness now.
In the background.
I do the things we did before,
I walk Haight Street to the store,
And they say where's that crazy girl?
You don't get drunk on red wine, And light no more,
'Cause I don't see you anymore,
Since the hospital,
But the plans I make still have you in them,
Then you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this cause I am, Way back down,
In the background.
Words they come and memories all repeat,
I lift your head while, They change the hospital sheets,
I would never lie to you, No
I would never lie to you, No
I felt you long after we were through.
And the plans I make still have you in them,
Cause you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this cause I am, Way back down,
In the background.
God of Wine
by Third Eye Blind
Every thought that I repent,
There's another chip you haven't spent,
And you're cashing them all in,
Where do we begin. To get clean again,
Can we get clean again.
I walk home alone with you, And the mood you're born into,
Sometimes you let me in, And I take it on the chin.
I can't get clean again. I want to know, Can we get clean again,
The God of Wine comes crashing through the headlights of a car that took you farther than you thought you'd ever want to go,
We can't get back again, We can't get back again,
She takes a drink and then she waits,
The alcohol it permeates,
And soon the cells give way, And cancels out the day.
I can't keep it all together,
I know...I can't keep it all together.
And the siren's song that is your madness,
Holds a truth I can't erase, All alone on your face.
Every glamorous sunrise, Throws the planets out of line,
A star sign out of whack, A fraudulent zodiac.
And the God of Wine is crouched down in my room, You let me down, I said it,
Now I'm going down, And you're not even around.
And I said no...
I can't keep it all together,
I know...I can't keep it all together,
And there's a memory of a window, Looking through I see you.
Searching for something, I could never give you,
And there's someone who understands you more than I do.
A sadness I can't erase. All alone on your face.
Motorcycle Driveby
by Third Eye Blind
Summer time and the wind is blowing, Outside in lower Chelsea.
And I don't know what I'm doing in this city,
The sun is always in my eyes,
it crashes through the windows, And I'm sleeping on the couch,
When I came to visit you,
That's when I knew, I could never have you,
I knew that before you did,
Still I'm feeling stupid,
And there's this burning, Like there's always been,
I've never been so alone, And I've never been so alive.
Visions of you on a motorcycle drive by,
Cigarette ash flies in your eyes, And you don't mind, And you smile,
And say the world doesn't fit with you.
I don't believe you, You're so serene.
Careening through the universe, Your axis on a tilt, Guiltless and free,
I hope you take a piece of me with you,
And there's things I'd like to do that you don't believe in,
I would like to build something, You know it's never going to happen,
And there's this burning, Like there's always been,
I've never been so alone, And I've never been so alive,
And there's this burning, There is this burning.
Where's the soul. I want to know, New York City is evil.
The surface is everything, but I could never do that,
Someone would see through that.
And this will be the last time, We'll be friends again.
I'll get over you and you'll wonder, Who I am.
And there's this burning, Like there's always been,
I've never been so alone, And I've never been so alive,
I go home to the coast. It starts to rain, I paddle out, On the water Alone,
Taste the salt and taste the pain. I'm not thinking of you again,
Summer dies and swells rise, The sun goes down in my eyes, See this rolling wave, Darkly coming to take me, Home,
And I never been so alone, And I've never been so alive.
Meet Virginia
by Train
She doesn't own a dress, her hair is always a mess
If you catch her stealin, she won't confess
She's beautiful
She never compromises, loves babies and surprises
Wears hi-heels when she exercises
Ain't that beautiful
Meet Virginia
Well she wants to be the Queen
Then she thinks about her scene
Pulls her hair back as she screams
I don't really wanna be the queen
Her daddy wrestles alligators, Mama works on carburetors
Her brother is a fine mediator for the President
Well here she is again on the phone
Just like me hates to be alone
We just like to sit at home, and rip on the President
Meet Virginia
Well she wants to live her life
Then she thinks about her life
Pulls her hair back as she screams
I don't really wanna live this life
She only drinks coffee at Midnight, when the moment is not right
her timing is quite-unusual
you see her confidence is tragic, but her intuition magic
and the shape of her body - unusual
Meet Virginia-I can't wait to
Meet Virginia-Yea
Well she wants to be the Queen
Then she thinks about her scene
Pulls her hair back as she screams
I don't really wanna be the queen
Cailin
by Unwritten Law
Well it seemed like yesterday
When the world was looking dark
It felt so cold and grey
And why the hell am I even here
What's the purpose, all I feel is guilt and hate and fear
'Til that you came along
My heart was empty
Like the soul was missing from a song
And I thought I'd loved a few
No one ever made me feel
The way that you do
Hey little girl
Look what you do
Oh, I love you
Hey little girl, I love you
Well I know I'm not always right
And girl it breaks my heart
When I have to see you cry
So many things I wanna say
Now I know that you're the reason
That I'm here today
Whenever you're here
Just stay near
We'll be alright, yeah alright
Hey little girl
Look what you do
Oh, I love you
Hey little girl
Look what you do, and you do
When all my love starts running thin
I got you my own Cailin
Hey little girl, I love you
I'll be alright
But I need you close
Please stay tonight
As long as you're here
Just stay near
We'll be alright, yeah alright
Everything you Want
by 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 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
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